"Everyone, since you claim he's a thief, you should at least let me take him back for an investigation before we can get to the bottom of this. What do you mean by detaining them? You should know that this is Tianshui City, not your own village!"
Gu Man said in a deep voice, "It was out of respect for Tianshui City that we spared his life. Otherwise, this thief would have been beaten to death long ago."
"Wei Bufan, tell the truth. Did you steal anything or not?"
Wei Bufan wiped the bloody grime from his face and said aggrievedly, "Twelfth Deputy Captain, I really wouldn't dare steal anything. Look, I don't have anything on me. Maybe they lost something and dragged me over here to beat me up, falsely accusing me. You have to stand up for me."
At that moment, Old Fourth Gu slowly walked over. "So you're not from the Tianshui City Militia Team, nor are you some so-called Vice-Captain?"
Wei Bufan stammered, "I..."
Then Old Fourth Gu loudly shouted, "Everyone, come take a look! Someone claiming to be from the Tianshui City Militia Team came to our stall to steal something. We caught him red-handed, but now the Tianshui City Militia wants to rescue him. Tell me, aren't these people all in cahoots?"
More and more people gathered around, pointing and whispering.
The dark-skinned man snapped, "You outsiders, don't spout nonsense!"
"Oh my, you dare do it but not admit it? I see you know this thief. Don't tell me you're in league with him too? Tsk, tsk. Looks to me like Tianshui City is a den of snakes and rats!"
Old Fourth Gu's words clearly struck a nerve with the dark-skinned man. He immediately shook off Gu Man, drew his long-bladed Spiritual Artifact, and