Hearing Lin Tongxi's call to surrender, everyone in the house was shocked.
Logically speaking, the police should not be able to find this place. Could it be that there was a traitor who betrayed them?
This location was chosen by the host, County Magistrate Lei. Could it be that he betrayed them for the sake of political achievements?
"Lei Liquan, what on earth is going on?" The leader of Panlong Village slammed the table and questioned Lei Liquan.
The person being questioned was also confused at the moment. He had clearly come here under the pretext of returning home. Could it be that Chen Yunxuan and the others were following him?
Even if they were following him, they shouldn't have known that I was here, and that he was discussing things with the bandit leader.
After eliminating all impossible answers, Lei Liquan felt that there must be a traitor around him.
But who was the traitor? He hadn't known anything about it for so long!
"Calm down, leaders! If I wanted to betray you, I wouldn't have risked my life to come here!" Lei Liquan raised his voice, hoping to enhance his authority and win the trust of the leaders.
At such a sensitive moment, he must stay calm as much as possible and think of the best way to benefit himself.
Now that we've been discovered, we might as well try to win over the other party.
Perhaps Chen Yunxuan was also a greedy person, but he just pretended to be a serious person too often.
"We must have found a traitor within our ranks, but this is not the most important thing right now. The key should be how to protect us."
"Please give me some time. I will see if I can resolve this peacefully."
"Don't act rashly, or you and I might both die under the swords of the officers outside!"
The leaders looked at each other, exchanged glances, and whispered.
In the end, they still believed Lei Liquan. After all, Lei Liquan's business still depended on this group of bandits like them.
Without these leaders guarding the mountain strongholds, the bandits would surely become chaotic, which would be detrimental to smuggling.
Having said that, the leaders did not completely trust Lei Liquan.
"Okay, we will give you a chance, but the leader of Feilang Village and I must go out with you!" The leader of Panlong Village expressed the attitude on behalf of all the leaders.
Lei Liquan knew that these bandits did not trust him, but now he was in a difficult situation and had no choice but to do so.
Otherwise, I'm afraid this group of bandits would be the first to use Lei Liquan's head as a sacrifice to the gods.
"Okay, I'm afraid no one dares to go out with me!" After saying that, Lei Liquan walked out, followed by two bandit leaders.
Walking out of the house, Lei Liquan found that their house was indeed surrounded.
"County Magistrate Lei, you are so brave that you dare to collude with bandits!" After seeing County Magistrate Lei, County Lieutenant Lu criticized him harshly.
"Lu Fengyu, you are not qualified to talk to me. I want to have a detailed talk with the county magistrate!" Lei Liquan decided to ignore Lu Fengyu. After all, in name, Lu Fengyu was only a county lieutenant, and his status was lower than that of the county magistrate.
Chen Yunxuan stepped forward and tried to persuade Lei Liquan to surrender: "Master Lei, we have evidence that you are colluding with bandits, and now we have seen you with them with our own eyes. We urge you to surrender immediately and not make any more mistakes."
"Mr. County Magistrate, may I have a word with you?" Although Lei Liquan was dissatisfied with Chen Yunxuan, the young man, for accusing him, now that Chen Yunxuan could decide his life or death, he had no choice but to swallow his anger.
Chen Yunxuan shook his head and responded on the spot: "Master Lei, if you have anything to say, just say it here!"
"This..." Lei Liquan didn't expect Chen Yunxuan to not even give him a chance to chat privately, so he had to talk about the smuggling business on the spot: "Sir, smuggling is very profitable. We are in need of a leader to lead this business..."
"Smuggling? I'm a government official, and the magistrate of Guangyang County. How could I be in cahoots with you guys!" Chen Yunxuan criticized the other party while continuing to persuade him to surrender.
Lei Liquan sighed and had to make gestures with his back fingers, indicating to the two leaders to prepare to break out.
"Okay, I admit defeat. I never thought I would fall into the hands of a young boy like you!" After Lei Liquan said this, he put down his weapon, raised his hands forward, and looked like he was about to surrender. The other two leaders followed his actions.
Lin Tongxi and Chen Yunxuan breathed a sigh of relief, almost expecting blood to be seen.
Several officers stepped forward and wanted to tie up the three men, but unexpectedly the three men suddenly resisted, picked up weapons on the ground, and injured the approaching officers on the spot.
Lei Liquan took a quick step forward, trying to assassinate Lin Tongxi who was nearby.
Fortunately, Chen Yunxuan stepped forward in time and blocked the attack with the Qinglan Sword.
"Brother Tongxi, step back!" Chen Yunxuan protected Lin Tongxi behind him, and then used Chengtian swordsmanship to resist Lei Liquan's attack.
Although Lei Liquan is also a first-level warrior, he is old and unable to do the job.
If the two leaders joined forces with him, there would still be a chance to defeat Chen Yunxuan!
Unexpectedly, the two bastards were only concerned with their own escape and broke out in two other directions.
"Master of Panlong Village, don't even think about running away!" Lu Fengyu immediately took action and chopped at the master of Panlong Village.
The knife was so swift that even the leader of Panlong Village, the most powerful bandit, found it difficult to resist.
"Lu Fengyu, I didn't expect that you have reached the strength of an eighth-grade martial master!" The leader of Panlong Village was shocked by Lu Fengyu's growth.
Previously, the leader of Panlong Village had fought with Lu Fengyu, and both of them were ninth-rank martial masters.
Unexpectedly, he had a breakthrough in just half a year!
"Oh, stop talking nonsense and surrender!" Lu Fengyu attacked again.
After a while, Lei Liquan and the leader of Panlong Village had countless wounds on their bodies.
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