Li Jianzhi actually briefly described Xu Ming's affairs in the official document to Zhao Jun, but the details are still unclear.

At this moment, Zhao Jun stood in the cabin, looked at Xu Ming, and asked him, "Are you Xu Ming?"

Xu Ming had previously cut off one of his arms and later tried to hang himself. His body was extremely weak. When he heard someone calling him, he opened his eyes blankly and looked at Zhao Jun.

Li Jianzhi introduced: "Xu Ming, this is the director of the Constitutional Court. He heard about your case and came to Hangzhou from Shouzhou."

Know the court?

There was a hint of confusion in Xu Ming's eyes.

He was harmed by Sun Mian two years ago and was imprisoned for more than a year or nearly two years. He had no idea that the court had already changed so much.

"The Civil Service Bureau oversees all government officials, and the Director is the head of the Bureau, a position comparable to the prime minister of ancient times."

Seeing that he didn't react, Li Jianzhi continued, "Prime Minister Zhao is above all other ministers and is the head of all officials today. If you have any grievances, please explain them to him."

"Prime Minister Zhao."

Xu Ming suddenly became excited and struggled to get up from the bed, but because his arm was broken, he couldn't hold on.

It was Jiang Dalang next to him who helped him straighten up.

His whole face was filled with pain, and he burst into tears, "Please, sir, help me. I was originally an honest businessman, but because I had pearls and ancient paintings at home, they were coveted by Sun Mian. Now I have suffered this great disaster. My family is ruined. Wuwu ...

As he spoke, tears streamed down his face, and he choked up as he briefly recounted what had happened. He kept wiping away tears as he spoke. A middle-aged man in his forties, he cried so bitterly that everyone present was moved.

The matter was actually very clear. Sun Mian's brother-in-law heard that his family had a hundred East China Sea pearls, so he had a crooked idea and wanted to forcefully buy them at a low price.

When Xu Ming was visited by Bian Xun, he had actually been enduring it, thinking that the people should not fight against the officials. So he finally let Bian Xun sell the 100 pearls to him at a bargain price of 33,000 coins, which was less than 50 strings of cash.

Unexpectedly, the other party was not satisfied, because not long after, Sun Mian heard that the Xu family also had a painting of "Eagle" by Guo Qianhui.

Guo Qianhui was a great painter of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties. Although he was not as famous as Wu Daozi, Yan Liben and others, he was also a very famous figure at that time. His works had extremely high collection value in the Song Dynasty and were coveted by Sun Mian.

This time Xu Ming refused to do it no matter what. The two sides quarreled for a while, and finally Sun Mian found a reason to put Xu Ming in jail and took away his property.

After Li Jianzhi arrived, Xu Ming protested his innocence to him, but the official documents in the treasury had been stolen and there was insufficient evidence, so he could do nothing.

After hearing the whole story, Zhao Jun already believed it about 70%.

Because Li Jianzhi told him that although a large number of official documents from the two counties and the state government office were stolen, most of them were scattered, and only all the case files judged by Sun Mian disappeared.

In other words, the cases judged by Sun Mian are basically irretrievable.

Just such a coincidence?

As soon as the superior checked Sun Mianpan's plate, the case file disappeared?

Isn't this the same as if the superior wanted to check the grain storage in the granary and the granary suddenly caught fire?

So Zhao Jun naturally knew that there was something fishy going on.

After listening to Xu Ming's explanation, he calmly said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of this matter. When I get to Hangzhou, I'll personally try the case."

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."

Xu Ming held his left arm, which was covered in blood, with his right hand, and struggled to get up from the bed and kowtow.

But Zhao Jun finally held him down and said, "Rest for now and ask for more medicine. When you feel better, I may ask you to testify in court."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir"

Xu Ming could no longer stop crying, and all he could do was mutter to himself, looking at Zhao Jun with a pleading look.

He once felt that there was no light and no end in sight in the cell.

Later, Li Jianzhi gave him hope, but soon gave him despair.

now.

He placed his last hope on Zhao Jun.

If even Zhao Jun can't clear his grievances and settle the unjust case.

I'm afraid Xu Ming will have no choice but to die.

After coming out of the cabin, Zhao Jun's mood became very heavy and his face looked very unhappy.

Living in the afterlife, I have seen light for too long. Even though I have been in the Song Dynasty for a year, I still feel shocked and unbearable when I see such darkness.

Many people say that it is the same in later generations, but in fact the differences are huge.

If such a case occurs in the future, with widespread media publicity, I am afraid that within a few days, a special task force will be set up to investigate and quickly get to the bottom of the case.

In addition, the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs are independent, and the chief officials no longer have judicial power. It is almost impossible for a local official like Sun Mian to cover the sky with one hand.

And in ancient times.

The county magistrate ruins his family, and the prefect wipes out his clan.

It would be easy for a county magistrate or prefect to take human life lightly.

Along the way, Zhao Jun has seen too much.

He probably dealt with more than a dozen county magistrates, but he had not even traveled one-tenth of the land of the Song Dynasty.

In the future, we don’t know how many more prefects and county magistrates there will be who will disregard human life like Sun Mian, Guo Chengyou, and Shi Zhiqi. And we don’t know how many innocent people will die at the hands of these people.

The darkness and corruption of ancient society are truly astonishing to modern people like Zhao Jun.

With such a heavy heart, the fleet sailed for just over ten miles and soon before dark, it had entered Hangzhou City, this prosperous city.

Night has not yet fallen, but the city of Hangzhou is not at all bleak. Instead, it is even more bustling than during the day.

Lanterns are hung high between every household and the streets, like a sky full of colorful lights, embellishing the night sky and turning the entire Hangzhou into a city that never sleeps.

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