Chapter 482: Cheap Life

At this point, everything was basically clear.

The instigator was the defendant Li Dabao spoke of, the person who came to Kangfu County a year ago, Huang Jiulang.

As for the events that followed, they could be easily connected.

The common people's final resistance was bloodily suppressed, and the infants and women disappeared into the Huang Mansion. Among them, the women remained missing to this day, while the infants were all abandoned in the wilderness and taken in by the wild man.

Afterward, the wild man traded with Zhao Wuji, who used the wild man's martial power to expand rapidly, while colluding with the County Magistrate who had already been co-opted by Huang Jiulang. One controlled the inside, one controlled the outside; one blocked the imperial court, one blocked the Jianghu, together turning Kangfu County into an isolated island.

The wild man traded with Zhao Wuji to raise the city's children; Zhao Wuji plundered the common people, intercepted heroes, blocked news for Huang Jiulang, and drowned the children born in the stronghold to supply milk to the wild man. And Huang Jiulang ordered the County Magistrate to block any trouble from the authorities for Zhao Wuji.

Thus, the closed loop was formed.

Zhao Wuji's ambition, the wild man's kindness, the County Magistrate's greed, and Huang Jiulang's malice together built this city that swallowed countless lives and innocent infants.

Now, only three questions remained.

Where are the women who were abducted from the city?

Who exactly is Huang Jiulang, and what does he intend to do?

And, where did the wild man's Yang family bloodline come from?

And the answers to these questions would all be revealed by one person.

Huang Jiulang.

After Li Dabao finished speaking, he collapsed on the ground, crying and wiping his tears incessantly. He didn't know how many heroes he had told this story to over the past year; after finishing it, he had completely lost his spirit.

Li Miao, after listening, twisted his fingers and remained silent.

It had been about half an hour since the County Magistrate sent someone to invite Huang Jiulang.

The yamen was silent.

The County Magistrate in the hall and the yamen runners below looked solemn and majestic. But if one looked closely, one could see the sweat dripping from their temples and their fingers trembling slightly from stiffness.

Official uniforms could not give them a shred of security.

Even now, the County Magistrate didn't know why Li Miao didn't just kill him, but instead dragged out a "plaintiff," acting as if he were really going to have a trial in court.

He didn't think Li Miao was really a "law-abiding citizen."

Every time Li Miao raised his head and scanned him with a smile, he felt like a lamb stared at by a tiger, breaking out in a cold sweat all over, his hands and feet turning cold.

No matter how fierce he looked, he was a civil official.

How could he withstand Li Miao's killing intent?

His reactions were all symptoms of a fright disorder. If no one came in another moment, he would probably be "stared to death" by Li Miao.

Fortunately, footsteps finally came from outside.

A yamen runner ran in and stood to one side consciously.

Then, a rough, hearty laugh came from far to near.

"What is it, Master, where did this thief come from, that you had to invite my Master to come out and handle it personally?"

While speaking, a burly man with a full beard, wearing a brocade long gown, stepped in. His words were directed at the County Magistrate, but his gaze fell on Li Miao's side.

He first looked Li Miao up and down, then sneered.

"You bunch of useless things, one by one, scared by someone who doesn't know Wu Gong?"

Then, ignoring everyone else, he walked into the hall, glanced sideways at Li Dabao, and his mouth curled up.

"So you're the one who wants to accuse my Master?"

Li Dabao shuddered and scrambled to get up.

"Uncle Qu, Uncle Qu, no, I'm not—"

"I, I."

He tugged at Li Miao's sleeve.

"I'm not accusing anymore, I'm not accusing anymore, I'll leave now, I'll leave now."

He tugged a few times, but it didn't move.

He became even more tremulous with anxiety.

"Hero, Hero, I beg you, I beg you."

"Uncle Qu is the instructor at Master Huang's mansion, he has countless lives on his hands. Several heroes were beaten to death by him before, don't be stubborn... We, we're just unlucky, we accept it, don't throw your own life away..." ===== CHAPTER 483 =====