Her heart felt like it was about to break.

She only has this one child. If... if anything happens to him, how will she live?

He Tiantian quickly stepped forward to comfort her: "Madam, don't worry. The magistrate has led a thousand soldiers to Wumeng Mountain, and he will surely return victorious this time."

Moreover, with the weapons He Tiantian provided, the chances of winning are even greater.

I just hope that Liu Chuyu will be sensible and not act impulsively and anger those bandits.

Deep in the Wumeng Mountains, Liu Chuyu had been held captive for a day and a night.

His mouth was stuffed with a rag, and his body was bound hand and foot. His once clean face was now filthy, and he looked nothing like a child.

I don't know what cut my arm, but the wound was covered in blood and dirt.

Liu Chuyu glanced outside the cage at the two bandits sitting there drinking and playing drinking games.

He struggled to shift his position, then slowly shuffled to the cage door.

"Big brother, two big brothers."

The two men drinking were named Zhang San and Li Si. They glanced at Liu Chuyu but ignored her.

Liu Chuyu swallowed hard, her lips dry and cracked, and continued to call out in a hoarse voice, "Brothers, do you know who I am?"

Zhang San and Li Si exchanged a glance. The two brothers spent most of their time guarding the dungeon. Their job was simply to watch people; they didn't have time to care who the prisoners were.

Anyway, as long as the prisoner doesn't escape, it's fine.

Especially this time, the prisoner is just a ten-year-old kid. What can he do? He can't escape even if he wants to.

Zhang San glanced at Liu Chuyu and said disdainfully, "I don't care who you are. Stay put and don't even think about running away."

Liu Chuyu shook her head. "I won't run away. I'm the son of the county magistrate. Why would I run?"

Zhang San and Li Si were taken aback. The magistrate's son?

The two quickly ran to the cage door and looked Liu Chuyu up and down.

His tattered burlap clothes were so dirty you couldn't even tell he was a child. And yet he had the audacity to claim he was the son of the county magistrate?

"Haha! Children can dream, but don't have unrealistic dreams! I'd say I'm the emperor!" Zhang San looked like he didn't believe anything.

Li Si chimed in, "I thought I was the county magistrate, but I had no idea I had such a fine son like you?"

The two men's disdainful voices infuriated Liu Chuyu.

However, he remembered what Aunt He had taught him: a true man must be able to bend and stretch.

He is no match for the bandits now, so he needs to learn to back down at crucial moments.

"Oh...brothers, I really am the son of the county magistrate. I have a piece of white jade at my waist with my identity engraved on it." Liu Chuyu bowed slightly.

Zhang San took the key from his waist and opened the cage.

Li Si went inside and searched Liu Chuyu's body for quite a while before finally finding the piece of white jade.

“Brother, it really is Liu Chuyu, the magistrate’s son.” Li Si handed the white jade to Zhang San and said in a low voice.

The two men felt a surge of excitement; good heavens, this was the highest-ranking prisoner they had been guarding all year.