Divorced woman with child travels through time

Once you've done it once, you'll get used to it. Wang Erniu and his group, familiar with the place, led everyone quietly to the top of the mountain. Yunlei Mountain still followed the old custom: every night they would have a big feast of fish, meat, and alcohol before going to sleep.

One-Armed Tiger Zhang Tianming was completely drunk, collapsing onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and fast asleep. It was a rare occasion that Liu Yizhi had taken his men to Willow Tree Town to collect money today; otherwise, he would never have had the chance to drink. Now, Liu Yizhi was the only one in power in Yunlei Mountain, and he was a ruthless man who didn't care about money. Apart from the fact that Liu Yizhi was too strict and didn't allow drinking, life on the mountain was actually quite good, except for the lack of fun.

Wang Erniu, along with Yang Shouzhen and the others, stealthily approached the bandits' lair. Under the cover of darkness, they cautiously drew near. They saw two guards dozing at the entrance to Zhang Tianming's stronghold, both perhaps drunk, swaying precariously. Wang Erniu gave a signal to the men behind him, and Wang Hanyang and Lü Xiong crouched low and swiftly dispatched the two henchmen.

The group scattered and began arresting people house by house, while Yang Shouzhen led his men to the warehouse.

Wang Erniu entered the room, which was completely silent. Zhang Tianming, the One-Armed Tiger, was snoring loudly. Wang Erniu reached the bedside without even realizing it.

With a single chop to the neck, Wang Erniu knocked Zhang Tianming unconscious before he could even wake up. Wang Erniu was incredibly strong, finishing him off in just a few breaths.

Lu Xiong and Wang Hanyang rushed forward and tied him up tightly. Then Lu Xiong grabbed a kettle from the table and splashed it on his face. Zhang Tianming, his eyes red and glaring angrily, snapped out of his daze and demanded, "Who are you? What are you doing?"

Wang Erniu tapped his nose and laughed, "Still sleeping! I've brought you here."

Zhang Tianming narrowed his eyes, focusing his attention. "Wang Erniu? It's you again? Are you here to avenge the robbery of your village last time?"

As they spoke, Yang Shouzhen and his men had already captured quite a few bandits. However, some of them were not very quick and made quite a bit of noise. One of the bandits yelled, "The soldiers are here!"

In an instant, the entire mountain stronghold was in chaos, with people and horses falling over. Wang Erniu didn't mind, though, since none of them were strong enough to fight. He brandished the knife in his hand and said, "You know that's good. Tell me honestly, where is the warehouse? I'm only here for money, not to hurt anyone. If you tell me the truth, I'll let you go."

Zhang Tianming immediately said pragmatically, "There's a hole under the kang (heated brick bed) in the old house behind the fourth room. There's a box there, and that's all our money."

"Good man, you're so straightforward!" Wang Erniu didn't tell the truth either. "I'll hand you over to Lord Yang later. If he doesn't release you, there's nothing I can do. I've already promised to let you go."

Zhang Tianming glared at him angrily, "You're untrustworthy and go back on your word!"

Wang Erniu shrugged again, making a helpless expression, "I'm not in charge, so I can't do anything about it!" Zhang Tianming was so angry that he almost ground his teeth to powder.

Before long, because Yang Shouzhen had brought a large number of people, he managed to capture most of them. Since they were all equally skilled, having more people was an advantage. A few escaped, but it didn't matter much, so Yang Shouzhen didn't bother with them anymore. He didn't find any gold or silver, but he did find a lot of grain. In the past two years, sweet potatoes had spread all over the country, and most households were not short of food, at least they wouldn't starve. Yang Shouzhen didn't care much about the grain.

Wang Erniu brought the man to Yang Shouzhen's side.

"You're the One-Armed Tiger? Where's your arm? How come it's not broken?" Yang Shouzhen asked curiously.

Zhang Tianming glanced at him speechlessly, then turned his head away and ignored him.

Wang Erniu couldn't help but chuckle, pointing to his prosthetic hand and saying, "The master is right here."

Yang Shouzhen carefully examined the prosthetic hand hidden in his sleeve. It was made of wood, extending from half of the arm down to the palm, where a mechanism had been added. "Hey, you know what, this thing is actually pretty realistic..." He tapped the half of the prosthetic arm with his sword and said, "Honestly confess, where's the silver?"

Zhang Tianming turned his head and said, "If I tell you, will you let me go?"

Yang Shouzhen pondered for a moment and said, "If you tell me and I really find the silver, I'll consider letting you go..."

This was no different from saying nothing at all. Zhang Tianming hesitated for a moment. Anyway, he was still someone else's prey once he was tied up. So he repeated what he had said to Wang Erniu. Wang Erniu did not interrupt him.

Upon hearing this, Yang Shouzhen ignored Zhang Tianming and led his men to the other house. Wang Hanyang glanced at Wang Erniu and followed. Sure enough, as he had said, there was a large box downstairs. The group worked together to lift it up. Good heavens, the box was filled with gold and silver treasures.

"Wow!"

"Damn, that's a lot of money."

"We've struck it rich... We've struck it rich..." The soldiers were in high spirits, and even the guards outside squeezed in to watch excitedly.

Upon seeing this, Yang Shouzhen realized something was amiss. He slammed the box shut. "You all step back first. The leader stays. We'll split the silver later."

Fearing his authority, most of the soldiers finally withdrew, and the main hall of the stronghold was finally a little emptier. However, many people still lingered in the hall, looking around, unwilling to leave.

Wang Erniu and the others exchanged glances and whispered their thoughts before leaving.

Having no other choice, Yang Shouzhen said, "Master Qian definitely has to get a share of this. If we can't pay the taxes, we won't be able to eat or leave. I'll take 10% of the rest, and you can divide the rest among yourselves. As for Erniu, you and your men can take 10% too, okay?"

He gets 10%, so the remaining 80% still belongs to him, right? He's really good at dividing things!

Wang Erniu smiled and said, "Of course, I have no objection." Wang Hanyang glanced at Lü Xiong, who gave him a malicious, crooked smile, his expression clearly saying, "I'll settle accounts with them later."

The matter was settled amicably. Yang Shouzhen had the boxes tied up and prepared to descend the mountain.

"First day of the lunar month, someone's coming. There are quite a lot of them, they look like bandits." Tiger hurriedly ran up the mountain and told First day of the lunar month, who was hiding in a tree.

"Okay! Dazhuang, take good care of him." Chu Yi didn't hesitate and turned to run to inform Wang Erniu.

Tiger was also an orphan. Chu Yi didn't know what kind of constitution he had, but perhaps because they were both orphans, he got along very well with the other children. Tiger was already fourteen years old, and his height was almost the same as Chu Yi's when he was eleven. Chu Yi was arrogant as soon as he entered the barracks, but he had Wang Erniu protecting him. In addition, he had practiced his kung fu for more than a year and it was indeed quite good. Plus, he was generous, so many of the other soldiers respected him.

"Uncle, someone's coming up!" Chu Yi said directly to Wang Erniu. Wang Erniu's expression tightened. Sure enough, teammates are not to be trusted. Wang Erniu remembered Chen Wenfang's words and secretly told Lü Xiong to lead his men to run away along the small path first, while he and Yang Shouzhen walked down the main road to attract fire.

"My lord, it must be Liu Yizhi who has returned. There will likely be a fierce battle. I will escort you down the mountain," Wang Erniu shouted.

"Hey, hey, good..." Yang Shouzhen had already received the silver and wasn't going to linger in the fight. But as soon as he stepped out of the village gate, he ran into Liu Yizhi.