The County Magistrate opened his eyes with a distressed expression, "Xiao Tian, why don't you go home and accompany your wife on such a late night? Why do you keep knocking on my door?"
"..." The steward, disdained by his master, choked for a while before he restrained his speechlessness and said, "My lord, the young warriors have returned."
"?" The County Magistrate was stunned for a moment, "They've come back so early today?"
"They brought quite a few people with them, probably worried about any mishaps if they were late."
"???" Upon hearing this, the County Magistrate's sleepiness disappeared in an instant.
The County Magistrate dashed out of the back courtyard with all haste.
He had thought "quite a few people" might mean the young warriors brought back a lot of corpses, or perhaps many heads.
However, it never crossed his mind that what the young warriors brought back were indeed living people.
These more than twenty burly men immediately filled his public hall.