Each county government office has a map; you must remember what the waist badge of the imperial secret guards looks like.
So that you won't be left without proof when you need their help.
"Royal...Royal Guards!" Magistrate Cao hurriedly came out and was about to kneel before the guards.
He thought it was some kind of instruction from the Emperor.
"Get the case done quickly!" the guard said, then stood behind Li Zhiwei and Xu Qingshi again.
"Yes! Yes!" Magistrate Cao wiped the sweat from his forehead. At this moment, he dared not have the slightest thought of covering up for Liu Mazi.
"Guards, carry out the execution!" Without a second thought, Magistrate Cao ordered his men to drag Liu Mazi out and beat him with a board.
"Brother-in-law, save me!" In his desperation, Liu Mazi blurted out the words "brother-in-law."
"Gag him! Beat him until he confesses." Magistrate Cao's heart pounded when he heard his brother-in-law's name, fearing that the guards would think he was colluding with Liu Mazi.
"I confess, I confess!" Liu Mazi quickly said upon hearing that he was about to be beaten.
"You criminal Liu Mazi, quickly confess the truth!" Magistrate Cao slammed his gavel and asked in a cold voice.
“He gave me the money and told me to kidnap them. I didn’t do anything to them, I just kidnapped them,” Liu Mazi quickly pointed at Yao Shuheng and said.
"Cousin, I didn't." Yao Shuheng looked at Li Zhiwei in horror. Just as he feared, Liu Mazi had actually implicated him.
"Since you said you took his money to do things, why did you tie him up as well?" Li Zhiwei didn't actually want to let Yao Shuheng go either, but over the years, her uncle had given them a lot of things, and this time, it hadn't caused them any real harm.
Consider it repaying a favor my uncle did for me over the years.
"That's because he doesn't want you to find out," Liu Mazi quickly said.
"Ha, he's pretty ruthless to himself," Li Zhiwei said sarcastically.
“However, you were the one who kidnapped us. You say he was the mastermind, so produce the evidence!” Li Zhiwei had already had the silver taken from Liu Mazi, so Liu Mazi really couldn’t produce any evidence at this point.
"I..." Liu Mazi was extremely anxious.
"Lord Cao, you should know what crime it is to kidnap the heir of a prince's mansion and the family of an official of the court, right?" Li Zhiwei asked Magistrate Cao.
“I know…I know…” Magistrate Cao kept wiping the sweat from his forehead, shocked. He never expected that the child was actually the heir of the Prince of An’s mansion.
He glared at Liu Mazi fiercely. That damned thing almost dragged him down with him. He had committed a capital offense!
As for that pretty boy, Li Zhiwei was clearly going to protect him.
"Liu Mazi is an ignorant and incompetent man who plotted to harm the daughters of imperial relatives and high-ranking officials. According to the law, he should be executed! He should be imprisoned and executed on a later date!" Magistrate Cao did not dare to delay and gave the order directly.
Liu Mazi collapsed to the ground. He never imagined that a moment of greed would lead to a death sentence.
Huo Yunxuan had just returned to Li'an County when he heard that the eldest daughter of the Li family had been kidnapped.
The county magistrate sentenced the man to death.
"Miss Li has returned to Li'an County?" Huo Yunxuan was overjoyed, feeling that even heaven was giving him an opportunity.
"Yes, sir, Miss Li has brought not only a child but also a man with her this time," the servant said after thinking for a moment.
"What child?" Huo Yunxuan thought for a moment. Li Zhiwei had only been in the capital for two months at most, so it was impossible for her to have given birth to a child.
Whose child is this?
Also, wasn't Li He Taihangshan already betrothed to Prince An by the Emperor?
What is the identity of the man they brought back?
Could it be that Li Zhiwei was actually not satisfied with her marriage to Prince An, and therefore deliberately chose a man instead?
Was that child also used by Li Zhiwei to appease Prince An?
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