Chapter 145: Zhao Village, Zhao Yun

Shortly after.

Su Li left the basement.

Upon leaving the inner hall, he discovered a small path behind it.

Passing through the small path, he found a basin surrounded by steep mountain walls.

He followed the path all the way into the basin.

After just one glance, Su Li couldn't help but shake his head.

The basin was not desolate; on the contrary, it was planted with many grain fields and vegetable gardens.

It was just that...

Beside these grain fields and vegetable gardens, there were countless thatched sheds.

Inside every thatched shed, dozens of NPCs—or rather, refugees—were crammed together, barely covered by their rags!

It was very obvious.

These refugees, estimated to number in the thousands, had all been abducted from nearby villages by the Tiger Might Sect, imprisoned here to grow food for them.

As long as the Tiger Might Sect existed, this basin was the only place these refugees could move about.

The work they had to do every day was to toil endlessly for the bandits of the Tiger Might Sect; they could never leave this place until they died.

In troubled times, people feed on blood.

Human life is as cheap as grass.

His gaze slowly swept over these refugees, who had already lost all spirit, and Su Li walked over.

Those refugees naturally noticed Su Li as well. Thinking he was a bandit, they all huddled together, trembling, their faces showing expressions of fear.

Because whenever bandits came here in the past, besides collecting food, they would wantonly beat and scold them to vent their own twisted pleasures.

"Don't be afraid, fellow villagers, I am not a bad person."

"I have been entrusted by the Changshan Commandery Governor to come and suppress the Tiger Might Sect."

"I have now broken through this mountain stronghold and personally killed the Sect Leader, Peng Hu. The rest of the bandits have either been killed or have surrendered."

"There is no one left in the entire stronghold who can threaten you; you can safely return home."

Su Li walked directly to the center and spoke with a voice like a booming bell.

His voice reached the ears of almost all the refugees.

It immediately caused a commotion.

But after a long while, not a single person made a move.

This left Su Li feeling a bit depressed.

Could it be that these refugees had been driven stupid by the bandits?

Or was it that they didn't believe him, didn't believe that the Tiger Might Sect had been broken?

However, at this moment.

An elderly man with gray hair and a hunched back, supported by over a hundred refugees, walked to the front of Su Li and said tremblingly: "My lord, is what you said true?"

"Did you really break the Tiger Might Sect and kill their Sect Leader, Peng Hu?"

"Of course it is true."

Su Li revealed a smile: "Old man, given your current situation, I have no need to lie to you."

"Th... that's wonderful, w... we are free!"

"Thank you, benefactor, thank you, benefactor!"

The old man and the hundred or so refugees immediately cheered and jumped for joy, one after another expressing their gratitude to Su Li.

Yet, many other refugees still had dull expressions, as if they had already lost the desire for freedom.

This left Su Li a bit puzzled, and he subconsciously asked the old man: "Old man, the Tiger Might Sect has been broken and you are free; this should be a happy occasion, why are they..."

"Sigh!"

The old man sighed and slowly narrated: "They are all pitiful people. They were abducted here by the bandits a long time ago, and the places where they originally lived have long since been burned down."

"Added to the fact that they have been locked up here for so long, they have long since become numb. They have no idea where to go once they leave, so naturally, they have become like this."

Speaking of this, the old man looked at Su Li with gratitude again: "We are all from the nearby Zhao Village and were only recently abducted by the bandits."

"Although our village has also been burned down and we have no home to return to even if we leave, thanks to the benefactor's rescue, we still yearn for freedom."

Hearing this, Su Li immediately understood what was going on.

However, he was even more interested in the three words 'Zhao Village' that the old man mentioned.

Because this was Zhending County, Changshan Commandery.

And there was a Zhao Village nearby.

It is very easy to associate this with a certain character—

That's right, it was Zhao Zilong of Changshan, Zhao Yun!

Perhaps other players in this world didn't know who Zhao Yun was.

But Su Li was very clear about it.

That was a peerless General who could go toe-to-toe with Lu Bu in the late stage!

It was widely circulated among the people on Earth: First Lu, second Zhao, third Dian Wei...

Zhao Yun's martial strength in the Three Kingdoms was enough to be called second.

Although this ranking was somewhat controversial.

But it was undeniable that among the many Generals, Zhao Yun definitely belonged to the very top tier. ===== CHAPTER 147 =====