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Xu Lang's expression no longer had the arrogance. Seeing the scrutinizing eyes of the three people, he quickly shook his head: "No, my hands are tied, what can I do?"

The three of them exchanged glances, and finally Ling Chuan could only order: "Keep a close eye on them."

Chuyi mentioned the breakout again: "While there are not many people from the Xu family now, once they gather their forces, I'm afraid we won't be able to hide on such a small hill."

"So where do we go?"

Chuyi looked west and pointed: "Let's go to Yuzhou Prefecture. The prefect of Yuzhou can't be in cahoots with the Xu family."

Ling Chuan looked at Leng Wushuang, and Leng Wushuang nodded.

"Okay, then let's go to Yuzhou Prefecture."

Although they decided to break out, they decided to set out at night to be on the safe side.

Although his whereabouts were discovered by the Xu family when he passed the intersection, Chuyi showed his supernatural power and knocked everyone out, and disappeared from the Xu family's sight again.

County Magistrate Luo had already panicked when he learned that Xu Lang had been arrested. In his opinion, the Xu family was at best a group of people who were rampant in the village, and he didn't know what major crime they had committed to cause such a big commotion.

During these days, County Magistrate Luo could not eat or sleep, and had to ask his legal advisor for advice.

"Master Yao, the police from the Criminal Investigation Department arrested the third young master of the Xu family more than ten days ago. This county is really worried. Master Yao, do you have any countermeasures?"

Master Yao had a mustache, and he twirled his beard, shook his head and said, "Logically speaking, since you are paid by the court, you should follow the court's laws, but..."

Magistrate Luo had already run out of ideas. Seeing that the lawyer was confident, he quickly asked, "Just what?"

"Master, it's just that in the past few years, the Xu family has given you..." Master Yao rubbed his fingers together, "I'm afraid it's far more than what the court has given you."

Magistrate Luo fell silent, and Master Yao continued, "Besides, the eldest young master married a young lady from the Xu family. Master, can you still tell the relationship between you and the Xu family clearly now?"

"Then...then what do you think we should do?" Magistrate Luo paced back and forth anxiously: "If the court knew about this, I'd probably lose my head."

"Master, let me be frank. Now we will be in trouble if we stick our heads out. We might as well go all out..."

Magistrate Luo was shocked by what Master Yao said. After a while, he said, "You mean..."

"Master, didn't the Xu family say that there were only three officials who arrested the Third Young Master? As long as they are..." Master Yao stretched out his hand and gestured at his neck, "When the time comes, there will be no evidence. The court will at most accuse you of dereliction of duty. At worst, you can quit your job, which is better than losing your head. Besides, the Xu family has received such a great favor from you, how can we not repay you?"

Magistrate Luo was obviously moved by what Master Yao said. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Then what should I do?"

Master Yao rolled his eyes, raised his mustache, and leaned in closer to whisper, "Master, the county's patrol inspection department...is responsible for patrolling and arresting bandits. Patrol Inspector He has more than a hundred soldiers under his command."

"But I heard that the Xu family sent out at least two or three hundred people, and they were still useless. What about those under Inspector He..."

"It's different, sir. Inspector He has 50 archers under his command. Even if they can run, who can escape a rain of arrows?"

Magistrate Luo frowned, and was unable to make a decision for a long while. Lawyer Yao then urged him, "Master, many people from the Investigation Bureau have returned to Beijing. If they go back to get reinforcements, they should arrive in the next few days. What if..."

"..." County Magistrate Luo wanted to say something, but opened his mouth but nothing came out.

"If you don't make a decision, you will suffer the consequences, sir."

"Well." Magistrate Luo finally made the decision: "Then let's do as you say. For now, I can only take this gamble."

"Master is wise!"

After making this decision, County Magistrate Luo felt a little relieved. Although he didn't know what the outcome would be, he had no other way to go.

However, he had only been relieved for three days when Tu Yuan, deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Department, came to the county government.

When he heard that it was people from the Criminal Investigation Bureau, County Magistrate Luo immediately panicked. After all, in the past three days, Inspector He hadn't even seen the shadow of Ling Chuan and others.

"Master Yao, what do you think we should do about this?"

Master Yao's eyes turned back and forth for a while before he said, "Master, hold them back first. I'll go to the Xu family and ask around."

"Okay, okay, then go and come back quickly."

Magistrate Luo went out to greet them and was planning to take Tu Yuan and the others to the back hall for tea, but Tu Yuan just stood in the hall and took out the official document from the Criminal Investigation Department: "Lord Luo, I'm here on official business, so I'll skip the tea and let's get down to business first."

Tu Yuan was at the same level as County Magistrate Luo, but he held the official document from the Criminal Investigation Bureau, so County Magistrate Luo had to cooperate and could only smile awkwardly: "Since Lord Tu said so, let's get down to business first."

After saying that, he took the document from Tu Yuan's hand and read it carefully.

The official document was very simple, it just stated that the Criminal Investigation Bureau was investigating a case and asked Ruyin County for assistance. However, County Magistrate Luo spent more than ten minutes reading such a simple document.

Tu Yuan could see the problem. It was obvious that County Magistrate Luo was intentionally delaying time, but he had already made preparations before he came.

"Lord Luo, you can take your time to read this document. I have sent someone to summon the relevant people of the Xu family. I will need to borrow your lobby for a while. Can Lord Luo help me?"

County Magistrate Luo was confused, and so was Lawyer Yao. When he arrived at the door of Xu's house, he saw more than a dozen guards from the Criminal Investigation Bureau surrounding the door. Xu Kui was talking to a clerk. He gritted his teeth and moved forward to listen to what was going on, but was stopped by two guards.

But he still heard two sentences.

"Can you make the decision? If you can, come with us to the county government office. Otherwise, just stand aside."

Xu Kui held the silver in his hand and tried to stuff it into the other party's hand, but the other party dodged it. He could only smile and say, "Brother officer, it's not that we don't cooperate, it's just that the old man is not feeling well..."

"Don't talk to me about this..."

Although he didn't hear the rest of the words, Master Yao also felt that something was wrong and that the Xu family might be in trouble this time.

So he turned around and walked towards the county government office. When he arrived there, he saw that the person sitting high up in the hall was actually from the Criminal Investigation Department. Master Yao's mind raced, and as he walked towards Magistrate Luo, he forced a relaxed smile on his face.

"Master, don't panic. The people from the Criminal Investigation Department have come to the Xu family, but they are blocked outside the door. We just need to delay them here."

County Magistrate Luo breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered someone to pour tea for Tu Yuan.

The lawyer found an excuse and slipped out of the hall, going to the backyard to pack his luggage.

As he packed his luggage, he muttered, "When disaster strikes, everyone flees. Master, don't blame me for being unjust. The Xu family is in big trouble this time, and I don't want to die with you."