Super System in the Early Tang Dynasty

There were originally some servants and women in the village, but they had all run away by now, and Li Xingzhi had no interest in their lives or deaths.

The bandit leader, bound hand and foot and being dragged along, knew that all was lost and resigned himself to his fate. He obediently confessed everything, only asking for a quick death! But they couldn't get anything more out of him.

Seeing this, Wang Xiucai gave a wink to the guards who had captured the two thieves. The guards understood and dragged the two men to the back. There was a scream, and then they were silent.

Li Xingzhi and Wang Xiucai walked ahead, heading straight for the small treasury in the stronghold. According to the bandit leader, there were three places where the gold was hidden: one in the stronghold, one at the foot of the mountain, and a secret treasury in a courtyard in the city, where the real treasure was.

Li Xingzhi couldn't help but sigh inwardly at how clever these thieves were; they truly had "three burrows for a cunning rabbit"! If it weren't for Wang Xiucai's understanding of the ways of the world, the thief leader wouldn't have been so honest.

Life in this village is quite rich, with a kitchen outside the building, blacksmiths who forge weapons, beautiful women, and meat to eat. No wonder no one wants to leave the mountain.

Li Xingzhi and his group headed straight for the bandit leader's room. They knocked on the bed, revealing the hidden treasure chamber inside, with a secret passage leading directly outside the stronghold. The bandit leader had originally planned to escape through this passage, but Wang Xiucai had stumbled upon them and caught them red-handed!

First, a servant went down to scout ahead. Seeing that there was no problem, Li Xingzhi jumped down. Below was a relatively open cave, not very large, containing only a small box. One end of the cave connected to a narrow path that required one to duck and shrink to pass through.

Li Xingzhi glanced around a couple of times, then lost interest. He used a stick to pry open the box, and seeing nothing of the sort, he peeked inside. He couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed; he'd read too many novels. In reality, where were there so many deadly poisons or bloodless hidden weapons?

Li Xingzhi looked at the box and saw that it contained only some copper coins and a few gold ingots, not even half full. It turned out that even bandits didn't have much money these days, far less than the chests of gold and silver he had seen on television. Although he knew it was wishful thinking, seeing this still left him somewhat disappointed.

He glanced at it, found it rather uninteresting, but was still somewhat unwilling to give up. He reached into the box and rummaged through it a couple of times, finding only copper coins, nothing else.

Li Xingzhi was still somewhat unwilling to give up. With a bit of anger, he kicked the box over, scattering copper coins all over the ground. There were no strange objects or adventures like in novels and TV shows. He couldn't help but laugh to himself, realizing that he had been obsessed!

The servants who came down from the side were a little confused as they watched their master kicking and pulling. They stood there without daring to say anything.

At this moment, Li Xingzhi turned around, called over a few servants, and asked them to carry all the things up. He then leaped up, grabbed the edge of the wall, and with a flip, landed cleanly on the ground.

The people above were momentarily stunned before they realized their master had already landed firmly on the ground, but they weren't surprised. After all this time, they had come to believe that whatever happened to their young master was to be expected.

Once the box was upstairs, Li Xingzhi didn't look at it anymore. He kept a few ingots of gold, and had Zhou Da, Sun Er, and their men distribute the rest. Those who had made meritorious contributions in capturing and killing thieves naturally received larger portions. Although this amount wasn't much in Li Xingzhi's eyes, it was a large sum of money in the eyes of ordinary people. Even those who received a small share would have enough to eat and drink at the best restaurant in Tanzhou for more than ten days. The servants of the Li family were all secretly grateful, already planning how to spend the money. They were all rough men and didn't need to save any money.

After dividing the money, they went to the dungeon, where they didn't know if anyone else was still imprisoned. When they asked the bandit leader, his answers were evasive and rather untrue.

Following their search, Li Xingzhi and his group made several turns and went around in circles until they found a small door in a secluded corner of the bandit stronghold. The door was unlocked.

Li Xingzhi opened the door and went inside, looking around at the interior. Wooden fences separated the rooms, much like those seen on television, but in a rougher style.

Contrary to Li Xingzhi's expectations, the dungeon was not gloomy, damp, or cold. Instead, it was dry and even quite clean, which was rather unusual. Looking around, he saw that there were no people imprisoned in the cells.

Li Xingzhi walked inside, and after a few more meters, he twitched his nose and smelled a faint fragrance—a woman's scent. He quickened his pace and reached the innermost part, where there was a unique cell. Not only was it separated from the outside by wooden fences, but the outer side was also made of rammed earth. Li Xingzhi stood to one side, unable to see what was inside.

He walked a few more steps inside and saw a neat young lady's room, where a woman dressed in a blue dress with a red ribbon was looking in the mirror and adjusting her hairpins.

The woman had her back to Li Xingzhi, so his face was not clear. He could only see that she had misty hair, golden hairpins, and wore a blue dress. Her long waist was tied with a thin belt, which lifted her breasts high. Li Xingzhi's heart was stirred by her appearance.

Before Li Xingzhi could examine it more closely, a whip suddenly lashed out, the sound of it cutting through the air startling him, and he couldn't help but take several steps back.

"Who goes there!" came a sharp rebuke.

Li Xingzhi then looked up and saw a small, delicate face with a slightly parted red mouth, wide almond eyes, and slightly raised eyebrows. She was tall and slender, and her neat attire gave her a rather heroic air. She looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, but she held a long whip and had a somewhat unruly air about her.

"Who are you?" the woman asked angrily as she looked Li Xingzhi up and down so brazenly.

Li Xingzhi then came to his senses, remembering that he was in a dungeon. Suddenly, he became puzzled by the strange situation inside. When the woman asked him a question, Li Xingzhi was momentarily at a loss for words.

At this moment, the servants behind them had already caught up.

Sun Er, walking beside Li Xingzhi, stepped forward and said, "This is my young master, he's here to rescue you from the thieves' den!" His voice was somewhat shrill and strange, making it rather awkward to listen to. Li Xingzhi knew Sun Er's quirky nature, so he wasn't surprised.

The woman paused, seemingly lost in thought, upon hearing this. Before Li Xingzhi could speak, she asked again, "What about the thieves? How are they?"

Sun Er replied, "They're all dead! Chop them into jerky and sell them!" His tone became somewhat sinister as he spoke, deliberately trying to scare people.

The woman in green seemed to have lost her soul this time. She murmured, "They're all dead, they're all dead..." Her eyes were red, and tears streamed down her face.

When Sun Er saw the woman start crying, he didn't dare to say anything more. Li Xingzhi was even more at a loss for words. In his previous life, he was just a stay-at-home guy in his twenties who had never even held a woman's hand. He had never seen such a powerful figure before. He just glared at Sun Er and scolded him for talking nonsense.

Sun Er was glared at by Li Xingzhi and felt a little embarrassed, so he didn't dare to go forward and say anything. The other servants didn't say anything either.

For a moment, the dungeon fell silent. Li Xingzhi simply sized up the woman in front of him, lost in thought. However, Wang Xiucai, who had followed behind, frowned upon seeing the woman's appearance.

The woman in green was momentarily stunned, then asked softly, "What about the bandit leader? Is he dead too?" This demeanor was completely different from her earlier shouting and yelling. Coupled with her tear-streaked face, she was truly charming and touching. Li Xingzhi's heartstrings were touched. What a beautiful woman with an antique charm!

Although Li Xingzhi was taken aback by the beauty, he quickly regained his senses and said, "She was captured and killed!"

Upon hearing this, the woman in green stared blankly ahead, her eyes vacant: "Dead, it's good that he's dead..."

Li Xingzhi began to suspect that the woman might have some kind of mental illness, which was why she was locked up here. He sighed inwardly, "What a pity!"

"Did you kill him?" At this moment, the woman opened the cell door herself and came out.

Before he could finish speaking, a whip lashed out at Li Xingzhi, whistling through the air. It was far more vicious than the previous one, enough to tear flesh from the skin.

Li Xingzhi was startled, unsure of what the madwoman was planning. He simply dodged to the side. The whip lashed against the cell door beside him, leaving a deep welt, which made Li Xingzhi's heart skip a beat. He had thought it was just an ordinary whip, but it turned out to be a weapon used by executioners!

The woman seemed to have gone mad, wielding a whip and lashing at anyone in sight, acting like a madwoman! Zhou Da, the tallest and strongest of them all, was the first to be hit—just as a whip shadow was about to rush straight at Wang Xiucai, Zhou Da stepped aside and blocked it. The long whip struck Zhou Da, leaving a long red line, and Zhou Da let out a muffled groan!

The woman was stunned for a moment. Based on her previous experience, when the whip struck a person, it would tear the skin and flesh, not just leave a gruesome appearance.

While the woman was distracted, Zhou Da grabbed the silver whip. He felt a chill in his hand and realized that the whip was actually strung with lines on the outside, but cleverly connected in sections with metal in the middle.

Although the woman in green was skilled in whip techniques, she lacked the strength to do so. When Zhou Da pulled on one end of the whip, she stumbled and the entire whip was pulled away.

The woman in green seemed to be getting anxious. She was very attached to the whip. "Give me back my whip!" she shouted, and was about to fight back when she suddenly collapsed to the ground after taking a few steps...

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The contract wasn't approved, and with some people's guidance, I'm preparing to revise it. However, it won't affect updates or reading; the main storyline and plot will remain unchanged, mainly affecting the first few chapters.

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