Chapter 134 There's no big shot here, just a down-on-his-luck dog.
Wu Shan wanted to explain something, but Yu Zhiyi waved her hand and said, "It's alright."
She could understand Li Feng's doubts.
A boy from a mountain village, though fortunate enough to pass the imperial examination for the first degree through studying, was still determined by his birth.
The candidates for the preliminary examination did not need to leave the county seat, so unless they had some extraordinary encounter, the highest official they could know was the county magistrate.
Not to mention him, even she was clueless about these official titles in her previous life. After all, she stopped going out in the capital after the age of ten, and before the age of ten, no matter how intelligent she was, it was impossible for her to remember those official titles and ranks without a teacher.
It was only after she married Zhang Tianshun and as he rose through the ranks that she gradually learned about the ranks and powers of officials, the differences between civil and military officials, and the distinction between ordinary officials and nobles.
“A county magistrate is only a seventh-rank official, while I am currently a fifth-rank official. I can handle this matter without any pressure, so you don’t need to worry.”
Moreover, the once "big shot" is now nothing more than a down-on-his-luck dog.
Finally, Li Feng gritted his teeth and decided to do it!
He is now at his wit's end.
He wasn't afraid of starving or freezing to death, or even of those people coming to eliminate him completely. His only fear was not being able to avenge his parents and wife.
Manager Wu Shan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly brought over an agreement.
Li Feng was literate, of course. He saw in the agreement that he fully entrusted Yi Luan Charity to help catch and punish the murderer, and that was all.
There was no mention of payment or what he was required to do.
He found it strange: "What's the point of this agreement?"
He knew that some important people were very particular, and he had also heard that businessmen liked to write contracts when doing business, because both parties could benefit from them.
However, the agreement clearly only stated what benefits he would receive, but not what Yi Luan Charity would receive.
Manager Wu explained, "Young Master Li, please don't worry. This agreement is merely proof that you have entrusted Yi Luan Charity to help you. It has no other function, and we will not charge you any compensation."
Li Feng seemed to understand, but not quite.
Manager Wu glanced at Yu Zhiyi, and seeing that Yu Zhiyi had no other instructions, he said to Li Feng, "Young Master Li, please go back first. We will inform you when we have any news."
Although Li Feng was still worried, he agreed anyway.
After Li Feng left, Wu Shan asked, "Master, don't you need to give him some money?"
Yu Zhiyi shook her head: "He can support himself and doesn't need any additional financial assistance."
Li Feng is capable. As long as he solves this case, he will be able to live a good life based on his own abilities.
On the sixth day of the tenth month, after stealing several more days of leisure, Yu Zhiyi finally appeared at the Ministry of Justice.
Given that he had captured a serial killer who had been on the run for ten years in one fell swoop last time, most people in the Ministry of Justice were convinced of the new doctor's abilities, so there were no unpleasant incidents of people looking down on him.
Those below dared not use any tricks, while the Minister and Vice Minister of Justice knew how much the Emperor valued their daughter, and in addition, she was the daughter-in-law of the Prime Minister's family. Therefore, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they maintained a humble and friendly demeanor on the surface.
Her seat had been prepared well in advance.
Opposite her was an Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
On the official's desk lay the "Sheng Law" and proposals on criminal law submitted from the Dali Temple and all over the country.
On Yu Zhiyi's desk lay the files of unsolved cases accumulated over the years.
Yu Zhiyi: "..."
To be honest, what the emperor asked her to do was completely unrelated to her duties.
Although the Ministry of Justice also manages criminal cases, the actual work of the Court of Judicial Review is to adjudicate cases.
Yu Zhiyi was placed in this position simply because there were no vacancies in the Dali Temple.
What do you call this? Being in Cao's camp but having one's heart in Han's?
Not long after Yu Zhiyi settled in, the wealthy man opposite her arrived.
The man, who was in his thirties, paused for a moment when he saw her, and looked somewhat embarrassed.
Logically, colleagues should show some appreciation on their first day in office.
But the person on the other end has a very awkward identity.
Firstly, she is a woman; secondly, she is married.
Let's throw a welcome-back banquet; it doesn't seem appropriate for a bunch of grown men like them.
But if we don't display it, it would seem like we're isolating her, which isn't appropriate either.
How to get along with her seems to have become a problem.
After much deliberation, the official still greeted Yu Zhiyi.
Yu Zhiyi nodded slightly in return.
Then he lowered his head and continued searching through the case files.
While Yu Zhiyi was peacefully reviewing past case files, public opinion outside had already exploded.
First, rumors about Yu Chunyue's corruption spread so widely that the court had to take them seriously.
So the emperor sent people to investigate.
These past few days, the Yu family has been subjected to a barrage of insults and dares not even leave their homes.
Naturally, he had no intention of causing trouble for Yu Zhiyi.
However, after several days of intensive investigation, it was finally determined that Yu Chunyue had not embezzled or accepted bribes; the embezzlement was committed by someone else.
He was a former steward of the Yu family.
However, he died of illness two years ago.
He used Yu Shangshu's reputation to amass wealth, and over the past ten years, he has accepted bribes totaling over a million taels of silver!
The emperor was furious, but he had no way to execute the man.
After all, the person is already dead.
Therefore, all the embezzled funds had to be confiscated.
The Yu family has been exonerated.
The emperor received a million taels of silver, and everyone was overjoyed.
Thus, only the world where the steward was injured was achieved.
When Yu Zhiyi was flipping through the files of Linzhang County, she overheard the officials outside discussing the matter.
She tugged at the corners of her lips, but said nothing.
Although Yu Chunyue was demoted, there was still Consort Yu in the palace.
Consort Yu also gave birth to a prince, and is currently pregnant with another one.
No matter what, it won't collapse anytime soon.
However, ill-gotten gains are ill-gotten and will eventually backfire. Even if she doesn't intervene, they will still face constant misfortune.
She ignored these irrelevant matters and carefully examined the files from Linzhang County.
There are many unsolved cases, but the Great Sheng Empire is vast, and a single region might not produce a single unsolved case for several years.
Linzhang County is so close to Shengjing, and the case files are very clean and neat, with no unsolved cases, only some cases that have been solved.
Yu Zhiyi obtained the archives of Linzhang County for the past six years and looked through them one by one.
She closed the booklet shortly afterward.
Each wrongful conviction seemed to overflow with blood; her eyes were filled with a crimson hue that stung her so much she couldn't bear to look any longer.
What a corrupt official!
In the six years since the magistrate of Linzhang County took office, a total of 128 cases have been submitted by the county, including 50 theft cases, more than 30 assault cases, more than 30 other types of cases, and 8 murder cases.
Of these eight murder cases alone, six were wrongful convictions!
The birth charts of the perpetrators in these six cases show that they all died unjustly, and were all destined to survive.
Li Feng's case is not among them!
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