Song Chi looked at Sun Cheng. "The Sun Jian murder case will be retried tomorrow. You're the whistleblower and will be testifying in court. Are you aware of this?"

One of the great powers of the county magistrate is to conduct public trials and adjudicate cases, especially those involving life. As long as the evidence is conclusive during the trial, Wang Bao can be put to death!

In order to make sure that no one can find fault with the case, we must strictly follow the trial process, conduct a court trial, and judge this evildoer in front of the people!

"I know what to do!" Sun Cheng gritted his teeth. Things had come to this point. If he didn't kill Wang Bao, he would lose his life.

"But..." Sun Cheng continued, "The man behind Wang Bao is County Magistrate Dong Weimin. He will definitely protect me. Besides, with only my one-sided statement and no other evidence, I'm afraid we can't get Wang Bao to confess in court."

Song Chi looked at him with a faint smile, "Do you know how you were convicted?"

Sun Cheng was stunned, then exclaimed, "I was forced to plead guilty. Any further trial would have implicated my third brother's death. To prevent this from being exposed, I had no choice but to plead guilty and let this case end here."

"That's right."

Song Chi asked again: "Then why do you think Wang Bao killed your third brother?"

"I don't know the inside story, but I know it has something to do with the Han family."

"That's it," Song Chi said calmly. "The Han family has treated all of you as abandoned pawns. In order to cover up some inside stories, Wang Bao will also be treated as an abandoned pawn. So what we need to do is not to sentence Wang Bao, but to force the people behind him to abandon him!"

"I..." Sun Cheng looked up at Song Chi with a look of surprise. After a long moment, he sighed, "I am in this situation not because of my own uncleanness, but because I fell into your hands. You are really targeting the Han family, and I have suffered an undeserved disaster."

"You are quite clever."

Song Chi turned to Feng Yuan and bowed, saying, "Sir Feng, to avoid any further complications, please hold a hearing tomorrow regarding Sun Jian's murder!"

"Since there must be a plaintiff in the trial, Sun Cheng is a criminal and I'm afraid he cannot be the defendant." Feng Yuan asked the key question.

"A widow whose husband died for no apparent reason, leaving her all alone and helpless, isn't that the best possible victim?"

Feng Yuan paused, then asked, "How about the magistrate let you do this?"

"I dare not."

The next day, at the beginning of the morning hour, before daybreak, there was an endless stream of officials coming to the county government office to report for duty. In the past, they would probably still be sleeping at this time, but now it was different because the reporting time had been changed.

As the saying goes, there is no order without rules. If a new official wants to gain authority quickly, he must establish rules. The best way is naturally to start with attendance. This is of course the idea given by Song Chi.

The lazy yamen runners were drowsy and walked in a hurry. After Song Chi's reprimand yesterday, they no longer dared to make trouble. County Magistrate Dong Weimin was busy with Wang Bao's affairs and had no time to take care of these things. They could only obey the rules consciously.

When they arrived at the gate of the county government office, they saw Ma Cheng, the chief secretary of the personnel office, checking at the door. Standing next to him was a man, who was the magistrate Feng Yuan.

"Stop, you're not going to greet the magistrate?"

Whenever someone came, Ma Cheng would remind them loudly that Feng Yuan had only been in office for a short time and many people in the county government did not know him. He would take this opportunity to let people know who the new county magistrate was, which would also establish the authority of the county magistrate.

Ma Benben was Dong Weimin's man, but now he has completely turned against him because Dong Weimin told him to get out and only the magistrate can save him, so he appears here.

"Don't worry, magistrate. I have already noted down those who are late and fired them." Ma Cheng said in a humble manner.

"Yeah." Feng Yuan nodded lightly. Since the Chief Secretary of the Personnel Department was on the same page with him, it would be much easier to employ or kick people out in the future.

At this time, County Magistrate Dong Weimin came over, followed by Wang Bao.

In order to deal with the impending trouble, the two men stayed up almost all night, but to no avail. The most crucial evidence, Sun Jian's body, was not found.

"Greetings, His Excellency the County Magistrate." Dong Weimin was indeed a seasoned veteran, and he bowed and greeted without any change in his expression.

"County Magistrate Dong is a little late. The Great Zhou has a set of rules for taking office, and all important officials in the court must abide by them. County Magistrate Dong should also set an example."

"Yes, sir!" Dong Weimin did not refute, but bowed humbly and said, "I will obey."

This was the order of the court, and he had no objection to it. The most important thing right now was to help Wang Bao overcome this crisis.

Dong Weimin responded by turning his eyes to Ma Cheng and shouted angrily, "Why are you still here? Didn't I tell you not to come again?"

Ma Cheng stepped back and stood behind Feng Yuan. He didn't reply. Feng Yuan said calmly, "County Magistrate Dong is overstepping his bounds. How can you, an eighth-rank county magistrate, decide whether a clerk should stay or go?"

Feng Yuan deliberately emphasized the two words "eighth-rank county magistrate" to remind him that a higher-ranking official can crush a person to death.

As I said before, the county magistrate is the local official and is known as the "Marquis of Baili", meaning that he has the final say in all those under his jurisdiction.

You can play tricks and make changes, but the magistrate still has absolute authority.

"well."

Dong Weimin said two words and left directly with a flick of his sleeves. Since the matter was already out in the open, he was too lazy to pretend to be nice. Last night, he not only met Han Yuanzheng, but also met Han Yu, the head of the Han family, and Zhou Fuyin. They all decided to get rid of Feng Yuan as soon as possible.

As long as Feng Yuan leaves Song Chi, he will be useless without any support.

The combination of Song Chi's wisdom and Feng Yuan's power has already caused them a lot of trouble, and no one knows what will happen in the future.

They have already thought of a way to get rid of Feng Yuan as soon as possible, but it will take a few days to prepare. If a few more days pass, Feng Yuan will have no chance to interfere in the case of Sun Jian's murder.

But Dong Weimin didn't expect it to come so suddenly.

At daybreak, the lawyers gathered again under the eight walls opposite the county government office.

This is their job, waiting for someone to complain and then hire them, and of course they would scold Song Chi in their words. At first, they were indignant and stood up for Su Mingyue, but in the end, Song Chi stole the limelight. Some people also came to their senses and realized that they were being tricked.

Therefore, they hated Song Chi to the extreme, but they only dared to complain. Now Song Chi was the magistrate's advisor, how could they afford to offend him?

"Look who that is? Someone's here to complain!"

While they were chatting, someone shouted that they saw a woman in mourning clothes walking towards them on the street.

Coming to the county government office in mourning clothes definitely means you have been wronged, and it is a big wrong.

Lawyers like such employers the most. If there is a serious injustice, there will be a lot of people paying attention. There are already many people following this woman in mourning clothes to watch the fun. If they can help her win the case, they will naturally become famous.

"Wait, why does this woman in mourning clothes look like Madam Su?"

"Madam Su? It's Madam Su!"

"Why is Madam Su here to complain again? Didn't she already win the case?"

Everyone was pointing and talking, but Madam Su ignored them. She walked straight to the drum of vindication, picked up the drumstick and started beating it hard, while a loud sound was heard.

"My husband, Su Mingyue, died unexpectedly. I have been wronged. I beg you to investigate!"