Chapter 24: Collusion Between Officials and Criminals!
Liu Laohu originally wanted to call a few more constables to rush in together, but he hesitated after seeing the constables. His eyes flickered, and he touched his nose to go find Shen Lanxi!
"Young master, there are just too many people in the backyard. My men are also busy watching over the prisoners, so we really can't spare any manpower to subdue them!" Liu Laohu said, forcing himself to speak.
Shen Lanxi already knew about the situation in the backyard from Nu Bai, and she also knew Liu Laohu's purpose in coming, which was simply to prevent her subordinates from being injured or killed.
She then suggested, "I have an idea!"
Liu Laohu's eyes lit up, and he quickly leaned in to listen.
In just a moment, Liu Laohu was completely impressed by Shen Lanxi, and in his heart he exclaimed that the young master was both brave and resourceful!
Liu Laohu had given the constables a heads-up beforehand, instructing them to follow Shen Lanxi's orders. After making the arrangements, he immediately went to the main hall to reassure the manager and waiters!
After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Shen Lanxi returned from outside with a calm smile and sat down steadily in her seat without moving.
Liu Laohu immediately roared, "Manager, send a few men to deliver some food to the prisoners being exiled outside. Hurry up, don't make me keep nagging you. You call yourself a manager of an inn? Don't you have any sense of propriety? Be careful, or I'll report you to my superiors and have you dismissed!"
The shopkeeper quickly called the waiter over and whispered something to him. After a while, he immediately smiled and said ingratiatingly, "I'll have the kitchen arrange it right away. It might take a while."
Liu Laohu: "It's alright, let's send them some water first. Those damned criminals will be thirsty to death along the way!"
The shopkeeper exchanged a glance with the waiter and quickly went to the backyard to make arrangements.
A short while later, the waiter led three men and one woman out of the backyard, each carrying a bucket and a wooden bowl.
Shen Lanxi and Liu Laohu exchanged a glance and waited quietly.
A moment later, Liu Laohu started banging on the table again.
"Damn it, boss, did the cook in the kitchen lose his father? I haven't seen a single steamed bun yet, are you trying to starve me to death?"
The shopkeeper kept frowning as he looked outside. Why hadn't the people who went to deliver water returned yet?
"Sir, please don't be impatient. Good food is worth the wait. I'll go to the kitchen and urge them to hurry up. Please wait a moment!"
The shopkeeper pretended to go to the kitchen, but went straight to the backyard.
"Send a few people outside to check why the water delivery guy hasn't come back yet."
"Get me some food to hold them off up front, and put in plenty of stuff. You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. I see they have several large truckloads of stuff behind them. Once we take care of them, all that stuff will be ours."
After the shopkeeper finished speaking, the four men immediately opened the back door and ran out to see what was happening. He took the extra food and went to the main hall with a sinister look on his face.
The four men had barely appeared when they were gagged and pinned to the ground. Before they could even shout, a crushing blow landed on their stomachs, nearly pushing their intestines out. Then came a flurry of blows to their heads with shoe soles. In the blink of an eye, they were dazed and unable to move.
The people in the backyard have been waiting, but there's been no news from the main hall or the back door. Something's not right!
"Xiao Sanzi, take a few more men and go outside to take a look!"
Xiao Sanzi accepted the order and led four people out of the backyard.
As soon as they showed their faces, they were pulled out like radishes by those who had been waiting, their mouths were gagged, and they were given a brutal beating!
Lobby
"Gentlemen, why aren't you eating?" The innkeeper stared longingly at the fine wine and food on the table. Shouldn't these starving ghosts, reincarnated, pounce on the food like wild dogs and eat without even looking up?
Why are you just looking and not eating?
Liu Laohu glared angrily at the shopkeeper and the waiter: "You two, get over here! If you didn't want me to eat, just say so! Why did you put dead flies in here to disgust me?"
Dead flies?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
If there really were flies, how could he not see such big flies?
The shopkeeper and waiter had just approached when Shen Lanxi and Liu Laohu knocked them unconscious one by one.
"Throw it out!"
At a command, Chunxue and Qiushuang each dragged someone out.
Feeling somewhat embarrassed, Liu Laohu quickly called for help from the constables.
"Brother Liu, you take some men and guard the main hall. I'm going to go outside and take a look!" Shen Lanxi wanted to go out and check.
Liu Laohu nodded: "Okay."
The people in the backyard are like mice trapped in a cage, and the cats are guarding the entrance. As soon as the mice dare to show their heads, they'll catch them one by one!
backyard
"There's been no movement from either the main hall or Xiao Sanzi's side. Should we go check on them?"
"Okay, you take a few people over there, and I'll take two people to the lobby!"
After making the arrangements, everyone went about their own business!
Shen Lanxi didn't expect to be so irritated as soon as she stepped out!
Good heavens! Who did all this? They're amazing!
The bandits in the backyard were not only tied up hand and foot, but their underwear was also stripped off, leaving them completely naked, walking around in the wind.
Just as I was about to ask someone to explain to her, the exiled prisoner had already replaced words with actions, and pale words instantly transformed into a vivid live demonstration.
The four men had barely shown their faces when the exiled prisoners, who had been lying in wait, immediately began gagging them and pulling out the soles of their shoes.
Even more astonishing was a woman who charged forward like a bullet, first with a crushing force, then with her bare hands tearing at the debris. She quickly stuffed what she had ripped off into her chest, as if afraid someone would snatch it from her.
Other women also got the hang of it, but none of them were as skilled as this woman; at least she left the woman with her underwear.
After the fierce woman finished stripping them, she went and stripped the other three men of their underwear as well, stuffing them into their chests.
Shen Lanxi felt as if her soul had been refreshed several times in just a short while.
Suddenly a shout rang out.
"Come out quickly, something's happened outside..."
The people in the backyard were alerted, and they rushed out.
Suddenly someone shouted, "Grab it! Whoever grabs it first keeps it!"
Shen Lanxi glanced to the side and saw a young man holding up a shoe sole, shouting as he charged forward!
"..."
But the most incredible thing was yet to come. Two bandits rushed towards the main house of the Shen family, and her refined and elegant father rolled up his sleeves, took off his shoes, and charged forward with his shoes in hand.
Her pampered younger siblings swarmed forward and pinned the bandit to the ground, while also searching his body!
Not taking off their clothes was their last stand!
Shen Lanxi walked into the house with a twitch at the corner of her mouth. In the main hall, Liu Laohu and his constables dealt with more than a dozen bandits.
"Brother Liu, the bandits in the backyard have all been dealt with!"
Liu Laohu was overjoyed that no officers were injured and immediately ordered them to search the post station. Soon after, an officer returned with the report.
"Brother Liu, there are thirty-five people, men, women, and children, tied up upstairs. They are all unconscious, probably because they have been drugged."
Liu Laohu was furious and walked upstairs cursing.
"Xiao Tian, fetch a basin of water and wake them up!"
Even after the bandits were all dealt with, Chunxue and Qiushuang dared not use anything in the inn. They could use the firewood, though, as the two of them, along with Li's mother and her family, cooked outside the inn.
(End of this chapter)
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