The little one's purse connects the two worlds, turning a desolate village into a paradise.

Da Niu stared at the bowl with a skeptical look: "Is it really delicious? I'll go get a pair of chopsticks and try it."

After saying that, he took the bowl in one hand and the duck leg in the other and went into the yard.

Ya Ya covered her mouth and giggled secretly.

If even Big Brother Niu doesn't like the taste, the rest of the snail rice noodles will be left for Grandma Duck to eat. If Big Brother Niu thinks it's delicious, then he can share it with everyone in the village.

……

Dr. Chen's small side room was crammed full of people: the village chief, Li Guixiang, Fang Tiesheng, Zhao Hu, Xinghua, Gou Ya, and Xiong Bo, who was still asleep in bed, plus Dr. Chen himself. The small room seemed even more cramped.

"You silly girl, you didn't even say a word when you got hurt." Doctor Chen took out some medicine from the plastic bag and applied it to Xinghua's arm.

These otherworldly medicines are extremely effective and much better than herbs for treating external injuries.

"Grandpa Chen, please don't tell my grandma and the others, I'm afraid they'll worry." Xinghua frowned, the brown medicine stinging as it touched the wound.

"Okay, okay, keep it a secret."

After applying medicine to Xinghua and Gouya, the group gathered around the small table set up by the window, their expressions quite solemn.

The village chief looked at Zhao Hu and asked in a deep voice, "Hu Zi, tell me about the situation on your end. You went to guard those bandits' lair. Did you wipe them all out? Did you leave nothing behind?"

Zhao Hu shoveled the entrenching tool across his lap: "It's all cleared out. Those people didn't look like bandits; they were either soldiers or high-ranking officers. They were well-trained and had warhorses."

"They are the guards of the prince, and they are planning a rebellion." Da Niu quietly pushed open the door and sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

"You little rascal, you've been running around like a madman as soon as you got back!" Fang Tiesheng looked at his silly youngest son's mouth, which still had some red oil on it, and felt a headache coming on.

It's safe to assume he went to find Nannan to freeload.

"Hehe, I was just starving." Da Niu scratched his head sheepishly and leaned his entrenching tool against the wall.

"Da Niu, tell me what's going on." The village chief tapped the table with his pipe.

"I heard from Brother Xiong that those people were the direct guards of Prince Su's eldest son, Prince Wei. They came to Luanyun Ridge to search for treasure. They even gave me a map to identify. That place is where Gou Ya hid food before. I led them there early this morning."

Brother Xiong said, "We can't delay any longer; if we do, I'll lose my head."

"Brother Bear?"

"Look, this one lying down. My brother who'd risk his life for me." Da Niu gestured towards the kang (heated brick bed).

Fang Tiesheng's head was throbbing again. How come he had gained another brother on his trip?

"Go on."

"When I led them to the woods, we ran into Gouya and Sister Xinghua. The thing Sister Xinghua and the others were using, called an electric numbing device, was really powerful. It could poke three people at once, and they knocked them down before they even entered the cave."

Later, when we entered the cave, those people wanted to use the three of us as human shields to trigger their traps. Luckily, Brother Xiong seemed to be some kind of master craftsman, and he was particularly good at setting up traps. We were able to safely enter the treasure cave thanks to his secret help all the way.

Inside that cave, oh my, it was filled with glittering gold, piles of jewels and all sorts of gold and jade ornaments. I've never seen anything so beautiful and valuable before! There were also rows of weapons and complete sets of iron armor nearby.

Da Niu recalled the scene in the cave and clicked his tongue with regret. "Later, Xinghua and Gouya took advantage of the fact that those people were distracted by the treasure to make their move, but we were outnumbered and some of them tried to escape. Fortunately, Brother Xiong had a backup plan, and the mechanism rattled and locked everyone inside."

We shut the door and beat the dog; we wiped them all out.

It's a bit of a pity. That Brother Xiong originally wanted us to escape, but he and those people were trapped inside and died. They set up traps that couldn't be opened from the outside. Otherwise, we could have gone back and brought those treasures back.

Xinghua nodded, "The electric numbing device that Nannan gave us has done a great job. It is indeed very useful. It can knock people down instantly as soon as it touches them. However, it has a shortcoming: it can only make people temporarily unconscious and cannot kill them directly."

It was this uncle who reminded us that we realized Da Niu had finished off each of them, making sure no one was left alive. However, there were still several large horses in the woods, which we couldn't tame, so we tied them up where we were.

After hearing this, the village chief and Fang Tiesheng frowned deeply, their faces grim.

"The only items are weapons, money, and valuables, which must be remnants of the previous dynasty. If they were specifically stockpiled for a rebellion, it's unlikely that they would only hoard these and not provisions. It's probably people from the previous dynasty who sought refuge here, and they chose Luanyun Ridge because it's sparsely populated."

Doctor Chen sighed. "We've dealt with this batch, and none of them went back. But more will definitely come. It's a real shame to just seal away those weapons, armor, and money. If we could retrieve some, we could buy things for Nannan and also let her exchange them for money. Doesn't the Duck Immortal like making money? Those items should be worth quite a bit in the other world. And those armors... if we could get them..."

Upon hearing Doctor Chen's words, Gou Ya looked up and pursed her lips: "Well, when I came out, I grabbed a handful of jewelry and stuffed it into the bamboo basket. The basket should be stored in Nannan's spatial storage now. I wonder if the Great Immortal Duck will find out."

Xinghua smiled slightly embarrassedly, reached into her pocket and took out several heavy gold ingots and a few glittering gold bracelets, placing them on the wooden table.

"I also secretly picked up a few items, thinking that they might bring some income to the village."

The glittering gold objects on the table caught everyone's eye, and the village chief and the others gave the two girls a thumbs-up approvingly: "You two are really clever!"

Fang Tiesheng slapped the ox on the back: "Look at you, look at you! Why didn't you think of catching a little bit?!"

Da Niu: "Hehehe..."

After praising them, the village chief returned to the main topic, his expression turning serious: "You've handled the cave and campsite very well, but there are two more important matters at hand."

Everyone sat up straight.

"First, there's the corpse in the mountains and the traces it left behind. We need to find a place to bury it. Those traces..." The village chief glanced at the strange man lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), "We carried him down the mountain, so there were bound to be bloodstains. There haven't been any signs of rain recently, so we need to go back and clean up all the traces."

Secondly, as you mentioned, there are still several warhorses tethered in the woods. Those horses cannot be released. The old horses in the army know the way, and if they break free, they might return and expose us prematurely. We must bring them back. If we can't tame them, we'll kill them and salt them; they can be eaten for quite some time."

"Grandpa Village Chief is right. We were in such a rush that we didn't have time to think about all that. Why don't we go back now and deal with these things?"

Upon hearing this, Xinghua and Gouya tried to get up, but the village chief quickly reached out and pressed the two girls back onto the bench: "You two should go and rest. You've been carrying heavy loads to rescue people all this way, and your shoulders and hands are covered in injuries. Go and rest now, or you might find out that your injuries haven't healed, and then you can't say we didn't keep it a secret for you!"