Chen Xi knew that for the officials in the prefectural office who were in vain with Song Kuang, the biggest deterrence was not how many people were killed or how cruel the punishment was used, but how much evidence was used to make Song Kuang speechless about his crimes.

If one crime is implemented, Song Kuang is already unforgivable. It is easy for Chen Xi to confirm that Song Kuang's other crimes are committed.

"Whoever wants to report others or be reported by others depends on you." Chen Xi stood up and said, "Let's leave for now, and the trial will be made in half an hour!"

The trial was postponed for another half an hour. The people who heard the trial were a little more urgent and wanted to see the final outcome, but the trial in the court came to an end at this time.

Although the people felt regretful, they did not dare to make noise. They watched Chen Xi enter the inner hall. After the people left, a low voice came from outside.

Jing Yue went in and asked Chenxi for instructions and came out loudly to announce: "All prisoners were escorted to the wing room and detained separately, and paper and pen were given. If they could not be honestly explained when they came out, they would be treated as followers. Those with serious problems would be killed on the spot according to military law!"

"Get orders!"

The two officers and soldiers first took Song Kuang, who was limping on the ground, and then they were officials from the prefect's yamen.

As a group of officials escorted to the side yard, only officers and soldiers holding killing sticks were left in the lobby, and the people's discussions gradually became boiling, and outside the yamen began to squeeze in. Most of these people were local gentry and merchants who had given gifts to Song Kuang. After learning the news of "confession and lenientness" released by Chen Xi, they were worried that their family would be confiscated for being involved in bribery or bandits and were confiscated, so they had to come and "plead guilty".

"Who are you waiting for?"

Jing Yue held his sword in his hand and stood in front of the lobby with a arrogant look, like a door god.

An old man in his fifties sluts knelt down and said, "If you say that, the villain is guilty, so I will apologize to the governor!"

"The grass-roots are also here to apologize!"

It is better to report and expose such matters sooner than later. Whoever comes later may have been charged at that time and no longer needs extra confessions. Then they are no longer "tainted witnesses", but criminals who are accused of being punished. At the least, they are punished for bribery, and at the worst, they are punished for committing robbery.

In the Ming Dynasty, any crime involving officials, whether voluntarily or forced, as long as they are found guilty, it will at least be the result of the house being confiscated.

House searches will mean that a large family will be sentenced to prison and punished by old men from eighty years old to infants. It doesn’t count if they suffer in prison. In the end, the males will be exiled to the frontier, and the females will fall into the Jiaofangsi. The huge family will collapse, and even parents, wives and children will be separated forever.

Jing Yue was so impressed by Chen Xi that he stood there and sneered: "It's the sin of asking for a bird. The adult is resting. The accusation is kneeling in the hall. The adult has an explanation. If you come early, you can be lenient. If you come late, you will be punished as a crime!"

The heads of various major families dare not talk too much nonsense. When they entered the court, they quickly grabbed the place to kneel down, for fear that they would not even have a place to kneel down.

In the government hall, Chen Xi took a leisurely sip of tea and asked Yu Niang who was standing beside him: "Does Yu Dean think there is something wrong with this official's case?"

Yu Niang saluted respectfully: "Mr. Shen does everything according to the rules and regulations, and I dare not talk nonsense."

Chen Xidao: "There is a place where the axe is corrected. But it's okay to say that it's okay. Is it because I have a connection with the prefect Song Kuang and others, and I'm worried about being punished?"

When Yu Niang heard this, she couldn't help but shake her head and smiled bitterly. She had been pursuing Song Kuang's crimes and wanted Song Kuang to be questioned and imprisoned as soon as possible. How could she have a connection with Song Kuang?

But Yu Niang immediately thought of someone, Jiang Liwei, who came with her to investigate the case.

At this moment, Jiang Liwei was listed on the list of Song Kuang's accomplices. Chen Xidao asked Jiang Liwei to "dead first and report later" and then report it to the court, but the court could not find any fault.

Song Kuang colluded with local thieves, killed innocent people, killed good people and took credit, embezzled and bribed, judicial injustice, neglected duties... Everything is a serious crime. Although Jiang Liwei was sent by the Jinyiwei to investigate the case, he took over Song Kuang dozens of acres of land to cover up and condone Song Kuang, which was a co-inmate, and it was not an exaggeration to kill him!

Yu Niang said, "If you come back to the Lord, I will never have any connections with the local officials. Please make sure you take a look."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "I know that Yu Tang is a human being. If Yu Tang says there is no, then just pretend that there is no!"

What do you mean if I say nothing, then pretend that there is no. You have no evidence. If there is evidence, I will definitely be punished! Yu Niang was depressed. Although she couldn't stand Jiang Liwei's arrogant and domineering power on weekdays, she and Jiang Liwei were under the same factory and guard system, and went to Guangdong to investigate the case. She immediately bowed: "Mr. Shen, how are you going to deal with Jiang Zhenfu?"

Chen Xi sighed: "It's not how I want to deal with him, it's how he takes it himself, and he doesn't want to give him any chance. It's a bit difficult for me to do."

Yu Niang heard it and Chen Xi intended to "instruct" Jiang Liwei, and asked tentatively: "Sir, Jiang Zhenfu may be used by the traitor. I am willing to advise Jiang Zhenfu to make her return lost."

"It's best."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Come here, send Yu head to see Jiang Zhenfu!"

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At this moment, Jiang Liwei had just been taken to the side yard room. He was treated like the officials in the government office. He had a single house with his legs and feet tied up with hemp ropes. He was pressed to kneel on the ground. He placed pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the ground in front of him, which was clearly asked him to report the crime of Huizhou Prefect Song Kuang.

Jiang Liwei's face turned pale.

He was in and out in a single dress in the middle of the night, but he didn't feel cold at all. At this moment, he had no intention of caring about things outside his future and destiny.

If the trouble is not good, Chen Xi will "revenge private revenge" and kill him, which makes him very unwilling. He just took over dozens of acres of land in Song Kuang. It is not a serious crime. Why should I kill me?

But Jiang Liwei selectively ignored the things he did before collecting the money that violated moral conscience and the laws of the court, helped Song Kuang and other prefectures capture Tongzhi Sui Zhu and others, imprisoned and beat them up in secret, and finally defeated Sui Zhu and others, and used the errands handed over to him by the court as a shortcut to make money and earning credit.

Jiang Liwei was very unwilling to accept it, and his desire to survive was extremely strong, but he knew that there was only one way to escape early, that was to obey Chen Xi and "honestly" Song Kuang's crimes. But he didn't know what serious crimes Song Kuang committed, whether it was Song Kuang accepting bribes, or whether Song Kuang colluded with bandits, killing good people and taking credit, etc.

Jiang Liwei really wanted to say, I was just here to make soy sauce. I collected dozens of acres of land, but I was not involved in the case. Did I catch the wrong person?

At this moment, the door of the wing room opened, and Jiang Liwei raised his head and saw a face that made him angry and hateful. The person coming was Yu Niang.

"Mr. Shen is here to come and ask Jiang Zhenfu a few words. Can the soldiers wait outside?" Yu Niang said politely.

The soldiers looked at each other and didn't believe what Yu Niang said at all. You should know that Jiang Liwei has the ability to escape without being careful and letting him escape. No one can bear the responsibility. Fortunately, Jing Yue then came into the room and waved, and then several soldiers took the orders and came out one after another. In the end, only Yu Niang and Jiang Liwei were left in the room.

Jiang Liwei struggled to stand up from the ground, and in front of Yu Niang, he wanted to maintain his dignity.

Yu Niang sighed: "Why is Jiang Zhenfu?"

"Yu Niang, it's really time for you to come. I just got imprisoned by Shen Zhongcheng, and you came, but I sincerely want to see my joke?" Jiang Liwei said in a bad tone, "Or Shen Zhongcheng wants to kill me, are you here to send me a dead wine?"

Yu Niang said angrily: "Mr. Shen is fair and honest. Although Jiang Zhenfu accepted bribes from Prefect Song, he was not involved in the murder of good deeds. How could Lord. Shen easily kill him?"

Jiang Liwei said angrily: "Who knows how much he is at ease!"

Yu Niang thought to herself, this is really a villain's heart to judge a gentleman's abdomen. If Lord Shen wants to target you, he would have tortured you in court before. Even if your legs are not broken, he will at least be covered in bruises. Now he is actually shouting at me. If you have the ability, go and yell at Lord Shen!

Yu Niang said calmly: "Jiang Zhenfu, the Sui Tongzhi and others you seized are important witnesses in the case. Lord Shen is now in a hurry to go to fight against the bandits and has no time to delay in Huizhou Prefecture. If you don't hand over the person, you will be an enemy of Lord Shen..."

The atmosphere in the wing room was a bit awkward.

In the past, Jiang Liwei liked to show off in front of Yu Niang, mainly because he was an official, while Yu Niang just didn't have a detailed work of rank. Even if there was someone behind Yu Niang, he was still above Yu Niang.

The situation is different now. Yu Niang is a lobbyist for Shen Xi, and he is a person who treats sin. Now Yu Niang is kind to persuade him, and he regards it as "a cat crying and a mouse for pretending to be merciful."

"Jiang Zhenfu, what do you mean? Give me a word!"

Yu Niang finally got a little impatient. I am here to help you. It’s not that I feel sorry for you or sympathize with you, but that I just don’t want you to die in Guangdong, but you don’t appreciate it!

Jiang Liwei said: "I don't know anything!"

Yu Niang shook her head helplessly at the end. It seemed that Jiang Liwei had too much grudge against Shen Xi. Shen Xi could be fair and strict. If we change our identities and positions, Jiang Liwei would definitely avenge his personal revenge. This is the gap in life.

Yu Niang said, "Then Jiang Zhenfu will think about his mistakes here. I went to report to Lord Shen. After the case was concluded, I will go back to the capital first."

Going back to the capital first means that you don’t care about you anymore. Whether you die or live has nothing to do with me.

Jiang Liwei originally considered explaining some things and seeking "leniency" for himself, but Yu Niang not only did not play the due role, but instead made him become determined and he was ready to beat him to death without compromising with Shen Xi. This was for both face and official prestige, and he could not give him a handle.

If he comes forward to report, it means that he and Song Kuang Snake Rat are in the same place. Even if Shen Xi doesn't deal with him now, he may use this confession to make things difficult for him in the future. At that time, he will be controlled everywhere and will never be able to raise his head in front of Shen Xi.

Yu Niang left the wing room with some regrets. Then several soldiers came in again. When she saw Jiang Liwei standing there, she was immediately angry and pressed him to the ground and scolded him: "Sir, you are deaf in your ears? If you don't write, you will chop your hands!"

Jiang Liwei wanted to say, if you have the courage, just chop me up and see who will die first in the end.

At this moment, he had made up his mind to fight Chen Xi to the end even if he gritted his teeth, and would rather die than surrender.

On the other side, Yu Niang went back to report Jiang Liwei's situation in detail to Chen Xi. Chen Xi was writing something. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look up and smiled, "I have long expected that Jiang Zhenfu would not explain it."

Yu Niang said blamingly: "I am incompetent, please give me a punishment."

Chen Xidao: "What is the crime of Yu Zhen's family? Even if you want to surrender, you should surrender the crime of Jiang to surrender... Small punishment and great commandments are always needed."

When Chen Xi said he wanted to "small punishment and great commandment" to Jiang Liwei, meaning that he would not kill Jiang Liwei, the big stone in Yu Niang's heart finally fell to the ground, and he couldn't help but feel relieved. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!