Chapter 1743 Simple and Warm-hearted People
Shu Yu found it amusing. "Ask your brother. He won't tell you, so why do you think I would tell you?"
Meng Han was taken aback, then sighed heavily, her shoulders slumping. "You're right."
"Alright, at least you're fine now, so don't worry. Your dad will be back once this is all over. I'm leaving."
Meng Han stopped and didn't follow any further. She just looked at Shu Yu's back and sighed softly, pouting as she said, "You still treat me like a child."
Shu Yu had already left the Meng Family Escort Agency with Ying Xi. The sky was just beginning to lighten, but the streets were eerily quiet.
The couple who used to sell wontons at their stall not far away were nowhere to be seen, and the patrolling soldiers were nowhere to be seen either. At this moment, Chenggu County was like a deserted city, exuding a sense of desolation.
However, the further Shu Yu walked, the more subtle noises she noticed coming from the houses on both sides of the street.
Many people crowded to the windows to look outside. The commotion last night must have been heard by everyone, but no one dared to come out.
They didn't even sleep all night, fearing that bandits would break in while they were asleep and kill them.
Now that it was daylight, everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief. However, compared to the past few days when they were forced to go out to make a living, not a single person dared to come out today.
Shu Yu and Ying Xi were very conspicuous walking down the street, and soon people began to look at them curiously.
After a long while, someone finally couldn't resist opening a window, cautiously looking around, then raising their hand to beckon to Shu Yu, calling softly, "Miss, Miss?"
Shu Yu looked in the direction of the voice. "You called me?"
Behind the window was a middle-aged woman. When she saw that the woman had noticed her, she immediately nodded and waved at her.
Shu Yu and Ying Xi went over. "Auntie, what's wrong?"
The woman looked around again before asking in a low voice, "Girls, you're all too bold. Didn't you hear the commotion last night? Shouting and yelling, the bandits are back, they might not even be gone yet. You dare to go out so early, are you out of your minds?"
She would glance left and right every two sentences she spoke, as if afraid of being discovered.
“Girls, where are you going? If you’re not in a hurry, don’t go there yet. Come and hide at my house. Wait until the patrolling soldiers come, then you can go out. It’s safer with them.”
As the woman was speaking, someone tugged at her from behind, seemingly disapproving.
The middle-aged woman nudged the person behind her impatiently and continued to say to Shu Yu, "Especially for pretty young girls like you, it's even more dangerous outside. Be careful that those bandits don't kidnap you and take you back as their wives."
Shu Yu felt the woman's kindness. Look, these simple and warm-hearted people, even though they themselves were insecure, mustered the courage to help others. These innocent people had become pawns for the Second and Third Princes to slaughter at will; it was utterly despicable.
Seeing that the woman was about to open the door, Shu Yu quickly said, "It's alright, Auntie, don't worry. All the bandits in the city have been caught. Last night's commotion was a bit loud, but at least we've wiped out the parasites in Chenggu County. The streets are safe now. If you don't believe me, you can go to the yamen and see if there's any news on the bulletin board."
The woman was stunned. "What did you say? Last night, all that shouting and killing, were you trying to catch bandits?"
"right."
"They've all been arrested, all those hiding in the city have been arrested?"
(End of this chapter)
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