Mingyue glanced at the bewildered Shenyu behind her, raised her chin, and said, "Give me an analysis of him tonight and bring it to my desk."
Shen Yu: ?
She's only just learned to read, how could she possibly write?
Afterwards, Ji Yong'an arranged the funeral for the old man and the old lady, and Mingyue turned around and left with her people.
Zhang Wen originally intended to use this as a pretext to shift all the blame onto his father, but Mingyue didn't follow the expected path at all and directly placed him under house arrest.
He wanted to send a message by pigeon to ask for help, but just as he saw his pigeon take off, it was shot through by an arrow.
He tried to summon the guards he had trained, but as soon as he whistled, a guard's corpse fell in front of him.
Undeterred, he tried to escape, abandoning all dignity, crawling on the ground and crawling through a dog hole. Just as he crawled through, he saw Ji Yong'an smiling at him.
He tried everything – feigning illness, feigning death, threatening the servant who delivered his meals – until Zhang Wen finally gave up.
Imprisoned in the courtyard, he lived in constant fear, terrified that Mingyue would bring people and present evidence to bring him to justice.
After two months of fear, Zhang Wen started demanding to see Mingyue again. This time, he was brought before Mingyue, and Zhang Qingyun and Boss Li, who had previously refused to see him, knelt on the ground in defeat.
Zhang Wen looked up and saw the Minister of Works and the Minister of Justice sitting in the high positions. His legs went weak, and he almost fell if someone hadn't helped him up. What exactly happened in the past two months?
Why is the Minister of Justice here?
The Minister of Justice held a thick stack of papers, filled with accusations against Zhang Wen for his crimes.
"Zhang Wen, how dare you! You embezzled grain taxes, swallowed the imperial relief grain, and then sold it at a high price for profit! You also secretly accepted shops from the Li family, the Wang family, and the Yang family... 100,000 taels of gold from each of them. Do you admit to this?"
Zhang Wen, “...acknowledged.”
"As a city magistrate, he is disloyal to the court and unjust to the people. As a son, he has committed an unforgivable crime by killing his parents!"
Zhang Wen looked down at the irrefutable evidence on the paper and at the angry little boy glaring at him. He remembered how he had forgotten about the little boy in his father's courtyard.
Zhang Wen gave a bitter smile, his expression deranged. "I don't admit it! I refuse to admit it! What crime have I committed? Has the imperial court ever cared about us? I only sought a little profit!"
The North was poor, and the three-year drought forced many people to migrate. Many people also died in the cities. The court said they would not care about the lives of these people.
He lacks any sense of righteousness; even the imperial court doesn't care, so why should he concern himself with these people?
"I think you're hopeless!" The Minister of Justice sneered. "If you reveal who's behind you, maybe I can spare your life."
"There was no one behind me; it was all my doing. My wife and children know nothing about it..."
Having watched the show to her heart's content, Mingyue smugly pulled out another stack of papers. "Don't worry, I won't give you a chance to leave a whole corpse. I've already found out. The Minister of Revenue won't escape either, and don't even think about him protecting your wife and children."
Zhang Wen coughed up blood in anger, his eyes bulging out in a horrifying way. "You—you're vicious! They know nothing!"
“Your mother knew nothing either, yet you still killed her.” Mingyue said, “Chenyu, tell me.”
Shen Yu tilted her head and hummed in agreement, her soft voice still a little unclear, "Shameless~"
Mingyue nodded in satisfaction. It was worth the effort she had put into getting Shenyu to practice pronunciation over the past two months. Finally, Shenyu was able to speak, although she still occasionally mispronounced words.
She's got brains, and she's got cooking skills too. She's so happy with her personal chef that she's a little reluctant to let him go.
The Minister of Justice immediately ordered the man to be taken away, and respectfully bowed to Mingyue, saying, "Your Excellency, I will immediately set off to imprison the criminal Zhang Wen and head to the capital. I will take my leave now."
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