Shitou led people into the mountain stronghold and retreated after a short time.
"Second brother, there is no one inside. The bandits must have escaped."
Yun Chao slapped his thigh: "Okay, Li Xing, you lead ten people to guard the gate of the village. No one is allowed in without my order. Do you understand?"
"yes!"
Yun Chao was not careless and still arranged his men to form a square formation and advance steadily.
Maybe it was because the bandits had not been in Heisongling for a long time. The village was very crudely built and the area was not large. Yun Chao quickly took the people around.
Sure enough, there was not a single bandit left. The back door of the cottage was open and there were fresh ruts. It seemed that the bandits had escaped through the back door in a cart!
"The warehouse is full. Lead people to guard the back door to prevent the bandits from killing them. The remaining five people will quickly search the stronghold to see if there is any property?"
"yes!"
The village warriors were full of enthusiasm and agreed in unison. According to the previous division, five people in a team, led by their respective team leaders, searched the village separately.
Not long after, a team leader came back and reported: "Brother Chao, we found the bandit's granary!"
"Okay, take me to see it!"
Yun Chao followed him and took a look, almost crying with joy. There was quite a lot of food in the granary, at least a thousand stones or more!
If it is a thousand taels of silver, it seems to be just that, but the food is different. There are so many things, and the shock it brings to people is far greater than that of silver coins of the same value!
Next to the granary, there is another warehouse, which is piled with groceries such as cloth and salt. It is a mess, and it looks like it was stolen by bandits.
"Okay, from now on, you will be responsible for guarding the warehouse. No one is allowed to approach without my order. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
"Brother Chao, we discovered... we discovered, hey, you should come over and take a look!"
Yun Chao followed San Raizi to a large house, stretched his head and looked into the door, and immediately frowned.
There were dozens of women in the room, all disheveled, with disheveled hair, and some even had no clothes on.
Looking at their expressions, they all looked dull and their eyes were dull. No need to ask, Yun Chao knew what was going on.
These poor women must have been captured by the bandits as tools for their lust and humiliation!
"Three Rakes, please let two people guard this place. No one is allowed to enter without my order, let alone bully these women. Do you understand?"
"yes!"
Next, in the next room, more than a dozen meat tickets kidnapped by the bandits were found.
I don't care about meat ticket Yun Chao, just leave it to He Inspector to handle it.
At this moment, Zhang Sihai ran over with someone.
Seeing Zhang Sihai and the others' pale faces, Yun Chao was startled: "Sihai, what's wrong?"
"Ugh... vomit vomit..."
Zhang Sihai and several boys vomited for a while, and then he said: "Chao... Brother Chao, in the kitchen... in the kitchen... vomiting..."
Yun Chao didn't bother to waste time asking. When he went to the kitchen, he vomited and almost vomited.
There were several mutilated corpses hanging from the rafters...
Looking at the half-processed meat on the chopping board, how could Yun Chao not know what was going on? These gangs of heartless bandits actually eat human flesh!
Word spread quickly.
Some people who don't believe in evil have to come to watch the fun.
As a result, each one vomited more violently than the other.
Now I'm honest.
Do bandits really eat people?
These beasts are so cruel!
When they thought that if it weren't for Yun Chao, they would probably end up like the brothers in Liang Shang due to defeat, every Xiang Yong in Wolong Village felt shuddering.
Fortunately, before setting off, we defeated Lai Zhicheng and made Yun Chao the head of the capital. If someone named Lai was still the head of the capital, just look at the other village mayors to know what would have happened!
Horrible, terrible!
Thinking of the consequences of Lai Zhicheng becoming the capital leader, all the local heroes were terrified.
No, I can no longer follow Lai Zhicheng. As soon as I return, I will mobilize the villagers and make sure Brother Chao becomes the village leader!
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"Stone, what's going on? Why haven't you found the bandit's bank account yet?"
Hearing Yun Chao call him, Shitou hurriedly ran over.
"Second brother, I was just trying to report to you. There is a room over there that looks like a place to store gold and silver, but it is empty now. There are still traces of boxes left in the room..."
"Where, I'll go take a look!"
Before Shitou could finish speaking, Yun Chao couldn't wait to walk over.
The door of the house was wide open, there were messy footprints on the ground, and there were obvious marks of boxes pressing down on the corners of the room. It was obvious at a glance that those boxes were not light.
"Asshole, these guys want money rather than their lives, and they didn't forget to take the money with them when they ran away! Shitou, call everyone together, let's chase them!"
Yun Chao took the risk to come to the bandit's lair not for the thousand stones of food. The bandit's property was his main target.
In the end, not even a tael of silver was left for him. How could Yun Chao give up?
All the village warriors were summoned, leaving only a group to guard the village. They didn't care about the granary or anything like that. They chased him along the fresh ruts on the ground!
Even though the heroes of Wolong Village are all farmers, they are no slower than bandits when walking on mountain roads.
In addition to farming, the biggest source of food for Wolong villagers is Beishan on the north bank of Wolong Valley.
Every year during the lean season, most people go into the mountains in search of food.
They dug out bird's nests and dug up wild vegetables, as long as they were edible.
What's more, the mountains in Black Pine Ridge are far less complicated than Beishan. How can it be difficult to reach a mountain road that can be passed by carriages?
Because the bandits from Black Pine Ridge were driving a horse-drawn carriage, they were traveling very slowly. Plus, as they were going uphill, the horse-drawn carriage was moving even slower.
In less than half an hour, Yun Chao heard voices coming from the front.
"Everyone, please pay attention. From now on, no one is allowed to speak. I will even hold back my cough. Step slowly and let's go quietly!"
Yun Chao lowered his voice and gave the order. All the heroes knew that the critical moment had come, and no one dared to do anything wrong.
After chasing for a while, when Yun Chao led the people around a mountain ridge, they finally saw the chaotic bandits in front of them!
There were about fifty bandits in total, some driving carts, some pushing carts, shouting and shouting, it was quite lively.
A rabble is a rabble, and they didn't forget to take so much property with them when they ran for their lives. It's a typical example of them sacrificing their lives rather than their wealth!
Because it was too noisy, and I didn't expect anyone to be chasing after me, it wasn't until Yun Chao led his men to get within a hundred meters that he was discovered by the bandits in front!
"Ah...Second...Second Master, behind, look at the back..."
As one bandit screamed in terror, soon all the bandits found someone behind them.
"Brothers, don't be afraid. They are a bunch of mud-legged people. Let's stop for a moment. It's not too late to kill all these mud-legged people and then move on!"
