Chapter 714: Chapter 206: Rebel Fan Wu? The Dog Meat Magistrate and the Old Taoist (10,000-Word Mega Chapter, Please Subscribe)_2

"Not only are you unwilling to pay taxes, but you also hurl insults at us, the tax collectors. Twenty lashes are not enough to quell your arrogance; each person must receive at least forty lashes!"

Forty lashes?!

The shop assistants of the nearby inn, upon hearing such words, turned pale with fright.

Generally speaking, if the executioner were merciless, ten lashes could nearly beat a person to death.

Twenty lashes, and it’s likely the person would never stand again in their lifetime, they might even be beaten to death.

As for forty lashes, there’s no need to say more; death would be certain!

Especially since these rangers wielded very thick wooden sticks, and just one blow was extremely brutal.

To endure forty lashes...

Hiss!!

Even someone made of iron would probably be beaten to death, right?

"However..." Just at that moment, it seemed the rangers had taken notice of something, their eyes landing on Yun Jiuqing with a hint of an unusual gleam.

One of them smiled, "If you foreigners are willing to pay your taxes in another way, maybe we can spare you a few hits."

Yun Jiuqing: "..."

She could clearly sense the undisguised and bare-audacity in the rangers’ gaze.

It made Yun Jiuqing’s face

grow cold.

However, Yun Jiuqing felt... that she still had quite a bit of self-control, not prone to anger over a few casual remarks from several people.

Then.

She heard a ranger continue to speak without any filter, "If you’re willing to spend some special time with us brothers, you won’t have to pay a penn,y and we might even look after you country bumpkins!"

As the ranger finished saying these words, the only woman at Fan Wu’s table, who was also the most beautiful, slowly stood up.

Suddenly!

The expressions on the faces of the group became even harder to contain, their inner excitement mounting.

After all, where in this small county town had they seen such a beauty before?

Although this beauty was slightly shorter than the women of the Great Yan Dynasty,

She was beautiful!

Just that alone put her above countless women in the Great Yan Dynasty!

They thought this foreign woman had been persuaded by their intimidating reasons.

Indeed!

Even if these foreigners had extraordinary status in their own lands, once they arrived in Iron Mountain County, they couldn’t overwhelm them, the local snakes. Faced with the local snakes of Iron Mountain County, all they could do was bow their heads and submit.

However, what surprised the rangers next was that Yun Jiuqing, the one who had stood up, reached behind her.

They watched the beautiful woman draw a short sword from her waist!

This was a short sword that seemed entirely red, and it was not made of metal.

"Huh!" Yun Jiuqing drew a deep breath, and with a boiling killing intent in her icy eyes, she murmured to herself, "I admit that my self-restraint and poise are lacking, and I confess that I do not have the manners of a scion from the Great Clans."

After murmuring such words, the killing intent on her face became even more apparent.

Immediately,

under the stunned expressions of the rangers, she walked toward them holding the Red Jade Short Sword.

As they drew closer, the rangers realized that the situation was somewhat amiss.

The current scenario deviated from what they had anticipated.

"What do you think you’re doing?!" One ranger, with his bare chest revealing a swath of chest hair, shouted angrily, "How dare you! In broad daylight, you approach us wielding a deadly weapon; are you trying to start a rebellion?"

"We are under the Magistrate’s employ as tax collectors! By brandishing a deadly weapon at us, you are at odds with the Imperial Court of the Great Yan Dynasty!"

When he realized that such warnings seemed futile,

a fierce glint flashed in his eyes, "If that’s the case, then don’t blame us brothers for not being chivalrous! Seize her! And take down all her accomplices too!"

"We’ve already revealed our identities, and these foreign country bumpkins still dare to be so haughty! They must be rebels! Capture them and present them to the Magistrate to claim our meritorious deed!"

Following these words, the expressions of the rangers immediately turned hostile.

Yun Jiuqing did indeed hold a "deadly weapon" in her hands.

But in their eyes,

Yun Jiuqing was just a frail foreigner, her fair skin like a sheltered maiden from a wealthy family, devoid of any sense of strength. What danger could there be from such a woman, even if she wielded a weapon?

They set down their money bags and headed toward Yun Jiuqing with their wooden sticks in hand.

"It’s over... it’s over..." A shop assistant from the inn couldn’t bear to watch any longer, "How can this frail guest possibly stand a chance against these stout men? Besides, she’s just a woman, facing all these robust men!"