Shui Xiang seemed to have thought of something, and her voice became choked with emotion!

"Anniang! She is actually a citizen of the Holy Kingdom!"

"Her family and husband are quite well-known in the Holy Kingdom, which is why they've been targeted!"

"When Huyan Hu fled, he happened to run into her family on an outing, so he captured them. In order to threaten her husband into helping him research those vicious things, he killed her family members one by one, leaving only An Niang alive!"

"Use this as leverage!"

"At first, they were quite friendly to Anniang, but as time went on, Anniang's husband didn't want to take a life, so he deliberately slowed down the process. Huyan Hu developed murderous intent, which Anniang noticed, and that's how the physical transaction came about!"

"And because Anniang is from the Holy Kingdom, she can understand the language spoken there, so she heard a lot of news!"

"Later, Anniang secretly taught us the language of the Holy Kingdom!"

"So when everyone went to serve Huyan Hu, he assumed we couldn't understand, so he spoke without restraint and thus obtained more information!"

"We secretly gathered information together, hoping that one day we could escape!"

"We even considered reporting it to the authorities, until one day the magistrate of Xiqing County came to our door in person, and he was quite obsequious!"

"Only then did we give up the idea of ​​reporting it to the authorities!"

"Instead, we've always supported and encouraged each other, waiting for the day when we'd have the opportunity to go out!"

“I never imagined it would actually come to this, but Anniang…”

Shui Xiang couldn't continue speaking and began to cover her face and cry bitterly!

Lin Ru couldn't help but admire the resilience of these people!

Moreover, if it were really as they say, then Xiqing County would probably have been under the control of the Holy Kingdom long ago!

She always remembered a saying: when you find one cockroach in your own home, there's actually a whole nest of them in some corner you don't know about!

Now that she has discovered such a traitorous county magistrate on the border, there may be countless places like Xiqing County in the corners she doesn't know about!

Thinking about this made her feel a chill run down her spine!

The Holy Kingdom is not taking any action now so that it can better carry out its invasion covertly!

In that case, we must not alert the enemy, but the magistrate still needs to be dealt with, just not as a traitor!

So she led Shui Xiang and the others down the mountain, planning to find an inn in the county and change into clean clothes!

However, when they entered the city, the desolate scene shocked them. They had hardly seen any people along the way, and even if they did, they would treat their group like snakes!

Close the doors tightly!

It's as if they'll be caught if they run even a little slower!

There were hardly any shops open on the street!

They finally found a place that sold clothes, but when they went inside, the person looked as if they had seen a ghost!

I was just about to go over and close the door!

Shui Xiang stopped him!

"Sir, we came here to buy clothes, why did you close the door?"

"We've been fleeing famine all the way here!"

"Look at what we're wearing, our clothes are all tattered."

"That's our young lady up ahead! You don't need to worry about not being able to pay!"

The girl behind her chimed in!

"Yes, sir, please have pity on us."

"We just wanted to buy some clothes, and we didn't say we wouldn't pay, so why are you kicking us out?"

"We're all businesses open for business! How can you turn customers away?"

Lin Ru watched as they talked back and forth, making the old man's face turn red!

Finally, he gritted his teeth and stomped his foot!

I walked to the door, looked around, and then closed it slightly.

He looked at them mysteriously and said, "You all don't know this! I just don't want to get into trouble."

"It's already quite an achievement that we can even open our doors and do business these days."

"I hope you'll be lenient and buy it somewhere else."

Wu Ling took out a silver ingot from his pocket and handed it to the old man. "Uncle! We're new here and really don't know anything. We're on our way to Luzhou to find relatives! We encountered bandits on the way, which is why we're all covered in dirt!"

That's why I thought I'd come here to take a good rest!

"I really didn't mean to make things difficult for you!"

"Why don't you just tell us directly what's going on here?"

The old man squeezed the silver in his hand!

Finally, gritting his teeth, he whispered, "I advise you to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible!"

"Because a gang of robbers has appeared in this area!"

"They specifically target young and beautiful girls and boys!"

"Once they're taken away, they'll never come back."

"If I hadn't received the news so late, I would have left long ago."

"This place is no longer a place for ordinary people like us to stay!"

"Look outside, there's nobody on the street!"

"Let alone outsiders, there aren't many of us locals either."

Lin Ru feigned surprise and fear, asking, "My God, is it that scary? Didn't the shameful family report it to the authorities?"

"How can these thieves be allowed to act so lawlessly?"

The old man let out a long sigh!

"Hey! Report it to the authorities? If reporting it to the authorities were useful, so many people wouldn't have died!"

"This place is located on the border, and it's so chaotic right now, what official would care about such a trivial matter! They only think about how to put money in their own pockets! How could they care about the lives of ordinary people?"

"It's better to rely on yourself than on them!"

Lin Ru covered her mouth in surprise!

"My God! These people have really gone mad! Is there really no justice in this world?"

"Moreover, Xiqing County has more than just a magistrate! There are also a county assistant and a county lieutenant! Isn't there anyone who can manage things?"

The old man waved his hand nervously.

"Oh dear! Little girl, please keep your voice down, or you'll kill me again."

"I can sell these clothes, but once you've sold them, you should leave as soon as possible. That's all I have to say!"

"Don't go around telling anyone, I'm the one who told you."

"None of these things are good; officials protect each other!"

"It's the ordinary people who suffer the most."

"Especially a group like yours, mostly women and good-looking, you'll definitely be spotted as soon as you enter the city gate! Once you've bought your things, hurry up and leave!"

"Take a look, what kind do you want to choose?"

Lin Ru realized that she couldn't get anything out of the old man!

He then selected a few pieces of clothing for these women!

I bought myself a new outfit, something a little more luxurious!

The old man originally wanted to offer some advice!