Zhou Jia walked up to him and sneered, "Hunter? Would a hunter hurt someone with a saber? Would he ask for information about the county office? Tell me! Why are you here in Qingchuan to ask for information?"
Ah Cai spat at Zhou Jia. "We were merely walking on the road, but you surrounded us with sabers. Am I not allowed to resist? You wretched official, you're harming the innocent."
Zhou Jia said to the bailiff, "Hang him up and beat him until he confesses." Seeing that the situation was not right, Ah Cai wanted to bite his tongue and commit suicide, but Mr. Qian blocked his mouth first.
No matter how the execution officers tortured him, Ah Cai still refused to tell them their motive. Zhou Jia looked at the dying Ah Cai and asked the officers to stop interrogating him for the time being.
