I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

"Master Jiang, since there is no evidence, let's adjourn the court."

Li Yang's mouth corners raised at this moment, feeling quite successful.

The evidence is still on the way, and the key witness Zheng Shouye is nowhere to be found. The case has reached a dead end and needs an opportunity.

"Take the prisoner into custody first and retry him tomorrow."

Jiang Zuo ordered.

After saying this, the bailiffs picked up the two suspects from the ground.

Li Yang struggled and said, "Stop! You have no evidence, why are you holding me prisoner? The imperial token is here, who dares to act recklessly!"

Li Yang once again took out the imperial token.

The yamen runners were stunned and at a loss.

"Lock him up and re-examine him tomorrow!"

Jiang Zuo ignored it.

He doesn't recognize any imperial token.

The Governor-General of Jiangzuo was appointed by the Emperor himself, and one of his purposes was to suppress your Jiangnan family.

"You are such a good fellow, Jiang Zuo! I will report this to the imperial court and have you dismissed from your post!"

Li Yang roared.

Liu Sheng looked helpless: "Sir, I don't know anything, why do you include me..."

Indeed, Liu Sheng had just been enjoying wine and singing at home not long ago, and suddenly, he became a prisoner for no apparent reason.

This scene surprised the onlookers.

The two masters, Li Yang and Liu Sheng, became a topic of conversation among the people of Yecheng.

This public trial taught the people a truth: these so-called aristocratic families are nothing but paper tigers.

After Li Yang and Liu Sheng were escorted to prison, only government officials and Liang Qi, the justice seeker, were left in the court.

"Thank you for helping me, sir."

Liang Qi thanked him repeatedly.

"Where will your son be? I will send more people to protect him in Yecheng." Jiang Zuo said worriedly. After all, what Liang Qi's son is holding now is important evidence that can bring down the Jiangnan family.

Liang Qi said, "I told him to go north and return to Yecheng tomorrow. I infer that he will go to Lianhua Town, which is his grandmother's home. You can send someone to search for him."

After hearing Liang Qi's words, Ma Hengwei had already ordered his men to take action.

After arranging everything, Jiang Zuo was full of confidence, thinking that this would be the end of the two major families in Jiangnan.

Collusion between officials and businessmen and the theft and sale of land are enough to punishable by death.

The current empress has always hated evil. If she really has evidence in her hands, even a noble family from Jiangnan will not be able to escape.

"Thank you for your hard work, sir. I will go home first."

Liang Qi thanked him again.

"Go home? No, as a witness, you must stay in the government office and be protected around the clock." Jiang Zuo said cautiously. After all, he had witnessed many cases of murder to silence witnesses, and he naturally couldn't let Liang Qi leave the government's sight at this moment.

"But sir, my wife, children, and cousins ​​are still in the village. Do I need to take them to Yecheng?"

Liang Qi said worriedly.

"Of course I need it, why didn't you say so earlier!"

Jiang Zuo was shocked and said nervously.

If Li Yang knew that Liang Qi still had weaknesses and used his family to threaten Liang Qi, then things would be very bad.

"They went to my cousin's house, and the Li family might not know about it..."

Liang Qi was also unsure.

"No matter what, bring them here first." Jiang Zuo said.

Upon receiving the order, the Qianqi Division immediately gathered its troops and asked Liang Qi to lead the way personally back to the village outside the city. They took all of Liang Qi's family and relatives to the Yecheng government office and provided them with strict protection.

Then, dozens of horses came to escort Liang Qi to a village twenty miles outside the city.

Outside Deren Village.

Quiet and peaceful.

The sound of rapid horse hooves broke the silence.

Ma Hengwei personally led the team to this village.

"Where to go?"

he asked.

Liang Qi pointed to the north and said, "Go straight ahead from here, turn right at the end, and you will see a locust tree. There are two houses there..."

Following Liang Qi's instructions, the Thousand Cavalry Division rode fast horses to the door of Liang Qi's house.

Ma Hengwei looked around vigilantly before letting Liang Qi dismount.

All the guards of the Thousand Cavalry Division are already in position, guarding the important roads.

This matter is of great importance and no mistakes can be made.

"This is the villain's home."

Liang Qi pointed to the house on the right and then walked forward.

Ma Hengwei stopped him behind him and said, "Don't worry, follow me."

Liang Qi nodded and called out, "Madam, I'm back."

The room was quiet.

No one responded.

"Madam? Zhong'er?"

Liang Qi shouted again, but still got no response.

"Big brother?"

Liang Qi shouted again.

The atmosphere at this moment suddenly became a little more tense.

Ma Hengwei slowed down and made a gesture, and the rest of the Thousand Cavalry Division took their positions and remained alert.

"Does anyone from the Li family know this place?" Ma Hengwei asked, slowly approaching the house.

Liang Qi was a little panicked at the moment and said, "They definitely don't know."

Having said that, Ma Hengwei did not relax his vigilance and slowly drew out his sword.

He approached the wooden door and then slowly pushed it open with the handle of the knife.

"Crack!"

All I heard was the sound of wood falling to the ground.

The wooden door was not locked.

The door opened, and light shone into the dim house.

There was no one inside.

Liang Qi's body was shaking at this moment, praying that nothing would happen to his family.

Ma Hengwei signaled the rest of the Thousand Cavalry Division to quickly enter the house.

At this moment, Ma Hengwei smelled a hint of blood.

"not good!"

He was shocked.

There was a clear trace of blood on the door curtain.

At this moment, a few whimpering sounds were suddenly heard.

Ma Hengwei was not panicked, but signaled everyone not to act rashly.

"Zhong'er!"

Liang Qi was extremely anxious at the moment, and became even more worried when he heard his little son crying.

"do not move!"

Ma Hengwei said alertly, startled.

He slowly approached the crying sound, and then used the tip of the knife to lift the door curtain. Then, the scene in the room made him stunned.

"Search all suspicious persons in the village immediately!"

Ma Hengwei ordered loudly, then turned his head and looked at Liang Qi, who had a horrified look on his face.

"What's the matter, sir..."

Liang Qi was filled with worry and fear at this moment.

"You need to calm down."

Ma Hengwei persuaded.

Liang Qi knew something was wrong and said tremblingly, "Let me go in and check on my son."

The crying continued, getting louder and louder.

Ma Hengwei winked at the others, and then the two thousand cavalrymen walked into the house vigilantly. They were also stunned for a moment. After confirming that there was no other danger in the house, they let Liang Qi enter the house.

Liang Qi nervously opened the curtain and entered the room, and then immediately collapsed to his knees on the ground.

At this moment, in that room, there were six corpses lying, covered in blood, with their eyes wide open, as if they had died with their eyes open.

Liang Qi's youngest son was hiding in the corner, crying loudly.

The tragic scene before him brought Liang Qi close to collapse. He cried and shouted, trying to wake up his relatives.

They had already stopped breathing.

Liang Qi's face turned hideous because of sadness, and then he hugged the child who had escaped the disaster tightly, and finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears...