As Xiao Liu thought this, he picked up Manager Lin's whip from the ground and lashed it a few times, instantly raising a cloud of dust.

The crowd, who had been making a ruckus just moments before, were gripped by a deep-seated fear upon hearing this voice. They instantly returned to their workstations and fell silent.

"All of you better behave! If you're still making such a racket when I get back, this whip won't fall on the ground, it will fall on your bodies instead." After saying that, Xiao Liu glared fiercely at the crowd.

After he saw that no one was making any more noise, he hurriedly ran outside to report the matter to Long Wangcai, fearing that something else might happen.

The physician who had been brought over had just finished examining Steward Lin's injuries when he looked up and saw Xiao Liu's departing figure. Why did he leave again?

This isn't a place for medical treatment, so who's going to help him bring the injured person back to the ground?

The physician looked around and found that apart from the occasional patrolling guards, there were only the workers. Even though he had only glanced at them briefly when he arrived, he could tell that these people were not in a normal mental state.

Who knows if these people will suddenly turn on the injured person if we ask them for help?

The physician muttered to himself, but his hands deftly applied wound medicine to the wounded. Their wounds were very long, and the wound medicine alone could not stop the bleeding for a while.

Xu Jinhuan glanced at the physician who was busy with his work, and then at the others who seemed like a stagnant pool, and did not make any further moves.

Her ultimate goal is Long Wangcai; there's no need to bother anyone else now. She just needs to wait quietly for him to come.

Meanwhile, Xiao Liu finally found Long Wangcai.

"Xiao Liu, is what you said true?" Long Wangcai had just seen off the guests who came to drink when he heard Xiao Liu's report. He asked with a face full of disbelief.

Xiao Liu briefly explained the ins and outs of what he knew, and emphasized that two managers had already been seriously injured.

If it were just an ordinary subordinate who was injured, Long Wangcai wouldn't pay much attention to it. But Steward Lin and Steward Sun were his trusted confidants who did dirty work for him, so they were naturally different from ordinary people.

"Have you called the prefectural physician? Let's go take a look quickly." Long Wangcai said as he hurried towards the granary, followed by the martial arts expert he had hired at great expense.

Xiao Liu said respectfully, "I have already asked. Steward Sun was injured when I went to fetch the physician."

Long Wangcai said with a gloomy face, "I want to see who dares to play tricks on my turf. Master Lu, I'll be counting on you in a bit."

The man addressed as Master Lu smiled and clasped his hands in a fist salute. “Manager Long, you flatter me. I am entrusted with this task and will certainly teach that shameless scoundrel who disturbed the peace of your residence a lesson!”

Little Liu glanced at the chivalrous Lu with admiration and envy. When he was a child, he had heard storytellers tell stories and wanted to become a chivalrous hero.

Unfortunately, his family was poor and he never had the opportunity to practice martial arts; otherwise, he could have upheld justice like Master Lu.

Long Wangcai and his group rushed to the granary with all their might. Just as Long Wangcai was about to be the first to enter, he was stopped by Master Lu.

"Manager Long, please wait. Let me, Lu, lead the way to prevent the thieves from launching a sneak attack."

Upon hearing this, Manager Long immediately nodded and quickly stood behind Master Lu. He then spoke to Xiao Liu with great satisfaction.

"Look, this Master Lu truly lives up to his name. Not only is his martial arts superb, but he also acts with such discretion. It's no wonder he spends twenty taels of silver every month!"

This was the first time Xiao Liu had heard of Master Lu's monthly salary, and he was secretly astonished—it was too high!

He earns less than one tael of silver a month, so it would take him more than two years to earn twenty taels without eating or drinking.

With these mixed feelings, Xiao Liu silently followed Manager Long, ready to watch the great hero Lu wreak havoc on all sides.

When they went underground, they found it very quiet. People seemed to be focused on their work and didn't even look up.

If it weren't for the two wounded people lying in a pool of blood, and the extremely stiff movements of those working, it would all seem quite normal.

"Master Lu, have you noticed anything amiss?" Long Wangcai asked expectantly.

Master Lu gripped his sword hilt, looked around in confusion, and shook his head. "No, I didn't sense anyone with murderous intent here. Manager Long, did that person escape?"

Before Long Wangcai could answer, Xiao Liu immediately replied, "Impossible. When Steward Sun asked me to find the physician, I arranged for two members of the patrol team to guard the exit. No one left."

Upon hearing this, Master Lu frowned. He crossed his arms and hugged his sword, then walked around the area again. He didn't show any particular emotion when he saw the moldy rice.

The kind of person he can afford to hire are all wealthy people. Over the years, he has seen too many immoral things that rich people do, so he is used to it.

All he could do was inform his relatives and friends not to buy grain from Jinlong Grain Shop.

As Master Lu pondered this, he suspiciously approached the two injured men. Their wounds…

Suddenly, he felt a gust of wind blow past him. Before he could wonder why there was wind underground, he heard everyone scream.

"ah!"

"The ghost is here again!"

At this moment, Xu Jinhuan's long sword was already swinging towards Long Wangcai. The sharp blade slid across his scalp, not only cutting off his hair bun but also shaving off a thin layer of scalp.

Long Wangcai felt a numbness in his head. He subconsciously touched it, and although he didn't feel any pain at that moment, his hand was already stained with a lot of blood.

Long Wangcai almost fainted when he saw the drops of blood. He swayed, but was caught by the quick-thinking Xiao Liu behind him.

"Shopkeeper, how are you? Physician, stop treating the steward, come and see the shopkeeper!"

As Xiao Liu spoke, he also cautiously looked around, afraid that the long sword would suddenly reappear. At the same time, he didn't forget to give Master Lu a disdainful look.

With this level of skill, he calls himself a hero? The shopkeeper's twenty taels of silver are a complete waste.

Long Wangcai was in a daze for a while, but the pain from the doctor applying medicine to him woke him up. He asked weakly, "What exactly happened just now?"

When Master Lu heard Long Wangcai's words, he stepped forward to reply, but was pushed aside by Xiao Liu's buttocks.

"Shopkeeper, you didn't see it just now, it was really too dangerous."

The long knife suddenly appeared, then flew to your side with a "whoosh" and slashed down at your head with a "crack," nearly splitting your skull open.

As Xiao Liu spoke, he gestured wildly, becoming even more animated when he got excited, completely forgetting the long sword that might appear at any moment.

He naturally didn't notice his dear shopkeeper's increasingly unpleasant expression.