After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

Qin Yao said coldly: "Bring something in exchange."

Lin Erbao immediately knelt down and kowtowed to her twice, "Thank you Madam for not killing me!"

Qin Yao picked up the sack containing the golden toad and walked straight towards his carriage, saying calmly:

"Burn the tea shed."

Lin Erbao didn't dare to say anything, and immediately spread the flammable wood in the shed beside the stove, and used the thugs' sticks to tear down the shed.

She didn't say to burn the thugs as well, so he took it upon himself to drag the ten already unconscious thugs to the grass outside the tea shed and cover them with withered grass.

When the fire was lit, the tea tent made of thatch and wood was on fire. In less than half a quarter of an hour, flames shot into the sky, thick smoke billowed, and all traces were turned into ashes in the flames.

Qin Yao was already sitting in the carriage. Lin Erbao suppressed his fear, patted his clothes and tidied up his appearance, got on the carriage, and drove the carriage slowly toward the county seat.

It gets dark early in winter, and the sky darkens at some point. The gate of Kaiyang County, which is wide open in the dark, looks to Lin Erbao like the bloody mouth of a ferocious beast.

And he had no choice. He knew that he couldn't enter the mouth, but he had to enter.

Dawn broke.

The watchman finished the last watch of the night, yawned, finished his work and walked home.

As he walked to the door of the pawn shop, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

He slowly raised his head, raised the lantern in his hand to shine it, and his sleepy eyes widened instantly.

A faceless, right-hand human figure was hung from the high pole used to hold up the banners in the pawn shop.

"Ghost!!!"

The watchman's shrill frightened voice spread throughout Kaiyang County, waking up the people in the city.

The Golden Toad, one of the Three Evils in Kaiyang County, had half of his face chopped off, and one of his hands was cut off. He was hung in front of his pawn shop for public display.

No one knows who did it, but except for Golden Toad's family, the people in the city are secretly excited that retribution has finally come.

I've seen people who are really angry, but this is the first time I've seen someone who is really angry.

The government officials worked hard for a long time before putting the golden toad down on the pole. Everyone thought he was dead, but unexpectedly the man lying on the ground suddenly opened his eyes, as if he didn't feel any pain. He asked soberly:

"What happened? Where is this?"

The official who was going to put a shroud on him was scared to death, and the people around him took a breath.

Only then did Golden Toad realize that something was wrong. Why were everyone looking at him like they had seen a ghost?

Under the guidance of the official, the golden toad lowered his head and screamed in horror: "Ahhhh-my hand, my hand!"

He touched his face again with his remaining left hand and found a soft and wet patch. He opened his palm in front of his eyes and saw that it was full of blood. He was so frightened that he fainted.

The warden, who arrived belatedly, bent down and took a look, and realized that the golden toad's abnormal appearance was caused by a large amount of anesthetic.

If it were an ordinary person, the pain would have passed long ago.

The onlookers watched the officials and the Jin family carrying the golden toad away, with regret in their eyes. Why didn't he die?

Why didn't the hero behind the scenes who was doing harm to the people just kill this heinous golden toad?

But the villain who had been domineering for so long finally got his comeuppance, and everyone still felt relieved.

The Jin family was not relieved and filled with anger. They filed a complaint in front of the court, requesting the county magistrate to order the arrest of the murderers, Liu and his wife.

County Magistrate Song Zhang was speechless and asked patiently: "Where's the evidence? Where's the witness? I can't arrest an honest scholar with a good reputation for no reason." What the Jin family wanted to say, but what they said was aggrieved. Can't tell.

Where did the witnesses come from?

The ten thugs are still lying unconscious in their respective homes.

Ma Fulin Erbao, the only one who came back, had already left Kaiyang County with his family overnight.

The scene of the incident was burned to ashes, so where is the evidence?

What annoys the Jin family the most is that everyone in the city knows that scholar Liu Jina was kicked out of the city after making a big fuss, and it is impossible for him, a scholar, to seriously injure ten professional thugs like this.

To say that it was his wife who did it, no one saw her for even a moment.

But the murderer was this woman. Of course the Jin family believed what Jin Toad said.

The eldest son of Jin Dynasty replied angrily: "Sir, even if we don't have any witness evidence, but such a bad thing happened in the city, how can you, as a county official, just let it go without any witness evidence?"

The second son of the Jin family followed closely and pressed: "We will file a lawsuit today. The petition has been submitted and the case has been established. No matter what, we should let the police catch the Lius and his wife in the lobby and confront them in front of them!"

Having said this, the two brothers looked at Mr. Yu standing outside the hall.

Capt. Yu was a little tired, but he still went in and reported back: "Sir, what the second young master said is indeed in line with the procedures. Can you please order your subordinates to go to Liujia Village to bring the defendant Liu and his wife to the county government now?"

As he asked the question, Yu Baotou looked sideways at the county magistrate sitting on the right side of the lobby.

In this kind of injury case, the county magistrate is responsible for arresting the culprit. If he wants it, the county magistrate can only give the order.

If it were normal, in this oppressive atmosphere, Magistrate Song would have already ordered a thorough investigation.

However, when have the yamen departments, which are usually passive and slow in their work, ever acted so proactively?

The previous serious problem of horse bandits had been delayed for a long time, and no one had posted the reward list for half a year. Song County Magistrate knew that Kaiyang County seemed peaceful, but in fact, black and white had been mixed together for a long time, and it was impossible to distinguish between you and me. .

But fortunately, there are always unexpected things or people appearing in the world. Mrs. Qin opened the closed gate a crack. From then on, the two muddy waters that were mixed together became somewhat black and white. .

The color gradually became clearer, and he could finally relax as a county magistrate.

But today, the Jin brothers came to court, making him feel that the brief period of clarity before was just an illusion.

Once he left, they would just do whatever they had to do and endure it for a while. It would only be more than a year left.

But not all people who have worked hard to gain fame only want to use their official positions to make money for themselves. There are always people who have lofty ambitions that are ridiculed.

And Song Zhang is the latter.

He is still young, just past his thirties, and in a commoner's home, he is already a mature father. If the child is born earlier, he may already be a grandfather.

But in the officialdom, he is still a young man. Such a person always has some naive ideals when he first enters the court.

And he was lucky. In this pool of muddy water, every time he was about to be submerged, a hand descended from the sky and set aside a clear pool for him, allowing him to wake up and survive a little longer.

Looking at the hesitant county magistrate and another Jin family assistant who was about to speak - the warden. Song Zhang nodded lightly to the master beside him.

The master immediately stepped forward and said, "Please, the county magistrate and the warden, follow me to the back hall."