"Sister An was really good. She asked Brother Si and his men to find a little beggar who often begs on the street to lead the way. Sure enough, they caught Wang Erdan in a gambling house to testify."

Gongsun Lanyue looked at An Xin with admiration and said, "We were also asked to find someone to stand in front of the outer room and tell them that Ma Dahe's plot to murder the original Fang Shi was exposed, so that he would be frightened and run away with his valuables..."

At this time, Wang Ergou, who was beaten with twenty boards outside the yamen, was holding one hundred taels of silver in his hand. He didn't know whether to be happy that the man kept his promise and did not lie to him. He said that he would give him the silver as long as he came to testify.

Should he be sad and angry because he was found to be an accomplice and was sentenced by the female official to serve one year of hard labor in the quarry?

This depends on whether he is willing to testify and shows remorse, so he will be given a lighter sentence.

In the lobby, County Magistrate Lu watched An Xin quickly sort out the trial and judgment of the case in which Ma Dahe falsely accused his ex-wife of adultery. He was efficient, decisive and without any delay.

The verdict was pronounced as it should be, the punishment was as it should be, and everyone was taken away.

Seeing that An Xin had not mentioned him for a long time, County Magistrate Lu began to feel lucky again, thinking that perhaps An Xin might take into account that he was also an official appointed by the court.

Even if they wanted to punish him, they would probably have to wait until she returned to Beijing before reporting it to the court.

That way he would have enough time to bribe other high officials with all the gold, silver, jewelry and money he had received over the years to cover up the matter.

Even if he is dismissed from his post, the money he has collected over the years will be enough for him to live a carefree life in the future.

However, his delusion was quickly shattered by An Xin's words.

"Come here, arrest this official from the previous dynasty and send him to the prefectural governor so that he can investigate and sentence him as a remnant of the previous dynasty."

After hearing what An Xin said, County Magistrate Lu paused and was almost frightened to the point of falling to the ground.

"You... you are talking nonsense." County Magistrate Lu: "How can I be an official left over from the previous dynasty?"

"Even if you are Lord Li who patrols the capital on behalf of the emperor, you cannot slander this county magistrate casually."

An Xin was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

He looked at County Magistrate Lu dimly. It turned out that this Magistrate did not interfere when he bypassed him and took over the case where Fang was framed by Ma Dahe.

He regarded himself as Li Ziyu, who came down in compliance with the imperial order to inspect officials and government affairs in various places.

An Xin smiled and didn't explain, saying calmly: "Then tell me, the law of Daqian says that when officials beat prisoners with a stick, they need to strip off their clothes before they can be punished."

"This...this..." County Magistrate Lu could say that he saw that although Fang was pale and thin, she still had some color in her body, so he made the judgment casually out of a bad taste in his mouth.

I'm afraid that if he dared to express his thoughts so openly at this moment, this female official, who is also a woman, would be even more angry.

County Magistrate Lu was also a cunning man. With a sly look in his eyes, he defended himself, "Just based on this, sir, you can't say that I am an official of the previous dynasty. You are slandering me."

"Oh!" An Xin's expression did not change at all because of County Magistrate Lu's rebuttal, and he still looked at him calmly, "Then the sentence of riding a wooden horse and stripping and beating Fang for being unfaithful to her husband, these two punishments are laws that only existed in the previous dynasty.

As far as I know, these two criminal laws, which were extremely unfriendly to women, were abolished after the founding of the Daqian Dynasty.

You use the laws of the previous dynasty to judge the people of Daqian. If you are not the remnant of the previous dynasty, then who is? "

Every word of An Xin was deafening. Magistrate Lu took a few steps back in fear, raised his head and looked at the person sitting on the chair in the middle of the hall under the hanging mirror with fear in his eyes.

An Xin, with a dignified look on his face at this time, was really scared.

With a plop, Magistrate Lu fell to his knees in the middle of the hall. "Sir, please forgive me this time."

"I...I have money. As long as you can let me go, I am willing to give you all the money I have collected over the years."

An Xin looked at Magistrate Lu, who was already panicking and speaking incoherently, and shook his head, "If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place.

Do you know how many people and families in Fengshan County have been harmed because of your greed~"

Magistrate Lu saw An Xin's determination, so a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he stood up suddenly, smiling sinisterly, "Since you don't want to let me go, then don't even think about leaving here."

An Xin and the others saw the viciousness in Magistrate Lu's eyes and couldn't help but shake their heads.

He wouldn't think that the guards they brought were the same ones Chen Qibao brought into the lobby just now.

And even if there weren't the hundreds of guards diagonally opposite the yamen, not to mention the two strong men An Xin and Zheng Xiaoling.

They are Liu Boxing, Chen Qibao, Si Wei... Each of them is capable and not afraid of the gangsters that Wang Dahai has recruited into his inspection camp.

County Magistrate Lu knew that the criminal law he had sentenced today with a sense of humor was indeed from the previous dynasty.

He felt that his life was dull and boring, so he wanted to see something interesting. Unexpectedly, he ran into An Xin and his gang of nosy people. If this matter was reported to the public, not only would his official hat be in jeopardy, but he would also lose his head and his family would be implicated.

So County Magistrate Lu then thought about it and made up his mind to die together with An Xin and the others.

Wang Dahai was a dull and impulsive person. He had long disliked people like An Xin. He listened to Magistrate Lu's order to lead hundreds of soldiers from the inspection camp.

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He just wanted to capture An Xin and the others regardless of whether they were dead or alive. He had no intention of killing the court officials at all. Wang Dahai knew how serious the consequences would be, so he really went to call for help.

The people who were watching the excitement at the door left one after another after the case was over. Those who were brave enough to watch the sequel were scared away by Wang Dahai's ferocious appearance.

Du Yang and Yue Pengfei, who had been waiting outside the yamen to observe the situation for a long time, heard what had happened and hurriedly led their men into the yamen lobby.

An Xin saw the people coming in, his expression was calm, he took out the Golden Dragon Order that Emperor Sheng An had never mentioned taking back, and said calmly: "Lv County Magistrate of Fengshan County not only used the laws of the previous dynasty to sentence my Daqian people, but now he is trying to assassinate me."

"Liu Boxing, the fifth-rank commander of the Imperial City."

"I'm here." Liu Boxing walked to the middle of the lobby, clasped his hands together, and bent down to pick up his luggage.

"The Imperial Guard, Chen Qibao."

Chen Qibao stepped forward and clasped his fists: "I am your humble servant."

An Xin: "Any attackers will be treated as remnants of the previous dynasty and killed without mercy."

When everyone heard An Xin call out Liu Boxing and Chen Qibao's official positions, they looked at them in surprise.

I thought, one is the fifth-rank commander of the imperial city, and the other is the imperial guard. They both call themselves subordinates and lowly. How high must the official rank of the person sitting in the hall be? !

When they heard An Xin say that if they attacked them, they would be convicted as remnants of the previous dynasty, all the soldiers in the patrol camp were shocked.

Now the soldiers from the inspection camp who were called in by Wang Dahai and were about to rush towards An Xin and his group hesitated.

They looked at Du Yang and Yue Pengfei who followed in. These two were military officers who had served as inspectors in Fengshan County for many years and they would definitely be able to show them a clear way forward.

Du Yang and Yue Pengfei looked at each other and sighed, knowing that not all of Wang Dahai's men were bad people.

So he shook his head at them, and the soldiers who understood what was going on quietly put away their weapons and left the yamen hall.

There were only a few dozen hooligans and rogues left, who used to follow Wang Dahai on the streets and were later stuffed into the patrol camp by him, pointing weapons at An Xin and the others.

(End of this chapter)