As the saying goes: it's easier to get things done if you have connections.

Because Xu Ji Nian took the lead, Shen Qiushui and his party met the governor very smoothly. The governor sent his butler to lead them to the prefect of the prefecture city.

The prefect personally went out to greet him.

If someone else wanted to report someone beyond their level, they would have to get fifty sticks and still stand to get this chance.

But depending on the age, these fifty sticks were just a few thoughts.

"How's it going? Does it hurt?" Shen Qiushui hurriedly went to help Mo Changtian.

Mo Changtian shook his head as if nothing happened, "It doesn't hurt."

Then he leaned into Shen Qiushui's ear and whispered: "It's not really big, it just looks scary and doesn't feel anything at all."

Mo Changtian still understood Xu Jinian.

Although Xu Ji Nian traveled all over the country to detoxify over the years, he actually cultivated a lot of connections. The Governor of Qingzhou and the Prime Minister came from the same family, so they naturally gave preferential treatment to the son of his senior brother.

Shen Qiushui nodded, feeling a little relieved.

The magistrate's court is much more dignified than those in the county. The government officials here have undergone uniform training and every move is very standard.

They came directly to the lobby.

The prefect first had chairs brought in for Xu Jinian and the governor's personal butler to sit.

After the two of them were seated, the prefect asked the official about the fifty big boards.

After that, he read the complaint handed over by Shen Qiushui.

According to the laws of the dynasty, anyone who kills others by poisoning will be punished by beheading, regardless of whether he succeeds or not.

To the prefect, this is just a small case, and the witnesses and evidence are all there, which saves him a lot of trouble.

Thinking of Xu Jinian's identity, the prefect did not dare to make the decision himself, so he turned to look at Xu Jinian and the governor's butler.

"Master Wang, let this case be as it should be." Xu Jinian said leisurely.

This means that he came according to the law.

The Lord Magistrate thought to himself and nodded quickly.

He was stunned and immediately ordered the arrest of Lin Sheng.

Lin Sheng was a civil servant, so he couldn't have done anything like this, but the governor was behind this matter. Let alone the civil servant, he dared to arrest the magistrate of Qingyun County directly.

The official went there on horseback, and no matter how fast he went, it still took a lot of time to go back and forth.

Six days later, the case was retried.

Lin Sheng, who had been in jail for one night, did not look as high-spirited as before. The white clothes on his body were stained with something and were tinged with a faint yellow color. There were even black stains on the corners of his clothes.

Unkempt and disheveled, very embarrassed.

To Shen Qiushui's surprise, Tao Ruyi also came.

"That's not right. How could it be that Tao Ruyi is coming? It should be her sister. I remember that Lin Sheng married the eldest lady of the Tao family and not this second lady."

Tao Ruyi stood aside, her face calm and calm, like an onlooker who had nothing to do with herself.

In fact, it was: She didn't want to come either, and Lin Sheng didn't know where the courage came from. He said that if he didn't see her in court, he would have her raped immediately.

Tao Ruyi was so angry that she thought, Mother.

How dare someone who failed to accomplish anything but failed to succeed dare to threaten her? She has never been threatened like this in her life!

"Lin Sheng, the witnesses and physical evidence are here, what else do you have to say." The prefect has already made a conclusion in his mind about this trial case, so the reason why he asked this is just a formality.

"Sir, I am unjustly accused!" Lin Sheng is a judge, and he does not kneel before officials. But when he was questioned like this, he was so frightened that he immediately knelt down, "Sir, I really did not poison or send people to massacre Mr. Luo's family. !”

"You're talking nonsense!" Mr. Luo, who was tied up by Wu Hua Da, knelt on the ground, moved his knees forward, pointed at Lin Sheng's nose and yelled.

"I still keep the banknote you gave me close to me!"

Lin Sheng fell silent, but Boss Luo became more and more excited as he spoke.

"How can there be such a coincidence in the world? You bribed me on the front foot, and immediately someone came to slaughter my family on the back foot. You said no, how could you not be you?!"

Mr. Luo clung to this point, hoping to get a lighter attack.

When the other party told him, Lin Sheng's face turned blue and white.

"No, I didn't!" Lin Sheng increased his voice in an attempt to cover up the fact that he was guilty.

He only yelled a few words before he was so frightened by the sound of the prison tree in the hands of the prefect above that he shut his mouth.

"No noise is allowed in the courtroom."

After everyone was restrained, the prefect asked about the case, "You said he hired people to kill your family, do you have any evidence?"

"I saw it with my own eyes. Now my wife and son have been buried!" Mr. Luo replied tremblingly.

The magistrate nodded, thinking that he could just push Lin Sheng out and behead him, so as not to worry about all this.

The prefect fell into silence, which made Lin Sheng panic. He was a scholar, so he naturally knew what happened to the criminals in this kind of case.

He couldn't die, he wasn't top pick in high school yet, how could he die like this.

He turned his gaze to Tao Ruyi, who was standing beside him, as if asking for help.

Tao Ruyi gritted her teeth and turned her head away cruelly. She was also very panicked, wishing that Lin Sheng would be related to the killers she hired. In this case, nothing would happen to her.

However, Lin Sheng was not a kind person. When the county magistrate picked up the token, Lin Sheng was completely panicked. He could not care too much at the moment because his life was still at stake.

"Tao Ruyi, did you hire the killer?!" Lin Sheng asked.

After all, only Tao Ruyi knew the time to arrange the poisoning for Boss Luo.

"Don't slander anyone, how could I be in contact with such a person!" Tao Ruyi became angry with embarrassment. Seeing Lin Sheng's attitude, he really wanted to drag her into the case.

How dare she admit this? Once she did, she would become a criminal.

"It's you. If it weren't for you, how could I do such a thing in a moment of obsession!" After saying that, he looked up at the magistrate again, trying to get the other person to give him a lighter sentence.

I didn't expect that there would be such an episode. The prefect also became interested and re-examined the case.

As a result, Tao Ruyi was accused of being a mastermind, instigating poisoning, and paying for murder. He was punished for both crimes and was beheaded at noon tomorrow.

Lin Sheng didn't fare much better, he was punished with exile.

Tao Ruyi couldn't accept this result, so she punched and kicked the official who came to suppress her.

The official was a strong man, and there was nothing she could do to shake him. She just dragged him away, out of the magistrate's gate, and to the prison next to him.

Along the way, Tao Ruyi was like a madman, struggling hard and annoying the official. He slapped her and finally calmed the woman down, and she was quickly dragged to the prison.

What they didn't notice was that when Tao Ruyi was struggling, the jade pendant hanging on his body slipped to the ground and rolled into the corner of the wall.

This jade pendant was obtained from Qianjinfang. The jade pendant has no impurities and is of very good quality. It is the best jade, unlike simple things.

Tao Ruyi fell in love with her and couldn't put it down. Perhaps in order to show off among the many noble ladies, she had developed a habit of hanging it around her waist every day.


Chapter completed!