The ring connects the past and present, the exiled prince worships me as a god

It was impossible for him to hide so much silver and money with him. He had no place to go when he first came here, so he could only hide in the exile circle.

But in the eyes of the exiles, he was not there to ask for money, but to steal their food.

"It seems to me that you are here to steal our food."

"That's right. You stole so much yesterday, and you're here to steal food again today. It's obvious that you want to monopolize all the food!"

"We can't let them succeed."

Each of the convicts was about to die. They could not die, but they were not afraid of death.

Soon, a fight broke out between the officers and the convicts.

The situation became increasingly chaotic.

"Your Excellency the Magistrate, I can testify that he did not step out of the place of exile last night. The county government office was robbed. Could it be that it was done by bandits? Your Excellency has made a mistake." Zhao Li spoke at the right time.

"You two are in the same group, do you think I will believe you?"

The magistrate did not give Zhao Li any face at all.

Since he couldn't find the gold today, he took all the food with him.

Anyway, I can't make a wasted trip.

"We agreed to exchange the remaining food for three jars of water for tomorrow. The magistrate has taken the food away now, completely wiping out our livelihood."

Qi Yu's voice was cold, with a hint of chill, "Are you sure you want to massacre the exiles?"

The word "massacre" is a serious crime.

Sun Xian couldn't bear it, but whenever he thought about how he was beaten into a fat pig last night, he couldn't help but feel angry.

"You have the ability to communicate with the gods. If you ask the gods for food in front of me, I will not pursue the matter. How about that? I will use the silver I stole yesterday to buy food from the gods."

It's obvious that Sun Xian will not give up until he achieves his goal.

Zhao Li tugged at Qi Yu's sleeve and asked, "In order not to alert the enemy, why not contact the gods?"

Doesn't he have other plans? If he confronts Sun Xian head-on now, it might affect his next plan. If Yu Wenzhen is prepared, won't he be even more difficult to deal with?

If Zhao Li understood this, how could Qi Yu not understand it?

"But I can't contact the gods right now."

He tried to contact them when Sun Xian and his men broke in just now, but no one answered no matter how he called.

Yes, the gods said she was in crisis, and I don’t know what the situation is like over there.

Sun Xian's gold is with him.

He would not let him off easily since he had humiliated him yesterday. The gods' death might be related to money, so he beat Sun Xian. Sun Xian thought it was a robbery by bandits, so he offered to pay the money to settle the matter.

I didn't expect that a small magistrate in Lingnan could easily take out so much gold. I think even the prince's mansion probably doesn't have that much money.

I'm afraid that these ill-gotten gains are the people's blood and sweat, so it would be better to give them all to the gods to buy food.

But he couldn't get in touch with her, and the gold wasn't delivered.

The gold was indeed hidden in that room. The convicts had just rushed over to stop it, but he would not let the magistrate succeed.

"The gods are clearly wise. They gave us food to temporarily satisfy our hunger, not to allow us to keep asking for more."

Qi Yu said, "I have reached a cooperation with the village chief. As long as he provides us with water, I will trouble the gods for food again. If the county magistrate insists on doing so, I will go to the village chief's house."

Zhao Li immediately understood Qi Yu's plan.

"Yes, as long as the village chief gives us more water, we will ask the gods for food in exchange. Otherwise, no one will have a good life today."

At Zhao Li's command, his brothers immediately rushed over and lined up to guard the door of Qi Yu's room.

Although there are not many people, each of them is a fearless and ruthless character.

What a joke. Who would dare to do the job of escorting fugitives without being ruthless?

Sun Xian saw this and knew that he had brought a lot of people with him. If he really fought with them, he might not lose.

But he was also afraid of being stared at by so many murderous eyes.

"Okay, then go to Yu Wenzheng. He'll give you water, and you'll give me food. If you can't produce it by then, I'll overturn your place of exile!"

Anyway, the emperor is far away and he is the boss in Huai Village.

Whatever he wants to do is up to him.

"You have so many people with you. If you arrest me, I will be powerless to resist. So, let all the fugitives and refugees present go with us." Qi Yu suggested and gave Jiang Zhi a look. Jiang Zhi understood and led his men to shout in agreement.

Soon, a group of people headed towards the village chief's house.

Jiang Zhi stayed behind to guard the remaining food and gold.

Zhao Li followed Qi Yu with a machete slung over his shoulder. He stared at the fat man walking in front of him with full vigilance and said with disdain, "What on earth does this Sun Xian want to do?"

"I'm afraid his real purpose is not the food, but to see where I can get the food." Qi Yu had seen through him long ago.

"Then why did you deliberately arrange to bring so many people?"

Qi Yu was confident: "Expose a conspiracy."

-

It was already early the next morning when Song Nian came out of the police station.

After spending the entire night taking statements and conducting extensive investigations, I confirmed she had nothing to do with the incident and apologized. I also arranged breakfast for her and offered to take her home, but she refused. Cooperating with the police is a citizen's duty.

The sky was turning pale as the sun slowly rose. Song Nian raised his hand and let the sunlight pass through his fingers.

Well, it’s another sunny day.

"Song Nian!"

Someone called out from behind. Song Nian nodded and looked back, only to see a man standing behind her. He raised his hand to cover her mouth and dragged her towards the van on the side of the road.

"Help... Ugh"

Before she could even utter a cry for help, the man tightened his grip.

Song Nian was so frightened that her eyes widened. She instinctively reached out and grabbed things randomly, and her shoes were pulled off. She held the car door tightly and refused to get in.

"Damn, he's quite strong."

The man spat, slamming his fist into her small arm that was gripping the door frame.

"Ouch!" Song Nian almost couldn't breathe due to the pain, and tears fell down.

The fear of death in her previous life came back to her, and her whole body stiffened. She had only one thought in her mind: she must not let him tie her up in the car.

"what!"

Suddenly she screamed, and the hand covering her mouth was released.

After being freed, Song Nianyi didn't dare to turn back and ran forward frantically until her arm was grabbed. She struggled hard and cried, "Let me go!"

"It's me, Zhou Hui."

Song Nian finally calmed down and looked up suspiciously at the tall figure in front of him.

It was indeed classmate Zhou Hui. She hurriedly grabbed the hem of his clothes and hid behind him. "Save me! Someone is trying to kidnap me. Please, classmate Zhou, help me call the police."

"Don't be afraid, I've already beaten him away."

Zhou Hui gently patted the back of her hand and soothed her softly, but he also took out his cell phone.

Only then did Song Nian see that the person who had tried to kidnap her had driven away.

The van had no license plate and was dirty. The man was tall and strong, with a big waist and a black hat and a mask on.

Judging from his figure, she didn't recognize him, but if she guessed correctly, he must be Li Lin's man.

"No need to call the police." She snatched the phone away and, as if revived, squatted weakly on the ground, gasping for breath. "Thank you, classmate Zhou, thank you for saving me just now."

"Do you know who kidnapped you?"

Zhou Hui squatted in front of her, his phone still stuck on the screen where he was dialing two numbers. "Are you sure you don't want to call the police?"

"This guy is so bold that he dared to kidnap you in front of the police station. He might hurt you again," he said.

Song Nian shook his head and nodded, but did not answer him.

"Why are you here?"

Zhou Hui, with his platinum-blond hair in tatters, looked sunny and energetic. He waved his phone in his hand, "Didn't you say you wanted to invite me to 'True Color'?"