Li Ling had to admit that it was a wise choice to pull Xu Sen to his side, because if it weren't for him, it would be impossible to have such a clear understanding of what the people in the county yamen did behind their backs. Just from his series of questions to Xu Xian, we can see that as a clerk in the punishment room, he had already grasped many of the crimes of these people, but it was hard to explain them clearly before.

Xu Xian was also obviously stunned by this series of testimony, his eyes were full of panic. After a moment, he shouted: "You... you are talking nonsense, these are all things that are not available. Do you have any evidence?"

This time, it was Xu Sen's turn to say nothing. Although he had mastered a lot of their sins by relying on his identity, he was really embarrassed to ask him to come up with conclusive evidence. At this time, Li Ling spoke: "I will find the victim to testify with someone to confront you in court. Let's see how you argue! The person comes, take him aside and guard him."

He had no intention of arguing with this guy at all. He just looked at his guilty appearance and knew that what Xu Sen had told me was true. Since that was the case, why bother to talk too much?

At that moment, a man from the Cao Gang came in, and took Xu Xian out as if he was carrying a chicken, and locked him up in a signing room next to him. Li Ling waved to the people outside and signaled them to let him in again.

Then, it was time for Xu Sen to show his value and ability. Next, every county official called in would face a question from him, Xu Dianli:

"Last year, you were responsible for collecting grain taxes, but in the end there was a shortage of 325 stones. You only said that the tax paid by each village was small, but when the county magistrate sent someone to each township to inquire, he found that he had collected more than 300 stones. What do you have to say about this?"

"Two years ago, Kuyin suddenly lost 4,232 taels. You were the ambassador of Ku at that time. What would you explain about this?"

"You asked about the three corpses in Chijia Village outside the city last year, but it was left unresolved. What's going on?"...

Almost every officer called in front of him showed panic when facing Xu Sen's question, and could not give a convincing and reasonable answer. Obviously, over the years, he has indeed grasped the crimes of many colleagues, some of which are related to his identity and errands, and some are obviously learned through Xu Gong. He actually recorded all the evil and unjust cases.

When these guys wanted to deny or fight back with their identities, Li Ling would speak at the right time, directly silence them, and finally locked them all in the signing room beside them. After half a day, these guys who rushed to regain their power became prisoners.

When the last person was also speechless when asked and was also locked up in the signing room, Li Ling looked at Xu Sen, who was tired and said, "Xu Dianli really has justice, which makes me deeply admire him."

"Ha... I'm saying that I have justice. If I really want to do this, I won't sit and see them commit crimes for many years but can't even do anything." Xu Sen said with a wry smile, and then thought of another point: "Sir, how do you plan to commit them next? Are you really going to punish them?" He really didn't think that Li Ling could convict everyone. After all, there are only a few foreign men in the county government office now, and can't the interrogation be conducted according to the process?

Li Ling smiled. He saw the other party's concern at a glance and said, "This official has his own response, but before that, he must remove all their powers."

"But, when will this end? I'm afraid..."

"You think it will take many days for me to commit these crimes one by one, and the Xu family will inevitably have trouble again during this period, right?"

Xu Sen nodded worriedly. County Magistrate Li was indeed strong enough this time and caught the Xu family off guard. But it was really unfavorable to him. The Xu family was so unscrupulous in Huating. In addition to the people in the county government, the more important thing is that they have backers. Even if they don’t mention the capital, Songjiang Prefecture alone can find several adults with higher status than the county magistrate to take action.

So although Li Ling has the upper hand everywhere now, once the Xu family reacts, his situation is still not good.

Li Ling smiled distractedly: "There is one thing I have never understood. Why do those bad guys who do evil things can trample on their feet without any rules, do whatever they want, and we who want to uphold justice have to be bound by the rules everywhere. In the end, we can't do anything and let them get away with it?"

When he asked, Xu Sen was stunned and could not give an answer. Li Ling didn't expect him to give an answer, because he had already had an idea in his mind: "So this time, I don't plan to follow the rules. Since they like to trample on the law, I will let them pay the same price!"

As he said that, County Magistrate Li suddenly stood up, strode out, and came to the court, then ordered loudly: "Take everyone to the lobby, I have something to explain to them in person."

Xu Sen looked at Li Ling who was strode towards the lobby in a daze, savoring the meaning of his words. After a while, a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes. County Magistrate Li was indeed different from any official he had dealt with in the past. Although he was on the right path, he was never controlled by those so-called rules. This is a person who did not act according to common sense!

Thinking of what Li Ling did before, he was even more energetic, and quickly turned around and followed quickly. This time, the county government, no, the entire Huating will have a major change!

After a while, all the officials and officials were taken to the lobby. The people's faces were full of fear and worry. All the shameful things they had done were pointed out, which made them feel very guilty. They naturally couldn't come up with a good idea for a while, and they didn't know that the county magistrate would deal with them like this.

In the familiar lobby, they stood on both sides again, staring at the expressionless County Magistrate Li tremblingly, and then turned his anger to Xu Sen, who was closest to the Chang case. If it weren't for him, how could his own affairs be exposed one by one?

Finally, after everyone arrived, Li Ling slapped the awkward: "What do you have to say until now?"

"Sir, we are wronged..." The only thing they can do now is to deny and delay, to see if they can think of destroying the so-called evidence of people first.

Li Ling smiled coldly at the others: "Yes, each of you has crimes. If I really want to find out one by one before convicting me, I am afraid that the county government will not have to do anything else in the next few months. Besides, you are all people in the government office. Without you, it is probably even more difficult to find out these things."

That's right, that's it. As long as we refuse to accept it, even County Magistrate Li can't do anything to us!

Li Ling's words gave them even more confidence. The voice of shouting that he was wronged became louder and louder. A few brave ones already dared to look at Li Ling head-on, and they looked like they could do what you could do to me.

Li Ling's subsequent words really made them feel more convinced: "I really don't plan to pursue the things you have done for many years at this time..." But at this moment, his words changed again, "However, I still have to pursue one thing, that is, the county government's bank account account issue, and the fact that there was a shortage of tens of thousands of taels of silver in just a few years.

"I have carefully checked the accounts over the years, Xu Xiang, Fang Ming, Xu Jie..." He reported the names of more than ten officials in one breath, "You have all been exposed to the warehouse power during this period, which means that the loss of these silver is inseparable from you. Now, I give you two choices, either, you should make up for the money together, and the official can leave you alone and let you continue to work in the county government, or, now, you will be dismissed from the county government government. You can tell me which one to choose."

"Sir, we have never taken the warehouse to hide silver. We are innocent..." One of the officials shouted in a hurry. But as soon as he said, Li Ling interrupted: "I am not discussing with you whether there is any such matter, but giving you a choice, taking out the silver and continuing to stay in the county government, otherwise, get out!"

This is to say no to you at all, and Xu Jie and others immediately understood. This made them feel dazed. They had never dealt with officials like this. In the past, those county magistrates and assistant officials did not look hypocritical and did not do things according to the rules? But why did he do whatever he wanted?

But, Li Ling's free-spirited approach made them completely unable to resist. The attack without rules is the most difficult thing to deal with.

"The person who came, stripped their officials of the clothes and drove them out of the county government. At that time, this official will write a notice to the whole city. These people will no longer be the officials of our county government!" With Li Ling's order, the Cao Gang members rushed forward again, held down one of them, and stripped off his clothes in the hall.

These guys who usually show off their power when they meet the heroes of the Cao Gang, and they can't even resist, so they can only be humiliated. Seeing this, the latter just took off their clothes and drove them out of the lobby, unable to even say a word of unjust accusation.

After seizing the posts and expelling these people, Li Ling quickly named the names of the servants and said, "You wait for a few people who have guarded the silver or grain warehouses in the past few years. I also suspect that you have stolen money and grain. As for the same sentence, you can keep the money and grain in the county government. Otherwise, you will take off your clothes and go out."

He did not argue with these people whether this matter was really done by them, but instead came up with a false alarm. Then you were the suspect, either replenishing money and food or being driven out of the county government. These officials had no chance to defend themselves, and they could not really agree to replenish such a large sum of money and food, so they were easily driven out by Li Ling with absolute authority.

These county officials naturally had to work in various positions for many years, and the bank treasury and granary were the top priority. Who could escape? So he quickly cut off the mess, and all the hundreds of officials who rushed back to the county government were resigned by him with the same excuse.
Chapter completed!