Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune-Chapter 583 - , Consulting Master (4 more updates)

Her mind was full of thoughts, yet it was exceptionally calm and peaceful, quietly beautiful.

She didn’t look at all like someone holding others’ lives in the palm of her hand.

But Chen He didn’t dare to move.

He was extremely panicked at the thought of their stronghold in the deep mountains being discovered, where many kidnapped women were hidden—if found, their chances of survival were slim.

Abducting women and forcing them to become the wives of bandits—these are crimes the Governor’s Office would severely punish if discovered.

Chen He dared not move, and neither did his brothers; they didn’t know where they were hurt, unable to muster any strength, feeling utterly weak, daring to do nothing but breathe.

The exquisitely beautiful woman sitting in the chair, staring at the sky, seemed gentle, but the two guards were exceptionally ruthless, deliberately kicking at the most painful spots.

Despite the small size of the town, there were still quite a few passersby. People chattered at the doorway, surprised that the inn hadn’t opened at this hour, and the neighbors and workers at the door grew anxious.

At the Governor’s Office.

Since returning last night, the Town Chief hadn’t slept, waiting for news, sitting in the small hall all night.

His thoughts were a mess, filled with regret.

This was his only chance to curry favor with King Han and become one of King Han’s people, but he had missed it due to his fear of death.

“Did the master not sleep all night?” The Staff Officer slowly approached.

The Town Chief looked up at the Staff Officer, nodded slightly, motioned for him to sit, and ordered tea to be served.

After the maid served the tea, the Town Chief looked at the leaves in the teacup, not particularly fine tea, but definitely tender—just some tender buds picked from the very tip, which altogether weighed only a tael, quite precious for common folk.

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And yet this tael of tea had been brought before him.

“…”

The Town Chief took another sip before detailing last night’s events to the Staff Officer, sighing at the end, “Right now, I do feel some regret!”

The Staff Officer was silent for a while, “The master indeed handled the matter unsuitably!”

The Town Chief looked at the Staff Officer.

The Staff Officer, over fifty years old, was said to have served as a prefectural magistrate’s Staff Officer for several years, possessed skills and was highly regarded by the prefectural magistrate, but was envied and framed, leading to his dismissal.

Since then, no one dared to take him in.

With no other choice, he wandered from place to place with his wife and child. Those who had framed him still wouldn’t let go, employing people to secretly harass him until his savings were depleted before they finally ceased.

Through all the instability and pursuit, living in constant fear, his wife suddenly passed away, he fell gravely ill, and upon waking, he was saved by the Town Chief. To have a place to stay and for the sake of his children, he stayed in the town and became the Town Chief’s Staff Officer.