Soon, the group returned to the county government office in a grand procession.
A long line of onlookers followed behind, eager to watch the spectacle.
Zhiyin didn't go in either. Instead, she and everyone else borrowed small stools and sat by the door, listening to what was happening inside.
As soon as Jun Yexue returned, she sent two constables to investigate whether what Gou Dan said was true or false.
No sooner had the two investigating constables left than many more people, having heard the news, rushed over.
Just then, a middle-aged couple and a ragged old woman arrived.
After rushing over, they knelt directly in front of Jun Yexue and began to tearfully accuse Li, the constable, of the outrageous things he had done.
There was hardly any need to wait for the two constables to return; Constable Li's crimes were countless, involving forced buying and selling, harboring murderers, attempted murder, and so on...
Immediately, Jun Yexue, with a stern face, slammed her hand heavily on the table, deciding the fate of the constable, Li.
"Issue my order: Li Hu has abused his power for personal gain and has been accused of bending the law for personal benefit. All of his property must be confiscated and used to compensate the victims!"
"Furthermore, according to the laws of the Great Chu Dynasty, he is sentenced to death! The execution will be carried out on a later date!"
After she finished speaking, she coldly swept her gaze over all the trembling constables present, her voice seemingly carrying ice, "This is the consequence of daring to bend the law for personal gain. Anyone who dares to follow his example will not be treated with leniency!"
"Don't think I don't know that some of you are in cahoots with him. I'll let it go this time, but if there's a next time, I definitely won't let it go so easily!"
"yes!"
The constables couldn't help but wipe the sweat from their brows, cupped their hands in unison to indicate that they dared not, and at the same time, they couldn't help but breathe a huge sigh of relief.
"No, Magistrate Jun, please! Nobody's perfect, everyone makes mistakes. Please give me a chance to reform! Waaaaah..."
"I still have a three-year-old child to raise. How will they survive if I leave them? You're trying to cut off our family line!"
Li, the constable, lost all color in his face and collapsed to the ground in terror.
After regaining his senses, he kept kowtowing and praying, his eyes filled with despair and pleading.
"Hmph, you have children to raise? Does that mean there are no people you bullied or killed?"
Jun Yexue's eyes flashed coldly, showing no mercy whatsoever. Her voice was full of authority as she shouted, "Drag her away and behead her at noon tomorrow!"
As soon as she finished speaking, two constables came forward and dragged the still crying constable Li out without any mercy.
"Jun Yexue, you'll die a horrible death! What right do you have? You're nothing but a lowly woman. What gives you the right to decide my life or death?"
“Prefect Shen will not let you off the hook. I was personally promoted by him. If he finds out that you treated me like this, you will definitely not have a good end.”
Li, the constable, had a ferocious expression on his face, his eyes filled with hatred. He couldn't believe that Jun Yexue would actually dare to execute him.
Prefect Shen was originally the magistrate of Xinghe County, but he has now been promoted to prefect. He can be said to be Jun Yexue's direct superior.
"Wishful thinking! Will I have a good ending? I don't know! But you certainly won't have a good ending."
Jun Yexue gave a soft hum, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
If she were truly afraid, would she still have done these things?
She looked impatiently at the two constables holding Li back, and couldn't help but frown. "Are you two just sitting around doing nothing? Two people trying to drag one person, and you still can't get him out of there?"
The two constables were startled and, fearing they would be blamed, immediately ran away.
"Well done, Magistrate Jun is truly awe-inspiring!"
Seeing this, the people clapped and cheered with satisfaction, all looking forward to the beheading at noon the next day.
Everyone praised Jun Yexue as a good official and gave her a thumbs up!
Zhiyin finally smiled with satisfaction upon seeing this, and then noticed that other yamen runners were going to Li's house to plunder his property in preparation for compensating the wronged person.
She immediately left with a smile, humming a song happily as she returned to the place where she had chosen her carriage.
But when they finished choosing the carriage and were about to ask about the price, their smiles immediately vanished.
"What? A regular carriage costs 16 taels?"
Because it was so unbelievable, Zhiyin's voice cracked a little.
I knew carriages would be expensive, but I didn't expect them to be this expensive!
She immediately recalled her assets: the 16 taels from selling animal hides, plus her father's pension of 5 taels, and other miscellaneous items, totaled a little over 21 taels. After deducting the money spent on steamed buns and cotton-padded jackets, she was left with about 21 taels.
After buying the carriage, there wasn't much money left.
But she estimated that she would be coming to the city often in the future, and it would be inconvenient without a means of transportation. She couldn't let Tiger and the others go every time, could she?
"Hey buddy, what about that mule cart? How much?"
Zhiyin then looked at the plump and robust mule cart beside him, which was only slightly inferior to the horse-drawn carriage, and asked.
At the same time, I made up my mind that I must make money!
She still wants to build a big brick and tile house!
I estimate it might need a hundred taels of silver; how can you do that without money?
"Ten taels!"
The man casually remarked as he fed the horses and mules hay.
"Eight taels, I'll sell it for eight taels... Please, sir, make it cheaper!"
The kindred spirits attempted to negotiate the price.
The waiter frowned and glanced at Zhiyin. "No, no, look at my mule, so shiny and healthy. How can I possibly get eight taels of silver?"
"I can see that you've had a tough time, so I can only offer you a discount of 100 coins. I'll sell it to you for 9 taels and 900 coins."
When Zhiyin saw that he had relented, she immediately felt that there was hope and quickly began to bargain with the shopkeeper.
Finally, after she had talked until her mouth was dry and her lips were about to bleed, the shopkeeper finally agreed to sell it to her for nine taels of silver.
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