After taking two sips of tea, Xia Yunyi summoned all the officials of Yangzhou Prefecture to the lobby of the government office.
In addition to them, there are also the East Factory Governor Wang Zhixin, the suspended Yangzhou prefect Zhang Huangyan, and the censor Huang Zongxi.
Officials of all ranks filled the entire lobby.
After everyone arrived, Xia Yunyi ordered, "Bring the prison warden and jailer of Yangzhou Prefecture."
The two were brought up with the sound of metal collision.
Seeing that they were surrounded by their colleagues, they immediately knelt down and cried out: "It's unfair! The imperial envoy tortured us into confessing! It's unfair!"
"My fellow colleagues, please save me. I don't want to be wrongly accused!"
"Mr. Zhang, Prefect Zhang, since we have worked together for many years, please help me pass this message to the court!"
“Woo woo—”
The two men who were carrying the torture instruments actually started crying in the lobby of the government office.
Bang!
Xia Yunyi slammed the gavel, and the hall fell silent instantly.
He looked around and said slowly, "I didn't invite you all here today to try a case."
Wang Zhixin was the first one to be unhappy.
He asked in a shrill voice, "Is Master Xia trying to make fun of us?"
"I dare not!" Xia Yunyi replied seriously, "I invited all my colleagues here today to be witnesses."
witness?
The officials below were talking about it.
"The mining case has become such a big deal, but instead of solving the case, they ask us to help bear witness. It's really... ah."
"Yes, he betrayed His Majesty's trust in vain by doing this."
"The Imperial Envoy's career is in jeopardy."
"What do you want us to witness?" Wang Zhixin couldn't help but ask.
Xia Yunyi stood up, walked to the warden and the head of the prison, pointed at their heads with his left and right hands respectively and said: "I would like you to witness my promise."
"Today, I, Xia Yunyi, promise as the Imperial Commissioner that whoever of them confesses first will be spared! In order to allay their concerns, I ask all my colleagues to help bear witness!"
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