"Help!"
The salt shop owner gave the commoners no other chance, immediately calling for help.
His idea was very simple: suppress these people before the situation escalated.
Undoubtedly, such a thought was very beneficial to him.
As long as he made a move, suppressing these commoners would be a simple matter.
After all, these commoners were just a group of powerless individuals, and dealing with them was the easiest.
Therefore, the salt shop owner believed that as long as he called out his thugs, he could definitely suppress these commoners.
And as he shouted, his thugs indeed appeared.
There were quite a few of them, no less than dozens.
These dozens of men were all stout and imposing, with fierce expressions.
At the same time, they were carrying weapons.
Their appearance indeed put a lot of pressure on everyone.
However, these commoners were not alone this time; soldiers had come with them.
Those soldiers were behind them, not having revealed themselves until now.
Therefore, even though the commoners were afraid after the thugs appeared, they did not leave.
As they didn't leave, the thugs' gazes became even more ferocious.
They stared intently at the commoners, ready to attack at any moment.
At the same time, they asked their owner:
"Master, do you want us to drive all these people away?"
"Good, good! Drive all these people away. These people are here to cause trouble, all of them, drive them out!"
"Heh heh! Alright, I'll make them crawl away!"
Driving away commoners was something these thugs did often, and they were very experienced.
Therefore, with fierce expressions, they walked step by step towards the commoners.
At the same time, they took out their weapons.
They constantly clanged their weapons, threatening the commoners.
Looking at the commoners, they said:
"Tell us, how do you want to die?"
"No matter how you die, I can grant your wish!"
"Even after you die, we can take care of your families!"
From their sinister smiles, it was evident that their methods of dealing with people were far from simple.
They might even beat these commoners to death and then bully their families.
Such wicked deeds were abhorrent to everyone.
However, this group of thugs seemed accustomed to it.
As they approached, they gradually surrounded the crowd, intending to suppress all the commoners there.
The salt shop owner and his employees, instead of being afraid, showed smiles.
Clearly, they were accustomed to this kind of situation.
In fact, they were even looking forward to the thugs suppressing the commoners.
It was at this moment that a resonant voice rang out.
"How dare you lay hands on the people of our Great Qin! You seek death!"
In an instant, a large number of soldiers appeared.
As soon as these soldiers appeared, they instantly surrounded the thugs.
Each of them held a sharp sword, their eyes filled with murderous intent.
A glance at them revealed that these were true warriors who had seen battle.
One wrong move, and they might very well draw their swords and kill.
The appearance of such men immediately put immense pressure on the thugs.
Although they were a group of ruffians, they were, at best, ordinary ruffians.
Compared to a real army, they were just commoners.
They were wicked, but the soldiers were even more so.
They might bully people, but the soldiers dared to kill.
Just as this moment, as soldiers surrounded these thugs, some among the thugs were still moving.
The next instant, a sword pierced directly into the chest of the thug who was still moving.
"Swoosh!"
This sword struck the thug's vital spot, and a large amount of blood instantly flowed from his chest.
Then, with a thud, he fell to the ground.
This sudden turn of events caught many by surprise.
And it completely subdued the thugs.
They couldn't help but retreat several steps, no one daring to provoke these soldiers anymore.
At the same time, many of them began to speak with trembling voices.
"We, we didn't provoke you! Why are you killing us?!"
"That's right, we didn't mean to provoke you. We were just acting on our master's orders. Please don't kill us!"
"I don't want to die! I really don't want to die! Please, please spare me!"
"Master, master, save us! Master, save us!"
Faced with the soldiers, the thugs' defenses instantly crumbled.
Every single one of them began to beg for mercy and help frantically.
And their master's expression instantly changed.
Although he had felt something was wrong before, he hadn't expected the army to appear.
The army's appearance meant that what they had done was likely completely exposed.
It also likely meant that the army was about to take action against them.
In that instant, the salt shop owner had a strong premonition.
He wanted to escape from this place, which was extremely dangerous for him.
However, seeing the sharp gazes of the soldiers, he finally suppressed the urge.
He knew that if he did, the soldiers would likely kill him without hesitation.
Therefore, he trembled and awaited judgment.
He didn't have to wait long before soldiers appeared before him and directly asked him:
"You were the one who had people falsely accuse His Highness the Crown Prince of selling poisonous salt, weren't you?"
"Falsely accuse His Highness the Crown Prince of selling poisonous salt? I didn't! How could I do such a thing?"
"Heh heh! There's no need to deny it. We are here because we have thoroughly investigated this matter!"
"We are not here to reason with you, but to arrest all of you!"
"Guards!"
After the general uttered the word "Guards!", the soldiers straightened their backs, ready for orders.
Under everyone's gaze, the general directly issued his command.
"Arrest all of them!"
"Furthermore, the salt shop owner and his entire clan will be exterminated! All salt shop employees will be executed!."
"As for the thugs, all of them will be taken out and beheaded!"
"Yes!"
Upon hearing these orders, the soldiers immediately sprang into action.
Amidst the cries of the salt shop personnel, they arrested everyone from the salt shop.
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