Lu Xun helped Lu Zheng to stabilize the official from the Ministry of Personnel, so Lu Zheng had time to make arrangements.

In Lu Zheng's opinion, Jin Hanxuan was a calm and reserved person. Although he had only dealt with him a few times, he was convinced of his character and ability. If he had not talked to Jiang Sanniang, Lu Zheng would never have suspected that Jin Hanxuan was the leader of a theft and murder gang.

What Lu Zheng had to do now was to produce absolute evidence so that he could not argue.

The breakthrough point was the case of Jiang Sanniang's fiancé, Chai Shuang.

Compared with the cases committed by other red-clothed thieves, this case was probably the only one they had misjudged. There are two possibilities. The first is that Chai Shuang's identity is problematic, but it has not been exposed yet. The second possibility is that Chai Shuang will harm Jiang Sanniang. The most likely possibility is that Chai Shuang knows Jiang Sanniang's identity.

It can be seen that no matter what the reason is, Jin Hanxuan will not let Jiang Sanniang's identity be exposed, but he probably didn't expect that he already knew Jiang Sanniang's identity.

Hearing that the new Lu County Wei was going to re-examine Chai Shuang's case, many people with good intentions were talking about it, and Jiang Sanniang also pretended to thank the great judge.

Lu Zheng looked at the case file and asked Gu Xiang, who was standing beside him, "Do you think there is anything wrong with this case file?"

Gu Xiang frowned and said, "This case file is too vague. The cause of death, the murder weapon, and the place where the deceased died are not stated. The chief judge who closed the case so hastily is too irresponsible."

Gu Xiang's father was originally a lawyer, but he was later implicated in a case and lost his job. He died of depression. Gu Xiang has been influenced by his father since he was a child. Apart from other things, he is much more professional than Lu Zheng in writing case files.

Not everyone can write case files these days. After all, a difference of one word in the case file can make a world of difference in sentencing. For example, a man's wife was raped, and he killed someone in anger. Murder is a death penalty. If the case file says "My wife was raped, so I killed someone." I'm afraid that no matter how lucky this person is, he will only be sentenced to exile. But if it is changed to "My wife was raped, and I was ashamed and angry and wanted to die. I was angry because my wife was alive, so I killed the rapist." Probably many officials will give a light sentence on the grounds of extra-legal leniency, or even let the person go.

For a modern society ruled by law, this may seem incredible, but in ancient times ruled by man, this was simply commonplace. It is for this reason that the Ministry of Justice is very strict in reviewing case files, especially those for capital punishment.

It is also for this reason that Gu Xiang saw the problem in this case file at a glance. He looked at several other case files, which were much more reliable than this one.

Lu Zheng nodded and said, "This is the case we want to re-examine."

Gu Xiang was puzzled and said, "But the person has been dead for so many years, can we still find any clues?"

Lu Zheng smiled mysteriously and said, "The clue is not in the dead, but in the living."

Without waiting for Gu Xiang to ask any more questions, he said, "Please let the plaintiff."

The plaintiff was naturally Jiang Sanniang. After all, even if Lu Zheng wanted to re-examine the case, he must have a plaintiff.

Jiang Sanniang originally wanted to find out who that group of people are, so she naturally agreed to Lu Zheng's request. This case was not a trial, so there was no need for Magistrate Ma to go to court. However, Magistrate Ma still showed up in the lobby. Although he didn't care why Lu Zheng wanted to re-examine this case, it didn't hurt for him to take a look at what Lu Zheng was up to.

Jiang Sanniang described the case. Lu Zheng took out the case file and "as expected" found many suspicious points on it. He cupped his hands and said to Magistrate Ma, "Sir Ma, according to Jiang, her fiancé was wrongly murdered, and the case was hastily closed without being fully investigated. Therefore, I believe that this case should be re-examined. What do you think?" Magistrate

Ma was so angry that his teeth ached. He was the one who handled the case back then. Of course he knew why the case was so unclear. The problem was that this red-clothed thief had been in Qingxi County for so many years, and no county magistrate had caught him. What was the use of writing it down clearly?

However, reviewing past case files and proposing a retrial were originally the responsibilities of the county lieutenant. County Magistrate Ma could not say that Lu Zheng was wrong, so he could only nod helplessly and say, "Just...just do as Lord Lu says."

Lu Zheng then marked the case file with a red pen and said to Gu Xiang, "Rewrite the case file."

Gu Xiang responded, dipped the brush in ink, and wrote down the reasons for re-examining the case and the analysis of the doubts in the original case file. After the document was written, he showed it to Lu Zheng, who took only a glance at the case file and rejected it. The file was placed in front of County Magistrate Ma: "If Lord Ma has no doubts, I will investigate it truthfully?"

County Magistrate Ma didn't even look at it: "As you wish, Lord Lu."

Lu Zheng was about to put down the file when he heard a deep male voice saying, "Wait a minute."

Everyone looked up and saw Jin Hanxuan walking in slowly. Compared with Lu Zheng and County Magistrate Ma, he was more like the head of Qingxi County. As a matter of fact, he had been the county magistrate of Qingxi County for more than ten years. No matter how many county magistrates and county lieutenants had changed, his position had never changed.

When Lu Zheng saw him, he said calmly, "It's Lord Jin. I wonder why Lord Jin came here?"

Jin Hanxuan said, "According to the laws of our dynasty, if a case is to be re-examined, both the county magistrate and the county lieutenant must agree before it can be re-examined."

Lu Zheng said, "Lord Ma and I just happened to have finished discussing this. Lord Ma, don't you agree?"

Although County Magistrate Ma didn't like Lu Zheng very much, he disliked Jin Hanxuan even more. Hearing this, he said, "That's right. I also agree to re-examine the case."

Who knew Jin Hanxuan smiled: "I think you two may have misunderstood me. The criminal law of our dynasty states that the trial of any case requires the seals of both the county magistrate and the county lieutenant to take effect. This retrial case is naturally included in it. Lord Lu, I wonder if what I said is correct?"

Lu Zheng said: "There is indeed such a provision in the criminal law, but the traditional practice is to review the case first, and then use the seal when the case is clear and the chief judge makes a judgment. Jin Your Excellency, what you said is a bit of a waste of time. "

Not knowing what they were up to, County Magistrate Ma said impatiently, "Come on, isn't it just a seal? It's not a big deal, why bother arguing like this. Zhiyi, go and get me my official seal."

Master Fu hurried forward, took out the official seal wrapped in layers, and handed it to County Magistrate Ma carefully. County Magistrate Ma breathed a sigh of relief, pressed it heavily on the case file, and said, "Is this all right?"

Jin Hanxuan turned his head and looked at the expressionless man . Lu Zheng said, "Where is Lord Lu's official seal? Please take it out as well."

At this point, Magistrate Ma also discovered something was wrong. He said to Lu Zheng, "Lord Lu, what are you still doing? Hurry up and use the seal."

Lu Zheng came back to his senses. Looking at the provocation in Jin Hanxuan's eyes, he suddenly smiled and said, "I have had doubts about this case for a long time, but there was no plaintiff before, so I couldn't review it. However, I have written a case file and stamped it with my seal. Bao Zheng, go and get the things."

Bao Zheng had been waiting nearby. Hearing Lu Zheng's order, he quickly handed over the prepared case file. Lu Zheng opened it and saw his official seal at the bottom.

Jin Hanxuan's face suddenly darkened.

Lu Zheng said, "I wonder if Lord Jin has any other doubts? Tell me all of them, and I can answer them for you."

Jin Hanxuan's expression changed several times, and finally he smiled lightly and said, "Lord Lu, you are overthinking. I am a serious person by nature, and I must act according to the law in everything. If I have offended you, I hope you and Lord Ma will not be offended."

"How could that be? It is the honor of our Qingxi County and my honor to have a good official like Lord Jin devoting himself to our Great Xia. Don't you think so, Lord Ma?" Lu Zheng fought back lightly.

County Magistrate Ma was annoyed by their flattery. Seeing this, he said quickly, "I have some important matters to deal with at home. I will leave first. You two can chat slowly." He

then left with Master Fu.

Jin Hanxuan also bowed and said, "Then I will not delay Lord Lu's investigation. Goodbye."

"Goodbye, you two." Lu Zheng smiled, and almost said, "Come often when you are free!"

Jin Hanxuan snorted coldly and left with his sleeves.

After all the outsiders left, the people present breathed a sigh of relief. Bao Zheng said, "I was really worried that they would take a closer look at the seal!"

Yes, Lu Zheng certainly would not have the foresight to write that useless case file. This case file and the seal on it were all forged last night. A thin piece of rice paper was covered on the previous seal, and then traced out stroke by stroke with cinnabar. It looked okay from a distance, but if you look closely, I'm afraid the secret will be exposed.

Lu Zheng shook his head, "He won't look at it. He has something to hide. The more confident I appear, the more nervous he will be. He will worry that I have already found out something. So he won't suspect that the seal is fake. He will only suspect that I am deceiving him. This is just a psychological tactic."

Gu Xiang didn't understand the psychological tactics, but he could guess the general meaning. He couldn't help but say, "Your Excellency is really as good as a god."

"It's not that I can predict the future, but Jin Hanxuan was the first to panic." Lu Zheng frowned and said, "From his personality, even if the incident happened suddenly, he would never panic so easily. I think this case is probably more complicated than we thought, and there may be other stories behind it."