The soldiers entered the village and in no time, dozens of villagers had emerged. The Crown Prince's Guard squinted his eyes – were these villagers a bit too alert?
They do have a lot of people, and the villagers shouldn't have reacted so quickly.
The village Lizheng approached anxiously, "What brings the officials into the mountains at such a late hour?"
The Deputy City Defense Commander sized up the villagers, "And you are?"
The Lizheng said, "I, I am the Lizheng of this mountain village. Everyone here is a hunter, and we have always been law-abiding."
After hearing this, the Deputy City Defense Commander let go of his suspicions and asked, "Have you seen two teenagers around the age of ten or so?"
The Lizheng breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, the officials have come to arrest people? Yes, we've seen them; they're staying with the Li family!"
The Deputy City Defense Commander exhaled, not bothering to explain, "Lead us to the Li family."
