The Empress traveled through time and space, and she fought for supremacy in the troubled times

Yun Zhi slowly stood up, and Liu Anruo followed closely behind her. The two of them came to the courtyard together.

The Yun family's courtyard was already full of people.

Looking at the two people coming out, "Master, Miss Liu."

Yun Zhi nodded in response and looked at the people who were forced to kneel on the ground by the guards.

Those people had their hands behind their backs and were tied tightly with ropes.

The noise Yun Zhi made when she came out caught their attention.

As soon as they saw her come out, everyone around her respectfully called her "Master".

Several people had expressions of surprise and doubt on their faces.

After meeting Yun Zhi's eyes, he quickly lowered his head.

Yun Jingxian hurriedly moved a chair over and placed it next to Yun Zhi.

Yun Zhi sat down and looked at the standing guards.

"what happened?"

The guards looked at each other, and Chen Yuanshu took a step out.

"My lord, they are from Qingfeng Village."

"Qingfeng Village?"

Previously, Yun Jingxian and Zhou Yifeng went to investigate the nearby bandit camp.

Among them, Qingfengzhai is the most mysterious.

The reason we were able to find them was because we asked some refugees.

Qingfeng Village does not kill innocent people indiscriminately, but only robs wealthy caravans.

They are also a group of warm-hearted people. They will help passing refugees when they are in danger, and sometimes they will even share some of the looted things with them.

However, their location has never been found.

"Tell me what happened today."

Chen Yuanshu nodded and said, "My lord, we encountered them when we went down the mountain to rob the grain merchants today."

Although Yunjiazhai is now self-sufficient, no one would complain about having too many things.

Moreover, for the sake of future great undertakings, the more essential things like food there are, the better.

However, with the increase in bandits in the area, the number of caravans that could be robbed had decreased by almost half.

After discovering the caravan on the top of the mountain today, we immediately went down the mountain and ambushed them on the road that they had to pass through.

After waiting for a while, no one showed up. I thought we were intercepted again. When I was about to go back, I heard the sound of fighting in front.

So a few of them rushed towards the direction of the movement, and when they arrived there, it was already coming to an end.

I saw.

More than a dozen corpses lay on the ground, and several grooms huddled together trembling.

The only person who knew martial arts had lost his fighting ability and was covering his wounds.

"Who are you? How dare you rob our Anyue County Li family's caravan?"

A middle-aged man with a big knife and a full beard laughed and said, "Hahaha, your grandfather's name is Wu Dahai of Qingfeng Village."

After that, a big knife was used to take his life.

Looking at the carts of food nearby, his face was full of smiles, "Brothers, pull up the carriage, let's go back, we can have some drinks in the evening."

A man looked at the trembling people and asked, "Brother Dahai, are those people gone?"

"Why would they care about these cowards? Not to mention whether they can return safely in this world, even if they return, would they dare to say that their goods were robbed? I'm afraid they will just run for their lives."

"Pack up and let's go back."

Just when they were about to take the goods back, the Yun family guards jumped out and started a robbery.

The people of Qingfeng Village had already fought a battle and had lost some of their physical strength. In addition, the guards came out so suddenly that they were naturally captured alive.

Before taking away the goods and the people from Qingfeng Village, they killed the grooms, cleaned up the traces on the ground, and burned the bodies. Only then did the guards carry the goods and people up the mountain.

"My Lord, this is what happened today."

Yun Zhi nodded slightly and looked at the bearded man, "Where is your village located?"

But the man acted as if he didn't hear anything and kept his head down, as if he didn't hear anything.

Before Yun Zhi could react, Chen Yuanshu walked up to him, grabbed his hair, and slapped him in the face.

"Our lord is asking you a question, but you can't hear me."

Chen Yuanshu was very strong to begin with, and he used even more force in this slap.

After a while, my cheeks became visibly swollen.

He spat a mouthful of blood on the ground and said, "I have nothing to say. You can kill me or chop me up as you please."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuanshu was furious and stepped forward to slap him again.

"Chen Yuanshu."

Chen Yuanshu lowered his raised hand and said, "My Lord."

Yun Zhi looked at the people who were kneeling and refusing to surrender, then looked at the guards and said, "Lock up these nine people, and then you can go about your business."

"Yes, my lord."

They picked up several people on the ground, threw them into a room and locked the door.

Watching them leave, Yun Zhi looked at Yun Jingxian and said, "Come with me."

"boom"

The door slammed shut.

Wu Dahai licked his peeling cheek, listened to the footsteps leaving outside, and tried to break free from the rope around his wrists.

However, it was tied too tightly and I couldn't get free.

He stood up from the ground and walked to the window. It was called a window, but in fact it was just an opening, only one foot high, and he couldn't even stick his head out.

There was no other way except to go in through the door.

He turned his head and looked at his brother who had been with him for many years. "We can't do such a treacherous thing. We must not reveal the location of our village, not even a single piece of information. Even if you kill us, we can't tell you. Do you understand?"

"Well, what did you say, Brother Dahai? We are not the kind of people who are afraid of death, so we would never say that."

"Yes, both the head of the family and the young lady have been very kind to us, so we will not tell anyone."

A thinner man in the corner suddenly spoke up with a serious expression, "I didn't expect there would be such a force nearby."

They have been here for several months and they didn't know anything about it.

Wu Dahai nodded. "Who would know? Judging from their proficiency in handling the scene, they are obviously veterans. No wonder the news has never leaked out. I don't know when they came to this mountain."

A man took over the conversation, "Just today, one group of people dealt with the bodies, another cleaned up the blood on the ground, and another guarded the goods. It's obvious they've done this countless times. Once they cleaned up the place, it was as if nothing had happened."

"They should be the rebels, right?"

"It seems so. After all, they still have a lord."

When the lord was mentioned, everyone became excited.

"Their lord should be less than fifteen years old. He looks so young, and a girl. Wow."

Wu Dahai recalled the glance he exchanged with the lord, "She must be a tough character, otherwise those people wouldn't listen to her so much."

"How could she not be a tough character? We brothers have been traveling around for years now, and the look she gave me was so powerful that I couldn't even breathe. How can a little girl be so powerful?"

These words expressed everyone's inner thoughts, and who wasn't shocked by that look at that time?

"So, our brother Dahai is really amazing. I was shocked at that time. He could actually say such a bold thing."

"Our brother Dahai is really brave."

"Alas, I can no longer honor my mother."

As soon as these words were spoken, a sad atmosphere began to fill the room.

The study room on the other side.

Yun Zhi wrote something on a piece of cloth and gave it to Yun Jingxian.

"Use a bow and arrow to shoot this into a tree near the caravan."

"Yes."

Yun Jingxian took the piece of cloth and walked out.

Liu Anruo looked at Yun Zhi and said with certainty, "Lord, do you want to recruit us?"

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"Qingfeng Village has always had a good reputation outside. They have maintained their original nature and have not harmed innocent people. And those who go out of the village are all skilled in martial arts, unlike the other two bandit villages who only rely on brute force."

"Judging from the behavior of the several bandits captured today, they are loyal men and will not give in easily. The most important thing is that they did not betray their master."

"A force that maintains its original nature, has some skills, and is loyal to its master is very suitable for recruitment."

Yun Zhi looked at her without saying whether her guess was right or wrong, "Go on."

"The Lord asked Master Yun to shoot the cloth onto the tree so that when Qingfeng Village came out to search for someone, they could find it and take it back. After all, ordinary people can't get it unless they know Kung Fu."

"As for the content on the banner just now, it should be about inviting their master to meet you."

Liu Anruo spoke out all her speculations. She looked at Yun Zhi with a look of high spirits in her eyes and said, "My Lord, am I right?"

A hint of admiration flashed in Yun Zhi's eyes. She was indeed thinking of surrendering.

"You are very smart."

"Not as good as my lord."

……

Qingfeng Village.

Duan Yao paced back and forth in the room, her face full of anxiety.

"Haven't you found Uncle Dahai and the others yet?"

"No, we've searched everywhere, and there's no trace of anything."

When Duan Yao thought about the worst possible outcome

A man rushed in, "Miss!"

"But have you found the whereabouts of Uncle Dahai and the others?"

The man didn't know what to say, so he just handed her the piece of cloth in his hand and said, "Please take a look, young lady."

Duan Yao took it and saw that it said...