If I go to the police from this street, by the time the yamen runners come back, the house next door will probably have become another bloodbath.
Jiang Yue and Jiang Nian, armed with swords, went around the back wall of the Fang family.
"I'll be guarding outside, you go in and rescue people."
Jiang Nian had strong thighs and great jumping ability. He jumped onto the high wall with just a little start and disappeared inside the wall.
Jiang Yue hid in the darkness, carefully observing the surroundings for any spies.
Jiang Nian walked lightly, and the robber who was rummaging through the kitchen was completely unaware until his throat was cut by a knife and he died with his eyes open.
Another person found a bag of silver in Wu's bedroom. After weighing it, he thought it was about fifty taels. He smiled, not expecting this family to be so wealthy.
Just as he was about to turn around and go to another room, a pair of big hands covered his mouth, and then he was stabbed in the throat.
He opened his eyes wide, and in the darkness, he saw only a pair of glowing eyes, like a ghost. But he could no longer shout to warn his companions, and fell to the ground with a thud.
Jiang Nian frowned and wiped the hand that was covering his mouth on his clothes. It was so dirty.
The remaining thief was searching the people who were tied up in the yard.
Just as he reached out his hand towards Fang Lu with a lewd smile, a heavy sound of falling was heard from inside the house.
"Didn't I tell you to keep the noise down?" He turned around and yelled softly, but no one responded.
Then he whispered, "Third brother? What's wrong with you? Third brother?"
His heart tightened, and he clenched the knife in his hand and wanted to go into the house to check.
At this time, a tall black shadow came out of the house.
This is neither the third nor the second child!
He raised his knife and was about to chop, but the other party moved quickly and kicked him in the chest. With a "clang", the knife in his hand fell to the ground.
Jiang Nian had been learning cooking for so long, dissecting several pigs and sheep, that he had already mastered the skill of using a knife. His expression remained calm, as if he were facing another pig, severing the tendons of its hands and then its legs.
"Ah—ah—help! Help!"
Pitiful screams pierced the dark night sky, and the thief desperately begged for mercy. Perhaps if he was caught by the government, he could have a few more meals, but the King of Hell before him looked like he was going to torture him to death immediately.
The people in the city had already begun to react. When they heard the screams, they quickly got up and went to guard the gate with the kitchen knives under their pillows.
Jiang Nian looked down at the thief who was writhing on the ground in pain with indifference. He couldn't even get up, so he couldn't run away.
Jiang Nian turned around and untied Wu and Fang Lu, who were trembling with fear on their faces - he only knew these two people.
He raised his knife and saw the two men huddled together, seemingly afraid of him. Jiang Nian found it amusing. However, Yueyue was still outside, so he stopped scaring them and quickly cut the ropes that bound their hands and feet.
At this time, the yamen runners came outside the door.
“Bang, bang, bang—”
"Open the door quickly, whoever's inside!"
After shouting twice, they started banging on the door.
Jiang Nian walked out and opened the door for them.
Seven or eight yamen runners rushed in and saw a bloody man rolling on the ground. Then they saw the big man who opened the door holding a long knife that could kill people.
They surrounded him in an instant, "Put down the knife!"
Fang Lu was still terrified, but she also knew that it was the kind man next door who saved them, so she started to explain for him, "This is from the Jiang family next door. He saved us!"
But the yamen runners were not reassured, as this man looked extremely ferocious, with murderous intent in his eyes, and the long sword in his hand was sharper than theirs looked.
"Put the knife down!"
Jiang Nian's expression gradually changed. He lowered his eyes, looked at the knife in his hand, and gripped it even tighter.
The yamen runners swallowed their saliva and the atmosphere became deadlocked.
At this time, Jiang Yue came in with a small man pressed down by his backhand, threw him into the yard, and said to the yamen runner, "This man has been sneaking around in the alley and has been staring at the Fang family. He must be their accomplice."
Jiang Nian pointed the knife downwards. Now that the matter was resolved, he was ready to follow Jiang Yue home.
"Stop! You two have to stay!" The leading yamen runner pointed his knife at Jiang Nian, "And you, I told you to put the knife down, didn't you hear me?"
Jiang Yue looked at him steadily, "You can cooperate with the investigation, but why should we put down the knife? This is our knife."
Although the law of the time forbade carrying a long sword through the streets, they were only protecting themselves. This was not a case of privately possessing a saber.
The yamen runner was startled by her gaze and froze again.
Fang Lu and Wu had already untied everyone's ropes. The Wu family was still huddled there, trembling, with a puddle of smelly urine on the ground, terrified.
Wu had no choice but to come over and explain to the yamen runner again, "It was really them who saved us. They are not bad people."
The yamen runners had no choice but to give in and began to inspect Fang's house.
The accounts of both families were identical, with no discrepancies. They were threatened with a knife while sleeping, and then their money and food were searched.
Coincidentally, Fang the Butcher and Fang Zheng, the only capable fighters, were assigned to guard the city gates...
When the father and son received the news from their boss, they broke out in a cold sweat and rushed home to check on their family.
Magistrate Zhang naturally had people under his command who were responsible for investigating cases, but any major cases would be reported to him for his final decision. Just like the tragic case of Wang Jiaman's family being exterminated, he immediately rushed to the Fang family.
He frowned. It was related to the Jiang family again. Were these two really "causing trouble" or was there some connection behind it?
Jiang Yue saw that the prefect was followed by many guards today, one of whom was the bearded man, the one who bought the poisonous snake and said he wanted to take it back to make wine.
But the other party seemed to have forgotten her, perhaps because she had changed too much.
"How did you know that the Fang family was kidnapped?"
"I heard a scream. I haven't been sleeping well lately, so I climbed up the ladder to check, and I happened to find a thief in Fang's house."
It was consistent with what the Fang family said. The scream was made by the second daughter-in-law of the Wu family, and she even got a cut on her arm because of it.
"Then why don't you report it to the police?"
“It’s too slow.”
Magistrate Zhang was choked and turned to the man who had remained silent, "Jiang Nian, you killed two people in the room by yourself?"
"Yeah." He looked at the knife on the table without raising his head.
Come on, this guy is more concise.
"Why did that man in the yard cut his tendons?"
"Keep him alive for your questioning."
The bearded man, regardless of his disrespect for the adults, couldn't help but interrupt, "You're really good with a knife!"
If I could join the army like him, I would definitely be able to achieve great things.
But he heard the woman beside him laugh and say, "His most powerful weapon isn't the knife."
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