Zhiwen and Zhiwang: "..."
The woman wearing the veil had a figure and voice somewhat similar to Boss Ye.
Several guards were about to grab Zhiwen and his companion so they could exchange them for the other man.
Zhiwen and Zhiwang had learned a few moves before and after going up the mountain. Even if they couldn't fight, they could escape. Slippery as eels, they dodged the guards and ran to Ye Wenxue, calling out with a mixture of joy and worry:
"Ye... it's almost noon, we need to bring the person here quickly."
Lu Fang looked at General Qi with a stern face. Seeing that he nodded, he quickly ordered the guards outside to bring the man away.
"Zhiwen and Zhiwang, considering how well I've treated you, could you please ask her to release General Qi?"
Ye Wenxue glanced at Zhiwen and Zhiwang.
The two nodded repeatedly, indicating that the local official had indeed treated them well and had never looked down on or made things difficult for them because of their background.
Ye Wenxue loosened her grip on General Qi's neck and patiently repeated:
"How can you stop investigating their bandit origins? Would three months of corvée labor be enough?"
She could run, but with Zhixing and his five men surrounded, they couldn't escape no matter what.
The only thing we can do is try to get General Qi to be more magnanimous.
General Qi stretched out his hand with difficulty to reach a piece of paper on the desk.
Zhiwang couldn't stand it anymore, so he took it and made him confirm: "Is this the one?"
General Qi nodded, his voice hoarse:
"What's written on it is the money and grain looted by bandits since last year, and that's an underreporting."
"As long as you return these things, I will no longer pursue the matter of Zhang Zhixing and his two companions being bandits, nor will I pursue the matter of you assaulting an official."
Ye Wenxue peered over the densely written words on the paper and scanned the last page, where it clearly stated: a total of five thousand taels of silver.
Ye Wenxue's pupils dilated, and she immediately released her grip, saying sincerely, "You should just kill them."
Five thousand taels?
Even if I sold the entire village and worked as a laborer, I still couldn't pay back the debts.
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