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The news that the army stationed outside the city was besieged by bandits quickly spread throughout Black Goose City.
Except for the head constable Xu Weisan, the eighteen constables sent by the government office
had all been slaughtered by the bandits with indiscriminate slashes and thrown into the Black Rock River to the west of the city, from where the bodies were subsequently discovered and pulled out one by one by fishermen.
In an instant, the originally calm Black Goose City was once again thrown into turmoil!
Compared with the previous rumors, this time the bandits' broadswords were almost literally hanging over the gates of Black Goose City.
They were hanging over the necks of the citizens inside the city!
Suddenly, everyone in the city felt threatened.
Some wealthier families with a bit of savings began to spend a great deal of silver coin hiring martial artists to guard them, thinking of leaving Black Goose City to seek refuge elsewhere.
