“If I send them to the county government, I’ll get forty taels of silver, and your two sons will go to jail.”
Yue Jiuyue added one more explanation.
Don't blame her for being ruthless. If she hadn't been prepared and had some special abilities, who knows what situation she would be in today.
She's lucky, so she can still stand here and negotiate with the father of those two robbers.
What about those who are less fortunate?
Of course, she actually wanted to send him to jail.
However, she had concerns.
One problem is that the other side has a large number of people, making her chances of escape very small. Another is that if she actually sends the person to the county government, then the authorities will know her basic information.
Where did she get her donkey?
She couldn't answer just one question.
Unless she wants to fabricate one lie after another.
This was a problem she had just thought of, but she didn't want to just release the person so easily. She even considered giving this opportunity to make money to someone who was destined to have it.
But all that thinking was pointless; plans can't keep up with changes, and right now she just wanted to take the money and leave.
As for upholding justice, that's something only the rich and powerful, or martial arts masters, can do at will. She's just an ordinary citizen; it's good enough if she can live her own life well and not cause trouble for others.
"My son cannot go to jail!"
The middle-aged man eagerly took two steps forward, but was stopped by the stubborn donkey's outstretched hoof. He glanced at Yue Jiuyue, then at the donkey and his son on its back, gritted his teeth, and said:
"Wait a minute."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards those people.
Yue Jiuyue guessed that he might have gone to borrow money.
Sure enough, she guessed right.
Just as the man had gathered twenty taels of silver and was exchanging money for Yue Jiuyue, another member of the Li family arrived with a group of people.
Yue Jiuyue had just suspected that the man might not have enough forty taels of silver, so he wanted to find someone else to replace him, but she didn't expect that the two of them were not brothers.
"Sigh! Did you see that guy who said he was going to send my old son to the county government office?"
A loud-voiced middle-aged woman asked a group of people watching the play.
"Well, well."
Someone pointed at Yue Jiuyue and said to the woman.
The middle-aged woman led a group of people and rushed towards Yue Jiuyue with a menacing air.
Yue Jiuyue: ...
Is it too late to run now?
I have a feeling this group of people has ill intentions!
"Release my son right now! Or you'll regret it!"
The middle-aged woman said fiercely to Yue Jiuyue.
Yue Jiuyue swallowed hard. She had been so focused on getting there that she hadn't had a chance to drink any water, and now her throat was parched. Yet she still had to strain her voice to reason with someone.
"According to the law, the common people are rewarded with twenty taels of silver for catching a robber. If you give me twenty taels, I will release the man. Otherwise, you can expect to come to the jail to see him."
"Bah! Twenty taels? Why don't you just rob me!"
The woman spat at Yue Jiuyue and looked like she was about to pounce on her and scratch her, but she was stopped by another woman next to her.
Yue Jiuyue looked closely and recognized her as the woman who had bought a donkey from her before.
Sure enough, she knew them.
It's likely that the robber's mother didn't rush to rescue him immediately because that person said something to her.
So the reason that woman was late was because she witnessed the whole process of her knocking the person unconscious?
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