When it was time for dinner in the evening, the people in the cell did not wait for the steamed buns brought by the jailer. Instead, they waited for the county magistrate to come with Zhang Chang and a group of yamen runners.
Zhang Chang surrounded the county magistrate and pointed at the people in the cell, saying, "Brother-in-law, the entire Ji family of Lianhua Village is here."
The county magistrate narrowed his eyes and signaled the jailer to open the cell door.
The people of the Ji family looked at the county magistrate warily, not knowing what he was going to do.
The jailer attentively brought a stool for Magistrate Zhang to sit on.
After Zhang Chang saw his brother-in-law sit down, he spoke in an imposing manner: "Where is your clan leader? Get out!"
The clan leader saw the magistrate and Zhang Chang acting like this and secretly thought it was not good. He then quickly stood up and knelt on the ground to answer: "Ji Chengzu, the clan leader of the Ji clan, greets you, sir."
The county magistrate felt relieved when he saw that the clan leader was quite sensible.
But unfortunately, he had already made up his mind to find a scapegoat.
One Zhang Chang is not enough.
"I knew that your Ji family has been operating for so many years, it's impossible that you didn't have any preparation at all."
"As soon as you arrived at the county government office, the things we confiscated disappeared. It seems you have more connections than I thought!"
"Tell me, who are your accomplices? Where are the things hidden? How many accomplices are there?"
Everyone was stunned by this.
All of them couldn't help but look at the patriarch.
Ji Chengzu was shocked to hear the county magistrate say this, and excitedly explained: "Your Excellency is very insightful! At that time, we were all shackled and imprisoned in this huge prison. We had no way of contacting the outside world, and we had no idea about the situation you are describing!"
"Stop quibbling! I think you have ulterior motives and are unwilling to be exiled. That's why you teamed up with the people in the county government to pretend to surrender and stage a grand show of confiscation of property. In fact, you secretly crossed the Chencang Pass and moved those things away long ago!"
The county magistrate was filled with anger, and the more he spoke, the more he felt that this was the truth of the matter.
When Zhang Chang heard this analysis, he immediately turned his head and looked at his subordinates behind him viciously.
He glanced at everyone, but no one dared to look him in the eye.
The yamen runners behind him had their hearts pounding.
What did the magistrate mean by that? Was there a traitor in their county office? Among them?
The yamen runners looked around in shock and doubt. Everyone except themselves looked like a traitor.
"Impossible! We knew nothing about this, how could we sneak into Chencang? Your Excellency has to rely on evidence when investigating a case!"
Ji Chengzu gritted his teeth, this was clearly slander!
The magistrate was unconcerned: "You want evidence, right? I'll have it right away."
After saying this, he waved his hands behind him, and the jailer immediately understood that he was going to be tortured.
Several jailers brought over all kinds of torture instruments.
Seeing these torture instruments, all the members of the Ji family reacted.
"What does this mean? Does the county magistrate have to torture me into confessing?"
Ji Zhiheng immediately became angry when he saw this scene.
The patriarch is his father and the face of the Ji family. He wants to slander them so that he can put the blame for the theft on them!
"Humph! If you don't want to be tortured, then just tell me where the thing is and who the accomplice is, and I'll let you go."
The county magistrate looked at the furious Ji clan members without any fear, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.
More and more tribesmen came out of the cells.
"We were locked up in a cell by you at the time and didn't know anything. You were just deliberately making things difficult for us!"
"You accepted so much money and property from our Ji family in the past, and now, instead of even taking care of us, you're even deliberately slandering us! If I had known that all that money and property was burned, I wouldn't have given you this worthless official position!"
"God is blind! Such a good man as Lord Ji was dismissed from office, and you, who exploit the people and take their lives, are still the local officials! You are really blind, you will get your retribution sooner or later!"
After two days in jail.
Several elderly elders of the clan could not bear the blow and have passed away.
Aunt Li, who was whipped several times, is not in good condition now. Her wounds were not treated and she has a high fever.
In full view of everyone, her son took out the only little silver he had hidden on him and asked the jailer to call a doctor.
As a result, the jailer took the money, cursed it as bad luck, and left without even planning to call a doctor.
Now they have been blamed for something else, which simply leaves them no way to survive.
This time everyone couldn't help but stand up and curse.
Even if I die, I have to vent my anger first.
Ji Changying always thought that she was not a bloodthirsty person.
Even though the order of the end times collapses, there are no moral and legal constraints, and killing people is as easy as chopping melons and vegetables, she still has her own persistence.
She always killed those who deserved to be killed.
Originally, she planned to turn Zhang Chang into a fool, make the county magistrate lose his job, and stop him from doing evil.
But she was wrong.
Some people just deserve to die!
As long as he lives, he is denying others a way to survive.
Just based on his skill in forcing confessions under torture, if there was no Ji family, there would be Wang family, Li family, Zhang family and so on.
The county magistrate was furious when he heard the scolding, but he laughed instead: "Let me see how stubborn you are. You may be having fun scolding me now, but don't cry later."
"Those people who just spoke, all of them will be tortured! Bring me the confession forms. When they sign them, we'll let them go!"
Ji Changying stared at the county magistrate with a serious look.
The mental power was like a pair of invisible hands, controlling the county magistrate's hands to strangle his neck.
He was horrified to find that his hands were out of control, and he hadn't even uttered a scream yet.
Ji Changying exerted force.
"Click".
The sound of broken bones was silently amplified in the county magistrate's ears.
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