"Yes, Boss Xu."

The constables respectfully agreed.

Then someone cautiously inquired, "Brother Xu, now that we've survived this natural disaster, where should we go from here? Will our families in the capital be in danger?"

Xu Jinhuan stretched his hand out the window, catching the dripping rain in his palm, and said calmly, "When did I say that natural disasters only involve rain? This disaster is not over yet."

As for your families, the capital is the last line of defense for the Great Expedition; they are much safer than you are.

The constables looked at each other in alarm.

"This natural disaster isn't just about torrential rain?"

"Does God not want us to live?"

"Please, Boss Xu, save us! Our lives are yours now. We will serve you as our master and be at your beck and call!"

One of the constables took the lead in kneeling down, and the others followed suit, begging Xu Jinhuan to take them in.

Xu Jinhuan closed the window, walked back to his chair and sat down, his eyes scanning the kneeling constables.

Although his gaze was indifferent, it seemed to see into people's hearts, leaving no room for their inner fragility and filth to hide.

Xu Jinhuan finally turned her gaze to Xie Datou and asked with a smile, "Datou, as their boss, what do you think?"

Xie Datou knelt respectfully in front of Xu Jinhuan, "Boss, you are my boss, so my little brothers are your little brothers. If they dare to betray you, I will be the first to kill them."

Xu Jinhuan chuckled softly and spoke in a devoid of emotion.

"You don't need to lift a finger. What I hate most is betrayal. If any of them turn their backs on me, I will punish them myself and make them regret ever being born."

Upon hearing this, the constables immediately thought of the two tortures that Xu Jinhuan had brought out, which were things they had never heard of or seen before.

The constables immediately sprang to attention and shouted back, "We will serve our master faithfully and never betray him!"

Xu Jinhuan casually waved his hand, telling them to get up first.

No matter how sweet the words are, they are not as good as actions. Besides, people's hearts have changed. It would be foolish for Xu Jinhuan to actually believe their oaths.

She was only willing to put on a show with them because she needed these people to complete her mission.

Of all these people, the only one she trusted was Xie Datou, the one who had taken a loyalty pill and would never betray her.

Xu Jinhuan instructed, "Alright, I don't need so many people here. You can all go about your business. Remember to inform the exiled people that we need to travel tomorrow."

"Yes, Boss Xu!"

The constables respectfully agreed and quietly left the house.

Xu Jinhuan waited until they left before turning her gaze to Ma Wencai.

"Are you still feeling unwell?"

Ma Wencai closed his eyes and pretended to be dead. The thought of his hard-earned wealth being emptied by Xu Jinhuan made his heart ache. He really wished he were dead!

If you die, you won't have to suffer like this anymore.

However, Ma Wencai's idea didn't last long because...

"Big Head, take our Chief Ma to meet his good accomplices," Xu Jinhuan said with a smile, looking at Ma Wencai who was pretending to be dead.

Xie Datou immediately obeyed, grabbed Ma Wencai by the collar, and headed towards Xiao Li's room.

Ma Wencai had no choice but to open his eyes. As soon as he opened them, he saw Xiao Li's face covered in blood and was immediately startled, thinking that the man was already dead.

He only breathed a slight sigh of relief when he discovered that Xiao Li's chest was still rising and falling slowly and that he was not dead.

The fleeting thought of wanting to die vanished instantly.

He kept muttering to himself, "It's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death; money is just an external thing."

Xu Jinhuan then slowly walked into the house, and when he saw Xiao Li's miserable state, he felt no emotion.

In the apocalypse, countless people died, and even more died tragically. She had seen people lose half their heads, let alone an arm or a leg.

“Ma Wencai, your accomplice is really putting up a stubborn resistance and is unwilling to reveal anything. Try to persuade him. If he doesn’t talk before tonight, I’ll send him to meet the King of Hell.”

After Xu Jinhuan finished speaking, her cool gaze shifted to Ma Wencai.

Ma Wencai was in dire straits, and said with a mournful face, "Ancestor, it's not that I didn't want to tell you, why are you looking at me like that? I really have told you everything I could, even my family's wealth."

Xu Jinhuan chuckled upon hearing this, "That's why I sent you, the activist, to do some ideological work on him. If he confesses..."

Ma Wencai immediately seized the opportunity and asked, "If I confess, will you return half of my family's assets?"

Xu Jinhuan didn't speak, but just gave him a half-smile.

Ma Wencai chuckled dryly, "I know, I was just being delusional. It's already a favor that you spared my life."

Xu Jinhuan looked up in the direction of Xiao Li, and Ma Wencai immediately understood and walked to Xiao Li's side.

Seeing that Xiao Li was still unconscious, Ma Wencai turned around, picked up the water ladle next to him, scooped a ladle of water from the basin, and splashed it at Xiao Li.

"Cough cough cough"

Xiao Li was woken up by the splashing water. When he looked up, he saw Ma Wencai, who was unharmed. He subconsciously thought that Ma Wencai had escaped, so he immediately said...

"Quick, go to my room. There's a signal flare in the corner of the wall by the window. Pull it into the air, and our master will definitely bring people to rescue us."

Despite the excruciating pain in his head, Xiao Li managed to say those words, only to see Ma Wencai give him an awkward smile.

After Ma Wencai gave up his seat, Xiao Li realized there were two other people behind him: Xu Jinhuan and Xie Datou...

"Damn it! Your master treated you so well, how dare you betray him!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Wencai quickly distanced himself from Xiao Li.

"Don't say that. He's your good master, not mine. If he hadn't made me leave the army back then, with my hard work, I would at least be a centurion by now."

It wouldn't have come to the point where he became a universally hated bandit, only to end up losing his life at the hands of others.

After saying that, his eyes suddenly lit up as if he remembered something. "You're Li Yichang, right? I didn't expect them to send you here to work from the inside. It seems they're very satisfied with this shipment."

Xiao Li snorted coldly, "What are you talking about? I don't understand. My name isn't Li Chang. You've mistaken me for someone else."

Little did he know that his feigned composure would betray him.

Ma Wencai ran excitedly to Xu Jinhuan's side and said boastfully, "Boss, this guy is the right-hand man of the Wu family's head steward, he must know a lot!"

Xu Jinhuan looked at Xiao Li with interest. "We can't let him die so easily. Ma Wencai, I've thought of another form of torture. I was just worried about not having anyone to test it on."

Ma Wencai shuddered upon hearing this, glanced at Xiao Li who was still putting on a brave face, and muttered to himself, "Serves you right, you pretended!"