Liu Qiaoer thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible. Do you know the way to their mountain stronghold? The people are gone, but the money they robbed must still be there. Let's give all their money to the refugees."
Long Batian nodded, dug out a wounded man pretending to be dead from a pile of corpses, and put a knife to his neck.
Just two words: "Lead the way."
The man was so scared that he wet his pants. He kowtowed and begged for mercy, and obediently led the way for them.
Tuoba Xiao was completely stunned, his Kung Fu skills were considered decent, but he had never seen anyone with such high Kung Fu skills.
"He kills people so quickly, what kind of Kung Fu did he learn?"
Liu Qiaoer smiled awkwardly: "In the world of martial arts, only speed can not be defeated, but you want to reach his speed, which is basically impossible."
Tuoba Xiao took a deep breath and was very impressed: "I only knew that the people of the Great Zhou were very skilled in martial arts, but I didn't expect them to be so strong. If there was a ranking list, where would he rank?"
Liu Qiaoer thought for a moment and said, "The leader of the Tang Sect ranks third on the list, but he killed the leader of the Tang Sect, so I think he can be ranked in the top three."
In fact, it is no wonder that Tuoba Xiao's kung fu is the best. After all, he is a robot that is invulnerable to swords and guns, and is not afraid of even water. He is only afraid of running out of electricity. He is invincible in ancient times.
"Let's go to the mountain stronghold and see how much money they have robbed. These people deserve to die. They have the ability to join the army instead of being robbers."
In troubled times, when no one cares about them, they start to become arrogant.
You have to know that the last time Liu Qiaoer passed by this road, these robbers didn't exist yet.
The people of the Great Zhou were already having a hard time due to the civil unrest, and when they were robbed by these people, their lives became even more difficult.
Each of them has committed murder and does not deserve sympathy.
There were only three of them destroying a mountain stronghold, but Tuoba Xiao still felt that Liu Qiaoer was truly a skilled and courageous person.
Leaving the carriage at the foot of the mountain, Liu Qiaoer and Tuoba Xiao went up the mountain. The village was filled with a motley crowd and did not form a large group.
When the two men arrived at the mountain, they found that in addition to the bandits, there were also many old people, children and women.
Tuoba Xiao and Liu Qiaoer looked at each other silently, and Liu Qiaoer sighed helplessly.
"I only knew that those people were guilty of unforgivable crimes, but I didn't expect that they brought their families with them. The elderly and children are innocent."
Tuoba Xiao pondered for a moment and said, "I can't blame you for being cruel. In troubled times, it's either you or him who will die. If you are caught by them, you will not end well."
In this situation, Liu Qiaoer should try her best to make amends.
It was because of those robbers that they had to rob Liu Qiaoer, who was a person who hated evil.
The two men came to the gate of the village, where several children around thirteen or fourteen years old were guarding the gate.
Seeing them coming, he shouted, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Liu Qiaoer cupped her hands and said, "Go tell your boss that I'm here to deliver food."
When they heard that they were delivering food, several children ran away excitedly.
"Wait a minute, I'll go find our boss."
The head patriarch was an old man in his fifties with a gray beard, and was called the old patriarch.
When the old patriarch heard that they were selling grain, he politely welcomed them to the mountain.
After talking with them, I learned that the people living in this mountain village were all villagers from nearby, who were forced here by the war.
At the same time, he also doesn't want to perform military service. He is just the second or third in command who rules them and is a fugitive who has escaped from prison.
They often rob passers-by to feed these people.
Liu Qiaoer didn't know what to say, as she had killed all those bandits, so she was just talking about the transaction.
"Your second in command has gone on a long journey for some business. If you want me to sell food to your clan leader, just discuss it directly."
"Since you have settled here, it is best to open up wasteland and cultivate the land to ensure that these people can survive, rather than robbing and stealing other people's wealth."
The old patriarch was also in a dilemma: "I advised them this way, but they didn't listen. After all, it's easy to get rich by robbing, but for people like us, let alone farming, we can't even get enough food, so how can we have food to farm?"
Liu Qiaoer smiled slightly: "I am here to bring you food. But the price of food is not cheap nowadays. I wonder how much money you can afford to buy it."
The old patriarch thought for a moment and said, "You guys follow me."
The old patriarch led them into a cave, where there were boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, silks, satins, calligraphy and paintings.
He sighed heavily: "I'll give you all these good things. See how much food you can exchange for. Exchange more. There is a war outside now, and people in the village are unwilling to come out. But silver alone cannot be eaten. Food is needed to save lives at critical moments."
Liu Qiaoer made a rough calculation and had an idea in her mind.
"Okay, I'll have someone deliver the food tomorrow, and then we'll hand over the goods and the money."
After leaving the mountain village, Liu Qiaoer went for a walk around the nearby village. As expected, there were not many people left in the village, and most of them were elderly people who were unwilling to leave home.
When they heard that Liu Qiaoer was going to send food to the mountain stronghold and that the stronghold would not rob people, and that they could live there to avoid the war, they naturally agreed.
Liu Qiaoer asked them to work as laborers and went into the city with them.
After entering the city, Liu Qiaoer randomly went into a grain store. The price of grain was indeed very high, but because Liu Qiaoer bought a lot, they lowered the price a little.
Liu Qiaoer didn't care about so much money. She just used it to cover up her tracks and get the food out of her space without anyone noticing.
So, the next day, when the old patriarch came to the foot of the mountain, he saw nearly 50,000 stones of grain piled up together.
The villagers at the foot of the mountain also pushed their carts to enter the village.
The old patriarch asked everyone in the village to move the food, and it took two full days to move all the food.
Liu Qiaoer took away all the gold, silver and jewelry in the cave.
The place where the jewels were originally placed was replaced with many bags of food.
"These grains include rice, barley, soybeans, sweet potatoes, and vegetable seeds. You will have enough to eat until the beginning of next spring. After the beginning of spring, you can plant more grains and vegetable seeds. You will have no problem getting enough food."
Liu Qiaoer only left a few boxes of gold, silver and clothing materials, so that if they needed anything else, they could buy it themselves.
Indeed, in difficult times, a night pearl is not worth a steamed bun.
The surrounding villagers knew that there were no robbers in the mountain village and that they could escape the war, so many of them came with their families.
Liu Qiaoer set up the Bagua Formation at the entrance of their village.
She warned the villagers in the village that they could only enter but not leave, and that she would cancel the Bagua formation after the war was over.
Liu Qiaoer only told the old patriarch the secret formula that allowed her to enter and exit at will.
Although the old patriarch later found out that it was Liu Qiaoer who killed the robbers in the village, the food left by Liu Qiaoer was enough to feed the villagers in the mountain village for three years.
He no longer cared about it and waited until the war was over before returning to the village to rebuild his home.
But later, for some unknown reason, Liu Qiaoer never came back.
Several decades later, this village was finally occasionally visited by people and turned out to be the legendary Peach Blossom Spring.
Although Liu Qiaoer killed the robbers, she also resettled the people in the village, which took her three days.
Three days later, Tuoba Xiao and Liu Qiaoer set out on their journey south again.