Wu Juan was also completely bewildered!
Her memory ends with that person about to catch up, and then the clan leader seemed to let her smell the medicine in the small porcelain bottle, and after that she knows nothing!
She knew this wasn't the time to talk about it, so she sat up without saying a word.
Lin Ru then took out another small porcelain bottle from her bosom and waved it twice near the little maid's nose!
The antidote in this porcelain bottle is specifically for cases where too much sedative has been administered!
Before long, the little maid woke up!
Looking at the few who had regained consciousness, she clutched her groggy head and cursed inwardly: These people really know how to cry! I feel like I've been crying all night, and it's given me a headache, but they're perfectly unaffected! What a bunch of ill-mannered peasants!
She sat up with a frown, listening to the loud knocking on the door outside!
She hurried downstairs to open the door!
There was an old nanny, two guards, and three maids standing outside!
The old nanny looked at the little girl in front of her, who clearly looked like she hadn't woken up yet, and scolded her, "Xiao Gu! What kind of appearance are you? What time is it? You just woke up!"
"Didn't you know how many people should be woken up in advance?"
"Do you think you're the master now?"
Xiao Gu was terrified of this old woman; she would tremble all over after being scolded just a couple of times!
Lin Ru and the others could also tell that the old woman was making a veiled attack!
It was a complaint that they were getting up late, a reminder that they weren't the masters here!
The old woman scolded Xiao Gu for a while, but when she faced them, she had a big smile on her face!
"Xiao Gu is being immature, please forgive her!"
After she finished speaking, without waiting for Lin Ru and the others to reply, she clapped her hands behind her, and several people came in one after another, some carrying basins of water and others carrying towels!
Once inside, each person serves one!
In a short while, they finished helping Lin Ru and the others wash up!
When they arrived at the front hall, almost everyone was already there, just waiting for the prefect!
After waiting for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the prefect finally arrived late!
"I'm so sorry, I had some urgent business to attend to, so I kept you all waiting!"
"Magistrate Ji, I sent out the carrier pigeon yesterday, but I don't know if it will reach the Marquis of Zhenxi!"
"The Prince of Shun is almost here!"
"We can't just sit here and wait to die. Do you have any other good ideas?"
Ji Wenxuan frowned in deep thought!
"This Prince Shun probably won't launch a full-scale attack; he'll send people to harass us first, hoping to weaken us from within!"
"We just need to be wary of our own people, as long as they don't betray us!"
"We're intensifying the training of those able-bodied men!"
"That way we can better buy time!"
"Prefect! I wonder if Prince Shun has sent you a letter?"
"If there is anything, please be sure to tell me. I want to see what he will say!"
The prefect nodded with a smile!
"Don't worry! I'll definitely show you!"
"He'll probably be a while before he arrives, let's eat first!"
Only then did everyone start eating!
Ma Minghao and the others haven't had a single meal since they returned yesterday!
Moreover, it was so late when I came back yesterday that I didn't notice anything, but now when I went out, I found that there were actually several people tied to the wooden stakes at the entrance of the camp! These people had been beaten until their skin was torn and their faces were covered in blood, and they looked like they were barely breathing!
And all of these people were people he knew!
He ran forward with an incredulous look on his face!
She lunged at one of them, trying to untie the ropes binding his hands!
"Uncle Mo! Who hung you here?"
"What exactly happened in the few days I was gone?"
"Uncle Mo! Wake up!"
"I'll save you right now!"
"You absolutely mustn't get hurt! Otherwise, how can I explain it to the Commandant of the Prefecture!"
The noise he made attracted the attention of others. A man angrily threw a horse aside and walked over!
He lashed out at Ma Minghao with his riding whip!
"Ma Minghao! What are you doing?"
"You've released a wanted criminal! Are you planning a rebellion?"
"You still think it's like before, with the Commandant of the Prefecture spoiling you? Now that the Commandant of the Prefecture is dead, let's see who will protect you now!"
Ma Minghao was caught off guard and got hit squarely!
He turned around, his face filled with disbelief!
"Bian Du! Are you crazy?! You actually hit me!"
"What nonsense are you spouting? Who said the Commandant of the Prefecture was dead!"
"I was only gone for a few days! How did you turn out like this?"
"The Commandant has treated you very well!"
"Don't forget, he raised you himself, and the captain also paid for your mother's burial!"
"Now you're turning your back on me!"
Bian Du's lips curled into a cold smile!
He cracked the whip in his hand. "Ma Minghao! When have I ever turned my back on you? Now that the Commandant is dead, it's only natural that I should pledge allegiance to a new master!"
"Do you expect me to be like those old fogies? You'd only be happy if I were left hanging outside!"
"I advise you to behave yourself!"
"The powerful man might still give you a way out!"
"Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite!"
Ma Minghao's face was filled with resentment! He couldn't believe that his brother, whom he had grown up with, would say such a thing!
He remembered that Bian Du admired the Commandant of the Prefecture the most! Now, it's a case of "out of sight, out of mind"!
He glanced around at the onlookers, but none of them seemed inclined to help! Moreover, they appeared to be led by Bian Du!
Suddenly I feel like I can't see through them anymore!
Everyone was fine when the Commandant of Ming County was in charge!
Why has it turned out like this?!
He also wanted to unite everyone and avenge the Commandant of the County!
Now it seems like pure wishful thinking!
He stubbornly turned around, still desperately trying to untie Uncle Mo's hands that were tied to the wood!
"Uncle Mo! Just bear with it a little longer! I'll take you back to get your medicine!"
"Don't worry, I'm back. No one will dare to bully you anymore!"
"Uncle Mo! You must hold on!"
"Look at your other brothers! You don't want to die like this, do you?"
"We must be strong, we must live, and we must wait until the Commandant returns!"
*Crack!* Another whip lashed across Ma Minghao's back!
"Stop right there! This is an order from the powerful leader!"
Do you intend to disobey military orders?
Ma Minghao remained silent! He didn't want to retaliate, not only because Bian Du had saved his life, but also because of Lin Ru's previous instructions: don't cause trouble! Don't create unnecessary complications!
He knew that rescuing Uncle Mo was already an unforeseen complication! But he couldn't just sit and wait to die!
Seeing that he continued to untie the rope without turning his head, Bian Du lashed out with another whip, but this time the whip went astray and hit Uncle Mo right in the body!
The intense pain throughout his body jolted him awake from his unconsciousness!
He looked at the person in front of him in a daze and saw that it was Ma Minghao. Tears immediately streamed down his face!
"Minghao! You're alive! That's wonderful! I thought you were dead!"
"You don't need to worry about me!"
"I've had enough of living! Stop it!"
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