The victims didn't know how to answer for a moment, and everyone's eyes fell on Shangguan Lingyun and the others.
Shangguan Lingyun snorted coldly, "We beat the officers. Now we need to go into the city to see the city guards."
When the officers and soldiers guarding the city heard this, they were immediately delighted.
"Haha, you peasants actually have the guts to beat up the police. It's hilarious."
"Brothers, they must be the victims who escaped secretly. Come and catch them."
When the officers and soldiers guarding the city heard the shouts, they all gathered in front of Shangguan Lingyun and others.
Shangguan Lingyun just took a look and without waiting for the secret guards to go up and deal with it, the victims behind him rushed forward.
"Brothers, they are all the same. We will beat them one by one or in groups. We must not let them hurt the Lord. Beat them to death."
There were not many officials guarding the city. Although the victims were weak, they were numerous and soon knocked the officials guarding the city to the ground.
One of the officers saw that the situation was not good, so he found an opportunity and slipped away quietly.
"Someone ran away. Catch him and don't let him go back to report the news."
Some sharp-eyed victims were about to chase after him, but were stopped by Shangguan Lingyun.
"Don't chase them. Let them go and inform them so that we don't have to go to their door one by one."
The victims naturally had no objection. Without soldiers guarding the city gates, they returned to Lincheng unimpeded.
At this time, Tianxuan and Wang Xiao had also followed the men escorting the two girls to the City Guard's Mansion.
In the city guard's mansion, a thin man with a pale face ran out hurriedly after hearing the report from his servants.
"Brother, I heard that you brought back two beauties, but is that true? Where are they? Let me see them quickly."
As the city guard spoke, he looked towards the two little girls.
Just as his hand was about to pinch the girl's face, Wang Xiao moved.
He grabbed the city guard's outstretched claw and pulled it back with force.
"Ouch, it hurts so much! Who are you, blind man, to dare to hit me? Are you tired of living?"
The city defender cried in pain, and was forced to kneel in front of the two girls because of Wang Xiao's strength.
The two girls were startled, and Tianxuan immediately protected them behind him.
At this time, the city guard's brother-in-law finally reacted and immediately called for help.
"What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and arrest these two blind bastards. They are rebelling against us."
As soon as he finished speaking, the servants in the city guard's mansion immediately surrounded Wang Xiao, Tianxuan and the two girls.
Wang Xiao sneered, stepped on the city guard's shoulder, and forced him to kneel in front of everyone.
"If you don't care about his life or death, you can come up and give it a try."
Everyone was startled and looked at the city guard's brother-in-law in confusion.
"Master Liu, what should we do? He's holding the master hostage, and it's difficult for us to take action."
The steward of the City Guard's Mansion saw that Wang Xiao was not a easy person to deal with, so he didn't dare to come up.
But his master was being held captive, and he couldn't do nothing, so he had to seek help from the city guard's brother-in-law.
"He's just one person. No matter how powerful he is, can he defeat everyone in the mansion?"
"Boy, if you know what's good for you, let my brother-in-law go immediately. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
Wang Xiao raised his eyebrows: "I? Even if you act like my grandson, I still despise you for being useless."
"Stop talking nonsense. If you want him dead, just come up and try."
The city defender felt that his shoulders were about to be crushed by Wang Xiao, so he dared not act rashly.
"Don't move, my dear, let's talk it over."
"If you like those two girls, just take them away. Why make such a fuss?"
Wang Xiao stepped hard and the city defender immediately wailed.
"Please spare my life, my dear. If you have any requests, please tell us. We will definitely do what we can."
Wang Xiao looked at the city guard under his feet with some disgust, and then asked.
"Let me ask you, the flooding here has been going on for so long, why didn't you report it?"
The city guard's eyes rolled, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally he asked carefully.
"My dear fellow, how do you know we didn't report it?"
Wang Xiao rebuked coldly: "Why so much nonsense? Just answer whatever I ask you."
The city defender immediately nodded and bowed.
"Oh, okay, okay, don't be angry, my dear, I'll tell you everything."
"In fact, the imperial court allocates a sum of money every year to repair the river."
"Donglin River has been calm over the years and there have been no problems."
"Who knew that the rain would suddenly increase this year, causing the river upstream to be washed away."
"It's collapsed, so it is. It's not a big deal. We can just repair it. Why bother disturbing the emperor?"
Wang Xiao was furious. "It's not a big deal? There are so many disaster victims, can't you see?"
The city guard retorted: "My dear fellow, you don't know the situation. These are just unruly people."
"They deliberately showed up in the city, hoping to get the imperial court to open its granaries and release grain for free, which would save them a lot of money."
"But as an official appointed by the imperial court, how could I possibly use the imperial money and grain to support a bunch of unruly people?"
The city guard spoke righteously, but if I had not seen the suffering of the victims with my own eyes, I might have been deceived by him.
Wang Xiao looked at everyone else with cold eyes, and then asked again.
"Where are the women you forcibly abducted?"
Upon hearing this, the city guard immediately tried to please him.
"My dear, what are you talking about? We are officials appointed by the imperial court. How could we forcibly seize a commoner's daughter?"
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