I will lead the whole village to occupy the land and become the king.

There are a total of fifty-six households in Dingshui Village, with a total population of more than three hundred people, young and old, but there are only about one hundred and eighty young and middle-aged men and women.

The only people who followed out tonight were young and strong men in their early 100s, including the hunter Meng Tianze who lived at the end of the village, and Chen Shao, the youngest son of Aunt Qin, who was usually the smartest person in the village.

The two of them, together with Jiang Qinyu, formed the pioneer trio to explore the way tonight.

When they were still two miles away from Qinggang Mountain, Jiang Qinyu reminded, "Village Chief, it's time for everyone to turn off the lights."

It was late at night, and their village was more than ten miles away from Qinggang Mountain. It was impossible to get out in the dark, so the team lit a few torches.

Village Chief Li stopped and signaled the people behind him to stop. Then he asked Jiang Qinyu, "Isn't it too early to destroy it now?"

It’s two miles long, and the road up the mountain is not easy to walk on. What if someone falls?

Jiang Qinyu was troubled and patiently explained, "Qinggang Mountain has been a nuisance to the village for so many years. They must have arranged night patrols. They are on the mountain and can see far away. If we go over there with torches, our plans for tonight will be ruined."

Perhaps due to their natural fear of bandits, the villagers were all nervous tonight and no one paid attention to many details. When they heard Jiang Qinyu's words, they immediately reacted.

Village Chief Li slapped his forehead and said, "You're right. Those of you behind, put out your torches quickly!"

The lights in the team quickly went out, but some people were still confused and grumbled in dissatisfaction.

"What does a woman like her know? How could she really see us from two miles away?"

"That's right, I don't know what's going on. It's pitch dark, are they trying to trick us into thinking we're blind?"

Upon hearing these remarks, Village Chief Li immediately raised his voice and shouted, "You know shit! I don't have time to argue with you right now. If you want to go, just shut up and obey. You cowards can get lost now!"

The matter of robbing food was already annoying enough, and these people were making things more difficult for him. How could he not be angry?

"It's not a big deal, don't be angry, brother Village Chief. Let's do as we agreed before and let Lao Meng take A Shao and my family's elders to explore the way." Old Man Lu came out to smooth things over.

Thinking of the important matter, Village Chief Li took a deep breath and looked at Meng Tianze and Chen Shao, "You guys must be careful and don't let them find you. Come back and let us know when you find the hidden food..."

He reminded several people again, but Jiang Qinyu saw that it was getting late and interrupted him, saying, "Uncle Village Chief, we should leave."

Village Chief Li stopped talking and watched the three people leave quickly. He then said to the others, "Let's go quickly, but everyone, remember, you have to walk carefully from now on and don't make any noise..."

Jiang Qinyu ignored the people behind her and hurried on while opening the system in her mind and turning on the task item map prompt function.

There were scattered green lights on both sides of the road on the map in her mind. After carefully distinguishing and comparing them, Jiang Qinyu came to a conclusion.

The map prompt function provided by the system has a range of 200 meters centered on her, and it cannot be seen outside the range.

This range is neither too big nor too small, it can only be said to be barely sufficient.

Jiang Qinyu is not picky. Having something useful is better than having nothing.

Meng Tianze was the oldest of the three, but because of what Jiang Qinyu had done before, after they reached the foot of the mountain, Meng Tianze asked her, "Lu Yanzheng's family, which way should we go?"

Before Qinggang Mountain was occupied by bandits, it was also a place where nearby villages went into the mountains to hunt and look for mountain products. A main road and several small paths were artificially opened.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qinyu first looked at the map in her mind, and then said, "Take the path on the right."

There are no green dots on the map now, which means that everything nearby has been taken away, but they cannot take the main road and can only choose the nearest small road.

The path she chose was exactly the one Meng Tianze wanted to choose. Meng Tianze nodded immediately and motioned for the two to follow him.

Chen Shao is usually a very lively person, but he is not stupid. He knows that what happens tonight is very dangerous, so he didn't say much along the way. Now he just listens to instructions and follows Jiang Qinyu.

The three of them, Meng Tianze led the way, Jiang Qinyu walked in the middle, and Chen Shao was the rear guard. They moved up all the way and their speed was not slow.

After walking for a while, Meng Tianze suddenly stretched out his hand to block. Jiang Qinyu and Chen Shao stopped immediately, and then looked in the direction of Meng Tianze's finger. Their hearts suddenly tightened.

I saw two bandits patrolling in front of me, holding torches and machetes.

"I say, isn't our boss being too cautious? Given our situation, is it really necessary to have people patrol the mountains at night?"

"That's right. Many villages outside are now fleeing famine. There is not even a single person left. There is really no need for us brothers to suffer this hardship."

"Speaking of which, how do you think the boss is going to support the brothers in the village? The food we stole from Dingshui Village yesterday wasn't much, only enough for us to eat for half a month. I think they're also going to flee the famine. Once these people leave, are we going to flee too?"

"How would I know that? But we really should think of a way out..."

The two bandits walked away while discussing, never thinking that anyone would come up the mountain.

After they left, Jiang Qinyu and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief. Meng Tianze frowned and looked at Jiang Qinyu, "Sister-in-law, those two just said there's not much food left in Qinggang Mountain. If we go to rob food tonight, won't that anger the bandits? What if they bring people into the village again?"

"This is what I told you all before. We now have two options. Either we steal the food back quietly, or we can only fight them to the death." Jiang Qinyu looked at the dark mountain with a cold tone.

It would be better not to take action if possible, but she felt that the best solution was to cut the weeds at their roots. Only by completely eliminating the hidden dangers of the bandits could the people of Dingshui Village stay in the village with peace of mind and seek other ways to make a living.

Chen Shao suddenly spoke up, "Uncle Meng, no matter what, we'll die without food. Rather than starving to death, we might as well fight those bandits to the death."

Meng Tianze was initially hesitant, but after hearing what Chen Shao said, he felt a little ashamed and immediately became resolute. "Okay, let's go up quickly. Once we find the place where the food is hidden, you go back and call for help."

He didn't think he could transport the food secretly, but he always had to try.

The few of them quickly walked up a distance, and suddenly a prompt sounded in Jiang Qinyu's mind.

[Ding! The number of items that can complete the task has been found. Please open the map to check!]

Jiang Qinyu immediately took a look in her consciousness and her eyes widened.

Wow! There was a huge green dot flashing in the upper left corner of the map, as if waiting for her to collect the fruit.