"Old Xu, you hit me? You actually dared to hit me?" The county magistrate touched his face in shock and said in disbelief.

Old Xu was also completely bewildered. He shouted, "No, it wasn't me! Someone just grabbed my hand..."

Before he could finish speaking, the magistrate reached out and slapped him hard across the face.

"Smack!"

Old Xu touched his aching face, feeling wronged, but the magistrate didn't give him a chance to explain and continued angrily.

"You lie without even thinking. There are only the two of us in this room. Do you expect me to grab your hand and hit myself?"

The magistrate had just finished venting his anger when he saw Old Xu across from him say in a terrified voice, "My lord, please look at my hand."

The magistrate looked puzzled and asked impatiently, "What's wrong with your hand? You just raised it, what, you want to hit me?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Old Xu slapped him across the face again.

This time, it seemed that a great deal of force was used, and when the slap left, the magistrate's face swelled up instantly.

"You, you..."

The magistrate was so angry that he couldn't speak, but he had already thought of more than a hundred ways to punish the other party. If it weren't for the fact that he still needed to rely on the other party for some things, he would have wanted to execute Old Xu immediately.

Old Xu across from him was also helpless. He said with a mournful face, "Sir, it really wasn't me. I don't know why my hand just wouldn't obey me. I can't control it at all now!"

"Sir, please call someone in and pull me away, or I'm scared I'll beat you again."

He had barely finished speaking when he was horrified to see his hand being raised again, and he was being dragged toward the county magistrate.

"Sir, please get out of the way!"

The county magistrate hadn't exercised in a long time, and his body was extremely heavy. When he heard Old Xu's words, he didn't even have time to react before he was slapped hard again.

The magistrate had initially thought that what Old Xu had said before was just an excuse for him to get rid of the money, but now he had no choice but to believe it: the study was not clean!

No, for the sake of my own life, I probably can't stay in this study.

"Old Xu, wait for me here. I'll go find someone to help you!" After saying that, the magistrate turned around and was about to leave.

But as soon as he took a step, he tripped over something and fell flat on his face.

"My teeth! My teeth!" The magistrate's face changed instantly when he saw the broken teeth on the ground.

There's an unwritten rule in the pursuit of official positions: one must be physically fit, and teeth are certainly one of the criteria. Now, his teeth are gone…

The magistrate grew angrier the more he thought about it. After getting up from the ground, he glared at the study and spoke to the air.

"You son of a bitch, come out here! If you're so capable of playing tricks, then face me directly!"

Old Xu never expected that the magistrate would start yelling at the ghosts in the room as soon as he turned around. He helplessly rubbed his forehead and thought to himself, "Sir, do you want us to die even faster?"

We still don't know where that thing came from, yet you dare to provoke it. You're truly fearless.

Xu Jinhuan sneered. Let her come out? Fine, I'll scare you until you pee your pants!

Just as the atmosphere became tense, a soft, eerie voice came from a corner.

"Who the hell are you? You wanted to see me, huh? Well, I'm here."

The magistrate looked in the direction of the sound and saw a distorted figure in the corner. The figure was somewhat transparent, and one could see the blurry scene behind it through her.

"What, what exactly is this thing?" the magistrate asked Old Xu beside him, trembling.

Old Xu said with a bitter face, "It should be that thing, otherwise how could anyone be transparent?"

He secretly grumbled to himself, wishing he hadn't come to the magistrate's office tonight. If he hadn't come, he certainly wouldn't have run into this mess, and he could still be living peacefully...

Xu Jinhuan "floated" in front of the two of them, saying in a sinister voice, "Give me back my life~~~"

After saying that, he breathed a "cold breath" onto their necks.

This cool air is something to be cherished during the sweltering heat, but the county magistrate felt no enjoyment at all; he felt a chill from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

The magistrate's legs trembled involuntarily, but his cold thighs suddenly felt a surge of heat. His face froze, and his mind went blank for a moment.

He... he actually wet his pants in front of other people?!

In order to avoid being discovered, the county magistrate racked his brains and finally came up with an idea.

Suddenly, he looked at Xu Jinhuan and stammered, "You, what grievance do you have? I, I will certainly help you seek justice."

Old Xu immediately chimed in, "That's right, our county magistrate is very understanding of the people's plight and will definitely help you get justice."

Xu Jinhuan crushed the ice cube in his mouth, swallowed it, and glared at the two men fiercely, saying, "Seek justice? You're the ones who killed me!"

The magistrate watched as the female ghost opposite him suddenly started chewing something, and the crunching sound coming from her mouth sent chills down his spine.

Could this female ghost be chewing on human bones?

Before he could stop thinking wildly, he heard Xu Jinhuan's words.

He was stunned. He had killed him?

Does that mean the female ghost was one of the young women who were abducted?

Perhaps there is still hope for them, as long as there are still people or things in this world that they care about...

Thinking of this, the magistrate immediately said, "Young lady, if you had been here the whole time, you would have seen what just happened. The reason why Old Xu and I did these things was because we were forced to!"

Old Xu, as expected of someone who had colluded with the magistrate for many years, immediately echoed the magistrate's words upon hearing them.

"Yes, young lady, even if you kill us, the person behind it will still be at large. To him, it's just like losing one pawn."

But you can't come back to life anyway, so why add to the bloodshed? If you agree not to kill us, the magistrate and I will do our best to compensate your family and let them enjoy their old age in peace.

That way you can reincarnate in peace, right?

After Old Xu finished speaking, he exchanged a glance with the county magistrate, and then the two of them looked in Xu Jinhuan's direction, their eyes filled with expectation, hoping that the other party would take it easy and put it down gently.

Unexpectedly, Xu Jinhuan had no intention of granting their wish. She snorted coldly, "My family? My family has passed away because they couldn't find me."

Now I have no ties in this world, only one obsession in my heart: to kill you all!

As for the person behind the scenes you mentioned, don't worry, he'll be joining you soon.

Before the two could react, Xu Jinhuan's long sword appeared out of thin air and slashed across the magistrate's head.

Clang!