Niange kept her head down, not daring to make a sound. In her eyes, they were not going to get away, but if they could have a full meal before being locked up in the dungeon by the county magistrate, she was satisfied.
"Sir, I'm truly sorry for dragging you down. Why don't you run first? As a blind woman, I don't think the county magistrate will make things difficult for me."
Faced with Niange's distrust, Lin Yi appeared calm and collected.
"I said I could take you with me, even if the Emperor himself came, I could still take you. Bai Lu, pack up, we're getting ready to leave."
Knowing that Lin Yi planned to escape, Tang Baozhang hurriedly gathered the villagers around them, vowing not to let them go.
Lin Yi did not resist, as he did not want to harm the innocent, and anyway, Tang Baozhang did not dare to come near them, so the standoff continued.
Soon, the county magistrate and the Minister of Public Works, escorted by government officials, arrived.
