The commotion naturally alerted the workers not far away. They wanted to see what was happening, but with their hands and feet bound, they could not move at all.
"Did you hear that? Sounds like a fight?"
"Are they having an internal conflict?"
"Doesn't sound like it to me. Sounds like a brawl!"
"Could someone be causing trouble?"
"Does that mean we might be saved?"
One person immediately poured cold water on the idea: "Who even knows about the shady dealings here? And who would dare openly oppose the magistrate's office?"
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