Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 44 Rescue everyone
After hearing Liu He's words, the women looked at each other, half believing and half doubting.

Liu He glared at the bandit beside him, and the man immediately understood.

"Girls, I am Li Er, you all know me, right? I have offended you many times in the past, and I deserve death! Now the five leaders have died at the hands of these heroes. We are here to pack up our things and go down the mountain to start a new life. You should also hurry down the mountain and go back to reunite with your families!"

Some of these women knew the gangster, and after hearing his words, they began to believe him. If he really wanted to harm them, there was no need to go through so much trouble, and these women had no ability to resist.

But after all, I have been imprisoned for several months, and in some cases even longer, so I still feel a little timid.

Some of the older sisters mustered up the courage to ask, "Then we will go down the mountain by ourselves. You... you won't come to arrest us again, right..."

Liu He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Don't worry, I am a villager from Huangshui Township at the foot of the mountain. We are here to disband the mountain stronghold and rescue you down the mountain. How could we capture you for no reason?"

Some of these women were from Huangshui Township or the neighboring township. After hearing what he said and seeing that Liu He did not look like a bad guy, some of the braver women quickly ran out of the cave.

Not long after, the excited voices of the women came back: "Sisters, yes, the village has indeed been disbanded! Come out quickly, we can go home now!"

When the women in the cave heard these sounds, their expressions immediately changed from nervousness to excitement, and they all rushed out of the cave.

What surprised Liu He was that among these women, there was actually a boy of about eleven or twelve years old, who was standing not far in front of him and looking at him.

Liu He was a little surprised and looked at the bandit named Li Er beside him.

"Oh, this one was captured from the neighboring Yu County. His father died early, and he lived with his mother as an orphan and a widow. At the beginning of the year, he was kidnapped by the second in command and taken to the mountains. Unexpectedly, his mother was a hot-tempered person and refused to be humiliated, so she crashed into the cliff and died. Alas, it was really pitiful."

It was not known whether Li Er truly sympathized with the child or was pretending because he was afraid of being punished by Liu He, but he actually squeezed out a few tears. If you didn't know him, you would think he was some kind-hearted person.

Liu He didn't have time to care about him. He walked up to the young man and took out his purse.

"Well, the bad guys have been driven away, you can go home too. Take these coins and go back to buy or rent a piece of land, or start a small business. Anyway, don't stay here. The wolves and tigers are too dangerous."

Unexpectedly, the child shook his head and stared at Liu He.

"I don't want money, and I don't want to go home. There's no one at home."

When Liu He heard this, he thought to himself that the child was an orphan. Not only did he lose his parents, he probably didn't have any relatives either. This made him feel sympathetic.

"So what are you going to do? Is there somewhere you want to go? We'll take you there."

Upon hearing this, the young man pointed at Liu He.

"I'm going to follow you and nowhere else!"

Liu He was stunned. He looked at the little boy who was a full head shorter than him and asked, "Why do you want to follow me?"

The young man said firmly: "My mother told me that in this world, apart from your parents, no one else has to be nice to you. So if someone else is nice to you, you must be ten times or a hundred times nicer to them. You saved me and so many sisters and aunts, you are so good to me, so I want to repay you!"

Liu He was a little surprised. This reason was really beyond his expectation. He thought the child would say something like he was afraid or had nowhere to go.

"This child has a simple mind and is a promising talent. It would be a good idea to take him in."

With this thought in mind, Liu He patted the boy on the shoulder and said solemnly: "You can follow me, but we fight bad guys, so our daily life is very hard. You have to be able to bear it, otherwise I will drive you away at any time." The boy was very happy to hear that.

"Don't be afraid. My mother and I have always worked very hard. Sometimes we didn't have food for two days and we had to go out to work. I am not afraid of hard work. I will learn from you, big brother, how to beat the bad guys! Don't underestimate me. I am very accurate in archery! My mother said that my father was the best hunter in the area. I have been practicing with the bow and arrow left by my father since I was a child. If they hadn't destroyed my bow, I would not be afraid of them!"

The young man pointed at Li Er and spoke confidently.

Li Er smiled bitterly upon hearing this, but didn't dare to say anything more.

Liu He was very pleased because he just happened to be short of an archer.

"Okay, okay, I'll make you a big bow when we get back! But in order to prevent your bow from being taken away and destroyed by others, you have to choose one of these other weapons and practice it well!"

The young man nodded solemnly.

Liu He pulled the boy out of the cave, preparing to go home together.

"By the way, my name is Liu He. Look, the one holding two big hammers over there is Zhu Ye, and the red-faced guy holding a big knife on his back is Guan Yu, and the other one holding a long halberd is Cheng Liang. In addition to the four of us, there is another one in our village down the mountain who uses a big axe named Zhang Yong. He has a sister who is very smart, named Zhang Yu. We are all good friends and good brothers. What's your name?"

"My name is Ye Xiang, my nickname is Tiedan, and I will be twelve in a month!"

"Oh, that's amazing. But among all of us, you are the youngest. Even Miss Zhang Yu is one year older than you."

"Humph, so what if I'm old? I'll catch up with you guys sooner or later and I won't hold you back!"

"Good, you have ambition! Hahaha!"

The two young men talked and laughed as they walked to the front village and met up with Zhu Ye and three others.

Those women had not yet come down the mountain and also gathered here. It was Guan Yu who proposed to escort them down the mountain and then let them leave, so as to avoid being robbed by other mountain strongholds on the way.

These women were also very happy from the bottom of their hearts when they knew that Ye Xiang would follow Liu He from then on.

After sharing hardships together for these days, everyone started to treat Ye Xiang as their own brother and son.

At this time, Guan Yu walked over and clasped his fists towards Liu He.

"Brother Liu, the things in the village have been cleared. There are more than 80 stones of grain, more than 20 jars of wine, 52 farm tools of various types, 36 weapons, two cows, five pigs, six sheep, 12 chickens, and about 86,000 coins. The origins of all of them cannot be traced."

Liu He took a breath of cold air.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, there are quite a lot. You guys are really good at grabbing them!"

Liu He glanced at the more than one hundred robbers, and they all lowered their heads in shame.

"Forget it, we promised not to pursue the matter, so we'll keep our word. Although you are robbers, you were originally good people who were forced to do such a despicable thing. Since you have done good today, we will forgive you! After we get down the mountain, we will find a way to arrange accommodation and land for you. You will live a good life in the future. If you commit crimes again, we will never let you off easily!"

After saying that, Liu He raised his gun and poked it behind himself, making a hole in a lantern hanging on the gate of the village behind him. However, the lantern itself was able to withstand the force without falling.

(End of this chapter)