Chapter 14: The Bandit's Lair

  "This is the bandit's lair, I'm exhausted." Liu He led the crowd to follow the bandits and arrived at this place. After seven twists and turns in the mountains, they finally came to a cave.

  "Grandpa, look, this is our hideout." It's a very simple place, in a small valley in the middle of a big mountain. There are several caves here, and these bandits just live directly inside the caves. And it's true that this place is really hidden, first of all, no one will come here, and even if they can walk so far, they won't climb up and down to get here.

  It turned out that Liu He was interrogating the kneeling bandits, and found that they were just some villagers from surrounding villages and distant places who couldn't make a living, and happened to be recruited by Wang Dahu. And Wang Dahu was a former soldier who escaped with three brothers and became a bandit. After the four of them died, Liu He only used a few words to recruit the remaining bandits under his command.

  That's why they brought Liu He here to search the mountain stronghold.

  "Let me go quickly, otherwise I will haunt you even after I die." At this time, a woman's voice came from a cave.

  "Stones, who's inside?" Stones was one of the bandits, surnamed Shi. Since he didn't have a name, everyone called him Shi Tou, and so did Liu He.

  "Grandpa said," "Alright, from now on don't call me Grandpa anymore, just call me Master." "Yes, Grandpa...I mean, Master. That woman is a female student who was robbed by Wang's gang from the mountain village a few days ago. She says she wants to go to Northeast China to resist Japan. What does it mean to resist Japan?"

  "Resisting the Japanese, means fighting against the Japanese devils, you don't need to know this, you just need to practice your marksmanship well, maybe one day you'll also have a chance to fight against the Japanese. Go, release that female student for me, did that Wang Big Beard not take advantage of her?"

  "No, no, aren't we busy running around to grab food these days? We haven't even had time to deal with this female student yet." As he spoke, Shi Tou went to release the female student.

  Hey, Liu He's eyes lit up at the moment. This woman was dressed in the standard attire of a female student from the Republic of China era - a blue top, black skirt, and a shoulder-length bobbed haircut. She looked quite lovely, but had been worn out by the events of the past few days.

  "What's with that King Big Beard of yours, if you want to kill, kill, if you want to rob, rob, I absolutely won't bat an eyelid." Oh dear, this is still a little spicy pepper, no wonder she can go north alone.

  "Little girl, this is our master, Wang the Big Beard has been eliminated by our master, now you are free to go." "Eliminated? Just with you guys? You think I believe that you've really taken out that bandit leader? What kind of trick are you trying to pull?"

  "Believe it or not, suit yourself. Alright, everyone go into the cave and take a look, see if there's anything good." Liu He didn't pay attention to this female student, took the lead and walked into a mountain cave first. This was a grain storage cave, quite spacious, with an entire cave full of grains - corn, wheat, and even new peanuts! Not bad, they hit the jackpot.

  "Master, come and see." At this time someone called him from another cave, "What?" Liu He also ran over there, "Master, look, so much silver!" It turned out that a long worker opened a very large box, inside the box was tens of thousands of silver coins.

  It's incredible that this bandit has accumulated so much wealth with just four broken guns. This is indeed a man who values money over his life, Liu He sighed. With so much money, he could buy many more guns and recruit many more people. However, upon further thought, if he were to do so, he would no longer be a bandit, but rather a small warlord.

  "Alright, alright, someone come and first pack up this money and take it back, then pack some grain to take back."

  "Hey, kiddo, did you really kill Wang the Big Beard?"

  "I'm telling you, miss, I saved you, and yet you're not even thanking me. You shouldn't be treating me like this. Are you a student or not? How can you be so rude?"

  The girl student originally believed that Wang Dahuazi was dead when she saw Liu He and others packing things, and the three people who followed Wang Dahuazi did not appear either.

  "Oh, little brother, I'm in a hurry, look at your age, you've done a great job, you've eliminated these few thugs, tell sister how you killed them."

  The female student suddenly changed her tone and said to Liu He, with a big sister's attitude. If Liu He were really as young as he appeared on the surface, he would have been deceived by this female student. But he had an old heart under his youthful appearance, and all of these things were seen through, so naturally he wouldn't be deceived by this female student.

  "Alright, sister, you can rest now. Besides, aren't you going to fight the Japanese? You go ahead." "Younger brother, I want to discuss something with you... Look, I don't have any money on me..." "Sister, do you want money? Why didn't you say so earlier? Here, is this enough?"

  Liu He casually picked up a handful of silver coins and put them in front of the female student.

  "I told you, little brother, you just use these few to get rid of me? As the saying goes, 'see each other and share half', you should at least give me a thousand or eight hundred, right?" The female student suddenly became furious.

  "Oh, big sister, you're still angry. Tell me, where did this money come from?" "It's Wang Dahuizi's." "Yes, you also know it's Wang Dahuizi's. I killed Wang Dahuizi, so naturally it belongs to me now. Why should I give it to you?"

  "Because all these were robbed by Wang Dahu, I can naturally take them too." "I say sister, are you reasonable? I didn't kill Wang Dahu, now you've become the mistress of the village, do you still want to leave? Alright, you won't get these few things either."

  As he spoke, Liu He threw the few in his hand into the box as well. At this time, the long workers on the side were glaring at the female student with anger in their eyes. Their hearts were now towards Liu He, first because Liu He had given them food and drink, and secondly because Liu He was capable of eliminating the bandits, so they naturally treated this master with sincerity and respect. Moreover, these silver coins couldn't be said to have any share for them either.

  "What are you going to do?" The female student felt a chill in her heart when she saw everyone staring at her, "Sister, we're not bandits, what can we do to you? You'd better hurry up and leave."

  "I'm not leaving, I want to see if you're really bandits." Well, this female student actually stuck with Liu He and the others.

  After clearing up, they finally got more than 100,000 silver dollars, more than 100,000 catties of grain, and the thirteen inferior horses and two horse-drawn vehicles that the bandits had taken away earlier. In the mountain cave, they also found a lot of clothes, bedding, etc., which were also looted by them. They also found two new rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, which seemed to be hidden by Wang Dahu because he didn't find anyone trustworthy.

  This is just right, it's all cheaper for Liu He. Let's load them up and take them back. The grain won't go anywhere, so let's put it here first. Anyway, it can't be lost in this place either. However, someone needs to stay behind to watch over it.

  "Uncle Li, I'll leave this place in your hands. You find someone to keep an eye on it with you." In the end, Liu He still trusted Dog Egg's father.