"Are you Lord Yang?" Ji Xingzhi frowned slightly.
The middle-aged man smiled flatteringly and said, "Indeed, I am Yang Qiu, the mayor of Liancheng County."
"Take the officials and soldiers with you and go to Li Ping's mansion." Ji Xingzhi said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Yang Qiu did not move immediately. Instead, he paused and asked, "I wonder what crime Li Ping has committed?"
Ji Xingzhi was about to say something when he suddenly remembered that Li Shi once said that Li Ping's sister Li Yu married an official as a concubine, so Li Ping dared to bully others like this. Seeing Yang Qiu's hesitant attitude, he thought that the official Li Yu married was Yang Qiu.
After thinking about it, Ji Xingzhi simply said: "Someone died in Yang Ping's house."
Yang Qiu was startled: "What?"
Ji Xingzhi glanced at Yang Qiu casually and said coldly, "Lead the way."
Yang Qiu hesitated for a moment, and then took Ji Xingzhi to Yang Ping's residence with a sense of uneasiness.
Yang Qiu led nearly a hundred officers and soldiers, along with Ji Xingzhi, and headed towards Yang Ping's residence. This scene attracted many onlookers, and some even recognized Ji Xingzhi and pointed at her, saying, "Isn't that the child that Li Qiangpi's family rescued?"
"Yes, I went to help carry his father that day. It was him."
"Why are you with officers and soldiers? Where are they going?"
"Let's go and see."
“…”
Yang Qiu listened to everyone's discussion and couldn't help but feel puzzled. Did Li Qiangpi save Prince Xun's people? Someone in Li Ping's family died again... Why did he have such a bad premonition?
When they arrived at Yang Ping's residence, Ji Xingzhi hadn't spoken yet, but Yang Qiu winked at the person next to him, and that person shouted at the top of his voice: "The county magistrate is here!"
Ji Xingzhi frowned. It seemed that the surprise attack would fail. Yang Qiu was obviously giving a signal to Li Ping.
It’s a pity that Li Ping is too stupid to understand Yang Qiu’s signal.
Li Ping came out of his yard. His fat body looked very similar to Yang Qiu.
Li Ping was smiling at first, but when he saw so many soldiers standing in front of the door and Yang Qiu's serious face, his smile froze on his face. He thought: Could it be that my brother-in-law knew that I had killed someone?
"Why is Lord Yang here? Please come in." Li Ping calmed down and greeted him with a smile.
Yang Qiu glared at Li Ping, then extended his hand in front of Ji Xingzhi, making a gesture of invitation: "Sir, please."
Ji Xingzhi didn't hesitate and walked straight into the yard.
Yang Qiu was about to leave when Li Ping grabbed his sleeve and said, "Brother-in-law, who is that little brat?"
Yang Qiu glared at Li Ping again and said, "He's someone you can't afford to offend."
After he finished speaking, he followed, and Li Ping followed shortly thereafter.
Inner courtyard.
Hua Yihen, Li Mao, Liu Shi, and Li Shi were all tied up, and each of them was ferociously whipped by a servant holding a whip. While beating them, they were asked, "Do you admit your guilt?"
Li Mao's family rolled on the ground after being beaten, but they held on with determination because they knew that Li Ping did not have the courage to beat them to death, but if they confessed their guilt, they would be dead.
Hua Yihen stood straight in place. A servant whipped Hua Yihen's body fiercely. No matter how hard he hit, Hua Yihen remained silent, but his face was extremely pale.
When Ji Xingzhi entered the courtyard, he saw Hua Yihen being treated like this by a small servant. He was immediately furious and threw a silver needle at the servant, crippling his whip-holding hand.
The servant felt pain and the whip fell to the ground with a "snapping" sound.
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