Xie Datou really didn't see what was so interesting about a dead bandit.
He had barely finished speaking when he saw Kong Duiyue make a move beside him.
Kong Duiyue reached out his hand to the bandit's corpse, or more precisely, to the long knife on the bandit's corpse, and with a forceful pull, he yanked the long knife off the bandit's body.
Xie Datou opened his mouth as he looked at the bloodstained longsword, but in the end, he said nothing, intending to see what Brother Kong was planning to do.
Kong Duiyue first used the bandit's clothes to wipe away the obvious bloodstains on the knife. After doing this, he took out the water bag at his waist and carefully rinsed the remaining bloodstains on the long knife with water.
His earnest and meticulous manner made it seem as if he wasn't wiping a long sword, but rather cleaning the dirt off the cheek of his beloved girl.
Xie Datou scratched his head blankly. "Brother Kong, you don't have your eye on this knife, do you? No way, this knife belongs to our boss, we can't give it to you."
Kong Duiyue had just finished washing away the last trace of blood from the long sword when she heard this. She glanced at Xie Datou speechlessly. This guy really only knows how to build muscle, not brains.
"Big Head, this knife has been cleaned. Could you take it to Miss Xu for me?"
"Huh? Oh." Xie Datou took the clean long knife in a daze.
He then looked at Kong Duiyue with confusion. What exactly was Brother Kong trying to do? He had gone to so much trouble to clean the long sword, only to have him deliver it to the boss...
Forget it, he really couldn't understand what these scholars were thinking. He'd better send the knife to his boss first.
Kong Duiyue didn't really think too much about it; he simply became familiar with the task and naturally finished it.
During the apocalypse, Jin Huan would always clean the weapons with a look of disgust after each battle. Seeing that Jin Huan didn't like doing these things, he took over the task.
Seeing Jin Huan's bloodstained longsword, he instinctively went over and cleaned it for her.
At this moment, Xu Jinhuan was asking where the bandits' hideout was when he looked up and saw Xie Datou walking over with his clean long knife.
She was still wondering when Xie Datou had learned to flatter, when she heard Xie Datou say, "Boss, Brother Kong helped clean this long knife, and he asked me to bring it back for you."
Xu Jinhuan took the long sword, looked at its gleaming blade, and then looked suspiciously at Kong Duiyue in the distance. What exactly did this person want to do?
However, before she could figure it out, she had something new to do, because Li Yichang and his men had already interrogated the bandits and found out where they were hiding.
"Master, they have confessed honestly. Shall we go?" Li Yichang asked respectfully.
Xu Jinhuan nodded. She was genuinely concerned about the origin of the explosives, given the truly astonishing explosive effect...
"Let's go check out that mountain stronghold first, and try to find out the truth within the next day or two."
After listening to Xu Jinhuan's words, the group quickly tidied up the battle and led the prisoners to the bandits' lair.
By this time, the moon had replaced the sun, hanging high in the sky, its shadows looming in the woods, accompanied by the fitting cawing of crows, creating a rather eerie atmosphere.
"Hey, this mountain is completely different from the one we stayed in before. It looks creepy. Could there be some kind of monster in the mountains?"
"Don't scare yourself. Even if there are spirits, there are over a hundred of us. We could scare them to death with our yang energy alone. They wouldn't dare come near us."
"You're right, we still have Boss Xu, Boss Xu is a reincarnation of an immortal!"
Xu Jinhuan didn't know what these people were talking about, but now more and more people in the exile group believed that she was a reincarnation of a deity.
Upon hearing these words, the fourth guard smiled slightly, keeping his merits and fame hidden. He didn't need the old immortal to thank him too much; he just hoped that the old immortal would arrange for him to be reincarnated into a good family after his death.
After walking for another half hour, the group arrived near the bandits' lair.
Looking at the brightly lit village, Xu Jinhuan randomly picked up a prisoner and asked, "How many people are left in your village, and what is their fighting strength?"
The prisoner's eyes darted around, and he replied, seemingly honest but actually cunning.
“Our leader likes bright places, so there are a lot of candles in the village. Actually, there aren’t many people left inside now; the strong ones have all come out with our leader.”
After saying that, he looked at Xu Jinhuan with a sincere expression and said, "With your martial arts skills, this heroine could easily deal with the rest of the people in the village by going to the meeting alone."
Xu Jinhuan was not fooled by his honest and simple appearance; he had already seen through all his little tricks.
After hearing the cunning prisoner's words, Xu Jinhuan swung his long sword and slit his throat.
"Liars, kill."
Her tone was barely audible, yet it sent a shiver down the spines of the prisoners present. How could this young woman have more imposing presence than their dead leader?
Ignoring the changes in the prisoners' expressions, Xu Jinhuan randomly picked another unlucky fellow to question.
Before she could even ask him anything, the poor little guy confessed everything on his own.
"Heroine, I beg you, don't kill me!"
The unlucky fellow swallowed hard. "There are about forty or fifty people left in the village. They are under the command of the second leader. The second leader's martial arts skills are slightly inferior, but he is very smart. He has killed many people who opposed him by using his brains."
Moreover, the second-in-command did not approve of this operation, and the first-in-command even thought the second-in-command was a coward who insisted on going anyway…
Xu Jinhuan nodded after hearing this. So they are a scholar and a warrior, huh? I just don't know if the explosives came from this second-in-command. If they really did, then things will be a bit tricky.
Just as Xu Jinhuan was pondering, the unlucky little fellow spoke up again, "Heroine, I just thought of something else, I wonder if it will be of any help to you."
The second-in-command initially didn't want to become a bandit, but his family was wiped out by the corrupt emperor, and he only agreed to join the stronghold so he could one day take revenge.
Xu Jinhuan understood; it seemed that, like the Xie family, this was another deed done by the treacherous emperor.
After glancing at Xu Jinhuan, the unlucky fellow said, "Moreover, the second-in-command has an agreement with the first-in-command that he will not do anything immoral or immoral, nor will he commit rape or kidnapping."
Because of this agreement, many brothers were dissatisfied, believing he was hypocritical and hypocritical.
After he finished speaking, Xu Jinhuan gave him a half-smile and said, "You came out with the First Boss, so you seem to know the Second Boss quite well?"
The unlucky fellow turned pale upon hearing this. Had he said something wrong? It was all his fault for being such a chatterbox!
Xu Jinhuan smiled and said to everyone, "Let's go. Since the second-in-command has extended such a warm invitation, we, as guests, should naturally reciprocate."
After saying that, she lightly kicked the unlucky little boy, "Lead the way."
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