Song Liyun didn't want to say anything more to them. After Wudan untied the horse's reins and went out, she coldly said to the waiter, "I have something to do today, so I'll let you off this time. If you have this greed again, you won't have this good luck today."
The waiter pleaded repeatedly, "I'll never do it again!"
This was also unintentional.
The horses that Song Liyun and her companion were riding had large appetites, so they instructed the innkeeper to feed them twice a day and also gave them double the cost of the feed.
Last night, the old groom was lazy as usual. When feeding the horses in the middle of the night, he just threw some hay to them to get by, and he could pocket the double feed cost. Anyway, the animals couldn't complain.
Little did anyone know that Juqing was a fierce horse, and having been pampered in her daily life, she couldn't bear to go hungry.
It bit off the reins itself, released Wudan's horse, and even chewed open the side gate latch to go out and find grass to eat.
When the old groom discovered the door was open and saw that the horse had already gone out, he decided to make the act real and found his assistant to lead the horse to a nearby empty yard and hide it.
He only needs to wait for the owner to report the case, and for the authorities to find the teeth marks on the reins and door latch, indicating that the horse went missing on its own, then he can be cleared of suspicion.
Later, we'll find an opportunity to secretly send the horses out of the city, and then we'll have two good horses.
With this delay, dawn broke and the city gates opened. Song Liyun didn't want to waste any more time, so she had no choice but to let the two wicked people go.
The two of them didn't even have breakfast. They went out of the city for two miles and found a breakfast stall outside the city. They ordered soy milk and fried dough sticks to fill their stomachs.
The two horses next to them were eating heartily; they were hungry too!
This was the first time Wu Dan had experienced something like this, and he was still unhappy. He bit into his fried dough and said angrily, "Young Madam, we shouldn't let this unreasonable person go. He should be given a good beating."
Looking at the flow of people rushing to the city to make a living, Song Liyun asked, "Wudan, when the tribe moves its tents, do you go hunting rabbits on the way?"
Wu Dan was taken aback and quickly shook his head: "At that time, we had to be careful of wolves attacking from the surrounding area and also watch out for lambs getting lost. How could we have time to hunt rabbits? If we wanted to eat rabbit meat, we had to wait until we had set up camp and the cattle and sheep had returned to their pens."
Song Liyun smiled and said, "We are on our way now. It would be a waste to delay important matters for such trivial things. We can teach them a lesson later when we have more time."
Wu Dan nodded thoughtfully, "Alright, we'll teach them a lesson later."
Seeing that he understood the importance and urgency of things, Song Liyun resumed eating seriously.
As the two finished their meal and were packing their belongings to continue their journey, a group of about ten people ran out from the direction of Songfeng County.
Those people questioned everyone passing by on the road, not even sparing the food stalls and sheds where people rested by the roadside.
In the blink of an eye, they arrived at Song Liyun's side and surrounded the two exceptionally handsome horses.
The leader was dressed in an ochre official robe, carrying a waist knife, and several followers were carrying fire and water sticks and iron chains, all of them looking menacing.
The stall owner hurriedly came over, bowed to the leader, and said, "Sir Jiang, I paid the stall fee and charcoal money yesterday."
The man shoved the stall owner aside: "Get out of my way! This is none of your business! Whose horse is this? Step forward!"
Song Liyun slowly stood up: "Officer Jiang, how have you been?"
Upon hearing the sound, Jiang Xingfan, who had returned to his position as head constable, looked up.
All that could be seen was a woman wearing a crimson cloak, a light blue trimmed blouse and trousers, dark gray boots, and a white veil covering her head and face, revealing only her eyes.
He frowned; the voice sounded familiar: "Who are you? Is this horse yours?"
Song Liyun removed her veil to reveal her face: "Officer Jiang, you seem to have a bad memory. I am Song, and this horse is indeed mine."
"It's you!"
Upon seeing her face clearly, Jiang Xingfan's pupils constricted sharply, and he exclaimed in surprise.
He would recognize this woman even if she were reduced to ashes, and a surge of resentment welled up in his heart.
When he returned from Qili County, he not only lost his job but also received twenty lashes and was expelled from the county government office by County Magistrate Cao Jing.
The reason he turned misfortune into blessing was precisely because Cao Jing's ruthlessness allowed him to avoid being implicated by Young Master Lin. Now, he has not only become a constable again, but he has also become close to the county magistrate.
But this could not erase the humiliation he suffered at Baolinju.
This woman, who stabbed him in the throat with a stick of firewood, terrified him so much that he drew his knife and slashed wildly. He was ridiculed by Magistrate Jiang and driven out of the county office, and this became a shadow in his heart that he still cannot shake off.
Thinking of the strange hairy-faced monster at Baolin Residence and Song Liyun's sharp skills, he took several steps back and slipped into the crowd.
"Everyone, grab her!"
Song Liyun lifted her foot and grabbed the stool she had just been sitting on, while Wu Dan stood beside her with a wooden stick in his hand.
Song Liyun said coldly, "What reason do you have to arbitrarily arrest people?"
What reason? The constables all turned to look at Constable Jiang.
Why were this woman and child arrested for no reason?
Officer Jiang, hiding behind the crowd, was somewhat embarrassed, but he didn't come out. Instead, he straightened his neck and shouted, "I suspect those two horses were stolen? Where would a woman and a child get such fine horses?"
His words were so offensive that no one else could stand it. One of the constables reminded him, "Officer Jiang, we're here to catch a fugitive bandit, not to look for a horse!"
Jiang Xingfan had already made up his mind. He stepped out of the crowd and looked at Song Liyun, saying, "This constable suspects you are involved in a theft last night. You are hereby summoned to the county office for questioning..."
Song Liyun didn't say anything more to him, and just raised the stool in her hand...
Jiang Xingfan roared, "That vile woman is committing violence and injuring people! Everyone, charge at her side!" But after shouting, he stepped back.
However, the scene was somewhat awkward. The stool that Song Liyun had raised was only thrown to Wu Dan to put back down, and no one was hurt.
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