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After they returned to Yangzhou, Lin Shen placed the unconscious maid at the foot of the city wall. Li Xiaoyao asked, "Now that we've identified the criminal, what should we do?"

Lin Yueru said, "Of course, just charge in directly."

Lin Shen said, "Don't forget, there is a secret passage in the courtyard. They can escape through it."

Li Xiaoyao said, "Then we'll block them from both ends. One team will charge in head-on, and the other will block them at the cave entrance."

Anu said, "Who will attack head-on and who will ambush at the cave entrance?"

Lin Shen said, "How about this, we put our hands away, and then I call out three, and then we simultaneously use our palms or backs of our hands. The smaller group will attack head-on, and the larger group will set an ambush at the entrance of the cave."

Lin Yueru said, "Okay, let's do it this way.

The others had no objections, so the five of them withdrew their hands, and Lin Shen shouted, "Three...two...one!"

Five people attacked at the same time. Lin Shen and Anu attacked with their palms, while Li Xiaoyao, Zhao Linger, and Lin Yueru attacked with their backs.

After Lin Shen and Li Xiaoyao and the other two set up an ambush, Lin Shen prepared to break down the door.

At this time, a charming and seductive woman in her 30s in the room covered her left arm and said, "It's all because someone came out to mess with me yesterday. I'll make her suffer when I recover from my injury."

At this moment, someone outside shouted, "Ji Sanniang, your doom has come!"

Then with a loud bang, the gate of the courtyard was kicked open.

A man and a woman rushed in. The woman was startled when she saw the man and said, "It's you again! Guys, come on!"

More than 20 minions rushed towards the two of them. Just as Lin Shen was about to attack, he was stopped by Anu, who said, "Brother Anos, you don't need to fight these minions. Let Anu take care of it."

After saying that, Anu made hand gestures and chanted a spell, and large groups of poisonous insects appeared around him. Anu pointed with his ghost-head stick, and the poisonous insects flew towards the minions. Each minion was surrounded and bitten by hundreds of poisonous insects, and no exposed flesh was spared.

Those minions fell to the ground and wailed, and soon they all fainted.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ji Sanniang immediately turned a protruding wooden ball on the chair, and a big hole appeared on the floor next to it. Ji Sanniang immediately jumped into the hole.

Seeing this, Lin Shen immediately sent a message to Li Xiaoyao. Li Xiaoyao outside also knew that Ji Sanniang had run into the secret passage, and prepared for battle with Ling'er and Yueru.

After Lin Shen and Anu made sure that there were no other minions in the courtyard, they jumped into the cave. When they went in, they saw that at the other end of the cave was a completely enclosed secret room with dozens of large boxes in it.

Lin Shen thought that the treasure must have been stolen by Ji Sanniang's gang, but catching the thief was more important, so he didn't open it.

While Ji Sanniang was running, she did not forget to call on her minions to block the pursuit of Lin Shen and Anu. However, the minions were no match for the two and were knocked unconscious one by one.

After Ji Sanniang climbed out of the dry well, she looked around and saw that there was no one around. She said, "What on earth is going on? Why are there two people here all of a sudden?"

At this time, someone else shouted, "Ji Sanniang, you can't run away!"

Ji Sanniang shouted angrily, "Who is it?! Stop sneaking around, come out!"

Li Xiaoyao, Zhao Linger, and Lin Yueru jumped down from the tree. Lin Yueru said, "You old thief, you can't run away."

Ji Sanniang was furious and asked, "What did you call me!?"

Lin Yueru whipped her whip twice and shouted, "Old bitch, old bitch, old bitch!"

After saying that, Lin Yueru whipped Ji Sanniang with a whip. Although Ji Sanniang's left arm was injured, her speed did not slow down and she dodged it easily.

Zhao Linger condensed a clod of earth and threw it at Ji Sanniang, who dodged it again.

Li Xiaoyao pulled out the Qingfeng sword, then made some hand gestures and chanted some incantations. The Qingfeng sword flew towards Ji Sanniang, but was dodged by Ji Sanniang again.

Li Xiaoyao said, "This guy is like a monkey. This won't do."

Zhao Linger thought for a moment and said, "I got it. Brother Xiaoyao, Sister Yueru, help me hold her back."

So Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru rushed forward to fight Ji Sanniang in close combat, and Zhao Linger began to gather spiritual power.

Although Ji Sanniang was no match for either of the two men in terms of martial arts, her agility still allowed them to defeat them repeatedly.

At this time, Lin Shen and Anu also climbed out of the dry well. When they saw the situation on the scene, they decided not to take action to avoid causing trouble.

After a while, Zhao Linger shouted, "Brother Xiaoyao, Sister Yueru, get out of the way!"

After hearing this, the two of them immediately stepped aside, and Zhao Linger blew a strong gust of cold wind towards Ji Sanniang.

Soon, the ice started to freeze from Ji Sanniang's feet, and slowly moved upwards, until everything below her neck was frozen, and Zhao Linger stopped.

Zhao Linger glanced to the side and found Lin Shen and Anu watching.

Lin Shen didn't say anything, but gave her a thumbs up. Zhao Linger smiled in response.

Lin Shen ordered the bailiffs to arrest all the members of Ji Sanniang's gang. After counting, except for the four people who were killed last night, all the remaining members were arrested without exception.

Soon it was time for the Yangzhou prefect to interrogate Ji Sanniang. The prefect was sitting in the lobby with a legal advisor standing beside him. On the mahogany table were a gavel, a chip box, several documents and a few brushes.

The yamen runners below were lined up in two rows, each holding a water or fire stick.

A man was not far away, recording the details of the trial. Ji Sanniang was tied up and kneeling on the ground, while Lin Shen, a few others, and the antique dealer stood nearby.

The Yangzhou prefect slammed the gavel and shouted, "Lady in front of you, raise your head. I have something to ask you."

Unexpectedly, Ji Sanniang ignored him completely.

The prefect shouted, "You bold and cunning woman! Why don't you answer my questions?"

Ji Sanniang sneered, "You were talking to me, I thought you were singing an opera."

"How dare you! How dare you ignore my existence? I think you are tired of living!" Ji Sanniang laughed uncontrollably after hearing this.

The governor was furious and shouted, "Shut up! You're laughing even when you're about to die!"

"I'm just laughing at my own one-sided kindness. That night when I went to Mr. Wang's house, I saw you and the third concubine of the Wang family doing something nice in the back garden, but I didn't kill you with a knife. Now you've become a nuisance."

"You...!" Li Xiaoyao next to him was about to laugh out loud, but was held back by Lin Shen.

The lawyer hurriedly said, "Sir, don't bother with her, just get on with the case."

The governor paused for a moment and said, "I'm so angry! I'm asking you, on the sixth day of October last year, a vat of gold buried in the back garden of the Su Mansion in the north of the city was replaced with a vat of feces and urine. Was that your doing?"

"It happened so long ago, how could I still remember it?"

"You're still so arrogant. If you don't confess, don't blame me for using severe punishment."

"Oh! Now I remember. That old man buried a jar of gold there for no reason. We thought he didn't want it anymore. We even kindly left him a jar of fertile water to water his flowers. Everyone, please give us your opinion. Isn't that a very conscientious person?"

"You're right. Fine, fine. Last year on the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, five thousand taels of silver were stolen from the vault of Li's Pawnshop at the city gate. Was that you who did it?"

"It's not nice to call him a thief. Aren't pawnshops for people to borrow money? We just want to borrow some for living expenses. Besides, Old Man Li's ancestors left him such a huge fortune. It won't kill him to give some to us poor people. Why are we so nervous?"

"You really are quite capable of covering this up! Let me ask you again, on the third day of the first lunar month this year, 10,000 taels of gold were stolen from the home of Mr. Gu, the richest man in Yangzhou. Was that also your doing, right?!"

"Mr. Gu always boasts to everyone that his family's wealth is so huge that it would take dozens of generations to eat it all. I think he's too tired from counting the gold every day, so I'm just helping him share some of the burden."

"Shut up! You shameless wretch, I think you are hopeless."

"Oh~ With just this little habit, you, my Lord, have already said I'm hopeless. Wouldn't I have died even faster that night if I had gone to someone else's backyard and made love with someone else's wife?"

"You...you...you...Master, quickly bring me my heart...heart and lung invigorating powder."

After a while, the lawyer brought the medicine to the governor and said, "Sir, please be patient. There is no need to get angry with a little thief."

The governor took a deep breath and said, "I almost died."

Ji Sanniang continued to mock, "I told you, it would be strange if such a person didn't die young."

The prefect was so angry that he slammed the gavel and said, "How dare you! If you continue to talk nonsense, you will be severely punished! Let me ask you again, an antique dealer was robbed at Li Ji Inn a few days ago. You are definitely involved, right?"

Just as Ji Sanniang was about to argue, the antique dealer stepped forward and said, "Sir, it was her men who did it. (Pointing to Lin Shen and the other four) If you hadn't helped me, my treasure would have been gone."

Ji Sanniang said, "It's just a gourd, what treasure can it have?"

Lin Shen said, "You old bitch, you think you are so powerful, don't you? I think you are just a rat."

Ji Sanniang angrily said, "What did you say! That little girl just called me an old thief, and you call me that too."

"What's wrong with me calling you that? You're just taking it for granted to steal other people's things.

Look at the public security in the city. Because of your presence, everyone is in danger and the citizens see everyone as a thief.

Moreover, your men have confessed, and you only divided the stolen items among yourselves. I have never seen you robbing the rich to help the poor.

Don't think I don't know that the dozen or so boxes in the secret room are all filled with treasures you stole. You guard the stolen treasures and live a life of luxury, but you never give any alms to the beggars on the street.

Don’t you know that everyone in this city is willing to eat your flesh alive? How dare you talk nonsense here?

You are nothing but a bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong, and you dare to flatter and talk nonsense in the lobby!

I have never seen anyone so shameless!"

Ji Sanniang was so angry that her face turned blue and purple, and the prefect saw someone scolding Ji Sanniang and wanted to watch the show from above.

After a while, Ji Sanniang fainted from anger. The prefect waved his hand, and the yamen runners carried Ji Sanniang away.

Li Xiaoyao said, "Sir, Ji Sanniang has been brought to justice. Where is the reward?"

The governor said, "No problem. The reward is clearly stated: 300 taels of silver for the capture of this thief. Sir, take the money."

After a while, the lawyer came over with a silver ingot worth 300 taels.

Lin Shen said, "Thank you, sir." He packed up all the silver and took it away. Lin Shen and his companions left the yamen.

(Chapter 78 End)