Chapter 219 Lord Ji, frightened by the bear
“Master, we are willing.” Zhao Ximo and the other three stepped forward and addressed Lin Luoxi in unison, without waiting for the hundreds of bandits to speak.
Lin Luoxi looked at Zhao Ximo and the other three with a troubled expression. After all, she had said on the mountaintop that she would not force them to sign indentures.
"Master, we swear to follow you to the death and are willing to sell ourselves to you." After spending a short time together, Zhao Ximo and the other three felt that Lin Luoxi was a reliable person, and it would be worth it to stay by her side even if they were to become slaves or maids.
"Alright, but when you want to redeem your indentures, I will definitely not refuse to release you." Lin Luoxi knew that these four people did not want to make things difficult for her, so she could only agree and make a promise.
“Master, we are willing too.” The other burly bandits also heard Lin Luoxi’s words and stepped forward to express their willingness.
Every man admires strength, and in their hearts, Lin Luoxi is a master. They won't lose out by following Lin Luoxi.
Lin Luoxi must have extraordinary abilities to make the bear so obedient. They won't lose out by following Lin Luoxi.
With this in mind, they shouted their "I'm willing!" slogan even louder.
“Alright, since you’re doing this voluntarily, I can write it for you now…” Old Man Li was also seeing this scene of voluntary slavery for the first time, and the shock he felt made him blurt it out.
"Alright, then I'll trouble you, Grandpa Li." Lin Luoxi reached into her purse, took out a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and handed them to the old man.
Seeing Lin Luoxi's actions, Lin Jize pretended to unintentionally block Lin Luoxi's body, preventing his master from looking at Lin Luoxi.
"Good!" Old Man Li hadn't expected Lin Luoxi to carry a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone with her, nor had he thought much about it, since so many people were waiting for him to write for them.
The group returned to the carriage at the foot of Bear Ridge and waited for Old Man Li to write the indenture.
When Lin Luoxi and the others arrived at the foot of the mountain, it was already bright daylight. The late summer sun had not yet risen, but the east was already filled with the rosy dawn, which was exceptionally bright.
Lin Luoxi felt that carrying the sack all the time was not a good idea, so while Old Man Li was writing the indenture, she threw the sack into the carriage.
"Master, these are our indentures." Zhao Ximo and the other three walked to Lin Luoxi's side and took out their indentures.
"Why are you carrying around contracts of indenture?" Lin Ruoxi asked curiously, looking at the four contracts of indenture in front of her.
This indenture clearly took a long time to write; it wasn't something Old Man Li wrote on the spur of the moment.
“Master, as you know, we were kidnapped by bandits and brought up the mountain. Before, we always had this illusion that if someone attacked and came up the mountain, we would beg that person to rescue us, even if it meant becoming their slaves.”
"But we were unlucky. We waited for many years, but we never got it. The contract of servitude was written many years ago..."
Zhao Ximo lowered her eyes and looked at her indenture, thinking: Fortunately, they have now met Lin Luoxi.
"Don't worry, from now on, if you work for me diligently, you'll be well-off."
"Also, don't keep bringing up your past experiences. You may not mean anything by it, but others may take it to heart. If it gets spread by someone with ulterior motives, it won't be good for you."
Lin Luoxi didn't dislike their past intentions; she just didn't want their experiences to become a weapon used by others to hurt them.
"Understood, Master."
Seeing how considerate Lin Luoxi was of them, they couldn't help but want to get closer to her. In their hearts, they already regarded Lin Luoxi as the ray of dawn that would save them from the darkness.
Old Li had been dealing with writing all his life, and since the indentures didn't have many words to write, he finished writing all the indentures for about a hundred people in a quarter of an hour.
"Master, Lord Ji has arrived with his men." As soon as Old Man Li finished writing the last stroke of his pen, Ji Feng arrived in a grand procession.
The man at the head, dressed in an official robe with a crane motif and a gold belt, immediately rushed forward excitedly upon seeing the sickly-looking handsome man, disregarding the people behind him, and knelt smoothly before him.
"Your humble servant Ji Zhao greets the Ninth Prince." The visitor was none other than Ji Zhao, the Prefect of Pingliang Prefecture, who had come to Bear Ridge with his men to clean up the mess after receiving orders from Ji Feng.
When the others learned that the sickly-looking handsome man in front of them was actually the current God of War, Ninth Prince Xiao Jingchen, they were all stunned and stared at him in shock.
Seeing the prefect kneel before him, they all knelt down in unison before the sickly-looking handsome man.
Lin Luoxi looked at Lord Ji with a resentful expression. This man was really something. He had come all this way, yet he still had to perform such a grand ceremony. She had originally wanted to play dumb and not be so reserved.
Now that she knows the other party is a prince, she has to think twice before she says or does anything in the future. This is so annoying.
"Lord Ji, there's no need for such a grand gesture." The Ninth Prince seemed to have sensed Lin Luoxi's thoughts, smiled with pleasure, and raised his hand, gesturing for everyone to stand up.
Lin Luoxi, who would never kneel more than necessary without compromising her dignity, quickly stood up upon hearing Xiao Jingchen's words.
"Lord Ji, now that Miss Lin has taken over Bear Ridge, you should take your men and deal with it..." The government officials had arrived, and Xiao Jingchen issued orders in an orderly manner.
Ji Zhao was shocked and curious to learn that Bear Ridge had actually been conquered by a woman.
But seeing that even the renowned Ninth Prince had said so, it meant that the woman before him was truly extraordinary. He suppressed his curiosity and followed Ji Feng, leading his troops scurrying up Bear Ridge.
Since he couldn't get an explanation from the Ninth Prince, he could ask his nephew about the whole story.
As he passed by about a hundred bandits, he saw a bear mixed in with the crowd and was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.
"Bears, bears, there are bears...!" The cowardly man pointed at the few dark figures in the crowd and cried out in terror.
The soldiers brought by Lord Ji also spotted the bear in the crowd and drew their broadswords, wary that the bear might rush out and hurt people at any moment.
"Uncle, Uncle, it's alright, that bear won't hurt anyone." Ji Feng saw his uncle slumped to the ground in fright, and wanted to laugh but dared not. He could only hold it in and comfort the terrified Lord Ji.
"How is that possible? This bear has injured quite a few of our colleagues."
Lord Ji is the prefect of this area. The reason why the imperial court sent so many soldiers and officers, only to have them leave in disgrace, is because these bears injured so many of his soldiers and officers, causing heavy casualties.
Now that Ji Feng is telling him that these bears don't hurt people, he's lying through his teeth.
"Yes, Uncle, Miss Lin has subdued these bears, and they won't hurt us now..."
"But if you keep shouting like this, I can't guarantee anything."
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