Young Master Wu is determined to go all out.

Without further delay, he immediately ordered: "Kill everyone here without leaving a single one alive!"

"yes!"

The thugs immediately attacked the yamen runners, Xiao Hanzheng and others.

Shi Qingluo pulled Xiao Baili behind him and said, "Don't be afraid. I and your brother are here. You can hide behind me."

Xiao Baili had never seen such a scene before.

I was really scared and nervous just now.

But when I heard my sister-in-law's words and the way she protected her, my heart warmed.

I don’t know why, but I suddenly wasn’t so scared or nervous anymore. “Okay.”

She will definitely not be a burden to her brother and sister-in-law.

The knife came chopping at him, Shi Qingluo kicked it back and pulled and broke the man's arm.

Then he snatched the opponent's knife.

Soon he came face to face with several other people who were attacking him.

Xiao Hanzheng knew that his young wife was very skilled, and he had taught her a lot in recent days, so she should have no problem dealing with these people.

Sure enough, I was relieved to see that she was fine when facing several people alone.

He also snatched a knife from the attacker and joined the battle.

By the way, he also helped several yamen runners who were almost chopped.

Mo Qingling was born in a marquis's mansion. Although his father ignored him since he was a child, his mother's family hired someone to train him.

Especially after I changed my personality, I gritted my teeth and learned martial arts for a long time.

Although his skills are not as strong as Xiao Hanzheng's, they are not weak either.

He also knocked down two thugs who were slashing at him, took away their knives, and continued to fight back.

He even rushed to the side of the yamen runners and saved several people.

Young Master Wu was watching the three highly skilled people from the sidelines and was completely stunned.

"How is this possible?"

Where are the county magistrate, the scholar, and the village woman who were supposed to be weak and helpless? How come they are still masters?

These three people are so shameless that they hid so deeply.

He couldn't understand why his skills were better than these desperadoes.

Especially since even Shi Qingluo, a little woman, could fight three people at once and had someone protecting her behind her. He felt like he was dreaming and it was not real at all.

The three of them have high fighting power and fight in a methodical manner, unlike these desperadoes who mainly fight with brute force.

With the resistance of more than a dozen yamen runners, the thirty or so thugs were quickly subdued.

Seeing this, Young Master Wu couldn't help but panic and immediately ran towards the gate of the yard.

He had to inform his father quickly, as he didn't know what to do now.

But how could they let him get away?

Xiao Hanzheng kicked two stones from the ground and sent them flying towards Young Master Wu's legs.

"Ah!" Then, both of Young Master Wu's legs were hit by a stone, and he fell forward heavily to the ground, screaming.

The bailiff with sharp eyes ran up and tied the man up.

They ignored the dead thugs on the ground, and tied up all the injured or knocked unconscious ones with ropes.

The Wu family actually raised so many desperate criminals. It seemed that what we had found before was just the tip of the iceberg. Mo Qingling was even more curious about what was down there. "Go down and take a look."

Xiao Hanzheng pulled Shi Qingluo, "Okay!"

Shi Qingluo took Xiao Baili's hand again.

Half of the yamen runners stayed behind, and the remaining half followed them down to the basement.

Because there are people living there, there are oil lamps lit on the walls around.

After passing through a corridor, what comes into view is a place similar to a prison cell.

There are several rooms in the front and several cages in the back.

Imprisoned inside were children ranging in age from three to ten and teenage girls.

What's more, there is even a cage containing several handsome young men.

Seeing Mo Qingling and the yamen runners in official uniform, some light finally appeared in the numb and desperate eyes of these people.

"Sir, are you here to rescue us?"

When Mo Qingling saw these people, he tried to be gentle and said, "Yes, I am here to save you."

He and Xiao Hanzheng walked to the front and looked at several rooms carefully.

There is a room that is like a study, and the others are where the desperadoes live.

In the study, Mo Qingling asked the yamen runners to search it.

Only some unimportant account books were found.

He turned to Xiao Hanzheng and said, "Jinyu, I'll trouble you again to help me find out if there is any mechanism in this room."

In fact, he had never expected that Xiao Hanzheng and his wife were not only good at martial arts, but also had quite high fighting skills.

It seems that Xiao Hanzheng is more proficient in mechanical engineering.

Xiao Hanzheng nodded, "Okay!"

When he dealt with the Wu family in his previous life, the Wu family had already moved to the provincial capital, so this secret room under the rockery should have been abandoned long ago.

He didn't know where the account book was hidden, but he believed he could find it.

He looked around carefully and touched it again.

No hidden mechanism was found in this room.

He thought for a moment and said, "I'll go check out the other rooms."

This study was most likely deliberately set up as a cover.

Mo Qingling had the same idea, "Okay!"

Xiao Hanzheng went to check other rooms.

Sure enough, he found something wrong in one of the most inconspicuous rooms and then cracked the mechanism.

Suddenly a secret compartment popped out from the wall at the head of the bed.

There was a closed wooden box in the secret compartment, which he took out.

I found that there was a mechanism lock on it.

If you use something to destroy it, the things inside will also be destroyed.

He told Mo Qingling the truth.

Mo Qingling discovered that the Wu family was very careful and had built so many mechanisms. The things inside must be extraordinary.

He clasped his fists and said, "Jinyu, I'll have to trouble you to crack the mechanism lock again."

Xiao Hanzheng smiled and said, "I'll try."

After half an hour of research and cracking.

There was a "cracking" sound from the wooden box.

Everyone looked over.

Xiao Hanzheng stretched out his hand and the lid opened.

Then he scanned inside and found not only some letters and account books, but also a thick stack of silver bills.

He didn't even look at it and directly handed the wooden box to Mo Qingling.

After Mo Qingling took it, he walked away from the banknotes and picked up the account books and letters inside to look through them.

The more he looked at her, the uglier her expression became. "Damn it, the Wu family actually did so many unscrupulous things."

"It's worse than a bully."

Seeing Shi Qingluo's eyes full of curiosity, Xiao Hanzheng asked Mo Qingling, "Besides trafficking in people, what else did they do?"

Mo Qingling did not hide it, "Lending money, trafficking people, hiring assassins to kill people, and there is also a brothel business."

He whispered again, "What's even worse is that they are smuggling salt and iron, and they may be transporting it out of Daliang to sell it."

"We have to check the details carefully."

Xiao Hanzheng frowned, "The Wu family is really bold."

He reminded, "This matter must be caught in one fell swoop before taking any action, otherwise it will be very troublesome."

Mo Qingling's eyes darkened and he nodded: "Well, I'm going to report it. Please ask His Majesty to send someone to investigate thoroughly."

The account book records the whereabouts of a lot of profits and money, as well as some letters.

Not only the prefect, but also many officials above the seventh rank in the court were involved.

Although the emperor was his uncle, he was only a seventh-rank county magistrate after all and had no right to thoroughly investigate these things.

There aren't that many people to do it.

(End of this chapter)