Madam Manqi was soon startled because a voice suddenly came from behind her: "Madam Manqi is in a very elegant mood."

Before she could even utter a scream, Madam Manqi quickly covered her mouth. She figured out who the voice belonged to - it was the young man whose aura made her inexplicably afraid.

Manqi turned around and saw that he was standing a few steps behind her. His perfectly contoured face exuded a strong scholarly air in the moonlight, but it could not conceal the heroic look that emanated from his brows.

"You, you're here." Madam Manqi suddenly felt something was wrong after she said this, so she quickly stood up and added, "Your Excellency."

"Where's Henry?" Woolley asked.

"He's playing with the children in there." Mrs. Manqi's heartbeat suddenly quickened a lot. She was very nervous because when she took Henry back, Wu Lai said that he might be taken away again at any time.

"If I were here to take Henry away, would you object?" Woolley asked with a smile.

"Ah..." Manqi couldn't help but let out a soft cry. She suddenly felt panicked. After a moment of hesitation, she quickly walked up to Wu Lai and knelt down with a plop.

"Sir, I dare not oppose your decision, but can't you spare Henry's life?" Manqi begged in a low voice, "How about you deprive him of his citizenship and exile him far away? Sparing him a life will give the children something to think about, okay?"

Wu Lai sighed, because he was also hesitating. Normally, considering all the dirty things Henry had done, killing him ten times would not be too few. But after seeing his children, Wu Lai couldn't bear to let the lovely brother and sister become orphans.

"Do you have what I want?" Wu Lai asked.

"Got it, got it. These two days Henry wrote down everything he knew according to your instructions." As Manqi spoke, she took out a stack of papers from her sleeve and handed it to Wu Lai.

"You get up first." Wu Lai took the paper and flipped through it in the bright moonlight. He then put it in his arms and asked, "What else did the person who taught you to take Henry away in this way say to you?"

"Sir, you know everything?" Madam Manqi felt annoyed as soon as she said this. If the other party didn't know, why would he ask?

"I want answers, not questions," said Wu Lai.

"That man told me to tell Henry to write down all the parts related to the bandits clearly, which should be able to save his life. As for the rest, as for the rest..." Madam Manqi's voice became lower and lower, and her body could not help but tremble slightly.

"Don't write anything else, right?" Wu Lai asked casually. Originally, he didn't think that Henry could give him much valuable information, and now he didn't care even more. Even if Henry didn't write down the intelligence on these bandits, with Nivea's assistance, the chances of suppressing the bandits were already very high.

"Yes, please forgive me, Your Excellency. I asked Henry to write it according to that person's advice." Mrs. Manqi was a little nervous.

Wu Lai pondered for a long time, then he sighed and waved his hand: "Go, leave Lunvington, it's not safe here."

Since Henry was no longer of any use and he did not want to fill Henry's young children with the shadow of hatred, he had no choice but to let them go.

Mrs. Manqi burst into tears immediately: "My Lord, thank you so much." She didn't expect Wu Lai to let Henry go so easily. She had planned that if Wu Lai really refused to let go, she would use the trick taught by the person who gave her advice - the person said: "He likes beautiful women very much, you might as well try it."

"Find a way to leave, and it's best to disguise yourself. There are many people who want to find Henry." Wu Lai said softly, and turned to leave. After watching his figure disappear, Madam Manqi smiled with tears in her eyes and ran into the house to report to Henry...

The next day was a day for recess and banquet. This was what made the Lovington Nobles' Meeting different from other city-states. In addition to the need for communication and rest, this banquet also served as a "separator" - from tomorrow on, the meeting would enter a period of governing deliberation, accountability of the consuls, and special proposals.

Such banquets usually last from day to night and are held in venues that are supposed to be solemn and dignified, because it is difficult to find a place elsewhere that can accommodate so many nobles and their families at the same time. Of course, it is not just as simple as being able to accommodate them, the most important thing is to match their status.

There was no reason for Wu Lai not to attend such a party. It was nice to make friends or kill time. However, it seemed that everyone knew that he was about to get into trouble, so from the morning when the party officially started until the afternoon, the number of people who were willing to greet him could be counted on one hand.

Wu Lai doesn't care about this, he even enjoys it. The most satisfying thing about playing the pig and eating the tiger is not eating the tiger, but when you play the pig, others really think you are a loser. The more they think so, the greater the shock they will get when you counterattack...

No matter when, Wu Lai likes to shock others, rather than be shocked by others or things, but things go against his wishes, and the shock comes soon -

Just as the fifth young noble who took the initiative to talk to Wu Lai appeared, the deputy general of the West District Garrison of Lunvington, Mo Ben, and the deputy general of the militia, Sai Yi, walked quickly into the banquet venue and went straight to George who was chatting and laughing. As soon as Wu Lai took his eyes off the two of them, a gatekeeper ran over and asked him, "Excuse me, are you the governor of Salt Marsh Town, Wu Lai?"

"It's me." Wu Lai looked at the person and asked, "What's the matter?"

"There is a citizen outside who calls himself Renboso and wants to see you. He says he has something urgent to do." The gatekeeper said respectfully.

"Thank you." Wu Lai nodded, apologized to the little noble who had approached him and quickly walked out of the venue behind the doorman.

At this moment, George's eyes swept towards his back.

Ryan Bosso was originally the head of the Seneca Kiwanis League's liaison group in Lunvington. After the Kiwanis League set up a base here, the liaison station was cancelled, but his duties did not change. He was responsible for collecting business intelligence and providing services for the alliance's commodity circulation.

However, he who was anxiously waiting outside the venue was not here for business intelligence.

After rewarding the gate with two silver coins, Wu Lai walked quickly towards Renboso.

"What's the matter?" Wu Lai asked. He knew that if there was nothing wrong, Reinboso would not come here to find him. Since he came, it meant that the matter was urgent and not trivial.

Renboso quickly lowered his voice and replied, "President, your people asked me to tell you that something happened outside the city."

Wu Lai's pupils suddenly shrank: "Be more specific."

"Your people didn't say anything, but he was injured...quite seriously. I have arranged for someone to treat him..." said Ryanboso.

Only one came back? Wu Lai was shocked and frowned. He had sent out three Daishan boys today.

"Go back first and settle him somewhere else. Make sure it's secret. Give more rewards to the people who treat his injuries so that he can keep his mouth shut. Also, as for the garrison..." Wu Lai was giving orders when the deputy general of the West District garrison, Mo Ben, and the deputy general of the militia, Sai Yi, walked out of the meeting place quickly. With them came Hodge's civilian attendant, Nado.

"Governor Wu Lai, several people died outside the city. Are you interested in going to take a look together?" Mo Ben, deputy general of the Western District garrison, obviously had something else in his words.

"Great, it's a good chance for me to get away from this boring party." Wu Lai said with a smile.

"That's great. I heard that Governor Wu Lai is a magical man with unparalleled talent in weapons. I would like to take this opportunity to ask you for advice." Mo Ben said with a laugh.

"That's not a bad idea." Wu Lai nodded and walked quickly towards his carriage.

…

The scene was located next to a small rocky hill twelve miles away from the city of Lovington in the direction of the city of Assyria, less than twenty steps away from the horse trail. When Wu Lai and others arrived, a small group of militia patrolling in the area had surrounded the scene. The small leader was questioning several witnesses on the side of the road, and a civilian was taking notes.

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When Wu Lai stepped out of the car, he smelled a faint smell of blood in the air.

A carriage was lying sideways at the foot of a mountain about ten steps away from the horse trail. The horse pulling the carriage had already fallen dead, with two copper spears stuck in its neck. The bloody holes made by the copper spears were all blurred with fur and blood. The blood had already drained out, leaving a large pool under the neck...

Henry was leaning against the carriage, his chest and abdomen were all stained with blood. His head was strangely placed flat on his right shoulder, because his neck was almost completely cut off, with only a few tendons left. Wu Lai noticed that Henry was still holding a sword tightly in his right hand, with bloodstains on the tip and body of the sword. In front of him, there were six corpses lying, two of them lying prone with arrows in their backs, and the other four were either lying on their backs or on their sides. Only one person was shot by an arrow.

After his eyes swept across the several crossbow arrows inserted diagonally on the side panels of the carriage, Wu Lai walked towards the place where the corpses were most concentrated - halfway up the sunny side of the small stone mountain.

In an area of ​​just twenty steps, there were more than twenty corpses scattered around, in different postures, but all of them were covered in blood.

Wu Lai frowned and walked quickly. Mo Ben and Sai Yi looked at each other, took out a handkerchief to cover their mouths and noses, and quickly followed. The civil servant named Nado did not dare to follow, but did not want to be laughed at, so he pulled over a witness and pretended to interrogate him, but his pale face still exposed his timidity.

Wu Lai walked to the highest point halfway up the mountain. There were towering rocks here, and only a natural path that was wide enough for one person to pass led to the top of the mountain. Two young men from Daishan were lying here, their bodies covered with sword marks, and their necks, hands and feet were almost all chopped off. Behind the two bodies were the bodies of Madam Manqi and her children. Judging from the scars on their bodies, the murderer had killed them to vent his anger.

Wu Lai gnashed his teeth until they made a sound. After seeing the bloodstains and corpses along the road, he had figured out how everything happened here.

Henry, disguised as a commoner, drove a carriage towards Assyria. In the carriage were Mrs. Manqi and her two children. Fifty steps behind them, three young men from Daishan followed in a car.

Soon, several carriages quickly followed. One of them passed the carriage of the three Daishan boys first, caught up with Henry and kept pace with him. Then, several copper spears were thrown at Henry's carriage. One of them pierced through the window, and two went straight through the horse's neck. The horse was in pain and immediately changed direction and rushed towards the small stone mountain. It had only rushed out for more than ten steps when it ran out of strength, died, and the carriage overturned...

It all happened so fast that the three Daishan boys had no time to stop it. Just as the three Daishan boys jumped out of the car and ran to rescue, two people had already jumped out of the carriage that threw the spears and rushed towards Henry.

At this time, Henry had just turned over and got up, and before he had time to check on his wife and children, he saw two people rushing towards him. He immediately drew his sword, shouted loudly and asked questions while preparing to meet the enemy.

Henry had no chance to fight with the two men because the three Daishan teenagers had already pulled the trigger, and the crossbow arrows from three individual crossbow machines shot the two men down directly in front of Henry.

Just when Henry was relieved, several more carriages stopped by the road, and then dozens of people jumped off the carriages, waving weapons and surrounding them...

Seeing that the enemy had more people and more power, Henry fought back with his sword while letting the Daishan boy take Madam Manqi and the child to escape first. Seeing this, the three Daishan boys knew that they could not fight head-on, so they left one of them to fight alongside Henry, and the other two took Madam Manqi and the child and fled to the mountain.

The besiegers immediately divided four people to attack Henry and the other two, while the rest continued to chase. Henry was soon killed in the battle. The young man from Daishan who fought with him tried his best to kill the four enemies, but he was also seriously injured. Knowing that he was unable to provide reinforcements, he struggled to drive back to Rovington to report the news...

The other two Daishan boys fought with dozens of enemies while covering Madam Manqi and the two children as they rushed into this natural trail. Because the terrain here was very special, as long as they could rush in, they could use the geographical advantage of one man blocking a thousand men to block the enemy and kill a few more...

They ultimately failed to rush in, even though they had killed most of the pursuers. That was why they left so many bodies behind, because they no longer had enough manpower to deal with the scene...

Wu Lai believed that if it weren't for Madam Manqi and the two children, these dozens of people would not be able to hold back the two Daishan teenagers - these teenagers that Puya brought to Yanhuan Town to help Wu Lai were all the best of the Daishan team ranked within the top 30. They were familiar with fighting skills and tactics, good at using terrain and weapons, good at seizing opportunities and knowing how to advance and retreat. Their speed could leave these pursuers far behind no matter what kind of terrain they were in.

"Sir Woolley, you should have recognized him. The one who died beside the carriage was Henry." Mo Ben came closer with a frown, "Let's go. This place is really disgusting."

As if to fit the occasion, as soon as Mo Ben finished speaking, the sound of Sai Yi vomiting was heard nearby.

"What are you going to do?" Wu Lai asked.

"What else can we do? Just burn them all." Mo Ben shook his head. "It seems that you need to change the tribune of Salt Marsh Town again."

"I want to take these two away." Wu Lai said, pointing at the bodies of the two Daishan teenagers.

Mo Ben was startled, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Consul Wu Lei, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to do this. Henry's case is very strange, you should be careful not to get into trouble."

"I must take him away." Wu Lai met Mo Ben's gaze and said, "Also, notify me when you find the murderer."