After the system ran, I took off with my family

"Peng'er, where are you?" Wu Mei and Wan Dafu, their faces blackened by smoke, shouted anxiously in the crowd.

Then, two servants supported Wan Peng, who also had a dark face, and came over. He responded tremblingly: "Dad, Mom, I'm here..."

"Oh my Peng'er..." The family of three hugged each other tightly and cried bitterly after surviving the disaster.

"Ah! Dead people! So many dead people!"

A sharp scream startled everyone, and then a panicked woman ran out from the moon gate in front, screaming.

"There are deaths in the garden! So many dead people!" The woman kept repeating this sentence in a trembling voice.

The woman's words caused an uproar in the crowd. Some fearless people ran towards the garden first, and the others followed suit.

No one noticed that Wan Peng, who was still in shock, collapsed to the ground, muttering, "It's over, it's over..." Wu Mei, who was standing beside him, also turned pale and fell limply on Wan Dafu.

In the garden, people's breath suddenly held back as they looked at the scene before them, their scalps began to feel numb, and some of the timid people felt their bodies go limp and almost fell to the ground.

In the dug-up peony garden, there were many young corpses lying. Some had begun to rot, while others had become nothing more than skeletons. But looking at the size of the bones, anyone could guess that they were children's corpses.

"Dujuan? Damn Dujuan?" A woman stared at one of the rotting corpses, her legs feeling as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

Then the woman rushed to the corpse, looked at the hands and face that were beginning to rot, and burst into heart-wrenching tears.

"Damn Dujuan...I have had such a hard time finding you..."

People who came to their senses were wiping their tears, and some women were already crying out loud. Everyone nearby knew this woman, and also knew Dujuan, the cute and clever little girl.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a straight robe in the crowd said to the people around him in a calm voice: "This must be related to the Wan family. Yu Tong, go to the government office and report that many people have died in the Wan family."

Then he said loudly: "Everyone, let's go and protect the people of the Wan family. We can't let them escape."

"Okay, Master Shen is right, we can't let them run away!" everyone responded.

Afterwards, the furious crowd walked out of the garden. Unexpectedly, when they passed the Moon Gate, they saw Wan Peng, Wu Mei and Wan Dafu tied together with ropes and struggling hard.

Just as they were wondering, a group of soldiers quickly surrounded them. Wu Yuanan, wearing official uniform and with a dark face, walked in. He stared at the trembling Wan Dafu and the other two, and then looked at everyone: "Where is the body?"

"Sir, in the garden behind." Master Shen bowed and stepped forward to respond. At this time, they did not think much about why the soldiers came so quickly.

Wu Yuanan nodded and walked into the garden.

In a room in the west courtyard of the Wan Mansion, Lin Shuyue glanced coldly at Wan Xue who had fainted on the ground and began to search the house.

Just now, she took advantage of the time when everyone was putting out the fire to dig up the peonies in the garden, and tying up Wan Dafu and the other two was also her doing.

Of course, going to the government office to report the news was also her masterpiece, but the way she reported the news might be unfriendly to Wu Yuanan.

She had already searched the Wan Mansion, and except for the East Courtyard which had been destroyed, she had walked through all the other courtyards and storehouses.

In the garden, Wu Yuanan clenched his fists and looked at the corpses with red eyes.

"Wu Mo, bring Wan Dafu and the other two here!"

After a while, the officers and soldiers brought the three people over, followed by a large group of people.

"Kneel down!" Wu Mo pressed the three men to the ground and made them kneel in front of the corpses.

In the flower garden, the officers and soldiers were still digging. Wan Peng and Wu Mei were trembling with fear and their faces turned pale as they looked at the bodies that had been dug out. Although Wan Dafu was afraid, he was more angry.

A quarter of an hour later, the officers and soldiers laid the bodies side by side, and the coroners they brought were examining the bodies.

"Sir, including the remains, there are a total of... twenty-five bodies." The soldier who reported the incident choked with sobs.

"Sir, among the 25 bodies, there are three boys and the rest are girls, aged between eight and ten. The bodies that have not yet decayed all have multiple wounds and fractures, and are..."

The coroner was an experienced old man with a long beard, over fifty years old. With tears in his eyes, he swallowed the last few words.

"Oh... these beasts! They deserve to go to the eighteenth level of hell!" People wiped their tears and kept cursing.

Wu Yuanan stared coldly at Wan Peng and the other two, and said sternly, "Wan Peng, in front of these 25 wronged souls, you must tell me the truth. Why are these bodies in your garden? Did you kill them?"

"Sir, it's not me. It has nothing to do with me. It's not me!" Wan Peng burst into tears and shook his head repeatedly to deny it.

Wu Mei, who was standing by, also shouted in injustice: "Sir, it definitely wasn't Peng'er who did it. He normally wouldn't even step on an ant to death. It must have been those servants who did it. Yes, it must have been those lowly servants who did it!"

The servants and maids surrounded by the officers and soldiers shook their heads in fear, but dared not say a word under Wan Dafu's gloomy gaze.

Suddenly, there was a loud "boom" and everyone present watched helplessly as three bolts of lightning suddenly appeared from the clear sky and struck Wan Peng, Wu Mei and Wan Dafu.

The clothes on the three people turned to ashes in an instant, their skin was charred black, and they emitted the smell of burnt flesh. However, the three people were still very conscious, and they were clearly feeling the pain of their skin peeling off piece by piece.

"Ah..." Bursts of shrill screams rang out in the garden.

Everyone looked at this scene in astonishment. Some people covered their mouths and retched at the smell of meat. Even Wu Yuanan was extremely surprised.

In the crowd, a young man with ordinary looks looked at the three people with cold eyes.

After coming to their senses, everyone shouted loudly: "God has opened his eyes! God is punishing these three evil demons who have done so many evil things!"

Wu Yuanan looked at the three people in such a mess, and felt pleased. He shouted loudly, "Why don't you tell the truth?"

Wan Peng was already frightened by the thunder, and he begged for mercy in a low voice while enduring the pain: "Sir, I did it, God, I dare not lie anymore, please let me go!"

"Peng'er!" Seeing her son plead guilty, Wu Mei wanted to interrupt him eagerly despite the pain.

"Mom, God saw everything I did wrong, and God punished me just now."

"Sir, I did it. I was the one who asked people to capture them. I was just playing with them. I don't know why they all died..." Wan Peng sobbed and confessed his crime.

"Give me back my daughter's life, you beast!" Du Juan's mother's eyes were bloodshot. She rushed forward but was stopped by Wu Mo. She struggled and glared at Wan Peng fiercely.

Wu Yuanan, who was standing by, sighed and consoled her: "Auntie, I will definitely seek justice for your daughter."

Then he turned to Wan Peng and asked, "Who did you send to arrest the person? Who else was involved in this?"

"Send Wan Quan and Wan Gui to arrest them." Wan Peng's voice was a little weak. He glanced at Wu Mei, whose skin was torn apart but her eyes were fixed on him.

He was stunned for a moment, and continued in a low voice: "Except for me and those servants, no one else was involved in this matter, and my parents don't know about it either."

"Are you sure no one else is involved?" Wu Yuanan stared at him sharply.

Wan Peng swallowed and was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, no one else was involved."