Finally, all forces fell silent, and no one paid any more attention to Jiang Rushuai.

There were no traces of smuggled salt transport boats on the riverbank.

At some point, government-supplied salt at normal prices reappeared in the streets and alleys, and the once desolate streets gradually regained their vitality.

Jiang Rushuai stopped his horse at the bridgehead, looking at the crowds passing by below, his face expressionless.

The haze above these people temporarily dissipated, but after the clouds surged, new dark clouds gathered their strength.

Perhaps when they wake up, the powerful and wealthy will still be powerful and wealthy, and the world will still belong to the emperor, but the common people will be nothing, simply dying and returning to the soil.

Jiang Rushuai knew that day would eventually come, but all he could do was briefly brighten the sky here.

The power of a few people is ultimately too insignificant.

Jiang Rushuai shook his head, pulled on the reins, and urged the horse forward.

Ahead, Shen Jue was also riding a horse, waiting for Jiang Rushuai's arrival.

"Walk?"

"Okay, let's go."

At the end of the story, the reason why Jiang Rushuai was willing to get involved was roughly explained. Only then did everyone realize that the brief fight scene at the beginning of the story was not just to explain the characters' identities and backgrounds, but to explain the cause of the event from the very beginning.

The little girl's father was originally a fisherman on the river, but he was forced to surrender his fishing boat due to smuggling by officials, and ended up in an even deeper and more desperate situation. Jiang Rushuai deliberately called the villain "Zhang Lin," a river bandit recently hunted by the government, from the very beginning, which actually represented his determination.

How could Jiang Rushuai not know that the government was searching for someone everywhere?

He appeared with "Zhang Lin's" head, so he was bound to be targeted.

So from the very beginning, he was just acting.

He Miao also noticed that Jiang Rushuai already had a small string of copper coins strung together around his waist. The director had given it a close-up shot when his clothes were flying during the fight.

Now, tracing back all the clues, everything has been traceable all along.

Perhaps Jiang Rushuai had done many similar things while working as a thief catcher, and the copper coins on his waist were silent witnesses to all of this.

However, all of this is left to the audience's endless imagination.

The film has ended.

The parents, still not finished talking, gathered together to chat about martial arts movies, and incidentally, they talked about the actor Pu Rong, and then about that past event.

He Miao couldn't wait to take out her phone and recommend the movie to her friends on WeChat Moments.

He Miao was not the only one to do this after the release of "The Thief Catcher".

"The Thieves" is being recommended by viewers at an alarming rate.

[Family members, go see the thief catcher! (Screaming wildly)]

I declare that the best movie of the year has been revealed!

Everyone, go see "The Thieves"! Don't make me beg you! Please, please, you absolutely must see it!

[I'm going crazy, I'm going crazy! How can the Chinese entertainment industry still have such amazing action scenes? They seem to have some kind of "action scene awesomeness syndrome"! It's so exhilarating! I haven't seen action scenes like this in ages! I really want to kowtow to the production team!]

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A small island in the sea.

As soon as Lin Yu'an stepped onto the island, he was bumped into. He fumbled in his pockets, then turned sharply to Xu Ning beside him and shouted, "That guy was a thief!"

Xu Ning's eyes narrowed, and she quickly caught up with the fleeing, thin man.

"Bang--"

He showed no mercy and took the man down with a flying kick.

Lin Yu'an quickly jogged over.

Xu Ning stepped on the person on the ground, turned to look at Lin Yu'an, and said with great impatience, "Didn't I tell you to keep your cards safe?"