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

After receiving the order, Tian Zongyao hurriedly ran to order people to bring Lin Chan and others over safely, and also sent people to call those who were reported to have taken the exam for fraud.

At this moment, Tian Zongyao wanted to go back to the county government office immediately to discuss the current situation with the legal advisor, the chief clerk and others. However, he was afraid that he would not be able to learn about the situation on the inspector's side in time. In a dilemma, he decided to stay with the inspector.

Soon Lin Chan and others were brought in.

Although Tian Zongyao ordered them to be brought here safely and told his men to give them a little cleaning, after all, they had been locked up in the prison for so long and had been subjected to some tricks before, so their condition was not very good at the moment.

One can tell from his complexion and appearance that he had been tortured.

Qin Yunhe frowned and said, Tian Zongyao, you are really brave.

These people were all scholars with honors, but not only were they locked up, they were also tortured.

Tian Zongyao, who was accompanying them, felt guilty when he saw how embarrassed they looked, and secretly went to see Qin Yunhe.

When Lin Chan and others saw Qin Yunhe, they all bowed and saluted.

"I, Lin Chan, and others have met the Inspector General. I hope the Inspector General will make the decision for us."

Qin Yunhe returned the greeting and had someone bring stools for the group of people. He waited until they were all seated before speaking again.

"Mr. Lin, I was ordered to come here for an inspection. I just heard about your experiences today. I invited you here to ask you about the whole thing."

"Sir, we want to expose the uncles Li Yun and Li Wei, as well as Gao Yuan, for their unclean backgrounds. The grandfather of Li Yun and Li Wei once worked as a clerk in the government, and many older people in the village know about this.

The student Gao Yuan not only had an unclear background and falsely passed the imperial examination, but he also issued a guarantee for the brothers Li Yun and Li Wei, helping them to take part in the county and prefectural examinations.

Last year, we protested against the magistrate for allowing people of unclear background to take the exam. However, the magistrate made a hasty judgment and concluded that they were innocent without any detailed investigation, which led to Li Yun and Li Wei both taking the county exam.

We had no choice but to report the case to the provincial capital. The prefect was wise and ordered the county magistrate to investigate the matter thoroughly.

But for some reason, the magistrate still ignored all the evidence and detained and interrogated us..."

Qin Yunhe raised his eyebrows.

The prefect is wise? If the prefect is wise, why would he send them back to the county so easily?

I don't know why? Do you really not know why, or are you pretending not to know?

He only said that the magistrate made a sloppy judgment, but did not mention at all that Tian Zongyao might have received bribes.

Qin Yunhe originally thought that the few people who had caused things to become like this were probably inflexible, but he didn't expect that Lin Chan was actually quite smart.

When Tian Zongyao heard that Lin Chan didn't mention anything else but that he had handled the case sloppily, he felt more at ease and said quickly, "I have already said that I will investigate in detail, but you guys insisted on making trouble. I was afraid of causing trouble and therefore detained you in a moment of urgency."

After that, he turned to Qin Yunhe and said, "Your Excellency, I was indeed confused for a moment. Please consider my stupidity and punish me leniently. I have actually been investigating this matter, but it happened several generations ago, so it is not so easy to find out."

Qin Yunhe listened to the statements of both parties, then looked at Lin Chan and found that Lin Chan just sat there with his head down and didn't say anything. The others were also silent.

Qin Yunhe nodded and said, "We will talk about how to deal with it later. The first priority is to find out whether it was a fake exam or not. Sir Tian, ​​go first and bring the case files and investigation-related evidence, as well as the fake examinee."

Although Tian Zongyao hesitated, he still followed the order and left.

In fact, he was not completely reassured.

However, this was the order from the inspector, and although it sounded like an order to get rid of him, he had to leave.

Another thing is that after being in jail for almost half a year, seeing how cautious several of them are now, I guess they probably wouldn't dare to say anything right now.

After Tian Zongyao left, before Qin Yunhe could ask any more questions, Gu Xiucai and others in the inner room immediately ran out.

"Mr. Lin, why are you still covering up for Tian Zongyao? It's obvious that he accepted bribes and only added seals for Li Yun and the others. He didn't ignore the evidence, he did it on purpose."

Lin Chan was a little surprised when he suddenly saw Gu Xiucai and others running out.

"Gu Xiucai, why are you guys..."

Lin Chan looked inside. Isn't that the inner room? Why are these people staying in the inner room of the inspector?

"The inspector has asked us questions and will keep us inside for a while. Mr. Lin, the inspector has finally come to our county, so you should stop hiding things."

Lin Chan went to see Qin Yunhe and found that the inspector was also looking at him.

Qin Yunhe nodded and said, "Mr. Lin, don't worry. If you have any grievances, injustices, or dissatisfaction, you can tell me. I will definitely make the decision for you."

When Lin Chan and the others heard this, they exchanged glances and finally bowed solemnly together: "Your Excellency, we have many grievances in our hearts and we ask you to help us. However, the county yamen runners threatened us with our families, future and even future safety, so we dare not speak."

Qin Yunhe couldn't help but sigh again at Tian Zongyao's boldness. He even dared to let his men threaten Lin Chan and others at this time.

"It's okay. I'm here to cleanse the evil. Just tell me what happened to you. No matter who it is, as long as they break the law, I will not let them go. I will not let you and your family be in danger."

"Sir, since he took office, Pingyin County Magistrate Tian Zongyao has been increasing the levy and creating various pretexts. All the scholars in the county who need a guarantee or a seal have to pay a high fee, which makes many poor people who are interested in official careers sigh in despair.

Not only that, Tian Zongyao also paid a high price for people with unclean backgrounds to sign a pledge and add seals. To be honest, although we are all scholars, we don’t have the habit of looking down on people’s backgrounds. Although we have always known that Tian Zongyao paid a high price for additional seals, no one has thought of reporting it.

My Lord, you can tell from the fact that Scholar Gao Yuan had already passed the examination and became a scholar, but we had never reported it before. We are really not the kind of people who would make trouble out of nothing.

But this time it's different.

The Li family was originally a wealthy family in the county. They were rich but unkind, often bullying their neighbors and tenants. And because they had always been close friends with the county magistrate, they became more and more unscrupulous.

Now the Li brothers are going to take the imperial examinations to become officials. If they really take the exam, they will become famous in the future and will probably cause more harm to the local area. How can we sit back and watch this happen?

We had no choice but to report it, hoping that Tian Zongyao would cancel their examination qualification through the strict investigation of false examinations by the court. However, Tian Zongyao refused to admit that their grandfather had been a fast hand, and insisted that they were of innocent origin.

We had no choice but to protest together, but Tian Zongyao sent county officials to violently disperse us.

We then went to the prefecture to report it, but unexpectedly... we were sent back by the prefect again..."