Chapter 661 Rescue
Chapter 661 Rescue
Magistrate Cao held a knife in one hand and grabbed a child's shoulder with the other, holding the knife on the child's neck.
Huo Changhe asked coldly: "What do you want to do?"
Magistrate Cao swallowed his saliva and said, "Master Governor, we have no intention of offending you, and we have no intention of doing anything to you. We have been talking sincerely for a long time, but you just won't let us go. So, don't blame me."
Anger welled up in Huo Changhe's eyes: "Magistrate Cao, what do you mean by treating a child like this? Let her go!"
The little girl trembled slightly, her big eyes filled with tears.
Yan Ruyu recognized her, she was the child sitting on the coffin that night.
At that time, she suspected that the child was controlled by someone just like Rui Ge'er back then. Now from a closer look, the child was older than Rui Ge'er and even a little taller than Huo Changheng, but no matter what, he was still just a child.
Ever since he called out "Help" in a slightly strange voice, the child just cried and said nothing.
Magistrate Cao was a little scared, but he still persisted: "Master Governor, she is my amulet now, how can I let go? Let her go, then will you let me live!"
The knife was pressed down, and the little girl was forced to raise her head, and a shallow blood mark appeared on her delicate neck.
"Now, just as Wu Lizheng said, you let them go, I'll let this child go, and you leave here quickly." County Magistrate Cao said loudly, his voice trembling a little, "Don't come back again!"
Huo Changhe tightened his grip on the sword hilt: "County Magistrate Cao is quite courageous, which impresses me."
Yan Ruyu asked: "That night in the restaurant, the so-called killer was yours, right? You still saved the adults and put on a good show."
Magistrate Cao's throat rolled: "That's right! That's right! It's just a trick to make you believe me. Now that things have happened, there is nothing to say. Sir, do you want to make a deal?"
Huo Changhe's eyes were heavy and cold, like the ice of winter: "Deal? Magistrate Cao, the person who can negotiate a deal with me has not yet appeared."
Yan Ruyu smiled sarcastically: "County Magistrate Cao, you must have capital when negotiating a deal. What is your capital? A little girl who has never met us? How can she want to trade with all these people by herself? And this gold Mine? You are too smart, do you think you are a fool?"
"What does the life and death of a strange child have to do with adults?"
Yan Ruyu grabbed Wu Lizheng who was watching the show and kicked him in the knees, forcing him to kneel down.
"Wu Lizheng, if you want to blame it, blame Magistrate Cao. He forced us," Yan Ruyu said, blood splattered on her hand, and she cut another cut on Wu Lizheng's body.
Wu Lizheng's face turned pale with pain and he stared at Magistrate Cao.
Magistrate Cao shrank when he stared at him: "You, you! Stop!"
He wanted to stop it, but was unable to do so. The hand holding the knife was trembling a little.
"As a civil servant, if you have to do this kind of thing, you have to force yourself if you can't do it," Huo Changhe said nonchalantly, "Whether you want to kill him or let him go, you can choose for yourself."
Magistrate Cao gritted his teeth and laughed a few times: "They say that the governor is a good official. He loves the people like a son and is soft-hearted and kind. They are all fake! Could it be that he is just trying to show off in front of the people and deceive the world? Eyes?"
He said it very sarcastically, but Huo Changhe was not aroused by him at all: "Yes, it's a lie. How about it?"
Magistrate Cao choked and almost fell over.
"you!"
"It's all mine," Yan Ruyu said in an irritated tone, "Magistrate Cao, if your trick doesn't work, do you have anything else? If you don't say anything, just take the person and kill him elsewhere."
Magistrate Cao was at a loss.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps came, chaotic and panicky, like there were many people.
Yan Ruyu turned around, and Bago flew out first and landed on her shoulders, followed by Li Jingyao and some people.
Walking at the front was a young man. He was very thin, with skin sticking to his bones. He looked haggard, but his eyes were shining with excitement.
Li Jingyao also came out later and bowed his hands to Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu: "All the people alive are here, and most of them are from Luojiazhuang. There are 36 fewer people than the missing ones."
36 less means that 36 people have lost their lives.
Yan Ruyu's face darkened slightly. Looking at the young man, Li Jingyao nodded slightly: "He is Zi Su's husband."
Anyway, this is good news. Zisu's husband is still alive and can go back to see her and her unborn child.
When the man saw Wu Lizheng, he cursed angrily: "You bastard, you beast!"
Wu Lizheng glanced at him, and the man rushed up to beat him. Yan Ruyu didn't stop him, and the people behind him also came up and beat him if they had the strength.
They were described as skinny, their clothes were shabby, and their bodies were covered in scars. You can imagine how the guards usually abused them and forced them to work.
As the beating continued, some weak people in the back began to cry. Gradually, the crying became louder and louder.
Weeping for the rest of my life, weeping for the inhuman days in the past, and weeping for those companions who died.
Wu Lizheng fell to the ground covered in blood.
Yan Ruyu didn't have any sympathy and said to Li Jingyao: "Divide them into two small teams. Those who are still in good health can help those who can't walk. We can go down the mountain first and leave here later."
"Okay," Li Jingyao led the people down the mountain, Huo Changhe wrote a note, and Yan Ruyu asked Bage to go ahead and let the secret guards meet at the foot of the mountain to send all the villagers back safely.
As soon as the crowd left, the noisy scene became quiet again.
Magistrate Cao still held the little girl in his hand.
"Magistrate Cao, didn't you take advantage of the chaos to escape? I thought you would sneak away quietly." Yan Ruyu said with a smile.
Magistrate Cao hummed: "The matter hasn't been settled yet, so what if we leave here?" He looked at Huo Changhe, "Sir, I don't want the other subordinates. You just have to agree, put down your official position and leave, and allow the subordinate to go back and pack his things." How about letting the child go after his family leaves?"
Yan Ruyu sneered: "What? Magistrate Cao was very righteous just now and wanted to save these people, but now he only cares about himself?"
Magistrate Cao bit the bullet and said, "Your Majesty, just tell me whether to change it or not!"
Huo Changhe simply refused: "I won't change."
Magistrate Cao: "..."
He was about to cry.
"Lord Governor, as the parent of a state and as the parent of the people, don't you know how to love the people as your own children? How did you become the Governor? Are people before and after you so different? People do it, but God does it. Look, if you act like this, aren't you afraid of thunder?"
Huo Changhe: "..." Such shameless words made him not know what to say for a moment.
Yan Ruyu turned her head and looked at the sky: "If there is thunder, why don't I strike you on the head first? Magistrate Cao, you are also their parents. Not only do you not love them as children, you also want to hold them hostage and chop them with a knife." "
Magistrate Cao's face turned red: "I, I will give the governor a chance now."
"No." Huo Changhe said firmly.
Magistrate Cao was furious: "Yes, you must!"
After he said that, the little girl pushed this way hard!
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