If Li Mingqi strongly resisted, Chen Yuan would have to reluctantly give up the Iron family's one hundred taels of silver. After all, his reliance on being arrogant in Ping'an County was County Constable Li Mingqi.

He hadn't considered hiding it, because such things couldn't be hidden. In the future, Tie Qinghua would definitely use his name to gain a foothold in Ping'an County. If Li Mingqi found out about it then, it wouldn't be so simple.

Of course, Chen Yuan didn't think that Li Mingqi, with his stature, would care about such trivial matters.

After Tie Xuan's death, the Iron family was no longer worthy of Li Mingqi's attention.

As a county constable, he held a high position and great power, being the supreme existence in Ping'an County. To clash with a small force like the Iron family would be beneath him.

"Tie Qinghua seeks your protection..." Li Mingqi suddenly moved his eyes and chuckled.

"This official heard that Tie Qinghua's husband died some time ago, and she is now a widow. You wouldn't..."

Chen Yuan smiled awkwardly:

"Sir, you jest. This humble one has no other intentions."

"Even if you do, it doesn't matter. Just a woman."

Li Mingqi waved his hand, not caring at all.

In this world where men are superior to women, a man's status is indeed incomparable to that of a woman.

"What information did you get from Tie Qinghua?" Li Mingqi asked in a low voice.

"The Wang family in the south of the city may be colluding with those bandits."

"The Wang family in the south of the city?"

Li Mingqi frowned, having never heard of this family.

"It's just a small family. They used to cooperate with the Iron family, but since Tie Xuan died, they have basically turned against each other and even seized two of the Iron family's gambling houses."

"Tie Qinghua has an informant in the Wang family. This information was revealed by the informant..." Chen Yuan lowered his voice a little.

"Is it accurate?"

"It can't be determined yet. We can only say that the possibility is relatively high."

"So, what you mean is..."

"Confiscate their property and exterminate their clan! Subject them to severe torture!"

"What if the Wang family is not in collusion with the bandits?" Li Mingqi's heart stirred. He suddenly realized that this kid Chen Yuan was really ruthless, wanting to confiscate property and exterminate clans at every turn.

"If the sir says they are colluding, then they are colluding..."

Chen Yuan smiled.

The matter of the informant wasn't false. The connection between the Iron family and the Wang family was deep. Tie Qinghua did have someone planted in the Wang family, but the informant's status was not high, and they didn't have access to many secrets.

It was just said that there was a possibility.

But it wasn't without credibility. Several merchant teams in the city were robbed, but the Wang family was safe and sound. This alone was enough to make people suspicious.

Therefore, Tie Qinghua initially thought of using Chen Yuan's power to destroy the Wang family.

"Chen Yuan, you must remember that the county office will never let go of a wicked person, but it must never wrongly accuse a good person!" Li Mingqi said very solemnly.

Chen Yuan: "This humble one will certainly heed the sir's teachings..."

"This Wang family dares to collude with bandits, which is a great crime worthy of having their property confiscated and their clan exterminated. I'll leave it to you to handle..."

"Yes, this humble one obeys!"

......

......

South of the city.

The Wang family.

The head of the Wang family paced back and forth in the room with a frown, his face showing some anxiety and anger. He said in a low voice:

"Those damned bandits, how dare they rob all those merchant teams!"

If only the Iron family's goods were robbed, it wouldn't be a big deal. Anyway, the Iron family doesn't have much strength now, and they would suffer a major blow. But if the goods of the other families were also robbed, then it wouldn't be a small matter.

They would definitely report to the authorities, and the government was very likely to investigate the Wang family!

"Father, what should we do now?"

A young man with ordinary features asked worriedly after hearing his father's words.

"What to do?" The head of the Wang family moved his eyes slightly. After a long silence, a glint of light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a low voice:

"Xuan'er, quickly have people make another batch of fake goods and pretend that they were robbed by bandits. In any case, we can't let the people from the yamen find out about us."

For now, they could only muddy the waters, hoping that those forces and the yamen wouldn't associate the Wang family with it.

"Father, I'll go now!"

Wang Xuan nodded and turned to leave, but just as he reached the door, a family guard rushed into the room in a hurry and shouted:

"Patriarch, disaster has struck! The yamen's constables are all outside!"

Upon hearing this, the head of the Wang family felt goosebumps all over his body and slumped into the chair, letting out a long breath:

"It's over, it's over!"

The Wang family's strength was very weak. The strongest person was him, with only Refined Blood cultivation. How could he resist the fierce constables of the yamen?

At this moment, the head of the Wang family regretted it a little. After being robbed by the bandits, he should have immediately reported to the yamen instead of fantasizing about using these bandits to promote the Wang family.

Who would have thought that those bandits wouldn't follow the plan and would wipe out all those forces in one fell swoop!

If only he had known!

......

Inside a restaurant not far from the Wang family's gate, Chen Yuan leisurely drank his wine, quietly listening to the sounds of shouting and killing coming from within the Wang family. The waiter serving him had trembling legs.

His eyes were full of awe when he looked at Chen Yuan.

He clearly remembered that just now, at this young man's command, dozens of yamen runners drew their knives and charged into the Wang family, which had quite a bit of strength in the south of the city.

A word, determining life and death!

The Wang family was a regular at this restaurant. In fact, part of the restaurant was owned by the Wang family. He had also seen the arrogant and domineering appearance of the Wang family members.

This was in stark contrast to the sounds of begging for mercy and crying that were now coming from inside.

"Pour the wine..."

Chen Yuan said lightly.

The waiter didn't dare to neglect, and with both hands, he picked up the wine pot and filled the young master's cup.

"You're very nervous?" Chen Yuan glanced at the waiter.

"No... no."

"What is the Wang family's usual behavior?"

"Arrogant and domineering, bullying others with their power..." the waiter quickly said.

"Have you studied?" Chen Yuan was a little surprised.

"I heard those words from a storyteller before."

"Not bad, very appropriate. The Wang family has done many evil deeds. This official is here today to seek justice for the people."

Chen Yuan didn't feel any psychological pressure. He didn't like oppressing the good and kind; it was meaningless. None of the people he had killed since crossing over were good people, whether it was Iron Hand, Chen Ping'an, or that guy from the North Sea Gang, or even Tie Xuan.

Their hands were stained with blood. It could be said that none of them were good people, so there was nothing wrong with killing them.

Chen Yuan didn't like being a good person, didn't like their way of doing things, but he was definitely not a bad person without any conscience, unless the "good person" had a reason for him to kill them.

He wasn't trying to flaunt anything, just giving himself some comfort.

"Sir, you are truly a living blue sky..." The waiter swallowed his saliva and complimented.

"Yuan-ge, you're really majestic now." Wang Ping chuckled.

"Work hard to cultivate, and you'll have a day like this too."

Wang Ping: "I'm used to being lazy. In the future, Yuan-ge, you'll have to give me a hand."

"At most, I can only give you one hand..."

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