Ever since the postmaster was brought back to the county government office by Wei Min, there has been a constant stream of men in black visiting at night, but after searching around the county government office, they still couldn't find where she was hiding.
The postmaster entered the yamen as if he had disappeared from the face of the earth. No one was seen and no doctor came.
In the past two days, Wei Min deliberately released news to the outside world, saying that the postmaster had woken up, in an attempt to force some people into desperate measures.
It happened to be cloudy these two days, with thick clouds obscuring the already dim moonlight. The grass and trees were silent, and the insects and birds were silent. The world was completely plunged into a silent darkness in the middle of the night.
In the darkness of night, three people easily bypassed the night watchmen and entered the county government office, sneaking towards the backyard.
They asked the doctor who came to treat them a few days ago, and they found out that the postmaster was hidden here by Wei Min.
The prefect of Ya wanted to visit the postmaster many times and said both good and bad things to him, but was always rejected by Wei Min with his indifferent and neither humble nor arrogant attitude.
There is clearly something fishy behind Wei Min's attitude.
Yazhizhou guessed that there must be something wrong with the postmaster, otherwise why didn't Wei Min allow outsiders to visit him?
After this guess, Zhizhou Ya became a little uneasy. She was afraid that the postmaster would not keep his mouth shut and Wei Min would reveal the truth with just a few words.
In fact, the governor of Ya had the intention of killing Wei Min on the day when the postmaster failed to get rid of Wei Min.
As long as the person is dead, no matter what she said before, it will all become Wei Min's unfounded accusation.
Now that Wei Min is pressing forward step by step, Yazhizhou is somewhat tempted to abandon the two chess pieces, Yicheng and Mei Zhubu. After all, these two people are real bandits. When the truth is revealed, she will refuse to admit it. Wei Min will have no direct evidence, so she can clear herself and say that these two people did it and she was kept in the dark.
She was a prefect, and if Wei Min didn't have direct evidence, she wouldn't dare to touch her based on the confessions of two bandits alone.
After thinking it over, Zhizhou Ya thought it was feasible, so she sent Mei Zhubu, who had come to her for support, to handle the matter, saying that it was time for her to express her opinion.
After Mei Zhubu was driven away by Wei Min, her two yamen runners could no longer make a living in the yamen, and within two days they came to her in disgrace.
Mei Zhubu had not been a bandit for many years, and the few remaining men under his command had died in the fire at the post station. Now the only ones he could bring with him were the two yamen runners who followed him.
The three men were extremely familiar with the yamen and easily avoided the sight of the yamen runners and reached the postmaster's house.
Mei Zhubu is not the prefect of Yazhou. She and the postmaster have been sworn sisters for many years. How could she be willing to kill someone just like that? She came here just to take the postmaster away, and then hide it from the prefect of Ya, saying that the person had been dealt with secretly.
The door was pried open easily, and the postmaster was awakened from his sleep. When he opened his eyes and saw three masked men at the head of the bed, his first reaction was to open his mouth and call for help.
Mei Zhubu quickly covered her mouth, pulled off the black scarf, and said angrily, "You've been comfortable for too long!"
She is a bandit and yet she dares to cry for help!
Mei Zhubu lowered his voice and asked, "Wei Min didn't interrogate you, did he? Did you tell anyone about this?"
The postmaster had actually confessed. Now, facing Mei Zhubu and the other two, he had something to hide. His eyes flickered and he dared not look them in the face. He gritted his teeth and said, "She didn't interrogate me. She didn't ask me anything."
Mei Zhubu breathed a sigh of relief, patted her shoulder, and said, "It's worth our risk to save you. Come on, leave before they notice."
Mei Zhubu took out a black scarf from his bosom and handed it to the postmaster. He then took the knife and carefully leaned his head to look outside the door.
The postmaster was slow in his actions and was urged several times by Mei Zhubu. In fact, she was afraid in her heart. She had already confessed. If they found out that she had betrayed them, she was afraid that she would not have a good ending...
But given the current situation, we have no choice but to leave.
The postmaster's wound had not yet healed, and he was followed behind Mei Zhubu by two yamen runners, holding his arms.
The three of them had just walked into the yard when they suddenly stopped.
Eighteen leaned against the pillar under the corridor with his arms folded across his chest, looking at the four people with alert faces with interest, and asked, "Where is Mei Zhubu planning to take the postmaster to in the middle of the night?"
Mei Zhubu was probably not aware of Eighteen's kung fu, but the postmaster knew it. His heart sank immediately, thinking that he might not be able to escape tonight.
The postmaster, supported by a yamen runner, Mei Zhubu and another yamen runner started fighting with Shi Ba without saying a word.
In Eighteen's view, Mei Zhubu's random swinging of the knife was like a kitten stretching its claws at her, and she took it completely unnoticed.
Within ten moves, several people were knocked to the ground by Eighteen. Eighteen looked at the postmaster who was just standing there, and raised his eyebrows at her.
The postmaster covered the wound on his chest and looked at Mei Zhubu and others. He struggled for a moment, and finally knelt down in front of Shi Ba, bending his back and lowering his head.
The sound of chaotic footsteps poured into the yard along with torches, instantly illuminating half of the yamen. The yamen runners surrounded Mei Zhubu and others and tied up the four of them one by one.
Then Wei Min, dressed in official uniform, walked in slowly, glanced at the four people who were caught, and looked up at the sky. "After daybreak, Lord Yang's case should be settled."
As soon as the sky got light, the drum of the prefectural government was struck loudly. Prefect Ya put on his official uniform with an unhappy look on his face and walked to the court.
Wei Min, wearing a green official uniform, was sitting on a throne at one side of the courtroom. When he saw Prefect Ya come out, he stood up and bowed to her.
Ya Zhizhou straightened his sleeves and sat behind the desk. He glanced at Wei Min and Mei Zhubu and others who were tied up like dumplings and kneeling on the ground. He retracted his gaze and asked with drooping eyelids, "What is the purpose of Lord Wei coming here so early in the morning? What's the matter with these people?"
Today, the people heard early in the morning that Lord Wei was going to try Lord Yang's case, so they all waited behind the wooden fence to watch. Yang Qinyue came early.
Wei Min stood up, walked into the court, pointed at Mei Zhubu and the other two, and said, "These three people broke into my office yesterday and tried to kidnap the postmaster. Fortunately, they were discovered in time by the yamen runners and stopped. I interrogated them last night and learned that they did this under the orders of the prefect, so I came to ask you what's going on.
In addition, the four of them also confessed why Lord Yang fell off his horse and died, as well as the bandit suppression six years ago... Does Lord have anything to say after hearing this? ”
The prefect of Ya remained calm and laughed sarcastically, "Mei Zhubu had nowhere to go a few days ago and came to me for help. I took her in out of kindness, but I didn't expect her to leave yesterday without saying goodbye.
This morning I was wondering where she had gone, but I didn't expect that she had teamed up with Lord Wei to perform such a self-torture drama for me to see. ”
Ya Zhizhou stood up slightly, leaned forward with his belly against the case, and stared at Wei Min, showing his yellow teeth and giving her a sarcastic smile, "Sir Wei, if you can't find out Sir Yang's case, you can't accuse him without any evidence, otherwise I will accuse you of slandering the court officials without any evidence."
Wei Min smiled slightly and said, "Without evidence, I dare not stand here."
"Let me first talk about the bandit suppression six years ago..."
Wei Min looked at the postmaster, who didn't even dare to raise his head. Eighteen at the side kicked her leg, and she grunted and repeated how the Yazhizhou had cooperated with the bandits six years ago. She then told him about Lord Yang and why he was drugged and murdered. She explained everything honestly.
After hearing this, the people outside the wooden fence burst into an uproar, cursing Ya Zhizhou's ancestors. Yang Qinyue was even more furious and wanted to fight Ya Zhizhou to the death.
After hearing this, Ya Zhizhou just laughed and said, "What nonsense!"
Wei Min sneered, "It seems that the prefect is very confident that he has done everything perfectly without any evidence."
Ya Zhizhou leaned back in his chair and smiled, then raised his hand towards Wei Min, signaling her to use whatever tricks she had.
Wei Min turned and looked at the wooden fence, then nodded to Yang Qinyue.
Yang Qinyue, dressed in white mourning clothes, walked into the court, holding her wedding dress in her hands. The contrast between red and white is particularly eye-catching.
“I beg Lord Wei to help my mother!” He knelt in front of Wei Min and raised the wedding dress above his head with both hands.
When Ya Zhizhou saw Yang Qinyue, he sat up straight in surprise, and his face changed even more when he saw his wedding dress.
How could there be evidence!
Wei Min pulled out the blood letter hidden behind the wedding dress pattern and slowly unfolded it in front of the prefect Ya, whose face changed drastically. "You pretended to be kind enough to help Lord Yang with his funeral, but in fact you did it to find this evidence. No matter how carefully you searched, I'm afraid you would never have thought that Lord Yang would hide something in her son's wedding dress, right?"
Wei Min shook the blood-written letter and said, "Ya's case! You have been in Zhucheng for many years, and you have done all kinds of unscrupulous things such as deceiving your superiors and subordinates, collecting taxes privately, bullying the people, colluding with bandits, and murdering court officials. Now the evidence written in blood is here, do you plead guilty?"
The Ya County Magistrate was in the Ya case. She stood up with her hands on the case, stared at Wei Min with red eyes, and asked through gritted teeth: "You are just a small county magistrate, what qualifications do you have to interrogate me?!"
Wei Min walked forward slowly and stood still, facing the cliff case across a three-foot-long desk. He touched the three-foot-long gavel on the desk and slammed it hard on the desk.
With a "bang", the entire court fell silent in an instant, and even the people who were shouting at the gate fence shut up.
Wei Min was taller than the cliff case, and she looked even more imposing when they stood face to face. Now that she was banging the gavel, she seemed even more aggressive.
"I am investigating the case under the order of the emperor. No matter how low my official position is, I am still carrying out the emperor's orders!" Wei Min approached the cliff case and stared into her eyes. The softer his voice became, the more frightening it was. "I am representing the emperor. Just because you have disrespected the emperor's authority, I have the right to execute you first and report later!"
Ya'an stepped back in fright, his heel tripped over the leg of a chair and he fell directly onto the chair. His body trembled and he opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word.
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At this point, the case of Lord Yang came to a close. Mei Zhubu and others were sentenced to death and will be beheaded in the autumn, while the suspects in the Ya case were escorted to the capital.
With the arrest of Ya'an and others, Zhucheng, a den of dangers and dangers, also unveiled its so-called terrifying veil. Also, because Zhucheng did not pay taxes, more and more people gradually moved in, and Zhucheng became more lively than before. Of course, this is all a story for later.
Now that the death penalty for the Ya case is a foregone conclusion, although her family will not be implicated, their property will inevitably be searched, and the person who will search their property is Wei Min.
When Wei Min learned that Ya Zhizhou's children were still young, he showed some leniency and sent someone to secretly send Ya'an, her husband, children and others away from Zhucheng.
The people now hate the Ya case to the core and will not be kind to her family. The children are still young, and if they stay in Zhucheng they will only live in accusations and abuses. It would be better for the family to leave this place.
Wei Min was obviously the one who arrested Ya in the case, but because of her actions, Ya's family and others were very grateful to her.
Just like Wei Min exempted the people from taxes and except for the Ya case, they were happy and just called her a good and honest official, but they didn't know that Wei Min was not as honest and upright as they imagined when she raided Ya's house.
The things confiscated from officials' homes would eventually be handed over to the imperial court as the national treasury. As Emperor Gaozu was far away, Wei Min was not so honest when reporting to his superiors.
Wei Min went back without telling anyone, closed the door with A'ruan and sighed, "I finally understand why there are always people rushing to do the job of confiscating property." Because there is a lot of money to be made.
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There is another chapter later
The author has something to say: Small theater
Ah Ruan: (Looking at Wei Min righteously) Repeat after me - be honest and self-disciplined, act impartially, do not give in to personal feelings, do not seek personal gain, serve the people, and be a clean person! Carry forward the socialist spirit of integrity and anti-corruption!
Wei Min: ...I'm afraid my husband is a time traveler_(:зゝ∠)_
A Ruan: ╯^╰
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