Chapter 102 She's a demoness!

Chapter 102 She's a demoness!

"Shut up! You dare to spout nonsense even when you're about to die!"

Upon seeing this, the black-armored guard escorting the spy's deputy shouted and raised his foot to kick him in the mouth, trying to shut up the filthy mouth.

However, that deputy was also a ruthless person.

He suddenly turned his head and managed to avoid the kick. Even though his cheek scraped against the ground and was bloodied and mangled, he held his head high and stared intently at Tang Li in the center of the crowd with his bloodshot eyes.

His voice was shrill and piercing, carrying the madness of someone who had discovered a shocking secret, and it exploded in the silence of the Bridge of Immortality:

"I'm not lying! Are you all blind?!"

"There was no divine retribution! And no luck whatsoever!"

The deputy struggled desperately, his bloodied fingers pointing directly at Tang Li and the rats that hadn't yet dispersed at her feet:

"It was her! She's the one who orchestrated everything!"

“I saw it all clearly from the rooftop! Those rats seemed to understand human speech, specifically gnawing at our bowstrings! And that lone wolf, he was disguised so well, why were birds specifically pooping on his head?!”

These words were like nails, precisely driven into the hearts of everyone present.

The people, who were still basking in the joy of surviving the disaster, changed their expressions upon hearing these words.

Seeing the crowd waver, the spy's deputy laughed even more wildly, his voice like the wailing of an owl:

"What bird would specifically target a person to poop on? What rat would swarm to gnaw on a fuse?"

"And now! Look! Those beasts are all circling around her! They're all kowtowing to her!"

"She's a witch! She's a rat demon who brings disaster! She can control these filthy beasts to kill!"

"Today she can command rats to bite us, tomorrow she can command these beasts to devour all the grain in your city! To devour your children!"

boom--!

This extremely malicious incitement instantly ignited the lurking fear within the crowd.

In this era, people revered ghosts and gods, but feared demons even more.

The term "rat demon" carries an inherent sense of filth and bad luck, enough to send chills down one's spine.

The cheers of the people who were shouting "Long live the Princess" suddenly disappeared as if they had been cut off.

Instead, there was a suffocating silence.

Then came whispers that spread like a plague.

"Well... what he said seems to make some sense..."

"Yeah, that spy was covered in bird droppings, it was really weird."

"Look, look! That big rat at the princess's feet is bowing to her! Its eyes are all green, it's terrifying!"

"My God, could it be that the Regent's wife is really... possessed by some evil spirit?"

Fear is contagious.

People instinctively stepped back, and their gazes toward Tang Li gradually shifted from admiration and gratitude to suspicion, fear, and even... disgust.

Even though she had just saved the entire city.

But in the face of fear of those "not of our kind," kindness becomes as thin as a cicada's wing.

Tang Li stood there, her blood seemingly freezing in that instant.

She looked at the unfamiliar gazes around her, her face ashen.

[Squeak? Big Sister, what's wrong? Why is everyone so quiet?]

The lucky charm at her feet was still unaware of what had happened, and stood up foolishly, trying to rub against Tang Li's skirt to ask for a reward.

"Don't move! Go back!"

Tangli cried out anxiously in her heart.

But it was too late.

Zhao Cai's affectionate gesture became irrefutable proof in the eyes of the people that she was a "rat demon".

"Look! The mouse really does listen to her!"

"A witch! She really is a witch!"

Burn her! We can't let this monster into the city!

Someone shouted something, and a commotion began to break out in the crowd.

Some people even picked up stones from the ground, intending to throw them at this "outcast".

Tang Li's hands and feet were ice cold, and her fingertips were trembling.

She had calculated everything, from gunpowder to assassination, but she had overlooked the human heart.

In this era of feudal superstition, what does it mean to be branded as a "demon"?

This means they would be tied to a pillar and burned alive in order to "exorcise evil spirits."

She saved them.

They wanted to burn her alive.

"I'm not..."

Tang Li opened her mouth, wanting to explain, but found her throat too dry to make a sound.

What do you mean by "explain"?

Is this supposed to be scientific animal language?

Or should we explain that these animals are just gluttonous?

Nobody will believe that.

Amidst countless malicious gazes, Tang Li felt as if she had been stripped naked and thrown into the snow, isolated and helpless, her body chilled to the bone.

She instinctively wanted to back away, to find someone to lean on.

Just then.

A cold, powerful hand reached through the gaps in the crowd and grabbed her wrist.

Immediately afterwards, that familiar embrace, carrying a faint scent of blood and the cool fragrance of pine, came from behind and hugged her.

"Who dares to touch her?"