After being wrongly married, I stabbed my husband to death and became famous throughout the world.

Li Shu muttered to himself, as if he were experiencing a panic reaction due to extreme fear.

She stood there with her head hunched over, refusing to leave the "treasure" spot, which was quite annoying.

Soon, someone picked her up and threw her aside.

"Fifth Brother, you watch her. The rest of you... get your weapons out and get to work!" the bandit leader ordered.

Li Shu had met this bandit leader before.

He was the one who robbed the Qian family before; she even shot an arrow at them back then!

Unexpectedly, this person is so lucky to be able to make a comeback so quickly. However, it is clear that the size of his bandit army is much smaller than before, and he looks much more haggard.

The government's intervention last time dealt him a significant blow.

The leaders have all gone out to handle matters, so there probably aren't many people left in the old stronghold.

Li Shu stayed in one spot, watching tremblingly.

Seeing that these people were engrossed in digging, she suddenly raised one hand and made a gesture.

"What are you doing?" The person guarding her looked at her with some confusion and annoyance.

However, just as he finished speaking, a sudden sound rang out, and an arrow shot directly from behind. Li Shu rolled and changed his position, using the withered grass and leaves as cover, and pulled out his whip from his spatial storage!

In an instant, the whip lashed out, wrapping around the neck of the nearest bandit and flinging him away.

This sudden change startled the bandits, who immediately went on the defensive and charged towards Li Shu.

However, as soon as he lifted his foot, stones rolled down the hillside with a rumble, and several arrows were fired from all directions at the same time.

"Brother, there's an ambush! This little girl is tricking us!" The men were also shocked.

Duan Changdong and the others were extremely excited. They never expected that Li Shu would actually bring the bandits here. Moreover, they were now in the dark and had made a plan in advance to disrupt the bandits' formation before launching a counterattack. Their chances of winning were indeed very high!

Seeing that Li Shu was capable of protecting himself, they did not act rashly and chose to launch a long-range attack first.

Li Shu said, "To catch the thief, first catch the leader." The leader of this group of bandits was very conspicuous, so everyone's firepower was concentrated there.

This location is difficult to escape from; it was carefully chosen by Li Shu.

Being trapped here is like being caught in a trap; they didn't even see the enemy lurking in the shadows before several of them were hit by arrows.

Li Shu had scouted the area beforehand, so those people couldn't touch her at all and could only try to retreat.

However, just as they were running away in one direction, a large net suddenly appeared beneath their feet, instantly catching all three of them.

The scene became increasingly chaotic.

Others stepped into animal traps that Li Shu had prepared in advance, making it impossible for them to move an inch.

With the number of people under control, Li Shu gave another signal, and his companions rushed down with their weapons to fight the remaining few.

The situation is actually under control now. Those traps alone are enough to wipe out the bandits. But since it's going to be a real battle, we still need to leave some survivors.

Normal training is just tough, but this time is different. Facing a real enemy, everyone is extremely nervous and will expose many weaknesses.

This kind of shortcoming can only be corrected through more practice.

Duan Changdong was quite confident before, but now he realizes that these bandits are really ruthless.

Fortunately, they outnumbered each other and gained the upper hand; otherwise, it would have been very difficult to defeat them in a direct confrontation!

It's not that they didn't learn martial arts well, but they lacked the shrewdness of someone who had been through countless battles!

The bandit leader had been hit by two arrows. He could have held on, but under the overwhelming numbers of Li Shu and his men, he slowly became unable to resist. He never expected to die here. His eyes were filled with resentment, and he looked at Li Shu with a desperate and hateful gaze...

In an instant, some memories surged forth.

"It's you—" The bandit leader looked over in horror.

Those eyes looked so familiar, just like... that little beggar who shot an arrow at him!

Back then, after his failed robbery of the Qian family, he was filled with resentment. After recovering from his injuries for a while, he sent spies to find out where the lame little beggar was, but they couldn't find a trace of him!

It was a cold winter day, and he thought the beggar had frozen to death!

But it turns out—that wasn't a beggar at all, it was this woman!

"You remember me?" Li Shu was surprised and touched his face. "It seems that my ability to disguise myself is not very good. I will learn more in the future."

"Ah Li, have you met him?" Chen Ying asked excitedly.

“I saw him once before, but he got away. This time…” Li Shu pulled out the wanted poster, “His brothers aren’t worth much, maybe ten or twenty taels, but he… is worth a hundred taels! We’re rich!”

“But how are we going to get so many people back?” Chang Fa asked.

During the fight, his main responsibility was to scout out the situation. He knew which enemies were in danger and which were trying to escape. He relayed this information to the others in secret, and everyone killed according to his judgment. This feeling... made him feel like a general!

Chen Feiqing was also very excited because he never expected that he would be able to use his strength!

He was in charge of setting the traps!

He did a great job, accurately and without any major delays!

“The one who just stepped on the trap seems the most timid. Let’s keep him alive and investigate their hideout. This one is the most expensive… this guy is the most cunning, kill him directly.” After Li Shu finished speaking, he picked up the knife next to him and immediately stabbed him.

Everyone was startled, but they had all prepared themselves mentally, so they weren't particularly scared.

I was just a little surprised by Li Shu's decisiveness.

The remaining survivor was stunned when he saw that his leader was dead.

Li Shu didn't rush to ask questions. He first took back his own silver and beads, and then asked everyone to search their other belongings.

We definitely have to take these weapons, and the horses halfway up the mountain are very valuable, so we can't lose them!

"We'll have horses now, won't we?" Chang Fa rubbed his hands together, looking very excited.

“Can you keep them? These horses eat a lot of fodder every day. Selling just one of these warhorses is fine, but if the government investigates, it will cause trouble… I think you should send them to the government. They accept them, but the price will be a bit cheaper,” Chen Feiqing quickly reminded him.

Upon hearing this, everyone was immediately disappointed.

“Don’t rush, it can be sold. I’ll find a sucker… no, I’ll find a great philanthropist and see if he’s willing to take it…” Li Shu said immediately.

"What great philanthropist?" Duan Changdong asked.

"Let me make this clear first, I know a good person, someone with a special background and a decent character. But when you meet him, you must be polite and suppress any evil aura you have when we're killing people, otherwise you'll easily scare him away," Li Shu warned in advance.

Cheng Mian has powerful backers in the military.

If these warhorses were sold to him, given Cheng Mian's character, he wouldn't be stingy or refuse to pay; in fact, he would likely say some good things about them to his powerful backer.

In the future, after Duan Changdong and the others join the army, those kind words may still play other roles.