The Female Assistant of Wei Yuyan Shuangfei

In the lobby of the county government, Liu Qing explained the history of the Ten Evils of Mangdang Mountain without hiding anything. After his speech, the people inside and outside the county government could no longer suppress their anger.

"Kill him. You must kill this bastard official."

"My poor Zhuzi, he went out to do business for two years and never came back. It must be him, it must be him. I beg you to help me, sir."

"If you don't kill this kind of bastard official, will you keep him alive for the New Year?"

Outside the door, voices of condemnation rose and fell, and Xie Tingwen's brows were also filled with a trace of worry. According to Liu Qing's crime, it would not be excessive to kill him a hundred times, but Liu Qing could not die in Laigu County, or in other words, he could not die at his hands.

Thinking of this, Xie Tingwen slammed the gavel and said, "Silence!"

“Awesome!~”

The yamen runners on duty immediately held their killing sticks and shouted loudly, and the crowd inside and outside the county government office was suppressed in an instant, and the originally noisy situation became quiet for a while.

Xie Tingwen knew that he couldn't sit and delay for too long, so he immediately asked in a cold voice: "Liu Qing! You only need to explain the murder of 19 people in Zhang's house clearly, and there is no need to elaborate on other irrelevant matters."

Liu Qing raised his eyes, glanced at Xie Tingwen, and said with a trace of pain: "But sir! Those 19 murders were not committed by me, but by Wu Fu."

"Oh! Do you have evidence?"

"I...I have no evidence." Liu Qing said with a look of despair.

"Since you have no evidence to prove your innocence, I can only pin the crime on you. Are you convinced?"

Listening to Xie Tingwen's accusations, Liu Qing didn't get what he wanted and immediately shouted in the hall that he was innocent. Xie Tingwen immediately looked at Cao Zhen and said, "Captain Cao! Shut his mouth for me, and don't listen to his nonsense anymore."

"This!~" Cao Zhen was stunned for a moment and didn't react at all.

However, the other yamen runner was quick-witted and took off his sweat towel from his waist, rubbed it a little and stuffed it into Liu Qing's mouth.

All I could hear was Liu Qing yelling "wuwuwu", but I couldn't make out what he was saying. The slightly lively yamen runner was Constable Liu Liu.

Xie Tingwen nodded in satisfaction, but was afraid that Liu Qing might accidentally let the cat out of the bag and he would not be able to play dumb.

The people watching the trial were also puzzled by Xie Tingwen's actions. It was also the first time they had seen a situation in the hall where the prisoners were afraid of talking too much.

"Kejun! What is Lord Xie doing? Liu Qing is obviously about to confess, but he lets Liu Qing continue. Is he trying to cover up for him?" Zhao Zhen asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Yan Shuang still had a trace of worry on his face at this moment. He didn't know what Xie Tingwen was thinking, but he secretly felt that Xie Tingwen was intentionally avoiding something.

Yan Shuang thought of this and said softly, "Young Master, please be patient and take a look first."

Liu Qing struggled for a long time but still could not speak. Finally, he collapsed in the hall due to exhaustion. Xie Tingwen immediately calmed down, slammed the gavel to intimidate the whole audience, and pronounced the verdict in court.

"The criminal Liu Qing was a sixth-rank pacification envoy of the militia. He was suspected of killing 19 people in Zhang's house and colluding with the Ten Evils of Mangdang Mountain to steal 50,000 strings of ill-gotten gains. Due to the twists and turns of the case, I will report the criminal Liu Qing and all relevant evidence to the Ministry of Justice in accordance with the Great Song Law and transfer them to the Ministry of Punishment for disposal."

"What is Xie Tingwen doing?" Zhao Zhen asked with a slightly angry look on his face.

"Come here, suppress Liu Qing, and send all the evidence and the 50,000 strings of silver found in Zhang's house to the capital."

As Xie Tingwen spoke, he waved his hand, and the yamen runners on both sides quickly stepped out and forcibly took Liu Qing away. The most confused people at this time were Zhao Zhen and Qi Yue.

"Why is the Ministry of Punishment wrapped up? The safety of the young master..." Qi Yue looked at Xie Tingwen with displeasure, as if expressing the anger in his heart.

Xie Tingwen glanced at Qi Yue, slammed the gavel as if he had heard nothing, and said, "Zhang Lei, Zhang Yuan, do you two have anything else to say?"

"Hehe, confess, you must confess." Zhang Lei responded with a smile on his face.

On the other hand, Zhang Yuan knelt down tremblingly, and said with a trembling voice: "Report...Report...Sir! I...have nothing to say."

"Oh!~"

Xie Tingwen glanced at Zhang Yuan with a playful smile and asked in a cold voice, "I wonder if I should call you Zhang Yuan or Han Qi?"

"Han Qi?"

Sun Cheng paused with the brush in his hand while he was wondering, and a dot of ink quickly stained the entire piece of rice paper. Others in the courtyard were not unfamiliar with the name, but they still couldn't help but feel worried.

"Master Xie, why do you call Zhang Yuan Han Qi? What does this mean?"

"Liu Lizheng! Didn't you understand what Mr. Xie meant? Zhang Yuan is Zhang Lei's brother-in-law."

"Oh! So that's how it is." Liu Lizheng agreed.

Zhang Yuan, who was kneeling, collapsed to the ground instantly after his identity was exposed by Xie Tingwen. There were bursts of laughter, and finally, the only sound in the main hall was crying.

Xie Tingwen couldn't bear to interrupt, and only after a moment did Zhang Yuan stop crying and said, "Come to Hanjiazhuang, Gu County, Han Qi has met Mr. Xie."

"What? He is Han Qi, then who was the previous Han Qi?" someone couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Yuan ignored the discussion in the courtyard, and stared at Xie Tingwen blankly and said, "Sir! I have a story, I wonder if you are willing to listen to it."

"It doesn't matter if you say so."

"Thank you, sir." Zhang Yuan stroked his hand, adjusted his breath and said slowly: "My sister married Zhang Lei as his second wife, and they were very loving. In just two years, they gave birth to a son and a daughter. After that, I took fifty taels of silver from my brother-in-law Zhang Lei and went out to do business..."

Zhang Yuan was already in tears when he spoke of this. The pain that had been suppressed in his heart for many years would finally come to an end today.

He glanced at Zhang Lei, his eyes gleaming with ferocity as he said, "In just a few years, I have made a small fortune. I returned to Laigu County three years ago. On the first day after returning, I went to Zhang's residence and met this vicious 'brother-in-law'... After learning that my sister died of an accident a year ago, I doubted whether he was Zhang Lei."

"Sister, call me sister, that's my status, hehe." Zhang Lei responded with a silly smile.

"Later, I accidentally discovered that this person was an imposter, and he had an unclear relationship with County Lieutenant Liu, so I didn't dare to act rashly. I never expected that this guy would find out that I was investigating him, so he took the initiative and buried me alive in Zhang's garden."

"So the reason you didn't die is because someone helped you. This person is Han Qi from before, right?"

"Yes! That was my servant. After he rescued me, I changed my old look and used half of my savings to bribe Qian Ming to enter the government office, waiting for an opportunity to fight back."

Zhang Yuan's mind and body gradually relaxed as he spoke up to this point. Without the restraint of hatred, he was no longer worried. He stroked his hand and said, "As for what happened next, the adults already know."