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Chapter 20 The main culprit has been executed, but the accomplices cannot be let off the hook.

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Zhou Qing raised his knife and brought it down.

Every slash takes a life.

"Ah, don't kill me, don't kill me."

"Young Master Zhou, hero Zhou, I can tell you where my father's money is hidden, I just beg you to spare my life!"

"With me leading the way, you can obtain all the wealth of the Zhou family."

A young man in brocade robes knelt down and begged for mercy.

The young man's face was filled with fear, and he clung tightly to Zhou Qing's legs with both hands, his eyes filled with the will to survive.

"Young Master Zhou!"

Zhou Qing looked down at him and recognized his identity.

This young master of the Zhou family is a notorious playboy in Blackstone County. He bullies men and women and has done many evil deeds.

The people hated him to the core, but they were helpless.

"Oh? You know where the Zhou family's wealth is hidden?"

Zhou Qing spared the life of the eldest son of the Zhou family for the time being.

The rest of them died by his sword.

"Yes, yes, I know." A glimmer of hope flashed in the eyes of the eldest son of the Zhou family. He nodded repeatedly, as if pounding garlic. "I'll tell you everything, just please don't kill me."

"Alright!" Zhou Qing slowly sheathed his sword and said calmly, "Lead the way. If you dare to play any tricks, your fate will be even worse than theirs."

“My father hid all the money in a secret room in his study. I know how to open the secret room.”

The eldest son of the Zhou family scrambled to his feet and led the way.

"The study is just ahead!"

The eldest son of the Zhou family was afraid that Zhou Qing would get impatient, so he jogged the whole way, his voice trembling slightly.

Soon.

The two then went to the study.

Inside the study, bookshelves stood in rows, and the air was filled with the fragrance of ink.

The eldest son of the Zhou family led Zhou Qing to a corner of the study and pointed to a wall, saying, "The secret room is right here."

As he spoke, the eldest son of the Zhou family began to feel around on the wall.

A moment later, with a clicking sound, the wall slowly opened, revealing a dark entrance.

"You go in first!"

Zhou Qing looked at the entrance and then said.

"Yes!"

The eldest son of the Zhou family walked in front.

Zhou Qing followed behind and entered the secret room.

Before my eyes lay a vast collection of treasures, including gold and silver jewelry, antiques and calligraphy and paintings—a dazzling array of items.

Where are the silver notes?

Zhou Qing glanced at the treasures and asked a question.

"The silver notes are here!" Upon hearing this, the eldest son of the Zhou family immediately found a small, locked iron box in the secret room and said, "I don't have the key!"

No key is needed!

Zhou Qing took the small iron box, and with a little force, he tore off the lock. When he opened it, he found it full of silver notes.

Most of these silver notes are worth one hundred taels, and some are worth one thousand taels. If you add them all up, the preliminary estimate is fifty to sixty thousand taels.

"So much money?"

Zhou Qing was overjoyed.

Fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver notes—that's no small sum; an ordinary person would never see that much money in their entire life.

If you could get another 60,000 or 70,000 taels of silver, you could buy a top-tier internal skill through a legitimate auction.

Zhou Qing put the silver notes into his pocket and left the secret room.

He was not greedy.

Although the boxes of gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, land deeds and house deeds were valuable, he didn't have any treasures like spatial rings, so he couldn't take them all. The only thing he could take were silver notes, which he could carry with him.

"I, Zhou, keep my word," Zhou Qing said calmly. "I'll spare your life this time, but don't let me see you again. Now get lost!"

"Yes, thank you for sparing my life, young hero!" Upon hearing this, the eldest son of the Zhou family was overjoyed and immediately scrambled out of the study.

Whoosh!
The next moment, a figure appeared in front of the eldest son of the Zhou family.

"meet again!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of light appeared.

The eldest son of the Zhou family immediately separated his head from his body.

Keng!
Zhou Qing sheathed his sword and quickly left.

the other side.

The constables from the county government who had surrounded the Zhou residence all frowned when they heard that there was no more movement inside.

"Why is there no movement?"

"Nothing will go wrong, will it?"

"Impossible. Among the three Eagle Wolf Guards who made a move this time is Lord Lin Feng, the deputy commander of the Crimson Wolf Guard, a first-class martial artist who has reached the seventh level of the Acquired Realm. Zhou Qing is only a second-class martial artist. How could he possibly be a match for Lord Lin Feng?"

"That's right. With Lord Lin Feng taking action, capturing the culprit Zhou Qing will be no easy task. What could possibly go wrong?"

"When a first-rate martial artist faces a second-rate martial artist, it is an overwhelming crushing defeat."

"Wait a little longer. Perhaps the magistrate has already captured Zhou Qing and is interrogating him, trying to uncover some secrets. If we don't hear any news after a while, we'll go in and check it out."

"..."

Outside the Zhou residence, a group of constables were discussing the matter.

But at that moment, a figure darted out of the Zhou residence.

"who!"

"Stop for me."

Upon seeing this, the constables all shouted.

"Anyone who isn't afraid of death, come after me!"

Zhou Qing's icy voice rang in the ears of the constables.

Upon hearing this, the constables seemed to be frozen in place, their bodies stiffening, and they dared not pursue the enemy.

"That's... the murderer Zhou Qing?"

"The three Eagle Wolf Guards actually failed to capture Zhou Qing!"

"How can this be!"

"Lord Eagle Wolf Guard, have you been in trouble?!"

"Quickly, go in and investigate immediately!"

The constables did not dare to pursue Zhou Qing, but instead entered the Zhou residence to investigate the situation.

When they stepped into the Zhou residence and arrived at the backyard, the scene before them shocked them: the three Eagle Wolf Guards, including Lin Feng, the deputy commander of the Crimson Wolf Guard, were all lying on the ground.

Lin Feng was beheaded, while the heads of the other two Eagle Wolf Guards were smashed like watermelons, their skulls shattered, revealing their brains inside—a gruesome death.

"This...how is this possible?"

Seeing what was happening before his eyes, a constable muttered to himself, his tone filled with shock and disbelief.

They simply couldn't believe that a second-rate martial artist could defeat three Eagle Wolf Guards, including a first-rate martial artist at the seventh level of the Acquired Realm.

This simply subverted their cognition.

The constables stood there, unable to recover for a long time.

"How could this criminal Zhou Qing be so terrifyingly strong?"

"Yes, Zhou Qing is simply unfathomable. The strength he displays is more and more terrifying each time. This time, even the Red Wolf Deputy Commander, a first-class martial artist, was no match for him and was killed by him."

"These criminals are beyond our capabilities to deal with."

The constables were horrified.

They couldn't help but feel a wave of fear, thankful that they hadn't acted impulsively and taken the initiative to chase after Zhou Qing.

Otherwise, they would already be corpses by now.

At this moment, Zhou Qing arrived at the county government office.

He spent more than twenty days in the county government dungeon. The Zhou family was the main culprit who framed him. So the corrupt official who didn't distinguish right from wrong, didn't even conduct a trial, and directly used torture to extract a confession and sentenced him to death was an accomplice.

Now that the main culprit has been brought to justice, Zhou Qing will naturally not let the corrupt officials and accomplices go unpunished.

(End of this chapter)