Chapter 44 Deception

Qin Ruo ignored Qin Tiaotiao, she had other plans for the wolves in her space.

As for why she collected the wolves and then let the constable and villagers know that there were indeed wolves on Humpback Mountain, it was just a small deterrent for the villagers.

She had secrets, and before she had grown strong enough, she didn’t plan to leave Changhe Village. Humpback Mountain would become an important base for her in the future.

Once more people went to the back mountain, many things would be inconvenient to do.

Qin Ruo quietly apologized to the constable and those who were slightly injured.

When the constable went down the mountain, she had Zhou Dazhu send some homemade hemostatic medicine to the constable.

She had made it a few days ago, and it was good for wound healing. It was the responsibility of the yamen to protect the people from wolf attacks and to hunt wolves for the safety of the area.

She had calculated that the constable would bring people to Changhe Village in these days.

Although she didn’t go out much, she was aware of everything that happened in the village.

With Qin Laotai in the family, she went out for a walk two or three times a day, and she could quickly get news of any wind or movement.

When the constable and his men entered Changhe Village, Qin Ruo had already gone up the mountain and entered her space.

The sudden appearance of the pack of wolves, the feigned attack and retreat, everything that happened on the mountain was within her plan.

Qin Ruo didn’t consider herself a good person, but she wasn’t someone who treated human life like grass.

She couldn’t guarantee that everyone would be unharmed, all she could do was minimize the damage.

After coming to the Great Sheng Dynasty, Qin Ruo found that her skills from her previous life had not disappeared.

For example, her perception of animal distance, her keen hearing, and her ability to control animals.

Fighting the wild wolves was just a way to test her compatibility with this body.

When she first learned about the bounty for hunting wild wolves, she did have the idea of becoming a “bounty hunter.”

After all, in her previous life, she had made a living from this profession.

The only difference was that in her previous life, her targets were people from all over the world.

When she reached her later position, she took on missions based on her interests and preferences.

In the Great Sheng Dynasty, her target was simply the two taels of silver behind the bounty.

Qin Ruo had thought very openly at the time, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

But the events that had happened in recent days made Qin Ruo realize that it was not appropriate. Her previous way of doing things in the modern world was simply not suitable for the Great Sheng Dynasty.

In the past, if she didn’t want to stay in a place, she could just leave.

Now, not to mention bandits on the road, you needed a travel permit to go out. Without any real skills, you wouldn’t even be able to survive in Changhe Village.

A small village headman could rely on his power to bully the villagers and do evil, leaving ordinary people with no means of resistance.

If it hadn’t been for her skills, she would have been calculated to the point where there wouldn’t be a bone left.

Even in a small place like Changhe Village, there were many injustices. With her current identity, the officials and nobles she couldn’t reach for now would only be more cruel and dark.

At this stage, it was more suitable for her to use Changhe Village as a base and slowly build up her strength.

After Wang Laoer and his son were killed by wolves, the idea of hunting wolves and getting a bounty from the yamen had disappeared completely.

Money was just money, she would find another way.

But the wolves on Humpback Mountain, she wanted them.

They were a scourge to others, but to Qin Ruo, they were a weapon if used well.

Just like the snake swarm that attacked Wang Jiaojiao, it was something Qin Ruo and Zhou Dazhu had collected into her space when they went into the mountains.

Wang Jiaojiao could be considered the main culprit for the original owner’s death.

That debt would have to be settled sooner or later. At first, Qin Ruo hadn’t thought of ending Wang Jiaojiao’s life in this way.

She didn’t even want to be too high-profile, she just wanted to quietly deal with it, but Wang Jiaojiao’s repeated jumping around had made her lose her last bit of patience.

With her space and Qin Tiaotiao as her trump cards, no matter what vows Wang Jiaojiao made that day, Qin Ruo would eventually make them a reality.

It was a simple matter for her to release the snakes without anyone knowing and then control the snake swarm to injure her.

For Qin Tiaotiao, it was just a matter of moving her hands.

If there really were gods protecting her, the original owner should have been alive and well, how could she have had the chance to come here?

Including how Tian Shi was bitten by a poisonous insect and became blind overnight.

Just a little poison, and then let the poisonous insect crawl over following a scent that others can’t smell.

How can there be so many coincidences in this world? It’s all man-made.

“Master, you wouldn’t really want to stay in this ghost place, would you? What’s good about this place? You’ve already come here, you should go to the most prosperous place to shine…”

“Master, go to the capital. This place doesn’t suit your temperament…”

Qin Tiaotiao pleaded earnestly, trying to persuade Qin Ruo to leave Changhe Village, working hard like a motivational speaker selling inspirational books.

Qin Ruo laughed when she heard this. Qin Tiaotiao, such a stupid and talkative spirit, she didn’t know how his previous master could tolerate him.

Changhe Village is quite suitable for her at the moment.

The Great Sheng Dynasty, although the customs are considered open.

The traditional concept of men farming and women weaving doesn’t exist in Changhe Village.

For ordinary people, filling their stomachs is the top priority, and there are many women working in the fields.

Villagers have no way out except to carefully tend their crops and hope for a good harvest all year round.

Take the Qin family now, Qin Huaizheng is not here, Qin Zimu is young and useless, and Qin Zian is a hands-off manager.

Qin Laotai only knows how to farm, and she can barely make ends meet all year round.

That little bit of money can’t support the expenses of Qin Zian, the bookworm who is like a money-eating beast.

The original owner, who had hunting skills, became the person who supported the family.

In Changhe Village, apart from people like Wang Lizheng, there are only trivial daily conflicts over firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea.

Qin Ruo can tolerate this.

In fact, after so many things, who would be so foolish as to come looking for trouble?

The customs of the Great Sheng Dynasty are open, but women who actually go out and show their faces are still a minority.

The higher the class, the more so.

She urgently needs to establish her own confidence and backing.

“What are you in a hurry for? Just wait. The capital, of course I will go, it’s just a matter of time.”

“You don’t have to keep calling me master, you follow my surname Qin, and I gave you your name. Qin Tiaotiao, you have to call me elder sister, how many times do I have to tell you?”

Qin Ruo replied to Qin Tiaotiao with a touch of impatience.

Qin Ruo knows Qin Tiaotiao’s temperament too well. After coming to the Great Sheng Dynasty, he has been staying in the space all day long with nothing to do, he simply can’t stand it.

In just a few days, he has been clamoring for Qin Ruo to let him out, more than once.

Just now, she had just criticized Qin Tiaotiao for being stupid and talkative, but now her tone was tinged with a faint gentleness and indulgence.

Qin Tiaotiao is not just a spirit in Qin Ruo’s heart.

He is someone who has accompanied her through two different times, an important part of her life.

She won’t let him stay alone in the space forever.