Two days later, Shen Qinglan was finally liberated.
As she walked out of the old Tang family's courtyard, the sun was just beginning to rise.
A new day, a new life.
During this time, rumors of ghosts eating people were still spreading wildly, causing merchants passing through Jinxi Town to be extremely frightened, fearing that they might accidentally be caught and eaten by ghosts.
The rumors created great unease among the people, and County Magistrate Pei was dizzy with work, repeatedly warning against spreading rumors, but he couldn't prevent the people from secretly passing them around.
So, in a fit of anger, County Magistrate Pei publicly arrested a few of the townsfolk spreading rumors, giving each ten heavy strikes, and only then did the matter slightly settle down.
These days, the government officials were all investigating to see if anyone in Jinxi Town had gone missing, and luckily, so far, no family had reported a missing member.
