Farm Tough Girl
Chapter 455 - 455 456 Tyrannical_1

Chapter 455: Chapter 456 Tyrannical_1 Chapter 455: Chapter 456 Tyrannical_1 The carriage was already moving slowly into Qinghua City. It had just snowed a few days ago, and the roads were still icy in places. Considering safety, Zhu Zi was driving the carriage quite slowly.

Muniang looked at the scenery outside the carriage and couldn’t help but say, “It’s quite strange when you think about it. It seems like it was also winter when we returned to Qinghua City last year. Every time we come here, it’s this same scene.”

“Tired of it already? Since we’re going to be staying here for a long time, we might as well enjoy the scenery one bit at a time.”

Zhu Zi called out, “My Lord, Lady, we have arrived. This street is the busiest in Qinghua City. Are we looking for a shop here?”

Muniang poked her head out and took a look. It really was quite lively. The prefectural city is different, with many more people than Chatu Town.

“Yes, let’s find a place here. Just wait for us here, and we’ll come back to you after we have strolled through the street,” Muniang said.

“Alright.”

Muniang and Yu Ze got off the carriage and began to wander down the street. When they came across playhouses or embroidery houses, Muniang made a point to go in and take a look, to scout out the competition.

As they were strolling around, suddenly someone shouted with surprise, “Mr. Yu! Lady Yu!”

Muniang turned her head to look and saw it was Li Dashi, the head of the government officials from Chatu Town’s County Government Office.

“What are you doing in Qinghua City? Did you get a promotion?” Muniang asked in surprise.

Li Dashi laughed, “A promotion? I’ve brought the boys over to work on a case. There’s a rapist who committed three crimes in Chatu Town and escaped to Qinghua City. My brothers and I pursued him all the way here, but we lost him a few days ago. They are all spread out searching for him now.”

“Oh, then I won’t bother you any further.”

Li Dashi looked at Yu Ze. He actually wanted to ask for his help privately, but since Lord Lu had said that unless it was a significant event he had approved, they shouldn’t trouble others. Yu Ze offering to help them was just being polite, and it was not good to bother someone repeatedly. Otherwise, when a real emergency arises, people would be too lazy to care.

Thinking this, Li Dashi managed to suppress his desire to ask.

At that moment, a man came running over in a hurry. Muniang recognized him; it was a constable from Chatu Town, wasn’t it?

“Brother Li, it’s terrible news. We just received a message that the rapist has struck again in Qinghua City, but this time he’s gotten bolder and actually kidnapped the Governor’s daughter. Now the Governor has also dispatched quite a few people to apprehend him.”

“Where did they go?” Li Dashi was instantly alarmed.

“They headed towards Cui Mountain.”

“Quickly notify the brothers to pursue!”

Having said this, Li Dashi quickly bid farewell to Muniang and Yu Ze, before hurrying off.

Muniang watched but didn’t treat it as anything important. After all, it was their case to handle, and she naturally couldn’t be bothered to interfere. She wasn’t interested in getting involved, and Yu Ze was even less so. The two of them simply continued their shopping.

After half a day’s work, Muniang finally secured two pieces of property. They were just right for building an embroidery house and a theater. Opening new branches this time wouldn’t be like in Chatu Town. She had plenty of capital and naturally had to think big.

Seeing that it was already late afternoon, it was time to head back. Muniang and Yu Ze got on the carriage and headed towards Chatu Town.

Who knew that just as we approached the outskirts of Chatu Town, we would see layers upon layers of government officers surrounding the area, and as soon as they saw the carriage, they immediately blocked its path.

“Who’s inside? Everyone get down for questioning. We’re in the middle of a case here, so please cooperate.”

Yu Ze’s brow furrowed as he pulled back the curtain and stepped out, “What’s the matter?”

The initially aggressive government officers couldn’t help but shiver at the sight of someone as imposing as Yu Ze, and their tone softened considerably, “We’re just following routine procedures, please cooperate.”

No sooner had the words left their mouths than Li Dashi suddenly made an appearance, “What a coincidence! We’ve run into you all again here!”

Muniang wore a look of exasperation. How could they not run into them? The road home had been completely blocked off by them.

“We’ve been in pursuit all the way to this point, but still have not caught sight of him. We have no choice but to encircle this area, fearing he might escape. Therefore, everyone passing through must be checked. Please don’t take offense!” Li Dashi said hastily.

Muniang smiled, “No problem, just routine procedures. In that case, we’ll just…”

“Don’t come any closer! Or don’t blame me for being ruthless with my blade!” A violent shout erupted, echoing through the valley, the sound exceptionally loud.

Turning towards the source of the shout, Muniang saw on top of a tall valley, indeed stood a man with a ferocious expression, gripping a girl as a hostage. It seemed that the government officers had cornered him into a dead end. Behind him, there was no path left, only a cliff, and below was a bottomless lake.

Were it not for being driven to a dead end, this man probably wouldn’t have resorted to taking a hostage as leverage.

The officers instantly turned pale, “No, no! You must not harm the young lady. She’s the Magistrate’s daughter! If you release the hostage, our Governor will surely be lenient in his punishment!”

If anything happened to the Governor’s daughter, the Governor wouldn’t spare them.

The rapist didn’t believe their words at all and shouted loudly, “Go to hell! Bring me ten thousand taels of gold! Otherwise, I’ll slit this girl’s throat right now!”

The officers from Qinghua City were frantic, had it not been for them cornering the criminal into a dead-end, it now seemed as if he had them cornered instead.

Muniang was speechless inside. ‘Do these government officials have water in their brains?’ she thought. ‘They’re as if trying to provide the criminal with excuses to extort them. The more they show concern, the more emboldened their enemy gets.’

The Magistrate’s daughter suddenly cried out, “You useless fools, hurry back and get money from my father! If even a hair on my head is harmed, believe it or not, my father will have your entire family buried with me!”

Muniang was startled by the woman’s overbearing attitude; even in her own death, she wanted others to be buried along with her.

Hearing this, the officials were terrified and, without hesitation, hurriedly said, “You—don’t do anything rash! I’ll go right away to the Governor. We’ll have the silver here shortly, just spare our lives! If you dare to harm Miss Jin, the Governor will never let you off!”

Li’s face immediately soured. His subordinates gathered anxiously around him, asking in fear, “Big Brother Li, if something really happens to her, won’t we also have to be buried with her?”

Li Dashi glared at him, “Shut up!”

Watching on, Muniang felt frustrated. The Governor’s authority far outweighed that of the County Chief of Chatu Town by several ranks. If the Governor decided to blame them for incompetence, even Lord Lu wouldn’t be able to protect Li and his men. She tugged at Yu Ze’s sleeve, “Let’s bring them down from there. If something truly goes wrong, so many others will suffer with them.”

Actually, Yu Ze didn’t want to get involved; the way that woman had spoken was so infuriating that he wouldn’t care if she died. But he knew Muniang’s wishes, and he decided to help Lord Lu this once.