Reborn Tianlong: I practice martial arts for immortality

If something big happens, they just need to report it.

There are few people and you can tell who is missing at a glance.

At this moment, a minor official ran over and said, "Sir, Zhang Tie is dead, and his head has been chopped off."

He is the satellite, responsible for notifying Zhang Tie.

"What's going on? In the past, there wouldn't be a single murder in a year, and now, in just one month, this is already the third one.

Do you think your official hat is too secure? If you don't want to do it, just say so. There are plenty of people who want to do it."

Weixing replied, "Sir, that man should be the little beggar from a month ago. He came back, killed Zhang Tie, and even left a message at the scene."

"Whatever words you want to leave behind, just say them all at once."

"If Zhou Shengwang's family loses even one finger, I will cut off all their limbs. If one of them dies, I will kill their entire family, wiping out the entire clan, leaving no one alive."

After saying this with trembling lips, Wei Xing suggested, "Sir, I think we should release Zhou Shengwang and his family. After all, this is a matter involving the Beggars' Sect. We don't need to get involved with such vicious people."

A month ago, they dismembered the beggar's head and cut open his stomach, and now they chopped off Zhang Tie's head.

Wei Xing was also afraid that he would follow in Zhang Tie's footsteps one day.

The county magistrate was troubled and said, "Is this still a matter of the Beggars' Sect? He killed Zhang Tie. He doesn't take me seriously."

At this time, a clerk said, "Sir, there are words here too."

The magistrate, lantern in hand, walked into the house and saw a few large characters written in blood on the wall: "Come to your father for revenge. Implicating innocent people? Is this how the Beggars' Gang behaves?"

The county magistrate lit the lantern again and looked at the Beggar Gang disciples whose limbs and heads had been chopped off.

For a moment, he was a little frightened and said, "Oh, it seems that Zhou Shengwang's family is indeed innocent, so let them go."

After thinking about it, he felt that this would undermine his dignity, so he said, "Detain him for two days first and then release him."

"Sir, where is Zhang Tie?"

"What does Zhang Tie's case have to do with Zhou Shengwang? He's in jail now. Just catch the murderer."

Several clerks nodded in agreement, but they didn't take it seriously.

How much salary is it a month? Many of them are not even officials of the imperial court. Is it worth it to provoke such a vicious person?

The county magistrate looked at the expressions of these petty officials and knew what they were thinking.

Let them oppress and exploit the defenseless people, they will be happy to do so.

Every year during the autumn harvest, everyone would scramble to go to the village to collect taxes.

But once this kind of thing happens, everyone makes excuses and pretends to agree but actually disobeys.

The county magistrate had no other choice but to say, "Send someone to inform the Beggars' Gang that another of their men has died."

The chief clerk beside him asked, "Sir, should we notify the county magistrate of Yangcheng? After all, although Zhang Tie holds a low position, he is still an official appointed by the imperial court."

The county magistrate turned around and shouted, "What are you notifying? A nobody has died? Do you think the higher-ups will care if you notify them?"

"You're annoying people for no reason. Do you think your position is too secure? Send someone to appease Zhang Tie's family and tell them we will catch the murderer."

Although they were both county magistrates, he was only the magistrate of a small county in a small town, and was of the ninth rank.

Yangcheng belongs to the county town, and he is the real county magistrate, a seventh-rank official.

Who will care about this report?

Instead, you will feel that you are incompetent and cannot handle even the smallest thing.

Chapter 21 Deciding to Move

"Zhou Shengwang, is it time for dinner?"

A jailer came to a cell carrying a sumptuous meal.

"When are you going to let me out? If you want to arrest me, just arrest me. My son and daughter are so young, what do they have to do with them?"

Zhou Shengwang, with a haggard face, looked at the sumptuous meal and had no appetite, but still took it.

It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t eat it, but my son and daughter are still young and they can’t not eat it.

It’s just a little strange, why is today’s meal so much richer than usual?

In the cell next door, a gangster-looking prisoner saw the sumptuous meal but did not feel envious at all.

He was a frequent visitor to this cell and said, "Eat quickly. After this meal, there will be no next one."

Zhou Shengwang then remembered that people who were to be beheaded would usually be treated to good food and wine.

Zhou Shengwang's hands froze and the food fell to the ground.

"Dad, what did he mean? Why is there no next meal after this one?" Zhou Wen asked in confusion.

"Daddy, I'm hungry." Zhou Xiaodie said as she looked at the food spilled on the ground.

Zhou Shengwang's wife burst into tears and shouted, "Are you still going to save him? Are you still soft-hearted? Now, your whole family will be buried with you. Are you satisfied?"

Zhou Shengwang turned around and roared outside the prison: "You beasts, you take human life so lightly, sooner or later you will get your comeuppance."

"I gave you the wine. If you want to kill me, go ahead. What does it have to do with my son and daughter? Are you still human?"

The clerk, who had already walked away, came back after hearing the scolding.

Looking at the food spilled on the ground, he said, "Who said I was going to kill you? Alas, Zhou Shengwang, you are unlucky. You saved someone you shouldn't have saved.

But you are also lucky, that person is grateful.

I'm just following orders. Don't say I treated you unfairly when you get out.

I'll bring you another meal."

The thug immediately shouted, "It's not fair! Why isn't it the last meal for execution? They can still eat so well. I want one too."

"If you scream again, your sentence will be extended by another six months, and your meals will be cut in half."

The gangster shut up immediately. He was so hungry that if the amount was reduced by half, he would probably starve to death in prison.

Many prisoners who were detained for a long time actually starved to death in prison.

This is also the reason why beggars do not commit crimes intentionally to go to jail.

Because I can barely survive by begging outside.

Once they are imprisoned for committing a crime, they will starve to death soon as they are already malnourished.

What's more, there are all kinds of punishments, and the prison food is really not tasty.

He doesn't want to be the next one.

After the clerk delivered another meal, Zhou Shengwang asked, "What's wrong with you? You're not going to let us go, so why are you locking us up?"

Although the food got better, he didn't want to stay in jail at all. It was not like he couldn't support himself.

"It's okay to tell you, you can find out when you go out anyway.

The little beggar you saved before is back and has killed two more people.

He also left a message: If anyone in your family loses a finger, he will cut off all four limbs.

If one person died, he would kill the entire family and wipe out the entire clan.

He can really do it. We just arrested you, but one of my colleagues was beheaded.

Boss Zhou, please don't say anything bad about me after you leave. We were just following orders."

Zhou Shengwang knew the whole story and sighed.

When his whole family was arrested, he regretted why he was so soft-hearted.

Now I heard that the little beggar had come back again and killed two more people in order to save himself.

Although he is one year older than his son, his height is about the same as his son.

How could such a small body kill two people in succession?

Last time they used wine, what are they using this time?

Although he felt a little touched in his heart, he still didn't want to get involved in these fighting and killing things.

Zhou Shengwang just wants to run his stall and live an ordinary life with his wife and children.

Zhou Shengwang came to a corner with the food and said, "Eat, we will be able to go out soon, and then we will move."

"Husband, if we move, what will happen to our fields?"

"Let's sell it. I've saved some money over the years, but I've hidden it away. Once I find it, I can buy some land somewhere else and start over."

Although it was to save himself, it killed two more people. Don't wait until he gets out or he will be caught again.

And given that kid's vicious nature, he will kill more and more people in the future.

If others can't catch him, they will come and threaten us.

Now he just wanted to get away and start over in a place where no one knew about his relationship with that kid.

"Husband, where are we going?"

Zhou Shengwang thought for a moment and said, "Wen'er has learned almost everything. The teacher in the small town can no longer teach him anything.

We went to Yangcheng. With our savings and the sale of land and houses outside the town, we could settle down in the surrounding areas of Yangcheng.

It will also be convenient for Wen'er to continue his studies."

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Xinghua Village!

Jiang Weichen deliberately walked through some secluded places and finally arrived at the door of his home.

He left Lotus Town after killing someone last night.

Those who need to be warned have been warned, and those who need to be deterred have been deterred.

As long as I am not caught, Uncle Zhou and his family should be fine.

If those people are stubborn and kill Uncle Zhou, I can only avenge him.

After leaving Lianhua Town, we camped in the wild for a night and set off at dawn.