I've been reborn, who still wants to be a cowardly little white flower?

Changying led the horse into the village. As soon as the villagers who had just come out, all of a sudden, hid back in their houses.

The people in front of him were obviously startled, and Jiang Yuan quickly explained, "Don't be afraid, he's my friend."

"Uncle, do you have a rope?" Jiang Yuan asked.

The dazed people took a few seconds to react, nodded, and trotted into the yard. After a while, they came out with a hemp rope.

"Tie up those two." Jiang Yuan raised his chin towards Chang Ying, took the rope, and walked over to tie them up.

Only then did he remember that he was still wearing a mask, and he raised his hand to take it off.

The people in front of the scene were even more shocked when they saw the face behind the mask. Such a beautiful girl was totally inconsistent with the aura of the girl who had just beaten someone up.

He helped up the two girls who were still kneeling on the ground. He looked at them and saw that they were about twelve or thirteen years old, very pretty, but very thin.

"What happened just now?" Jiang Yuan asked.

The little girl lowered her head and cried. Seven or eight people looked at each other, and no one dared to speak.

"Don't worry, I won't let them go under the Emperor's feet."

One of the women waved her hands at Jiang Yuan worriedly, "Young lady, you'd better leave quickly. That man is a high-ranking official in the capital. He has only a few people this time, but he will bring more people next time. Young lady is no match for them."

Jiang Yuan sneered, "High-ranking official? Haha, a mere fourth-rank official, what's so great about that."

"Miss, do you recognize that man?" Jiang Hao kept saying that he was a high-ranking official, but he didn't say what kind of official he was. However, the girl in front of him blurted out the answer. Judging from the material of the girl's clothes, she must be from a wealthy family in the capital.

These people were not reassured by this news, but became even more worried. One of the girls, with tears on her face, still said to Jiang Yuan worriedly, "Will he recognize my sister?"

Chang Ying spoke up, "Our girl is also a high-ranking official, so you don't have to worry."

There were exclamations all around, "Miss, senior official, is this true?"

"Okay, don't worry about it. I promised to redress your grievances, and I will never break my promise. What's going on?"

At this time, a gray-haired old man stepped forward and bowed to Jiang Yuan, "The old man is the village chief of this village. Alas, you are called the village chief, but in fact, you are just a slave."

Jiang Yuan walked into the yard behind him and sat down at the wooden table in the yard.

An aunt came out of the house carrying two ceramic bowls filled with water. She placed one bowl in front of Jiang Yuan and gave one bowl to the village chief.

The aunt was followed by a little girl, who went outside with a bowl of water in her hand and gave it to Changying.

Just then, I saw Changying kick the thug, who had just shown signs of waking up, and knock him unconscious again.

The village chief sighed, and his hunched back proved how difficult his life was.

“Our village is small and there is no arable land. Villagers have always rented land and depended on the weather for their food. Although we don’t live a rich life, we can still get by.

A few months ago, the family from whom we rented land suddenly moved away and sold all their property. The man I just mentioned took over.

Originally, the rent was to be paid once a year, and food cannot be grown in a day or two, so there must be a harvest.

But that man asked us to pay rent every month and came to ask for money every month.

Where is the silver?

He forced every family to write an IOU, and if a family had a daughter, he would kidnap the girl to pay off the debt.

Although we are poor, we have raised our children with great care. Which parents would be willing to give up their children?

Last month, he arrested the third brother's daughter, but the third brother refused. Forced into a corner, he raised a stick to protect the child, but he didn't expect that he was beaten to death.

Blood splattered everywhere.

Even though they saw someone dead, they still refused to let the third daughter go. I don’t know how the child is doing now.”

Jiang Yuan heard this and clenched his fists so hard that the bones in his hands made a crackling sound.

My teeth were about to break, regretting that I had been too gentle just now. I should have beaten that bastard to death.

"Old man, if you are needed to testify against him, would you dare?"

The village chief thought about it and slowly looked at his villagers.

He turned around again and nodded heavily to Jiang Yuan, "I dare. I am an old man. I am old enough to contribute to the villagers. Even if I die, I will have no regrets."

The two girls rushed forward, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Jiang Yuan, "Sir, we dare to go too."

The two women behind her stepped forward and pulled the girl's arms, scolding her in a low voice, "No, if this gets out, your reputation will be ruined, so don't make trouble."

But no matter how the two women pulled, the two girls still knelt there, motionless, looking at Jiang Yuan very firmly.

Jiang Yuan rubbed their heads and said, "Don't worry."

"Changying, you stay here and I'll go back and call someone."

"Yes."

Jiang Yuan stood up, bowed to the village chief, ran out of the yard and mounted his horse.

After returning, Jiang Yuan went to find Xie Yunxiao, and the two went to the Supreme Court.

An Chen, who hadn't seen him for a long time, looked at the two people who suddenly came and was really surprised, "You two, long time no see."

"Miss Jiang Er, you deceived me so badly."

Jiang Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Unfair, when have I ever lied to Lord An?"

"When we were investigating the case before, the girl didn't tell you that you had such good skills."

"If you didn't ask, I wouldn't tell you. Since Lord An didn't ask, and I didn't answer, how can that be called a lie?"

An Chen was speechless. Indeed, he instinctively thought that Jiang Yuan didn't know Kung Fu. The Jiang family were all scholars, and it was indeed his preconceived notion.

He scratched his head in embarrassment, "I was wrong. What is the matter with you two coming to the Court of Justice?"

Jiang Yuan said, "There's a murder case."

"A murder case should be reported to the Jingzhao Yin Mansion first."

“Since this involves an imperial official, I’m afraid the Jingzhao Yinfu will try to smooth things over and shirk responsibility, and then it will still have to be handed over to the Supreme Court.

If time goes on for a long time, there is a risk of escaping the crime. "After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, An Chen became interested. The Ministry of Justice had been idle for a long time, and he was almost going moldy.

"Oh, then please let the second lady speak."

Jiang Yuan told An Chen about what happened in the village, but Xie Yunxiao didn't know what exactly happened.

The two of them looked uglier as they listened.

Finally, Jiang Yuan had another guess, "The village chief said that the original lord suddenly sold all his properties and left overnight. I guess Jiang Hao was also involved in this.

I'm afraid that people were forced to leave by him, and as for those properties and lands, he took them by force.

As for where the girl was taken, I don’t need to say more.”

An Chen exuded anger. He looked at Jiang Yuan and asked, "Do you have any evidence for what you said?"

"There are witnesses and testimonies. Of course, I am also a witness. I saw with my own eyes today that Jiang Hao brought a dozen thugs and tried to forcibly take away two girls who were about twelve or thirteen years old.

There was a mask seller on the street. He said that he accidentally saw blood spots on the Jiang family’s carriage. This can be considered as circumstantial evidence.

In addition, those villagers were forced to sign a lot of IOUs, and those IOUs are probably in Jiang Hao’s hands.”

In this way, the case is very simple and clear. It involves the family members of court officials, and even the suspicion of Minister Jiang cannot be ruled out. It is a wise move to go directly to the Supreme Court.