She's skilled in medicine, martial arts, and even understands animal language—the abandoned dau

Seeing this, the constables knew that the newcomer was quite capable, and they couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

The man in white looked at the constable who was holding Lanxiang, and suddenly snorted coldly, saying, "I didn't expect it to be you again. Didn't I teach you a lesson enough today? You still dare to cause trouble?"

Upon hearing this, the constable's face turned extremely ugly. He clearly recognized the man in white, as he had mistaken him for a thief and been beaten up by him earlier that day.

"You've come at the right time! Do you know who told me you stole the purse today? It was that little girl!" The constable said angrily, pointing at Shen Man.

He was tricked by this girl today and got beaten up. The more he thought about it after he got back, the angrier he became, so he decided to find the mother and daughter and take revenge.

Shen Man was unaware of what had happened between the two, but upon hearing their conversation, she inwardly cried out in alarm. Her mind raced, trying to figure out how to smooth things over.

"Oh, really?" the man in white said casually, his gaze then shifting to Shen Man.

Seeing the man in white looking at her, she immediately said, "Brave man, there seems to be a misunderstanding. Don't believe his one-sided story." Then, she turned to the constable and asked, "You say I accused him of stealing the purse, do you have any evidence?"

The constable hadn't expected the young girl to refuse to admit what she had done, and to be so self-righteous about it. Now, when she asked him this question, he didn't know how to answer.

However, he quickly realized what he meant and retorted, "You told me this yourself today, how could it be false? The people at the tea stall can all testify!"

Shen Man sneered: "Then you should find a witness. If you can't find a witness, you're just deliberately making things difficult for my daughter and me!"

"The tea stalls are all closed at this time, where am I supposed to find witnesses?"

"That's just baseless accusations you made without any basis!"

"You..." The constable was so angry that he couldn't speak.

At this moment, the man in white spoke up: "I believe this young girl wouldn't lie."

"Why do you believe her?" the constable asked, his eyes wide.

"Just based on my intuition," the man in white said with a smile. "And I trust my judgment. Tell me, why are you making things difficult for that mother and daughter?"

Shen Man glanced gratefully at the man in white and breathed a sigh of relief.

"I, I..." Of course, the constable couldn't say that he was deliberately retaliating because he hadn't been able to extort money from them and had been tricked into being beaten up.

"Alright, that's enough for now. Release them immediately!" the man in white said to the constable.

Knowing they were in the wrong, the constables had no choice but to release Lanxiang.

Just as they were about to slink away, Shen Man called out to them again: "Wait!"

"What else do you want?" the constable turned to look at Shen Man and said irritably.

"Just now at the inn, you robbed us of all the money we had in our bags and on our person. You have to give it back to us!"

"Hmph, I didn't take your money!" the constable retorted stubbornly. Once something was in his mouth, there was no way he would spit it out.

“I saw you stuff those coins into your pocket with my own eyes. Do you dare let us search you?”

Shen Man knew that the man in white was still there, and that the constables wouldn't dare to do anything to her, so she argued with the constable without fear.

The constable glanced at the white-clad man out of the corner of his eye and, finding him still watching him, could only guiltily take Lanxiang's purse out of his bosom and hand it to Shen Man.

Shen Man opened it and saw that the money was still there.

Her eyes darted around, and remembering the silver ingot the constable had used to frame them at the inn, she said to the constable again, "One ingot of ten taels of silver is missing!"

"You brat, those ten taels of silver were clearly my own..." The constable was furious that the little girl was so greedy, even wanting her own silver.

"When we were at the inn, you found that silver ingot in our baggage and accused my mother of being a thief disguised as a peasant woman... Waaah, give the silver back to me! That's the money we were saving to buy medicine for my father!"

The surrounding people couldn't stand it anymore and began to criticize the yamen runners.

"Quickly return the silver to them, or don't blame me for being rude to you!" Seeing Shen Man crying so sadly, the man in white assumed it was true and immediately scolded the constable.

The constable never imagined that after a lifetime of playing with eagles, he would end up being pecked by one. This little girl, so young, had schemed against him several times over; she was truly despicable!

"What, didn't you hear what I said?" The man in white said impatiently when he saw the constable staring intently at Shen Man and refusing to return the money.

The constable glared at Shen Man and reluctantly took out a silver ingot from his pocket and threw it to her.

"Thank you, brave warrior." Shen Man took the silver, thanked the man in white, and then pulled Lanxiang back to the inn.

The man in white watched their departing figures, lost in thought. He turned to the constable and said, "As an official, you oppress the common people. Do you know your crime?"

The constable, unaware of the man's identity and his imposing presence, was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

The man in white gave him a disgusted look. "I will let this matter go today, but if there is a next time, I will not let it go easily." After saying that, he left.

In the latter half of the night, Lanxiang and her daughter Shen Man dared not sleep anymore, hoping that dawn would break soon so they could hurry back to Xiaoyao Village.

The next morning, as soon as the innkeepers started work, they settled their bills and left the inn.

She had only taken a few steps out of the inn when she heard someone behind her say, "Young lady, please wait!"

Shen Man turned around and looked at the person who spoke. It turned out to be the man in white from last night.

"Brave warrior, is there something you need?"

"Young lady, don't you owe me an explanation for what happened yesterday?"

Shen Man's heart tightened. Had he discovered that she had deliberately plotted to deceive the constables?

She forced herself to remain calm, feigning a blank expression. "Yesterday? Too much happened yesterday, I really can't remember. What do I need to explain to you?"

Seeing this, the man in white frowned slightly. "Young lady, why are you pretending to be stupid? It's because you pointed out to the constable that I was a thief."

Shen Man stubbornly denied it, "Didn't we already talk about this last night? It was all just nonsense made up by that constable!"

The man in white had sharp eyes and said with a half-smile, "The tea stall just opened. I went to ask the owner, and they said it was indeed you who told the constable that I stole your purse. I also asked around and found out that you and your mother came to the county office to register your household registration. There are no men in your family, so how come you have a sick father?"

Shen Man was startled, and her face turned pale, but she still tried to argue: "How could I lie to you? The tea stall owner must have made a mistake!"