"They even forced the village chief to hand over the two men, but the village chief refused and was killed, which immediately aroused public outrage!"
"They told us to slaughter the entire village!"
"Yes! If it weren't for the prefect issuing a proclamation forbidding anyone from leaving Shanping County without permission, he would have protected these people's safety!"
"These people will not be treated like lambs to the slaughter!"
"Yes! If the captain were here, he wouldn't allow them to be so presumptuous!"
"What a pity! We don't even know if the captain is alive or dead now!"
"No, Commandant, he won't die! If he does die, I will kill the governor's entire family to avenge him!"
This person's words are like water droplets falling into hot oil!
This immediately gave everyone a different idea. They looked at each other, then at the strong men behind them!
Finally, he made up his mind and said, "Why don't we rebel?"
"Even if we bring these able-bodied men back to Shanping County, the prefect's brother-in-law will definitely cause trouble because there aren't enough men and because of the deaths of those men!"
"Sending us to prison would be too lenient; I think they might just behead us!"
"Now that the commander is gone, no one will believe us, and no one will protect us. Now we can only protect ourselves!"
"Yes! Let's rebel and avenge our Commandant!"
"Since we're going to die anyway, we might as well die in a useful way!"
"This way, it won't have been in vain that the Commandant raised us!"
"Yes! Let's rebel!"
Seeing everyone's indignant expressions, Ma Minghao became even more worried!
He interrupted everyone!
"Oppose! Who doesn't oppose it! But we must have the ability to oppose it!"
"We only have a few hundred people now, how can we withstand their army of tens of thousands?"
"We have no men, no food, and no weapons!"
"Even if we get in, we'll be taken into custody!"
"Who can we rely on? Are we supposed to rely on these conscripted men?"
"I also want to avenge the captain! But we can't just go and die in vain; we need to plan carefully!"
Ma Minghao's words immediately dampened everyone's enthusiasm!
At this moment, Ma Mingjie weakly raised his hand!
"Brothers, could you please hear me out?"
"Don't you even want to know how I got here?"
That's when everyone remembered this!
"Yes! Mingjie! How exactly did you get here? Those beasts definitely wouldn't have let you out alone, and judging by the time, you should have just arrived near Shanping County by now!"
"Yes! Mingjie! Did you have some kind of extraordinary encounter?"
"I forgot to ask you, what's the story with that little girl behind you?"
"Why is your face as black as the bottom of a pot?"
"Where did you meet this clown girl?"
"It's so black you can see the teeth through the eyes!"
Lin Ru was speechless. These people had finally noticed her, a living, breathing person!
And the biggest focus was actually on her skin color!
She felt that these people were acting stupidly, discussing their plan to rebel against the governor in public!
Didn't they see the various expressions on the faces of the strong men behind them, and her, a complete stranger?
Given their condition, it would have been better to just shoot them dead from the start!
Otherwise, working with them could easily cost you your life!
However, their dull and foolish appearance makes them easy to manipulate!
She knew it was her turn to step forward, so she smiled and walked up!
"Everyone! My name is Lin Ru. I was just an ordinary citizen. Later, the Marquis of Zhenxi rebelled, and the Prince of Shun attacked, so I became a refugee. We fled all the way to Shanping County, where we happened to meet a group of bandits. One of them happened to be someone I knew!"
"That's when I realized they were trying to save people!"
Lin Ru gave a brief retelling of the scene.
Those people frowned as they listened!
Until she said those people were nearby!
These people immediately assumed a defensive stance!
"What's the point of telling us all this?"
"Are you trying to use Mingjie's life-saving grace to coerce us into becoming bandits with you?"
"Or do you have some other purpose?"
"Let me tell you, we will not compromise or associate with people like you!"
"I advise you to behave yourself, otherwise, distant water won't solve the immediate problem!"
"Even if they were right next to us, we could still kill you first!"
Lin Ru burst into laughter!
Just as these people were wondering what she was laughing about, the little girl in front of them suddenly moved and appeared behind Ma Minghao, who was closest to her. Moreover, a dagger had appeared in her hand at some point, and the dagger was held against Ma Minghao's neck!
These people were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped. Ma Minghao also didn't understand why this little girl suddenly appeared behind him. Moreover, when he went to pick up his younger brother, he clearly saw that the little girl had nothing in her hands. So where did this song come from?
Those men drew all the swords from behind them and pointed them at Lin Ru!
"Let him go! Let him go right now!"
"Let go of our leader!"
What exactly do you want to do?
"Mingjie! Is this the woman you brought back?"
"Are you trying to get your older brother killed?"
Ma Mingjie waved his hands repeatedly!
"Miss Lin is not that kind of person; she has no ill intentions towards you!"
"I didn't mean to kill my older brother!"
"She really meant no harm; she's a good person!"
Those people became even angrier upon hearing this!
"This little girl has a knife to your brother's neck, and you're still siding with her. What kind of spell has she cast on you?"
Seeing that these people were getting angrier and angrier, Lin Ru smiled and put the dagger away!
“Mingjie is right! I didn’t mean any harm. I just wanted to tell you that if I wanted to kill you, it would be easy even without their help, even though there are more of you!”
"But they have absolutely no tactics, and they panic or blame others as soon as something happens!"
"Although I am a woman, my kung fu is better than yours, and I am smarter than you!"
"It would be easy for you to defeat them one by one!"
"And what's more! My companions are right there in the corner, pointing their bows and arrows at you!"
"If you make any rash moves!"
"You'll be pierced by a thousand arrows in no time!"
"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you, I also coated that sword with poison!"
"If you don't want to end up like those people, you'd better listen to me!"
Although those people blushed after being told off, they still wanted to step forward and try to grab Lin Ru!
Just as that person was moving forward!
Ma Mingjie immediately stood in front of Lin Ru!
"Brother Sun! Don't go any further, what she said is right!"
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