Long Rui and Xuexue stood on the rooftop, never dreaming that Hu's Bay's county magistrate was actually a bandit, and knew martial arts; otherwise, their barely audible noise earlier would definitely not have been noticed by an ordinary person.
They lay on the rooftop, reaching out to gently lift a roof tile and continued their observation...
"Third Brother, tell Big Brother, are you going to release Second Brother or not?"
"Of course, I'll release him, but now is not the time. Big Brother, can't you trust Third Brother? We three brothers are as close as siblings; I would never harm Second Brother. Rest assured, he's safe with me! After a while, I'll find a way to let him go."
"Trust you? It was precisely my trust in you that led Second Brother into this prison disaster. Cai Wenxuan, today I lay it down right here. If anything happens to Second Brother, this official position will be over, and you can forget any notion of climbing the ranks or making a fortune."
