The cold wind blew freely in the air over Suanzao County, and any basin of water poured outside the homes of residents living on the street turned into ice instantly.

A team of policemen in black official uniforms were heading towards the east of the city. Leading the way was a tall, solemn-looking man in his twenties.

They walked with steady steps and great momentum, exuding a sense of awe.

Not far out of the city gate, they turned and headed north.

At the west end of Xigang Village, in the main hall of the Jiang family, Jiang Lingye gathered a few old men to sit around the fire, drink some wine and chat.

Zhou Huaihua and Goudan sat next to them, chatting with them from time to time.

No one knew where Qi had been driven to, and there was no sign of her anywhere.

An old man smiled and praised Jiang Lingye, "Brother, I envy you so much. The second and third sons have constant work all year round. Your granddaughter is also filial. Look at this stove with a fire wall. Your family is the first in our village."

Jiang Lingye drank the wine in his glass, raised his eyelids, and said nonchalantly: "Children? This is what they should do."

Although others agreed, their contempt was even greater in their hearts.

Zhou Huaihua sneered, "Yes, they earn a lot, but they pay very little back home. Life at home is tight, but they are fine, living well outside...!"

Before she could finish her words, there was a commotion outside the yard and the sound of Lu Chaoyun crying could be heard.

"Mom, please save Mu Xia." Lu Chaoyun ran to the main room and saw so many people sitting inside. She ignored other people's looks, knelt down in front of Jiang Lingye with a plop, and kowtowed continuously.

"Dad, something happened to Mu Xia. Please give her some money to save her!"

Jiang Lingye frowned and his face darkened. He wanted to get angry, but due to the consideration for the relationship, he swallowed back the words that were about to come out.

"Yuzhou, Mu Xia is a very well behaved child! What happened to her?" one of the old men asked hurriedly.

"She...she..." Jiang Yuzhou couldn't say anything and knelt down next to Lu Chaoyun.

He really couldn't say it. He killed fifteen people. He was a murderous demon!

If a village has such a person, the whole village will lose face and it will be impossible for the villagers to stay in the village.

As long as you go out, you will be drowned in people's spit. Even worse, it is common for people to beat you up behind your back and have filth thrown at your home.

My daughter killed so many people, the whole family will be punished, no one can escape, no matter young or old.

"Third brother, tell me quickly, what trouble has that damn girl caused again?" Jiang Lingye slammed the table and roared.

He also realized that the third brother's family would never cause trouble to the family, so this time they came directly to him and knelt down to beg for help.

I’m afraid that that dead girl will cause some big trouble.

The other people in the room noticed that they were there, and seeing that Jiang Yuzhou was in a difficult position to speak, they left after saying something.

"Yuzhou, if you need our help, just tell us."

Only Zhou Huaihua and her grandson were left in the room. Jiang Yuzhou looked at her and said, "Sister-in-law, why don't you take Goudan out for a while? I'm afraid he might scare the child."

Zhou Huaihua said curiously, "It's okay. We are all family. What happened to the eldest girl? I can help..."

Before she could finish her words, there was a flurry of footsteps outside the yard, and someone shouted, "Someone's coming out of the house."

Everyone in the house was shocked, and from the noise it sounded like a lot of people broke into the house.

Jiang Yuzhou hurried out of the house and saw Tang Zhongbai standing in the yard with a dozen officers with knives on their waists. They looked stern.

"Uncle Jiang, you are at home. We are here on the orders of County Magistrate Feng to seal up your family and investigate them to prevent you from fleeing. Once Jiang Muxia's case is settled, we will deal with the Jiang family accordingly."

"Please bring out the head of your family!"

Jiang Lingye had heard it in the house and was terrified.

He didn't know what evil Jiang Muxia had done to implicate the entire family?

Jiang Lingye didn't dare to offend the officers, so he took two steps at a time and came to the courtyard.

He bowed and asked in fear, "Excuse me, what trouble has my girl gotten into?"

He thought to himself that if this damn girl caused too much trouble, he would have to find a way to distance himself from her.

Tang Zhongbai sneered, "You Jiang family are so capable that you raised a vicious woman with a heart of a scorpion. Because of a small dispute, she killed fifteen people in a family."

"What?" Jiang Lingye sat down on the ground in fear.

"Impossible, you are accusing someone wrongly. Tang Juecao, you often come to the restaurant to eat, and we treat you well, why do you want to frame her? My daughter would never do such a heartless thing. You officials protect each other and cannot find the real murderer, so you let my daughter take the blame. You are not human beings." Lu Chaoyun cried and shouted.

Jiang Yuzhou held her with all his might, fearing that she would get emotional and rush over to vent her anger on Tang Zhongbai.

Zhou Huaihua held the child in her arms and said in horror, "You've got the wrong person. The dead girl is from the third brother's family. What does she have to do with us? If you want to find someone, look for her parents. You can't find us. We won't take the blame for her."

The deafening thunder really frightened the whole family so much that they almost ran away. They never dreamed that the damn girl was so bold that she dared to kill someone.

They must break up with her as soon as possible. If they are implicated by her, their entire family will be ruined.

"You said we are not a family, so we are not a family? You eat and live together, earn and spend money together, and since you have not separated, you are a family. The Dawu law stipulates that if a civilian commits a serious crime, the closest relatives of the family will be punished together. The serious ones will be exiled, and the minor ones will be sentenced to three to five years in prison according to the crime of the criminal."

Tang Zhongbai glanced at everyone with dissatisfaction, and said coldly: "We are a family only when we share happiness and difficulties. You want to get rid of this person so quickly, are you trying to avoid punishment?"

Zhou Huaihua and Jiang Lingye looked at each other. After getting Jiang Lingye's approval, Zhou Huaihua's legs softened and she knelt down to beg, "Master Dissatisfied, after the third brother's family went to the county, we started thinking about dividing the family. But they were all in the county, and we couldn't find the third brother, so we were delayed. Today they happened to be at home, so it's a good time to divide the family." She looked at Jiang Yuzhou pleadingly, "Third brother, let's divide the family. After all, we were a family, please let us go."

Lu Chaoyun was so angry that she was about to rush up and tear her apart. At this time, not only did they not help, they actually pushed their family out.

Are they still human?

The crying and noise in the Jiang family's yard had already startled Qi, who was coaxing her child at Aunt Chun's house next door.

When Mrs. Qi and Aunt Chun heard the noise, they trotted back to their own yard.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw so many officials standing in the yard. She had seen the one standing in front of her before.

He was the one who stepped in when Yangyang got lost. What happened now?

Qi's legs were a little weak. Zhou Huaihua saw her and cried, "Mother, please come quickly. The eldest girl killed someone in the county town, and they want to arrest our whole family and send us to jail."

Qi was dizzy and the only words he could hear were "murder".

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