As I opened the door, the setting sun was followed by a gust of cold wind.
Mu Zian suddenly smiled and said softly.
"The wind is rising; let the Pei family perish."
"Someone, prepare the car!"
"Ding-dong! Congratulations, host, on making your decision!"
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On the streets of Qinghe County, countless angry people roared in.
All the yamen runners looked at each other in bewilderment.
At this moment, Chen Yuanbai, the county magistrate, felt his scalp tingle.
Seeing the approaching crowd, he shouted in feigned anger.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Or I'll throw you all in jail!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhao Mingcheng stepped forward from the crowd and angrily rebuked him.
"You insignificant official, how dare you stop your grandfather? I am the son of the current Marquis of Wen'an."
"You think you'd dare touch me even if I had ten lives?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yuanbai's face turned pale and then red with anger.
"Although Young Master Zhao is the descendant of a meritorious official, he cannot knowingly break the law!"
"Do you know that you are now leading the people in rebellion!"
As soon as Chen Yuanbai finished speaking, a Confucian scholar stepped forward and said.
"We ordinary students were merely trying to stand up for what was right!"
"I heard today that the Pei family has committed heinous crimes, actually using living people to make wax! I've come here specifically to demand an explanation!"
"How could the Pei family, a prestigious and powerful clan in the Great Li Dynasty, be so shameless!"
"Under your rule, not only have you failed to maintain peace in this region, but you have also condoned the Pei family's evil deeds!"
"And now you're even going to accuse us of treason! Trying to cover up for the Pei family! In my opinion, you are the one who should be executed according to the law!"
Chen Yuanbai panicked immediately.
"Don't make false accusations! This is a frame-up! A frame-up against me!"
Zhao Mingcheng sneered.
"The novel *A Chinese Ghost Story* says that Nie Xiaoqian was persecuted by the local magistrate, which led to her tragic end!"
"In my opinion, this magistrate is no good either! He must be in cahoots with the Pei family!"
"Perhaps the woman who was made into human wax was persecuted by him!"
"Let's all rush into the Pei family now, and we'll see the truth for ourselves!"
At Zhao Mingcheng's command, countless people surged toward the Pei family like a tsunami.
Those yamen runners were bullies who preyed on the weak and feared the strong; who would dare to stop them now?
In the blink of an eye, the excited crowd had rushed into the Pei family's gate.
A member of the Pei family stepped forward and angrily rebuked him.
"What are you troublemakers trying to do!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Mingcheng raised his foot and kicked him to the ground.
Then he rushed into the mourning hall first.
Candlelight flickered in the dark mourning hall.
At that moment, Pei Liang was directing his men to move the wax figure away.
However, Zhao Mingcheng rushed in so fast that the two collided!
With a clang!
Startled, the servant loosened his grip, and the wax figure being carried fell to the ground.
Then, under the influence of gravity, it rolled down the steps to Zhao Mingcheng's feet.
At this moment, Zhao Mingcheng and the girl who had been turned into wax met each other's eyes.
First came fear, then an overwhelming and boundless rage swept over them.
"Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! The Pei family truly lives up to its reputation as a prestigious family in our Great Li!"
"Wax made by living people! Truly worthy of the title 'a family of wax makers'!"
As Zhao Mingcheng's voice fell, countless ordinary people and students poured into the mourning hall behind him.
Seeing the wax doll of the girl lying on the ground, flames simultaneously ignited in everyone's eyes!
"This is outrageous! This is outrageous!"
"The Pei family has truly become so utterly depraved!"
At this moment, even Pei Liang, who was used to seeing big scenes, was somewhat flustered.
"What are you doing! Don't you know that trespassing is a serious crime?"
"My Pei family is a prestigious and powerful clan! How dare you humiliate us!"
Seeing that Pei Liang was still being stubborn, Zhao Mingcheng roared and kicked over the incense burner offerings.
"Today, Grandpa is going to show you why flowers are so red!"
Just then, Jia Xu, who had come along with them, shouted something without making a sound.
"Someone just wrote that the mother of the woman who was made into wax has hanged herself!"
"The daughter is dead, and the mother is gone; the truth is clear! How tragic!"
"Does this mean that these scions of noble families can bully us at will?"
"Charge in and smash this wax family to pieces!"
As soon as he finished speaking, countless people rushed into the Pei family's residence.
They started smashing and looting instantly.
The mourning hall instantly descended into chaos!
Just then, a series of chaotic footsteps came from outside the Pei family's gate.
The next moment, countless soldiers poured in from outside the door.
"Stop right there, all of you!"
Upon seeing these soldiers, the civilians who were originally smashing and destroying things immediately stopped.
Among the soldiers, a man clad in armor stepped out with an arrogant expression, accompanied by Chen Yuanbai, who wore a fawning expression.
"General Su! Look at these unruly people! They're utterly lawless! They even dared to attack the Pei family!"
"In my opinion, what's the difference between these people and rebels!"
The one addressed as General Su is Su Hao, a deputy commander of the regiment surrounding Qinghe County.
He had received many favors from the Pei family in the past, and now that the master of the house had been bitten, it was the perfect time for him to show his loyalty.
Su Hao coughed lightly and immediately gave the order.
"These unruly people! How dare they offend the Pei family! Arrest them all!"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding villagers and students glared angrily.
"You, as a general of my Great Li, do not think of serving your country, but instead act as a lackey of the Pei family to arbitrarily bully the people! Are you not afraid of the law?"
Su Hao sneered upon hearing this.
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