I have traveled through time, who am I afraid of?

Chapter 1158 Am I happy? Am I looking forward to it?

The leading officer looked to his left, right, and behind him, trying to gauge how many men he had left if he ordered the arrests.

It would have been better if I hadn't looked; once I did, my heart sank completely.

When I brought them out, there were nearly a hundred men, but now...

The number of people has not decreased, but...

There were more than a dozen people lying on the ground, including three with broken heads and unconscious.

There were also more than a dozen people sitting on the ground, grimacing.

The rest of them stood around him and behind him, pulling their horses, but they were all covered in dirt, their faces bruised and swollen, and they didn't look very energetic.

Oh, not everyone was holding the reins... In that chaos just now, a few horses got startled and broke free of their reins and ran away. Who knows if they'll ever be found!

Now look at the couple across from us...

Dressed in brocade robes and embroidered skirts, looking splendid, he stood arrogantly in the middle of the official road, leisurely watching them...

Judging from the way they looked at them, it was less like they were looking at them and more like they were enjoying the sorry state of their pursuers!

The leading officer closed his eyes tightly and took a deep breath.

As the saying goes, you may lose the game, but you can never lose your spirit!

Besides, there are only two of them, while on our side... well... although we have many wounded and disabled soldiers, we still have dozens of whole men, so the advantage is still on our side.

There's a saying: "Two fists can't beat four hands, and even a tiger fears a pack of wolves!"

There are dozens of people on our side. Against those two, let alone engaging in a fight, even if each of our dozens of people rushed up and stabbed them with a finger, we could probably poke holes all over them!

Thinking of this, the leading officer seemed to regain some courage.

But it's not enough for me to have some courage; I also need to make sure that all the brothers I've brought have the same courage and confidence!

The leading officer took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and suddenly spoke up, saying loudly, "Brothers, we are here on the orders of the prefect to arrest two bandits who are causing trouble, disturbing public order, and creating chaos in our Dongchang Prefecture!"

Before we came, the prefect said that if we saw these two people, we should arrest them if we could, and kill them if we couldn't!

In short, as long as these two people are dealt with, their lives don't matter!

They only have two people, while we... we have dozens of people, giving us an absolute advantage!

Brothers, don't be afraid. At my command, we'll all charge together!

"Pfft!"

Suddenly, a very untimely sneer rang out.

The leading officer finally mustered his courage, intending to deliver a passionate speech and then lead his men to take down the two men in one fell swoop.

He had barely finished his impassioned speech when he heard the pretty woman opposite him burst out laughing.

The leading officer and his men were frozen in place by the sneer.

"Little girl, what...what are you laughing at?"

"You're all about to die, and you can still laugh?"

The leading officer, though blustering, roared at Leng Rongyue.

"Is death imminent?"

Who is facing death...us or you...you will soon find out!

Besides, why can't I laugh?

"Aren't you...and the way you all look ridiculous?"

Leng Rongyue glanced at the group in front of her, her tone full of mockery and disdain.

"In the current situation, you are government officials, or as you would say... you are hunting down criminals."

As officials chasing criminals, shouldn't you be the most righteous, fearless, and upright?

Shouldn't you have immediately and righteously taken action to arrest me after I clearly admitted that we were the people you accused of "causing trouble" at the West Gate?

But look at you all…

Leng Rongyue raised her finger dismissively and pointed to the opposite side...

"How come it's you government officials who should be upright, fearless, and righteous, but instead you look so guilty, timid, and panicked!"

Compared to us, you are more like wicked criminals with guilty consciences!

And you even said 'Brothers, don't be afraid'... You're scared before you've even started?

When you usually bully the poor, sick, and weak... you shouldn't be acting like this now, right?

Your faces would be much more ferocious then, wouldn't they?

Didn't you just say 'You have more people, we have fewer people'?

Yes, you're right—you have a group of people, while we only have two.

However, when we were dealing with those vicious officials and yamen runners at the West Gate, there were seven of them and only two of us, but so what?

Even though they outnumbered us, in the end, the two of us still managed to take down all seven of them!

As for you, you'll be able to meet all seven of them very soon!

"Hearing me say this...aren't you happy? Aren't you looking forward to it?"