Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1281: Chapter 1283: Encounter with the Sangta Beast Team_1

”How many benefits did she give you that you would falsely accuse me like this? Is your conscience eaten by dogs? Aren’t you afraid of retribution sooner or later?” Jin Jing loudly asked Muzi.

Now that the spearhead was pointed at Bai Ruozhu, she wanted to ignore it, but couldn’t.

”I would like to ask Miss Jin the same question, aren’t you afraid of retribution sooner or later? Man does the deeds, but heaven watches, it’s not that retribution does not come, but the time hasn’t arrived yet.” Bai Ruozhu said with a faint smile.

”You...” Jin Jing’s eyes widened in anger, spoiling the seductive charm originally on her face, but magnifying the coarseness of her skin and the largeness of her nostrils, bringing down her appearance by two levels.

However, she quickly switched to a look of disdain and said, ”My mother is Lady Diao Mo who serves the Holy Maiden, what standing am I, to need to harm a lowly commoner like you?”

When the officer heard the words ’Holy Maiden,’ his originally impatient demeanor immediately became serious. At that moment, he said, ”Alright, since this lady claims she has been robbed and the young fella says he wants to accuse the lady, then you all follow me to the Government Office, and let the senior officer decide.”

Jin Jing raised her chin, ”Fine, let’s go then.”

The young fella was shaking even more, seemingly not only afraid of ghosts but also afraid of the Government Office.

Then the officer also looked at Bai Ruozhu and said, ”Madam, please also come with me. Both of them have mentioned you.”

Jiang Yichun’s expression turned cold, ”We have nothing to do with the murder case, and were unaware that someone intended to harm my wife. What help would it be for us to go there?”

Caught off guard by Jiang Yichun’s questions, the officer was stunned for a moment, then said, ”Even if that’s the case, if someone really intended to harm your honored wife, it would be good to let the senior officer seek justice for you.”

Jiang Yichun did not want to go at all. He glared at Jin Jing fiercely; it was this woman’s fault for adding such trouble.

”Then let’s go take a look. After all, we must continue our journey forward,” Bai Ruozhu said, tugging at his sleeve.

Now that things had come to this, Jiang Yichun said with a cold face to his subordinates, ”Prepare to set out.”

The group left with the officer, and Jin Wanliang’s Merchant Team followed. However, Jin Wanliang’s eyes showed no worry, as if he was not at all concerned that his daughter might be punished.

Bai Ruozhu, riding on her horse, observed everything. She whispered to Jiang Yichun, ”Just you watch, Jin Jing will most likely get away with it.”

Jiang Yichun had a steely expression, ”Those two, father and daughter, are not doing this for the first time. They’ll have to be dealt with sooner or later.”

Soon the sun became intensely hot. Bai Ruozhu took out her homemade sunscreen and began applying it, having almost forgotten it in the commotion of the morning—it would not be good to get sunburned.

Jin Jing squinted her eyes. Soon, she instructed a servant a few words, and then the servant rode up to Bai Ruozhu and said with a lift of the chin, ”My mistress has taken a fancy to your ointment. Name your price.”

Without turning her head, Bai Ruozhu said, ”My ointment is not for sale. I’m not in the habit of passing on things I’ve used to others.”

Jin Jing’s face changed drastically upon hearing this, and she raised her whip to strike Bai Ruozhu, but was caught by Head Lin, who whispered, ”Miss, there are officers here. Hold yourself back.”

Jin Jing shook off Head Lin discontentedly, and Head Lin, not very pleased himself, rode aside. He was getting on in years and still had to cater to a young girl’s moods—how could he be happy? Besides, Jin Jing had caused no small amount of trouble along the way, and Head Lin was very curious as to how she had managed to survive up to now.

”Will you sell it for one hundred taels of silver?” the servant asked with some annoyance.

Bai Ruozhu burst into laughter, ”I won’t sell it even for a thousand taels of silver, who do you think you are to act arrogantly with me? Get lost!”

Although her words seemed to scold the servant, they were actually a slap in the face to Jin Jing. Jin Wanliang couldn’t save his face, so he put on a fake cordial expression and said, ”Business isn’t always successful, but friendship remains. Mrs. Bai, please don’t be angry.”

Now it seemed that Bai Ruozhu was being petty. However, Bai Ruozhu didn’t care and she retorted to Jin Wanliang, ”Next time you want to talk business, you can discuss it with my husband. I’m merely a woman of the household who doesn’t understand business affairs. Just make sure not to send a servant to shout and cause a scene, otherwise people might think the household of Boss Jin lacks manners.”

The smile on Jin Wanliang’s face became strained; he suppressed his anger and said, ”Well said, well said.”

Jiang Yichun looked at Bai Ruozhu with a hint of a smile on his lips. His wife managed to handle them with just a few words, stirring up trouble like this was simply asking for trouble.

The leading officer was as if he hadn’t seen any of these conflicts, continuing to ride his horse at the front without meddling in others’ affairs.

Just then, a rumble of hooves came from behind. It sounded like more than one person, apparently a group of horsemen. Everyone turned to look and their expressions changed involuntarily.

Those were not the sounds of horse hooves but rather the sounds of beast hooves; Sangta, leading the group, rode on the back of a ferocious white tiger, followed by several men riding leopards. Fortunately, there weren’t as many beasts as the last time they had seen, only about a third, but the scene was intimidating enough.

As Sangta and his men approached, everyone was on high alert, even the officer called the officers to form a defensive stance.

”Prince Sangta, this is the territory of Red Cotton City. What do you intend to do? The Barbarian Clan and the Western Regions have an agreement,” the officer said anxiously.

Sangta slowed down and stopped not far from the group, ”I am here at the invitation of your king to be a guest. This is hardly the way to treat a guest, is it?”

”What?” the officer exclaimed in surprise, but realizing that Sangta had no intention to kill, he sighed with great relief.

Sangta glanced at him with contempt, leading his horsemen past the group. They were fast and had no intention of following behind the officer’s team.

Yet his gaze lingered on the merchandise of the two merchant teams. The greed in those brown pupils sent shivers down Jin Wanliang’s spine.

”Hey, how are you still alive?” the skinny man riding a leopard behind Sangta suddenly stared at Jin Wanliang and asked, ”No one survives after being poisoned by my Xiaohua.”

A cold light flashed in Sangta’s eyes, and he suddenly dashed over and grabbed Jin Wanliang by the neck, ”Tell me, how did you survive?”

As soon as Sangta approached him, the white tiger pressed up very close. If it hadn’t been for Sangta holding his neck, Jin Wanliang’s horse would surely have bolted in fright.

Even so, the stench from the tiger’s breath nearly made him pass out. Suddenly, the white tiger roared, and Jin Wanliang screamed in terror and wet himself...

Sangta burst into laughter, ”People from Zhongyuan really are cowards, not even as good as those hypocritical worshippers from the Western Regions.”

The officer felt that Sangta had insulted his faith and became somewhat angry, but seeing Sangta’s white tiger, he had no choice but to lower his head submissively.

Jin Wanliang’s legs trembled more and more violently. The breeze blowing against his urine-soaked trousers felt chillingly cold, causing him great embarrassment.

”Speak quickly, don’t test my patience!” Sangta urged again.

Terrified, Jin Wanliang pointed at Bai Ruozhu and said, ”She saved me.”