Liu Sisi also found several thin bamboo tubes on the two thugs whose hands had been severed; they looked like sleeping pills.

"I wonder how many girls these two have ruined," Liu Sisi said to the person who had seen her take the money and two water bags she had taken from them, throwing them on the ground.

"These are for you. Remember, divide them equally. No fighting over them. I hope you behave yourselves and don't meddle in these two people's business, or you'll end up like them."

"Yes, thank you, young heroine, we understand."

Each of them received a piece of silver from the ground, and then they each drank large gulps of water from their water bags.

The North is indeed sparsely populated, and there weren't many people on the streets of Liu County either.

Liu Sisi continued walking into the city, where she saw several men leading two girls in one direction.

Both girls had red and swollen eyes, clearly indicating that they did not want to be tied up.

She secretly followed those people, and sure enough, they were exchanging girls for water and food.

In reality, the government only changed the water; the grain still had to be bought with silver. They just didn't bring girls along, and even if you had money, they wouldn't sell them.

A short while later, the men left carrying a bag of grain and several buckets of water.

Now that she had figured out the location of the magistrate's residence, Liu Sisi waited until nightfall to begin her operation.

She went into her spatial dimension, lay down on the small bed in the supermarket to catch up on her sleep, and didn't come out of the spatial dimension until midnight.

At this time, most people in the city had already fallen asleep, and Liu Sisi used her light-footed skills to fly into the county magistrate's mansion.

The mansion was very large, and many rooms had their lights off, except for one room where the faint sound of a woman crying could be heard.

Liu Sisi took out the sleeping powder she had taken from the thugs and blew it towards the door of the room with the lights on.

Liu Sisi thought it would be blown down with a single gust of wind, just like she had seen on TV.

"Old Hu, do you smell anything strange?"

One of the gatekeepers said.

"It seems so, I smelled it too." Where did it come from?

Half an incense stick's time had passed, and the two were still chatting energetically.

"Holy crap, what is this? It's a defective product!"

Liu Sisi went to other rooms, poked holes in the paper windows, and blew in sleeping powder.

She figured she might as well not waste the opportunity and try it out on these sleeping people to see if it would work.

When we came back, the two gatekeepers were still standing!

Liu Sisi didn't wait any longer. She changed into black clothes, quietly crept up to the two of them, and flew up to each of them with a swift hand chop.

The two men felt a headache for a moment and then collapsed to the ground.

Liu Sisi opened the door and went straight in.

As soon as I entered, I could hear a man's lewd laughter coming from the bedroom.

"Young lady, don't hide! You'd better serve me well, don't be like the previous two, cowering and timid. I really can kill someone if I'm unhappy."

The man's voice changed from lewd laughter to a threat.

"No, Your Honor, I beg you, please spare me!" came another woman's pleading voice.

"Hahaha, don't be afraid! I'll be gentle." The man's disgusting voice came out again.

Then I heard the sound of clothes being torn.

The girl cried uncontrollably.

Upon hearing this, Liu Sisi thought, "This is the third one already. This old codger, isn't he afraid of ruining himself?"

Returning the brother? That's disgusting.

Unable to listen any longer, Liu Sisi released Xi Yu directly.

Xi Yu's enormous snake body smashed open the bedroom door.

Liu Sisi then went into her spatial dimension to change into the fairy's clothes.

Magistrate Yang, who was in the middle of a great mood, was furious when he heard his door being opened.

"Damn it, which blind fool dares to disturb my good time? Do they have a death wish?"

He got out of bed, wanting to see who was so bold.

He turned around and saw a huge snake head appear before him.

"Ah, ahhhhhh... Help me!" Magistrate Yang screamed in terror, his voice hoarse.

The girl on the bed was so frightened that she fainted.

The sleeping powder really worked this time; he screamed until he was hoarse, but no one came to his aid.

"Have you shouted enough? If you have, hurry up and worship the Snake Immortal." Xi Yu wanted to show off first.

Upon hearing Xi Yu speak, Magistrate Yang was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

“Lord Snake Immortal, I have offered you tributes every year without fail. What brings you here today?” Magistrate Yang said, bowing his head and trembling.

He didn't dare to look up at Xi Yu at all; its enormous snake head was simply too oppressive.

"You still dare to ask why? Have you ever done anything humane? The north is suffering from drought, and instead of asking the emperor for help, you have guarded the city's water sources, preventing the people from using water."

"You have to exchange girls for grain? How many girls have you ruined, you old geezer?"

Liu Sisi had already changed into her fairy costume. She suddenly appeared on Xi Yu's snake head and said.

Upon hearing the woman's voice, Magistrate Yang raised his head and looked at Xi Yu's snake head.

He saw a fairy in flowing red robes, her face veiled, her eyes glaring at him.

This happened so suddenly, and he was terrified. "You, you...you're a female ghost?"

"Go to hell with your ghost! This is a snake fairy! How dare you call her a ghost?" Xi Yu said, displeased.

"Lord Snake Immortal, I really didn't want to do this. It was the prefect of Lingxi City who liked these girls and forced me to do it."

Magistrate Yang wanted to shift all the blame onto the prefect.

"Screw you!"

With a flick of his snake tail, Xi Yu flung Magistrate Yang from the ground against the wall.

Magistrate Yang was struck hard and fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Lord Snake Immortal, I know I was wrong. I will never ask to exchange girls for food and water again. I will send people to release the girls right away, but I cannot make decisions about food and water."

"Even the county magistrate in our county has to listen to the prefect."

"You can rest assured to sell the city's food and water to the people in an orderly manner. Water can be regulated, with each household taking only a certain amount. However, you can no longer exchange girls for it."

"I'll go to the prefect's place too. None of them will escape. Remember what I said. If I find you exchanging girls for grain again tomorrow, I'll kill you without even telling you," Liu Sisi said in a divine voice.

"Yes, I understand. Rest assured, Lord Snake Immortal, it will not happen again." Magistrate Yang quickly kowtowed to express his gratitude.

Liu Sisi took a set of women's clothes from her spatial storage and threw them onto Magistrate Yang's bed.

"Have someone put these clothes on the girl in bed, and then properly return her to her home, understand?"

When Magistrate Yang saw that Liu Sisi could actually pull things out of thin air, he became even more convinced.

"Understood, Snake Fairy. I will send someone to take her back immediately tomorrow," said Magistrate Yang.

Xi Yu climbed out of the door, and Liu Sisi immediately put him back into her spatial storage, while she herself used her lightness skill to fly away.

After seeing that both the snake and the people had disappeared, Magistrate Yang wiped the cold sweat from his brow with his sleeve and took a while to calm down before shouting.

"Guards! Guards!"