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

"Liang Qi's family of seven, including his old mother who was beaten to death, all died at the hands of the Li family..."

Upon hearing the news, Jiang Zuo was stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.

"All gone?"

Jiang Zuo's words were depressed.

Ma Hengwei sighed and said, "His youngest son escaped."

At this moment, Liang Qi's emotions had already collapsed. If his two sons were not still alive, he would have wanted to die.

Jiang Zuo was stunned for a moment, and then the worst possible outcome emerged in his mind.

"Did they do this on purpose?" Jiang Zuo clenched his fists.

"grown ups?"

"They deliberately left one life behind." Jiang Zuo felt a sense of panic inexplicably, "I'll go check on Liang Qi."

In the room, Liang Qi was holding his three-year-old child, his whole body trembling.

"Cheer up, we must send Li Yang and others to the execution ground to avenge your family!"

Jiang Zuo comforted him like this.

Liang Qi's eyes were dull, as if he didn't hear Jiang Zuo's words.

Jiang Zuo sighed in his heart and didn't want to disturb Liang Qi anymore. He only ordered the Qianqi Division to keep a good look at Liang Qi and not let him see anyone.

If they want to defeat the Jiangnan family now, they have to rely on the evidence in the hands of Liang Qi’s eldest son.

The next day.

Second time in court.

Li Yang and Liu Sheng were escorted up again and knelt on the ground.

Liang Qi's eyes were still lifeless and empty.

Jiang Zuo sorted out his thoughts, turned around and asked quietly: "Have you found his son?"

Ma Hengwei responded in a low voice: "My Lord, not yet..."

Jiang Zuo immediately turned around and asked, "The evidence has been found. Can you two plead guilty?"

Li Yang had a meaningful smile on his face and said, "I am innocent and I do not admit it."

Liu Sheng continued to remain silent.

At this moment, Liang Qi suddenly kowtowed and said, "Sir, I know my crime. I am deliberately framing Master Li. I know my crime!"

"Ugh……"

Jiang Zuo sighed inwardly.

The worst outcome has already happened.

At this moment, the people watching were all surprised and confused: "Didn't he righteously expose Li Yang's crimes yesterday? Why did he suddenly turn against us today?"

"Could it be that he was coerced or bribed by the Li family?"

"Alas, we can't win against the Li family..."

The people talked quietly, with a little more fear in their hearts.

These fears still come from the power of the Jiangnan families.

"Liang Qi, why are you doing this?"

Although Jiang Zuo knew the answer, he had to do something at this moment.

Liang Qi still kowtowed and admitted his fault: "Sir, I lied because I was greedy and wanted to blackmail Master Li. I know my crime. What I said yesterday was all lies..."

Jiang Zuo was quite helpless. He did not want to tell the story of Liang Qi's family in court. Firstly, there was no evidence to prove that it was the Li family who did it; secondly, if he told the story, it would irritate Liang Qi again, and at the same time make the people watching in the court fear the Li family.

At this moment, some of the onlookers have begun to waver.

"Could it be that Liang Qi is just talking nonsense and stirring up trouble?"

"Looking at him like this, it seems that he is indeed..."

"It must be a slander against Mr. Li. Mr. Li is such a good person."

Li Yang was quite proud at the moment, and sneered, "Excuse me, Lord Jiang, since we are innocent, why don't you release us quickly?"

At this moment, everyone was watching Jiang Zuo's next move.

Jiang Zuo's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "Let him go, put Liang Qi in jail and wait for his fate."

Putting Liang Qi in jail is actually protecting him.

The case has been closed for now, and the bad guys are still at large.

As the whistleblower, Liang Qi ended up with his family destroyed...

Jiang Zuo will definitely make these evil people pay the price.

Now that the line with Liang Qi has been cut off, Jiang Zuo has begun to feel helpless. After thinking calmly for a moment, Jiang Zuo slowly regained his confidence and silently waited for his master to come back.

About half an hour later, the lawyer finally returned to the yamen with his confidants.

"Have you found it?"

Jiang Zuo asked.

"I found out that Li Yang's elder brother, Li Wenjian, once held an important position in the Ministry of Personnel and had the opportunity to become the head of the Li family. Later, Li Yang disappeared. I found out that Li Wenjian seemed to have evidence of Li Yang bribing court officials..."

Jiang Zuo believed in Master Guo's intelligence capabilities.

"Are you sure it's true?" Jiang Zuo was quite surprised.

Although there has been no progress in the Liang Qi case.

But if we can find this Li Wenjian, we can take the opportunity to further expose the crimes of the Li family.

The imperial court then had a reason to take down the Li family directly.

Jiang Zuo understood that the current empress did not want to destroy the Jiangnan family, but needed an obedient Jiangnan family.

And now, Jiang Zuo has found a suitable agent.

Jiangzuo can only put the matter of Liang Qi aside for now and wait for the opportunity.

Now he needs to collect more evidence of Li Yang's crimes.

Shen Shi.

Suddenly, many people appeared in front of the yamen to seek justice.

However, the injustice these people wanted to seek justice for was not the oppression from the Jiangnan families, but rather a complaint against the government.

This time, Jiang Zuo couldn’t be defeated.

He personally went to the gate of the yamen to hear what these people had to say.

"The government has forcibly seized my family's fields and said they will be incorporated into water conservancy projects. I want to see Lord Jiang!"

"I feel wronged too! The government occupied my shop and forcibly bought the cloth inside. Now I am penniless. It's so unfair!"

Someone shouted, and received a series of responses.

“My family’s land was also expropriated.”

It seems that not all of these people seeking justice are intentionally causing trouble.

"The government has taken over your store? What's the name of your store?"

Jiang Zuo asked personally.

"Master Jiang?"

The people outside the door were very surprised. They didn't expect that Jiang Zuo would actually come out in person to deal with them, a group of common people.

The man was stumped but didn't answer.

At this time, an old man slowly approached Jiang Zuo and shouted, "Master Jiang, I am truly wronged." As he spoke, he got closer and closer to Jiang Zuo.

"do not come."

Ma Hengwei shouted harshly.

After all, Jiang Zuo is an official appointed by the imperial court, and the Qianqi Division needs to ensure his safety.

Jiang Zuo waved his hand and asked the old man to come closer.

The old man was only a few steps away from Jiang Zuo. He could only hear him say in a low voice, "Sir, when your reservoir was being built, those petty officials often came to my shop to eat and drink, but they never gave me money. Tell me, am I wronged? I worked hard all day and still lost money."

There was a hint of tears in the old man's words.

After hearing these complaints, Jiang Zuo didn't know whether they were true or not, so he could only order people to verify them.

"I'm here to make the decision for you. Is there anything else?"

Jiang Zuo said calmly.

The old man suddenly put his hand into his sleeve and said, "Also, Lord Jiang..."

Before he finished speaking, the old man pulled out a blade from his sleeve and stabbed Jiang Zuo in a flash.

Jiang Zuo had no time to react and was caught off guard. In a split second, the sharp blade was only an inch away from his chest...