The aftermath of the battle had not yet completely subsided, and the atmosphere in the village was still tense. Lin Ruowei and Gu Yan were always thinking about the warning in the letter: the real test was still to come.

"We can't let our guard down," Lin Ruowei said to Gu Yan, "Lin Heng must have a backup plan."

Gu Yan nodded and clenched his fists: "No matter what conspiracy he has, we must expose him."

Just as everyone was discussing countermeasures, Zhang San hurried over with a new letter in his hand: "Ms. Lin, Mr. Gu, please take a look at this."

Lin Ruowei took the letter, opened it, and her expression instantly became serious: "The letter said that Lin Heng has sneaked into the village and plans to take action tonight."

"What? He dares to come in person?" Gu Yan frowned.

"It seems that he wants to annihilate us in one fell swoop." Lin Ruowei said calmly, "But he also underestimated our wisdom."

She immediately called the villagers together and held an emergency meeting in the courtyard of the village chief's house.

"Listen to me, Lin Heng has already sneaked into the village and he will take action tonight." Lin Ruowei said to everyone.

The villagers cried out in surprise when they heard this, but gradually calmed down after being comforted by Lin Ruowei and Gu Yan.

"We must set a trap and lure Lin Heng into it," Gu Yan suggested.

"Good idea, but we have to make him believe that we are defenseless." Lin Ruowei nodded in agreement.

Therefore, everyone decided to pretend they didn't know anything, continue their daily activities, and secretly strengthen their vigilance. Lin Ruowei and Gu Yan arranged their personnel separately to ensure that every corner was under surveillance.

The sky gradually darkened and night fell. Lin Ruowei and Gu Yan pretended to chat in the yard, and the other villagers were busy with their own things, but in fact everyone was paying close attention to the movements around them.

"Where do you think Lin Heng will start?" Gu Yan asked in a low voice.

"It's probably a granary or a tea garden, because these are our lifelines," Lin Ruowei replied.

As they were talking, there was a rustling sound in the distance. Lin Ruowei signaled Gu Yan to keep quiet, and the two of them quietly approached the direction of the sound.

They saw several dark figures moving towards the granary, obviously Lin Heng's men. Lin Ruowei and Gu Yan looked at each other and came up with a plan.

"We want them to mistakenly think that we have succeeded, and then catch them all in one fell swoop." Lin Ruowei said softly.

Gu Yan nodded, and the two quickly returned to the village chief's house to inform everyone to prepare for action.

Not long after, Lin Heng's men successfully sneaked into the granary, thinking they had succeeded. Just as they were about to destroy the granary, shouts suddenly rang out from all around: "Go!"

Villagers poured out from all directions and surrounded them. Lin Heng's men were horrified, obviously not expecting an ambush.

"Don't even think about succeeding!" Lin Ruowei said loudly.

Lin Heng's men surrendered one after another. Lin Ruowei and Gu Yan led them to continue searching the village for Lin Heng's trace.

At this moment, the door of the village chief's house was suddenly knocked open, and a dark shadow flashed in. Lin Ruowei looked closely and saw that it was Lin Heng.

"Lin Heng, surrender!" Lin Ruowei shouted.

Lin Heng sneered: "Do you think it's so easy to catch me?"

He suddenly pulled out a dagger and pointed it at Lin Ruowei. Seeing this, Gu Yan quickly stepped forward and grabbed Lin Heng's wrist, forcing Lin Heng to let go of the dagger.

"Your conspiracy has failed." Gu Yan said coldly.

Lin Heng struggled unwillingly, but was eventually subdued and tied up by the villagers.

"You will regret it, my plan is far from over!" Lin Heng shouted angrily.

Lin Ruowei ignored his shouting and turned to the villagers and said, "Lock him up. We need to thoroughly investigate his plan."

At the moment when Lin Heng was taken away, Lin Ruowei found a piece of paper dropped on the ground. She picked it up and her face suddenly changed.

"What's written on the note?" Gu Yan asked.

Lin Ruowei handed it to him, and Gu Yan's face became serious after reading it: "It seems that the real mastermind has not yet appeared."

The note was brief but meaningful: "You have only defeated a pawn, the real opponent is still behind."

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