The carriage stopped at an inn. After they got out, they saw the townspeople outside rushing about, spreading the news. The rumor was that the River Demon was dead, and the villagers from Liu Family Village were already on their way to Wuhe County with four corpses to present to the County Magistrate.
"This has caused quite a stir," Gu Zhao remarked.
"By now, nearly a thousand people must have died in Wuhe County, and everyone was terrified. Now that the River Demon is dead, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief," Zhuo Qingyan said. "I remember my father feeling this same way when he heard the River Demon situation in Wuhe County had been resolved back then."
Taoist Yan Song added, "Back then, a single 'great beast' in Yanggu County was enough to throw the entire populace into a panic, to say nothing of the situation here."
