Several guards escorted Wang Biao to the public hall and said: "Lord Qiyu, the villains followed Wang Biao to the outside of the city, he took us to the mass grave, but never said where Zhou Li was buried, and later under the inquiry of the villains, he told the truth, it turned out that Zhou Li was not dead, he was hidden outside the city, and now the villain has brought the two back, and he has come to hand over the order." ”

Zhou Li already knew about his wife's reply, but he didn't know what happened later, so he was busy shouting grievances.

Lu Jing immediately ordered someone to invite his wife Wang, and ordered someone to inform him of the previous incident.

As soon as Wang saw Zhou Li, he immediately pounced on him and cried bitterly, and after Zhou Li comforted Wang, the two hurriedly thanked him.

After Lu Jing stopped the two, he asked Wang Biao: "What's the inside story of this matter, you can rest assured." ”

Wang Biao hurriedly knelt down and said: "That day, the master forced the villain to hand over a sick report first, and then secretly killed Zhou Li. Helpless to be forced by the grandfather, the villain wanted to write a resignation errand post, quit the errand, and fly away, but his wife and children were still here, so he had to pretend to obey, and secretly raised Zhou Li outside the city, and took care of the villain's cousin. ”

Lu Jing nodded and praised: "Yes, knowing advance and retreat, only righteousness, if you really do this, your grandfather will only push this matter on you, as for your merits, wait for the official to find out the case, and then commend it." ”

"The villain bows to the adult." Wang Biao hurriedly thanked, and his heart was even more joyful, when the county magistrate heard that the inspection of the imperial history would soon arrive, he wanted to kill Zhou Li, but he handed over the matter to himself, how could he do it, once the incident happened, should he not bear the charge of murder.

Lu Jing waved his hand to let him retreat, and when he saw that no one was presenting the situation again, he took Zhang Dizhou, Chang Xing and others to Cao's house.

As for the Cao family, Lu Jing ordered people to interrogate everyone in his house separately, and it didn't take long to find out the cause of Cao Guozhen's death, which was that Cao Ji had an affair with Cao Guozhen's fifth concubine, and was discovered by Cao Guozhen.

After Lu Jing interrogated the case, he immediately returned to the government to issue an arrest warrant, and the whole city searched for Cao's nationality.

In the evening, Cao Ji was arrested in a gambling house, and Cao Ji knew that he could not escape the blame, so he told him how to buy He Ji, Zhang Jing, and Qi Zuo, and confessed to the matter of buying Jiang Runnong, and he sent Jiang Runnong a total of 1,000 taels of silver before and after, and gave a concubine.

After Lu Jing asked him to postpone his painting, he ordered someone to escort Cao Ji down.

On the second day, Lu Jing ordered someone to take off Jiang Runnong's black gauze hat, strip him of his official uniform, and detain him in prison. He was also sentenced to 60 years with a cane, sentenced to beheading after the autumn, and confiscated his family property. gave 500 taels of silver to make up for Zhou Li and his wife, promoted the jailer Wang Biao, and rewarded him with 100 taels of silver. He Ji, Zhang Jing, and others who committed perjury also had their own punishments.

In the next few days, Lu Jing sat in court every day and tried the unjust, false and wrongful cases handled by Jiang Runnong in the past.

During this period, after Cheng Yulian recovered from her injuries slightly, she married Shen Zheng, and Shen Zheng personally came to invite Lu Jing to drink the wedding wine.

Lu Jing just sat down for a while that day, and sent a couplet: "Xiangyang Red Lotus is open and open, and the wings of the moon and the phoenix are flying", and he drank another glass of water and wine and left.

Chang Xing was also ordered by Lu Jing to bring to justice all those who committed traitors and criminals in the yamen, and promoted some law-abiding and capable people to the position.

Lu Jing saw that although Chang Xing was suspected of attacking dissidents, his character was acceptable, and he was doing well overall, so he asked him to continue to take this position temporarily, waiting for the appointment of the saint, and sorted out the matter of Ganyu into a song and sent it to the capital, so he set off for the next stop.

When Lu Jing left, the people of Ganyu City were grateful for his kindness and virtue, and they all went out of the city to send each other, and many people worshiped the statue of Lu in their homes, burned incense and worshipped, in order to repay the kindness of the official and the government.

Lu Jing stayed in Haizhou for a few days, and saw that Haizhou had already prepared, and Xu Shaofu's official reputation was good, so he reviewed the criminal name, visited the people's livelihood, and set off for the next stop, but only walked a few miles south and then turned west to Pizhou, and let the guards follow, he only took Wu Ze, Chen Ji, and Guo Yong to visit privately along the way.

On this day, the four of them came to a secluded suburb in Pizhou, vaguely heard the miserable cry of a woman, several people walked forward along the cry, the closer they walked away from the cry, and heard the sound of whipping, and saw a man in the distance was rounding the leather whip, swishing to a woman, and there was an old woman talking about something.

Lu Jing hurriedly took the three of them to check and vaguely heard their conversation.

I heard the beaten woman crying incessantly: "If you sell me as a prostitute, I will go to the government to sue you!" ”

The old woman cursed: "Little girl, don't toast and don't eat and drink, the old man tells you that all the women who are sold into the water can't stand the torture, and you can't help it." The old body had long expected that you would not obey, so he used a car to pull you to this remote road and sparsely populated place, not to mention that you want to file a complaint, even if you want someone to come and take a look. ”

The man scolded while whipping: "You are delusional, since the master has bought you, he is not afraid of the king's law, since you are sprinkling and letting go, the master will discipline you first!" He smoked harder.

When Lu Jing was dozens of steps away, he shouted: "Stop, in broad daylight, you dare to beat this woman in the wilderness." ”

Guo Yong immediately stepped forward and snatched the man's leather whip and pressed him to the ground.

The man said angrily: "Who are you, you dare to meddle with the uncle's affairs, and the people I bought can fight as much as they like." ”

Guo Yong sneered, and immediately slapped the man a few times before he became honest.

Lu Jing glanced at a few people and asked the man, "Who are you and why are you beating this woman?" ”

When the man saw Lu Jing wearing a Confucian scarf on his head, wearing Confucian clothes, and being upright, he knew that he was a showman, and saw that his two subordinates were firmly protecting him, and the person who grabbed him was even more fierce, and he was afraid in his heart, and hurriedly said: "This lord, the villain's name is Liu Qing, and it is difficult for the villain to explain this matter in detail, you can find out the details if you ask her." ”

Lu Jing then asked the woman, "Where does this woman live, and what is your name?" And why was he scourged? Tell me the truth, I'm in charge with you. ”

The woman kowtowed with tears and said: "The woman Yang Xiugu, her husband's surname is Yao, the family lives in Yaojiazhuang, in addition to the women, there are mothers-in-law and young sons, the husband of the women has not returned for a year, a few days ago my uncle Yao Ren said that my husband sent a letter, the letter said that he is now sick in the hotel, and he can't go home when the money runs out, so let the uncle take him home." ”

"The uncle pretended to coax the little woman, saying that he would go to pick up her husband and go home, but he secretly sold me to this Yangzhou Lehu Liuqing, and forced the women to go on the road. This princess and my uncle conspired to deceive me first, and then acted as a guarantor, and contacted me to trap the women into the fire pit. ”

"Fortunately, the lord is here, save the women, if the lord can save the little woman's life, and rebuild it, the little woman will set up an immortal tablet for the lord, I burn incense and worship every day, and bless the lord with a happy life and longevity."

Lu Jing couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, if he hadn't been appointed as the inspector of the imperial history to come down and take a trip in person, I am afraid that he would not have imagined that there were so many injustices among the people, and his mentality had changed unconsciously, and he wanted to clean up the injustices in this world and return the world to a bright future.

After thinking about it, Guo Yong let go of Liu Qing and said to him: "No matter how noble or low, people's bodies and skin are subject to their parents, from childhood to adulthood, farmers and businessmen, they can all make a living, why do you do such things that are offensive to customs, buy good for prostitution, leave people's flesh and bones, and damage yin morality?" ”

"Heaven is clear, retribution is unpleasant, if it is exposed, convicted according to the law, life and death are just around the corner. And report yourself closely, report your children far away, in my opinion, you might as well change your evil and return to the right, and do a serious business in a big and small way, it is better to be as good as a prostitute, and be despised by others, you should think about my good words. ”

Liu Qing listened to what Lu Jing said, and was afraid of its might, and couldn't help but sigh: "What the master said is very reasonable, but if there is no way, who wants to do this business, the villain is also borrowed capital, came here from Yangzhou, and spent three hundred taels to buy this woman, if she is sent home, the villain will starve to death when she goes back." ”

Lu Jing had already calculated in his heart that it would be difficult to solve the problem by sending this woman back, and if she could be sold for the first time, she could be sold for the second time, and she needed to solve it from the source, so she said: "If you really repent, I have an idea." ”

Liu Qing hesitated for a moment and said: "If you can get back the capital, the villain will change his way in the future and make a serious business for a living." ”

Lu Jing nodded and said: "This Yang family's eldest uncle Yao Ren sold his brother-in-law privately, and he was convicted according to the law, and it is difficult to escape the law. In this way, you have not only avenged the Yang family and made up for your past mistakes, but also can show righteousness and accumulate yin virtue, what do you think? ”

Liu Qing hesitated for a moment and nodded: "The villain is willing to listen to the master's words." ”

Wang Po had already noticed that Lu Jing and his party were extraordinary, and saw that they were going to sue, if they were really convicted of Yao Ren's crime, they would not be able to escape their involvement, so she hurriedly said: "Uncle Liu, if you are willing to complain for this Yang family, the old body will go with you and make a hard certificate." ”

Lu Jing glanced at it and peeked into Wang Po's thoughts, but she still needed her to testify now, so she ignored it for the time being.

Yang Xiugu thanked and said: "If the three benefactors save me, don't say three hundred silver, that is, five hundred taels, the little woman will also double the offer, the little woman swore that she would never break her word, and the slave family kowtowed to the three benefactors." ”

Lu Jing ordered Chen Ji to take out the four treasures of the study from the salute and sit cross-legged on the ground.

Seeing this, Guo Yong hurriedly stopped: "How can the master be like this, the villain is hunched over, and the master will spread the paper on the villain's back and write." ”

Lu Jing waved his hand and said, "It doesn't have to be like this. ”

Then spread the paper on his lap, lift the pen like a flower arrangement, and finish writing the form in a short time, only to see that it was written:

Yao Yang, a woman with a state, whose ancestral home is Yaojiazhuang in Pizhou, betrays her brother and daughter-in-law for her uncle's powerful thieves, and earnestly investigates her kindness to set an example for stubbornness. Husband Yao Yi, uncle Yao Ren, brothers and sisters, lived separately according to their father's orders. The husband went out to trade, but his brother Yao Ren secretly had a bad heart and wrote a fake letter, saying that his husband was sick in the hotel, so Yao Ren went to pick up his husband and go home.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law believed the truth, so they went with their husband and brother, and the husband's brother Yao Ren secretly had a bad heart, acted with the same beast, and sold the woman to the hands of Yangzhou Liuqing. The women did not obey and were whipped and beaten, and the women complained bitterly, Liu Qingfang changed her mind, and then led the women and the princess to come and accuse her husband and brother Yao Ren.

To investigate the charges, it is advisable to recover the value of the women, who are worth three hundred taels of silver, and the women are wronged and have to beg the prince of the main hall to be allowed to investigate.

Lu Jing handed over the paper to the Yang family, worried that Liu Qing and Wang Po would change their hexagrams on the road, so he said: "You go to the state government to sue quickly, and I will go with you." ”

So Yang and Wang Po got into the car together, Liu Qing drove, Lu Jing and others walked to Pizhou together.