51: The county magistrate of Qingyun County died!

Inside the county yamen's prison, candles on both sides of the corridor flickered with unsteady flames, and the dim candlelight illuminated the dilapidated and old cells.

From deep within the prison cells, screams echoed, the voices of several men, and these screams were bone-chilling.

"You scoundrels, you truly are audacious!"

"To even lay hands on Master Lu, I think you've grown tired of living!"

"You good-for-nothings, don't you know that Master Lu is Brother Cheng's uncle?"

"Brother Cheng has instructed us two brothers; tonight, even if we don't sleep, we must take good care of you good-for-nothings."

"Quick, tell us who ordered you to assassinate Master Lu! If you tell us, you won't have to suffer this physical pain!"

In a somewhat crude cell, there were two young Yamen Runners.

Both of them held short whips in their hands, diligently lashing the bound men in front of them.

Those bound strong men looked quite miserable, with their skin torn open, their flesh bloody and mangled, and their faces covered in streaks of blood.

"Damn it, are you going to speak or not!"

"Forget it, let's rest for a bit, and we'll deal with you properly later."

The two young Yamen Runners seemed a bit tired from beating them.

Seeing that the men wouldn't speak, they walked out of the cell together, sat beside a withered wooden table, picked up the water on the table, and drank it in large gulps.

A gentle breeze swept through, extinguishing more than half of the candles placed on both sides of the prison corridor.

Only a few candles remained unextinguished, making the already dim prison even darker.

Before the two young Yamen Runners could react, their vision went black, and they lost consciousness.

A tall and upright figure walked towards the cell where the men had just been whipped.

The mouths of those strong men were stuffed with thick rags, and just as they were rejoicing that they could be spared the pain of the whipping.

A tall man with a handsome face appeared before them and removed the rags from their mouths.

The strong man tied in the very middle was puzzled, unsure who the person in front of him was, but a bad feeling immediately arose in his heart, and he quickly shouted loudly.

"Who the hell are you!"

"Hey, you two scoundrels outside, someone's here."

"My name is Lu Xuan, and I am Lu Jiahe's son!"

"You..."

The three strong men instantly became terrified after hearing this, looking at the tall man in front of them with eyes as if they had seen a ghost.

Lu Xuan stared at them with indifferent eyes, as if looking at dead men.

The strong man in the middle saw Lu Xuan's young and tender appearance, and the fear on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a disdainful laugh.

"Hehehe!"

"So it's the son of that Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow), Lu Jiahe, huh? What, you little brat, you think you can get something out of this master?"

"If physical pain doesn't work, then I'll just have to make you experience a heart-piercing pain!"

Lu Xuan extended his large hand, pressing it onto the strong man's skull, and terrifying Inner Energy surged into the strong man's body like a rampage.

"Ah!"

In less than half an incense stick's time, Lu Xuan glanced at the corpses of the men whose internal bodies he had shredded with his Inner Energy, then walked out without looking back.

Because Lu Xuan had already obtained the answer he wanted.

The Huang Family!

Inside County Magistrate County Lieutenant Huang Yangping's room, three people were gathered, and outside the door, an elderly old man was keeping watch, he was the chief steward of the Huang Residence.

The three people in the room were County Lieutenant Huang Yangping, Jia Sheng, and County Lieutenant Huang Yangping's son, Huang Wen!

"Brother-in-law, what should we do now!"

"Those good-for-nothings have been caught; I'm worried they'll expose me."

Jia Sheng paced back and forth in the room, clearly showing his panic.

County Lieutenant Huang Yangping's face was as calm as water; he sat upright in his chair, completely unmoved by Jia Sheng's words.

Seeing County Lieutenant Huang Yangping's indifferent demeanor, Jia Sheng quickly pleaded, "Brother-in-law, you can't abandon me!"

County Lieutenant Huang Yangping was truly infuriated by Jia Sheng's stupidity and couldn't help but scold him angrily.

"Useless!"

"Just because they say it's you, does that make it you? What evidence do they have? Can't you just deny it!"

"Ah, that's right, thankfully I didn't leave anything behind for those good-for-nothings at the time."

County Lieutenant Huang Yangping's words awakened Jia Sheng from his daze, and he also reacted.

After County Lieutenant Huang Yangping looked at Jia Sheng with disappointment, he then spoke, "Is Lu Jiahe dead or not!"

"Not dead!"

"That Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow) truly has great fortune and a long life; the potent poison I personally prepared actually failed to kill him!"

Thinking of this, Jia Sheng's eyes were also filled with doubt.

Logically speaking, his potent poison was obtained from some rare venomous snakes and should have been incurable.

However, according to the news obtained from the Lu Mansion, that Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow), Lu Jiahe, was actually fine.

In the room, after another period of silence, until Jia Sheng was about to become restless.

County Lieutenant Huang Yangping then slowly spoke, "Since that Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow), Lu Jiahe, didn't die this time, he will certainly be on guard, making it very difficult to act next time."

"Since that's the case, then let's target his sons instead, and let that Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow), Lu Jiahe, experience the pain of losing a child."

"That's right, brother-in-law, you have a point. I'll go back and make the arrangements now."

Jia Sheng's shifty features squeezed out a hint of a smile, seemingly very much in favor of County Lieutenant Huang Yangping's suggestion.

County Lieutenant Huang Yangping nodded, then spoke gently to the young man beside him, "Wen'er, you are still injured, you should return to your room first.

You've worked hard these past few days, assisting your uncle!"

"Yes, Father!"

Boom!

The door was suddenly smashed open by a body, then fell heavily to the ground.

After County Lieutenant Huang Yangping clearly saw the body on the ground, a trace of disbelief appeared in his eyes.

Because the body lying on the ground was actually the Huang Residence's chief steward.

At this moment, the chief steward of the Huang Residence, lying on the ground, had half of his chest collapsed, with a huge footprint on his chest.

Lu Xuan walked in from outside the door, his stern gaze sweeping over the three people in the room.

He had just rushed over from the Jia Family; Lu Xuan had gone to the Jia Family but hadn't found Jia Sheng, so he had rushed to the Huang Family.

Lu Xuan did not speak, he glanced at the so-called County Magistrate of Qingyun County, County Lieutenant Huang Yangping, as if looking at a dead man.

County Magistrate of Qingyun County?

"Audacious!"

"Who are you!"

"How dare you trespass into the residence of a court official!"

"This official thinks you don't want to live!"

"Someone!"

County Lieutenant Huang Yangping's entire body erupted with the aura of the Marrow Refinement Realm of Major Achievement, looking at Lu Xuan outside the door with a vigilant expression.

What was wrong with him? He, a martial artist at the Marrow Refinement Realm of Major Achievement, was actually afraid.

Lu Xuan did not answer County Lieutenant Huang Yangping's question, his body moved like a ghost, appearing before him!

Under County Lieutenant Huang Yangping's horrified gaze, Lu Xuan pressed his large hand onto his skull, Inner Energy surged out from his palm, shredding County Lieutenant Huang Yangping's internal flesh and blood.

Following this, Lu Xuan repeated the process, killing the other two people in the room, then transformed into an afterimage and disappeared into the horizon.