“Hmm?”
Huang Rong, waiting near the stronghold, suddenly heard a loud noise and immediately looked towards the inside of the stronghold.
But she couldn't see anything.
“Such a commotion, it must be Yu Ge and the bandits fighting. As planned, I'll go in now to create chaos and help ease the pressure on him.”
Thinking this, Huang Rong immediately sprang into action.
But when she cautiously infiltrated the stronghold, she saw bandit corpses everywhere.
“What's going on? How come they're all dead? Did Yu Ge do this?”
Surprised, Huang Rong couldn't help but speed up her pace.
But the further she went, the more alarmed she became.
Because there were corpses everywhere.
All seemed to have been killed with a single fatal blow.
Blood flowed out from the wounds, forming a river of blood under the rain's wash.
“Rong'er.”
Just as Huang Rong was alarmed, she suddenly heard Lu Yu's voice.
She looked up and saw Lu Yu walking down from the front.
“Yu Ge! Are you alright?”
Huang Rong immediately ran over, worried.
“I'm fine.”
Lu Yu chuckled softly.
Seeing that Lu Yu truly had no injuries, Huang Rong felt relieved and immediately asked, “Did you kill all these bandits?”
Lu Yu nodded slightly.
“I figured since I was here, I might as well completely resolve this threat for Seven-俠镇. And, on my way to rescue people, I thought of another problem.”
“What problem?”
Huang Rong asked curiously.
“Most of the people captured were nearby villagers. If they knew I wiped out Black Wind Stronghold, I'm afraid there would be trouble.
I just want to quietly be a fisherman, I don't want this kind of trouble.”
“So you want to pretend it was done by some passing heroes?”
Huang Rong instantly understood Lu Yu's meaning.
“Yes. Now that the bandits in Black Wind Stronghold have been killed, the rest is to rescue the people. We'll cover our faces, change clothes, help them open the cell doors, and we can leave.
The rest, they'll handle themselves.”
Lu Yu said.
“Alright, I'll listen to you.”
Huang Rong naturally had no objections.
The two agreed on their goal and began to act.
Lu Yu went to open the dungeon door, and Huang Rong went to rescue the women locked in the bandit rooms.
In the dungeon, Ge San Shen and the others were both hungry and tired. Suddenly, they heard a clang, and the dungeon key was thrown in.
Just as they were confused, Lu Yu, pinching his voice, said, “The bandits have all been killed by my Heavenly Alliance. You can leave here now.”
Going all out for the act, Lu Yu casually made up a sect name to make the story more believable.
Everyone was stunned, but upon hearing that the bandits were all dead, they all showed joy.
Did they escape disaster?
Thinking this, someone immediately opened the cell door and rushed out.
The three bandit corpses at the door made them all show shock.
However, their shock was not limited to this.
The entire Black Wind Stronghold seemed to have become a mass grave, with corpses everywhere, looking extremely eerie.
At this time, Lu Yu and Huang Rong had already hidden themselves in the shadows, observing the crowd, in case something went wrong.
The women locked in the rooms also escaped, and after everyone gathered, there was a lot of crying, but thankfully everyone was fine, which was a blessing.
Without wasting any time, everyone left Black Wind Stronghold.
They didn't want to stay here for a moment longer.
“Yu Ge, are we going too?”
Huang Rong asked.
“Mhm. Let's go. We'll catch up to the front, pretending to have just arrived, and then take Ge San Shen back.”
Lu Yu said softly.
“Good!”
Huang Rong responded, then continued, “Yu Ge, guess what I found?”
“What?”
Lu Yu asked with a puzzled tone.
“Of course it's Black Wind Stronghold's treasury! It's over there, with lots of gold and silver treasure inside, worth tens of thousands of taels.
What do you say? Should we take some?”
Huang Rong said excitedly.
Her father was Dongxie Huang Yaoshi, who wasn't exactly a righteous person. Otherwise, he wouldn't be called "evil."
Huang Rong had no guilt about this kind of robbing the robbers.
Huang Rong only became dedicated to serving her country and people because she followed Guo Jing. Otherwise, based on her personality, becoming the next Dongxie wouldn't be impossible.
Lu Yu smiled, “Take it, why not? If we don't, it's just benefiting the county government who will come to clean up the scene later.”
“Yay! Let's go now!”
Huang Rong said happily.
All along the way, she had been out of money, otherwise she wouldn't have been hungry.
If she could get some money here, she could splurge again later.
She had wanted to take it just now, but was afraid Lu Yu would mind, so she hadn't touched it.
Soon, the two arrived at Black Wind Stronghold's treasury.
There were two large chests inside, one filled with silver, the other half with silver and half with jewels.
Roughly estimated, there was at least fifty thousand taels.
“Being a bandit is really profitable.”
Lu Yu exclaimed.
“We can't seem to carry all this.”
Huang Rong felt a little distressed.
“Let's find a place to bury it first, and come back later to get it. It's not convenient for us to carry too much on us now.”
Lu Yu said.
“Alright!”
Right then, the two found a secluded spot and buried the two chests.
This way, even if the county government came to clean up the scene, they wouldn't find these things.
After doing this, the two immediately used their light skills and quickly bypassed the crowd.
At this time, the rain had gradually stopped.
When everyone saw Lu Yu and Huang Rong, they were startled.
However, Ge San Shen recognized Lu Yu at a glance and hurriedly stepped forward, “Xiao Yu! How did you get here?!”
Lu Yu feigned surprise and said, “San Shen! Weren't you captured by the bandits? San Shu told me about it, so I rushed over immediately.
Did you escape on your own?”
“Your San Shu is really something, how could you let you come to rescue us? Those were vicious bandits! Thankfully, some heroes from the Heavenly Alliance happened to pass by and killed the bandits of Black Wind Stronghold.”
Ge San Shen couldn't help but scold Ge San Shu, how could he let Lu Yu come to risk himself.
“I see, it's good you're safe!”
Lu Yu laughed.
Their arrival didn't affect the group's descent from the mountain.
Although the bandits were all dead, they still wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.
They had just escaped death, their moods were naturally complex, so they didn't speak much along the way.
An hour later, the group finally left Cui Wei Mountain, and everyone felt a sense of relief.
This day had been incredibly long for them.
Late at night.
The candle in Ge San Shu's room was still burning.
He looked into the darkness, his heart filled with worry.
“Xiao Yu, the old woman... You two must be safe.”
At this time, two familiar figures slowly emerged from the darkness in the distance.
Ge San Shu immediately widened his eyes, his face full of joy.
Because they were the people he was waiting for.