Seeing these people would not be easily deceived, Ma Pingfeng shivered for a moment in silence, then quickly shouted, "Gentlemen, I am just a poor scholar with no money or power. I have no family or friends. I am here alone; surely, you must have caught the wrong person!"
Continuing to cry out, he said, "Gentlemen, I know some rich people. The Joy Inn in the Su State Sub-prefecture has wealthy patrons, and even the Hangzhou Prefecture Magistrate's legitimate son is staying there! He has money! There are also..."
Ma Pingfeng anxiously divulged all the rich people he knew, thinking that if these people learned he was poor and had no money, they might spare him.
He had engaged in robbery before and knew what these people were thinking - they only wanted money and seldom cared about human lives beyond that.
"Who would believe you?" Ye Luo stood in front of Ma Pingfeng, continuing menacingly, "You were kidnapped from the Peony Room in a brothel - how could you be poor?"
