At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

The entire Li family hanged themselves outside the mansion gate.

Two confession letters were posted on the door of the mansion, describing how he colluded with the county magistrate to oppress the common people and veteran soldiers, and how he was afraid of being tortured by the emperor and committed suicide out of fear of being punished.

At this time, Li's mansion had been crowded with people from Anyang. They looted or smashed things in the mansion to vent their anger and dissatisfaction. Some bolder ones even threw ink on the bodies of Li's family and dismembered them.

Although the Anyang Li family deserved the punishment, they are still one family.

Li Shiji couldn't bear to see the bodies of his fellow tribesmen being trampled, so he suggested to Ren Hao: "Imperial Envoy Ren, now all the Anyang Li family members have committed suicide out of fear of crime. Can I collect their bodies for them?"

"We can collect the bodies but we can't bury them. We have to bring their bodies back to Beijing to report." Ren Hao nodded and agreed.

Li Shiji ordered the imperial guards to take down and collect all the bodies of the Anyang Li family.

"Master, I don't think they committed suicide willingly, but were strangled to death..." Eriyuki next to her suddenly spoke, but Ren Hao suddenly waved his hand to interrupt Eriyuki and told her not to continue, and pretended to be blind and thought that they committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

"Why?" Eriyuki frowned in confusion.

"Why? Would you let someone poke your spine?" Ren Hao sighed meaningfully. He didn't care whether Eriyuki could understand it or not. He already understood it anyway.

Committing suicide out of fear of punishment not only saved the royal family's reputation, but also gave an explanation to the Shi family.

He and Li Shiji came to Anyang as imperial envoys, not to arrest Li and the county magistrate, but to see if there were any escapees. If there were any, they would be executed without leaving any alive.

The King's Family Study.

Ren Hao glanced at the Emperor's Sword hanging on his waist, and led the remaining imperial guards to the county magistrate's mansion.

The county magistrate's family died in the same way as Li's. All of his family members and officials were hanged outside the mansion, and two confession letters were posted on the door.

The people of Anyang vandalized the county government and looted its belongings to vent their unhappiness and dissatisfaction.

Ren Hao did not stop them, but asked the imperial guards to collect the bodies of the county magistrate and his family and take them back to the capital.

"Your Excellency, Anyang is more than a thousand miles away from the capital. If we take their bodies to the capital, I'm afraid they will stink before they even get there."

"Why don't we bury it here? To avoid the spread of plague." Captain Liu Tong, who was accompanying them, said worriedly.

"Even if they really get sick on the way, we still have to escort them back to the capital."

"Otherwise, why don't you confess for them?" Ren Hao glanced at Captain Liu and felt that he spoke without thinking.

Liu Tongwei immediately shut up.

Ren Hao ordered again: "Liu Tongwei, go to the prison and look for Shi to see if he is still alive."

"Yes." Captain Liu Tong immediately took the order and went to the prison according to Ren Hao's instructions.

Although the Anyang prefect and his subordinates were all dead, the county guards still performed their duties in an orderly manner. Those who guarded the county gate guarded the county gate, and those who guarded the prison guarded the prison.

When Liu Tongwei arrived at the gate of the prison, the two county guards who were guarding the gate were immediately stopped: "Stop, the prison is a restricted area, no one is allowed to enter without the county magistrate!!!"

"You are blind. I am the right commander of the imperial guards in the capital. Open the door immediately." Commander Liu introduced himself in a haughty manner, which was completely different from the humble manner he used when treating Ren Hao.

"I don't care whether you are the Right Commander of the Imperial Guards or the General of the Central Army, no one is allowed to enter without the county magistrate." The two county guards ignored Commander Liu.

"You are still rebelling, get out of my way!!!" Captain Liu was so angry that he drew the sword from his waist.

But the two county guards were not afraid at all, and they picked up their long spears and confronted each other: "According to county law, anyone who dares to draw a sword and confront the prison guards will be charged with the crime of robbing the prison."

"Okay, okay, all of you just wait for me!!!" Captain Liu Tong had no choice but to take back his sword and go back to Ren Hao in shame.

He just didn't believe that they dared to stop the imperial envoy.

"Have you found that Shi?" Ren Hao asked.

"Your Excellency, I did not even enter the prison gate." Captain Liu described how arrogant the two county guards were and how he did not take them seriously.

Ren Hao interrupted and asked, "Didn't you tell me my name?"

"Uh, this..." Captain Liu Tong was suddenly speechless.

Ren Hao understood it immediately. It must be that this Liu Tongwei wanted to show off, but the local county guards didn't buy it at all.

"He is really capable of causing trouble instead of doing anything good." Ren Hao muttered to himself, and let Liu Tongwei lead the way to the prison.

"Why are you back again?"

"Didn't we tell you that the prison is a strictly restricted area and no one is allowed to enter without the county magistrate?" The two county guards looked at Captain Liu Tong who had returned.

"Your county magistrate has committed suicide out of fear of punishment. Now I will temporarily take over Anyang County." Ren Hao said to the two county guards.

"Who are you?" The county guard looked Ren Hao up and down.

"You are really blind. You kneel down and kowtow to the imperial envoy when you see him." Captain Liu scolded the two.

"The Imperial Envoy?" The two county guards looked at each other. They had never heard of the Imperial Envoy before.

"I don't care whether you are an imperial envoy or not, no one is allowed to enter without the county magistrate."

"We only recognize the county magistrate." The two county guards still refused to give him face.

"I am the temporary minister appointed by His Majesty the Emperor to investigate the Anyang corruption case. This sword is the Emperor's Sword held by His Majesty today."

"Seeing the sword is like seeing the emperor himself." Ren Hao was simple and rough, and directly raised the sword hanging at his waist.

They may deny the imperial envoy, but they cannot deny the Emperor's Sword.

Instantly, all the imperial guards and county guards inside and outside the prison knelt on both sides and shouted in unison: "Welcome to His Majesty the Emperor."

"Open the door." Ren Hao shouted.

The two county guards looked at each other and had to open the prison door obediently.

When Ren Hao walked into the prison gate, the prisoners ran to the bars and cried out that they were innocent.

Looking at the prisoners in the cell, Ren Hao looked at the county guard next to him and asked, "Where is Shi?"

"Your Excellency, the criminal Shi is here."

The county guard led Ren Hao to the last cell in the prison, where a skinny and smelly middle-aged man was imprisoned.

This person is none other than Marquis Shi.

At this time, Shi had been tortured to the point of having only one breath left. He saw a group of people standing in front of his cell door. He held on to his breath, struggled to get up from the haystack and cursed: "You dogs, are you finally...are you here to kill me?"

"I am not here to kill you. I am here to save you according to His Majesty's order. His Majesty has already learned about your situation through the blood test results."

"And I am the temporary minister appointed by His Majesty to thoroughly investigate the Anyang corruption case." Ren Hao said to Shi in prison.

"Your Majesty, woo woo woo..."

Shi suddenly knelt on the ground, beating her chest and pulling her hair, and burst into tears, like a child who had suffered great injustice.

"Let him go." Ren Hao waved his hand.

The county guard quickly opened the prison door.