Force scumbags to follow good records

Panic is spreading. The people in Guizhou City fear Yin Risheng's tragedy as much as they hate Yin Risheng. Alive, life must continue, bury the dead relatives, and then move forward. This is an irreversible and non-choice journey determined by time.

But right now, Yin Risheng's words have set off a wave of turmoil in Guizhou City that is getting bigger and bigger with the passage of time. If Zhuo Yifeng "surprises the snake" by announcing that a killer confessed Yin Risheng's accomplice, it only caused a lot of discussion, after all, it was a thing of the past Even if Yin Risheng's accomplices are found out, the dead will not be able to survive, so now the rumors that Ku Yin may be lost again, and the dam may break again, really cast a bomb in Guizhou City that shocked everyone. The shock bomb, because the latter is related to whether the living people can continue to live.

People in Guizhou City were in a state of panic, and the common people did not dare to ask Xu Zhifang and the magistrate directly, and they had no way of knowing whether Yin Risheng's words were true. Those who work in the house, even a servant who sweeps the floor, are asked for various news by insinuating.

Even Li Yasi was asked privately by his relatives, whether the money for building the embankment was stolen again, and what's more, some slightly richer families just ran away. There was an endless stream of people who came to the yamen under various names to conduct public inspections, so that some other states and counties around Guizhou City were rumored that there was a disaster in Guizhou City, and that there were still fugitives in the Qing Dynasty.

When things got to this point, the prefect Xu Zhifang, who had been muddling along and doing nothing, finally couldn't sit still. If this continued, his black hat would be lost, so he didn't care about Dali Temple's previous instructions to him, and angrily slapped the table to order Li Yasi arrested Yin Risheng on the charge of spreading rumors to cause trouble and disrupt the local area.

The yamen servants were very nervous when they came to arrest Yin Risheng, because some of these yamen servants had dealt with Li Yasi and Shen Fangliang several times, and they knew that this handsome young man was very skilled. If Shen Fangliang turned his back on Yin Risheng, then they This trip was pure death.

But unexpectedly, Shen Fangliang did not stop the officials from arresting Yin Risheng.

When Li Yasi led people to the remote room where Yin Risheng and Shen Fangliang were housed, Yin Risheng happened to be sitting there in his spare time. When he saw the yamen servants who came to arrest him, he straightened his sleeves, like a husband who was going to do justice generously. Like a gentleman, he stood up and followed the yamen servants calmly. Behind him, Shen Fangliang watched Yin Risheng leave without doing anything or saying anything to stop him.

Mr. Xu Zhifang, the prefect of Guizhou, was promoted to trial the case today. Outside the lobby of the Guizhou government office, there were crowds of common people, and all the people who were frightened fell here to watch the trial, because what was revealed in this case could make people During this period of time, the panic-stricken common people got an accurate message—whether the treasury is empty or not, whether the money spent on repairing the embankment was really spent on the edge of the knife, and whether the embankment will break when the rainy season comes.

To be honest, Xu Zhifang didn't want to go to court to try the case publicly. According to his intention, he could just charge Yin Risheng as a man who spread rumors and slandered the imperial court official. But Zhuo Yifeng persuaded him, and Zhuo Yifeng Yifeng said bluntly that if he directly executed Yin Risheng, the common people would not feel at ease, and had to open the interrogation to let the common people know that Yin Risheng was talking nonsense, so that the common people could feel at ease, otherwise, the situation of the fugitives would only get worse On the contrary, Mr. Xu is afraid that he will be questioned by the Shangguan.

Obviously, this last point moved Xu Zhifang.

Then Xu Zhifang put on his own full set of officials, and Shengtang personally tried Yin Risheng.

The gavel slapped, and the hall fell silent. Xu Zhifang braced himself and said, "Who is in the hall?"

Yin Risheng is a well-known scholar. Although he has committed crimes without an official position, he still does not kneel according to the laws of the Great Wei Dynasty. So Yin Risheng stood there and calmly reported his name: "Yin Risheng."

Xu Zhifang said very sternly: "Yin Risheng, are you convicted?"

Yin Risheng said calmly: "I don't know."

Xu Zhifang's expression became more serious, and he patted the gavel again, saying: "Yin Risheng, you spread rumors and slandered the state government, causing panic among the people of Guizhou City and making them restless. You are not guilty yet."

Yin Risheng looked at Xu Zhifang without any panic, and said, "Master Xu, you have read a lot of poetry and books, and you should understand that rumors mean absurd words. The crime of the state government must first prove one thing, that is, what I said is a lie! There is no shortage of silver in the Guizhou government treasury! Then I am the one who spread rumors and slandered, but a few days ago, Li Yasi just recovered A sum of stolen treasury silver proves that the treasury of the state government is not strictly guarded! What has happened is verifying what I said! I am telling the truth, how can I say that I am spreading rumors!? Defamation!?"

Xu Zhifang was furious. The suspect who lost Ku Yin a few days ago was Yin Risheng and his betrothed person Shen. Now this guy has the face to bite back. Xu Zhifang slapped the gavel and said angrily: "The Ku Yin that was stolen a few days ago has been recovered! And the suspect who stole Ku Yin is you, Yin Risheng! Both crimes are punishable, and your crime is even more serious!"

When Yin Risheng heard this, instead of being afraid, he smiled and said, "Master Xu, you said that I stole Ku Yin from the treasury of Guizhou City again. May I ask how I stole it? I used to be the son of the magistrate." Now, I am just a prisoner, how can I steal Kuyin? If I, a prisoner who everyone in Guizhou city scolds, can steal Kuyin, doesn’t it just prove that the treasury is I can walk alone! Doesn’t it just prove that there are still people using the secret passage I dug to steal Ku Yin in the past!”

As soon as Yin Risheng's words came out, the people watching the trial were in an uproar, and there were many discussions. They actually believed what Yin Risheng, a guy they hated, said. After all, Mr. Xu has confirmed that Ku Yin was stolen again, and what Yin Risheng said is questionable. Doubts are indeed reasonable.

Nie Changge and Shen Fangliang, who were listening to the trial in the back hall, heard the noisy voices of the common people, and Nie Changge smiled a little, and said, "This prodigal son is not stage-frightened, and he is quite eloquent. "

Shen Fangliang remained expressionless and did not speak.