USWHC -Chapter 407 If You Don’t Seek Death, You Won’t Die (Part 7)

Doctor Sun just kept shaking his head, saying, “It’s fine as long as we treat him. Those constables are insane! I couldn’t even bear to watch—they were enjoying it, cheering even, saying they’d come back tomorrow. Can you imagine? Who tortures someone like that?”

“Come back tomorrow?” Zhu Jie froze, then shouted as if she’d gone mad, “Who—who did this? I’ll kill them!”

Seeing her like this, Doctor Sun couldn’t help but click his tongue and say, “It’s that constable named Hao again. Looks like he took all his anger out on Ji Yi!”

Constable Hao… could he be taking personal revenge? Zhu Jie’s eyes flamed red. “No! I have to save him! I have to get him out!”

She immediately dashed toward the prison. Was she really trying to storm the jail? Luckily, Doctor Sun grabbed her just in time, urging over and over, “Stop! You can’t just barge into a prison! Even with great martial skills, you can’t rescue him alone!”

“Uncle Ge… Uncle Ge, can you?” Zhu Jie quickly looked back for him. Uncle Ge had followed along silently and was now standing expressionless behind her—probably as shocked as anyone by Ji Yi’s state!

“Uncle Ge, your martial arts are strong, please go save him!” Zhu Jie pleaded anxiously.

But Uncle Ge just shook his head repeatedly. “Martial arts won’t help here. This is a government office. Even if your skills are top-notch, your two fists can’t beat four hands. And if you anger the officials, they’ll treat us like bandits and come down hard on us!”

“Martial arts won’t help?” Zhu Jie stammered. Then she suddenly ran to Manager Liao and said desperately, “Please, Manager Liao, you have to think of a way! If you can get Ji Yi out, you can have the full patent for the soap—we don’t need the money. Please, I beg you, have mercy!”

Manager Liao sighed deeply. “I already sent someone to ask. Right now they’re after revenge. Money is useless. You can’t get in at all.”

“Even a lot of money won’t work?” Zhu Jie was dumbstruck, tears streaming freely, showing no sign of stopping.

But Manager Liao shook his head. “They don’t want a single coin—they just want to vent their anger!”

Could this really be karmic retribution for too many misdeeds? Zhu Jie staggered, almost fainting.

Who could she turn to? Should she just let Ji Yi be beaten to death? Zhu Jie didn’t even dare to imagine that possibility. The mere thought of Ji Yi covered in blood made her chest ache sharply, as if the whole world had gone gray.

She didn’t want to lose him! At that moment, she suddenly realized what mattered most to her in the world—not freedom, not endless wealth—but his presence. She even felt that as long as he could survive, she could endure anything.

At that moment, she overheard people around her discussing, “Now, I guess only Magistrate Xu can control that mad dog, Constable Hao!”

“Magistrate Xu? But he’s just as shameless—he’d probably just let Hao do it. How could he stop him?”

“Maybe we could bribe Magistrate Xu?”

“No use. If money worked, I’d have tried it already!”

“Ah, if only we knew someone who could control Magistrate Xu!”

“Who, a concubine in the palace? Or some high official in Beijing? Magistrate Xu’s the top authority in this area!”

“Exactly! Even if we find someone now, it won’t solve anything quickly. By the time they arrive, Ji Yi might already be dead!”

Magistrate Xu? He could save Ji Yi! Zhu Jie’s eyes lit up. She couldn’t wait any longer—she had to save him!

At that moment, in the distance, she saw the magistrate’s procession approaching with drums and gongs. Zhu Jie, almost possessed, charged straight at them, her eyes fixed on the little sedan chair above all else.

“Bold madwoman! Why are you blocking the sedan?” a loud voice shouted, and the sedan wobbled, coming to a stop.

“Sir, please release Ji Yi! He hasn’t committed any wrongdoing!” Zhu Jie shouted, spreading her arms to block the sedan.

At this moment, Old Madam Ji and Ji Mei, who had come along, looked on in surprise. “Ah, isn’t this the second daughter-in-law? Why is she here? She really has a loyal heart!”