The shopkeeper and the waiter were overjoyed to hear this!
They quickly answered Lin Ru's question!
Moreover, he described each of these pharmacies in great detail!
Lin Ru asked a few more questions about Kangqu County, and they answered them one by one!
In the end, they were still a little incredulous that they had suddenly encountered such a big customer! And the most crucial thing was that she was a little girl!
Lin Ru noticed their worry, so she took out a hundred-tael silver note and handed it to the shopkeeper!
"Consider this a deposit! Just relax and do the work. I'll make up the difference later!"
The two were overjoyed to see the hundred taels of silver!
This was the largest denomination banknote they had seen in almost a month! If they waited a little longer, the young master would return, and they could show it off properly!
Lin Ru had just returned to her room and taken a bite of the vegetarian noodles that the waiter had brought over!
Then came a series of urgent knocks on the door!
"Chief! It's me! Open the door, I have something important to report!"
It's Wu Juan's voice!
Lin Ru quickly walked over and opened the door!
"Wu Juan! What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry? What happened?"
Wu Juan, panting heavily, calmed herself before saying, "It's that County Magistrate Yu! It's so late at night, and it seems like someone urgently needs to talk to him. He rushed off to the County Magistrate's place!"
"I vaguely heard something about Prince Shun, attacking?"
"I knew something was wrong, so I rushed back to tell you!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Ru couldn't even finish her noodles!
"Let's go! Let's follow them and see!"
Wu Juan nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, and then pulled Wu Ling along to go over as well!
On the way, Lin Ru asked curiously, "Wu Juan! Why aren't you at the inn at night? What are you doing at the Yu family's house?"
Wu Juan touched her nose somewhat embarrassedly!
"I didn't get to see the whole excitement this afternoon, and I wanted to know who won in the end! So I went to watch!"
Lin Ru said calmly, "Yuan Fangqin must have won, right?"
Wu Juan was extremely surprised!
"My God, how did you know? She won! Yu Wang did provide some evidence, but Yuan Fangqin destroyed it all!"
"Moreover, after Yuan Fangqin cried, made a scene, and threatened to hang herself, Magistrate Yu immediately believed her!"
"The most crucial thing is County Lieutenant Yuan! After we left, he beat up County Magistrate Yu again! Yu Teng even got kicked in the stomach and vomited blood while trying to protect his father!"
"This makes Magistrate Yu even more biased towards Yuan Fangqin and her son!"
Lin Ru nodded!
"I heard him say that before he was drugged, he cut his hand! Later, I heard the servants talking about how Yuan Fangqin dealt with the guards who were on duty at the gate that day!"
"Seeing what Yuan Fangqin did, and what County Commandant Yuan and Yu Wang did, I can roughly guess that the two of them can't beat Yuan Fangqin!"
Wu Juan nodded!
"Indeed, the person Yu Wang mentioned was killed long ago by Yuan Fangqin under the pretext of caring for Yu Wang!"
"Moreover, Magistrate Yu was also aware of it at the time! That's quite impressive!"
The three discussed for a while longer before arriving at the magistrate's residence!
This mansion is very easy to find! Not only is it exceptionally large, but it's also the only brightly lit residence in the vicinity!
They emerged from the shadows as soon as they arrived in Wufei!
"Clan leader! Magistrate Yu just went in too! I've figured out their defenses inside, follow me!"
Lin Ru nodded, and the four of them climbed over the wall and went inside!
After entering, they followed Wu Fei through a maze of turns, dodging the patrolling soldiers, and soon arrived at the magistrate's study!
The study was brightly lit, and judging from the light reflected through the window, there were more than two people inside!
The group flew up to the roof, took down a tile from the roof, and could clearly see that there were four people sitting inside!
County Magistrate Yu and County Lieutenant Yuan were among these four!
The county magistrate slumped in his chair, looking as if he had no will to live!
"It's over! It's completely over!"
Seeing his attitude infuriated Yuan, the county magistrate. He slammed his fist on the table and roared, "What a load of rubbish! Stop talking such discouraging things! The most urgent task is to quickly gather our forces! We can't let this beast pass through Kangqu County!"
Upon hearing this, Magistrate Yu retorted indignantly, "Gathering troops? We are just a small county town, how many troops can we gather?"
"You make it sound so easy! When the Prince of Shun's iron cavalry arrives, they'll rout you in a single encounter!"
County Lieutenant Yuan, however, declared with righteous indignation: "I am a dignified man of seven feet tall! I will never desert my post! If the Prince of Shun's troops want to cross Kangqu County and kill my people, they will have to step over my body first!"
Just as Magistrate Yu was about to say something more, he was stopped by the man in the main seat!
"Alright, you two, stop arguing!"
"The Prince of Shun sent someone to deliver a message to us in advance. Isn't his intention obvious? It doesn't necessarily have to be a fight to the death!"
"I called you here today for two reasons: first, to inform you of this news, and second, to discuss countermeasures!"
Upon hearing this, Magistrate Yu was overjoyed and quickly asked, "Does the Prince of Shun intend to bring something under his control?"
"Actually, I think that as long as the lives of everyone in the county can be saved, what's wrong with surrendering?"
"My lord! After we surrender, will Kangqu County still be under our jurisdiction?"
Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Yuan slammed his fist on the table and stood up!
He pointed at Magistrate Yu's nose and cursed, "You good-for-nothing! You're still thinking about your own rights!"
"Even if we submit to him, given his personality, how could he possibly let us have an easy time!"
"This is just a delaying tactic!"
"When he attacked Liu County before, he encountered a fierce counterattack from the people of Liu County! As a result, he lost a lot of troops! That's why he sent someone to deliver a message to us first, with the aim of undermining us from within!"
"This way we can't become another Liuxian! Rise up and resist!"
"When he actually sets foot in Kangqu County, that will be the beginning of hell!"
"I believe that as long as we work together, we can resist the attack of Prince Shun and buy more time for our people to escape!"
"Even if I die on the battlefield, I will have no regrets!"
Upon hearing this, the four people present immediately fell into deep thought!
What County Magistrate Yuan said makes perfect sense!
But they didn't want to end up like Liu County, where, despite the united efforts of everyone from the magistrate to the common people, they only managed to hold off Prince Shun for three days!
Although they bought time for those fleeing famine, they lost their own lives. And in this chaotic world, who cares about their achievements?
Only by living can there be endless possibilities in the future!
However, they didn't say it outright; the group just discussed it symbolically again!
Enraged by their ambiguous attitude, County Lieutenant Yuan got into a heated argument and finally stormed off!
After exchanging a few polite words with the magistrate, the county magistrate's assistant left.
Only the county magistrate and the man who had remained silent were left in the room!
The magistrate let out a long sigh!
"Master, what do you think we should do?"
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