After reading the confessions of the jail boss and the prison warden, Xia Yunyi combined them with previous evidence and the entire mining case gradually became clear.

The cause of the case is simple.

Under the court's policy of light taxes and levies, the people who donated their land to the court wanted to redeem it, and the people whose land was occupied also wanted to get back the land that originally belonged to them.

The Xu family’s interests were damaged, so they firmly disagreed.

So a dispute arose between the two sides.

It happened that at this time, Wang Zhixin brought people to open a mine.

What’s even more coincidental is that in order to supervise Wang Zhixin’s mining, the cabinet not only sent officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works to follow him, but also sent the censor Huang Zongxi.

When Wang Zhixin arrived at the place, he told the people that if he found minerals in the land, he would buy the land at the market price.

After the people got the news, they became more willing to redeem their land and took the opportunity to complain to the censor Huang Zongxi.

Huang Zongxi followed Wang Zhixin's instructions and reported the case to Yangzhou Prefecture.

Yangzhou prefect Zhang Huangyan tried the case and convicted Xu Mingbi of occupying civilian land.

Not long after.

Someone pretended to be from the Eastern Depot and ordered the jailer to kill someone. The jailer colluded with the prison warden and forced Xu Mingbi to death.

After Xu Mingbi died, his grandmother was so heartbroken that she committed suicide.

When the news came out, the government and the public in Nanjing were shocked.

Zhu Cilang sent his study-along eunuch Qiu Zhizhong to investigate the case, but Qiu Zhizhong accidentally fell into the water and died.

Zhu Cilang had no choice but to ask Chongzhen for help. Chongzhen appointed Xia Yunyi as the imperial envoy and sent the Xiaoling Guards to escort him to Yangzhou Prefecture.

The case has come to an end.

After Xia Yunyi went over all the details in his mind, he suddenly realized that there were still a few doubts that had not been resolved.

1. Who is the person who impersonates Dongchang?

Second, how many masterminds are behind this case?

3. Who is the biggest mastermind behind the scenes?

Especially the third doubt, according to the principle that whoever benefits the most is the most suspicious, the biggest culprit is probably the imperial court.

Who can represent the court?

Six?

Cabinet? Prime Minister?

Neither.

There is only one person who can represent the court, and that person is...

Thinking of this, Xia Yunyi dared not think about it anymore.

It's terrible, so terrible.

After thinking it over again and again, Xia Yunyi decided to end the case there.

He is only responsible for investigating the mining case. The case has been investigated clearly and he is not responsible for anything else.

The rules of the Ming Dynasty officialdom are that you must never interfere in things that you shouldn’t interfere in, otherwise you will die without knowing how you died.

"Everyone, this is the facts of the case. If there is no objection, I will write an official document to the court to explain the situation!" Xia Yunyi said to everyone in the lobby of the government office.

Everyone first looked at Wang Zhixin.

He has the greatest power, so it is definitely right to follow his lead.

Wrong, I have the King’s Heart to support me.

Well, both parties are happy.

Wang Zhixin frowned and thought for a while, then said, "The East Factory has no objection."

"Where is Censor Huang?" Xia Yunyi looked at Censor Huang Zongxi.

He was the one who initiated this case, so we have to listen to his opinion to some extent.

Huang Zongxi shook his head: "I personally have no objection."

"Where is Magistrate Zhang?"

Zhang Huangyan also shook his head: "No objection."

"What about the others?"

"We have no objection. Please report truthfully, Your Excellency." The officials answered in unison.

"Okay," Xia Yunyi stood up and said loudly, "There are many people involved in the mining case, including ordinary people, local officials, and senior officials in the court. Although the case is complicated and intricate, with the help of all my colleagues, we have finally sorted out the case."

"Not only did we find out the truth of the case, but we also caught the murderer."

"You all have made contributions. I will commend you in the official document!"

"Thank you, Your Excellency the Imperial Envoy!" the officials echoed loudly.

They were very moved by Xia Yunyi's generosity. Although the credit was not great when shared equally among each person, it was very helpful for his later promotion.

Xia Yunyi stayed in the lobby of the government office to write official documents, while the officials returned to their posts and performed their duties.

"Sir, how should we deal with these two prisoners?" The officer pointed at the prison warden and the head of the jail.

Xia Yunyi thought for a moment and said, "Put the warden in the main prison, and temporarily place the jailer in the east wing of the government office. Bring him food every day, and don't let him leave the room without my order."

"Yes, sir."

The officers untied the jailer and removed his shackles.

The prison keeper was taken to prison by the officers.

Before leaving, the warden of Yangzhou Prefecture questioned the prison boss: "Didn't you tell me with your eyes that you would not tell me even if I killed you? Why did you confess right away?"

The prison boss sighed and said, "Yeah, I wouldn't tell you even if they beat me to death. But they didn't beat me to death, so I told you!"

"You are treacherous, and you shall not die a good death!"

"You are no good either. If I speak a little slower, I will be the one to die!" the prison boss fought back.

"Fuck you, damn you son of a bitch."

"Go ahead and curse as much as you can. Sooner or later, there will be a day when you can no longer curse."

“You…” The prison warden of Yangzhou Prefecture was speechless.

Xia Yunyi wrote two official documents stating the case, one sent to Nanjing and the other to Beijing.

Zhu Cilang was the first to receive the official document.

After reading the document, he said nothing and published the contents of the document according to Ni Yuanlu's instructions.

Officials led by Shi Kefa immediately became alert and used official documents as evidence to refute Ma Shiying's previous slander.

Of course Ma Shiying was not convinced and immediately questioned Xia Yunyi's ability to handle the case and the authenticity of the case.

However, his questioning was soon drowned out by the wave of condemnation from scholars.

Ordinary scholars held low positions and had little power, and were unable to communicate with the imperial court on a daily basis.

Now that the mining case has finally come to light, they want to take this opportunity to speak out.

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