Three days after Du Zhongxiao reported to the state, the judge Liu Ji arrived in Yongcheng.

He brought Liu Ji into his official hall with the officials in the inspection camp. Du Zhongxiao saluted: "It's hard for the magistrate. Why did it come so suddenly? Without a notice in advance, the officials are not prepared at all."

Liu Ji smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You sent the letter from the state a few days ago, which scared the magistrate and me. How dare you take such a serious case? The Ma Meng case involved many life lawsuits, and many public officials participated in it, which was destined to be a major case. The state has already reported to Luzhou, and the Transportation Commissioner was in charge of the trial in the state, and Suzhou next door sent a scene of officials to help."

The Transportation Commissioner of Huainan Road was born in Chuzhou. Because the territory was too large and inconvenient to inspect, there was another member in Luzhou during the Ming Dao period. Bozhou was located in the west of Huainan Road and was under the jurisdiction of the Transportation Commissioner of Luzhou. The Transportation Commissioner of this time was Wang Su. As soon as he took office, he encountered such a major case.

After hearing this, Du Zhongxiao let out a sigh of relief. To be honest, if all the case was handed over to him, the pressure would be greater, so it would be better for the judge Liu Ji to handle it. Anyway, at this point, Du Zhongxiao's credit was firmly grasped in his hands.

After sitting down and using tea, Liu Ji said, "In a few days, Zheng Zhanjun of the General Office will come here with his men. The case trial is mainly based on them. Everyone else is checking for the missing and making up for the shortcomings, just come up with some ideas."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said yes. At this point, the Ma Meng case entered the formal trial process and handed it over to the manager to join the army Zheng Peng. Because there were too many people involved in the case, Du Zhongxiao represented the envoy as the prosecutor, and the magistrate Liu Ji, and the small case was directly cut off here.

After drinking tea for a while, Du Zhongxiao said: "Prime Minister, according to the confession I asked now, a few years ago, Ma Meng swallowed the medicinal materials of Tao Shiqi's family and instructed Lu Yuhou to kill people. Tao Shiqi undoubtedly avenged his father. I was young and didn't know--"

Liu Ji waved his hand: "I have discussed this with the magistrate. Tao Shiqi's mother Tan Erniang is dead. It is a bit unkind to behead Tao Shiqi again. However, the national law is ruthless, and the state has already decided the case, so it is not good to let him go. The state has reported to the court and the court will decide."

After all, whether a person should be killed is decided by Dali Temple. There is no way for the state to do so. Or the emperor issued an edict to directly pardon Tao Shiqi's death penalty. The death sentence was overturned on the grounds of avenging his father. It is considered a Spring and Autumn Prison, which depends on the idea of ​​the ministers in the court.

Tan Erniang died at the front of the prefecture yamen, and the people were talking about it. The killing of Tao Shiqi was really unstoppable. However, since the case had been decided, Tao Shiqi would still be unable to escape death unless it was retried. Bozhou officials did not want to bear the infamy, so they blamed the matter to the court, and locked Tao Shiqi up and refused to kill it. If Tao Shiqi had not been murdering people in the street, the evidence was conclusive, and the nature was too bad, Han Yi would have ordered the retrial.

This is a heart-wrenching problem for Du Zhongxiao. Tan Erniang went to Zhoucheng from her, and Tao Shiqi killed people in front of him. He always felt that the child should not end his life like this.

Du Zhongxiao and Ma Meng killed Liu Ji in an important case, saying, "The most troublesome thing now is that there are many cases involving Yongcheng public officials. Once the matter is spread, I don't know what will happen. Now I lock people in the inspection camp and strictly prohibit the leak of news. However, when someone comes to the state, I am afraid it will be difficult to hide it. This is not a trivial matter, so the magistrate should make arrangements early."

Liu Ji sneered: "It is not very new for cunning officials to control local affairs. As long as the evidence is conclusive and the yamen dares to take serious measures, will they still dare to rebel? Instruct the master of He to transfer all the soldiers in the village back and respond at any time. Also, I will inform the envoys of the river patrol and arrange some people near Yongcheng to avoid any gangsters in the rivers and lakes taking risks."

Du Zhongxiao was relieved after hearing that Liu Ji had made arrangements. He remembered the story of Water Margin in his previous life. Who knew if there was a group of people like Liangshan nearby? Is there a Song Aissi in Yongcheng? He traveled thousands of years and encountered such unlucky things to ask for? These days, he not only asked the village leader He Kun to withdraw most of the inspectors' army, but also organized the people who reclaimed the fields and responded at any time.

The Bian River has a busy canal transport, and there are usually river patrol envoys who maintain order and have a certain amount of troops. Now winter is about to begin, and the number of ships is reduced. The river patrol envoys in nearby river sections have to take people to the vicinity of Yongcheng for winter, which is just enough.

After talking about the important matters, Liu sighed: "Oh, when you were young and you were admitted to the imperial examination, you encountered such a major case when you were in the first place. Until now, everything has been handled in an orderly and organized manner, which is extremely difficult. After handling this case, you will be the first to achieve your contribution."

Du Zhongxiao thought to himself that if Tao Shiqi had not been killed in the street by chance and left a good impression on him, he would not have put in such a great effort to handle such a case. Ma Meng is certainly abominable, but because of this case, he spent too much energy, and even dragged down the progress of the most important land reclamation. Of course, if Tao Shiqi's life can be kept in the end, everything is worth it.

After chatting with Du Zhongxiao for a while, Liu Ji said: "A few days ago, Han Jiang, the judge of Chenzhou, sent a machine to Zhoucheng, saying that he wanted to take a look at it. I came in a hurry and didn't bring it. After a few days, you can send some people to Zhoucheng to transport it here."

Du Zhongxiao knew that Liu Ji was talking about the steam engine made by Han Jiang. He went to Chenzhou to be a magistrate and never gave up the improvement of the machine. Instead, he thought that because of the Ma Meng case, he almost forgot about it. Now that the Ma Meng case has come to an end, Du Zhongxiao can take it out and do something he likes. Reclaiming the fields and developing machines is what Du Zhongxiao is good at.

Liu Ji went back to rest and specifically instructed Du Zhongxiao and others not to spread the news of his arrival in Yongcheng during the silence, and to wait until the manager joins the army and Zheng Peng and others come. There are too many people involved in this case, so we should guard against accidents in the county government.

After seeing Liu Ji away, Du Zhongxiao immediately summoned He Kun and Jin Shu and said to them: "Send some people in the past few days to pay attention to the movements in the Yongcheng County Government. Although the inspection village has not had much contact with the county government, there are always people in the village who are familiar with the public officials there and even collude with them. We thought we were doing everything perfectly here, and maybe those well-informed officials had already received the news. Also, Kongmu went to the county government and told County Magistrate Gu in detail about our affairs. Be careful not to make a statement, but just let out the wind. No matter what is found in the Ma Meng case or which officials involved, they will only deal with the main evil and will never be implicated. In the end, be careful to avoid accidents."

Jin Shuzhao agreed to the promise with his hands crossed his hands. He himself was a public official, and knew that his peers had many supernatural powers and were well-informed. He arrested so many people in Ma Meng's family here, and after many days of pass, how could the public officials in the county ignore it? But now, except for a few people, he didn't know which cases Ma Meng and others had brought up. Once the news came out, the public officials involved would never say that they would kill the officials and rebel, and they would always run away.

Most of the public officials are from local wealthy families, and their relationships are complicated. Du Zhongxiao is a little jealous of the rats. So checking Ma Meng here, he doesn't care about the public officials in the yamen, and someone runs away. It's better to catch them after running away than to force people into a desperate situation and happen unpredictable things.
Chapter completed!