His words surprised not only Huo Yanqing, but also Lin Qixia.
Unexpectedly, this person would willingly join her ranks.
"What?" Yun Zhi raised an eyebrow and asked Lin Qixia, who hadn't received a reply. "Didn't you promise to take us in? Are you—going back on your word?"
"Who said I'm going back on my word?" Lin Qixia scoffed. "Since you want to stay, I'm naturally happy to accept you."
After all, this person is quite skilled and intelligent.
If he's willing to genuinely serve me, he's quite a useful person.
Yun Zhi smiled and said, "Very good."
“Then from now on you and this…” She paused.
Yunzhi reminded her, "This place is called Beiling Mountain Village."
"Yes, you and everyone else in this Beiling Mountain stronghold will work for me. My name is Lin Qixia, you can call me Miss Lin from now on."
Lin Qixia paused here, then said to him and the other bandits, "From now on, you must keep a low profile and never reveal my name to anyone, understand?"
Since she took these people in, she must have her own reasons for doing so.
However, the timing is not right yet; exposing them would be detrimental to us.
"Understood." While everyone else looked puzzled by Lin Qixia's words, Yun Zhi was the first to agree without hesitation.
Now that he had made his stance clear, the other bandits echoed him without asking any further questions.
Lin Qixia nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Lin Xiao and the others and said, "It's getting late, we should head back."
With that, she turned to leave.
Lin Xiao and Huo Yanqing followed, but after walking a few steps, they were suddenly stopped by the bandits behind them.
"Wait! You've taken all the grain. What are we going to do now?"
"Yeah, they won't let us rob them."
Lin Qixia stopped in her tracks, and without turning her head, she said to them, "I will come and resolve this issue in three days."
She had considered this issue when she had Chen Jin and the others take the grain away.
Ultimately, it was the villagers' food, and she couldn't use it to distribute to these people.
However, Chen Jin and his group only took the grain that the people had previously looted from Xiahe Village. The remaining grain in the mountain stronghold was enough for them to eat for a few days and they wouldn't starve.
In the next few days, Lin Qixia will bring some food up the mountain.
After explaining things to them, Lin Qixia led her people out of the village and left.
Behind her, Yun Zhi's cunning eyes were silently fixed on Lin Qixia's back, lost in thought.
"Three days? Can she really solve the problem of feeding and drinking so many of us?"
"Are you bragging?"
Clearly, it wasn't just Yun Zhi who had this suspicion; many others in the mountain stronghold shared the same view.
Therefore, some people are already secretly planning, "If all else fails, we'll sneak away and rob somewhere else behind her back, since she won't find out anyway."
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhi turned to look at the man and said in a mocking tone, "If you're not afraid of death, then go ahead."
After all, Lin Qixia showed no mercy to these people; she killed them without hesitation.
They're lucky to have these people left; if they keep courting death, they shouldn't blame others for being ruthless.
"Yes! Young Master Yun is right."
"This Miss Lin is indeed ruthless; we cannot easily disobey her—"
In an instant, many people's fleeting thoughts of impropriety were extinguished.
...
On the way down the mountain, although the night road was difficult to travel, nothing unexpected happened and the journey went smoothly.
However, Lin Qixia and her group encountered two people on their way back to the village at the foot of the mountain.
"It's you two?" Lin Qixia was slightly surprised to see Gu Ciyu and Li Pei.
"You guys—you're actually back?" Gu Ciyu was quite surprised when she saw her.
Lin Qixia: "Otherwise what? We've already gotten the grain back."
"Hehe, is that so?" Gu Ciyu replied with an awkward laugh.
Unexpectedly, Lin Qixia actually managed to get the grain back.
And she still managed to get it done while still alive.
"Where are those bandits?" Li Pei asked.
He didn't understand how Lin Qixia and her group dealt with those ruthless bandits. Surely they couldn't have actually subdued them?
As Lin Qixia walked along, she grew somewhat impatient with their questions. "Is this none of your business? I've already taken care of it anyway."
Most importantly, she didn't want to explain too much about the bandits to them, because if they pressed her for details, her plans would be exposed.
Seeing this, Li Pei shrugged, "If you don't want to talk about it, then forget it."
After that, they continued their journey toward Xiahe Village.
After a moment of silence, Lin Qixia spoke up, "I'm curious, why are you all here?"
"Well..." Gu Ciyu cleared her throat and replied, "It's because I was worried that something might happen to you on the mountain, so I went to town to ask the government officials to help rescue you."
Lin Qixia's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this. "And then?"
"Unfortunately, it's too late, there's no one in the town government office," Gu Ciyu said, lowering her eyes.
There were indeed people there, but they were turned away.
Gu Ciyu felt awkward, so she didn't tell them directly.
"Oh." Lin Qixia breathed a sigh of relief. "That's fine. I didn't need you to do this anyway."
It would be a real headache for her if Gu Ciyu brought the officials from the yamen.
It won't help her, and it will only cause her trouble.
Gu Ciyu's expression froze for a moment, then she lowered her eyes and fell silent.
After that, they didn't speak and walked on separately, each lost in their own thoughts.
It was quite late when I got home, but Xiahe Village was bustling with activity.
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