The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 513: Blackmail!

Chapter 513: Chapter 513: Blackmail!

The female assassin holding Qin Ran hostage spoke with unmatchable coldness.

Compared to her words, her gaze was even colder, like ice water, unflinchingly fixed on Xu Qianli as if she were a night wolf ready to pounce and tear him to shreds at any moment.

Qin Ran shouted loudly, "Boss, don’t worry about us, don’t let her threaten you, kill them!"

The female assassin roared, "Shut up, bitch! Listen to me, Xu Qianli, you’ve offended our Qingshan Association. You’ve ruined the plans we painstakingly laid out in Qingshan Town and sent someone to Cailin County to kill three or four dozen of our good men. You’ve already started a vendetta with our Qingshan Association, steep as the deepest ocean of blood. Today, no matter what, it’s your day to die!"

In the face of the female assassin’s threat, Xu Qianli started laughing disdainfully in response.

"If you really had the ability to kill me, you wouldn’t be threatening me with hostages. You’d have killed them and then come after me."

"You don’t have the guts, and yet you’re here posturing. Don’t be too ridiculous!"

"The Qingshan Association only knows how to commit petty theft like a bunch of useless dogs."

"To put it bluntly, you’re just a group of rats hiding in the shadows, unable to accomplish anything significant."

The female assassin became furious, "Shut up! You’ve got some nerve slandering the Qingshan Association like that!"

"Slander?"

"Don’t get me wrong, I’m not slandering. I’m merely stating the facts. The Qingshan Association really is just a bunch of rats that can’t stand the light."

"Just like you, aren’t you just a shameful rat who comes to kill me, repeatedly saying that I’m certainly going to die, yet you don’t even dare show your face? If not a rat, what are you?"

Xu Qianli spoke frankly, his face full of contempt and disdain for the female assassin.

The female assassin said, "What a sharp tongue you have, but sadly, I won’t be fooled by you. You want me to show my face? No way! I admit, we’ve been outplayed today. I didn’t expect the two beautiful women by your side to be so fierce, and I never anticipated that you’d be a martial arts master. However, we have two of your women in our hands, surely you won’t ignore their lives, will you?"

Xu Qianli asked, "What do you want?"

The female assassin replied, "Simple. Slit your throat with the knife in your hand. Once you’re dead, we’ll have achieved our goal and will let them go."

Qin Ran immediately became agitated, "Boss, don’t be foolish, you mustn’t listen to her and do something stupid! Forget about me, strike and kill her, kill them all for revenge!"

As she spoke, Qin Ran rubbed her neck against the assassin’s knife, attempting to commit suicide.

As a bodyguard, she had failed to protect Xu Qianli and was now being used as a threat. She wanted nothing more than to end her own life.

She moved quickly, but the female assassin was quicker, flipping the knife to the blunt side and striking her neck with the flat of the blade, knocking her unconscious.

Qin Ran fell to the ground, unconscious, and the long blade in the female assassin’s hand pointed at her heart.

"Xu Qianli, do you really not care about her life and death?"

"As a man, can’t you take even this much responsibility?"

"Are you really so heartless, just watching your own woman die?"

"I’m asking you, are you willing to trade your life for hers?"

The female assassin continued her threats, wanting to see if she could use the life of the woman in her hands to bring down Xu Qianli.

Faced with this situation, Xu Qianli quickly gestured to his two maidservants.

The two maidservants understood the signal and moved swiftly, finishing off the few remaining attackers who had earlier rushed to attack.

The female assassin became enraged, "You’re so ruthless! It seems you don’t care about this woman’s life. Fine, I will kill her first, and then it’ll be your turn!"

Xu Qianli said, "If I were you, I wouldn’t do that. She’s your life-saving talisman right now. As long as she doesn’t die, you can keep your life. If you dare to kill her, I guarantee you won’t live past ten seconds! From this distance to where you are, ten seconds is enough time for me to pounce on you and slaughter you!"

"You!"

The female assassin’s anger was boiling, but she was also clear about her current situation and didn’t dare to make any rash moves, so her knife hesitated to fall.

She was very clear that what Xu Qianli said was correct; this woman in her hands was indeed her life-saving talisman.

As long as this woman didn’t die, she could save her life.

After pondering, the female assassin said, "It seems we’ve really met our match today. You’re tougher than we imagined. But don’t get too proud. Offending someone from the Qingshan Association has never ended well for anyone, you’ll be ruined sooner or later!"

Xu Qianli replied, "I’ll return those words to the Qingshan Association. Offend Xu Qianli, and I will eventually wipe out the Qingshan Association entirely!"

A chill started to emerge, making the female assassin feel uncomfortable all over.

Had anyone else said these words, she would have taken them for a joke, the most ridiculous kind of joke.

But it was different coming from Xu Qianli. This man might seem simple, but he was in fact very powerful. A mere town official, yet he could mobilize the first family of martial arts, the Bai Family, and the might of the East Sea Theater, absolutely unfathomable.

Today, they had set a trap here to assassinate him, fully confident they could kill him. Who would have known his strength was so formidable, directly defeating their plan, and even causing the Qingshan Association to lose so many of its top fighters.

This guy, with great ability, deep connections, and ruthless methods, was definitely the Qingshan Association’s number one formidable enemy.

It seemed impossible to kill him today. She needed to find a way to escape and bring back the news of Xu Qianli’s formidable strength.

Having thought it through, the female assassin said, "Today is our loss, we can let you go, but I have a condition. If you want this woman’s life, you must exchange her for Sun Wei!"

"No problem!"

Xu Qianli agreed readily, very straightforward and brisk.

The female assassin said, "You agreed so readily, you’re not planning any tricks, are you?"

"Bullshit tricks!"

"So you people from the Qingshan Association are all like rats that can’t stand the light, always suspicious, distrustful."

"Let me tell you, in my eyes, the life of a hundred Sun Weis isn’t worth a single finger of Qin Ran."

"Exchanging her for Qin Ran, is too good of a deal."

"Regardless, I’ve agreed, you can let her go now."

Xu Qianli said.

"Let her go? Impossible!" the female assassin said, "You think I’ll release her and then exchange her for Sun Wei!"

"Fine, I agree."

Xu Qianli immediately made a call to Zi Yumo, asking her to come over with Sun Wei right away.

It wasn’t long before several police cars arrived with sirens blaring, and Zi Yumo led the team.

Sun Wei was brought over, her arm injury had not fully healed and was still bandaged, looking very haggard. Upon seeing the female assassin, her eyes suddenly shone with an unusual light, "I knew you wouldn’t ignore me, you really came to rescue me."

The female assassin spoke quickly, "Alright, now that the person is here, hand her over to me immediately!"

Xu Qianli nodded at Zi Yumo.

Zi Yumo pushed Sun Wei forward, "Go."