Zhao Lin said calmly, "Why are you in such a hurry? What else do you want to ask?"
Ma Ershui said bluntly: "Your Excellency, there is no need to ask. Some of the recent cases in Jiujiang Province and Jiasha Province were all committed by my people. Now that I have fallen into your hands, I don't ask for life, I only ask for a quick death."
"Quick death? Do you deserve it?" Zhao Lin said calmly, "A thousand cuts are waiting for you, don't worry."
Ma Ershui shuddered and said, "Good! Even if he can be cut into pieces, he is still a hero."
"I am very interested in your name. Ma plus two water drops is the character Feng, right, Lord Feng?" Zhao Lin suddenly said.
Feng Siyuan shuddered and said quickly, "Yes, this thief actually has the same surname as me. I am ashamed of myself. Please, sir, drag him out and skin him alive."
Zhao Lin chuckled: "Master Feng is so anxious to kill him, is he afraid that he will reveal something?"
Feng Siyuan quickly said, "Your Excellency has misunderstood. Huangzhuang Village was once under my jurisdiction, and I have been there before. Now it has been massacred by the men sent by this beast. I am deeply saddened and only want to avenge them."
Zhao Lin nodded: "Lord Feng is a good official who loves his people like his own children. It's really rare."
Seeing that Zhao Lin was trying to stop and refuse to get rid of Ma Ershui, Feng Siyuan was so anxious that he was sweating.
Zhao Lin continued to ask Ma Ershui: "Did you have someone kidnap and kill Zhu San from Changyuan County?"
Ma Ershui said: "Yes."
"Why?"
"I was once bullied by Zhu San."
"He farted!"
Zhu San, who was kneeling on the side, shouted: "Sir, I don't know him at all."
Ma Ershui said calmly, "You've bullied so many people, how do you know me?"
Zhu San opened his mouth, but couldn't think of any rebuttal.
Zhu San was a local bully who would beat and scold anyone he disliked. Naturally, it was unknown whether he had ever bullied Ma Ershui.
Zhao Lin nodded and said, "In other words, your kidnapping of Zhu San has nothing to do with Zhu San forcibly seizing someone else's wife and killing her husband?"
Ma Ershui said: "I don't know anything about this matter."
Zhao Lin sneered and said, "Your answer was perfect. You took all the blame on yourself to protect the person behind you. You hope that after you die, he can help your family, right?"
Ma Ershui closed his eyes and said nothing.
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "I don't care whether I can find the person behind you or not. Anyway, I have confirmed who he is. I can find another excuse to kill him later. I just want to tell you that he can't protect your family because he can't even protect himself."
Ma Ershui suddenly opened his eyes and gasped: "You are an official, an official..."
Zhao Lin said calmly, "Of course I'm an official, and I wouldn't do anything like killing your entire family. But you've committed so many evil things, how many innocent people have you harmed? How many families have been destroyed because of you? If they knew where the family of you, the culprit, is..."
"No! You can't do that!"
Ma Ershui said anxiously, "I have committed many evil deeds, and I deserve to be cut into pieces, but my family is innocent. You, you can't bring harm to my family."
Fu Wenqi opened his mouth, but then forced himself to control it.
For a scholar like him, Zhao Lin's behavior was out of line.
But he respected Zhao Lin, his brother-in-law, so he didn't want to persuade him in front of so many people.
"Innocent? Their existence is the greatest sin. How can they be innocent?"
Zhao Lin snorted coldly and said, "The premise of not bringing harm to your family is not benefiting them. They deserve to die for living on the money you robbed!"
Ma Ershui sighed heavily, closed his eyes and said, "Since the adults said they deserve to die, then let them die."
There was a commotion among the crowd.
For the sake of the person behind him, Ma Ershui was willing to sacrifice his entire family.
How important is the person behind this to make him pay such a price?
Zhao Lin was not surprised and said, "It seems that those family members are just the ones you show in public. Are there more in secret?"
Ma Ershui suddenly opened his eyes.
He looked at Zhao Lin as if he had seen a ghost.
Zhao Lin is so young, not even older than his son, but how can he be so smart that he can guess that he has other family members with just one sentence.
The people around also suddenly realized.
No wonder Ma Ershui would rather his entire family die than reveal the person behind the scenes.
It turns out he has other family members.
Zhao Lin said calmly, "Don't look at me like that. I've seen a lot of people like you. A cunning rabbit has three burrows. Humph, even if you have thirty burrows, I will wipe them out. I will make sure your entire family is wiped out!"
Zhao Lin was murderous: "When the time comes, it will depend on whether the person behind you is willing to come out and protect them."
Ma Ershui trembled and looked at Zhao Lin in despair. "Sir, Sir Zhao, Sir Futai, you can't do this. You are an official, and if you do this, you are no different from us bandits. The censor will not let you go, and neither will your political enemies."
Zhao Lin snorted coldly, "If an official doesn't serve the people, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes. I'm not sitting here to be an official, but for the people. Today, if you can tell me who's behind this, that's fine. If not, I'll find your hidden family and wait for them on the road to the underworld."
"No!"
Ma Ershui screamed and subconsciously looked at Feng Siyuan.
Everyone followed his gaze.
Feng Siyuan said angrily, "Why are you looking at me? I don't even know him. Ma Ershui, please don't frame me."
Ma Ershui was silent.
Liu Zhengyan angrily shouted, "Zhao Lin, you are an official appointed by the imperial court, yet you actually threaten the family of a criminal. Are you still a human being? I will report the truth to His Majesty and have him punish you."
Zhao Lin said calmly, "Even if His Majesty wants to punish me, it will be after Ma Ershui's entire family is dead. Right, Ma Ershui?"
Ma Ershui's lips trembled as he looked at Zhao Lin in despair.
He couldn't give Feng Siyuan away.
If Feng Siyuan is exposed, the entire Feng family will be finished.
If he doesn't confess, there is no guarantee that Zhao Lin will really find his hidden family members.
Over the years, Ma Ershui and his gang have done a lot of bad things. If people knew the details of his family...
Ma Ershui looked at Zhao Lin pleadingly: "Sir Zhao, everyone says you are a good official, an honest official, and a caring official who cares about the people..."
Zhao Lin interrupted Ma Ershui and said, "Those are the people under my rule, so I treat them well. Who are you to say such things? You won't say anything, will you? Fine, I won't force you. Take him away, and once the Ministry of Justice has examined him and approved his case, I'll drag him out and chop him into pieces as a warning to others."
Ma Ershui asked expectantly, "Sir, my family..."
Zhao Lin said calmly, "Why are your family members asking me about this? Don't worry, they might be waiting for you out front."
"Sir, sir..." Ma Ershui begged.
Zhao Lin waved his hand, and the bailiff dragged Ma Ershui away.
Zhao Lin looked at the others and said, "Forget it. There's no need to interrogate them. We're all going to die anyway. Confess what you've done. If anyone dares to lie, you don't want to end up like Ma Ershui, with your entire family wiped out, right?"
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