Qin Yao said coldly: "Bring something in exchange."
Lin Erbao immediately knelt down and kowtowed to her twice, "Thank you, madam, for not killing me!"
Qin Yao picked up the sack with the golden toad and walked straight towards his carriage, saying calmly:
“Burned the tea shed.”
Lin Erbao didn't dare to say anything, and immediately spread the flammable wood in the shed beside the stove, and used the thugs' sticks to tear down the shed.
She didn't say to burn the thugs as well, so he took it upon himself to drag the ten already unconscious thugs to the grass outside the tea shed and cover them with withered grass.
Lighting a fire, the tea tent made of thatch and wood burst into flames at the first touch. In less than half a quarter of an hour, flames shot into the sky, thick smoke billowed, and all traces were turned into ashes in the burning flames.
Qin Yao was already sitting in the carriage. Lin Erbao suppressed his fear, patted his clothes and tidied up his appearance, got on the carriage, and drove the carriage slowly toward the county town.
It gets dark early in winter, and the sky darkens at some point. The gate of Kaiyang County, which is wide open in the dark, looks to Lin Erbao like the **** mouth of a ferocious beast.
And he had no choice. He knew that the mouth was not allowed to enter, but he had to enter.
The sky breaks.
The watchman finished the last watch of the night, yawned, finished his work and walked home.
As I walked to the door of the **** shop, my steps suddenly stopped.
He slowly raised his head, raised the lantern in his hand to shine it, and his sleepy eyes widened instantly.
A faceless, right-hand human figure was hung on a high pole used to hold up cloth flags in the **** shop.
“Ghost!!”
The watchman's shrill frightened voice spread throughout Kaiyang County, waking up the people in the city.
Golden Toad, one of the Three Evils in Kaiyang County, had half of his face chopped off, one of his hands was cut off, and he was hung in public at the door of his **** shop.
No one knows who did it, but except for Golden Toad and his family, the people in the city are secretly excited that retribution has finally come.
I have seen people who are in a bad mood, but this is the first time I have seen someone who is really in a bad mood.
The government officials worked hard for a long time before putting the golden toad down on the pole. Everyone thought he was dead, but unexpectedly the man lying on the ground suddenly opened his eyes, as if he didn't feel any pain. He asked soberly:
“What happened? Where is this?”
The official who was going to cover him with a shroud was frightened to death, and the people around him took a breath.
Golden Toad now felt that something was wrong. Why did everyone look at him with such expressions as if he had seen a ghost?
Under the guidance of the official, the golden toad lowered his head and screamed in horror: "Ahhhh - my hand, my hand!"
I touched my face again with my remaining left hand and found a soft and wet patch. I opened my palm in front of my eyes and saw that it was full of blood. I was so frightened that I fainted.
The warden, who arrived belatedly, bent down and took a look, and realized that the golden toad's abnormal appearance was caused by a large amount of anesthetic.
If it were an ordinary person, the pain would have passed long ago.
The people watching watched the officials and the Jin family carrying the golden toad away, with regret in their eyes. How could he not die?
Why didn't the hero behind the scenes who was doing harm to the people just kill this heinous golden toad?
But the evildoers who have been domineering for so long have finally received their comeuppance, and everyone still feels relieved.
The Jin family was not relieved and filled with anger. They filed a complaint in front of the court, requesting the county magistrate to order the arrest of the murderers, Liu and his wife.
County Magistrate Song Zhang was speechless and asked patiently: "Where's the evidence? Where's the witness? I can't arrest an honest scholar with a good reputation for no reason." What the Jin family wanted to say, but what they said was aggrieved. Can't tell.
Where did the witnesses come from?
The ten thugs are still lying unconscious in their respective homes.
The only Mafulin Erbao who came back had already left Kaiyang County with his family overnight.
The scene of the incident was burned to ashes, so where is the evidence?
What annoys the Jin family the most is that everyone in the city knows that scholar Liu Jina was kicked out of the city after making a big fuss, and it is impossible for him, a scholar, to seriously injure ten professional thugs like this.
To say that it was his wife who did it, no one saw her even for a moment.
But the murderer is this woman. Of course the Jin family believes what Jin Toad says.
The eldest son of Jin Dynasty replied angrily: "Sir, even if we don't have any witness evidence, but such a bad thing happened in the city, how can you, as a county official, just let it go because you don't have any witness evidence?"
The second son of the Jin family followed closely and pressed: "We will file a lawsuit today. The petition has been submitted and the case has been established. No matter what, we should let the police catch the Lius and his wife in the lobby and confront them in front of them!"
Having said this, the two brothers looked at Yu Baotou standing outside the hall.
Yu Captou was a little tired, but he still went in to report back: "Sir, what the second young master said is indeed in line with the procedures. Can you order your subordinates to go to Liujiacun and bring the defendant Liu and his wife to the county government now?"
As he asked, Yu Baotou looked sideways at the county magistrate sitting on the right side of the lobby.
In such cases of wounding, the county magistrate is responsible for arresting the culprits. If he wants to do so, the county magistrate can only give the order.
If it were normal, in this oppressive atmosphere, Song County Magistrate would have already ordered the arrest and a thorough investigation.
However, when have the yamen departments, which are usually passive and slow in their work, ever acted so proactively?
The previous serious problem of horse bandits had been delayed for a long time, and no one had posted the reward list for half a year. Song County Magistrate knew that Kaiyang County seemed peaceful, but in fact, black and white had been mixed together for a long time, and it was impossible to distinguish between you and me. .
But fortunately, there are always unexpected things or people appearing in the world. Mrs. Qin opened the closed gate a crack, and from then on, the two muddy waters that were mixed together became somewhat black and white. .
The color gradually became clearer, and he could finally relax as a county magistrate.
But today the Jin brothers came to court, making him feel that the brief period of clarity before was just an illusion.
As soon as he leaves, they can do whatever they want and endure it for a while. There is only more than a year left.
Not all people who have worked hard to gain fame only want to use their official positions to make money for themselves. There are always people who have lofty ambitions that are ridiculed.
And Song Zhang is the latter.
He is still young, just past his thirties, and is already a mature father in a commoner's home. If the child is born earlier, he may already be a grandfather.
But in the officialdom, he is still a junior. Such a person always has some naive ideals when he first enters the court.
And he was lucky. Every time he was about to be submerged in this pool of muddy water, there would always be a hand that descended from the sky and set aside a clear pool for him, allowing him to wake up and survive a little longer.
Looking at the somewhat hesitant county magistrate and another member of the Jin family who was about to speak, Dian Jian. Song Zhang nodded lightly to the master beside him.
The master immediately stepped forward and said, "Please, the county magistrate and the warden, come with me to the back hall."
Chapter end
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