I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Chen Liu's eyes scanned the surrounding buildings little by little, and he discovered more and more iron pieces.

Without exception, all of these iron sheets have been deformed and twisted. Chen Liu couldn't imagine how this happened.

How much force is needed to make these iron sheets deform directly when they hit something?

Chen Liu asked himself if he could do it with his own strength, but he could only guarantee that the first five iron pieces would have such power. It would become more and more difficult as time went on, unless the opponent was a master who was one or two levels stronger than him.

"Captain Chen, have you found anything?" Chen Liu didn't speak for a long time, and Yang Cheng's heart was hanging in the air.

Chen Liu nodded slightly: "Indeed, there are some discoveries, but they still need to be verified."

Having said that, Chen Liu turned and walked out of the ancestral hall, randomly picked a damaged house, and after checking it out, he found that there were indeed these deformed and twisted iron pieces everywhere.

"Consul Chen, what's going on?" Yang Cheng lost his patience and asked immediately.

"Situ Yang, I heard that many people in your Yang family were injured because of this incident. Could you take me to see them?" Chen Liu asked an irrelevant question.

Although Yang Cheng was confused, he nodded and took Chen Liu with him.

After a while, Chen Liu looked at the wounded in front of him and said calmly: "Tell me, what did you see that night?"

"This..." A wounded man touched his head and finally shook his head: "Sir, I was lying in bed at the time. First I heard something flying in from the window, and then there was a loud bang."

"Sir! I saw it." A wounded man spoke quickly.

Chen Liu turned around immediately and asked: "What did you see?"

"I was just about to open the window to see how hard the rain was falling, but as soon as I turned around, I saw a round iron ball flying in, and then the iron ball exploded."

"Iron ball? Explode?" The more Chen Liu listened, the more questions appeared on his face.

How could the iron ball explode and be blown into pieces? How did it happen?

"Take me back to the scene to have a look."

The two of them rushed back to the scene without stopping. Chen Liu smashed a wooden table with one palm and took out a twisted iron piece the size of a finger from it.

"Hmm? What's that smell?" Chen Liu subconsciously raised the iron sheet and smelled it. It was a smell that seemed very familiar.

"This is..." Chen Liu's brain was working rapidly, but he just couldn't remember what the smell was, so he had to give up.

At this moment, several people sent by Chenliu for reconnaissance arrived one after another.

"Sir, we found some tiles on the roof of the Yang family's outer courtyard that were stained with mud. They looked like footprints. It seems someone walked on them."

"Sir, the surrounding residents haven't noticed anything."

"Sir, there are a lot of iron fragments inside the body. I dissected one and found that its internal organs were severely damaged. It must have been hit hard!"

"Sir, the iron sheet has been examined and no poison has been found."

"grown ups……"

After hearing the successive reports from ten people, Chen Liu has confirmed one thing: the disaster that the Yang family encountered this time was indeed man-made, but how was all this done?

And there is another point. According to the reports of the wounded, the explosion of the iron ball was very loud. Why did no one notice it?

"Sir, we have made a preliminary judgment." Wei Yong took two steps forward and spoke.

Chen Liu's eyes lit up. Although Wei Yong's name sounded rough, he was actually a very thoughtful person. He could often string together various messy clues to restore the whole incident.

"Okay, tell me about it."

Wei Yong cleared his throat with a dry cough and said, "Based on various clues, there should be a group of thieves, at least ten people, and they are quite powerful. They took advantage of the heavy rain last night to sneak into the Yang family."

"From the outer courtyard all the way to the inner courtyard, then throw out iron balls to attract people's attention. When they are not paying attention, use a large amount of true qi to wrap the iron pieces and throw them out, causing casualties."

"According to my humble opinion, these people are at least masters of the fourth or fifth realm, otherwise they would not be able to do this."

Chen Liu frowned. "Then how do you think they managed to throw the iron piece into the blind spot of the room?"

Wei Yong scratched his head, his eyes flashing with wisdom. "I understand now. They are using the long-lost Iron Fighting Technique!"

"It's said that if you flick your wrist quickly when throwing a piece of iron, it will form an arc in its flight."

Chen Liu took a deep breath, walked straight to Wei Yong, and slapped him twice.

"Damn it! What kind of iron fighting technique is this? Show me how to make the iron sheet bend!"

Wei Yong held his head and looked at Chen Liu pitifully: "My lord, I don't know how to do it. If I did, wouldn't I become a suspect in this case?"

Chen Liu's eyes twitched. Damn, did those two slaps open up this kid's Ren and Du meridians? He's actually smarter now.

"Okay, that's all for today. We'll talk about it tomorrow."

Chen Liu shook his head and walked out of the room.

On the way back to Dongchang, Chen Liu couldn't help but start thinking about a question.

Who did the Yang family offend to deserve such brutal retaliation?

The Lu family?

Thinking of this, Chen Liu shook his head. It was unlikely. The grudge between the Lu and Yang families was known to everyone. Lu Fang was not stupid enough to send people to auction the bones of the Yang family's ancestor after taking action.

So……

Chen Liu's gaze froze, and an image of a guy with a disheartened face as he left appeared in his mind.

"No way..." Chen Liu muttered to himself in disbelief.

Jiang Yuan...

After carefully reviewing all my understanding of Jiang Yuan, I found that this guy did things without any rules at all, and he used all kinds of despicable means when developing Taiping County.

Chen Liu was absolutely convinced that Jiang Yuan was capable of committing the Yang family tragedy.

As for whether Jiang Yuan has this ability, Chen Liu's answer is very simple.

Have!

Zhao Kai was formerly a Dragon Guardian, a third-level expert. Although Jiang Yuan was not good at fighting, he had pretty good martial arts skills, and with the cover of heavy rain, the two of them were able to avoid being discovered by the Yang family.

But Chen Liu really couldn't figure out what was going on with the exploding iron ball and the twisted iron piece.

Chen Liu was shocked by his own idea. If it was really found out that Jiang Yuan did it, he would not be able to kill him even if he had three heads and six arms.

"But according to the news, Jiang Yuan had already left at that time. Whether it is true or not, I am afraid I really need to investigate..."

Hundreds of miles away on the Qianlong River, Jiang Yuan and Zhao Kai, who had already returned, were sitting on the railing and chatting.

The two had already agreed on a story when they returned, and the captain had no doubts.

"Sir, what are you going to do after you go back this time?" Zhao Kai asked boredly.

Jiang Yuan shook his head. "I don't know. Let's make Taiping County prosperous and strong as soon as possible. What about you?"

Zhao Kai immediately perked up and said with a happy smile, "I've already agreed with my father-in-law that we can get married in Taiping County first, and then hold another wedding when we return to the imperial capital."

"After we get married, I will have a boy and a girl."

"Oh, you want two?" Jiang Yuan looked at Zhao Kai sideways.

It’s different from modern times here. What matters here is having many children and good fortune.

Zhao Kai moved his body twice, came in front of Jiang Yuan, stretched out his two hands, spread out one hand, and wrote the word "good" on the palm of his hand with the other hand.

"Sir, look, this son and daughter just happen to be a good combination. How wonderful!"

Jiang Yuan nodded slightly, then glanced at Zhao Kai calmly: "Do you think you are powerful?"

"Of course!" Zhao Kai patted his chest, his face full of confidence.

"Then why don't you just hang yourself? Your body and I will make a dick out of it."