Wu Juan turned around and glared at him, annoyed!

"You're not going to die! Stop gagging! It's disgusting! The whole cell smells like the sour stench of your vomit!"

"We've only been apart for a few days, and you've already gotten yourself into this state!"

"Hurry up and catch up!"

"I don't know how you've survived to this age. When my young lady heard you were in danger, she rushed over overnight, risking her life to be brought before the magistrate and deal with all these people!"

"Judging from how nervous my young lady was just now, if anything really happened to you, she definitely wouldn't stand idly by!"

Xu Yixuan also recalled how Miss Lin had looked just now. She was indeed very anxious, so anxious that she punched the door open and even personally tried to choke him!

But then I remembered something and I wasn't nervous anymore!

The look in his eyes was one of disappointment and frustration!

He immediately understood and quickly got up to chase after them!

"Miss Lin! Wait for me! I'm really not like this usually! I don't eat everything! It's just that it's been a long time and I'm a little hungry. Besides, that jailer looks very kind. I really didn't expect the food to be poisoned!"

"Did you put the antidote in my throat when you were gagging me just now?"

"Did you eat something extraordinary when you detoxified me before?"

"Am I now immune to all poisons?"

Once Xu Yixuan learned that his life was spared, he couldn't stop talking!

He desperately wanted to know how to cure the poison!

Lin Ru stopped and glanced at him, somewhat puzzled as to how this man had won the heroine's heart. And with his appearance, was he really the general who would one day command respect from all directions?

She looked at Xu Yixuan very seriously, making Xu Yixuan blush!

"Are you really Xu Yixuan? What are the characters in your name? Write them down for me!"

Although Xu Yixuan was a little puzzled as to why Miss Lin would ask her such a question, he still obediently squatted down, picked up a wooden stick, and wrote his name on the ground!

Lin Ru looked at the words on the ground. Although they were in traditional Chinese characters, she still recognized them!

It is indeed the male protagonist's name, and the time, place, and people are all the same, so it shouldn't be an NPC with the same name as the male protagonist!

She racked her brains but still couldn't figure out how the male lead in the tragic ending story could live to achieve great success and then be murdered by the female lead's father!

They shouldn't have survived more than one episode!

She let out a long sigh and handed over the remaining water from washing her hands.

"Rinse your mouth! Your throat must be raw from picking at it! I hope this will teach you a lesson! The medicine I'm giving you has a time limit. Although it can make you immune to all poisons now, it might wear off at any time, so you must be careful and not gamble with your life!"

"From now on, take a silver needle with you when you go out to eat! No matter who offers you food, try it!"

"Don't let them get poisoned to death!"

"I know you are kind-hearted and passionate, but you must save your own life to save more people!"

"If you just die like this, everything you've done will have been for nothing! No one will remember you! They'll even laugh at you!"

"Therefore! Think twice before you act in the future!"

"Only in this way can we go further!"

Xu Yixuan squatted on the ground, staring blankly at Lin Ru standing in the sunlight, who seemed like a fairy from heaven, ethereal and unattainable!

And everything around us seems like a dream!

He caught the water pouch in a daze and took a big gulp! The sweet taste pulled him back from his reverie!

When he looked up, Lin Ru had already left!

Wu Juan waved her hand in front of his eyes, "Snap out of it! Hurry up and catch up!"

Xu Yixuan snapped out of his daze and asked somewhat embarrassedly, "Is Miss Lin really a goddess?"

"So beautiful and kind-hearted, she must be a true goddess."

Wu Juan retorted irritably, "My young lady is of course a real goddess! Those are all imposters!"

"But even a goddess isn't omnipotent! You'd better protect your life! Otherwise, you won't be so lucky next time!"

Xu Yixuan gripped the water pouch tightly in his hand and nodded vigorously!

"I see!"

They walked back quickly like that!

Wu Ling has already taken stock of all the magistrate's assets!

When he saw Xu Yixuan looking extremely disheveled, a dark glint flashed in his eyes!

But when he saw Lin Ru, his whole demeanor softened instantly!

He quickly stepped forward, explained the current situation, and took out an account book from his pocket!

This is a record kept by the county magistrate's clerk, detailing the amount of grain handed over by nearby villagers, as well as the money and valuables that local gentry and tycoons offered to the goddess!

Lin Ru opened the ledger and flipped through it page by page, her face growing increasingly grim. Each grain of food recorded on it represented a living, breathing human life!

These people were ignorant and foolish, thinking that if they handed over grain, the false goddess would bless them with good weather and a bountiful harvest every year!

Perhaps some people had already realized that something was wrong, but faced with the powerful, they had no choice but to take out all the food in their homes to save their lives!

If it weren't for Xu Yixuan, who knows how many of these people would have died by the time she found out!

She sighed helplessly and instructed Wu Juan to post a notice outside, returning all the grain to the people.

Tell them to come and collect it with their household registration certificate!

That's all we can do now!

In the afternoon, a group of people gathered around, puzzled as to why the things they had offered to the goddess were being returned!

Could it be that you feel these things are a bit lacking and want something more valuable?

Panic gripped the people!

Once everyone had gathered, Lin Ru came out and ordered the county magistrate and the fake goddess to be brought out!

Seeing this, everyone below started discussing it amongst themselves!

"Isn't this the magistrate? And isn't that the goddess next to him? Why do you look like this?"

"And who is this person?"

"How come you're so good-looking?"

"She's even prettier than that goddess."

Lin Ru spoke loudly to the people below, her voice imbued with inner strength: "Everyone, quiet down! This so-called goddess is a fake! She is the daughter of the magistrate of Hui County!"

"The reason I pretended to be a goddess is to swindle you out of your food and money!"

"Then take your money and leave!"