Yue Lingshan's Letter ╮(╯▽╰)╭
The old saying, "Wealth and honor are sought amid danger, but may also be lost there; one gains one part out of ten when seeking, and loses nine out of ten when fortune turns," really did make sense!
See?
The "Three Heroes of Jibei," who for some reason had been holed up near Mount Hua, had listened to a swindling rogue and, chasing a fortune beyond their wildest dreams, wound up dead. They never got their hands on the supposed gold or the swift steeds, and lost their own lives instead. Not one of the Three Heroes of Jibei escaped; they had all fallen on that remote stretch of official road.
And they weren't the only ones who lost their lives. Another forty or fifty men died, more than a dozen were wounded, and over twenty fled. It had been a crushing defeat!
Not long after the battle ended, passing merchants discovered what had happened and reported it to the authorities. Soon afterward, a large number of patrol officers and constables arrived at the scene.
When they saw the carnage and heard from Yue Lingshan and Lu Dayou that the bandits had tried to rob them, only to be slaughtered in droves, they also learned that the two women were from the Huashan Sect. The merchants who had witnessed the fight and the surviving wounded bandits confirmed their story, so the officials naturally didn't dare make things difficult for Yue Lingshan. Instead, they helpfully sent dozens of men to move the fallen tree, allowing the two blood-soaked grim reapers, Yue Lingshan and Lu Dayou, to ride away at their leisure with their horses and carriage.
At the same time, before Yue Lingshan left, they arrested the wounded bandits and repeatedly promised that the authorities would investigate