Border Soldiers: My granaries are full of grain and meat, and I guard this region.

The next morning, Qi Feng prepared to marinate the remaining pork, but found that the house was so poor that there was no salt left.

In addition, since Yu Yourong came to our house, she hasn't had any new clothes or even a decent rouge.

Looking at the slightly dilapidated houses around him, Qi Feng took out the ten taels of silver. "Looks like I'll have to go to town to buy some things today. The food at home is almost gone. I'll also buy some rouge for this little girl."

"Husband...are you going hunting in the mountains again today? I'll get up and cook for you right away."

Yu Yourong saw Qi Feng get up, rubbed her aching lower back, and tried to get out of bed.

Qi Feng took a few steps forward and helped him up, laughing:

"We're not going hunting today. We're going to town to buy some things. We're running low on food and salt, so we need to cure the remaining pork."

"My husband, please remember to buy some cloth. I'll sew some clothes for you. It's freezing cold, and you'll be going hunting in the mountains. You'll need to dress warmly."

"I understand. You can continue going to Aunt Lin's place today."

Upon hearing this, Yu Yourong tugged at Qi Feng again, "You also need to remember to buy some food for Aunt Lin's family. If it weren't for Aunt Lin protecting me yesterday, I'm afraid..."

"Of course, you stay at Aunt Lin's house and wait for me to come back."

Qi Feng got up and went out, heading towards Fuxing Town according to the original owner's memories.

Fuxing Town is the largest town in the surrounding area, and there are more than a dozen villages like Qijia Village scattered around it. Villagers from the surrounding areas would go to Fuxing Town if they wanted to go to the market.

As he walked along the road, Qi Feng pondered what he should buy while taking in the surrounding scenery.

He was the only person on this official road; there wasn't a soul in sight!

However, not far ahead, a fork in the road split off from the main road and led into the woods.

"This should be the direction of Ye Family Village."

In the original owner's memory, Ye Family Village was once a bandit stronghold, but it was later recruited by the government and abandoned its bandit activities. Now it has become a village with about a hundred people.

However, as Qi Feng was walking forward, he suddenly heard shouts of killing, which seemed to be coming from that side road.

Qi Feng frowned and gripped the hunting bow in his hand.

It wasn't impossible for him to be robbed by bandits on the way. He didn't want to cause trouble, but he had to go through that side road to get to the town.

After thinking for a moment, Qi Feng plunged into the woods. Since he would be discovered if he walked on the main road, he would go through the woods instead.

As luck would have it, Qi Feng had only walked a short distance when he heard shouts of killing coming from the side road.

A horse-drawn carriage loaded with goods was stopped by a dozen masked bandits wielding long knives.

On the carriage stood a stunningly beautiful woman dressed in white, holding a long sword, with her hair tied in a high ponytail. Behind her were a group of laborers holding farm tools.

"Hmph! You dare to rob us in broad daylight! Aren't you afraid of retaliation from the imperial court?!"

The stunningly beautiful woman had a sharp gaze as she single-handedly protected the convoy, showing no fear whatsoever of the dozen or so bandits.

"The imperial court is too busy taking care of itself to help us! If you know what's good for you, leave these goods behind and I'll let you go! Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Ye Ling Shuang coldly stared at the group of bandits, her longsword held horizontally in front of her. "Come and try if you dare!"

"Boss, why waste words with this little wench! Once we catch her, we'll show her what we brothers are all about! We haven't had our fill of meat in ages!"

One of the thugs approached the leader, his eyes roaming brazenly over Ye Ling Shuang's body.

The leader of the gang whispered:

"What kind of time is this to be thinking about these things! This woman is no simpleton, tell the brothers to be careful! Take care of them using the usual formation! Make sure to do it cleanly, leave no survivors! Otherwise, we'll all be in deep trouble!"

As soon as the leader of the bandits finished speaking, the dozen or so men split into several formations and approached Ye Ling Shuang all at once.

The two sides clashed quickly!

Qi Feng crouched down, watching the group of people fight.

Ye Ling Shuang wielded her long sword, maneuvering around herself in a tight, impenetrable manner, giving the bandits no chance whatsoever.

But the group immediately targeted the laborers carrying farm tools and attacked them. Ye Ling Shuang was thrown into a panic and lost her composure. She was caught off guard and slashed in the chest.

"Chief Ye!"

One of the laborers cried out in alarm. Upon discovering that Ye Ling Shuang was injured, they panicked and quickly suffered injuries themselves.

This affected Ye Ling Shuang's performance, and she was caught off guard and slashed multiple times, her whole body covered in blood.

"You, you are not bandits!"

Ye Ling Shuang realized something, and her eyes widened in shock as she looked at the formation the group had formed.

But in the next second, a crisp sound suddenly came from the woods!

Qi Feng looked at the broken, dry tree branch under his feet and thought to himself that something was wrong!

Sure enough, the next second, the leader of the bandits turned around and stared intently into the jungle.

"Go, see what's going on there! Leave no survivors!"

The three bandits exchanged a glance, gripped their steel knives, and approached the woods.

Qi Feng, who was in the woods, did not hesitate any longer and immediately drew his bow and nocked an arrow. Although he did not want to get involved, he had no choice but to take action now!

Whoosh!

Just as the bandits were getting closer and closer to the woods, a whooshing sound suddenly came from behind them!

A sharp arrow shot straight towards the bandit leader!

As the saying goes, "To shoot a man, first shoot his horse; to capture a thief, first capture his king!"

Qi Feng did not attack the bandits in front of him, but instead aimed at their leader!

In the blink of an eye, the arrow pierced the leader of the bandits' heads. The surrounding bandits were stunned and stood there, completely unable to react!

But Qi Feng wouldn't give them a chance, and immediately continued to draw his bow and nock an arrow.

With the enemy in the open and Qi Feng in the shadows, the bandits, already disoriented after their leader was killed, were thrown into disarray by the continuous arrows raining down from the forest, turning them into easy targets!

Qi Feng killed them one by one with each arrow, and soon wiped out the entire bandit group!

Only when there was no more movement on the field did Qi Feng emerge from the woods.

Ye Ling Shuang's delicate face was also filled with shock. When she saw Qi Feng emerge from the dense forest, her body went limp.

Prolonged blood loss made her already fair face even paler. Seeing that the crisis was over, Ye Ling Shuang could no longer hold on and fell heavily to the ground!

"Chief Ye!"

The surrounding laborers were taken aback when they saw this, and quickly stepped forward to help Ye Ling Shuang up.

However, Ye Ling Shuang's injuries were too severe, and she would not be able to hold on if she did not receive medical treatment in time!

Qi Feng put away his longbow and strode over from a distance. After seeing Ye Ling Shuang covered in blood, he looked around.

"Does anyone here know first aid?"

However, the people around them looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

"Make room for me!"