The authorities searched for several days, but these mountain bandits seed to have vanished into thin air, with no trace of them.
Chenggu County remains unsafe. The people in the city are panicked, with many wanting to leave the city.
However, they soon heard that other county towns in Changjin Prefecture were similarly unsafe. Those mountain bandits appeared and disappeared unpredictably, so even if you left the city, you would still encounter danger on the road.
Moreover, where could they go? Ordinary people do not have the ans to travel far, and the families of wealthy people have been taken hostage by the bandits.
Furthermore, the city gates were tightly shut, as the authorities feared the bandits might blend in with the crowd to escape the city. Without a special reason, no one was allowed to leave.
Upon hearing this, Shu Yu and ng Yunzheng exchanged a glance. Not allowing people to leave the city??
Though the justification was barely plausible, it was indeed very flimsy. It was as if the entire Chenggu County was being held hostage.
It seed that the county magistrate of Chenggu County was likely also problematic.
With no way out of the city and the mountain bandits hiding inside, the ng family could be retaliated against at any mont.
In the end, ng Pei and Uncle ng decided to temporarily stay in the secret chamber, going out daily to buy so food, hanging on for a while, and waiting for the imperial court’s rescue.
Chenggu County would not maintain this situation indefinitely.
The escorts scattered outside, those willing to do so, brought their families here as well. Those who were unwilling mostly huddled together with other relatives and friends for warmth.
Though the secret chamber was crowded, it at least allowed everyone to settle down a bit.
However, just the day before yesterday afternoon, a person suddenly ca to the ng family escort agency, which had been quiet all along.
With lips pursed, ng Han looked at Shu Yu and spoke softly, "The person who ca was Jiang Kuanyu."
Shu Yu’s pupils shrank, "Jiang Kuanyu?"
ng Han nodded heavily, "He was injured, with a lot of blood on his clothes, clutching his chest and staggering. He ca in wanting us to help save him, but no one appeared despite his calls. We saw him from the opening of the secret chamber."
Many people at the ng family escort agency knew Jiang Kuanyu, and when he ca, the escorts had a good impression of him.
Tao Qin once wanted to marry him, so naturally, upon seeing him like this, she was eager to help.
In such difficult tis for everyone, the ng family would not stand by and do nothing.
However, having followed Shu Yu in investigating Jiang Kuanyu and having understood his character thoroughly, ng Han could only feel his hair standing on end.
This person could even harm friends with whom he had good relations, having poisoned the Tan family’s Eldest Young Master with a slow-acting poison for two whole years. If it weren’t for the good fortune of eting Old Doctor Zhao, Tan Cheng would be dead by now.
ng Han imdiately stopped the ng family mbers, saying he was not a good person and could not be saved.
If only ng Han were present, perhaps others would have been skeptical, and soone as righteous as Uncle ng wouldn’t ignore it.
But ng Pei was also there, and though he did not know the details, he knew sothing about it.
With his voice as support, no one in the ng family objected, and Uncle ng rely said Jiang Kuanyu would leave naturally if he couldn’t find anyone.
Everyone agreed, doing what needed to be done.
Yet no one expected Tao Qin to still not give up on Jiang Kuanyu, such that Ms. Tao even helped Tao Qin secretly open the doorway to the secret passage, and the two of them went out.
At that ti, the entrance to the secret passage wasn’t guarded like it is now; the two aunts didn’t believe ng Han and ng Pei’s words at all. Not only did they not believe, but they also felt that they cold-bloodedly disregarded the lives of others for their own safety.
Now that Chenggu County is in trouble, everyone should co together to overco difficulties collaboratively. How can they watch people die without saving them?
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