Zhang Xiuran crossed his legs and held the latest storybook novel "Is the Silver Dragon a Thing in the Deep" in his hand, reading it with gusto.
Qi Heng stood behind him, his thumbs stuck in his belt, and he peeked at the blood-stirring illustrations in the storybook from time to time.
At this time.
The door opened quietly.
Qi Heng's eyes instantly turned sharp, and his right hand instantly pulled out half of the soft sword from his belt.
When he saw that the person coming was the mistress, he put the sword back again.
The unattractive mistress Zhang Xiuran reported:
"Sir, someone from the prison kidnapped the jailer and escaped. They went to the government office, and then Ye Qing was taken away by the government officials."
Suddenly, Zhang Xiuran looked away from the storybook and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Oh? Someone kidnapped and escaped from prison, and then the government officials took Ye Qing away?"
The next moment, his eyes lit up, he threw the script on the coffee table beside him, got up and walked outside the room, and ordered:
"Qi Heng, go call Mr. Shangguan. Let's go to the government office. I hope it's not too late to send this favor."
Two quarters of an hour later.
Ye Qing, who was wearing dirty clothes, came to the bright hall.
He looked at Chen Yuming, who looked upright, and sighed helplessly. Unaccustomed to it, he bent his knees on the ground, cupped his fists and bowed:
"Ye Qing, a common man, has met Magistrate Chen."
"Ye Qing, Chen Zhi said that you were also wrongly imprisoned. How unjust you have been. Tell me!"
Chen Yuming looked at the handsome and gentle Ye Qing and stroked his beard.
Ye Qing, who pretended to be grateful, said respectfully:
"Your Excellency, the grass-roots man is originally a lowly person from Qifengfang. He makes a living by selling noodle soup in Huaiyang City."
"The night before, for some unknown reason, I was taken into prison by a bad person."
"Prisoner Zhang San brought the little one into Chen Zhi's cell and asked him to teach him a lesson."
"If it weren't for Chen Zhi's care, Xiaodian would definitely not be able to stand here safely."
While speaking, Ye Qing looked gratefully at Chen Zhi, who was also kneeling beside him with a bruised nose and swollen face.
Chen Zhi, who was very 'taking care of' Ye Qing, moved his eyes unnaturally and looked at the ground.
He cursed in his heart: "Master, who is taking care of whom? We almost died because of you taking care of us!"
The jailer Li Si looked at Ye Qing suspiciously.
It was the bad lieutenant Zheng Ming who clearly put Ye Qing in jail.
How did you become a bad person?
He can serve as a jailer, a well-oiled and idle subordinate.
It can be said that Li Si is not a good person, and he understood what Ye Qing meant after a flash of doubt.
He thought about the impression among his colleagues of Zheng Ming, the "cold-faced and living Yama", and immediately understood that he would die today, but he must keep his mouth shut.
Above the bright hall, Chen Yuming frowned and took a deep look at Ye Qing, who didn't look like an ordinary lowly householder.
Then he subconsciously scanned the corner of the bright hall.
Zheng Ming, who was standing there very conspicuously, has disappeared.
There was anger in his righteous eyes.
Then he looked at the trembling jailer Li Si.
Snapped!
The gavel fell heavily on the table.
Chen Yuming said coldly: "Prisoner Li Si, is this possible?"
"Little, little guilty!"
Li Si, whose face was ashen, fell to his knees dejectedly.
At this time, he felt extremely regretful.
Today I discovered something was wrong in the prison and when I went to the government office to report it to the jailer Liu Weikang, I should not have done so in front of the referee Matthew.
He knew clearly that Officer Ma was unselfish and had a lot of scandals in the prison, so why did he commit the crime?
The more he thought about it, the more regretful Li Si felt.
He opened his hands and started to slap himself in the face.
"The little one deserves to die, the little one pleads guilty!"
Snapped!
The gavel fell again, causing Chen Yuming's right hand to go numb.
The veins on the back of the hand holding the gavel were exposed.
Chen Yuming was really angry today.
He took office for three years and worked hard to crack down on corrupt officials.
I thought that everyone in the Huaiyang government office was clean and honest, but I didn't expect that there were still so many scandalous activities in the representative prison.
In three years, how many innocent people must have been brought into that dark and damp prison and suffered unjustly under the coercion of these corrupt officials.
How many poor people had their bones and marrow sucked out by these corrupt officials, who ate their flesh and drank their blood, and finally died miserably in prison.
Chen Yuming stood up suddenly, pointed at Li Si and roared:
"Bold Li Si, as a jailer and a minor official, colluded with bad people to harm innocent people. His crime is unforgivable and he should be punished."
"Come here, take Li Si to the execution room for interrogation, find out all his dirty deeds, and then take him to the government office and behead him in public as a warning. In addition, Zhang San, who was sent to the hospital for treatment, will be punished with the same crime!"
Everyone present was trembling, and some people looked at Li Si and gloated.
There are even more people who are uneasy, with erratic eyes, pretending to be calm, for fear of being caught by the wise prefect.
"Sir, please spare my life. This is not my original wish. These are all what Liu Siyu ordered me to do!"
Li Si, who was dragged away, loudly begged for mercy.
The only answer to him was Chen Yuming's murderous eyes.
Chen Yuming sat back again, looked at Ye Qing and said:
"The matter has been found out. You can leave on your own. A government officer will come to your door later to compensate you."
"The grassroots Ye Qing, magistrate Xie Qingtian will give justice to the grassroots!"
Ye Qing knelt down and kowtowed, then stood up, clasped his fists and bowed again, and then quickly walked out.
Squire Li You could only be escorted to court for interrogation as soon as the sun set.
It will also take time for Matthew to thoroughly investigate the warden.
The matter here has come to an end for now.
Chen Yuming first asked a government official to take Chen Zhi to the medical center for treatment.
Suddenly, only the Huaiyang government officials were left waiting.
Chen Yuming put his hands on the table, scanned the audience, and said majestically:
"I, Chen Yuming, of Dianqian High School, seek your majesty's permission to start from a subordinate position in the execution chamber of a county in a border area. I have been an official for fourteen years and have reached the position I am in today."
"I know everything about the scandals in the yamen."
"Prisoner Liu Weikang and jailer Zhang San and Li Si are by no means an exception."
"After a while, Chen Zhizhi's case has been reported. Let's inform the government officials that anyone who has done something scandalous will be reported to the officer one by one. The less serious ones will be ignored, and the more serious ones will be given lighter punishments. If you conceal it and don't report it, you will be found out by the officer.
, crime plus one!”
"Yes, Lord Prefect!"
Everyone clasped their fists and bowed towards Chen Yuming. It was not until Chen Yuming left angrily that they straightened their backs and raised their heads, looking at each other in disbelief with the people around them.
Except for a few people who remained calm, the rest all let out a sigh of relief.
At the same time, they wiped away the cold sweat that appeared in just a few breaths, and quickly left with their own agendas.
At a street tea stall thirty feet away from the government office.
Zheng Ming, expressionless, drank her herbal tea calmly.
Beside him, the bad guy who took down Ye Qing with him that night sat beside him as if resigned to his fate. After a few breaths, he stood up, bowed apologetically to Zheng Ming and said:
"I have been taking care of you all these years. I believe that you will not make a mistake. Please rest assured about the future."
Zheng Ming put down the tea bowl, raised his hand and patted his fist, and said in a low voice:
"You know who I am working for, so it would be a good thing for you to take it on!"
Suddenly, there was still some unwillingness in his heart, excitement appeared in his eyes, he bent even lower and said sincerely:
"Thank you, sir!"
After he left, just a moment later, Zheng Ming, who had been looking in the direction of the government office, waved.
Ten feet away, Ye Qing curled his lips helplessly, sighed, walked to the tea stall and sat down unceremoniously.
"Aren't you afraid that the fish will die and the net will break?"