A daily intelligence report; in chaotic times and famine years, grain is plentiful.

Outside Lingtou Village.

The sound of horses' hooves came from afar.

The villagers in the village stared nervously into the distance.

Sun Dazhu and the others have been gone from the village for a whole day, and there is still no news of them. They don't know if they have rescued Chen Mo or not.

"It looks like they're back!"

Someone shouted.

The villagers of the village stepped forward one after another, looking into the distance.

Before long, the crowd outside approached, and everyone was finally able to see their faces clearly.

"It's Chen Mo! They rescued Chen Mo!"

The villagers shouted excitedly.

This shout excited everyone, and they quickly opened the village gate.

Chen Dashan and Chen Ling'er looked anxious and rushed out quickly.

At this moment, Chen Mo was still wearing that blood-stained prison uniform, and he had suffered many minor injuries.

"elder brother!"

Chen Ling'er shouted and rushed to Chen Mo's side.

Chen Dashan staggered to Chen Mo's side, and seeing his son suffering like this, he couldn't utter a word for a long time.

"Father, Ling'er, I'm alright now."

Chen Mo said calmly.

"Brother, that's great! We were so worried..."

Chen Ling'er said, her voice choked with emotion.

"Why are you crying? Your brother is fine." Chen Mo patted his sister's back, then turned to Chen Dashan, "Dad, don't worry, everything's alright for now."

"Chen Mo, what exactly happened?"

"Yes, we were very worried when we heard you were going to be beheaded."

"Dazhu, how did you rescue Brother Mo?"

The surrounding villagers also gathered around, asking questions all at once.

Sun Dazhu squeezed through from behind, letting out a long sigh of relief, and said, "Don't even mention it, it was so dangerous back then. That knife almost cut Brother Mo. If it weren't for Brother Liang and the others' help, we wouldn't have been able to rescue Brother Mo so easily."

Only then did everyone realize what was happening, and they all turned to look at Liang Ming and the dozens of people behind him.

Liang Ming sheathed his knife and slowly walked forward.

Behind him followed Cai Sheng and more than forty Qingfeng Village brothers, all of whom exuded a bandit-like aura and were clearly not good people.

The villagers immediately fell silent, waiting for Chen Mo to speak.

Chen Dashan came to his senses, walked up to Liang Ming, knelt on the ground and wrote: "Brother, thank you so much for saving Mo'er's life. I will definitely repay this great kindness."

This kneeling left everyone stunned.

"Uncle, please get up."

Liang Ming jumped off the carriage and reached out to help Chen Dashan up.

"We're not saving Chen Mo for nothing; there are conditions."

Cai Sheng, standing behind him, spoke up.

Chen Dashan, still beaming with gratitude, said, "Please, my heroes, speak freely. We will certainly repay you properly!"

"It's alright, sir, we can talk about these things later."

Liang Ming spoke up.

Chen Mo watched this scene, his mind filled with a myriad of thoughts.

He pondered for a moment before addressing the crowd: "Fellow villagers, if it weren't for Brother Liang and the others, and the help of everyone here, I, Chen Mo, might already be beheaded."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the various expressions on the faces of the crowd.

"Today, my brothers stormed the execution ground and killed the officials. Now I'm a serious criminal. The government and the Wang family will definitely not let this go. I don't want to implicate the village, so I plan to move to Black Wind Ridge with my family to hide for a while."

These words immediately sparked a buzz of discussion among the crowd.

Chen Mo observed everyone's reactions and remained silent.

He knew very well that even if he hid, the government would not let Lingtou Village go.

He said this to see if the villagers were truly determined to protect Chen Mo.

Li Laogen, who was standing to the side, sighed and said, "Chen Mo, you're being too polite by saying such things. Do you think the government and the Wang family are after you alone? They want to swallow up our Lingtou Village. Even if you don't come back alive today, the Wang family will still not let us go."

His words, ostensibly addressed to Chen Mo, were actually meant to tell everyone in the village that the government and the Wang family were already enemies of Lingtou Village.

To survive now, the only option is to rebel.

"Old Master Li is right!"

"Since we've been living a good life with Brother Mo for the past six months, nobody wants to go back and be bullied by the Wang family!"

Others echoed his sentiments.

Ever since Chen Mo led the village to solve the problem of food and clothing and start living a good life, no one wants to go hungry and be ridden on by that bunch of scoundrels from the Wang family anymore.

"The government forced us to rebel; we'll fight them to the death!"

"That's outrageous!"

"At worst, I'll just become an outlaw!"

Shouts rose and fell.

Although many of these villagers still looked worried.

As ordinary villagers, all they wanted was a full meal every day; they never even considered rebellion.

Seeing that the village was still quite united, Chen Mo felt quite comforted.

Li Laogen raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, before turning his gaze to the people behind Liang Ming.

"Heroes, may I ask where you all come from? On behalf of Lingtou Village, I thank you all for your help this time."

He said gratefully.

Seeing the villagers being so polite, the people from Qingfeng Village didn't show much emotion on their faces.

Liang Ming smiled faintly and said, "Everyone, don't be nervous when I tell you what's going to happen."

Hearing this, everyone was somewhat puzzled.

"These brothers behind me are all from Qingfeng Village."

Liang Ming suddenly spoke again.

"Qingfeng Village?!"

Those around them immediately cried out in surprise, their expressions changing instantly.

They all knew that Qingfeng Village was a bandit group that had been entrenched in Qingfeng Mountain for many years. The villagers had encountered these people many times before, and even killed many of the bandits in order to protect the village.

Unexpectedly, it was this group of bandits who rescued Chen Mo!

Sun Dazhu was also dumbfounded, and asked in surprise, "Brother Liang, then... you're also from Qingfeng Village?"

"That's right." Liang Ming made no attempt to hide anything, saying, "But don't worry, from now on, we're allies."

The crowd immediately began to discuss the matter.

Although they were all filled with righteous indignation and said they wanted to rebel, they couldn't help but feel a little panicked when facing real bandits.

Cai Sheng, who was listening from the side, was getting a little impatient. He stepped forward and said, "Hey, we came all this way to rescue your people, not to listen to this. Now that the people have been rescued, we should take something back and give the boss an explanation."

Cai Sheng initially supported Liang Ming and led men to rescue Chen Mo, all in order to get some benefits from Qingfeng Village.

Upon hearing these words, the villagers immediately became nervous again.

They had just started to enjoy a better life and did have some food stored up at home. Were they really going to hand it all over to these bandits?

"You all came to save me. Don't worry, I will repay you and will never treat you brothers unfairly."

Chen Mo spoke up.

Now that the village is going to rebel with him, as the leader, he naturally has to take responsibility.

"Brother Liang, you know where those things are hidden. Take that grain back to Qingfeng Village."

Chen Mo continued.

Liang Ming nodded slightly and said, "This matter is not urgent; there are more important things to do right now."

The bystanders quieted down.

"The government troops will arrive soon, so you must be prepared."