Before they could decide whether to bring the woman into the city, they heard another commotion of war behind them.
Shen Jiaojiao and the others turned around and saw a large group of people chasing after them from the town they had come from.
Indeed, after all, two people died, especially one of them, Liu Er from the Liu family, the owner of Zhuangyuanlou.
"It was her! She's the one who killed Manager Liu."
"Quick, grab her! Don't let her get away!"
A group of people surrounded them with weapons.
Shen Jiaojiao looked at these people and realized they were up to no good.
Because the woman was standing very close to Shen Jiaojiao and the others while they were talking, she was also surrounded.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
This place was right at the city gate. Although it was already evening, the guards immediately reported the situation to the authorities as soon as they discovered it.
The city lord of Hangzhou at the time was Wu Defa, a former student of Liu Daru.
Soon after, a group of soldiers rushed in from inside the city and surrounded the outermost layer.
"The city lord has arrived! Make way!" a soldier shouted loudly to the crowd.
A series of footsteps approached, and the man at the front appeared. He was wearing an official robe, and his elderly face was visible to everyone.
This man was probably around fifty years old, with triangular eyes and a small mustache, giving him a cunning and treacherous appearance.
Upon seeing this display, the group surrounding Shen Jiaojiao and the others immediately knelt down, saying, "Greetings, City Lord Wu!"
Lord Wu didn't speak, but looked at the few people who hadn't knelt.
Shen Jiaojiao and her group did not kneel, nor did the white-haired woman.
Wu Defa strode forward, his tone stern: "Who goes there? Why do you not kneel before me?"
As he got closer, he could see her snow-white hair and her entire face beneath the black cloak.
Wu Defa's expression suddenly changed drastically, and he became somewhat flustered: "You... what are you doing here?"
The white-haired woman seemed not to recognize him. She glanced at him a few times, curled her lip in disdain, and muttered, "I don't talk to ugly people! Humph!"
Wu Defa's old face trembled with anger, but he dared not retaliate.
He turned to Shen Jiaojiao and her group and snapped, "Who are you people? What's your relationship with her? Why are you together? Why don't you kneel down in front of me?"
Shen Jiaojiao disliked him at first sight, and rolled her eyes at Chu Tianling, "Look at your subordinates, so powerful!"
Chu Tianling was also somewhat displeased; this attitude made him look like a corrupt official.
Ruin my reputation!
He clasped his hands in a salute to him: "Lord, we are a few merchants from out of town. We have heard that the silk and tea here are of good quality, and we plan to come and buy some goods to sell."
"We've only just arrived at the city gate. Look, we haven't even had a chance to go in before we've been surrounded by this group of people. We beg you, sir, to do us a favor. We don't know any of these people."
Chu Tianling pointed at the person kneeling on the ground and began to refuse.
Wu Defa glanced at Chu Tianling following the sound, then looked away in disgust. Ugly bastard, uglier than me! My eyes are dirty.
He scoffed and nonchalantly looked down at the people on the ground, asking, "What are you doing? Why are you surrounding people?"
At this moment, the leader kneeling at the front looked up at him and cried out, "Lord! Something terrible has happened! I am the manager of the Zhuangyuan Tower in Pearl Town outside the city. My manager has been killed by this woman!"
"What?" Wu Defa was shocked and speechless as he looked at the woman!
Wasn't Liu Er her own brother? Why did she kill him?
Are you crazy?
What should we do?
He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.
"Are you telling the truth? Are you sure you didn't see it wrong? Could it be that someone else killed him and you just saw it wrong?"
Wu Defa looked at Shen Jiaojiao and her group with a meaningful gaze.
Shen Jiaojiao was furious. What did this old man mean? What kind of eyesight did he have? How dare he openly frame her!
However, the kneeling man didn't understand his hint. There was more than one dead, and he panicked.
They all understood the manager's identity. The Liu family controlled Jiangnan, and now that someone had died, they would all suffer. So they could only make a big fuss, the bigger the better.
They still have family members who don't want to die.
"Reporting to the city lord, it wasn't just Manager Liu who died; there was another person who died!"
"Who else?!" Wu Defa roared!
“There’s also a young man named Wu Jianguo!” The man immediately lowered his head after saying that.
"What...what did you say?" Wu Defa took two steps back, seemingly unable to believe it.
He turned around and staggered a few steps, somewhat flustered.
Suddenly he saw the white-haired woman. He rushed over, grabbed her shoulders, and asked expectantly, "Where's Jianguo? Isn't Jianguo with you? Where is he?"
The woman struggled in disgust: "Let go of me! You old geezer, don't touch me! Get away!"
"I'm asking you a question! Speak up! Where is he?!" Wu Defa shook the woman's shoulders frantically, acting like a madman.
"Ah! What are you doing? I don't know what you're talking about! Let me go!" The woman cried out in increasing pain.
Just then, a carriage pulled up behind them. A servant, seemingly surprised by the large number of people, got off the carriage, looked around at the crowd, and didn't know what to do.
Upon seeing the newcomer, the kneeling man immediately looked up at the city lord and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the bodies of the two deceased have been brought here. Please, Your Majesty, grant the order to bring the culprits to justice."
The servant then realized that the city lord was present and quickly knelt on the ground.
Wu Defa shoved the dizzy woman he was holding to the ground, then hurriedly ran to the carriage.
He flung open the curtain!
Sure enough, two corpses were found lying on the carriage.
The man with the dagger in his chest was clearly Wu Jianguo.
Wu Defa's face was ashen, as if he had lost all his strength, and he collapsed to the ground.
His eyes were fixed on the corpse on the carriage, his heart aching as if he were dying, and his lips trembled.
"My son! Waaah..."
The white-haired woman, who was not far away, had approached at some point. She climbed onto the car and lay down between the two men, smiling and obediently closing her eyes.
Shen Jiaojiao leaned closer to take a look, and good heavens, she was already asleep.
The sky grew darker and darker.
Shen Jiaojiao and her group stood to the side, unable to leave as soldiers surrounded them, leaving them only able to stand there dumbfounded.
The people kneeling on the ground didn't dare to get up. They had no idea that the dead man was the city lord's son! They were all terrified and lay there, too scared to move.
Wu Defa felt like he had cried all his tears. He was old and only had this one son!
The three people in the car were his brother-in-law, his wife, and his son.
His wife killed the other two men single-handedly.
His son was his only child, and he dared not kill his wife in public because her father was Liu Daru, and he had only obtained his position because of her father.
His wife killed his brother-in-law again, and Liu Daru is going to cause him trouble!
He doesn't know what to do now.
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