In the early morning, when the gate of the yamen opened, Wei Fu stood at the door, holding a small notebook and flipping through it carefully, muttering to himself, "Whose house should we go to investigate first?"
During these three days, the yamen registered a total of 168 cases, all of which involved human lives, and 38 of them were recorded in Wei Fu's little notebook.
Long Yin felt that it would take forever for them to finish handling all these cases, so he suggested that the prince send a letter back to the capital, asking the emperor to send someone to assist.
But before the people sent by the emperor arrived, they still had to handle the case first. This was also what the prince had originally planned.
Originally, his father and the others were reluctant to let them go. If they stayed on the road for too long and returned late, the prince felt that he would be in trouble if he returned.
After hearing Long Yin's suggestion, General Mao wanted to kill Long Yin, but he knew that Long Yin was more capable than Wei Fu, so he could only send people to stop the prince's men from entering the capital.
He was worried that if too many people came from the court, it would affect his plans.
Long Yin didn't care what General Mao was thinking. Seeing that Wei Fu hadn't made a decision for a long time, he pointed to a page and said, "Let's investigate this case first!"
Wei Fu took a closer look and realized that this was the case of the human meat bun shop.
The person who reported the case lived next door to the bun shop owner.
Wei Fu nodded when he thought about how his interest in buns had greatly decreased recently.
Wei Fu and his friends first went to the home of the person who reported the case, and then brought the person who reported the case to the bun shop.
When the matter was exposed, the couple who owned the bun shop originally planned to escape, but there were people squatting at their door every day, so they had no way to run away.
They wanted to escape by climbing over the wall, but the two families next door were very wary of them and kept an eye on them all the time. They tried to run away several times, but when they found that they couldn't escape, they thought of digging a hole in the ground to slip away.
When Wei Fu and his companions went in, they saw the couple and their children digging a hole with great effort. The hole was already several dozen meters deep. If Wei Fu and his companions had arrived later, they might have been able to escape successfully.
Wei Fu didn't even need to say anything. The people who came in with him directly pinned down the entire family in the bun shop.
Wei Fu, hands behind his back, paced in front of the family in a very stylish manner. His face was stern and serious, and his voice was icy cold as he spoke: "Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist."
"I advise you all to tell the truth, or you will suffer the consequences!"
The male owner of the bun shop cried out for justice: "Princess, we are all wronged! Please, Princess, please look into this matter."
Wei Fu laughed in anger, pointed at the other person's nose and cursed: "There are still human bones in your kitchen. You lie with your eyes open, but you are not as good as me!"
Those living people they captured had escaped during the chaos.
"Please tell everyone that if those people who were arrested earlier are willing to come to the county government office and testify, I will give them a reward of two taels of silver."
"Princess, you can't do this! You're still a child. How can the prefect and the prince tolerate your nonsense? You're flouting the law and bribing people with money!"
Wei Fu looked at the male owner of the bun shop and said, "You are quite smart, but it's a pity that you don't use it in the right way."
"If I were to scorn the law, then I would be saying you're innocent and listening to your defense that you're innocent. I'd be not only scorning the law, I'd be blind."
The onlookers heard Wei Fu's words and shouted, "My princess, you are wise. We cannot let this family go. They have been selling buns here for three years. I don't know how many people they have killed."
The person who reported the case next door also said to Wei Fu: "Princess, my daughter disappeared half a month after they moved in. Please find out if they killed my daughter. If they did, where is her body?"
The male owner of the bun shop said angrily, "You guys teamed up to frame us. You just can't stand seeing outsiders like us making money in Liaocheng, so you deliberately exclude us."
Long Yin shook his head. This guy is really stubborn!
Wei Fu also felt that this person was too stubborn and that he would definitely not be able to get anything out of him.
She looked at the seven-year-old boy, walked over to him and asked, "Did your parents kill anyone? If you tell the truth, we can show mercy and let you go. We won't chop off your head, and we will give you some money so you can live."
"But if you don't tell the truth, after we investigate, you will definitely be beheaded, and your parents will be cut into pieces."
When the male boss saw Wei Fu actually went to look for his son, he immediately became furious and shouted, "How could you do this, Princess? You are threatening and seducing my son."
Wei Fu shouted back loudly: "Why can't I do this? I didn't kill you directly, and I even asked about your crimes. I have already shown my conscience."
"This is the first time I've seen someone like you. You allow yourself to do bad things, but you still care about how good people interrogate you bad guys."
"Why are you selling buns when you like to meddle in other people's business? Why don't you study hard, become an official, and become someone who speaks for the people?"
The man was filled with grief and indignation: "Do you think I don't want to be the examiner?"
"I clearly passed the imperial examination that year, but someone used my test paper to impersonate me, so I failed and had to sell buns to make a living. You forced me into this."
His youngest son had accidentally witnessed them kidnapping and killing people, and his youngest son was still young, and his mind was not as resolute as his older brothers. If Wei Fu asked him, he would definitely confess everything.
So the man simply gave up.
His experience made the people around him feel a little sympathetic.
You know how difficult it is to pass the imperial examination!
Many families have three generations of students studying, but no one has passed the imperial examination.
The people around him sympathized with him, but Wei Fu did not. Instead, her expression grew even colder. "You should be thankful that those bad officials didn't let you pass the imperial examination. Even if you did, the prosperity you see after becoming an official would change your temperament. You wouldn't be a good official who serves the country and the people. Instead, you would most likely become a bad official who exploits the people."
If such a person holds a high position, his destructive power will be even greater.
"You're talking nonsense, I won't do that!" the male boss roared.
Wei Fu asked calmly, "If there were an opportunity for you to sacrifice the interests of the people in exchange for a promotion, are you sure you can hold on to your bottom line?"
"As an ordinary official, you realize after becoming an official that your salary still can't afford you a luxurious life, while those businessmen can live a comfortable life. If a businessman bribes you with money to help him achieve certain interests, and he can also share the profits with you, can you resist accepting the bribe?"
The man was silent.
"So, you're just making excuses for your own bad behavior! It's just because other people's ambitions are realized, while your own haven't, so you use the appearance of innocence and nobility to cover up your jealousy!"
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