They were a team of several people, who went out together.
Ruan Mian noticed that Cui Zhu was anxious about Liu Shu and quickly patted her shoulder, telling her not to worry for now.
Then she asked Yun Xiu to bring her water pouch to feed Li Si.
The water in the pouch was spiritual spring water. Li Si, who was so out of breath that he couldn’t speak, finally regained so strength after drinking it and urgently inford Ruan Mian.
"Miss Ruan, your goods, your goods were taken away by Liu Shu without permission!"
"Li, what do you an by ’taken away without permission’? Explain clearly!"
Cui Zhu looked over, confused. Not only her, but everyone present didn’t understand what Li Si ant.
He said angrily, "That beast Liu Shu, he’s no good! He silenced all his brothers. I narrowly escaped, and all those goods were swallowed by him! Now, now I don’t know where he’s taken the goods."
"Nonsense!"
Cui Zhu couldn’t believe it: "Li, my husband has been with you for so long, how could he be that kind of person? Is there so misunderstanding? You..."
"I know you’re eager to defend your husband, but I almost lost my life, how could I lie?"
"I thought just like you, which is why I completely trusted Liu Shu and even saw him as a brother with whom I’d shared life-and-death experiences. Now looking back, we were all blind, deceived by him!"
Cui Zhu’s heart sank and she nearly lost her balance.
Ruan Mian quickly reached out to steady her, remaining the only one calm and composed, looking steadily at Li Si and said: "Where did the incident happen? Do you know where he went?"
Li Si took a deep breath and recalled, then honestly said: "Back then, we reached Wenchang State, thinking we were close to entering the city, so we quickened our pace.
But... but that night before we entered the city, Liu Shu suddenly drew his knife against us, and out of nowhere several n in black appeared, and they were all with Liu Shu.
We brothers resisted stubbornly but were no match since they were prepared. Seeing things were not going well, I had no choice but to leave everything behind and co back specifically to tell you, Miss Ruan, this news.
Otherwise, if I had died, this would have beco a cold case, and everyone would have been deceived by that brazen beast called Liu Shu."
Upon hearing this, everyone present felt a tightness in their hearts.
Yun Xiu and those brothers working in freight were close, often practicing martial arts together when free.
They knew that doing freight requires so skills; those without a basic foundation even asked Yun Xiu to teach them.
Moreover, they always traveled on official roads, and ordinary bandits and thugs wouldn’t dare to be so reckless.
Especially since Wenchang State is a big city, not remote, ordinary bandits wouldn’t choose to act here.
Unless... those people were indeed prepared and not afraid of the Magistrate in Wenchang State’s jurisdiction.
These things that Yun Xiu could think of, Ruan Mian and the others could think of too.
They just couldn’t accept that Liu Shu, who was usually so enthusiastic and honest, could be that kind of person.
Cui Zhu couldn’t accept it even more. They had just gotten married, and he had said so much to her before leaving ho, but now, why, why has it co to this? Cui Zhu felt her blood surging backward, panicking, she didn’t know what to do.
She looked at Ruan Mian with tear-filled eyes, opened her mouth: "Miss, Liu Shu, he doesn’t seem like that kind of person. Is there a misunderstanding? I..."
"Cough cough..." Li Si was infuriated by these words.
"I’ve already said, no one knew he would be like that before! But all the brothers are dead, and I’m seriously injured!"
"If you don’t believe , I can take you to the place to have a look!"
Li Si coughed up a mouthful of blood in urgency, and Cui Zhu hurried forward: "Li, that’s not what I ant, I just think since this thing happened so suddenly, at least we need to make clear the ins and outs."
"However... If Liu Shu is really as you said, an utterly vicious person, I will definitely make him pay!!"
Cui Zhu had never felt so angry before, her nails dug into the flesh of her palm, and her lower lip was bitten until it showed marks of blood.
Ruan Mian turned her gaze away, knowing she must head to Wenchang to see the situation now.
If it was indeed done by Liu Shu, it certainly wasn’t just on a whim, it must have been planned for a long ti.
And to gain their trust, he endured undercover, living in their village for so long, even marrying Cui Zhu.
It surely wasn’t just for those few riches.
Thinking of the firearms in that batch of goods, Ruan Mian couldn’t help but wonder, could it be he had his eyes on those firearms?
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