Half an hour passed in a blink of an eye, and Chen Xi calculated the time and it was time to come out to conclude the case.

Chen Xi did not intend to delay such a case overnight. Once the charges of Song Kuang and others cannot be fulfilled, he will be put pressure on him the next day, because people's hearts are unstable and may cause civil unrest.

Before Chen Xi left the inner hall, Jing Yue came in and reported: "Mr. Shen, a few people came outside the back door of the government office. They held the waist card and said they wanted to see you. The waist card... No one had seen it before, so I came to ask you for instructions."

As he said that, Jing Yue handed a waist sign to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi looked at it carefully. Not to mention that Jing Yue didn't know him, he also felt a little unfamiliar. It seemed that it was a passive waist sign for entering and leaving the Jingzhao Yamen. This kind of waist sign used in special yamen is usually carried by people who only work in Beijing.

"Bring people in."

Chen Xi put the waist sign on the table and sat back on the seat.

Soon, Yu Niang, wearing men's clothing, walked into the back hall under the strict guards of Jing Yue and two guards. Yu Niang felt that she was staring at her like a thief, and she felt uncomfortable. She walked more than two feet away from Chenxi and stopped and bowed and saluted: "See Lord Shen."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "It really fits the saying, where will we meet in life? Yudang's family has not returned to the capital yet. Come and give him a seat!"

Yu Niang put the hem of the scholar's uniform, filled it with the corner of her skirt, bowed and said, "No need, Lord Shen, here are some confidential official letters to hand them over to you, I don't know..."

Chen Xi waved his hand and signaled Jing Yue and others to go out. Jing Yue stared at Yu Niang, with a look of defense on his face, and hesitated: "Sir..."

Chen Xi didn't say anything, and waved his hand again, and Jing Yue had to take his people back.

Although Yu Niang is very good, Chen Xi doesn't have to be on guard against her. She is also a native of the court, but Yu Niang's status is very low. Even if she speaks loudly in front of him, the governor, she may be punished.

Chen Xi asked, "What official letter does the Yu family have to contact me?"

Yu Niang said: "It is the local investigation of my family in Guangdong in the past year, mainly about the situation of local officials killing good deeds and making achievements. Please check it out."

As she said that, Yu Niang took out a book from her arms and walked towards Chen Xi. If she didn't know, she would think she was going to have a "picture of the picture", but she did not dare to stay in front of Shen Xi, put the book on the table and took the initiative to retreat.

Chen Xi curiously picked up the book and opened it. It recorded the detailed information of the killed people, such as household registration, death time, imprisonment time, and the government's compulsory measures... It was recorded in great detail, but this was not what Chen Xi wanted.

Chen Xi had roughly seen it and praised him: "The leader of Yu has worked hard and made great contributions, so I thank him here first."

Yu Niang said: "Mr. Shen, I know your thoughts. No matter whether you can prove that Song Kuang is guilty, I will kill him to fight with the bandits to the north. But have you ever thought about how to explain to the court afterwards?"

Chen Xi shook his head slightly: "I am doing the anti-bandit incident and seeking the benefit of the people, why should I explain to the court? In other words, with the copy of Yu Tang's family, it can be used as evidence of Song Kuang and others' corrupt law and kill good deeds and make contributions. Can there be any explanation to the court?"

Yu Niang has nothing to say now.

Even if Yu Niang finds information about civilians who were falsely accused by local officials of robbers, it cannot prove that these things are done by people in the government. Even if they are finally verified, they can be calmly shirked. It is not difficult to find a scapegoat in the officialdom. Chen Xi is leading the army outside and can be executed first and then reported, which is indeed much more convenient than her in investigating the case.

Chen Xi is not just suspicious now, but there is no conclusive evidence yet.

"Then Lord Shen wants to do something to kill, which makes the people disobey?"

Yu Niang said in a questioning tone, "Although the prefect Song is evil, the people are kept in the dark. How can the lord explain to the people?"

Chen Xi sighed softly: "What Yu Dangjia said is that even if some things do not need to be explained to the court, justice is in the hearts of the people. I am just a judge of the case. Even if I have used punishment before, how could I ever say that I was sentenced to be executed without conviction?"

"Um?"

Yu Niang looked at Chen Xi in surprise. When she saw the confident smile on Chen Xi's face, she knew that it was her villain's heart to judge a gentleman. She just felt that Chen Xi could not obtain conclusive evidence of the crimes of Song Kuang and others, so she guessed that Chen Xi used the authority to take action first and then report.

This is also because Yu Niang has investigated the local area for nearly a year without any results. Chen Xi arrived in Huizhou City less than three hours, how could she find out the truth about the investigation of the case?

Also, Song Kuang and others would not admit that they would kill good deeds and make contributions, and their confessions were destined to be unable to get them.

Personal evidence, physical evidence, and confession are the three major elements of the finalization. Chen Xi has nothing, and he used to torture to be convicted. Yu Niang sent only one-sided physical evidence, but in fact she couldn't help much.

Chen Xi stood up and made a gesture of invitation: "If Yu Tang's family has time, you might as well go to the front lobby to see if the official abused his power!"

Yu Niang saluted: "It is better to obey orders than respect."

She really wanted to see how Chen Xi could make a case for Song Kuang and others, and convinced the criminals and the people.

...

...

Chen Xi said that he would come out after half an hour in the government hall lobby.

But now the time has come, and the soldiers maintain order so that the people no longer make noise, Chenxi has disappeared, and the suspects kneeling in the lobby are moaning in pain... The previous tiger bench has caused a lot of harm to them, and they are afraid that the next round of tiger benches or other torture will be faced.

"Silent! Sir! Go to the hall!" Jing Yue shouted loudly.

Then the "magnificent" call issued by the yamen officers who were soldiers. In the expectation of the people, Chen Xi walked out of the inner hall. Along with Chen Xi, there was a clean man. However, the man did not follow Chen Xi to the table in the lobby, but stood still at the curtain connecting the inner hall and the lobby.

As soon as Chen Xi sat down, Song Kuang shouted to Chen Xi: "Chin Xi, do you have to punish yourself before you pass the court, or do you have to punish the court? What is the law of the Ming Dynasty? I want to meet the censor and sue the court, and you will deny the emperor and ignore the emperor!"

Chen Xi supported his head with his hand, looking at Song Kuang as if he was enjoying a monkey show, and was speechless for a moment... He was not "deceiving the king"? If he didn't have any certificates in his hand, do you think I would really come to Huizhou Prefecture rashly? He dared to put any hat on my head!

The noise in the lobby was mainly caused by Song Kuang's arrogance, which triggered a strong backlash among the government officials. Jing Yue frowned, raised his head, and rushed up to cover Song Kuang's mouth, asking him not to make any more noises.

But Song Kuang was very violent and moved his teeth directly, biting the hands of the officers and soldiers who covered his mouth. Blood flowed, but the officers and soldiers endured the pain and did not let go of their hands.

Jing Yue immediately stepped forward to ask Chen Xi for advice: "Sir, this man named Song is rude, I will beat him up and see that he is not honest."

What you are going to be punished by Song Kuang's death penalty now. If he doesn't resist, he will be left alone. If it is useful to beat him, how can I not use it?

Chen Xi shook his head slightly: "No need to hit him, just use cloth to block his mouth and pull it to the side."

Soon, Song Kuang was blocked and dragged to the side like a dead dog.

Chen Xi slapped the arbor: "Take a witness!"

"mighty……"

Several ordinary people dressed slowly entered the lobby. There were four people, three men and one woman, two men kneeled in front, while one man and one woman behind seemed to be a couple.

All four were between twenty and thirty.

"Sir, you want to make a decision for Caomin. The whole family of Caomin was killed by the people sent by the prefect, and then he was charged with stolen money... Woooo, all his head was cut off, and no bones were returned!" A young man who looked very smart in front whispered loudly.

As soon as the words came out, the audience was in an uproar. There were about 200 people watching the audience, and there were more people waiting for news outside the yamen. Chen Xi used torture before, and the onlookers looked a little bad, thinking that the governor was suspected of abuse of lynching. But before everyone could turn their dissatisfaction into anger, the governor had already found someone to testify against the crimes of the governor's office.

Chen Xi looked calm and asked, "You haven't told me what your name is yet, and you will tell the government office to kill you all over the family, do you know the law of the Ming Dynasty?"

The man cried and said, "The Cao people know that the people who ask the officials should be punished twenty first. The lord just let someone beat him, and the Cao people will never say anything!"

"Okay, backbone."

Chen Xi took out the sign and played it in his hand for a while, but did not throw it out. "I will first relieve you of these twenty sticks. If you can solve the confusion in my heart, I will not blame you, but if there is any confusion, I will be executed immediately!"

The man raised his head and said, "Master, please ask."

Chen Xi nodded and said, "I asked you, how did you know that the person who killed your whole family was ordered by the prefect's office?"

"Sir, all this was seen and heard by the grass people. That evening, our family returned home from farming and there was no food in the rice jar. My parents asked me to go to the cellar where I stored grain in the backyard to carry loads of millet and mill the rice. As soon as I got down from the cellar, my elder brother suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cellar and said that there was a horse team passing by outside. The knight looked bad and asked me to hide in the cellar and not come out for the time being, and then covered the cellar with straw and reeds."

"Not long after my elder brother left, there was a sound of fighting in the yard ahead, and then screams from my parents, brothers, sisters-in-law, and a few younger siblings. I hid in the cellar and almost paralyzed, but in order to know the life and death of my relatives, I still mustered up the courage to come to the vent of the cellar and look out."

"After about a quarter of an hour, there was a rustling sound outside. After a while, their figures came into my eyes. I realized that they were hitting the walls and the ground, and there were blood on their bodies and weapons. I thought about it carefully and found that those people were checking for the secret hiding place in my house. At that time, I was so scared that I had peed out."

"Fortunately, my elder brother covered the cellar tightly, so they didn't notice me. It was probably because after the inspection that my house was dead, so the thieves felt relieved to speak in the place facing the vent, saying that the prefect personally told me that we should do things neatly and must not leave a living..."

"After people left, I was afraid that they would shoot back, so I didn't dare to come out. After one night, there was still no movement outside. The little man crawled out of the cellar with fear and found that apart from the bloodstains, the family's body was not left behind. A few days later, the government posted an announcement saying that my family had been killed on the spot. The little man had nowhere to seek justice and could only hide everywhere until the person sent by the adults found it!" The young man said, and began to wipe his tears.

The words were clearly stated, and the people were extremely moved when they heard this, and the officers and soldiers were also indignant, but Yu Niang felt it was too nonsense.

If you kill your family of twelve people, you will not leave the crime site quickly, but you will say that it was done by someone from the prefectural yamen near your hiding place. It seems that you are deliberately trying to let you hear, how careless are these murderers?

Yu Niang couldn't help looking at Chen Xi and determined that these witnesses were arranged by Chen Xi, so she said this... She took the people and found the living agent of the killing of the murder case for nearly a year. Chen Xi only found four witnesses after only two hours in Huizhou City? It's so unreliable!

Chen Xi asked the other three again, and the Confucian scholar kneeling in front was roughly equivalent to that of a young man. However, he escaped by chance when he heard something wrong in the front yard and hid in the mezzanine of the walls of his home. The couple behind him spoke a little tortuously.

The husband said that he was studying abroad and took his wife back home. As a result, he was kidnapped on the way, killed their servants, and took them to the village to various places.

They accidentally learned that these people had an affair with the prefect's office, and they finally found an opportunity to escape in the darkness.

After hearing this, Yu Niang felt that Chen Xi's method of frame-up was extremely clumsy.

But the people and officers and soldiers present were already furious. The less knowledgeable people were, the more likely they were to be confused by one-sided appearances and the more likely they were to be motivated.

The scene started to riot. Chen Xi slapped the agglomeration and shouted to the witnesses in the hall: "I ask you, if you capture the thief who blocked the road and robbed and killed people, may you identify it?"

"Sir, even if the student dies, he will not forget the appearance of these people! Please make the decision for us!" The couple kowtowed to Chen Xi.

"Sir, if you can see those thieves, the grass-roots will never admit your mistake!" The young man also echoed.

"Okay, come here, bring the prisoner to court!"

Chen Xi gave the order, the people who were blocking the yard in front of the lobby to watch the fun automatically made way out. More than a dozen people tied up with black hoods on their heads were escorted to the lobby of the government office by officers and soldiers.

When he arrived at the court, Chen Xi waved his hand and the soldiers in charge of escorting them took off the heads of these people. These people either had tattoos on their bodies or had scars on their faces, and they all had their eyebrows and eyes hanging from each other. At a glance, they knew that they were definitely not good people.

"It's him! He will recognize the people who turn into gray grass!" The scholar among the couple pointed to a rough man with a cross scar on his face in the crowd and said gritting his teeth.

"Yes, they killed my whole family!"

The young man pointed at the group of people with a blushed face, looking extremely painful, and tears were already filling his eyes. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!