Lu Yu led Xiao Mi to the backyard, where Guo Fu Rong and Xiao Qing were still tied to the stone mill.
“It’s them! It’s them! Heaven has eyes! You’ve finally been caught!”
Xiao Mi exclaimed excitedly upon seeing the two women.
Guo Fu Rong also recognized Xiao Mi and said, “Aren’t you the fat beggar from eighteen miles away? What’s with this attitude? We even helped you beat up that incompetent doctor last time.”
“What incompetent doctor! That’s Xue the Divine Physician! If you hadn’t beaten him, my rheumatism would have been cured long ago!
You two wicked villains, you’ve finally gotten your comeuppance!”
Xiao Mi said angrily.
“What… ”
Guo Fu Rong felt like she had been struck by lightning, instantly stunned.
She could still convince herself that what Lu Yu and the others said was false.
But now, the person involved had spoken up, leaving them no room for disbelief.
“Guo Fu Rong, Miss Xiao Qing, now you finally know I wasn’t lying. Your so-called acts of chivalry, your quest to do justice for heaven, were all just causing trouble.
There are no Hero Couple, only Villain Couple in the Jianghu.”
Lu Yu said.
Guo Fu Rong was completely dumbfounded, while Xiao Qing lowered her head in shame.
She knew she shouldn’t have been fooling around with Guo Fu Rong, and now they had gotten into trouble.
“Could everything I’ve done all this time have been a joke?”
Guo Fu Rong mumbled.
“Yes. If you truly want to be heroes, you should learn from the Beggar Clan’s Old Clan Chief. With the Beggar Clan’s powerful intelligence network, conduct thorough investigations on your target, confirm their crimes before taking action.
Xiao Mi, you agree, right?”
“Right! The Old Clan Chief has killed countless villains. Every time he kills a villain, he always has our Beggar Clan brothers investigate thoroughly, just in case someone is wrongly accused.
We are the professionals when it comes to this kind of thing!”
Xiao Mi said with a sense of pride.
Guo Fu Rong was silent upon hearing this, while Xiao Qing asked, “Miss, what are you going to do?”
“I don’t know... I’m confused.”
Lu Yu glanced at the two of them before suddenly untying the ropes binding them.
“Xiao Lu, what are you doing?”
Xiao Mi asked in confusion.
Guo Fu Rong and Xiao Qing looked at Lu Yu in surprise.
“You are going to let us go?”
To Guo Fu Rong’s question, Lu Yu replied, “No. I think you’ve realized your mistakes, so I’ve decided to have a good talk with you.
Now that you’ve realized your mistakes, you need to find ways to make amends.
The Great Ming Law states that anyone who causes serious injuries should be subjected to flogging. But if you make compensation and get the victim's forgiveness, you can avoid punishment.
I think you know what you have to do.
Let’s start with Xiao Mi. Bai Da Ge, give them their bags.”
“Alright!”
Bai Zhan Tang, who had been watching from the sidelines, took their bags from the main hall upon hearing this.
Guo Fu Rong now understood Lu Yu’s intentions and immediately said, “Thank you.”
She took the bag and walked to Xiao Mi, saying, “I’m sorry for delaying your treatment. Here’s five taels of silver. I hope you can forgive me.”
Xiao Mi’s eyes lit up immediately.
Five taels of silver!
He wouldn’t be able to earn that much even begging for a whole year.
He had struck gold!
“Forgive! Of course, I forgive you! But you still have to go and apologize to Xue the Divine Physician. Xue the Divine Physician hasn’t opened his shop these past few days, not because his injuries are too severe, but because he’s afraid.
Go and apologize to him, clear his mind, and he’ll be able to open his shop and treat people again.”
Xiao Mi said.
“Okay, we’ll go now.”
Guo Fu Rong said, about to pull Xiao Qing along with her.
However, Lu Yu suddenly said, “Wait. You’re wearing those clothes, and before you even open your mouth, people will run away in fear. Change into some other clothes, and it will look more amicable.
Get rid of those Villain Couple outfits, lest someone recognizes you later and it causes trouble.”
“Right! You’re right! Xiao Qing, let’s change clothes together.”
“Okay.”
“Bai Da Ge, take them to the guest room to change.”
“No problem!”
Seeing Lu Yu resolve the Villain Couple’s matter in a few quick steps, Bai Zhan Tang was quite delighted.
He had been a little troubled about how to deal with the two women earlier.
Others might not have noticed, but he knew Guo Fu Rong was using the renowned Turbulent Waves Palm.
Therefore, he had guessed Guo Fu Rong’s identity last night.
But he couldn’t say it directly, nor did he want to make a big fuss about it.
If Guo the Giant Hero came to take care of Guo Fu Rong, he would definitely have to run away.
Now that the matter was resolved, he could continue to stay here with peace of mind.
Lu Yu watched the three of them leave, his eyes narrowing slightly.
His goal in doing this was obviously for the Villain Couple outfits.
He had to get Guo Fu Rong and Xiao Qing to discard their clothes so he could take them to fish.
“Xiao Mi, you’ll be responsible for taking them to apologize to everyone later. Both girls acted out of good intentions and didn’t mean any harm.”
“No problem. Not for your sake, but for the sake of those five taels of silver.”
Xiao Mi said with a grin.
It wasn’t long before Guo Fu Rong and Xiao Qing changed back into their daughters’ clothes.
“Give me the Villain Couple clothes, I’ll handle them. Xiao Mi is waiting for you at the door, he will take you to apologize to everyone.
I believe you have remorse, don’t think about running away halfway.
Otherwise, I’ll take these clothes to the Yamen to report you, and a wanted poster will spread throughout the Jianghu soon.”
“What do you think I am? I, Guo Fu Rong, am not someone who would refuse to admit my mistakes!”
Guo Fu Rong snorted and threw the bag containing the Villain Couple outfits to Lu Yu.
With the items in hand, Lu Yu smiled faintly.
As he watched Guo Fu Rong and the others leave, he felt very pleased with himself.
“Your eloquence is incredible, Xiao Lu. You settled things so easily.”
Bai Zhan Tang praised.
“It’s alright. It’s also because they were well-meaning but caused trouble, so I wanted to give them a chance. It’s the best outcome if things can be resolved.”
“Yeah.”
Bai Zhan Tang nodded in agreement.
“Now that everything is settled, I’m going to go fishing. I should still have time to deliver the fish.”
Lu Yu wanted to take the Villain Couple outfits to fish as soon as possible and had no intention of staying here for long.
“Alright. Be careful on the way.”
Bai Zhan Tang didn’t try to persuade him and watched Lu Yu leave.
Lu Yu walked quickly and soon returned home.
As soon as he got home, he immediately took the Villain Couple outfits and entered the Fishing Space.
“Although there are two pieces in this Villain Couple set, it’s only considered one item. And the combined aura of the two pieces is not as strong as the Jade Pendant of the Master Thief, so hopefully I can fish something good.”
Lu Yu muttered before hanging the Villain Couple outfits on the fishing hook, then cast the rod into the Martial Dao Cloud Sea.
Fishing began.
Time passed minute by minute, and Lu Yu’s brow furrowed as time went on.
“Almost half an hour, why is there no movement? Could it be a miss? It took so much effort to get the Villain Couple outfits, if I miss, it’ll be a huge loss.”
Each aura item could only be fished for half an hour, and if no fish took the bait within half an hour, the aura item transformed into martial dao bait would dissipate, and the fishing would end in failure.
Just as Lu Yu thought he would miss, the fishing line finally moved.
Lu Yu was delighted and quickly pulled on the fishing rod.
With this pull, Lu Yu could clearly feel that this fish was far less impressive than the one he caught before.
But something is better than nothing.
After a series of maneuvers, Lu Yu pulled hard, and a white fish flew out from the Martial Dao Cloud Sea, merging into his body.
Lu Yu’s mind immediately gained a palm technique secret manual.
玄階下品, 五羅輕煙掌 - Profound Rank Lower Grade, Five Spirits Light Smoke Palm!