The maid never expected that this county magistrate from a poor mountain village would dare to order her around!
Although he was not happy at all, he had no choice but to comply with what he had just said. After all, judging from the situation, the prefect valued this county magistrate very much and was willing to give up the position of the powerful governor to this junior county magistrate!
However, she didn't want to agree to it so readily!
So I stood still and didn't move!
Ji Wenxuan stared at her, dumbfounded and motionless!
In his anger, he threw the teacup he was holding at her feet, stood up, pointed at her, and started cursing!
"What? You can't even order me around anymore!"
"The governor sent you here to serve us well, and you're unwilling to even go and deliver a message to me!"
What are you standing here for?
"Should I invite you over?"
As the teacup fell to the ground, several guards suddenly burst in!
This sudden change stunned Lin Ru and the others!
Ji Wenxuan turned around, pointed at the guards who had rushed over, and started cursing them again!
"What are you doing here? Did I let you in?"
"What?! I'm just disciplining a little maid, are you going to hit her?"
"Let me tell you, I am now the Commandant of the County!"
"It was personally bestowed by the Prefect!"
"You actually dared to come in with knives!"
"Does he intend to kill me?"
"Get out of here right now, all of you!"
"And this little maid!"
"Drag her away too! And bring in a replacement maid!"
"If this little maid is so disobedient while I'm here, wouldn't she bully my sworn sister and the others to death if I leave!"
The head guard, upon suddenly hearing the sound of a teacup falling and cursing inside, thought something had happened!
That's why I rushed in!
Unexpectedly, the moment I entered, I was met with a barrage of curses from the county magistrate, who came from this remote place!
I was filled with resentment!
In their eyes, this county magistrate was just like a poor relative who was begging for money!
But to their utter surprise, the governor actually gave up the position of the powerful man to him!
This made them feel a bit more awe towards the man in front of them!
It's just a few points more!
The leading guard cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.
"We just thought something had happened inside and were worried about your safety, so we broke in!"
"Since you have nothing else to do, we'll head out. We'll take this little maid with us, but we don't know if the steward will send another maid!"
"Please rest well, we'll head out now!"
After they closed the door, Ji Wenxuan cursed a few more times!
"A bunch of snobbish lackeys who look down on people!"
"I'm a prefectural commandant now! How dare you give me attitude!"
"I can't even order you around anymore!"
"Since that's the case, then all of you, get out of here!"
"I will personally go to the Prefect and explain this to him later!"
"Let's see whether the Prefect is on my side or on the side of you bunch of lackeys!"
"You're so arrogant and ignorant!"
Lin Ru was a little confused at first, but now she realized his intention and quickly stepped forward to cooperate!
She pulled the furious Ji Wenxuan back and carefully soothed him, "Brother Ji! Don't be angry. We're living under someone else's roof right now. Things will be better when you become a high-ranking official!"
After saying this, she looked uneasily at the few remaining guards in the courtyard!
His eyes were darting around, as if he had suffered some injustice!
She clung tightly to Ji Wenxuan's sleeve!
Their faces were filled with fear!
"But I'm a little scared!"
"After you leave, will they be able to retaliate against us?"
"This time, could you take us with you when you leave?"
"We don't want to stay here!"
"Look at them, they all look like fierce demons!"
"I was absolutely terrified!"
Ji Wenxuan felt he was about to lose his act, but luckily Lin Ru understood what he meant. However, the look of terror on her face seemed a bit out of place!
In his memory, this little girl was usually the kind who was fearless and ruthless, and would kill without blinking an eye!
His sudden expression almost made him break down and burst out laughing!
Lin Ru saw him pursing his lips and pinched his arm hard!
Ji Wenxuan gasped in pain, and immediately lost all desire to laugh!
He sighed, feigning helplessness.
"I'm afraid that won't work! The prefect himself said that I can only go there by myself; you will have to stay in the prefect's residence!"
"It must be dangerous for me to go to that place!"
"Besides, the military camp is full of men, so it's not appropriate for you to go there!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Ru looked like she was about to cry!
"Brother, could you please not go?"
"Since it's so dangerous, let the Prefect send someone else instead!"
"I'm so scared of them!"
"Look at these people! They're all terrifying!"
"Brother! We're not going to be high-ranking officials anymore! Staying like this is fine too!"
The people around them, though unaware of their ultimate goal, still cooperated!
"Yes! Why don't you talk to the prefect?"
“We don’t think the magistrate is the kind of person who’s hard to talk to. If you just talk to him nicely, maybe he’ll agree to send someone else! We’re fine as we are now. There’s no need to risk our lives for some official positions. Besides, who knows what these people will do after you leave? They’re already this fierce while you’re still here!”
"And they follow us everywhere we go, even when we go to the bathroom, someone has to stand guard outside the door. It's terrifying!"
"And that little maid! She even keeps an eye on us when we're sleeping!"
"It felt like being in prison!"
"We are just a group of poor ordinary people!"
"We don't have anything valuable on us, so why are they doing this to us?"
"What do you think these people are trying to do?"
"Why don't you go talk to the prefect and ask him not to send these people to us anymore? We can take care of ourselves!"
"We really can't get used to living such a life of luxury!"
Ji Wenxuan seemed to be a little tipsy from those few words!
He stood up and was about to walk outside!
"Fine! I'll go tell the magistrate right now! I'm quitting this position as commander of the prefecture! I'll just stay here with you and wait for Father's reply!"
"You saved my life! I won't let you be bullied for no reason!"
After saying that, he walked towards the door!
The changes inside the courtyard were all observed by the man who was monitoring from the tree!
He cursed those idiots in his heart. They couldn't even fool these few peasants. What use were they?
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