The protagonist chased the villain, and Tiandao screamed in anger

"Um... Woo woo" With his mouth blocked, County Magistrate Yao was unable to speak, but he understood the current situation.

"You want to ask your men? I put some drugs in the well. The effect of the drugs should have taken effect now. They won't come over. No need to ask."

Playing with the dagger, Mrs. Yao looked through the documents page by page and found one of them, the coroner's autopsy record.

He suddenly tightened his fingers around the knife handle, turned it over and thrust it downwards into Magistrate Yao's left shoulder.

County Magistrate Yao felt pain, but his mouth was blocked tightly, so he could only let out some muffled groans through his nose.

After all, he had lived a life of luxury for so many years that he couldn't stand the pain. But just being stabbed like this made him break out in a cold sweat.

Madam Yao walked around the chair and came to the front of County Magistrate Yao. She looked at him with confusion and hatred in his eyes and spoke:

"Does your Excellency still remember my name?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't remember, I tell you..."

"My name is Lin Youqing. Of course, I also have another name, Cui Yaoyin."

Upon hearing this surname, County Magistrate Yao, who relied on breathing out through his nose to relieve the pain, was confused for a moment. He only felt that the surname sounded familiar, but how could he remember the details of it all at once?

Fortunately, Cui Yaoyin did not need Lord Yao to answer. Now it was her one-man show, and the audience just needed to sit still.

"Master Yao, do you still remember that ten years ago, before you became the county magistrate, you had an official named Cui?"

At that time, my father was transferred by the emperor, which was considered a promotion. The Cui family moved happily, but on the way to take up the post, they encountered robbers and died on the way.

She was the only one left alive by chance.

"Of course, it's normal for you to forget things. So, let's talk about something else. Lord Yao, do you still remember the tofu shop at the corner of Shihuan Lane on West Street five years ago? There used to be a young couple living there, their surname was Lin."

As Mrs. Yao spoke, she paced back and forth, touching the blade of the dagger with her fingertips, and her eyes wandered over County Magistrate Yao's body, like a knife piercing her bones.

In the past, she pretended to be gentle and kind, but every time she saw Yao Zhongyuan, she wanted to stab him with a knife without any scruples.

Her sister-in-law was such a gentle and kind woman. When she was brought to the Yao Mansion, she was less than three months pregnant. The whole family was full of hope for the newborn.

She originally thought that her parents had told her to live well before they died, and that she was rescued by the mute mother and raised as her dead daughter. With a new family and a new life, she could bear the pain of letting go of the difficult-to-uncover truth and live with the hope of her dead relatives in the land where her father was about to take office.

But everything was destroyed.

County Magistrate Yao forced his sister-in-law to bring a cart of fresh white tofu to his house on the pretext of buying tofu. Brother Lin was always there, but on that day, he was not in the shop because he wanted to buy the pearl flower that his sister-in-law had long admired.

In the evening, the man was pushed out on a tofu cart, covered in blood, with two lives lost.

Brother Lin came to ask for an explanation, but was beaten half to death by the thugs. County Magistrate Yao was worried that the matter would get out of hand, so he hired someone to kill Brother Lin and the mute woman in the dark, and then set fire to destroy the bodies!

In order to cover up his crime, Magistrate Yao lied that his sister-in-law had stolen something from the mansion, and when she was discovered, she banged her head against the wall and died.

He even bribed the coroner to give false testimony, and the matter was suppressed.

But it happened that she, who seldom went out due to years of worry and depression, only walked out of the house that one time, and once again, she survived by luck!

Twice, God didn't let her die, but forced her to watch the mess in this world! He forced her to live with hatred!

She wanted to find out the real culprit of the Cui family's murder and whether it was true as she guessed, that Yao Zhongyuan reached an agreement with a senior official in Kyoto in order to get promoted and planned this murder.

But she couldn't wait any longer, it was too late.

If she lets him live till tomorrow, if he is the one sent by the imperial court, and if he is in cahoots with this villain, and allows Yao Zhongyuan to continue to bully and act like a local tyrant here, then she will never have the chance to take revenge!

Therefore, before the imperial envoy arrives tomorrow, Yao Zhongyuan must die!

She had worked so hard to hide for so long and had done so many dirty things to gain his trust. It couldn't be in vain.

Cui Yaoyin's steps became heavier as she walked. She raised her head and looked at County Magistrate Yao again. She gripped the dagger tightly and stabbed it into County Magistrate Yao's chest.

"Pfft!"

The sharp blade pierced into the flesh, and the sound seemed to be no different from cutting a melon. As the knife stabbed in, some juice splashed out.

The red knife was pulled out, Cui Yaoyin lowered her head and stared at the blood dripping slowly from the tip of the knife to her feet. She suddenly realized that killing was such a simple thing.

Killing is very easy, so these corrupt officials who take human lives lightly do not treat human lives as human lives.

Now, Yao Zhongyuan's life is in her hands, just like cutting grass.

Cui Yaoyin raised the dagger and stabbed again, each time thrusting the deepest. She watched coldly as County Magistrate Yao sobbed but could not say a word, and finally could only die with grievance and hatred.

"Woo...Woo"

Yao Heng's frightened cry behind her reminded Cui Yaoyin that there was another person in the room. She turned around and squatted down with the bloody knife in her hand.

The blade hit Yao Heng's face. Facing Yao Heng's frightened eyes, Cui Yaoyin softened her voice and said, "Yao Lang, we are husband and wife, why are you so afraid of me?"

It seemed that the gentle voice had worked. Yao Heng blinked and his tears lessened. Perhaps he was thinking about the possibility of being let off based on their relationship.

"Don't worry, I will let Yao Lang die easily." Yao Zhongyuan had committed many evil deeds, which were too numerous to list. How could Yao Heng be any better? They were just birds of a feather, and it was not a pity for him to die.

As Yao Heng pleaded in his eyes, Cui Yaoyin slashed his neck with a knife.

She practiced killing the chicken many times.

In an instant, the two people she hated the most were dead. Cui Yaoyin stood up and looked around the room at the scene of blood spilling everywhere. She was dazed for a moment.

What should she do next?

Her eyes fell on the blood-stained pages, and Cui Yaoyin came to her senses. She sorted these things out, put them together with the petition she had already written in her sleeve, and pressed them down with a paperweight.

If the official who comes tomorrow is an upright person, then these old stories and the case of her Cui family may have a chance to be overturned.

If that official had been in cahoots with Magistrate Yao all along, the guards, stewards, and servants outside the courtyard would surely panic and make a fuss when they woke up and saw the three bodies and that Magistrate Yao was dead.

By then, such a big case would be difficult to suppress even for the imperial envoy.

It is inevitable that there are different affiliations and factions among the group of people. As long as the matter is reported to the court and seen by the emperor, the case will have a chance to be investigated, and those buried grievances will have a chance to be uncovered.

At the very least, even if the deaths of Yao Zhongyuan and Yao Heng did not cause any stir, at least she had her revenge, and at least her forbearance was not in vain.

Unfortunately, she still didn't know the whole story of the Cui family's murder, and she helped the evildoers to harm so many innocent people.

Will her parents blame her...

She wanted to do something good for the people, but she could never succeed.

There was too much blood on her hands. She wondered if Ma Niang, Brother Lin, and Sister-in-law would blame her in the afterlife...

But they are all dead, and she is the only one left. If she is alive, she can only take revenge!

But, having walked through all this hatred alone and come to this point now, she is too tired.

The sake was poured into the glass, and Cui Yaoyin stirred it with her little finger. She picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp.

She looked at Yao Heng, whose death was like that of a chicken being killed with blood splattered everywhere. It was too bloody. If he met his brother and sister-in-law after his death, they would probably be scared.

She chose the most comprehensive way to die for herself.

It does hurt a bit, but at least it looks good and probably won’t scare them.

At the entrance of Huangquan and the Naihe Bridge, will there be someone waiting for her?

His fingertips couldn't hold the wine glass anymore, and the porcelain cup slipped out of his hand and fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.

With a heavy thud, she fell to the ground, enduring the severe pain in her abdomen, watching the candlelight in the distance gradually go out...