Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback-Chapter 353: Village Chief’s Wife

Although the imperial decree needs some time to be passed down, giving the people of Heiling County only one bowl of white porridge a day is really too excessive!

Zhan Lan’s expression was also growing increasingly ugly.

A middle-aged man leaning against the trunk of a tree spoke up, "White porridge? That’s just thin soup. Count the grains of rice in it!"

An old man’s voice came through, and Zhan Hui looked over to see him holding a bowl like a beggar, his hands trembling, eyes bloodshot, "It’s even worse than alms given to beggars!"

Some people saw four clean-cut young men walking over and whispered in a low voice, "Keep it down..."

Chu Yin clenched her fist and said, "This is way over the line!"

Mu Yan looked at Vermilion Bird, "Go find out what the County Magistrate is up to."

"Yes!" Vermilion Bird nodded and left.

Along the way, the four of them came upon a hillside where they saw several tents, with no disaster victims in sight. Around the outside of the tents, bonfires were lit. Next to the bonfires, five Government Officials were laughing and talking, drinking wine and eating grilled fish.

The fragrance of the fish was overwhelming, and as the four of them looked on, the sounds of women emanated from inside the tents.

Upon seeing the four, one of the officials said, "Hey, get out of here, don’t come any closer, scram!"

Covered in mud from their journey, the four had a somewhat disheveled appearance, and the officials did not take them seriously, continuing to shoo them away.

Zhan Lan sneered and strode forward, at which the official immediately pointed his saber at Zhan Lan, saying, "Do you have a death wish?"

The very next moment, with a thud, Mu Yan and Zhan Lan almost simultaneously snatched away the saber, resting it on the official’s neck.

Zhan Hui made a move, and the remaining three officials were left groaning on the ground.

Curses from inside the tent came next, "Damn it, don’t interrupt this young master’s work! Keep it down!"

The official with Mu Yan’s sword at his neck was about to speak when Mu Yan knocked him out cold with the hilt of the sword.

The remaining four officials were all panicked. Who were these people? They were terrifyingly imposing.

Mu Yan took a few steps forward and lifted the tent curtain with his sword, only to see a man busily on top of a woman.

Seeing the naked man, Mu Yan blocked Zhan Lan’s view.

The man inside hurriedly pulled up his trousers and cursed, "Do you have any idea who I..."

The man’s voice trailed off as Mu Yan rested the sword on his neck, silencing him.

The woman in the tent quickly clothed herself and knelt on the ground, not daring to lift her head.

"What do you want? Are you revolting?" the half-naked man looked at them.

His voice gradually lost its confidence because Mu Yan’s gaze was cold as ice, staring at him. He swallowed nervously, and a chill ran down his spine.

The man said tremblingly, "Gentlemen, I am Mr. Wu Lin, the son of the County Magistrate. You cannot treat me like this!" freeweɓnovel.cѳm

Zhan Lan looked toward the woman in the tent and said, "And who might you be?"

The woman, crying, said, "I was only trying to scrape together some food; he forced me..."

Glancing at the man who had just violated her, she corrected herself, "I willingly gave myself to him..."

She hugged a small bag of rice from the ground as if it were a priceless treasure and said, "My child was starving, I had no other choice."

Chu Yin, both astonished and filled with sympathy, said, "You sold your body for a bag of rice? Did he force you?"

The woman wiped her tears and said, "My husband was hit in the leg by a rock, and I have many children; I truly had no other option."

Zhan Lan’s eyes turned frosty as he looked at the man and said, "How many women have you defiled?"

The County Magistrate’s son, seeing Zhan Lan’s delicate and tender appearance, said teasingly, "Oh, it was all consensual. They were never innocent maidens to begin with, how can you say they were defiled!"

Mu Yan heavily struck Wu Lin in the mouth with the hilt of his knife. Wu Lin trembled in fear, his teeth knocked out, his mouth filled with blood, and the metallic taste of blood made this pampered young master furious. He shouted, "What right do you have to hit me!"

"I even want to kill you!" Mu Yan’s voice was icy cold.

Zhan Lan checked the several tents behind him and said, "There are rice and millet in the tents, enough to feed the disaster victims for a day."

Wu Lin said coldly, "You rebels, daring to steal, you’re truly seeking death!"

Although he recognized that the four had an extraordinary bearing, this was Heiling, where the emperor’s reach was far, and his Wu Family was the king here!

Wu Lin, who had played with many women, recognized at a glance that Chu Yin and Zhan Lan were female. He speculated: Perhaps these four are some pampered young masters and misses from prestigious families, not knowing how dangerous this is. If he killed them here in the mountains, no one would know.

His gaze turned to the Government Official lying beaten on the ground and commanded, "Quick, call people over!"

One of the Government Officials quickly blew a whistle, and soon, dozens of bandits descended from the mountain.

Each of them held a knife in hand, their faces fierce as they looked towards the four.

Zhan Hui shielded Chu Yin behind him, while Mu Yan’s knife was pressed against Wu Lin’s throat. The sharp edge cut the skin, and blood instantly flowed out.

Wu Lin shouted, "Great Master, save me! Hurry and save me!"

The bandit leader looked towards Mu Yan, sensing a formidable aura from the man that unexpectedly gave him a chill.

But this was his territory, what was there to fear!

The Great Master, holding a curved blade, advised, "I urge you to release Mr. Wu. Here in Heiling, the Wu Family is the ruling power!"

"Offend the Wu Family, and you won’t have a good end!"

Zhan Lan sneered, "I’d like to hear just how formidable the Wu Family is!"

The Great Master looked at Zhan Lan and noticed she was extremely beautiful.

His gaze traveled down her neck without an Adam’s apple, landing on her chest with ill intentions.

He said with a smile, "Such a stunning beauty, what brings you to such a place? Could it be you’ve come specially to become the Village Chief’s wife, haha..."

Before he finished speaking, the knife in Mu Yan’s hand had already been thrown, the sharp blade grazing his cheek, cutting off his hair, and blood flowed down the Great Master’s face.

He looked at Mu Yan in pain, realizing that had he not dodged in time, it would have been his head that fell.

Could this man be that lady’s man!

As the knife was no longer at Wu Lin’s throat, he thought of fleeing, but Mu Yan stomped him into the mud with a foot.

"Ah!"

Wu Lin felt as if his shoulder blade was about to shatter. He didn’t dare to move as Mu Yan loomed over him and said, "Colluding with bandits, embezzling disaster relief grain, forcing women into transactions, you’ve got some nerve!"

"Who exactly are you?" Wu Lin felt increasingly that something was amiss.

If these four were in any way related to the imperial court, then they must not be allowed to leave Heiling Mountain alive.

"Kill them!" Wu Lin shouted towards the Great Master, "Leave no survivors!"

The Great Master touched the blood on his cheek, licked the fresh blood with his tongue, and roared to the bandits behind him, "Spare the women, kill the men for your Village Chief!"

He had his eyes on that beauty. The village was just missing a Village Chief’s Wife, and today he was determined to get her!