The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Punish the entire clan! Kill without mercy! Emperor Mingde, who always hated collective punishment, hated lies even more.

As soon as he saw the expressions on the two men's faces, he knew that both parties had reached an agreement. Yang Guan would take on all the responsibility, and Ying Liangchen would take care of his family.

In a rage, Emperor Mingde was filled with murderous intent.

Yang Guan, who had made up his mind, turned pale when he heard this, and Ying Liangchen, who was struggling desperately, looked even more pale.

In the crowd, a woman holding a child started crying out of fear. When she cried, the child also started crying.

The woman was Yang Guan’s first wife, and the child was Yang Guan’s son.

The mother and son had just followed Yang Guan to the capital from Hong County, Qizhou, and had settled there only a few days ago. Her husband did not return home all night, so she was thinking that she would be able to see him in front of the Imperial Examination Hall this morning.

Who knew that although we did meet, I never expected it to be this way.

Yang Guan's attention was attracted by the familiar crying of a child. They looked into each other's eyes from a distance, and their hearts were broken.

Although this man did all kinds of evil things, he was very good to his wife and children. The couple had a good relationship. Although Yang Guan inevitably went out to look for women and have affairs, he still had a lot of household expenses and most of the money he earned was given to his wife for safekeeping.

Two days ago, he said that he was going to do something big recently and that his master would reward him with a lot of silver. He would then buy a house in the capital for them and their son so that they could settle down in peace.

His wife responded, "If you were in the capital, we would be able to settle down and take root in the capital. If you were not here, I would be afraid."

Yang Guan said, "What are you afraid of? I have to help my master make a living outside, so how can I stay in one place?"

In fact, what he is good at is not doing such things as murder, arson and kidnapping, but making money.

Seeing that he was smart, the Ying family trusted him very much, so they let him go to the capital. But he never expected that his first job in the capital would fail.

Yang Guanyuan thought that he could handle it all by himself, and that the Ying family would not treat his wife and children badly.

But Emperor Mingde blocked his retreat.

The abolition of the system of collective punishment originally made him feel at ease. But...

Between wife and children and the master's family, Yang Guan chose his wife and children without hesitation.

There was almost no need to struggle, as Ying Liangchen was not a very good master.

Yang Guan has only four fingers on his left hand, and his little finger was lost as a punishment by Ying Liangchen.

He prostrated himself on the ground and confessed all the evil things he had done to Xing Mingyue.

He knew that he could not escape the death penalty, so when he told the truth, he raised four fingers to swear that he was not lying.

In fact, he was also signaling to his wife: There is danger, take our son and run.

He had already arranged a way out, fearing that the Ying family would turn against him and bring disaster to his wife and children. He made an agreement with his wife that when he raised four fingers and swore, it would be a warning to her, so that she could escape according to his arrangement.

The woman saw him raising four fingers in the air and burst into tears.

When Yang Guan looked towards the crowd again, there was no trace of his wife and children.

Ying Liangchen's evil deeds were confirmed.

An old man behind Shi Anxia came forward and knelt on the ground, accusing Ying Liangchen in tears of taking his granddaughter away in broad daylight because she looked so pretty.

His son and daughter-in-law chased after him and begged for mercy, but were beaten to death on the street by Ying Liangchen's men.

After losing her innocence, the granddaughter returned home only to learn that her parents had died because of her, and she jumped into the well that night.

The old man was in tears, his cloudy eyes filled with hatred.

The Dali Temple official who was about to take over the case looked at the anger on Emperor Mingde's face and asked hurriedly, "Old man, do you have any evidence?"

The old man had already made up his mind to die, and was not afraid at all when being questioned by the officials in the capital. "The people on the street are all witnesses. My son and daughter-in-law were beaten to death in public!"

One after another, people came forward and cried like the old man about their experiences.

Some lost everything, some lost their families, some men lost all their limbs, and some women were forced into desperation.

The crimes are too numerous to list and the cases are bizarre.

But without exception they were all miserable, and some had nothing to do with Ying Liangchen, but were related to other people in the Ying family of Qizhou.

In short, the Ying family of Hong County, Qizhou, is so powerful that they regard themselves as local emperors.

Someone knelt down and cried, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please go and take a look at the sky in Hong County. It is dark! We common people have never seen the blue sky and bright sun!"

"Your Majesty, the county magistrate takes orders from the Ying family, and the common people have nowhere to appeal. Anyone who wants to file a complaint in Hong County will be beaten to death."

"The Ying family also threatened that our Ying family is the law of Hong County!"

"Your Majesty! Hong County is like hell on earth. The people are suffering terribly. Life is worse than death!"

Then every word was a torture to Emperor Mingde.

He thought that the Beiyi was a peaceful and prosperous place with the people living and working in peace and contentment; he thought that the world was bright and clear with the sun and the moon shining brightly and the sky above Beiyi's head.

Now, the people are telling him word by word with tears in their eyes: the sky is dark, like purgatory on earth!

Minister of Revenue Tang Chuyu looked solemn, took a step forward and knelt on the ground, "I ask the emperor to order the execution of Ying Liangchen!"

Huai'an General Ma Liyang also strode forward from the crowd and knelt on one leg, "I beg the emperor to order the execution of Ying Liangchen!"

Zhao Liren, who was in the crowd, looked up at the dark clouds rolling in the sky, which slowly moved above his head. He was in a very irritable mood, and knelt behind Tang Chuyu, "I ask the emperor to order the execution of Ying Liangchen!"

The officials all seconded the motion.

The people shouted in unison, "Kill Ying Liangchen!"

Emperor Mingde slowly stood up from his chair and said in a deep voice, "Zhao Liren!"

Zhao Liren's heart trembled. It was over! He felt that he had to leave his wife and go to Hong County to check on Ying's family.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, he uttered two words: "I am here."

He heard that Emperor Mingde had appointed him as the imperial commissioner, and he and General Ma Liyang immediately set out for Hong County to investigate and arrest the person.

This may be the first time that the Northern Wing has directly sent troops to follow the imperial envoy to other provinces to investigate and arrest people.

Emperor Mingde gave an order, and the people brought out from Hong County by Cen Yuan's subordinates were filled with mixed feelings.

Your Majesty is wise!

The emperor is going to clean up Hong County!

The day is about to dawn in Hong County!

Zhao Liren has always been a lazy person who would rather sit than stand, and would rather lie down than sit. Now that he has been sent as an imperial envoy, he feels heavy in his heart and frowns slightly, "I obey your order."

Shi Anxia stood aside, watching everything quietly. She was very relieved that Emperor Mingde did not jump to conclusions based on her and Cen Yuan's one-sided words.

Otherwise, the emperor’s mind is unpredictable. He may trust you today but doubt you tomorrow.

Only those who seek ironclad evidence for everything and seek the source of every disaster can be considered a truly good emperor.

Water cannot become clear overnight, but with the wise decision of the emperor and the pragmatic attitude of officials, I believe that Beiyi will never repeat the path of broken mountains and rivers in the past.

This was her mission of rebirth. She had never been so clear-headed as she was at this moment.

As Emperor Mingde shouted "behead immediately" to Ying Liangchen, the black clouds dispersed and the martial arts competition began.

The candidates walked into the Imperial Examination Hall, thinking that the martial arts competition would be held as scheduled.

No! Something unusual happened in the martial arts exam again.

Among the forty-six people selected by the Ministry of War to examine the candidates, as many as a dozen reported to the Ministry of Personnel that someone had bribed them with silver and other means to cheat before the competition.

This was all because of the scene that happened in the square before the competition!