Plunder!

"Ability comes in fake ability and real ability. Right now, you can't even stand up to talk, so it looks like yours was only fake ability."

"Crash~"

At the bend in the mountains, Li Chengfeng shook his head as he spoke, bending down to remove the belongings from the three corpses one by one and pour out the silver and copper coins from their money pouches.

"Murder and arson earn a golden belt—the ancients truly did not deceive me."

Looking at one large silver ingot of about five taels, two smaller silver ingots of about three taels each, six small silver pieces of about one tael each, along with some scattered bits of silver and dozens of copper coins, he sighed aloud.

This much silver, if calculated by the short-term labor his transmigrated predecessor had done before, under layer upon layer of exploitation, might not have been saved up in an entire lifetime.

But now, in the time it took to shoot a few arrows, he had gotten it into his hands.

"Violence will always be the most effective, direct method."

Li Chengfeng sighed with considerable emotion as he put the silver into Liu Yong's large money pouch, tucked it at his own waist, patted the bulging purse, then looked at the three steel sabers beside him, three longbows, three baskets of long arrows, and three daggers.

"This Liu Yong probably wasn't just some little long-term laborer. There must have been other entanglements, otherwise he wouldn't have had so much silver, let alone been able to call so many people over to risk their lives doing errands for him."

Li Chengfeng eyed the three corpses while thinking, and with satisfaction, packed all the things into the sack.

"These three were even fully kitted out. I'm afraid they handled jobs together all year round. Now that they've died together too, you're probably satisfied."

After Li Chengfeng finished packing, he slung the things onto his back, turned to look at the three wide-eyed corpses lying in the grass, and smiled. "I hope you're this friendly on the road to the Yellow Springs too."

With that said, Li Chengfeng did not bother with Liu Yong and the other two's corpses at all, and simply set off on the return journey.

Their three corpses were in the mountain forest; nature would digest them all. He did not need to worry much about that.

On the contrary, he did need to worry a bit about the money.

Although he had taken the money Liu Yong and the others had carried on them, the money in their homes had yet to be taken.

When people died, their money became his.

How could he leave his own money in other people's houses?

That was not appropriate.

As for going into the mountains to hunt?

What he was carrying on his back—wasn't all of this hunting gains?

No one had ever stipulated that hunting could not catch ready-made silver, sabers, and bows.

"These three bows, I can keep one as a spare. As for the rest, I'll see if I can trade them to other hunters in the mountains. The steel sabers and daggers can be kept at home without issue."

Li Chengfeng hurried back with his back full of hunting gains, feeling delighted as he thought idly.

The bows, sabers, and daggers Liu Yong and the other two had used were all very standardized items. He had already inspected them. Unlike Liu Hong's, they did not have the slightest personal mark, so he could safely keep them for his own use.

Li Chengfeng was very satisfied with everything he had gotten from Liu Yong and the others!

However, he already had two bows. Although Liu Yong and the other two's bows had more materials added and were no worse than his own, keeping one more as a spare was enough. The remaining two could instead be traded away for some useful things.

"I wonder how much silver they've hidden at home."

Li Chengfeng recalled the location of Liu Yong's house, his heart filled with anticipation, and strode out of the mountain forest.

Liu Yong had once coaxed him into selling his sister-in-law, so he definitely had dealings with the original body. Naturally, Li Chengfeng's memories contained the location of Liu Yong's house.

He even knew that Liu Yong had no woman at home, only lovers kept outside, so even in broad daylight, he could go in and search the place.

He was definitely going to be able to search out some things from Liu Yong's house.

Li Chengfeng stayed alert as he crossed the country road in front of the private mountain forest and returned all the way to the city. He did not even go home, heading straight to the outside of Liu Yong's house.

Unlike Li Chengfeng's yard, which was only blocked off with a fence, Liu Yong's courtyard was built from adobe and brick, and the courtyard gate was larger and more intimidating too.

Perhaps because Liu Yong was usually not someone to provoke, there was not a single person around his house.

Li Chengfeng saw that there were no nails, barbs, or anything of the sort on top of the wall, so he climbed straight up, stood on the wall top and looked into the courtyard. Seeing that there were neither dogs nor traps, he jumped neatly into the yard.

"Fuck, this old man is still living in a broken wooden shack, yet that cheap thing Liu Yong actually has three tiled rooms!"

After landing in the courtyard, Li Chengfeng looked at the three tiled rooms directly facing the courtyard gate, spat, and walked straight to the tightly shut inner room door.

Li Chengfeng directly used Liu Yong's saber to pry the door down, then strode inside with great steps.

The first room upon entering was the main hall. Inside, incense was enshrined, with chairs and a table set out; it was clearly used to receive guests.

Li Chengfeng looked left and right at the rooms on either side, then walked straight into the main room on the east side. First, he felt around the bed, and beneath the bedding at the head of the bed, he found a fifty-tael bearer silver note!

His eyes lit up. He stuffed the fifty-tael silver note directly into his clothes, then searched his room even more carefully.

He cut open the quilt, rummaged through chests and overturned cabinets, feeling everywhere for any loose bricks.

After this round of searching, he really did find several taels of silver in some nook and cranny.

In the end, he searched all over the room again. After confirming he could not find any more money, he simply packed Liu Yong's rice, flour, cured meat, salt, and oil into a hemp sack, then carried it on his back together with the hemp sack he had already been carrying when he came out of the mountains, and walked out through the courtyard gate.

After going out, he closed the courtyard gate again, then calmly walked straight back along the street.

"What a pity I don't know the other two. I don't know where their homes are."

Li Zhengfeng carried two hemp sacks filled to the brim with gains on his back, heading home with complete satisfaction. At the same time, he thought of the other two helpers who had come with Liu Yong. He did not know them and did not know the way to their homes, which made him feel somewhat regretful.

Still, after weighing the things on his back, Li Chengfeng felt satisfied as well. At once, with a smile like bathing in the spring breeze, he returned to his own home.

"Yuniang, I'm back!"

When he arrived before the courtyard gate enclosed by a wooden fence, it was not yet noon. Li Chengfeng knocked on the door and called into the courtyard.

As his voice fell, through the crack in the door, he saw Liu Yuniang open it and hurry over in a fluster.

"Creak~"

"Chengfeng is back!"

The courtyard gate sounded softly, accompanied by Liu Yuniang's soft, glutinous voice. The gate opened, revealing Liu Yuniang's plump, fair figure.

Liu Yuniang looked at Li Chengfeng outside the gate, carrying two hemp sacks on his back, her face full of joy and surprise. Then a bit of worry appeared. "Why are you back already? Did something happen?"

"Nothing bad. Something good, actually."

Li Chengfeng smiled at Liu Yuniang, raised his brows, and spoke. As he talked, he carried the two bulging hemp sacks through the courtyard gate.

"Something good? What good thing?"

Liu Yuniang hurriedly shut the courtyard gate. Seeing the sacks on his back bulging full, she thought he must have hunted some big prey again. Her face bright with happiness, she turned back and looked at Li Chengfeng as she spoke.

"A great good thing that got us silver."

Li Chengfeng smiled. Under Liu Yuniang's surprised gaze, he spoke rather mysteriously. After saying that, he carried the two hemp sacks without opening them in the courtyard, instead heading straight back into the room inside the courtyard.

"What good thing got us silver? Why so mysterious?"

Liu Yuniang followed closely behind. Seeing Li Chengfeng's expression, after entering the house, she closed the wooden door and bolted it from the inside, then asked Li Chengfeng with great curiosity.

"Take a look and see what kind of good thing got us silver."

Li Chengfeng smiled and opened the two hemp sacks. The things inside spilled out with a clatter. Then he took the bulging money pouch from his waist and placed it in Liu Yuniang's hands.

Liu Yuniang hurriedly cupped it with both hands. Then she saw Li Chengfeng hold open the mouth of the pouch and spread it outward.

Gleaming white silver instantly appeared before her eyes.

"Silver!"