In the days that followed, a peculiar phenomenon occurred on the only roads leading to each mountain peak.
If there were two beautiful women in the passing procession, the bandits wouldn't even glance at them and would let them pass smoothly.
Sometimes, if there are two young women, they won't care whether you're good-looking or not, and they won't even acknowledge you.
The passersby looked at each other in bewilderment.
"What are they doing? Why aren't they arresting women anymore?"
"Will they be up to some tricks again? Sigh, we've suffered too much lately, we can't take any more."
"Who can argue with that?"
“You’re overthinking it.” At that moment, an insider walked over mysteriously.
"I heard that the reason those bandits are like this is because they were robbed by the two female thieves, resulting in many mountain strongholds being completely robbed, even the floorboards were torn up. They are all terrified now."
The insider looked delighted; indeed, the wicked will be punished by the wicked.
"All the leaders of the mountain strongholds have given orders that no one is allowed to move if there are two women in the group. So, as long as there are two women in the group, you can pass through without worry and go on your way to escape the famine."
"Really?" A glimmer of hope flashed across the weathered faces of the people.
"It's absolutely true. I made many inquiries before I decided to take my two daughters to another place."
"Great, great, honey, we can finally go to your uncle's house."
"Yes, let's go, pack our things, we're leaving right away."
All the people cheered and jumped for joy, even happier than during the Lunar New Year.
But this caused panic among the women in the group: "What should we do? Auntie, could you let us join your group?"
The woman looked wary and said awkwardly, "Well, we're all orphans and widows here, it's not convenient, it's not convenient. You should find other people to team up with."
In times of famine, bad people are everywhere. They don't know any of them, and who knows who these people are? They can't agree to this.
Without women, the team was in trouble, and everyone looked gloomy.
Suddenly, a clever young man's eyes lit up: "We can dress up as women, then we'll have a woman!"
Yeah? That opened up a whole new perspective.
Everyone suddenly realized.
Then, those who used to be mostly men passing by are now all women, that is...
These women were all large and burly, and some of them had stubble on their faces.
The henchman hiding behind the tree: "??!!!"
They're just scared, they're not blind, okay?
"What do you think? Should we arrest these people or continue robbing them?"
They're all being treated like idiots; it's getting a bit unbearable.
"Why don't we just rob them? These are obviously men in disguise, what's there to be afraid of!"
All the henchmen looked at the boldest one: "Then you go, we'll cheer you on from here."
What if those two thieves were just praised for their good looks, but were actually just big and burly?
The bolder henchman said sheepishly, "...Never mind then, let's go ask the boss first."
"Tch, coward!"
Such incidents escalated in various mountain strongholds, eventually spreading to nearby villages and towns, and naturally reached the ears of Rong Bai, the county magistrate.
"What did you say? Everyone disguised themselves as women and successfully passed through the bandit's den? Hahaha, they're so clever."
"Haha, amazing, truly amazing!"
He slammed his hand on the table, making a loud bang, and then laughed so hard he almost fell over.
Li Jin, the advisor: "..."
"My lord, did you even understand what I meant?"
"Those two mysterious women are so brazenly collecting grain and money; they must have something on their mind. You should report this to the court and devise a countermeasure."
Compared to the clerk's solemn expression, Rong Bai was much more relaxed.
He picked up a peanut, tossed it high into the air, caught it in his mouth, and said nonchalantly, "What does this have to do with me? This country doesn't belong to the Rong family, so let them do whatever they want."
"My young master, you can't say things like that." Li Jin was so frightened that he quickly covered Rong Bai's mouth, and cautiously looked around. Only when he saw that there were only the two of them did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"Young Master, can you please stop saying things so carelessly? If you bring trouble to the Rong family, Madam will be heartbroken."
Hearing him talk about his mother who was always crying, Rong Bai shuddered and reluctantly said, "I know, I know, you're so long-winded. No wonder you're one of the old man's men, you're just as talkative as him."
"Nagging? It's all for your own good," Li Jin thought, veins popping out on his forehead.
After taking a deep breath, he patiently persuaded, "No matter what, you are now the magistrate of Tongning County. This happened within your jurisdiction, you have to do something about it, right?"
"I'm busy, I don't have time," Rong Bai said.
"What are you busy with? Has no one complained about you lately?" Li Jincai didn't believe him.
"Of course, it's to train my little flower." Rong Bai said indignantly, "I've already lost twice, and this time, I'll definitely find a way to win back."
"Otherwise, where would I, as the county magistrate, put my face?"
After saying that, he ignored Li Jin, whose head was still smoking, and stormed out of the study.
Li Jin: "???"
So all he talked about was himself. The situation was so urgent, but the adults were only thinking about cricket fighting.
Li Jin sighed repeatedly, feeling that if he continued to work for the young master, he might not live past ten years.
However, the master had shown him great kindness, and the young master had been raised by him. Since it was his own child, he could only bear the consequences himself.
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