Miss Qiu's words caused a great stir.
"What? The Prefect's wife?"
"She is the prefect's wife!"
"Is the prefect inside?"
"I want to ask the government why they abandoned us!"
The crowd was enraged, and the refugees who had been there earlier began to gather frantically towards the barbed wire fence.
In a moment of desperation, Liao Fusheng grabbed Li Ruo's wrist and pulled her inside the wall, while ordering four guards to stand by on the wall with bows and arrows.
Li Ruo showed no sign of panic as she asked them, "Who among you has the strongest draw of the bow?"
Old Wang and Chen He said at the same time, "We're about the same."
Li Ruo went back inside for a moment, then came out and handed them two whistling arrows and a powerful crossbow that required two people to pull, saying, "Shoot them towards the entrance of Black Wind Stronghold."
Liao Fusheng asked, "Are you worried that we can't hold off these people, and that you're asking Chief Xie to send people to rescue us?"
Li Ruo said, "It's not that I can't stop him, I have something else to discuss with him."
Li Ruo was worried that Xie Da Biao would be too busy, not only having to settle the brothers of Zixia Mountain, but also having to help the female lead deliver a sow. She didn't want to trouble him too much, which is why she left a message for Sun Er Gou before.
The Black Wind Stronghold brothers guarding the gate will inform Sun Ergou when they hear the whistle of the arrow, and Sun Ergou will do as she instructed.
What she didn't know was that a moment later, another refugee also rushed towards Black Wind Village.
The scene was chaotic.
The news spread like wildfire, and soon many refugees at the foot of Ziyang Peak also learned about it and rushed over.
They all assumed that if the prefect's wife was here, then the prefect himself must also be here.
So we've been under their noses for so many days!
That corrupt official! They want to question him and demand that he provide food to the disaster victims.
Miss Qiu, with a defiant smile, laughed at Li Ruo, "You tricked me, stood by and watched me die, you won't get away with this either. Everyone, come quick, the Prefect's wife is here!"
"Don't believe her, everyone. Miss Li has already divorced Prefect Song and has no further relationship with him," Liao Fusheng said anxiously, standing in front of them.
But it didn't work.
"You think you can just get a divorce like that? Who would believe that?"
"Prefect Song must be inside. Tell him to come out!"
“He must have embezzled a lot of money; make him give it back.”
"Yes, give it back! It's all the people's hard-earned money!"
Those who didn't know how dangerous the barbed wire was tried to climb it, but were angrily shouted at by the four guards, "If you don't back down, we'll shoot arrows!"
A few fearless individuals still rushed forward, resulting in a series of sizzling sounds!
Liao Fusheng, not wanting things to escalate further, pushed all those who had been electrocuted off the road.
Those men narrowly escaped death, but having witnessed the power of the barbed wire, they shouted, "Everyone, don't touch that wire! It's so eerie!"
The crowd then stopped slightly, but the shouting and cursing continued.
The old lady Li and the others inside the house heard the commotion.
What happened?
But Aruo told them not to go out, so they could only pace anxiously inside the house.
Li Yi glanced down from the tower and hurriedly came down. "Grandma, something bad has happened! A lot of people have come outside. There's a woman who says that my sister is the prefect's wife and is inciting the people to return their hard-earned money."
Grandma Li and Lian Lizhi exchanged a glance, their hearts skipping a beat.
Old Mrs. Li said, "Someone must have recognized Aruo and thought that Song Zhijing was also hiding here."
Lian Lizhi said, "I've thought about this too. Why don't we go out together to clarify things? After all, we are General Li's family, and the people might believe us to some extent."
Old Mrs. Li smiled sarcastically, "I'm afraid it's useless. Those people will still use the general's family to blackmail us and force us to help them."
"Where were these people when others were criticizing General Li for being ambitious and eager for quick success? Where were they when the remains of Li and his son were nowhere to be found? In the end, they weren't even given a cenotaph."
Lian Lizhi stood up. "If it weren't for Aruo, Xingran and I would both be dead. At this moment, I can't let her face this alone."
At this moment, a few more people squeezed out from the crowd outside.
"You are Li Ruo, a girl from the Li family!"
Li Ruo looked over and saw several men and women, soaking wet and disheveled, staring at her. The old woman in the lead said, "We are the family your father helped. I saw you on the road around noon, with Hei—we thought we were seeing things, but it really is you!"
In the original owner's memory, there seemed to be such a family. At that time, she was not yet married. During festivals, she missed her "family" even more, so they came to find her father.
But you'll never see them normally.
Li Ruo laughed and said, "I don't know you."
The old woman's face stiffened for a moment, then she smiled again. "I'm Aunt Liu. Is this your house?"
Before Li Ruo could answer, the common people answered for her, "Yes, it's hers, and the prefect must be inside too."
Aunt Liu said happily, "Yes, yes, the Li family's daughter even married the prefect." She looked as if she had finally found her family.
The next moment, a girl next to me said, "But the prefect's wife doesn't intend to help us!"
It was Miss Qiu who spoke. She thought to herself, "Now Li Ruo will have an even bigger show to watch."
Aunt Liu glared at her and said angrily, "What are you saying, girl? General Li loves the people like his own children and often helps the elderly and orphans of our soldiers. Miss Li is his daughter. How could she not inherit her father's legacy? She would never abandon us."
After she finished speaking, the refugees erupted in another uproar.
Yes, this woman is not only the wife of the prefect!
She's General Li's daughter!
How can we ignore them!
"Yes, yes, General Li is a good man, a great hero. If he were still alive, he would definitely save us."
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