Lin Ru said with a hint of helplessness, "Judging from what you're saying, you should all be waiting for An Niang here!"
"You shouldn't wait any longer. She went through so much trouble to rescue you, not so that you would die here. If there were even one survivor in the mountains, they would have gone down this path. And you are all defenseless. Even if you had weapons, you wouldn't be able to defeat those men!"
"Besides, Anniang is already dead, you should hurry down the mountain!"
"Don't delay us from doing our important business!"
Upon hearing this, the women turned pale. Although they had suspected it, they still found it hard to accept the news of An Niang's death.
"You two liars, how could she be dead?"
"Yes, you two are liars!"
“Anniang clearly said that almost all of those people are dead! She’s going back to find her husband! Once she finds him, she’ll leave with us!”
"I don't believe she's dead! She's endured so much humiliation and torture all these years and she's still alive. Why would she die so soon after escaping to live a good life?"
"We don't believe it! She can't be dead! Sisters, let's go back and check!"
"Anniang has treated us well! We can't just abandon her like this. We need to see her alive or dead!"
"Even if we encounter those beasts, we sisters are together, so we have nothing to fear!"
The women, their eyes red and their gazes resolute, echoed, "Yes! We're not afraid! We have weapons now, and we'll kill every single one of those beasts we see!"
"We must take Anniang away!"
After saying that, the group turned to leave, looking as if they were ready to die!
Lin Ru was deeply moved by their spirit of never giving up on each other, but she did not quite agree with their approach.
"You don't need to go up! She's really dead! I definitely saw her!"
"She also mentioned you to me. You are all innocent victims! Get down the mountain right now!"
"Her husband had been murdered! In the end, she chose to commit suicide!"
"I've already had it buried in the back hill! It's a fairly beautiful spot!"
“In this day and age, women are already treated harshly. I’m going to report this to the authorities now! If we wait for them to come, they might arrest you and interrogate you. Then the whole county will know what happened to you! Your life will be even more difficult from now on!”
"If any of you don't have the antidote, I have some here!"
"Anniang paid a heavy price to ensure your safe departure, and I hope you will not let her efforts go to waste!"
"Live on with her share of earnestness and hard work."
Lin Ru's words brought tears to the eyes of all the girls!
Everyone looked like they were about to collapse!
The younger ones dropped their sticks and burst into tears!
"Anniang! Is she really dead?"
"If it weren't for her, I might have been violated to death by those beasts long ago!"
"Didn't we agree that we would all work together to escape and get to Shanping County!"
"Everyone says that an empress has appeared there! Not only does she accept refugees, but she also allows women to serve in the military and engage in commerce without any restrictions!"
"Everyone agreed that we could open a small shop once we got there!"
“We sisters will work as helpers! Anniang and her husband will be the manager and the accountant, respectively.”
"Let's forget everything here and start over."
Why does God treat the unfortunate so cruelly?
The leaders had already believed Lin Ru's words, but they still stubbornly refused to put down the daggers in their hands!
These were all snatched from those people by Anniang and her sisters at great personal risk!
We had all agreed that we would live together and forget everything here after we left!
We promised to support each other and stay together until the end!
We promised to rely on each other!
How could this be?!
Seeing their expressions, Lin Ru let out a long sigh!
"That's all I have to say! If you want to go to Shanping County, you can wait for the government officials to come. They will then escort the grain here back to Shanping County to present to the Empress!"
"You can come along too, so you can look out for each other on the way! Plus, it'll save you on food and travel expenses!"
"Once you arrive in Shanping County, you can choose to join the army, go out to work, or open your own small shop!"
Let's start over!
After saying this, she prepared to take Wu Ling down the mountain!
But then the woman with the man spoke up to stop them, saying, "Wait! Are you going to see the magistrate?"
Lin Ru nodded!
"Yes! There are so many things on this mountain! Naturally, we must report this to the county magistrate and then have him escort them to Shanping County for confiscation!"
The man sheathed his dagger, cupped his hands in a salute to Lin Ru, and performed a traditional martial arts greeting.
"You two were very offensive just now, I'm really sorry."
"You two saw so much gold and silver treasure, and your first thought was to report it to the imperial court! Shui Xiang sincerely admires you!"
"It's just that you might be from out of town and don't know anything about Xiqing County!"
“Xiqing County is located on the border. When the Marquis of Zhenxi was still alive, the neighboring Holy Kingdom was relatively well-behaved, but they always made some underhanded moves. Now that the Marquis of Zhenxi is no longer guarding the border, the Jing Kingdom is in chaos, and the Holy Kingdom is even more restless. They are now quite unscrupulous, especially the magistrate of Xiqing County! He has already defected to the Holy Kingdom!”
"Otherwise, Huyan Hu wouldn't be so reckless!"
“Anniang told us that Huyan Hu is the third prince of the Holy Kingdom. However, his mother is of low status and is not favored by his father. Later, during a royal competition, he made some underhanded moves and almost killed the second prince, who was the emperor’s favorite!”
"They fled here to evade law enforcement!"
"However, although he is not favored, he has gathered many beasts here to conduct research on the people of our country!"
"They have produced many poisonous insects and poisons specifically targeting the people of Jing Kingdom!"
"They've all been transported back to the Holy Kingdom!"
"That's why the Emperor of the Holy Kingdom didn't kill him outright!"
"If you go there this time, you'll be alerting the enemy. You'll either be imprisoned by the magistrate of Xiqing County, or you might even be beheaded!"
"And it might even attract the attention of the Holy Kingdom, at which point Mianzhou will be attacked from both sides!"
Lin Ru: "How do you know so much detail?"
"Did Anniang tell you all this?!"
"Shouldn't those people cut off all your contact with the outside world?"
"Even if I've heard it from those people, it shouldn't be in such detail!"
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