"Meng Xuanji, what do we do? Fight our way out?" Hu Liena asked quietly from behind Meng Xuanji.
She was not a woman willing to surrender without resistance. Rather than become a prisoner, Hu Liena would rather die at the enemy's hands.
"No rush. Watch me work."
Meng Xuanji raised both hands and slowly walked forward. The crowd instinctively stepped back, making way for him.
When Meng Xuanji reached the surface, he immediately spotted Old Wu among the crowd, badly wounded. A savage claw mark ran across his chest, while his limbs bore numerous bite wounds left by wolf beasts. His dirt-yellow clothes had long since been torn to rags, and he looked weak to the extreme.
Even so, Old Wu remained conscious. Supported by two strong young men, he stood amid the crowd and looked at Meng Xuanji with confusion in his eyes.
Old Wu wanted to say something, but his injuries were too severe. He could not even open his mouth now.
"Town Chief, we weren't the ones who smashed up the tavern. Your son behind you did it. If you don't believe me, smell the alcohol on him. Isn't he more suspicious than we are?"
"What?" At Meng Xuanji's reminder, Qin Potian furiously turned to glare at Qin Xiao, looking as though he wanted to swallow him whole.
"You drank?!"
"I-I only had a little." Qin Xiao immediately backed away several steps, lowering his head and not daring to meet Qin Potian's furious gaze.
Qin Potian looked toward the surrounding villagers and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.
"Then you can get your ass into the dungeon too."
"Huh? But, Father, I..."
"That's an order!"
Faced with Qin Potian's murderous fury, Qin Xiao was so frightened that he could not say a word. He could only