Chapter 413: The Demon Concubine Who Brings Trouble to the Nation vs. the Bandit Emperor of the Founding of the Country 24
The sun had already risen, and the entrance to the dilapidated temple was filled with prisoners. The officers held a list and called out the names of each family one by one.
Several prisoners were pressed to the ground, kneeling, covered in blood, still struggling restlessly.
Guo Yi stuck his sword on the ground and sneered, "I kindly untied your shackles. If you didn't think about how to kill the enemy, I wouldn't blame you for hiding to save your life. But you dared to injure the officers and escape. You thought that if I died, you would be free, right?"
"It's a pity that I'm so tough that even the King of Hell doesn't dare to take me! Do you really think you can survive by running away? I've walked this road countless times. I know exactly where you are running to, where there are dead ends, and where people can hide. I can catch you back immediately!"
Guo Yi put the big knife on a man's neck. The man trembled, his teeth chattered, and trembled, "Sir, please spare me! Spare me! I just took the wrong road. My women and children are here. How dare I run away?"
"Bullshit! You got lost and covered yourself with dead leaves. You thought I wouldn't be able to find you if you hid in a pit?"
Guo Yi cut off the man's ear with a knife. The man rolled on the ground in pain, tears and snot running down his face.
"Liu San, I know you. Your woman didn't marry you willingly. You forced her to do so. You killed someone and should have been beheaded, but you used money and was sentenced to exile."
"I know exactly what you guys have done. Some of you are just unlucky and were exiled because of innocent involvement. Some of you are guilty of heinous crimes, so I will naturally pay special attention to you. Don't give me a hard time!"
Guo Yi interrogated them one by one and chopped off two fingers of one person. Everyone was frightened and turned pale. No matter whether they wanted to run away or not, they were all silent and dared not breathe.
"Humph! Today I'm only collecting some of your spare parts. Cutting off two fingers won't stop you from doing hard labor in Lingnan. If you do it again, I'll castrate you! Without the things below, you should be more obedient."
Ji Yuan hid in the crowd and couldn't help shivering.
Fortunately, he was smart and ran back when he saw the situation was not good. He did not really escape, otherwise he would be the one having his ears and fingers cut off.
Those bandits were really useless. The people in the dilapidated temple were sleeping like dead pigs. The bandits even failed to kill Ji Liao and were instead led out by Ji Liao.
Now that Ji Liao has returned safely, the bandit must be dead.
The roster turned to the next page and Ji Yuncheng's name came up.
Ji Yuncheng knelt on the ground, his face pale with fear, and there was a puddle of dirt on the ground. When Guo Yi cut off his ear, he was already scared to pee.
Because he was so cowardly, the officers were too lazy to tie him up. They just put shackles on him and left him kneeling.
Ji Yuncheng kowtowed to Guo Yi repeatedly, tears streaming down his face, "I... I'm here! Sir... I didn't run away. I was just too tired and fell asleep. I didn't have time to return to the ruined temple. I really didn't want to run away..."
"I... I didn't do anything wrong. I was implicated by my uncle's family and was exiled for no reason. I'm a good person! Sir, please spare my life! Please spare my life!"
Ji Yuncheng was following his biological father. He thought that Ji Liao was dead this time and his family could return to Luojing to live a good life.
Halfway through the run, he was so tired that he fell asleep in a daze, thinking that the big shots in the capital would soon pardon his family.
When he opened his eyes again, he heard the police arresting people all over the mountains. He didn't dare to show his head at all, but unfortunately he was caught by the police anyway.
Seeing Ji Yuncheng's cowardly look, Guo Yi shouted at him, "You're not running away, what are you afraid of? I'm beating drums and gongs to call people back, but you don't show up. It's obvious that you want to hide."
"Look at your cowardly look. You won't survive more than two days if you run away. Well, I'll just give you a few beatings, but I won't cut off your ears. Keep your ears open in the future. If you don't obey my orders again, I'll skin you alive!"
Ji Yuncheng was pinned to the ground by the officer, and his pants were directly stripped off. The officer spat into his hand and said in a rough voice: "Beating you with a stick is a bargain. At least you should see some blood. I'm quick, accurate and ruthless, and I'll be done with you soon."
Before the board fell, Ji Yuncheng let out a howl like a slaughtered pig and struggled desperately.
"I want to report it... Ji Yunhuan really ran away! I was just following her. I thought she was hiding from the bandits, but she was running away on purpose."
"She also said she wanted to run away to Jeju City. She was so beautiful, there must be someone willing to support her. She couldn't stand the hardship of exile any longer, and she didn't care about her parents or her relatives. She wanted to run away as soon as she got the chance!"
When Ruyi heard this guy slandering the young lady, she exploded on the spot, "You are talking nonsense! The young lady is not that kind of person. The master asked the young lady to run away that day, but the young lady did not run away. The young lady will definitely come back!"
In order to avoid punishment, Ji Yuncheng made up a lie without blinking an eye, "She didn't run away at first because she couldn't run away at all. She was exiled for two days and her life was so hard. She couldn't bear it. She told me that she wanted to run away a long time ago."
"You said everything. You said she went to treat people. What a joke. I've never heard that she can treat illnesses. Who knows if what you said is true or not? Maybe you colluded to let Ji Yunhuan run away!"
Ji Yuncheng grabbed his head and looked at Guo Yi eagerly, "Sir, I told the truth. I have made a contribution by reporting the case. Can I be exempted from the punishment?"
Ji Yuan felt that he couldn't let go of such a good opportunity. He stepped forward timidly and pretended to be hesitant, "My niece has been spoiled since she was a child. She was pampered by her elder brother and his wife. It's normal for her to run away, but it's really wrong to take her parents away with her."
Liu Mei also chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes. If one person runs away, the whole family will be implicated. Both of them must die!"
"And these two slaves..." Liu Mei pointed at Ji Da and Ruyi and said loudly, "They are accomplices, so they should be punished together and killed together!"
"Who is barking and slandering me? I am here right now."
Ji Yunhuan came out of the woods carrying a backpack. She wiped the sweat off her forehead, trotted over, stared at her second uncle's family, and said loudly:
"The bandits suddenly attacked and took us by surprise. If we hadn't drunk the boiled water and hadn't fallen asleep, our family would have been killed by the sword now."
"There are still many good people in this world. They are not all black-hearted like my second uncle and second aunt. A righteous man saved my father. I have the medicine prescribed by Doctor Lan, so I naturally have to return the favor and repay him. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"Who are you going to kill, Second Aunt? Do you want to kill us all so that you and your family can escape? Everyone fainted for no reason, but you are in good spirits. I think you must have given me the drug, right?"
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