Chapter 685: It Really Wasn't Me

"County Magistrate?"

The middle-aged man looked at the young man right before his eyes in surprise and asked with some uncertainty, "You really are the County Magistrate?"

"Of course, genuine and authentic!"

"Fine, you little hussy, everyone said you were fickle and I didn't believe it, but now it seems you've even hooked up with the County Magistrate. I'll kill you both!"

"Stop, I said stop!" Seeing that his identity had already been revealed, the other party not only didn't stop, but became even more arrogant than before.

What kind of look is that? At the very least, I became famous at a young age, am capable in both literature and martial arts, not only entered the Innate realm a month or two ago, but also passed the imperial examinations in years past, and am now the County Magistrate of this place.

My own other conditions aren't bad either; not to mention being dashing and handsome, I definitely beat out more than half of all men.

You should take a look at your own wife, she's coarse and burly; if I didn't know better, I'd think she was a hero of the greenwood.

With my conditions, what kind of woman couldn't I find? Why would I have to get together with your wife? Is there a hole in your brain?

Thinking of this, Yang Lixin's face turned even darker. With a sudden burst of force, the other party felt the pain, his palm loosened, and the Slaughtering Knife in his hand dropped to the ground.

Yang Lixin then let go and let out a fierce, cold snort at him.

But the middle-aged man didn't feel grateful that the other party had let him go; instead, taking advantage of a moment when Yang Lixin wasn't paying attention, he snatched up the Slaughtering Knife and charged over again.

That posture made it seem as if he wouldn't be happy unless he hacked him to death.

Immediately following, Yang Lixin kicked him flying with one foot, and a bit of impatience appeared on his face. Such unruly people just need a beating!

However, he didn't use much force, at most enough to make the other party feel some pain, and it wouldn't cause any serious injury.

"Someone come, everyone come and look!" The middle-aged man who had been kicked away knew he couldn't win, so he simply started rolling on the ground.

"Our County Magistrate covets other people's wives and now wants to kill to silence witnesses! There's no law left!"

"The government is bullying the good and wants to forcibly seize a common woman! Is there anyone to manage this!"

"Take him away, take him away!" Yang Lixin waved his hand at the Constables beside him, feeling very helpless in his heart. He wanted to reason, but there was no reasoning with such an unreasonable person.

But sometimes if you don't beat them until they learn their lesson, they really think you're easy to bully.

Such unruly people are the most cowardly despite their fierce appearance; lock them in a cell for two days, and they'll know fear.

"My Lord, there's been a murder, a murder!" Just at this moment, the middle-aged woman who had been paralyzed on the ground in fear seemed to have found her backbone and suddenly shouted loudly at Yang Lixin.

"This good woman, get up first, it's alright, this official will uphold justice for you!"

"No, My Lord, it's a murder!" Yang Lixin's comfort didn't ease the middle-aged woman at all; she just pointed in terror toward the residence she had fled from.

"My Lord, there's been a murder!"

"Oh?" The other party's appearance made Yang Lixin frown, and he waved his hand at the few Constables who had come out with him.

The few Constables understood immediately; two of them took the middle-aged man into custody, while the other two rushed into the residence.

"My Lord, it has nothing to do with me, I didn't kill anyone!"

Being forcibly held by the two Constables, the middle-aged man calmed down and explained in a panic, "My Lord, I just went to catch an adulterer, I wouldn't dare kill anyone..."

Hearing that it seemed someone had really died, the middle-aged man immediately lost his nerve; he was just a commoner.

His reaction just now was only out of rage; now that he had calmed down, he was truly panicked. He really didn't know the people inside were dead.

Just a moment ago, he was selling pork at his pork stall when he accidentally heard people on the side of the road talking about his wife being involved with someone else.

He knew his wife had gone to be a Wet Nurse for a wealthy family's child; who could have imagined that this would lead to gossip.

Those bastards even said that the male master of this family loved to target those Wet Nurses, and because of this, quite a few had quit. Only his own wife did it with great relish; if that wasn't a problem, what was?

At the time, he couldn't take it and started arguing with them.

As a result, they became more and more intense, and they spoke so vividly it was as if they were telling him, "You idiot, your wife has been with someone for so long and you didn't even know."

Burning with rage, he was so angered by these people that he picked up his Slaughtering Knife on the spot and wanted to go demand an explanation.

When he arrived at this house, he happened to see his wife disheveled and full of panic, and a wave of inexplicable fury could no longer be suppressed.

He held the Slaughtering Knife, wishing he could immediately make this pair of adulterers pay the price. But before he could even act, the hussy ran away in a panic.

Even now, he was still bewildered. I just wanted to teach them a lesson, I never thought about actually killing anyone.

Besides, I'm the victim!

"My Lord, there are indeed people dead, the whole family, young and old, none survived!"

Before long, the Constables inside walked out hurriedly, looked at the surrounding onlookers, and then leaned into Yang Lixin's ear to report in a low voice.

"They have no wounds on their bodies, and it doesn't look like poisoning. A specific conclusion will probably require the Coroner to perform a proper autopsy!"

"In other words, he didn't kill them?"

"It shouldn't be him, but his suspicion cannot be completely ruled out."

"Understood!" Nodding at the Constable, Yang Lixin then looked at the middle-aged woman.

"What is your relationship with this family, and how did you discover they had been killed?"

"My Lord, I am the Wet Nurse for this family. Just a moment ago, I couldn't help but doze off. When I woke up, I was groggy and wanted to feed the child, but the child wouldn't eat at all."

"I looked down and saw the child, the child had already stopped breathing. I panicked at that moment; the child's death really has nothing to do with me!"

"Later on, I discovered that everyone was dead, not a single person in the family was alive..."

Speaking of this, the middle-aged woman looked terrified; everything that had just happened left her with lingering fear, and even now she hadn't recovered.

Waking up to find the child had stopped breathing, she was terrified at the time. This was a massive matter; if things went wrong, the master of this house would kill her.

At that time, she was in a panic and didn't even have time to dress properly before subconsciously wanting to flee, only to find that everyone in the family was lying on the ground.

Realizing something was wrong, she went up to check and discovered that everyone had stopped breathing; she was the only living person in the large residence.

In her panic, after a brief moment of being at a loss, she quickly tried to run outside, not even noticing her husband who had rushed in.

"My Lord, do you think it could be..." Leaning into Yang Lixin's ear, the Constable beside him whispered a sentence, his eyes glancing toward the middle-aged woman as he spoke.

Seeing this, the middle-aged woman immediately realized something was wrong. Having been able to defeat several competitors to successfully enter this wealthy family as a Wet Nurse, she wasn't stupid, and she reacted immediately.

"My Lord, I didn't kill the people inside, it has nothing to do with me!"

"Take her into custody first!"

"Wait, the person inside should have nothing to do with her."

"Hengzhi?" Upon hearing someone speak up to stop him, Yang Lixin immediately looked over, but when he saw Shen Yu, he shouted in surprise and then wanted to rush up to give him a hug.

Seeing the other party so enthusiastic, Shen Yu instinctively took two steps back.

"Hengzhi, have you forgotten? I, Yang Lixin, we were in the same examination cohort. Have you forgotten that before the imperial examinations back then, we even slept in the same room? Have you forgotten our camaraderie as classmates?"

"Yang Lixin, you are Yang Ziheng? Weren't you a charcoal-black fellow back then? How did you get so fair now?"