It has to be said that Li Shu's ruthless demeanor truly shocked the three Pang brothers.

Pang Er hesitated, wondering whether to take action. His fifth and sixth sons were still young and lacked courage and ability.

This woman is clever; if she fights back desperately, she might even be able to take one of his brothers with her.

If anyone else dies, the Pang family will be wiped out!

Even?

I felt resentful.

"We're taking your sister with us." Pang Er gritted his teeth. "Our Pang family has given so much; we can't get nothing in return!"

“No.” Li Shu seemed to regain a sliver of humanity. “You lot are no good. She’d be better off dead in your hands. So unless she agrees herself, I won’t let you take her away…”

"Aren't we good people? How dare you say such a thing! Your father is still hanging on the ground, his legs are no longer kicking, yet you haven't even given him a glance. Who's the vicious one here?!" Pang Wu had never seen such a shameless person.

At that moment, the still young Pang Wu even felt like a hero who had saved an innocent little girl.

“Why don’t you… wake her up and ask her carefully what she’ll choose? She’s not a criminal; her parents are dead, and she can go down the mountain now. If you force her to stay, you won’t be able to get past the officials.” Li Shu wanted to take her away even more.

Li Man is still young and not strong enough; she can be controlled. After she goes down the mountain, she just needs to find a way to make her die of illness silently.

But Pang Wu's words made her reflect on herself again.

To kill them outright is too cruel.

It's not impossible for her to go to the Pang family... Even the youngest criminal in the Pang family has a ten-year sentence.

It's not impossible to erase the grievances that the lord of Pingyuan has suffered for over ten years, but the Pang family is shameless, and she doesn't like to win in such a humiliating way. So she will give Li Man a chance and let her choose for herself.

Pang Er woke Li Man up.

Li Man was actually conscious; she tried her best to control her emotions and didn't even dare to tremble, fearing that Li Shu would shoot an arrow again and kill her.

That day, she led the Pang brothers into Li Shu's house... She thought that from now on, she would never be bullied by Li Shu again, but she never expected... that she would be so powerful.

It turns out that neither she nor her father, nor anyone else, could defeat her!

Come back home?

Will things get better if she goes home? She doesn't want that!

She didn't want to see Li Shu again for a moment. When she met Li Shu's eyes, she felt like she had fallen into an abyss, dark and oppressive, where even breathing became difficult!

Li Man grabbed Pang Wu's sleeve: "Help, help me... I, I don't want to go down the mountain."

Going down the mountain will kill me, I definitely will!

She wants to stay away from Li Shu!

Pang Wu was quite surprised: "Second Brother, is she coming with us?"

“You saw it? This is what your sister chose herself.” Pang Er immediately said. After losing two more brothers, Pang Er began to realize that he could no longer continue to be so recklessly arrogant. His two remaining younger brothers were only teenagers and could not stand on their own. In the future, the whole family would depend on him.

The chances of their Pang family line ending are quite high.

It's time to start thinking about my younger brothers.

This Li Man... raise him for two years, then let the youngest sixth son marry him to carry on the family line. Both of them are still young, and ten years later, their Pang family will still have hope!

Li Shu curled his lip: "Since that's the case, you can talk to the officials yourselves. I will leave once the mountain road is open. I advise you not to try to take advantage of me again recently, or you will force me to avenge my father's death."

"..." Pang Er fell silent.

A blood feud for killing one's father? Bullshit!

He now feels that killing Li Chutian was in accordance with her wishes! Otherwise, why didn't she appear earlier, but instead waited until Li Chutian was barely resisting before showing up?!

……

After Li Shu left, Pang Er and the others took Li Man back.

A few days later, when other mountain paths became accessible, the Pang family immediately went to the officials and explained the cause of Li Chutian's death.

Li Chutian was left hanging there, and no one touched him.

Li Man was still very weak, but after meeting the officials, he was able to give some testimony, stating that after their house collapsed under the weight of the snow, his father could not bear the cold and hanged himself...

The official frowned, somewhat dissatisfied. After all, the Li family had only been punished for three years, yet they hadn't even survived the first winter, which was a bit unreasonable.

But Li Chutian wasn't the only one who froze to death on the mountain, and the officials didn't want to continue pondering the reasons.

Without the officials needing to say anything, Li Shu appeared on his own and expressed his sorrow.

For the first time, the two sisters lived together in peace and harmony, burying Li Chutian in the same spot as Zhou.

With the number of prisoners decreasing, officials not only had to inform the government, but also the families living down the mountain.

When they arrived, the Li family had registered four people. Now that the two main culprits were gone, the sisters' names could be removed. At that moment, Li Man immediately said that Li Chutian had entrusted her to the Pang family. The officials did not say much, but simply transferred her to the Pang family.

The Pang family was also giving the officials a headache.

They searched for two people, but couldn't find them.

In the past, there were criminals who fled, and those who didn't die wouldn't return to the city. Most of them became bandits, so the officials treated the Pang family very badly, and they would often be implicated and have their sentences increased by several years.

Li Shu no longer cared about the fate of the Pang family.

She went to the Zhao family to say goodbye, bringing them a quilt and two sets of warm cotton clothes, and then went down the mountain.

After descending the mountain, she didn't rush back to the town. Instead, she spent the night at the foot of the mountain. The next day, she took out a few pieces of dried cured meat from her spatial storage and sent them to the military camp.

Cheng Mian was not seen as usual, but Li Shu gave it all to that old doctor.

These meats are processed and can be stored for a period of time without seeming strange.

The doctor initially thought Li Shu was just being polite, but he didn't expect that the man would actually bring some meat, which improved his impression of her.

Li Shu did nothing else; he delivered the goods and left without inquiring about the situation in the army.

Moreover, there was no need to inquire at all. She noticed that most of the soldiers were wearing old clothes. In this weather, the court had not provided any warm clothing, so these soldiers must be having a hard time.

After Li Shu left, the old man also had some good intentions and delivered the things to Cheng Mian.

“This was sent by a young girl serving time in the mountains. She said her father froze to death, and she was going down the mountain to go home, so she sent these supplies over. Half is for you, and the other half is for me to give to her uncle, a soldier in the Divine Bow Battalion named Chen Yousong…” the other party said truthfully.

Cheng Mian was shocked; there was quite a lot of meat in there.

The pork must have been stored before she went up the mountain, and the remaining rabbit meat, snake meat, and even mountain frog meat must have been caught by her with great care.

"Although I gave her a ginseng root, she gave me all the food to fill her stomach. This girl is so kind and kind-hearted despite her hardship..." Cheng Mian was very moved. He did not expect that his kindness, which he showed out of a moment of weakness, would receive such a strong response!

"I'll send someone to inquire. The Divine Archer Battalion... suffered heavy losses in the last battle. Hopefully, her uncle wasn't among them..."

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