Five Butchers peed themselves in fear and yelled at Tang Baochou angrily: "Don't come near us! Get lost, as far away as possible, don't bring disaster upon us!"

"Pfft! Just for this, you wanted 100 taels of silver. Wait until I get down there; I'll make sure you cough up those 50 taels!"

They only dared to act like tigers in Tang Village with their small bets, but in front of Lin Yi's precise Flying Needles, they immediately cowered.

Tang Baochou stopped in his tracks, at a loss for what to say for a moment.

At this moment, Tang Baochou noticed Niange's adoptive parents slowly retreating in the crowd, trying to avoid being noticed.

"Both of you, stop right there! Look at the fine daughter you've raised, causing trouble for the entire village, and now you even think of running away! Someone, stop them!"

Soon, Niange's adoptive parents were stopped. They directly knelt on the ground and begged Tang Baochou for mercy.

"Chief, please spare us! The girl has already been sold, she has nothing to do with our family anymore. You can't blame us for this."

But Tang Baochou was relentless, "You two old coots can't deny your involvement. Didn't you see that those mountain bandits are protecting your daughter nicely? Go and plead for them to release her!"

Everyone kept calling them mountain bandits, causing Lin Yi's ears to feel terribly uncomfortable. It was clear he was wearing an official uniform, were the villagers all blind?

Bai Lu couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward, pointing at Tang Baochou and started cursing.

"Just a mere chief, acting so arrogant. Do you know who you are speaking to? He is the famous—"

"No—"

Lin Yi immediately interrupted Bai Lu, feeling it unnecessary to intimidate these innocent villagers with his official status.

Right now, he just wanted to see Niange's response.

Yet Niange looked indifferent, "Young Master, don't mind them. From the moment they sold me, they were no longer my adoptive parents."

"Thank you for rescuing me. Could you help me report this to the authorities? I'll go explain it to the County Magistrate myself, I don't want to involve you."

After all, Niange still didn't believe Lin Yi had the capability to rescue her from this situation.

Hearing about getting the County Magistrate, the five Butchers' eyes lit up. Being tied to a tree was very uncomfortable, and the mosquitoes were exceptionally fierce on summer nights.

"Good, go report it quickly. I want to see, after the County Magistrate arrives, who he will grant justice." The Butchers shouted loudly.

As long as the County Magistrate came to handle it, with just a bit of silver, it would be Lin Yi and his group who ended up in jail.

Lin Yi finally understood, these five Butchers and the villagers of Tang Village were all in this together.

He had just wanted a simple heroic rescue and then return to the Imperial Palace to spend time with his wives, but some people just had to court death.

"Fine, you hurry up and get the County Magistrate here, I want to see how you will be judged for the crime of trafficking women!"

"Really annoying, so many mosquitoes."

Lin Yi heard the buzzing in his ears and immediately placed an order on Nine-Eyed Mall.

[Ding ding ding, Host successfully purchases one Ultrasonic Mosquito Repellent, three camping chairs, total payment of 2000 Heavenly Bead Coins, goods have been dispatched to the big banyan tree behind the Host.]

"Bai Lu, go help me fetch the items from under the big banyan tree."

With the comfortable chairs and mosquitoes all driven away, Lin Yi and his group could finally relax.

But to prevent the little County Magistrate from failing to recognize him, Lin Yi pulled out a walkie-talkie.

"Hey, Ying Yi, take Minister of Public Works and some men to White Horse Temple at the foot of the mountain in Bailin County. It would be best if you come along with the County Magistrate."

Listening to Lin Yi talking to a dark object, the five butchers couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, this is like a fool's dream, you—a measly mountain bandit, everyone screams to beat whenever they see you—dare to spout such crazy words, the Minister of Public Works is such a prestigious figure, we haven't even seen him, and you dare to command him to come here."

"Big brother, don't worry, only heaven can stop someone as cocky as him, I think he's just showing off, holding that dark piece of wood, what junk is it? Who is he even talking to? Who can hear him?"

Lin Yi couldn't be bothered to explain so much, enjoying the starry sky without the distraction of mosquitoes, it had been a long time since he felt so at ease.

On the other hand, the five butchers, ever since Lin Yi used the Ultrasonic Mosquito Repellent, all the mosquitoes started flying towards them, they could distinctly feel that the mosquitoes were several times more than before.

Adding to that the fact they were Butchers and the lingering smell of blood from their day's work made them more attractive to mosquitoes.

"What's going on? Why are there so many mosquitoes, I can't take it anymore, big brother, I can feel dozens of mosquitoes crawling on my face, let me down, I don't want to die from being drained by mosquitoes, my mother hasn't even held her grandson yet?"

"Hey, old man, come over and help us drive away the mosquitoes."

Reluctantly, the five butchers had to ask Tang, the village chief, for help.

Lin Yi didn't want to harm these innocent villagers and sent another row of Throwing Knives as a warning.

"Don't come near them, otherwise my Throwing Knives won't miss."

"Don't bother with them, their bodies are full of fat, contributing some blood to the mountain mosquitoes is just like a blood exchange, they won't die."

Tang, the village chief, was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he trembled back into the crowd.

The night sky was beautiful, but Lin Yi felt something was missing, suddenly he heard a gurgling sound beside him.

Who is hungry?

Lin Yi looked towards the sound, only to see Niange awkwardly covering her stomach, apparently she had been hungry for quite some time.

"Have you not eaten?" Lin Yi asked with concern.

Although she couldn't see Lin Yi's face, Niange was deeply attracted by his magnetic voice.

It had been a long time since anyone showed her such concern, other than her biological parents.

Niange's adoptive parents had decided to sell her and hadn't given her a single meal since; in fact, she hadn't eaten for three days.

So there really were such cruel and heartless foster parents, Lin Yi was eye-opening.

'With such foster parents, wait and see how I'll deal with you later.'

[Beep beep beep, host has successfully purchased three sets of abalone seafood meal boxes and three bottles of chilled watermelon drinks, 2000 Heavenly Bead Coins have been paid, goods have been dispatched behind the large banyan tree.]

Lin Yi and Bai Lu hadn't had dinner either, they might as well eat together.

The five butchers were suffering, not only feasting mosquitoes but also having to watch Lin Yi and others enjoy their meal.

At that moment, a large group of people with torches came rushing up from the foot of the mountain.

"It's the County Magistrate, the County Magistrate is here!" The five butchers were ecstatic, they struggled against their bonds, yelling down towards the troops below.

"The County Magistrate is here! Save us, save us, we've encountered mountain bandits."

Lin Yi remained unconcerned, comforting Niange.

"Miss, don't be afraid, go ahead and eat, once you're full, I'll take you away,"

...End of chapter...

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