Chapter 447: Shock
Zhu Qingyan's breathing was trembling. She couldn't tell whether she was feeling sad, scared, or angry at the moment.
She wiped the tears from her eyes, drew out her sword without hesitation, and walked towards the cave entrance.
"I killed those beasts."
At this moment, the tall and thin man also walked to the entrance of the cave, holding a torch in his hand, followed by several people holding firewood in their hands.
The men began to pile dry wood at the entrance of the cave.
The tall and thin man held up a torch and smiled at the people inside:
"Look at you people, you are suffering even if you live. Our county magistrate is kind-hearted. In this icy and snowy weather, he will let you go on the road warmly.
Don't blame us, try to be born into a wealthy family in your next life!"
As he spoke, he was about to light the fire.
"Sir, wait a minute!" Zhu Lan came to the entrance of the cave, shaking something in his hand.
When the tall and thin man took a look, he saw that it was a shiny silver ingot, and his eyes widened immediately.
He had never seen such a big silver ingot in his life!
"Sir, can you use this silver ingot to buy the lives of the three of us?" Zhu Lan said to the tall and thin man holding a torch across the fence.
"We will reward you handsomely when we return home."
“Okay!” The tall and thin man was so happy that he couldn’t stop smiling. He reached out to take it, but Zhu Lan suddenly withdrew his hand and looked at him.
"Open the door, open the door!" The tall and thin man asked his men to open the fence without thinking.
"You three, right? Come on, let's go.
It’s really interesting, how could such a huge ingot be brought here with him——"
Before he finished speaking, his expression suddenly became one of extreme fear.
Zhu Qingyan was filled with murderous intent, and Wen Liu's sharp sword had already cut a deep bloody mark on his neck.
"Qingyan, don't—"
Before Zhu Lan finished his words, a beam of blood shot up into the sky. The tall and thin man covered his neck which was splattered with blood, and fell on his back with his eyes wide open. After twitching a few times, he was no longer alive.
There was no regret in Zhu Qingyan's eyes. She shook the blood off the sword, looked at the corpse on the ground and said coldly:
"This person is worse than pigs and dogs, he deserves to be put to death!"
Zhu Lan didn't say anything else. He glanced around. The other guards who were holding the firewood were all frightened by the scene just now. They knelt on the ground and trembled all over.
"Lady, please spare my life! Lady, please spare my life!"
Zhu Qingyan raised the Willow Tree and pointed it at them, commanding:
“Take all the food in and distribute it to everybody.
Remember, it's all food. If you dare to hide a grain of rice, you will lose your head. "
"Yes, yes, yes!" Those people got up tremblingly and ran to get food.
Zhu Lan walked up to Wen Yu and said:
"Master Wen, you are injured and cannot continue to travel. I would like you to stay here and take care of these people."
"What about you?" Wen Yu asked worriedly.
"Qingyan and I will go into the city immediately." Zhu Lan's tone turned cold, "It's time to settle the accounts."
Wen Yu looked at her with complicated eyes for a long while, and his narrow and cold eyes revealed a rare tenderness and care.
He raised his hand, as if wanting to touch Zhu Lan's cheek, but finally it fell on her shoulder.
"Be safe, I'll wait for you to come back."
"Yeah." Zhu Lan nodded to him solemnly, and their eyes met, as if thousands of words were unspoken.
The guards, who were trembling with fear while distributing porridge to the people in the mine, walked past the two men.
"You, come here." Zhu Lan said to one of the fat men.
The fat man shuddered all over, turned around with a pale face and knelt on the ground.
"What do you want, lady?"
…
Not long after, the fat man appeared outside the Qingzhou city gate with Zhu Lan and Zhu Qingyan.
"Who is under the city?" asked the soldier on the city wall.
"It's me!" There was fear in the fat man's voice.
The sharp touch on his waist made him dare not look back, so he mustered up the courage to continue shouting towards the tower:
"We have arrested two troublemakers and handed them over to the county magistrate for punishment!"
Soon, the city gate was opened.
The fat man "escorted" Zhu Lan and the other man into an alley. After they were out of sight of the guards on the tower, they finally stopped and said in a crying voice:
"I've already entered the city. Ladies, please just treat me like a fart..."
"Stop talking nonsense." Zhu Qingyan kicked him on the butt without any hesitation.
"Take us to the county government office now!"
It was already the second half of the night, dark clouds covered the moon, and the darkness was endless.
The gate of the county government office was also pitch black, like a huge square mouth that was ready to swallow up everyone who came in, skin and bones included.
The door was locked from the inside. Zhu Qingyan inserted his soft sword through the crack in the door, thrust it upwards, and opened the bolt.
The two heavy wooden doors were pushed open, and Zhu Lan and Zhu Qingyan walked straight into the empty courtroom without turning on the lights.
"Go and call out your county magistrate." Zhu Qingyan finally put away his sword and said coldly to the fat man.
"I...I'll go?"
The fat man was a little unsure, but when he saw that Zhu Qingyan had indeed put away his sword and had no intention of continuing to hold him hostage, he inched towards the door little by little.
Seeing that Zhu Qingyan didn't catch up, the fat man breathed a sigh of relief as if he had escaped death, and ran towards the back court, shouting heartbreakingly:
"Someone come! Someone come quickly!
There are unruly people rebelling!!!"
Soon, the sound of chaotic footsteps came from far away, and the magistrate of Yu County, Miao Zhi, came to the court in a panic, sleepy-eyed and buttoning his clothes.
Someone lit an oil lamp, and a ray of light finally appeared in the haze.
"Sir, they were the ones who released all the troublemakers in the mine and killed Old Chen!"
The fat man hid beside Miao Zhi, pointing at Zhu Lan and the other man and shouting, feeling extremely happy.
Humph, you guys were the ones who threatened me with a knife just now.
Once you get to the county magistrate's territory, I will skin you alive and pull out your tendons!
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