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

"You can shut up now, or I'll cut your mouth off."

Jiang Zuo threatened.

The slap was so powerful that Li Yang felt dizzy.

"Master Jiang, you fight well!"

I don't know who shouted this in the crowd.

Others echoed.

"This group of clan bullies have oppressed the people for many years. You have been dissatisfied for a long time, right?"

At this time, Jiang Zuo suddenly asked.

This question immediately aroused the anger of the masses.

"Yes! Kill these bullies!"

"Cut off his head! Confiscate his property!"

"My advice, burn him in public!"

For a moment, the masses offered strategies one after another to execute Li Yang on the spot.

If there hadn't been the Dragon and Tiger armies guarding the scene, the spit of the people would probably have drowned Li Yang.

Li Yang slowly recovered and continued to speak stubbornly: "You bunch of stupid and unruly people, do you think this dog official dares to kill me? The token bestowed by the late emperor can protect my people from death! Even if it is any capital crime!"

"Are you talking about the imperial token again?"

The people couldn't help but frown.

"Is this guy crazy?"

"But what he said is actually not wrong. The token bestowed by Emperor Gaozu can indeed save the Li family from the death penalty."

"Then we can't kill this bully."

"There's nothing we can do. That's the Jiangnan Li family..."

As the people discussed this, they suddenly felt a wave of regret in their hearts.

These aristocratic gentry did so many bad things, but in the end there was no law that could punish them.

In fact, Jiang Zuo was not sure in his heart. Whether Li Yang would live or die in the end depended on the will of the current emperor.

"I have the support of the ministers in the court, so you can't convict me!"

Li Yang seemed to have gone mad.

Just as he was speaking these arrogant words, an ordinary-looking man walked out from the crowd and slowly approached Li Yang.

At first, this person appeared calm and just like an ordinary person.

But when he got close to Li Yang, he immediately quickened his pace and rushed towards Li Yang. In his hand, he was holding a sharp dagger.

The guards around him were all shocked and prepared to protect Jiang Zuo.

But obviously, that person's target was not Jiang Zuo who was behind him.

The person closest to that person now is Ma Hengwei.

Just as Ma Hengwei was about to draw his knife, his eyes couldn't help but linger on the man's face.

That's Liang Qi!

Ma Hengwei hesitated for a moment, and after a moment, seemed to make way intentionally or unintentionally, and then stopped the other guards from swinging their swords.

At this moment, the dagger in Liang Qi's hand had already pierced into Li Yang's chest.

Li Yang couldn't even let out a scream as he was stabbed several times in the chest. He then hung his head weakly. Even though Qianqisi grabbed him, he fell to the ground weakly with blood gushing out.

In a pool of blood, the head of the Jiangnan Li family lost his life.

Only at this point did Ma Hengwei take action and quickly stopped Liang Qi.

Jiang Zuo was only a few steps away from Li Yang at this moment, and witnessed Liang Qi's actions completely.

And he wasn't the least bit surprised.

The crowd became agitated and the guards quickly controlled Liang Qi.

The short knife in Liang Qi's hand fell to the ground, and then he looked up to the sky and shouted, "The great revenge has been taken! The murderer! Jizhou Liang Qi!"

This roar was accompanied by waves of sadness.

Everyone present was moved.

"Sir, I plead guilty. Can you help me take care of my two sons at home..."

Liang Qi looked towards Jiangzuo with tears in his eyes.

"grown ups."

Ma Hengwei's usually serious face also showed some complicated thoughts.

The people watching had even more complicated feelings.

On the one hand, everyone was happy about Li Yang's death, but they could not laugh when they thought that Liang Qi might be sentenced to death.

"Lord Jiang, Liang Qi and Li Yang have a deep hatred. Li Yang killed seven members of his family. Now Liang Qi has taken his life, and he is not guilty..."

Among the crowd, there were people who took the initiative to plead for Liang Qi.

After hearing this cry, the rest of the people also said, "Lord Jiang, please spare Liang Qi's life. After all, he has also been wronged."

"Yes, please have mercy, Lord Jiang."

Liang Qi was already in tears at this moment.

This time when he assassinated Li Yang, he had no intention of living.

The lives of his family of seven were saved, only to get a scumbag like Li Yang, which made him feel angry again.

At this time, Jiang Zuo raised his hand and said loudly: "Be quiet, and stop talking nonsense."

Hearing this, the people suddenly felt a sense of loss.

Jiang Zuo was silent for a moment, then said, "Everyone, I clearly saw Li Yang bumping into Liang Qi, and the knife Liang Qi was using to cut fruit accidentally touched Li Yang. What do you think?"

"Forehead……"

Hearing this, Ma Hengwei beside him couldn't help but be stunned.

The people also suspected that they had heard it wrong.

Li Yang bumped into Liang Qi's knife himself? Sir, this is a bit far-fetched...

No matter who was present, they had already heard about the tragedy of Liang Qi's family and were full of sympathy for Liang Qi.

And this evil bully who has committed so many evil things deserves to be put to death!

"Master Jiang is right! I saw it with my own eyes. It was Li Yang who bumped into him."

Suddenly, someone shouted loudly.

"I saw it with my own eyes, too. Did you?"

This question was answered by the onlookers.

"That's right, Liang Qi is innocent!"

This scene immediately surprised Ma Hengwei.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

Ma Hengwei asked.

Jiang Zuo said: "Didn't you hear? Liang Qi is innocent, let him go now."

As soon as these words were spoken, Qianqisi let go of Liang Qi and picked up the dagger on the ground.

Liang Qi was quite moved at this moment. He knelt on the ground and cried, "Thank you, Lord Jiang! Thank you, Lord Jiang! You are my great benefactor!"

"Get up, stop being so sentimental."

Jiang Zuo said calmly.

Liang Qi then slowly stood up.

Jiang Zuo turned his gaze towards the corpse on the ground, his eyes suddenly filled with disgust. He turned his head and said to the guards, "Lift up the body of this bully and continue the parade."

It's too easy for this bully who oppressed the people and ignored the law to die just like that.

What Jiang Zuo wants to do is to severely humiliate the dignity of these so-called aristocratic families.

They are the huge mountains pressing down on the people. What Jiangzuo needs to do now is to make the people wake up and unite to get rid of these powerful bullies.

The case of Li Yang finally came to an end.

Jiang Zuo's tired nerves over the past few days finally relaxed, and then he continued to order people to arrest Liu Sheng, Zheng Shouye and others, put them in jail, and wait for their fate.

He wants to catch all the corrupt people in one fell swoop.

After returning to the yamen, Jiang Zuo thought for a long time, picked up his pen, and wrote a memorial to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the case of Li Yang has been concluded. Li Yang intended to murder an official of the imperial court and was corrupt and perverted the law, but I discovered his crime. I now have a piece of evidence in my hand... As for Li Yang, he was afraid of committing suicide, so he stabbed himself in the chest seven times in a row and died..."