"Take him down! I want to interrogate him myself!!"
Li Xiaochen frowned in disgust at the man on the ground who had wet his pants in fear, and then directly ordered Wang Yu to arrest him.
Seeing that the tiger hadn't attacked them, the villagers curiously peeked out from various places. When they saw that the group had only captured Ah Shui, their eyes flashed with doubt.
Ah Shuiping was indeed the most troublesome person in their village, but they were still from the same village!
Has Ah Shui done something wrong again? Or offended someone?
Seeing that the tiger was lying still again, the village chief mustered his courage and went out to ask:
"Gentlemen, what has Ah Shui done wrong? Although this kid is a bit of a troublemaker, he hasn't done anything heinous! Are you misunderstanding something?"
"Village chief, don't worry. I don't know if this kid has done anything wrong. We're looking for him because he might know something about my wife. We'll ask him. Don't worry!"
Wang Yu was afraid that the villagers would start arguing with them, so he explained to the village chief, but his voice was not quiet, which could be considered as indirectly addressing the villagers.
"That's good, that's good!"
Hearing this, the village chief nodded, feeling somewhat relieved. He didn't say anything more, but he didn't leave. He had to stay and watch over him, in case Ah Shui was really killed by these people. They couldn't protect him, but surely they could at least collect his body?
The villagers behind them didn't leave either; they stood at the village entrance watching, their eyes gleaming with the same excitement as Lin Yuxin when she discovered the gossip.
Li Xiaochen pursed his lips, not caring what the villagers thought. He turned around and walked to Ah Shui, who was being held captive and trembling with fear. His right hand gripped the hilt of his sword, the blade still sheathed, and he pressed the scabbard against Ah Shui's chin, coldly asking:
Have you met a pretty girl these past few days?
Ah Shui was already terrified, and now that Li Xiaochen was holding a sword to his head, he thought he was going to die and immediately burst into tears.
"Waaaaah, hero, I was wrong! I'll never harass Widow Liu again, never steal the village chief's chickens again, never hit the pillar again, and never rob them of their silver again! Waaaaah, I was wrong! I promise I'll change my ways, please forgive me this time!!"
Ah Shui cried so hard that tears and snot were everywhere. Li Xiaochen disgustedly sheathed his sword; Ah Shui's snot had almost dripped onto his sword just now.
If he were to actually run into that, he'd want to throw away his old partner that's been with him for so many years.
The villagers nearby, upon hearing Ah Shui's words, reacted in various ways. Some of them, recalling past events, were already filled with anger. They wondered if someone had been behind all these troubles in the village, yet they had never found the mastermind.
Unexpectedly, it was that brat Ah Shui. They had treated him so well all this time. In an instant, the villagers who had heard what Ah Shui had just said no longer cared whether the kid would be beaten to death. He deserved to be beaten to death, since he never learned anything good!
"Shut up! If you make another sound, I'll kill you right now!"
Annoyed by his crying, Li Xiaochen's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He turned the sword in his hand and pressed it directly against Ah Shui's neck, startling Ah Shui into stopping his crying abruptly. Because he stopped so abruptly, he even hiccuped several times!
"Hiccup! Hiccup!"
Then she looked at Li Xiaochen pitifully, trying to persuade him not to kill her.
"I'll ask you one last time! Have you seen a pretty girl in the past few days? Think carefully before you answer, otherwise...?"
Li Xiaochen shifted the sword slightly closer to Ah Shui's neck, startling her. Ah Shui trembled and quickly raised her hands in surrender, crying out:
“I’ll talk, I’ll talk, don’t kill me, I’ve seen her, I’ve seen her, I met her five days ago in the stone cave behind the mountain. The woman was wearing a pale yellow dress and her hair was tied up. She looked like a married woman.”
"When I saw that the woman was so beautiful, I was curious and went closer to take a look. But I was suddenly threatened by two men with knives and scared away."
"That night, thinking about that beautiful woman, I couldn't resist going to the cave again, but there was no one there. I found a ten-tael silver coin and a piece of paper in the cave, but I couldn't read, so I threw the paper away."
Ah Shui recounted the scene with trembling hands. He was still terrified at the time. Everyone says that beauty can lead people astray, but he didn't believe it.
Look, he had a knife to his throat twice because of that woman, sob sob! Beautiful women are all poisonous!!
Where did you throw that letter?
Li Xiaochen asked anxiously:
"It's near the cave on the back mountain!"
Ah Shui blinked and said.
Li Xiaochen immediately withdrew his sword, gave Wang Yu a wink, and Wang Yu understood. He walked up to Ah Shui, picked her up, and left.
Lie Yan and the others immediately followed, while Shan Ying took charge of Cheng Tinghao. However, Cheng Tinghao's lightness skill was now quite good, so he was able to keep up.
Only the villagers were disappointed to see the group of people come and go so quickly; they hadn't even had a chance to see the excitement before they left.
But when they saw the tiger still guarding the village entrance, their legs trembled, and only then did the village chief speak:
"Everyone...go back! Ah Shui should be fine! If he were, they would have already attacked! Go back!"
Once the village chief spoke, the villagers had no reason to stay. Ah Shui had already been taken away, and most of the group had left, leaving only a tiger at the village entrance.
They're not leaving now, they're going to stay and feed the tigers!
So the villagers at the village entrance cautiously retreated, and only after they could no longer see the tiger did they speed up and run home, fearing that the tiger would catch up.
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