Traveling through the Lotus Tower: Li Lianhua, you must live well

Li Jia and Zhang Shou looked at each other and saw the solemnity and confusion in each other's eyes.

Zhang Shou signaled his companions to step back, and as he did so he said to the villagers, "Don't be afraid, we are not bad people and we have no ill intentions.

My companions and I passed by a village at the foot of the mountain and found that there was no one in the village. We thought it was strange, so we went up the mountain to check. What happened here?"

The villagers looked at each other, hesitant, not knowing whether they should trust these strangers who suddenly appeared, especially since they looked like gangsters who were not easy to mess with.

Finally, a villager who looked older stood up, his voice trembling: "Our village...our village was attacked by bandits. They arrested anyone they saw and killed anyone who resisted. All the food in the village was taken away. We had no choice but to hide in the mountains."

Zhang Shou frowned and asked, "Why are they arresting people? When did it happen? Doesn't the government care?"

The old villager sighed, "I don't know. This happened a few days ago. We sent people to the county to report to the authorities, but there has been no news. I don't know if the person is still alive, ah...

The magistrate of our county is a good official, but if they don't know, how can they manage it? Besides, if these bandits hide in the mountains, who can find them?

The county magistrate had organized a campaign to suppress bandits before, but he couldn’t find anyone, so he had to let it go.”

Li Jia's eyes flashed with anger: "These sons of bitches of bandits deserve to die!"

Zhang Shou patted Li Jia's shoulder soothingly, and then asked the old villager: "Do you know where those bandits went?"

The old villager shook his head and said, "I don't know. We have been hiding in the mountains for several days. If Da Zhuang and the others were not so badly injured that they would die if they did not take medicine, and if we really had nothing to eat, we would not have risked going back."

The villagers also shook their heads, saying they didn't know. But at this moment, a young villager suddenly said, "I...I think I saw them going to the other side of the mountain." After saying that, he pointed in the direction to Li Jia and the others.

After discussion, Li Jia and Zhang Shou decided to act separately.

Zhang Shou's team stayed behind to take care of the villagers, while Li Jia and his entourage followed the direction indicated by the young villager, intending to find the bandits' hiding place and then report to the authorities to let the government suppress them.

At the same time, arrange a brave and careful villager to return to the village to report the news.

They moved forward quickly along the mountain road and soon found some new traces that looked like they had been left recently. Li Jia's heart tightened and he signaled his companions to be careful.

Just as they were approaching a valley, they suddenly heard the sound of fighting coming from the front. Li Jia signaled everyone to move forward carefully, and they quietly approached the source of the sound.

I saw a group of bandits besieging a figure. The man was wearing a white robe and holding a long sword. It was Li Xiangyi.

It turned out that after Li Xiangyi found a passage leading to the underground in the ancestral hall, he went down and found women and children hiding inside. Through them, he learned about the bandits attacking the village.

He brought these people out and reunited with Shi Shui and others, and asked Su Ci and Liu Tianer to take care of these women and children.

Afterwards, he followed the clues he had found all the way here alone and found these bandits in the valley.

Li Jia and his two men immediately joined the battle and fought side by side with Li Xiangyi. Soon, all the bandits were subdued.

Li Xiangyi looked at the bandit leader coldly. If it weren't for the agreement with the imperial court, which stipulated that the affairs of ordinary people were under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, he would have killed these scums with a single sword long ago.

He ordered his entourage to tie up the bandits and bring them back to the village, then notify the government officials to take over.

On Zhang Shou's side, he and two other people helped the injured villagers treat their wounds and distributed the food they carried with them to the villagers.

The villagers were naturally very grateful and agreed to Zhang Shou's suggestion to return to the village.