"Now that there's no one around, go."
Ji Yanxiu had drunk too much and felt nauseous. As he steadied himself against a wall and dry-heaved a couple of times, he suddenly sensed someone approaching him rapidly from behind. Before he could react, a burlap sack was thrown over his head. His hands were yanked behind his back and bound tight with hemp rope.
"Who’s there! What do you want?" he stammered in a panic, only to be kicked to the ground the next second.
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