Lin Ru immediately pulled the dagger from the magistrate's chest and swung it at the source of the gaze!
The man was struck squarely in the chest by the sudden dagger!
The man died without making a sound!
Lin Ru warned coldly, "I advise you not to resort to underhanded tactics! Otherwise, your fate will be even worse than his!"
The magistrate felt the pain in his chest, and blood was gushing out!
He felt utterly hopeless, and the pain was so intense that he could barely stand up!
He roared, "I told you to turn around obediently, so don't try any tricks. Are you trying to kill me?"
The guards had originally planned to seize the opportunity to rescue their magistrate, but upon hearing this roar, they dared not make any further moves!
The magistrate's plan was quite clever: how much could such a young girl possibly take? At most, she could only take one box!
Even if she could take two boxes, let alone whether she could run away carrying those two heavy boxes, these things were just a drop in the ocean to her, and there was no need to risk her life for them!
Moreover, he could clearly sense that this woman truly did not care about his life or death, nor did she care about the safety of the people of Kangqu County that he had mentioned before!
If Lin Ru knew what he was thinking right now!
He really needs to be stabbed twice more!
He's a local official, using the people of his own county to threaten a bandit. I don't know if he's out of his mind, or if he's just plain stupid!
As Lin Ru retreated into the space, she looked around to see which path she should take to escape!
Waiting until they're all collected!
She asked those people for a carriage, put the magistrate on the carriage, and then drove the carriage to the residence of the county magistrate!
The guards behind them also followed on horseback!
This county magistrate was racking his brains, but he still didn't know who he had offended!
So he asked, "Heroine, where exactly have I offended you?"
Tell me and I'll make it up to you right away!
Lin Ru scoffed, coldly observing the magistrate. She thought to herself, "If someone like this can be a local official, then this world is in chaos!"
Moreover, this person is quite the actor. Looking at his sincere appearance, if you didn't know better, you would really think he was a magnanimous person. In reality, his hatred level has already exceeded 30,000!
Based on her experience, if the hatred level has reached this point, then this person should not be left alive!
But the problem is, we can't touch him right now!
If I hadn't killed him, it would have been very difficult to leave!
She had already slit the throat of this corrupt official!
But if we just let him leave like this, and he goes back to find that all those things are gone, and the city is locked down and searched, then leaving will still be very difficult!
She suddenly remembered the Prince Shun, and said with a smile, "You certainly haven't offended me! But you have offended my master!"
“My master has already sent people to negotiate with you, which is giving you face. Who would have thought that you would actually try to escape? You really don’t know how to be worthy of respect. It’s only out of my master’s mercy that we don’t take your life!”
"If you surrender now and obediently open the city gates to welcome our master, perhaps we can spare your life!"
"Otherwise, you'll be in big trouble!"
"I advise you not to send your men to chase me, otherwise, if the prince is alerted, it's not impossible for him to attack overnight!"
After saying this, she threw the magistrate down!
Then she drove the carriage forward, and after traveling a distance, she jumped off the carriage!
Under the cover of darkness, they rolled into an alley!
She hid in this alley for a long time, and no one came to chase her. It seems that the magistrate was afraid of what she said!
So she returned to Anqian Inn with complete peace of mind!
As soon as she entered the inn, she saw Wu Ling and the other two waiting for her!
The four of them exchanged a glance and, with perfect understanding, went into Lin Ru's room!
They each reported what they had gathered!
"Clan leader! Magistrate Yu has been packing his things all night!"
"And it was already quite late when I got there. He and Yuan Fangqin had gotten into an argument for some reason, and Yuan Fangqin accidentally killed the county magistrate! When she left in a panic, I went to check, and this time he was definitely dead!"
Lin Ru was completely surprised! For a moment, she didn't know what to say!
Wu Fei continued his report!
"When County Magistrate Yuan returned, he had his family's property inventoried, but it seemed he wanted his wife and daughter to leave with Yu Wang, while he himself would stay in Kangqu County and perish with it!"
Lin Ru never expected that this County Magistrate Yuan would be the same person in public and in private! He's a real man!
Then it was Wu Ling's turn to report. He took out a slip of paper from his pocket and handed it to Lin Ru!
"Then the clerk went straight to his study, wrote this secret letter, and prepared to send it out by carrier pigeon, but I intercepted it!"
Lin Ru slowly unfolded the paper!
The sign read: "Internal turmoil has erupted; an uprising is planned for tomorrow night!"
She crumpled the note into a ball, feeling a mix of emotions. The four officials in Kangqu County reacted so differently to the enemy attack, it was truly disheartening!
Lin Ru let out a long sigh!
"Then you should all go back and rest! Tomorrow morning we'll get up early, split up, buy what we need, and head out of town immediately!"
Wu Juan and the others nodded and left to go back and rest.
Lin Ru slept for too long yesterday, so she wasn't sleepy at all today. She lay in bed staring at the ceiling, lost in thought.
But things weren't going so well for Bai Chengye and his men outside the city!
The refugees nearby were watching them intently, and the Wu people seemed to have eaten something bad, as they all had diarrhea late at night!
This kept Bai Chengye and his team very busy, as they had to guard against a sudden attack from the refugees on the other side, and also take care of the hundreds of people with stomach problems!
Fearing they might get lost and not be able to return, and also worried they might be attacked outside, Bai Chengye would take attendance every time they came back from relieving themselves outside!
Make sure everyone is safe and sound!
Bai Chengen and his two sons were also very busy, because they took the pulses of these people one by one, but they couldn't figure it out. Their pulses were extremely healthy, and they didn't seem like people who had eaten something bad!
Moreover, each time he went to the toilet, his pulse became more and more stable, which was really strange, and kept them awake all night!
Finally, Mu Jing stepped forward and said, "Our little one had something like that before. Miss Lin said it was because the body was expelling some impurities. Anyway, I can't quite explain it. You can drink some salt water or sugar water!"
"It should be fine after two or three more pulls!"
"And after recovering, their complexion will be rosier than before. My little one, for example, is noticeably stronger!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Chengye suddenly remembered the scene of his family queuing up to use the toilet!
It seems that after that experience, my health has improved, and I don't get tired as easily when walking!
Thinking of this, he felt somewhat relieved, as long as he hadn't been poisoned!
Upon hearing this, Bai immediately rummaged through her carriage and found a sugar jar and a salt jar!
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