The night wind is gentle and the candlelight is quiet.

In the dim room, Chen Yuan was focused on reading the file.

In the fourth year of Chuigong, King Li Zhen of Yue was defeated and returned to his mansion to commit suicide by taking poison.

Later, Li Chong, Li Gui and Pei Shoude were beheaded in front of the Shendu Gate and passed down to the Xiaoque.

All the wives and daughters of their ranks were killed!

Suddenly, a sound came from the bed. The file was closed, and Chen Yuan stood up and came to the front of the collapse.

"You're awake?"

The woman looked at her surroundings with confusion, and finally her eyes fell on Shen Yuan.

"Where is this? Shouldn't I be in death row?"

Because she was sleeping for too long, the woman did not react for a while.

"I am the magistrate of Qingyuan, Chen Yuan, you are lying in my dormitory now."

"What!"

The woman was startled and quickly blocked the quilt in front of her chest, staring at Chen Yuan vigilantly.

"Dog official, what did you do to me?"

Chen Yuan frowned and said lightly: You are a death row prisoner, what is there to do?

If your sister hadn't asked me, I wouldn't bother with you."

Thinking about it, it seemed that something was right, and the woman's face calmed down a little.

He said angrily: Thank you.

"No, I just want to know the whole story of the case."

"Can you say it now?"

Compared to chatting with women, Chen Yuan cares more about whether there are any tricks in these 300 lives.

A hint of surprise flashed in the woman's eyes: sir, the little woman committed a serious crime of treason and had been sentenced to the death of the autumn queen by Dali Temple.

Do you need to ask again?”

Chen Yuan smiled slightly, got up and came to the big desk, and picked up the brush.

"Since the prisoner has been handed over to our Qingyuan County, the county has the responsibility to find out the case and enforce the law impartially.

"If you do participate in the rebellion, I will execute you in three days."

"If there is another injustice..."

"how?"

"Retrial this case!"

The woman was shocked and looked at Chen Yuan in disbelief.

This case is actually very simple. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that it is a false and wrong case at a glance.

But because of the emperor, no one in the court dared to stand up and avenge them.

No matter what, she never expected that a small magistrate would dare to say this.

After taking a deep look at Chen Yuan, the woman bit her red lips with her bare teeth.

Youyou said: Sir, most of the dead prisoners you detained are actually farmers in the village.

They were arrested by the court on the grounds of rebellion because they rented the land of King Langya.

The person in charge of the case at that time was a man who called Junchen...

The two talked until dawn, and during this period, the woman told several major secrets.

Chen Yuan silently recorded it after listening to it.

"Okay, Miss Yun, you can go back to the death row now."

"I have official duties."

Before being taken out of the door, the woman suddenly turned around and looked at Chen Yuan excitedly.

"Sir, will you really re-examine this case?"

Facing the woman's earnest eyes, Chen Yuan nodded slightly.

"If you can prove that what you are telling the truth, I will re-examine the case!"

The woman's eyes were full of energy and she stared at Chen Yuan deeply.

Turn around and leave.

Looking at the woman's back, Zhao Zhubu sighed.

"Sir, this is an iron case that the imperial court has appointed. Why do you have to lose your future for a woman?"

Chen Yuan put his hand on Zhao Zhubu's shoulder and said seriously.

"Old Zhao, I know what you are worried about."

"To be honest, I don't want to wading through this flood."

"But can an official, just because he protects himself, he has to watch hundreds of lives die tragically?

"Three hundred lives are not a trivial matter, if you really kill them unjustly.

How do people view my Emperor of Great Zhou? How do you view my Qingyuan County?

Well, I will go to Dali Temple to retrieve files and go to the hometowns of these dead prisoners to investigate and collect evidence.

Don't execute the death penalty before I come back.

After saying that, he left through the gate.

...

Luoyang, Dongxiang, Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Your Highness, the old minister received an urgent report. At the afternoon of three days later, the merchants under the King of Yue will be questioned and beheaded in Qingzhou."

"What do you think about this matter?" asked Fan Chengkun, the Minister of Justice.

Li Xian walked around the hall with his hands behind his back, shook his head and sighed.

"There is no way to do this. Recently, the emperor has relaxed his vigilance against me."

"But the inner guards of the Eastern Palace did not reduce half of the person."

"We have to be careful."

The censor Gu Changchun frowned and said: Do we want to die and refuse to save us?

"Hey, this is not true. We are not going to save it, but we cannot save it."

"You can't just take us on for the sake of these 10,000 people, right?"

"In that case, who will support the Tang Dynasty and the country, and who will eradicate the Wu regime?" said an official with a flashing eyes.

"you!"

"Okay, sit down." Zhang Jianzhi slapped the table, stood up and said to Li Xian.

"The case of the prince and the survivor of King Yue was appointed by the emperor."

"If we want to forcibly overturn the case, we will inevitably cause trouble."

"According to the old minister's opinion, if you can't bear it, you will be in trouble with your big plan. It's better to take the initiative to go to Shangyang Palace."

"Urgently, your Majesty, execute these people as soon as possible, so as to draw a clear line between you and the King of Yue!"

Li Xian covered his head and waved his hand: I will talk about this later. The lonely head hurts a little, so I will go back and lie down for a while.

Zhang Jianzhi shook his head.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is a bit kind. What is a mere ten thousand lives?"

Thinking of this, he told Fan Chengkun, the Minister of Justice.

"Tomorrow, the court will send people to Qingzhou for inspection and execution.

"You must find a woman named Yun Niang and ask her whereabouts of the account book from her."

"Then silence it on the spot!"

………

Three days passed in a flash.

Just as the whole country was staring at Qingzhou, a huge team headed to Qingyuan County.

The leader was Dali Temple. In order to shock the world, hundreds of people were specially sent out.

Following closely behind are the Ministry of Justice and the Qingzhou government, which have a total of nearly a thousand people.

On the horse's back, Wu Yuanji laughed.

"Mr. Fan, Zheng Shaoqing, please come here this time, I really feel sorry for you."

"I will be the host afterwards. Please ask the two to taste the treasured wine."

Fan Chengkun tied the reins and shook his head: I am grateful for the kindness of Lord Wu.

It’s just that the above urges you to be anxious, so let’s go another day.

"By the way, I don't know where the prisoner was executed?"

"Jingyuan County right in front, the magistrate Chen Yuan is responsible for the implementation."

Wu Sansi said meaningfully.

"Shenyuan?"

Fan Chengkun and Zheng Shaopeng looked at each other and looked at Wu Yuanji.

"But that Chen Yuan, Lord Shen, who resigned from his anger?"

"Yes, it's him."

"I didn't expect it was him." Fan Chengkun laughed disdainfully.

"At the time, this guy relied on the floods in Luoyang and forced the food from his official family to the victims."

"There is no compensation yet, so I'll see where he runs."

"Yes, I was so angry that I haven't fallen asleep for several days. This time I see him, I must humiliate him severely."

Zheng Shaopeng gritted his teeth.
Chapter completed!