She had just turned around when Wang Linlin grabbed her wrist.
"Don't chase after them."
Jiang Bai was taken aback and turned to look at her: "Why?"
Wang Linlin bit her lip, her expression hesitant: "Let them handle these things. Just don't go alone."
Judging from her appearance, she probably has something she wants to say but is not saying.
Jiang Bai nodded knowingly, but then turned to look at his third son's wife: "You asked me to come to the village for a talk on behalf of your second son's wife, but when I arrived I didn't see her. I only saw Wang Mazi. Was it you who was colluding with him?"
The third son's wife was startled and hurriedly explained, "It wasn't me, it was the second son's wife who asked me to pass on a message for her that day. I didn't know she had colluded with Wang Mazi to do such a heinous thing. If I had known she would do this, I would never have helped her. This is just asking for trouble..."
She dared not meet Jiang Bai's gaze again, and only lowered her head and gritted her teeth inwardly. It was also her fault for not being on guard for a moment, and that she had actually fallen into the trap of the second son's wife. What a ruthless woman, she even schemed against her own sister-in-law.
This way, she kidnapped her sister-in-law and framed her brother's wife, exonerating herself completely!
Jiang Bai didn't make things difficult for her anymore. He figured it wouldn't be too late to bring his second son's wife up for a confrontation after Zhao Yi caught the robber.
"They'll probably be gone for a while. Let's go back to the county town and wait. It's chilly at night, so let's not stay too long."
She was still more concerned about Wang Linlin. Now that she was back, the Zhao family didn't welcome her, so she should go back to the county town as soon as possible. She figured Zhao Yi and his men would probably take the captured person directly to the county government office.
With that thought in mind, Jiang Bai led Wang Linlin and some guards back to the county government office.
Zhao Yi and Lin Yong returned just as dawn was breaking.
"Two were caught, two died, and one escaped. We don't know if there are any others hiding. Lock them up for now and interrogate them later."
Lin Yong explained the situation to the two of them, and Jiang Bai responded thoughtfully.
Zhao Yi took her hand and pulled her home.
"I'll leave the robbers and Wang Mazi to General Lin. You go back and rest first. We'll see how you handle the Zhao family when it's light."
"You've had a long night too, let's rest together, and then you can get back to work when you're refreshed."
"good."
The two rested until the afternoon. Apart from the Zhao family members, the rest of the Zhao family had arrived. Zhao Lao Er and Zhao Lao San were stamping their feet by the side of the hall, while Zhao Lao Er's wife and Zhao Lao San's wife were kneeling in the center of the hall, looking unhappy.
As soon as Jiang Bai entered, he already knew who was behind this. The second son's wife was trembling like a leaf, and despite it being the dead of winter, her forehead was covered in beads of sweat.
Jiang Bai found it somewhat amusing, thinking, "How dare you scare them?"
Zhao Yi glanced coldly at his second son's wife and said in a flat tone, "I'm just telling her that if they can't find out who did it, they'll send the whole family to the yamen and see if they can withstand the 'torture and confession' inside."
The second son's wife turned even paler when she saw the two of them arrive: "It wasn't me, I don't know anything. My sister-in-law didn't see me at all. It was the third son's wife who sent you!"
When the third son's wife heard her still trying to smear her, she immediately straightened up, pointed at her, and started cursing: "You were the one who said you wanted to apologize to your sister-in-law and asked me to help you arrange a meeting with her. How come you're turning your back on me now?!"
The second son's wife didn't dare to meet her gaze, but pretended to be calm: "If I wanted to apologize, wouldn't it be more sincere for me to go to my sister-in-law myself? Why would I ask you to call her for me? Don't try to argue anymore."
The third son's wife choked up. This woman was utterly shameless. How could she have been so blind as to help her back then?
Zhao Yi snorted coldly: "If it wasn't you, then why did you go to Wang Mazi's house? We didn't even know Jiang Bai was kidnapped by Wang Mazi, so how did you know? And you still dare to say that you weren't the one colluding with Wang Mazi!"
"It wasn't me, it wasn't me, it wasn't me." The second son's wife kept shaking her head in fright, but she just wouldn't admit it.
Jiang Bai's eyes darkened. Wang Mazi was dead and there was no way to corroborate his story. The third son's wife herself was a suspect, and her accusations against the second son's wife could not be used as evidence. As long as she did not admit it, they could not do anything to her.
But did she think that as long as she didn't admit it, there was nothing she could do?
Thinking of this, she raised her delicate eyebrows: "Wang Mazi, who kidnapped me, has already been killed by those bandits. He made a deal with the thieves, and the thieves' intentions are unpredictable; they just killed him to silence him. Since we can't find out who the thieves' accomplices are today, maybe the thieves can. There are two people locked up in the government office now, and one has escaped. I just don't know if the two people locked up in the government office confessed first, or if the one who escaped is going to kill someone again to eliminate any future trouble."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yi knew what she was planning and immediately cooperated by asking, "Perhaps the bandit doesn't know that there are other people involved in this scheme?"
Jiang Bai continued, "How do you know that bandit didn't know? Maybe this whole scheme was planned by him and Wang Mazi, and Wang Mazi was his weapon. He's the one who knows everything."
Zhao Yi nodded thoughtfully: "That makes sense. Then let's wait a little longer. It's not too late to find the accomplices later."
Jiang Bai: "Well, this is the only way. Both of you are family. It wouldn't be good if we wronged either of you, so I'll have to back down."
Zhao Yi: "Butler, since that's the case, then let's see the guests out."
Jiang Bai: "Do we need to hire some more experts? It is said that the robber is skilled in martial arts, able to scale walls and roofs, and can enter any house no matter how heavily guarded it is."
Zhao Yi: "It is indeed necessary. I will arrange it in a moment."
The couple turned and left the hall, no longer looking at the four people in the hall with blank expressions.
Zhao Laosan exclaimed incredulously, "Brother and sister-in-law are just letting us off like this?"
Zhao Lao Er rolled his eyes: "What else do you want? Go home, go home. You've made a mess of things and you're dragging us into it!"
Zhao Laosan was displeased upon hearing this: "What do you mean we caused this? It's clearly your conspiracy. You can fool my elder brother and sister-in-law, but you can't fool me!"
The two families were kicked out of the Zhao residence amidst a noisy argument, thus beginning a feud.
Jiang Bai couldn't wrongly accuse his third wife if his second wife denied what she had done. If she insisted on causing trouble for her two sisters-in-law without sufficient evidence, she would only make herself a target of gossip, and who knows what kind of jokes the onlookers in the village and the city would make up.
After she said that, the second son's wife would probably live in fear for a long time, lest the robber suddenly appear and take her life.
After this incident, Zhao Laosan and his wife have completely fallen out with Zhao Laoer's family. Their constant arguments and scheming make it impossible for them to unite and cause trouble for Zhao Yi and Jiang Bai again.
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