The next day, after Zhiwen and Zhiwang had someone hold all the silver in trust, they went back to their room and changed into plain linen clothes.
It was both a final attempt and, if they couldn't save them, a way to collect the bodies of Zhixing and the other two.
They dared not imagine that the eldest son would come to rescue them.
Just as Su Jiu had guessed, Zhi Wen and the other two understood that the young general wanted to use Zhi Xing and the other two as bait to catch them all in one fell swoop.
Even if the old men don't come to rescue people, the advance troops don't need to worry. They just need to wait for the main force to arrive in a few days and then work together to wipe out the bandits.
Zhiwen sent Chenchen back to the bamboo house to deliver the paper ball, simply to send back the information that Zhixing had risked his life to obtain, as well as the information about where Zhiwen's hard-earned money was being held.
Perhaps Zhiwang harbored some hope that Elder Nian and Elder Ye would come to rescue him.
After all, he and Zhiwu were seriously injured when they went to the thatched hut, and it was Boss Ye and Boss Nian who helped them get revenge.
But Zhiwen actually hoped that Elder Nian and Elder Ye wouldn't come.
Fortunately, Ye Laoda is smart and skilled in martial arts. She is not a member of the bandits, so even if she can't be defeated or rescued, she can escape.
If the eldest son comes, I'm afraid he really won't escape death.
Just as Zhiwen and Zhiwang were getting ready to leave, a lazy voice came from behind them:
"Are you going to storm the execution ground?"
When Zhiwang turned around, he saw that it was the person Zhixing had asked them to save on the day they went to visit Zhixing in prison.
He had a large scar on his face, obscuring his features, but he seemed quite robust.
Even if this person wasn't a bandit, it still took several dozen taels of silver to smooth things over and get him rescued.
Zhiwen shook his head bitterly: "We don't have that much power. We just want to ask the magistrate again to... say a few words on our behalf."
The man took a swig of wine from the jug and slowly said, "I advise you not to make things difficult for Magistrate Lu. He has already gone to great lengths to protect the two of you."
If you go and beg him again, he might feel that all the time he's spent on you these past few days has been wasted.
As the magistrate in charge of these towns, Lu Fang had to consider the people in his jurisdiction. Protecting Zhiwen and Zhiwang was his last selfish act.
He couldn't possibly go against the vanguard of the government troops for the sake of a group of bandits.
Zhiwen remained silent. Of course he knew this was putting Lord Lu in a difficult position, but... he couldn't just stand by and watch Zhixing and the other two die.
Seeing that he had figured it out, the man carrying the wine jug didn't offer any further advice, but instead said:
"The Fubing are the private troops raised by Prince Anle, and they have now been taken over by Xiao Qi. You can't beat them."
Zhiwang clenched his fist: "Not necessarily. We've already sent word into the mountains; perhaps Elder Ye will come down..."
"Cough cough!" The man choked on his drink. "Who are you talking about?"
Zhiwang immediately fell silent, staring at him intently.
After a while, the man took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Zhiwen: "You...you be more careful. Take this letter and don't peek at it."
"Take this message to General Qi before noon; he might spare your lives and let you leave the town."
Zhiwang stared at the letter for a while, then suddenly asked, "And you?"
"Me?" The man looked around in confusion, then suddenly burst into laughter. "I should leave. The world is vast, but I have nowhere to go..."
Talking nonsense.
Zhiwang pulled Zhiwen and pushed open the door to leave, intending to make one last attempt.
Meanwhile, in the largest mansion in the town center.
The young general, dressed in his official robes and adorned with jade ornaments, was about to go and oversee the execution.
Just then, he keenly heard the sound of light footsteps coming from the eaves.
"who!"
The footsteps on the eaves paused slightly, and a moment later, a woman jumped down from the eaves, climbed into the window, and slowly sat down behind the desk.
She wore a veil, obscuring her face, but in the eyes of a young general, she was certainly not bad-looking.
"Young lady, what brings you here...?"
"I would like to ask the young general for a favor: please release the three people who are to be beheaded today."
The young general's face remained expressionless: "Are you the chieftain they're talking about? Or the eldest son?"
Just as Ye Wenxue was about to speak, the guards outside, hearing the noise, banged on the door: "General?"
After dismissing the guards, the young general subtly stepped back and quietly watched the woman sitting behind the desk.
Although the three bandits in charge didn't say anything, the others were less tight-lipped and eagerly confessed about what happened in the stronghold.
According to the intelligence he had received, the chief of this mountain stronghold was nowhere to be found, and it was currently being controlled by a man named Elder Nian.
But... wasn't it said that the eldest brother was a bald man with a face full of scars back then?
Or is this woman the long-lost chieftain of the mountain stronghold?
Ye Wenxue glanced at the young general's hands behind his back and shook her head: "I don't have that much ability. It's just that Zhixing helped me, and I can't just watch them get beheaded."
The young general drew his spear from behind him and thrust it forward while coldly shouting, "I cannot comply!"
well.
We still have to fight.
Ye Wenxue dodged the attack by flipping over, then grabbed a bamboo stalk about the length of her arm and used it to meet the attack head-on.
*
After leaving home, Zhiwen and Zhiwang pondered for a long time before finally going to see Magistrate Lu.
They didn't ask him to release the people, but rather to take them to meet the general who was in charge of suppressing bandits and robbers in the surrounding counties.
Magistrate Lu pondered for a long time. He originally thought that if Zhiwen and Zhiwang came to beg him to release the people again, he would no longer protect the two of them.
But unexpectedly, they came to ask him to meet that young General Qi.
He happened to have something to discuss with General Qi, so he brought the man along, planning to casually mention it to General Qi later.
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