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

On this day, Qin Yunhe was handling official business when Liu Xu, the censor, came in to report.

"Sir, the criminal of the robbery case in the prefectural yamen has been brought here."

How did Qin Yun know about this?

A few days ago, a martial artist came to Xu Ning's house with his family to visit relatives, but they were robbed on the way.

Fortunately, the martial artist was skilled in martial arts and brought several apprentices with him. Not only was he not robbed, but he also captured several robbers alive.

The martial arts master originally came to Xu Ning's city to visit his relatives, so he was sent directly to the government office.

Naturally, these people claimed that this was their first time committing a crime.

The first time I committed a crime, I didn't get any property.

The prefect also had portraits of several people posted and offered a reward for the others who had been robbed.

After all, whether or not there is a past crime and whether or not any property has been stolen have a significant impact on the sentence.

"Bring the prisoner here. I want to interrogate him."

Liu Xu handed over the confession and files recorded at the government office. Qin Yunhe lowered his head and was about to take a look when he saw his runners staggering in carrying a few people.

Qin Yunhe looked at him strangely and asked Liu Xu, "What's going on?"

Liu Xu whispered, "The prefect determined that they were arrogant, so he sentenced each of them to forty strokes of the cane before trying them."

Qin Yunhe nodded and looked down at the confession and the trial transcript submitted by Liu Xu.

A total of five people were arrested this time.

Several people claimed that they had fled here from famine in other places and had agreed to rob people because they could not make ends meet.

I didn't expect to be so unlucky. The first business I did happened when the martial artist's family was out visiting relatives. The martial artist also brought five or six apprentices with him.

Naturally, these people were unable to resist and were captured in no time.

The five men called themselves Hu Zi, Ma Feng, Er Tiao, Da Ji and Yuan Bao.

Qin Yunhe was speechless when he saw these names. These didn't seem like serious names no matter how he looked at them.

"What are your real names? Tell me one by one."

"Sir," the man called Hu Zi did have a big beard, and he was the only one who could barely hold on to his knees, "We don't have real names, this is our name."

"Don't try to fool the court. Maybe you haven't been beaten enough."

When they heard this, they all showed fear on their faces and wailed and begged.

The one called Ma Feng said, "Please spare us, sir. How dare we fool around? The prefect beat us because of this. If we had a legitimate name, wouldn't we have reported it long ago?"

"Yes, sir, why should we be beaten for a name? I am an orphan and I don't know my name. When I grow up, everyone will call me Hu Zi because of my appearance."

Ma Feng said again: "Sir, we have all been wandering the streets since we were young, so no one can give us good names. Daji Yuanbao is the best name among us."

The remaining three people were already frightened by Qin Yunhe's words that they had not been beaten enough. They were speechless and could only agree with "Yes, sir".

Qin Yunhe lowered his head to read the confession again: "Are you all from Yun Province? How could people from Yun Province come here to be robbers?"

"Anyway, we are orphans with no home or job, so we just run around."

What a reason.

No wonder the prefect was so angry and tortured him, how could it be just because of a few names?

These guys are really cunning.

They didn't have real names, and they were all said to be orphans, so there was no way to verify their identities.

When it comes to their hometown, they say they are from Yunnan Province. Not to mention that Yunnan Province is far away and it is inconvenient to verify. Even if they can't find the answer, they can still say that they are orphans.

They claimed to be orphans, that this was their first time doing such a thing, and that they only intended to rob people for money.

But these are all their one-sided words. Can they really be trusted?

Qin Yunhe lowered his head and continued to watch the recording.

The prefect posted a portrait and offered a reward, but indeed no one came to report it.

The prefect even called on Liu Ming, the teacher and scholar of Xunlin County, to identify it.

These two people were the ones who had been robbed in Qushan.

It seems that the prefect also suspected that they were some of the robbers who were dispersed in Qushan.

Unfortunately, both the Xunlin County instructor and the scholar Liu Ming said that it took too long and those people were all masked.

We took a quick photo together under those circumstances, and I don't remember it clearly now.

Later, perhaps because the prefect asked repeatedly, the two men could not find an answer, and finally the instructor had to say that judging from their figures, they did not think they were these people.

"You guys keep saying you don't intend to hurt anyone, but you're all armed. How can you justify that?"

"Sir, we have to scare people when they are robbed. But this was taken away by someone..."

Qin Yunhe raised his eyes and glanced at the Hu Zi who was speaking.

This doesn't sound like there is any remorse.

The bearded man shut up immediately when Qin Yunhe saw him.

Judging from the martial artist's statement, Hu Zi is probably the leader among these people.

Hu Zi and Ma Feng each held a broadsword, while Er Tiao, Da Ji and Yuan Bao were holding sticks.

According to the teacher's statement, one of the people he met at that time was using a broadsword.

It's just that the Pudao is too common.

This knife is a farm tool when it is taken apart, and a weapon when the handle is screwed on, so it is impossible to ban it.

Many thieves love to use it because the court does not ban it and it will not be confiscated.

Everywhere.

In fact, even if these people were not committing crimes for the first time, the victims would not be able to recognize them if they were wearing masks.

"How long have you been here?"

These were the questions the prefect had asked before, and Qin Yunhe just wanted to ask them again, so that he could have a breakthrough in case the answer changed.

"Sir, we came here from Yun Province, and we walked to that county only ten days ago. We really just arrived here, and we were so hungry that we wanted to rob this place."

"Nonsense, you came a long way from Yun Province, how could you just rob this one place? Did you not eat during the journey?"

"Your Excellency is wise. We will have to eat on the road. But we always had food before, but we haven't had it recently, have we?"

"You five are all young and strong, who would give you alms?"

Although these people's clothes did look tattered, they did not look like they were starving.

"It's because no one is willing to give alms in your place, so I'm going to rob you."

Qin Yunhe was so angry that he almost laughed.

"That's just nonsense."

Qin Yunhe just said this casually, but did not continue to ask, but said: "Even if you are all orphans, you have lived in your hometown for decades, so you must have some acquaintances, right? Each of you confess five acquaintances so that I can verify it."

The distance to Yunnan Province was so long that it was almost impossible to verify the facts. Qin Yunhe was just trying to trick a few people to see how they would react.

Several people looked at each other with ambiguous expressions in their eyes.

"Five names per person, no duplication allowed. If you can't write them all, you will be punished with ten large slaps for missing a name."