Jia Renwang was out of breath from running and his body was shaking. He was usually very pampered and had never done these things before. Now after running for a while, he felt that his body was close to its limit.

The pursuers led by Yang Liang were still chasing them hard and had no intention of letting them go.

Yang Liang could see that Jia Renwang was close to his limit and would be overtaken by him if he didn't use it anymore, so he was not in a hurry to take action and instead put away the slingshot.

"Old man, can you run faster?" Mrs. Jia shouted.

"No, I can't run anymore."

Jia Renwang was leaning against a big tree, out of breath. His face turned blue and white, and beads of sweat oozed out.

"You damn man, do you want to be caught and beheaded?" Mrs. Jia yelled.

"I can't do it anymore. I can't do it anymore." Jia Renwang waved his hand: "Madam, please just forget it."

"Forget it, I don't want to lose my head yet."

Mrs. Jia secretly cursed the useless man, gritted her teeth, became cruel, broke the branches in front of her, and continued to trek forward.

"stop!"

Yang Liang drew out his slingshot and hit the locust tree next to Mrs. Jia with a clay ball, making a heavy sound.

Mrs. Jia was startled, her feet slipped, and she fell down in the grass.

Seeing that they were desperate, Yang Liang slowed down his horses slightly, looked at the two of them coldly, and gradually shortened the distance.

At this moment, Mrs. Jia suddenly screamed strangely, and a ball of flame emerged from her chest and burned along her collar.

"Miss!"

Jia Renwang fell to the ground in fright, his face pale and his eyes full of terror.

Yang Liang and Wu Dao were also shocked. No one expected that such a strange thing would happen in front of everyone.

"Go rescue people quickly and leave one alive." Yang Liang shouted.

"My lord, it's too late."

Wu Dao hugged Yang Liang.

Water and fire were merciless, and the fire suddenly ignited all over Mrs. Jia's body. Her clothes and gown burned immediately, and then her hair, skin and the oil oozing from her body.

In the blink of an eye, the fire burned out completely, leaving only a burst of black ash that dispersed with the wind.

"This……"

Yang Liang and Wu Dao stood there, both with pale faces. This strange thing was indeed strange. In just a few seconds, a large living person was burned to death.

After a while, Yang Liang finally came to his senses, pointed at Jia Renwang who was paralyzed on the ground, and said: "Take him back, I will open a court to try the case."

The group of people hurried back to the county government office.

When people on the street heard that Jia Renwang had been escorted back, they all crowded out and stared at the arrested Jia Renwang, who was being held in custody, and talked a lot.

"What happened to this person named Jia?"

"I heard that he was escorted back by the Imperial Envoy."

"Come on, let's go take a look together."

People followed the team one after another. When Yang Liang returned to the county government office, people were already crowding outside the gate.

Yang Liang changed into official uniform in the back hall, and with a mighty voice, he sat behind the public case.

Snapped.

Yang Liang slapped the crowd hard and shouted at Jiaren, "What have you done? Why don't you come quickly?"

"I committed a crime. What did I commit?"

Jia Renwang was still in a fog, but when he heard what Yang Liang said, he suddenly came back to his senses and subconsciously agreed.

"Why are you pretending to be confused with me? Why did your sister-in-law die in your house, and why did your wife die? Do you dare to say that these things have nothing to do with you?"

Jia Ren looked at it for a moment, then suddenly cried at the top of his lungs: "Sir, it's unfair. I don't know anything about these things. Is it true that it has nothing to do with the villain?"

Wu Dao stood aside and said quietly to Yang Liang: "Sir, I'm afraid he has woken up, or else he will be punished?"

The Jia Wang was distracted at first and came to the court. After being frightened by Yang Liang, he cheered up and made up his mind to fall to the ground.

Punishing him at this time is not the best way.

"You're still trying to survive."

Yang Liang changed his tone and said seductively: "If you think about it carefully, if there is no evidence, I will arrest you. I think you look pitiful. If you tell the truth, I may be able to spare you a life of mercy." Stay alive, I see you are not a very evil person.

If you insist on carrying it to death, I will have no choice but to be ruthless. Based on the deaths of these two people, it will not be difficult to convict you. "

Jia Renwang sighed. His original idea was similar to Yang Liang's guess, which was to bet that Yang Liang had no evidence.

The problem is that Yang Liang is an imperial envoy sent from above. He kills people like dogs and does not need any evidence at all.

Telling the truth is also death, denying is also death, it is better to tell the truth, maybe there is a glimmer of hope.

"Sir, I will recruit you."

"Come here, let's have tea with Mr. Jia and let him tell you in detail."

There was a silver sword guard holding a bowl of herbal tea. Jia Renwang drank it in one gulp, feeling some pride in his heart.

"Sir, this matter does have something to do with me, but to be honest, it doesn't have much to do with it."

Jia Renwang said: "Three months ago, my sister-in-law's husband passed away. We felt sorry for her being lonely and helpless, so we thought we could take her over and take care of her."

"Tell the truth, you don't have any bad intentions. It's now this time, and you don't have to hide it." "I didn't dare to deceive the imperial envoy. It was really out of good intentions at the time. We wanted to take care of her. No one thought that she was with her at that time. Carrying a box, I happened to see it filled with gold, silver and jewelry, worth at least hundreds of thousands taels."

Jia Renwang sighed: "If this is the case, people can't help but be tempted."

"So you have the intention to seek wealth and murder?" Lu Zhaogeng scolded from the side.

Yang Liang waved his hand, indicating not to interrupt him and let him continue.

"Let me tell you, Lord County Magistrate, how dare we do that. It was my wife who came up with the idea. My wife and sister are still young, and it would be too miserable to be a widow like this. It is better to marry a villain, and we can become a family, which is the best of both worlds. .

We thought so, so we asked my wife to discuss it quietly with her, but the result was a failure and severely humiliated me and my wife. "

"What happened next?" Yang Liang asked.

"Later, my wife came up with an idea. It is said that someone in the city was burned to ashes for no reason. No one knows what happened.

If something happens to my sister-in-law, then the gold and silver she carries with her will become ours. However, no one knew what was going on, so my wife and I wandered around the street for a few days, until one day, my wife brought a pamphlet from the street and gave it to my sister-in-law. "

At this point, Jia Renwang had a bitter look on his face and sighed: "Who knew that in the end, everyone was gone, the money was gone, and even my wife was burned to ashes."

Yang Liang was moved and asked, "Where did that pamphlet come from and what was written on it?"

Jia Renwang shook his head: "I don't know. My wife took care of all this. If I had seen it, I would probably be burned to death by now."

After hearing this, Yang Liang was filled with disappointment. You provided some useful clues, but the result was an abrupt end.

In this case, what's the use of you? Do you really think that I don't dare to kill anyone?

"Be bold!"

Yang Liang shouted angrily, slapped the gavel on the table, and said: "Now that there is no evidence, you have pushed the matter away. Who knows whether you planned this kind of thing.

Tell me the truth. If you have any secrets, I will punish you. "

"Sir, everything I said is true, and I have absolutely nothing to hide. I am unjustly accused."

"Others are qualified to say they are wronged, but you are not qualified to say they are wronged. Please tell me carefully, where is that pamphlet now?"

"Sir, I don't know. Once my wife and sister died, this booklet seemed to be gone."

"Then where did it come from? If you still don't tell me, be careful of my master's torture."

"Sir, I really don't know."

"Come here and torture me."

Several detectives pounced on him like wolves and tigers.

Not long after, screams of crying for father and mother could be heard in the lobby.

Lu Zhaogeng watched this scene and whispered to Yang Liang: "Your Majesty, the imperial envoy, judging from his appearance, maybe he really doesn't know."

"I know."

Yang Liang nodded: "But it's not unfair to beat him."

"Uh……"

Lu Zhaogeng was silent for a while.

After a while, Jia Renwang fainted from the pain. Seeing that no important clues were found, Yang Liang temporarily withdrew.

Take Jia Renwang down and hand him over to Silver Knife Guard for personal interrogation.

In the back hall, the maid served Yang Liang a cup of hot tea, while Lu Zhaogeng stood aside.

"Master Lu, sit down, sit down..."

"The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials don't dare."

Lu Zhaogeng had a stern expression on his face and said, "It's really a shame that something like this happened to someone in office in this county."

"Oh, I can't blame you for this. No one wants this to happen."

Lu Zhaogeng wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It was Mr. Li's clever calculation. He caught the clue not long after he arrived. If we let the county investigate, we don't know how long it will take."

"It was a fluke, just a fluke."

Yang Liang breathed a sigh of relief and gently blew away the foam on the surface of the tea bowl. At this moment, Wu Dao came over quickly and said to Yang Liang: "Master Qi, I asked about something. According to him, the booklet It seems to come from a market in Min'an County."

"Min'an County?"

Yang Liang frowned: "Have you made it clear? Did he say anything else?"

Wu Dao shook his head: "He's fainted from the pain now, and he's afraid he won't be able to hold on for too long."

Yang Liang knew that Yin Dao Wei was ruthless and handed Jia Renwang over to Yin Dao Wei. He was mentally prepared in advance.

But Yang Liang was a little afraid of Min'an County.

I came from Min'an County, and I still have many acquaintances there, some of whom are even my students.

Now even if they meet someone they knew before, they may not dare to recognize each other.

I'm afraid that if there are too many people, three people will become a tiger. If they get together to discuss with each other, they may find out their identities.

But it was Min'an County that he seemed to have to go to.

Yang Liang pondered for a moment and said: "In that case, let's take a walk. Remember to dress up in disguise and don't try to scare others."

"Your Excellency, your thoughts are indeed correct." Wu Dao said: "I will select people right away and find a few smart people to carry out this mission." (End of Chapter)

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