As soon as Jiang Yongqiang spoke, everyone immediately remembered Lin Wanyue's help in exorcising the ghosts from the Jiang family.

It turns out the Jiang family didn't have a good reputation on this street, but unexpectedly, they were blind to their own faults and bullied the Lin family, and now they've suffered the consequences.

It was only thanks to Lin Wanyue's willingness to forgive and help them resolve their troubles that the Jiang family was able to reform themselves.

Nowadays, even Jiang Yongqiang and his gang don't cause trouble for their neighbors like they used to; they've even started spending money to repair bridges and pave roads.

If Lin Wanyue were a demon, could she still help the weak and punish the strong?

Can the Jiang family really be reformed?

The bystanders may be timid and afraid to stand up, but that doesn't mean they're brainless!

Liang Xin looked at this group of people, none of whom were willing to listen to reason, and then there was Jiang Yongqiang, who was fiercely protecting Lin Wanyue.

Liang Xin really couldn't do anything about them. His only few advantages were that the old Taoist priest had run away, Zhang Xiangyang and the others had been beaten down, and his official authority was probably only enough to scare the timid onlookers, but not enough to force them to step forward and deal with Lin Weiming and Lin Wanyue.

"It's all because you people are too stupid and can't distinguish right from wrong. Now you've let the wolf into the house! If anything happens in the future, don't even think about asking me to uphold justice!" Liang Xin cursed angrily. He pointed to the people around him and saw that they all lowered their heads, not daring to look at him, and did not intend to come forward to help. He was so angry that his teeth were chattering.

"Oh?" Lin Wanyue tilted her head, revealing an innocent smile, and said, "Can you uphold justice?"

"You...you...you monster!" Liang Xin was furious that Lin Wanyue dared to openly provoke him!

Lin Wanyue blinked and said, "That's right. You've been in office for over a year now, and it seems like you haven't done anything for our county. You even try to embezzle the injuries sustained by villagers catching bandits."

"Besides taking money for pleasure, I've never heard of you doing anything useful. Even the Jiang family knows how to build bridges and pave roads, so what have you done? Upholding justice, or taking the opportunity to embezzle money?"

The people who had just been bowing their heads were now silently supporting Lin Wanyue with eager anticipation.

They didn't dare to point out Liang Xin's actions to his face like Lin Wanyue did, but the excited yet angry expressions on their faces were enough to show that Lin Wanyue had spoken their minds.

According to the rules of this dynasty, officials from other places are appointed to their posts. Therefore, Liang Xin is indeed not from this county. His term of office is three years, and he has already completed more than half of it, but he has not done anything commendable in the county.

But he's incredibly ruthless when it comes to taking money!

Ordinary people wouldn't dare to go to the county town to report to the authorities, because regardless of whether they were right or wrong, if they could get money from Lord Liang, then they were polite, and politeness meant they were right.

The rule doesn't need to be spoken; everyone already knows it.

Now that someone had spoken up, some of the more enraged people chimed in, "That's right! This kid is right. You think you're qualified to uphold justice? You don't even blink when you're taking money, but I've never heard of you building bridges or repairing roads for anyone in the county!"

"They don't do their jobs properly, but instead cause trouble for others. They'll have their own ways of dealing with things later."

Upon hearing this, Lin Weiming felt as if his thoughts had been exposed, and quickly added, "Lord Liang, you previously embezzled the money we earned from catching bandits, and now you want to cause trouble for our family. I don't know where we offended you."

Everyone started discussing it amongst themselves.

As Liang Xin listened to their increasingly outrageous words, he feared that these troublemakers might do something even more outrageous.

"Zhang Xiangyang, why aren't you arresting these troublemakers right now!" Liang Xin roared at Zhang Xiangyang, who was still lying on the ground unable to get up.

"..." Zhang Xiangyang had just been knocked to the ground by Jiang Yongqiang and couldn't get up for a long time. Now, hearing what many people were saying, he felt the same worry as Liang Xin, so he pretended to be dead and lay on the ground.

But to everyone's surprise, Liang Xin called out his name loudly, drawing all attention to Zhang Xiangyang.

After all, Liang Xin spends most of his time in the government office and rarely goes out to interact directly with everyone. This time, he came in person to express his respect for the old Taoist priest and to personally witness how the old Taoist priest subdues demons.

Of course, what's even more important is Liang Xin's regret when he wanted to go and see Lin Weiming get his comeuppance.

But Zhang Xiangyang is different!

He was the head of the yamen runners, and he often led his gang of men to wander the streets, ostensibly to maintain order in the county, but in reality, they were just taking bribes and eating meat.

If he doesn't like someone, he can easily find a crime to pin on them and teach them a lesson. He will never let these people go until he gets the money he wants.

His power was so great that the people on the street dared not speak out against him, which further fueled Zhang Xiangyang's arrogance.

Otherwise, things wouldn't have escalated to this point.

But things had already progressed to this point, and it was too late for Zhang Xiangyang to regret it.

As soon as Liang Xin spoke, everyone's attention turned to Zhang Xiangyang.

"You, you... what do you want to do?" Zhang Xiangyang didn't care about pretending to be dead anymore, but when he tried to get up, he sat down on the ground and desperately backed away.

"What are you doing? Now look at what you did to us before!" One of the men who had a grudge against Zhang Xiangyang stepped forward, rolled up his sleeves, and glared at Zhang Xiangyang.

"I'm warning you, don't you dare do anything reckless! Otherwise... otherwise there are still plenty of empty spaces in our county government's dungeon!" Zhang Xiangyang said loudly.

The man sneered, "Even now, you still dare to threaten me? Anyway, you've driven me to the point where I have no children, my wife and kids have all run away. Even if I kill you, let's see who will put me in jail!"

Liang Xin seized the opportunity and slipped away quickly when no one was paying attention to him.

The other yamen runners also noticed that the magistrate had already run away, and they were not capable of taking his place.

So they all scrambled and crawled away as fast as they could.

Zhang Xiangyang was the worst off, getting beaten black and blue, because many people had a grudge against him, and taking advantage of the large crowd, everyone was willing to go up and kick him.

It was Lin Weiming who noticed Zhang Xiangyang lying motionless on the ground after being beaten, and fearing that the group might actually kill him, that he stepped in to stop them.

Although many people vented their anger by beating Zhang Xiangyang, they were all ordinary people and didn't really have the courage to kill him. They took the opportunity to back down, and since they had vented their anger, they didn't pursue the matter any further.

Jiang Yongqiang drank two large bowls of cold soy milk at Lin's restaurant and said to Liu Junlan, "Grandma, don't worry. I'll tell my dad when I get back! This guy surnamed Liang came to our county on business, and now he dares to bully me?"

"Does he really think that after all these years in the county, we have no connections at all? Don't worry, he definitely won't dare to bother my little aunt again!"