Chapter 148 Good and evil will eventually be rewarded.
On the day Yu Zhiyi arrived at the Ministry of Justice, officials from the Court of Judicial Review immediately delivered the case files.
Yu Zhiyi looked at the thin file and said with some resistance, "I still have hundreds of files to process."
Although with her abilities, she could handle one a day and finish it in six months.
But if there are always cases of people cutting in line, then it will be a long time coming.
The person who arrived was Chief Constable Song, whose name was Song Zhang.
He was one of the men in charge of arresting Li Guangzhu last night, so he was completely convinced by Yu Zhiyi and had no more dissatisfaction with him. He explained with a smile, "Lord Yu, you misunderstand. This is not a new case file, but a case file from Linzhang County."
“In the past few days, we have thoroughly investigated Linzhang County. We not only found evidence of those wrongful convictions and exonerated them one by one, but also discovered that the magistrate of Linzhang County had concealed many cases. Now, these cases have come to light, and the victims have received justice. This case was first discovered by Lord Yu, so my husband thought that you take a look at it first before it is sealed and filed.”
Yu Zhiyi expressed her understanding: "Okay, I'll take it back and take a look, then I'll send it over to you."
"I wouldn't dare trouble Lord Yu to make the trip; I'll just wait here."
Yu Zhiyi: "..."
If someone is waiting for you, it's hard to even slack off.
She had originally planned to solve today's case first, but now she can only look at the case files from Linzhang County first.
Despite having already calculated that the magistrate of Linzhang County was outrageous, Yu Zhiyi's face still turned cold when she actually saw the shocking case files.
During his six years in office, the magistrate accepted bribes, oppressed the people, and bullied the villagers. He also repeatedly protected evildoers.
In just six years, hundreds of people died indirectly because of his protection.
Li Feng's parents and wife are just two symbols in this story.
That's not even the worst case.
Even worse, they caused the death of their entire family and the embezzlement of all their property.
Although the real culprit has been caught and the county magistrate of Linzhang County, who was protecting him, is about to be executed, those innocent people who were murdered will never come back to life.
A mere county magistrate uncovered hundreds of thousands of taels of illicit silver.
Now all this silver has been added to the national treasury.
Yu Zhiyi closed the file and finally understood the meaning of her master's words.
Hell is empty, all the devils are here on earth.
She returned the file.
Officer Song breathed a sigh of relief.
The Dali Temple returned the case file for two reasons: firstly, to let Yu Zhiyi know what happened next; and secondly, and most importantly, to let her see if the magistrate of Linzhang County had concealed or overlooked anything.
The fact that Yu Zhiyi hasn't spoken means that nothing has been overlooked.
Thus, they were finally going to catch the ones who had slipped through the net.
The outskirts of the city, the Yu residence.
When Yu Ning returned from school, servants immediately came to greet him: "Fourth Young Master, you're back?"
Yu Jianren was very attentive.
His father was the previous steward. The Yu family was embroiled in a corruption scandal. Because the steward took the blame, although his wife and children are now viewed with prejudice, the masters of the Yu family still treat them well.
In particular, the eldest son, Yu Jianren, was promoted to the position of the new steward.
The servants in the mansion didn't understand each other, but there was nothing they could do.
They are the masters; they can promote whomever they want, and the others can only watch, listen, and endure it.
Yu Ninggui has not been in a good mood these past few days.
In fact, he had been in a bad mood ever since his father was demoted.
He is nineteen years old now and is one of only two people in his family who are studying.
The other scholar was, of course, Yu Zixuan, the fifth son.
However, Yu Zixuan was not interested in studying and his grades were terrible. He was already seventeen years old, but he had only barely passed the preliminary examination and was still far from becoming a scholar.
Because Yu Zixuan originally wanted to pursue martial arts and didn't want to study literature.
As for the three elder brothers, apart from the third brother Yu Mingquan who was unable to participate in the imperial examinations due to a leg ailment, the other two had already become scholars and thus had official titles.
Unfortunately, over the years, neither of them has been able to take it any further.
Originally, both elder brothers planned to continue participating in the imperial examination three years later. After all, their father had been dismissed from his post, and if the family wanted to prosper again, it needed to produce another official.
But his two older brothers gave him the opportunity.
In their words, the family is in dire need of rebuilding, and if they focus solely on their studies, the family may decline before they even reach high school.
The two of them quickly agreed to give him the opportunity.
They then temporarily diverted their energy to prevent their family from falling into ruin.
After all, the whole family is waiting for money to fill their stomachs.
Many connections also need to be re-established and strengthened.
Thus, the burden of studying fell on Yu Ninggui's shoulders.
On the one hand, the burden was too heavy, and Yu Ninggui felt that his young shoulders could not bear it.
On the other hand... his situation at the school recently has been quite bad.
Those sycophants, after learning that his father was no longer the Minister, not only stopped trying to curry favor with him, but also targeted him at every turn.
His arch-enemies constantly harassed him, causing him endless annoyance.
If things continue like this, he'll be lucky to even maintain his grades, let alone continue taking the imperial examinations.
Seeing Yu Jianren's respectful and ingratiating attitude slightly eased her irritable mood.
Regardless, the people in the manor still treated him like a master.
Moreover, because Yu Jianren's biological father sacrificed himself to protect the Yu family, the Yu family members all felt more favorably toward Yu Jianren.
Yu Ninggui's composed expression softened considerably, and he nodded slightly.
Yu Jianren said obsequiously, "Fourth Young Master, you must be tired after studying all day. I have already had the kitchen prepare some bird's nest soup. Please have some first, and dinner will be ready soon."
Yu Ninggui was increasingly satisfied: "You do have good judgment."
He then pulled a silver ingot from his pocket: "This is a reward for you."
Yu Jianren's eyes lit up: "Thank you, Fourth Young Master!"
His kind words flowed from his mouth as if they were free.
Yu Ninggui's mood improved even more.
Just then, a sudden voice rang out: "I beg Fourth Young Master to do justice for this servant!"
Before Yu Ninggui could react, a figure rushed in front of him and knelt down, grabbing his hem with both hands.
Yu Ninggui frowned: "Who are you?"
He disgustedly tried to pull off his clothes, but the person, though seemingly weak, was surprisingly strong.
Unable to succeed in the short term, Yu Ninggui was about to say something when Yu Jianren, standing to the side, angrily shouted, "You lowly servant, how dare you offend the Fourth Young Master!"
Without saying a word, he kicked it.
The maidservant couldn't withstand the kick; she screamed and fell backward.
However, she didn't let go, still gripping the hem of Yu Ninggui's clothes tightly.
Caught off guard, Yu Ninggui stumbled and fell down with the maid.
As Yu Zhiyi was calculating the files she needed to handle that day, she seemed to sense something, glanced in the direction of the Yu residence, and smiled knowingly.
"Good and evil will eventually be rewarded; it's not that they won't be, it's just that their time hasn't come yet."
She put down the file and walked towards Yiluan Charity.
"Li Feng, do you want to see what happens to that 'big shot'?"
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