Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

Xunlin County, County Government

"Sir, the verdict on the Lin family's murder of a servant has been compiled and posted."

Lin Zhaotang looked down at the document in his hand without looking up, and just said, "Okay, thank you, Lord Lu."

After a while, Lin Zhaotang realized that County Magistrate Lu was still standing aside, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

"Master Lu, is there anything else?"

County Magistrate Lu sighed and said, "Sir, the Lin family still has some reputation among the local gentry. Such a judgment may cause dissatisfaction among him and other gentry."

"I just sentenced him according to the facts. A life, because the servant was his own slave, and he was allowed to redeem his crime with money, which was already a light sentence."

County Magistrate Lu sighed.

He had previously thought that the new magistrate knew nothing as he had just started his career in government, and that he would have to worry about everything.

But he didn't expect that the new magistrate was so fearless and brave enough to sentence anyone.

"Sir, although the Lin family wronged the servant and dealt with him privately, he was still the Lin family's own servant. This is a common occurrence, so there is no need to take it too seriously."

Lin Zhaotang then raised his head and said, "Lord Lu, you can't say that. Even if it's a slave, it's still a human life.

If the Lin family had reported the case according to the law, they would probably have discovered that the slave was wrongly accused, and that person would probably still be alive now.

This royal law is already very lenient towards the gentry.

As officials of the people's government, if we cannot be fair to the people, how can we be worthy of the people we govern?"

Lin Zhaotang's voice was gentle, but his tone was firm.

County Magistrate Lu was in a complicated mood.

Now he was indeed worried about everything, but he was not worried that the magistrate was not familiar with the affairs, but that if he continued like this, he would offend all the local gentry.

Any further decrees in the future may be difficult to implement.

But he also knew that Lin Zhaotang was right.

He also recalled that the Lin family had wanted to establish a relationship with the county magistrate, but the county magistrate had politely declined at that time.

Now that this is the case, I’m afraid I have completely offended the Lin family.

As the two men were talking, a yamen runner came in and presented a letter: "Sir, the yamen runner who came last time is here again, and he has brought a letter from the magistrate."

Lin Zhaotang opened the letter and saw that it was from Qin Yunhe who wanted him to help check the deeds of the recent land and house sales.

This was naturally very convenient for him, so he immediately ordered: "You should entertain the official well. He wants to check the deeds of the land and house sales in the past two months. You can take him to find the household registration official later.

In addition, you can find a few reliable subordinates to help them find out about the sale of land and houses that have not been red-deeded in the past two months."

"Yes."

After giving his instructions, Lin Zhaotang looked at County Magistrate Lu again and said, "Master Lu, don't worry too much. You and I just need to do our duty and let everything else take its course."

County Magistrate Lu also knew that he could no longer persuade him, and could not help but sigh again.

He suddenly felt that he was a little old and could not match the vigor and determination of young people.

Fuyu County

"What can we find out in this unfamiliar place? We are not allowed to reveal our identities..."

The weather was getting colder and colder. The two men wandered around for half a day but couldn't find out any more information. Zhao Da couldn't help but complain to Liu Er.

Both of them are Wu Bantou's subordinates.

On weekdays in Xu Ning's mansion, each of them has a lot of helpers under him. If there is anything they need to do, they just need to give an order and someone will naturally take care of it for them.

Find out the information yourself. It will be easier if you are familiar with the area.

But when we arrived in Fuyu County, not only was we unfamiliar with the place, but we were also asked to ask around secretly, which naturally made it extremely difficult to find out.

"Have we offended the team leader recently? Why did he assign this tough job to us?"

Naturally, the job of gathering information in a different place is not as easy and impressive as arresting a criminal.

When arresting a criminal, you can show off your power by holding the arrest warrant given by your superiors. In many cases, the family members of the criminals will take the initiative to give them money and ask them to take good care of them.

Liu Er advised: "The class leader also wants us to show our faces in front of the adults."

"Why show your face? If you show your face, it's just Zhang San and Li Si showing their face. We are just running errands. It was originally just an adultery case, but you have to investigate how the previous wives died..."

Zhao Da didn't stop complaining, so Liu Er quickly reminded him, "We're at the inn, stop talking."

Zhang San and Li Si just came back from outside.

Although the two were locals, it was difficult to pry into the privacy of such a wealthy family. Since the last message was sent back, there has not been much progress in the past few days.

Fortunately, the people Qin Yunhe sent back brought new clues, and the two had some new ideas.

"Third brother, fourth brother." Liu Er greeted the two when he saw them.

"Hey, you're back. Sit down. What are you looking for?" Zhang San invited the two people to sit down.

"No. As for the private affairs of a wealthy family, those that can be found out have long been found out, and those that cannot be found out are definitely impossible to find out."

Li Si also knew that the two people had some complaints after spending so much time here, so he comforted them, "It's okay, don't worry."

As he spoke, Li Si took out two silver ingots from his pocket and handed them over: "You have worked hard these days, this is a reward from the Third Master. Buy some winter clothes when it gets cold."

"Oh, Mr. Li San is too polite."

Zhao Da and Liu Er didn't expect that they also had money, and they were immediately flattered.

"No matter how hard it is, we will get this job done in one go. My Lord and the Third Master will not treat us unfairly."

"Yes Yes."

"My Lord has just sent someone back with some new news..."

Then Zhang San and Li Si repeated the new arrangements together.

We still need to look for Yan Guixiang's sister-in-law, but we can put it off for a while. After searching for so long and still not finding her in Fuyu County, combined with Yan Guixiang's guess, it is highly likely that she is no longer in Fuyu County.

The most important thing after that was to confirm the servant who cleaned the front yard that Yan Guixiang mentioned, and then find out what happened to his mother that day.

This goal is clear and the difficulty is much smaller.

Zhao Da and Liu Er volunteered to go and inquire.

Another thing is to find out if anyone has seen the gold label around September 20th.

Zhang San and Li Si are more familiar with the area, so they are responsible for this matter.

Naturally, the Fuyu County government's own yamen runners also had a lot of hangers-on who usually helped them keep an eye on the movements on the ground.

Zhang San and Li Si were originally local hangers-on, and their every move was seen by the Fuyu County government officials.

"Sir, the people in the hall have been secretly trying to get information these days. Do you want to intervene?"

Ever since he failed to keep Yan Guixiang last time, Wei Chengji knew that this matter could no longer be concealed.

"Forget it, let them be."

If we do not intervene, at most it means that he is confused in judging the case. If we intervene forcibly, it will inevitably leave more evidence.

"Should we remind Mr. Jin?"

Do you want a reminder?

Wei Chengji thought for a moment and said, "No need to remind me."

In fact, whether he reminded or not, Jin Biao could not stop the investigation in the hall. On the contrary, he was afraid that Jin Biao would make some excessive demands again.