Wang Tiezhu saw him smile and felt like his grandmother was waving at him. This nobleman's smile was too creepy. He nodded frantically and said tremblingly, "Why don't you go back and rest, my dears? We'll burn the bodies."
"We can't have you do all the work, and we'd feel bad about it, wouldn't we? What do you think?"
The assassins all looked at Jiang Sheng, waiting for his orders.
Jiang Sheng touched his nose, a little embarrassed: "I am a good person. I may be a little cruel when killing people, but I will never hurt innocent people."
"Don't be afraid, Brother Wang. Since you said so, I'll leave it to you. Just search the bandits for the things on them and I'll give them to you."
“…For us?”
Wang Tiezhu was a little dumbfounded. These bandits had a lot of good things on them, and they could make a lot of money by looting them.
Jiang Sheng hummed, showing no interest in searching the bandits' belongings.
"Yes, the bandits bullied you for so long, so of course we have to compensate you. It's normal for those things to belong to you. Many of the long swords are very useful."
The door creaked open and villagers came out one after another. Looking at the scene of blood flowing on the ground, they were not afraid at all, but felt relieved.
Some people sobbed softly and choked out their words, "Those damned bastards are finally dead. We can live a good life from now on."
The village chief came over tremblingly, leaning on a crutch.
Looking at the piles of corpses, tears rolled down his eyes and he was about to kneel down. If it weren't for these people, there would be no one left alive in the village.
Seeing this, the other villagers knelt down with a plop, choking with sobs, "Thank you so much for saving us, otherwise we would never have survived if these bandits had slaughtered the village tonight."
Jiang Sheng subconsciously supported the old village chief and said helplessly, "It's nothing, just a small favor. You don't have to be so polite."
"Village Chief, we'll leave these bodies to you. We'll go back and rest. The things we've confiscated from the bodies are also yours."
The village chief's body was trembling slightly, and he could not utter any other words except thank you. After Jiang Sheng and his men left, he began to arrange for the villagers to clean up the bodies.
They worked until dawn, and everyone was stunned when they saw the piles of silver.
Wang Tiezhu walked over and said worriedly, "Old Village Chief, the silver on these bandits must have been looted from other villages. How could someone who wants to massacre the village have silver?"
"Alas, I'm afraid that other villages have been destroyed before ours. If it weren't for our benefactor, we would..."
The old village chief sighed and whispered, "Keep this matter to yourself. No one is allowed to tell anyone, or else it will cause trouble."
"The bandits usually stay in the mountains. Even if they disappear for ten days or half a month, no one will care. You all know this."
Everyone said in unison: "Yes, Village Chief."
A woman stepped forward, her voice pleading: "Village chief, my daughter is still in the bandit's den. I want to look for her, is that my only daughter?"
"Even if there's only a glimmer of hope, I want to go find it."
As soon as these words were spoken, the others also started to think about it. They had been suffering for so long, and every family had lost a daughter. Even if their daughter was ruined, it was not their fault.
As long as you are alive, everything else will pass with time.
The village chief thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, after the bodies are burned, I will go find my benefactor. If they are willing to go to the mountain, it would be best to rescue those children."
"If you don't want to, then we can only rely on ourselves. We don't know how many bandits there are in the mountains. It might be dangerous. You all know this."
The villagers said in unison: "Yes, we know."
After washing up, Jiang Sheng went straight into the space. Looking at the black soil full of fruits, he forced a smile on his face, resigned himself to his fate, picked up the sickle and started to work.
I'm so tired that I can't even straighten my back. I shed tears every time I think about it. What kind of thing is this? I'm busy during the day and busy at night...
He went into the wooden house and slept for an hour before dawn, and came out with dark circles under his eyes. He also had breakfast at the village chief's house. After breakfast, everyone gathered in the threshing ground and looked at the burning corpse.
The village chief came over slowly and said respectfully, "Benefactor, I wonder if you would like to go to the bandit's lair. We want to go and see if we can rescue the child we abducted earlier."
Jiang Sheng said in a relaxed tone: "Go ahead. Now that you're here, let's go to the mountain and take a look. I heard that there are many talented people and beautiful scenery on the mountain."
"...Ah, my benefactor has already decided to go."
"Yes, I've been traveling a lot. I heard that the sunrise on Yunwu Mountain is very beautiful. Since I'm here, I naturally want to go and see it."
The village chief's mouth twitched when he heard this. All the words he had intended to use to persuade them were now useless. It was really unexpected that they had gone up the mountain just to watch the sunrise.
He gently reminded: "Benefactor, there may be bandits on the mountain. If you go..."
Jiang Sheng didn't say the rest of the sentence, but he knew what it meant. He smiled and said, "The village chief is worried that we will be in danger. Don't worry, we won't be in danger. Those bandits are no match for us."
If he really can't handle it, he can just throw a mine.
Finally, we decided to go to the mountain the next day.
Jiang Sheng returned to the house and slipped directly into the space. He still had a lot of work to do. Even an old ox was not as tired as him.
Bandit's lair on Yunwu Mountain
Several young girls were scrubbing clothes, their faces looking numb and empty, like zombies, which was frightening to watch.
"Yunniang, they've been gone all night, but why haven't they come back yet? Could something have happened?"
The girl named Yunniang, with slap marks on her face, said indifferently, "It's just as well that something happened. It would be best if they were all dead, so they don't have to come back to bother us."
"If I hadn't been worried about my widowed mother at home with no one to take care of her, I would have died on the first night in the mountains. Isn't that the same for you?"
Lu'e sighed and said helplessly, "Yunniang, you are pregnant. You must take care of your body and don't confront them head-on. The child is innocent."
Yunniang sneered, "It's just a bastard. I don't care whether it's alive or dead. Okay, hurry up and wash up and go back to rest."
"I can still sleep for a while during the day. It would be best if they don't come back."
A small figure ran over, looking at them with bright black eyes: "Sisters, I just heard the second in command say that he would take people down the mountain to look for him."
"They say the boss went down the mountain last night and hasn't returned yet. I'm afraid...something happened to him."
Yunniang's dead eyes brightened up: "There are only thirty or forty people on the mountain now. If the Second Master wants to take them down the mountain, doesn't that mean there is no one guarding the mountain?"
"Lü'e, Sister Meihua, our chance to escape is coming. As long as I can go down the mountain to see my mother and take care of her in her later years, I will die without regrets."
"Xiao Liu, is what you said true?"
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