Uncle Hong deeply resents the Gao family, yet for the sake of his daughter and grandson, he can only help the Gao family hide their gold.

The reason Mrs. Gao Huang insists on his family’s help to hide the gold is simple; the Hong family has a good reputation in the village, so the government will not quickly suspect them.

Unfortunately, Mrs. Gao Huang miscalculated this time. Qin San Lang watches over everything closely and won’t divide his attention based on reputation.

"Protecting your daughter is no problem, but saving your grandson is somewhat challenging," Section Leader Hong didn’t hide the truth from Uncle Hong: "Your grandson is already seven years old and a male child, according to Great Chu Criminal Law, he must be punished."

Company Commander Qin once mentioned that there is a phrase in Great Chu Criminal Law: "Distinguish between youth and children; adult males should be punished as adults."

Youth refers to boys who are seven years old and no longer young children, in Great Chu, where punishment is as weighty as a mountain, they must bear responsibility.

"...Can’t we save him? Although my grandson grew up with the Gao family, he is a good child. Last month, he saw the gambling house thugs beating people, and he ran out to stop them, saving the person being beaten." Uncle Hong spoke tearfully; it was clear he cared deeply for this grandson and didn’t mind that he was a part of the Gao family.

Section Leader Hong said, "However, if you agree to testify against the Gao family, the Old Chang Family, and the Old Wu Family, I can help plead with Company Commander Qin. I’m sure you’ve heard of Company Commander Qin, he is very resourceful. Even if your grandson were convicted, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to save him."

Uncle Hong is clever, fearing Section Leader Hong might be deceiving him, he asked, "Can he really be saved after conviction?"

Section Leader Hong nodded: "Yes, once your grandson is convicted, he will be turned into Slaves. Company Commander Qin has vast connections and can help you buy the child out, which can be considered saving him, sparing him from disaster."

Hong Wen listened with delight, persuading, "Father, this method is good. You should agree quickly, lest something changes if delayed."

Choking with emotion, he continued, "Father, we’ve been greatly harmed by the Gao family, even if we can’t save our nephew, we can’t let our family suffer further."

They were caught red-handed helping the Gao family hide and move the gold, if they do not make up for their crimes, his family would also perish.

Hong Wen, already married with children, though he pitied his sister and nephew, had to consider his own wife and children.

Uncle Hong understood his son’s difficulty; he also loved Brother Liang, just not as deeply.

"Alright, I agree to testify against the Chang, Wu, and Gao families!" Uncle Hong agreed.

Fortunately, he did, or things wouldn’t have been resolved so quickly tonight.

The people from the Old Chang Family and Old Wu Family were tough and resistant even when tortured, still claiming, "It’s a miscarriage of justice, we are innocent, the gold belongs to Mrs. Chang’s maternal family!"

"Innocent, my foot! Beat them, keep beating them!" Section Leader Jiang, fuming, grabbed the soldier’s baton, sprinkled salt on it, and thrashed the eldest of the Chang family until he passed out.

Mrs. Chang cried hysterically seeing this, yet still refused to confess, crying out her innocence.

Section Leader Jiang sighed, thinking to himself, heavens, I’ve never seen someone so stubborn, rural shrews are indeed the hardest to deal with.

"Brother Jiang, Uncle Hong and his sons have testified that the gold belongs to the Gao family. These three families, including Mrs. Chang’s maternal family, the Miao family, all helped hide the gold for the Gao family; they are accomplices." Section Leader Hong handed Section Leader Jiang a paper: "This is the Hong father and son’s confession, they have already signed it."

Section Leader Jiang hurriedly took the confession, happy to see: "It’s really a testimony against those families, hahaha, this is great! Let’s see how the Chang and Wu families try to argue now!"

Mrs. Chang, upon hearing this, cried out in shock: "The Hong’s testified against us? Impossible, it’s fake, the confession must be fake, used to trick us into confessing!"

With this testimony, the Hong father and son were also confessing, making Hong Wen’s family finished. The Hong family loves their children, unwilling to abandon his daughter and grandson, how could he harm his son’s family?

Section Leader Hong paused upon hearing this but ignored Mrs. Chang, saying instead to Section Leader Jiang, "Brother Jiang, Uncle Hong and his sons have testified meritoriously, under Great Chu Criminal Law, we should consider this as making up for their crimes, and pardon the Hong family’s responsibility."

"What, what did you say? The Hong family’s responsibility can be pardoned?!" The Wu family people heard this, their eyes turned green with envy, and Old Man Wu shouted: "We also want to testify against the Chang, Miao, and Gao families; our family wants to make up for our crimes too!"

The Old Wu Family continued denying their guilt because they believed admitting guilt meant certain death, never thinking there was such a thing as making up for their crimes. Now seeing the Hong family escape punishment, they couldn’t afford to suffer losses either, as the three men rushed to confess their crimes of hiding the gold for the Gao family, Mrs. Chang was unable to stop them in time.

"Military Officer, Officer, we’ve confessed to everything, please release us quickly." The three Wu family men looked at Section Leader Jiang, with ingratiating smiles.

Section Leader Jiang was stunned, were the Wu family people fence-sitters? But you people toppled too slowly, letting others get ahead, what good is that?

With a loud thud, Section Leader Jiang struck each of them with a baton, shouting, "Be honest, you think..."

"Brother Jiang, don’t be angry," Section Leader Hong interrupted Section Leader Jiang: "Let’s have them sign first."

Once signed, it’s settled, and the Old Wu Family will find it difficult to change their testimony.

Although Section Leader Jiang had a fiery temper, he was also detail-oriented, seeing Section Leader Hong swiftly writing the Wu family men’s confession, knowing what he intended, he paused momentarily.

When Section Leader Hong finished writing, he praised, "Wow, Brother Hong, no wonder Company Commander Qin values you, you have great skills; not only do you know how to read, now you’ve learned to write confessions too."

Section Leader Hong embarrassedly laughed, "I only know about a hundred characters, not well written. The Commander says it looks like chicken scratch, I need more practice."

As a child, Section Leader Hong attended private school, but he naturally preferred martial arts, eventually unable to continue his studies, his grandfather reluctantly let him join the Military Office.

Originally, Section Leader Hong wanted to become an Escort Master, but his grandfather disagreed, fearing he might die while travelling for work, eventually compromising with him joining the military.

"Haha, anyway, you’re much better than I am. I can recognize characters but can’t write at all." Section Leader Jiang took the confession and had the Wu family men sign: "If you don’t want to die, quickly leave your fingerprints."

"Yes, yes, yes, pressing, pressing, pressing, we’ll press right away." The Wu family men wanted to make up for their crimes, promptly left their fingerprints.

Unfortunately, after they finished pressing, Section Leader Jiang said, "Only one family can make up for their crimes, you Wu family were too late, you’re out."

With such words, Old Man Wu screamed in anger and passed out, shouting before fainting: "Such a loss, a great loss!"

The two Wu brothers cried, wailing: "Oh, the sin, deceiving people most of our lives, this time we’ve met our downfall."