Collusion Between Officials and Bandits

"What?"

Verdant Green Maiden directly pulled the knife embedded in Xu Su's calf out.

In an instant, blood gushed forth.

"Hiss!"

"I'm dying—!!"

"Grand Aunt, I'm really dying!"

Xu Su cried out in panic.

Verdant Green Maiden gave Xu Su a disdainful look. "You're supposedly dying, yet you can still shout so loudly with such vigor? Shut your mouth. You won't die."

Hearing that, Xu Su immediately shut his mouth. He looked at Verdant Green Maiden, then asked after a long while, "Who exactly are you?"

"Guess."

Verdant Green Maiden tossed out those two words.

She sprinkled a handful of hemostatic powder over Xu Su's wound, making him writhe in pain.

In order to deliver all these mountain bandits to the authorities, Ye Sanqi had specially worked with everyone to clear out a cargo cart. They placed the bandit leader atop it, then tied the bandits together one after another in a string behind the cart.

"If you can't walk, get up there and lie down with your leader!"

Verdant Green Maiden said to Xu Su.

How could Xu Su dare say no?

He scrambled up at once.

"Boss, could you move over a little? It's a bit cramped here."

Xu Su said to the bandit leader.

The bandit leader: "..."

"Damn you."

"Second brother, are you picking a fight?"

Could he move right now?

Xu Su turned to look at him, blinked, and said softly, "Sorry, I forgot."

The bandit leader: "..."

A merchant caravan capturing bandits was already a rare sight.

Dragging bandits behind them like candied hawthorn skewers was even rarer!

Once they crossed the mountain range, Xiayi County of Song Prefecture lay ahead. The merchant caravan immediately drew the attention of many people.

By the time they reached the Xiayi County yamen, quite a few commoners