My older brother said I'm invincible.

Chapter 61 What kind of world is this?
The thief truly had no idea what was wrong with this world.

How could a little kid about the same age as me be the leader of some local militia, and then he wanted me to secretly take him into the mountains to find Qingzao Village?
what's going on?
The thief hesitated for a moment before saying, "I do know the way, but you have to promise to let me go before I can lead you. Also, I'll only take you to their location; I won't go inside with you."

"Okay, I promise you."

Li Xuanba nodded, then looked at Zhang Du beside him, "Senior brother, come with me. Let's call a few more people, but not too many, or we'll be easily discovered."

Seeing that Li Xuanba had made up his mind, Zhang Du had no choice but to agree. A moment later, Zhang Du brought four people, all of whom were Liu Xuan's men. Three of them had been sent over by Zhang Sengyuan.

Zhang Du informed the young master about the upcoming trip up the mountain, and the reactions of the people varied. Those who had come down from the mountain were very happy, as they had long wanted to invite the chief to visit the brothers on the mountain.

As the group finished getting ready and were about to leave, Liu Chounu suddenly blocked their way.

"My lord, where are we going?"

"Sir, I have urgent business to attend to. Why don't you stay here?"

Before Li Xuanba could finish speaking, Liu Chounu reached out and grabbed Li Xuanba's wrist. His hand was like an iron clamp, gripping Li Xuanba's hand tightly. His face was solemn. "I brought my lord out here, and I must bring him back. Wherever my lord goes, I will go."

Li Xuanba did not hesitate, "Alright, let's go together."

They made preparations and soon went out. However, this time they all had mounts. Li Xuanba was held in Liu Chounu's arms, while the little thief, as expected, couldn't ride a horse and had to be carried by Zhang Du, who didn't mind the stench on him at all.

In the past, in order to avoid the officials, he had hidden in the latrine for several days, and according to him, he could no longer smell the stench.

Liu Chounu simply carried Li Xuanba on their journey, without even asking where their destination was.

The thief didn't lead them along the main road, but went straight into the dense forest. It was difficult for horses to travel in the forest, so they moved very slowly. Fortunately, there were no people or even animals to be seen.

Zhang Du was already finding the speed unbearable and wanted to suggest going to the main road to check things out. However, as they approached Meng Village, they heard the loud sound of horses' hooves from afar, and everyone stopped, not daring to make a sound.

The sound of horses' hooves lingered for a long time before quickly fading away.

This made Li Xuanba even more worried.

In this countryside, those who can ride horses at full gallop are either noble young men out hunting or local soldiers from the government. Now that martial law is in effect in the city, it is unlikely that noble young men would come out to play. So it must be the local soldiers responsible for blocking the news. Perhaps Meng Village is already under guard.

Zhang Xutuo had analyzed for Li Yuan that this band of bandits lacked supplies in the mountains and would definitely establish relationships with the surrounding villages. Once the army approached, the people in these villages would inform them of the danger. Therefore, before taking action, the villagers should be kept under control.
"Anyway ahead, you can only take the main road, which is called Chicken Horn Pass. This is the only way to enter the mountains. I don't know many mountain paths, and I don't know the exact location of Qingzao Village either."

The thief pointed into the distance, his eyes still clearly showing some fear.

He didn't really want to go into the mountains.

Li Xuanba looked at the senior brother sent by Zhang Sengyuan, "Is the village far from here?"

“It’s not too far; we know a shortcut up the mountain.”

"it is good."

"Into the mountains!"

Li Xuanba took the lead, and the others followed. They rushed out of the dense forest and came to the official road. Zhang Du quickly looked around and saw that there was no one around. It seemed that the soldiers had not yet made a move.

They rushed towards Chicken Horn Mouth like a gust of wind.

Liu Chounu held Li Xuanba in his arms, looking at the road leading into the mountains, lost in thought, as if he had understood something.

Li Xuanba suddenly spoke up, "Lord Liu, do you remember when I went to the orchard for two consecutive days?"

"remember."

"At that time, I took pity on a few poor people who had no way to make a living, so I gave them some food and told them the way out of the city."

"I see."

"I'll tell you about the rest when we get back."

"it is good."

Li House.

"The third one!"

"The third one!"

Li Jiancheng shouted and led his men into Li Laosan's residence, but no one answered him.

He looked around, and soon Duan Niang came out, first bowing to the young master, and then said, "Third Master went out with Liu Chounu early this morning and hasn't returned yet. Does the young master have anything to say?" "went out??"

Li Jiancheng frowned and scolded angrily, "It's all the second brother's fault! He's corrupted the third brother!"

He then looked at Duan Niang and said, "If you wait for him to come back, have him come to my place."

"Here."

Li Jiancheng walked back helplessly, with Wei Ting following beside him. Wei Ting said with a smile, "Young master, your younger brother is not as well-behaved and obedient as you say."

"You don't know, he is indeed well-behaved and obedient. Even when he goes out, he won't cause trouble like the second son. He'll either go to read books or ask people for advice. He doesn't like noise, and right now he's probably hiding somewhere reading!"

Wei Ting did not refute.

He simply asked, "Is the young master sure he wants to take action against the Zheng family?"

"Things have come to this point, they even dared to attack my brother, are you expecting me to just let this go? Ah Ting, wasn't the reason I sent you there to deal with these people? You can't just not help me, can you?"

Wei Ting laughed, "Alright, I'll help. Since your third brother isn't here, let Erlang come over; he can be considered a participant too."

Li Jiancheng nodded, but instead of going to look for him himself, he looked at the warrior beside him and said, "Go and bring Erlang here!"

When the second son was brought to the east courtyard, Li Jiancheng was discussing important matters with Wei Ting.

"Brother!"

"Lord Wei!"

Li Shimin hurriedly bowed and paid his respects.

Li Jiancheng beckoned him to sit down next to him. Then, he looked Li Shimin up and down and found that the boy was disheveled and looked rather haggard.

Where did you go last night?

"You came to see me dressed like this?"

"Brother, I've been studying at home. When I heard you were calling me, I came right away without even changing my clothes."

"Oh, you're studying at home?"

Li Jiancheng didn't quite believe it; he thought it was better to believe that Erlang was studying at home than to believe that Sanlang was going out to join the bandits.

He gestured to Wei Ting beside him and said seriously, "Your younger brother has gone out to study, and there are many things that only you can tell this Mr. Wei."

"So, what does my brother want me to say?"

“Tell me how the Zheng family persecuted you and your brother, and how they attacked our people.”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin perked up again, "That day, I had just arrived at my brother's side when I heard that those bastard local militia had arrested our people. I immediately grabbed my third brother and told him that we had to fight them."

"Well, to be fair, understand?"

Li Jiancheng interrupted him, speaking earnestly.

Li Shimin instantly realized what was happening, and the smug look on his face instantly turned into grievance. "That day, my brother and I were walking on the road, preparing to protect our father's farm and fulfill our filial duty. On the way, we were surrounded by those local militia. They said that we were colluding with refugees and wanted to take advantage of the situation to collect the dead, and that we were going to rebel. So they attacked us."

"The situation was critical! If I hadn't dodged quickly, I would have had my head smashed by the iron ruler!"

Li Shimin's words became increasingly pitiful, but Li Jiancheng couldn't help but chuckle. This kid's ability to make up stories was quite good.

After Li Shimin finished explaining the general situation, he looked at Wei Ting.

"How about it?"

Wei Ting laughed, "If this is reported to the emperor, Zheng Dazhi will be ruined. Not to mention Ren Lang, he will probably be hidden away by the Zheng family and never be able to leave the house again."

"It's not really a problem to physically assault someone, but to frame a powerful clan for colluding with refugees and taking in the dead is a crime that would cause all the powerful clans in the world to turn against you."

“He struck first. That coward doesn’t dare face me, he only dares to set a trap for my brother. I’ll teach him a lesson and let him know that those who do many evil deeds will surely perish.”

"Grandpa has gone out to suppress bandits. We two need to handle this matter properly."

(End of this chapter)