After being exiled with her husband and children, she returned with great power to rule the world

Chifeng smiled, bowed to the village chief, and said politely, "Village chief! Look at us, we've been sleeping in the open air for many days and are exhausted. Thank you for your understanding today as we're passing by your precious place."

The village chief stroked his beard and said slowly, "Captain Qi, although I agree that you can stay here temporarily, our village is small and there are not many people. The sudden arrival of so many people will inevitably cause some disturbance."

Chifeng quickly added, "Village Chief, don't worry, we won't cause any trouble to the village. Let's just find an open space to stay for the night and leave early tomorrow morning."

The village chief frowned and pondered for a moment before finally nodding: "Since Captain Qi has said so, I hope you will abide by the rules, but I have to say this first: don't let anyone mess up."

Chifeng thanked him repeatedly: "Of course, of course. Thank you very much for your understanding, Village Chief. I will definitely repay you in the future."

In this way, the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a long time, and the officials finally succeeded in borrowing this piece of land to spend the night.

Those convicts who were calculating and cunning in their thinking immediately drooped their heads when they heard that they could not enter the village, with unconcealable frustration on their faces.

They had been walking for several days and finally came across this village. They had been hoping to sneak into the village at night to exchange some things and improve their difficult situation, but who would have thought that they would not even be allowed to enter the village.

The prisoners gathered together and complained in low voices.

"What kind of thing is this? We're not even allowed into the village. How are we going to find food?"

"That's right! I haven't had enough to eat all this time, and I finally saw a village, but I wasn't allowed to enter!"

"When will this day end?"

Chifeng frowned and solemnly warned everyone, "Listen up! It's not easy for us to borrow this land to spend the night. You all should behave yourself and don't cause any trouble. If anyone dares to break the rules, don't blame me for being rude!"

His voice was harsh and loud, echoing in the empty space.

After warning everyone, Chifeng personally directed everyone to place the stove properly and then gathered firewood with swift hands and feet.

"Hurry up, everyone, and get some water!" Chiffon urged loudly while busying himself.

Then he turned and shouted towards the village, "Come and get some women to help prepare dinner!"

Soon, several women came hurriedly, some helping to wash rice, some helping to chop wild vegetables, while Qifeng kept reminding them: "Add more water, the porridge can't be too thick."

After everyone's busy work, dinner was finally ready.

Chifeng personally supervised and carefully distributed food to each prisoner, some wild vegetables and a bowl of porridge, to ensure that there were no omissions or deviations.

This amount of dry food was just a drop in the bucket for the already exhausted and hungry prisoners, and it was not enough to fill their stomachs.

Fortunately, most people were smart enough to make a fire on their own and prepare some simple food.

Some convicts were looking for edible wild vegetables around the village. They bent over and searched carefully in the withered grass, not missing any glimmer of hope.

Some people even picked up branches and tried to dig out some roots from the soil to fill their stomachs.

A convict found some wild vegetables and excitedly shouted to his companions: "Come over here, there are a lot of wild vegetables here!" A group of people immediately gathered over and started picking them in a hurry.

Another convict finally dug up some sweet potato-like roots and his eyes lit up with joy: "Haha, I can eat more tonight!"

After some effort, everyone finally felt a little full.

As the night deepened, the cold wind howled.

Everyone was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep leaning against the fire.

Murong Ling'er did not fall asleep as quickly as the others. She opened her big package carefully, as if protecting a treasure, and took out a few cakes from it carefully.

She first moved slowly towards Chu Lingfeng and gently stuffed some pastries and dried meat into his hands.

Chu Lingfeng's sharp intuition made him wake up instantly, but he did not say anything. He just lay there quietly, his eyes quietly falling on Murong Ling'er, wanting to see what she was going to do.

Murong Ling'er didn't seem to notice that Chu Lingfeng had woken up, and then gave Huo Jianjie a few more meat buns.

When Murong Ling'er turned around and walked back, she glanced at Chu Lingfeng inadvertently. Unexpectedly, she met his eyes that were particularly bright under the moonlight.

At that moment, time seemed to stand still. Murong Ling'er was slightly stunned, and her heart beat faster involuntarily.

The hazy moonlight poured down like water, and Chu Lingfeng's handsome face was bathed in the moonlight. The cold and aloof aura that usually surrounded him seemed to have disappeared at this moment. His delicate facial features were made to look even softer, and inexplicably added a touch of fragility that aroused pity.

Murong Ling'er's face instantly turned as red as the sunset. She hurriedly withdrew her gaze and walked away quickly with a red face.

……

"Ah ah ah ah..."

This extremely shrill scream, like a sharp blade, instantly cut through the tranquility and silence of the winter night.

A group of convicts wrapped in tattered clothes were sleeping soundly by the fire. They were immersed in a sweet dream when they were suddenly awakened by the sudden and creepy shouting.

Murong Ling'er and Chu Lingfeng opened their eyes almost at the same time, turned their heads swiftly, and looked towards the dark and bottomless village.

Not long after, the sound of gongs became more and more urgent in the village, followed by flickering torch lights. A group of villagers holding various tools hurriedly rushed out of the village.

Some of them were holding carrying poles, some were holding shovels, some were carrying kitchen knives, and some were holding axes high.

"What happened?"

"Why are you here at this time?"

"I seemed to hear screams."

"Could they attack us in the middle of the night?"

Murong Ling'er and Chu Lingfeng stood in the crowd with serious expressions, secretly wondering how to deal with this difficult situation.

The air around seemed to be frozen, making people feel depressed and suffocated.

When the convicts saw this commotion, they were all confused and started whispering to each other, not knowing what was going on.

"What's going on? We've always been honest and responsible."

"Who knows? Could there be some misunderstanding?"

"Oh, I don't know what happened. What should I do?"

Chifeng was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly woken up by the sound of the gong. He was in a terrible mood and his face was as sour as the bottom of a pot. He scratched his hair in annoyance and muttered curses.

Seeing the village chief of Shuiliwei Village at this moment, he naturally did not have a good face.

He frowned, his eyes filled with impatience and anger.

Similarly, the village chief of Shuiliwei Village also had a gloomy look on his face.

His face was tense, the wrinkles on his forehead seemed to have deepened a little, and his serious expression seemed to be able to form a layer of frost.