The clouds moved away, the fog dissipated, the sky brightened, and the bright light shone into every corner of the coffin shop.

Ma Xigui pushed the pale-faced Wang Zhenlong and appeared in front of everyone.

Liu Xiangru came back to her senses from the shock, and resisted the rush of blood. She angrily asked, "Li Yanqi, you beast! What did you do to my elder brother?"

"Second sister! Shut up! Ahem…"

Just as he opened his mouth, Wang Zhenlong couldn't stand the itch in his throat and started coughing violently. While coughing, he kept apologizing to Li Yanqi intermittently.

"Ahem...Brother Li, ahem, I'm sorry. It was my second sister and the brothers who acted rashly. I apologize to you on their behalf. I only hope that you can spare their lives and give them the antidote."

Li Yanqi's eyes were dark as he looked around at the people in Wulong Village. Then his gaze softened and fixed on Lin Yanyu, who looked frightened and pale in his arms.

"I originally saw that you, Wulongzhai, only killed the rich and unkind, and never disturbed the common people. I respected you as a righteous bandit, and only arrested you, Hunjianglong, to get the job done."

Li Yanqi looked up at Wang Zhenlong without any emotion, and said word by word: "You should never, ever touch my people. I cancel the proposal I made with you last night."

After saying that, he held Lin Yanyu's waist and was about to walk out: "Little ghost, call the rest of the people to take all these people to prison."

"Brother Li!"

Wang Zhenlong tried to stand up and stop it despite his injuries, but his legs, which were broken by torture, could not hold him back and he knelt on the ground, holding onto the hem of Li Yanqi's clothes with both hands.

“Brother Li, it was our brothers who made the mistake. Please forgive them this time! Cough cough cough cough…”

Liu Xiangru was shocked and confused by Wang Zhenlong's words. When she saw him fall, she ignored the injuries on her hands and the fishy sweet taste in her throat, and crawled over to him on her knees with tears in her eyes, trying to help Wang Zhenlong up.

"Brother! Brother! What are you doing! Get up."

Wang Zhenlong looked at Liu Xiangru's purple face and showed heartache.

"Brother Li, we had already agreed to this last night. I have agreed to all the conditions you proposed."

"Brother! What are you talking about? What agreement? What conditions?" Liu Xiangru was extremely confused and interrupted.

Wang Zhenlong forced a gentle smile towards Liu Xiangru.

"Second sister, you are still so reckless. I noticed the Wulong Village was being attacked that day. If I hadn't surrendered, the hundreds of brothers in Wulong Village would have suffered heavy casualties. Mr. Wang and Mr. Qian gave Magistrate Dong so many benefits just to catch me."

As he said this, he turned to look at Li Yanqi and smiled at himself.

"I thought I was good at martial arts and wanted to help you buy time, but I was no match for Brother Li, so I asked him to just arrest me and report back. Later, when we arrived at the county magistrate Dong tortured me and broke both of my legs, preparing to execute me today."

"I accept my fate, as long as you are all fine." Wang Zhenlong looked at Li Yanqi: "But Brother Li came to the prison last night and reconnected my broken leg."

Wang Zhenlong reached out and touched Liu Xiangru's face, and said gently: "Second sister, from now on, all the brothers in Wulong Village will be handed over to you and the third brother. You are too reckless, don't be like this again in the future."

He turned to Li Yanqi and pleaded, "Brother Li, they were indeed wrong this time. I am willing to pay for what this girl has suffered with my life! I only ask that you let them go this time."

"You were going to die anyway. I saved you, so you lived one more day."

Li Yanqi's eyes were dark and gloomy, and he curled the corners of his lips, the meaning was self-evident.

Liu Xiangru only now understood the whole story. Looking at Wang Zhenlong with a look of despair on his face and the brothers from Wulongzhai who had fallen to the ground due to poisoning, she could not help but regret her own recklessness.

"It was my idea to kidnap Miss Lin, and it was also me who injured Miss Lin. I, Liu Xiangru, will bear all the responsibility for this matter. I will pay with my life."

Driven by emotion, Liu Xiangru quickly picked up the steel knife on the ground and was about to cut her own neck with the knife.

This place was only three or five feet away from Lin Yanyu, and Lin Yanyu couldn't help but scream, "Stop!"

"clang--!"

A dagger hit the steel knife, knocking it away, leaving a bloody mark on Liu Xiangru's neck, but fortunately her throat was not injured.

"Why did you stop her?" Li Yanqi tilted his head in confusion, "She hurt you."

Li Yanqi's life motto is to repay kindness with kindness and revenge with hatred. If he was weak when he was young, he would repay a hundredfold in the future. Those beggars who bullied him when he was young never appeared in Yunlong Town again.

Lin Yanyu covered her chest, her face pale with fear, and shook her head, saying, "She did hurt me, but I really can't bear to see a living person bleeding in front of me."

At this moment, Wang Zhenlong rushed forward and hugged Liu Xiangru in his arms, tightly covering her bleeding neck, and angrily said: "Second sister! What are you doing! Why are you so stupid?"

Liu Xiangru burst into tears and choked up, "I thought I would never see my elder brother again. Now that I can see him again, I am satisfied. I took advantage of Miss Lin's kindness and hurt her. This was indeed my fault. I am willing to pay the price for my mistake."

Wang Zhenlong thought for a moment and turned to kowtow to Lin Yanyu, "Miss Lin, my second sister has realized her mistake. I beg you to show mercy and forgive her and all the brothers this time."

Wang Zhenlong, a tall Tibetan man, had his head covered in black ash from the knock. Liu Xiangru's face was blue and purple, and her neck was covered in blood. It was a shocking sight.

Lin Yanyu couldn't bear to watch any longer. She turned her sparkling eyes to Li Yanqi's face and said, "They have already admitted their mistakes and paid the price for their actions. Forget it."

Wang Zhenlong's eyes gleamed, and he shouted, "Thank you Miss Lin! All the brothers in Wulong Village are willing to serve Brother Li, even if it means sacrificing their lives."

The yellow-toothed man and the others reacted immediately and said, "We swear to follow Lieutenant Li until our death, even if it means sacrificing our lives."

Li Yanqi looked around, snorted coldly, and mocked Wang Zhenlong with a gloomy look in his eyes: "As expected of a bandit leader, he knows which Buddha to worship."

After saying that, he lowered his head and looked at Lin Yanyu. Seeing her nod with bright eyes, he took out a white porcelain bottle from his arms with a smile and threw it to Wang Zhenlong.

"Antidote."

Wang Zhenlong took it and immediately poured out a black pill and fed it into Liu Xiangru's mouth. After handing the white porcelain bottle to the man with yellow teeth, he saw the blue-black color on Liu Xiangru's face gradually fade away, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Miss Lin's arm is also injured. Here is some medicine. If you don't mind, you can take care of it here."

Wang Zhenlong said politely, "Second sister, take Miss Lin to your room and find a new set of clothes for her."

Lin Yanyu was worried that it would be difficult to explain to her parents if her sleeves were torn when she got home. She was overjoyed when she heard this: "That would be troublesome."

Liu Xiangru led Lin Yanyu to her backyard room, took out the golden wound medicine and a set of clothes of the same color as Lin Yanyu's with her left hand, and said with a guilty look: "Miss Lin, I'm sorry, do you need me to help you apply the medicine?"

Lin Yanyu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Looking at her still bleeding neck and the wound on her right hand, she said, "No need, Madam Xiangru, go and take care of your injuries first. I can apply medicine to my arm myself."

After being reminded, Liu Xiangru couldn't help but let out a hiss and said with gratitude: "Thank you Miss Lin for the reminder. From now on, just call me Xiangru."

After saying that, he closed the door and left the room.

Lin Yanyu raised her arm, feeling fortunate that the rope was tied tightly enough to resist some of the force, so although there was a burning sensation at this time, the wound did not seem to be long.

She gently took off her outer garment and placed her hands on the ties of her middle garment, revealing a glimpse of her snow-white skin.

“Knock knock—!”

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

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