Ding Ling quickly became famous throughout Yangxian.
Yangxian was not a very large place.
It looked like a cluster of villages gathered together.
Moreover, many households owned horses for transportation. Thus, after people excitedly rode around spreading the news, the entire Yangxian was thoroughly shaken by the capture of its most terrifying pest, 'Zhou Chu'!
All the villagers were stunned and found it hard to believe.
But when everyone was saying the same thing, even those who did not believe it began to waver in their doubts. After all, three people repeating a rumor could make it seem true.
When they followed the crowds flooding into Yangxian's county office, they actually saw the arrogant 'bandit heroes,' led by Zhou Chu, kneeling all over the courtyard. An uproar immediately broke out, with people shouting and cheering.
"It's actually true?! Look, that's Zhou Chu!"
"Hahaha, even that pest Zhou Chu has gotten what he deserved today. Heaven is truly on my side!"
"How can you say Heaven helped us? We should be thanking Great Hero Ding! If Great Hero Ding hadn't come to Yangxian, how could we ever have lived to see this day? The group led by that bastard Zhou Chu did every evil under the sun, yet even the soldiers and generals from the county seat were helpless against them. There was no way we could have restrained them either! But now, we finally have a hero like Ding Ling! Good! Excellent!"
All the common people clapped and cheered.
Except for Zhou Chu's mother, Zhou Shi; Tang Yan's mother, Tang Shi; and Bi Qianli's mother, Bi Shi, among others.
These people were the families of Zhou Chu and the others. Seeing their children arrested, they were naturally shocked and furious, and each of them glared angrily at Ding Ling.