Although they can't say that the capital doesn't know that the officials are small, and whoever has a glazed tile on the house under the feet of the Son of Heaven can smash an official, but there are not many third-grade officials to the point of being full of pits and valleys, especially the position of the squire of the Criminal Department.

The He brothers were imprisoned, and it also became a hot topic in Beijing.

Of course, there is also the Li family, which has just retired from the He family for a few days.

Previously, the Li He family withdrew from each other's relatives because they had saved enough face for each other, except for the attention of those who heard that the girl of the He family had a rich dowry, the upper circle didn't care at all.

Now, they all have to say that the Li family is lucky, especially the high-ranking officials who know the inside story of the case of the third division.

Li Qi himself was also quite lucky, at this time, in the study outside the Shilang Mansion, Li Qi bowed down and thanked the person opposite, and his tone was full of gratitude: "Thanks to Brother Meng Yang for helping!" ”

The person on the other side immediately avoided it and held his hands together, "The time instrument is polite!" Then he smiled and said, "The timer should not thank me." ”

Li Li was straightened up, and when he heard the words, he bent down again, "Naturally, naturally, Grandpa Liu's great kindness, the time instrument is toothless and unforgettable." Brother Meng Yang should also thank you, thank you Brother Meng Yang for recommending ......"

Opposite him, the person who stroked his beard and smiled, was Jiao Fang, the left attendant of the ministry.

Jiao Fang helped him again, took Li Qi into the seat, and said with a smile: "You and I are fellow villagers, and we have been friends for many years, and you are so polite, but it is annoying to the old man." ”

Jiao Fang and Li Qi are both from Henan, they were originally from Henan and Liu Jian, and Jiao Fang has always been close to the northerners and disliked the southerners, and most of them take the township friendship as the party, and the two brothers Li Qi and Li Jun have indeed been friends for many years and have a close relationship, but this time they came to help the Li family, but it was for Liu Jin to Zhang Luo's wings.

When the first emperor was there, the bigwigs in the court were dissatisfied with the present day when they were still in the East Palace, but the first emperor only had this one prince, and he was a descendant of the main palace, and his status was unshakable, and he finally ascended to the throne.

The only way to change the little emperor is to keep him from indulging in fun and so that he can ...... Govern the world according to the Cabinet's wishes.

But the little emperor himself is not a stable person, and the internal officials around him are not easy to get along, in terms of the division of power, who doesn't want to get a piece of the pie.

When it comes to the influence of the little emperor, who can surpass the internal officials who accompany the emperor every day.

Jiao Fang is the best at drilling camps, and now he is the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, which seems to be only one step away from Shangshu, but this step is to step over the heads of many people, and how difficult it is to take this step in the capital with a complex relationship between talents!

And the battle between civil officials and internal officials made him see an opportunity. On the face, he was still on Liu Jian's side and Wenchen's side, but secretly he had quietly contacted Liu Jin and worshiped his door.

At this time, Liu Jin had almost pinched the celebrant in his hands, and he needed to find an alliance in the court.

Liu Jin valued Wang Hua the most, Wang Hua was the master of Emperor Hongzhi, and he was naturally close to the former emperor and Jinshang, and the former emperor wanted to let Wang Hua enter the cabinet many times, but was blocked by Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang. In Liu Jin's mind, Wang Hua must hate the three of them.

Liu Jin now wants to compete with the cabinet, and Wang Hua is qualified enough to enter the cabinet, and he has a grudge against the three members of the cabinet, so he is undoubtedly the best candidate.

And Wang Hua's son Wang Shouren has both the ability and the sacred heart, how can Liu Jin not look forward to taking his father and son into his pocket.

Liu Jin came out of the inner school, and Wang Hua is also old, originally thought that he would send someone to talk about it, and promised to push him into the cabinet, he would definitely agree.

didn't want Wang Hua to refuse, which made Liu Jin quite annoyed.

At this time, Jiao Fang bumped into him, in the end, he was also a waiter, and he was a ministry, which was quite useful, Liu Jin was a little more comfortable, and hinted that Jiao Fang would recruit more "talents" for him.

Jiao Fang naturally chose people among his fellow villagers first, Li Yi's brothers are not low in official character, and they have ability, and their sons are all angry, so they have long been in Jiao Fang's sight.

Jiao Fang hated the southerners, He Dongsheng was both a southerner and a Li Dongyang, and Li Yi was able to marry him, which made Jiao Fang very unhappy.

This time, Liu Jin happened to get the news from the palace, Jiao Fang sold a good favor to Li Yi, subdued him, and ruined Li He's marriage, which was also quite proud.

"How is Saburo doing now? This time, he was wronged. Jiao Fang asked with regret on his face. Li Yanqing is indeed a good seedling, but unfortunately the Jiao family does not have a girl of the right age.

Li Qi said: "There's nothing wronged, I just have to wait for this case to settle down before going out, and there will be two years to try left and right, so don't worry." ”

When it comes to his son, Li Qi speaks freely, and he can't help sighing in his heart.

He is partial to the youngest son, but he is not completely indifferent to the eldest son, and he chose to find relatives, how could he expect to encounter such a thing.

I regret it a little, in the case of the three sons of the Shen family, his brother Li Jun was invited to jointly try the case as a scholar and politician, and afterwards the brother wrote to He Nansheng to say that He Nansheng was vicious and the He family was not, and the letter bluntly said that such people could not be relatives.

But Li Qi also has his own considerations, and he was originally selected to join the He family because the He family is the old man of Li Ge.

Although Liu Ge Lao is the first assistant, but he has seventy two, and from time to time he will talk about Zhishi, if it is Liu Ge Lao Zhishi, newcomers will always promote their own people when they enter the cabinet, and they have no foundation The possibility of being transferred is very great.

Although Li Qi didn't think about changing the court immediately, it was good to leave an extra way back.

With Li Qi's official position, he can't get in touch with the truth of the Tongwei case, he only thinks that in this case, the He family may have framed the Shen family, but the He family has a lot of property, and this Tongwei should not be, at worst, He Dongsheng's younger brother was executed, and He Dongsheng's official reputation was damaged.

He thought about it, Li Ge Lao had already broken a doorman Zhao Xianzhong in this case, and he couldn't look at He Dongsheng's three-grade waiter anymore, just for the sake of face, Li Ge Lao always had to protect him.

Therefore, after the prisoners were escorted to the capital in the Tongwei case, Li Qi had no intention of breaking with the He family.

Until Jiao Fang found him, gave him some news from the palace, and told him that He Dongsheng had taken refuge in Qiu Ju, and Liu Jin was incompatible with Qiu Ju.

There is a way that if you are not afraid of no good things, you are afraid that there will be no good people, if in the case of the He family, Liu Jin crooked her mouth and blew the wind on the emperor's side, the He family is afraid that there is no chance of winning.

A few years ago, Li Qi was still a little wait-and-see, but after the year, news came from the palace that Wang Shouren had come back with conclusive evidence.

Li Yan immediately went to withdraw from the marriage, Li Yanqing occasionally felt cold in winter, but it was not so serious, when Mrs. He came, the sleeve of the doctor brought by the He family was filled with a thick pile of silver tickets from the Li family, how could it be dismantled.

Fortunately, it is still in time, if the He family is arrested by Jinyiwei, and then want to withdraw from the marriage, they will have to bear infamy.

It's a pity that my son has to stay at home for more than half a year, and when the He family's matter is gone, let's go to the academy again, so as not to make a mistake. I have to invite another Mr. Gao Ming, don't delay your schoolwork.

Li Qi was thinking about his son's affairs here, and Jiao Fang said there: "...... Immediately the spring thaw, what Gonggong Liu means is that the project over there in Xiyuan will be in charge of you. ”

Li Qi came back to his senses and couldn't help but let out a soft "ah".

Because he is good at water conservancy, he is responsible for the repair of various embankments in the spring and autumn floods every year, and he has the ability to do a good job, but the huge project is not a one-person business, and it must be done with one heart and one mind, and the silver is sufficient.

Now that the treasury is poor, many projects are waiting for money, how much can be shared in dam repairs!

And once the embankment bursts is a big deal, he has to eat melons with him, which is really not a good errand.

If you can preside over the repair of the West Garden this year, not to mention the trouble of water conservancy, this West Garden is a major project for the emperor, and it is also the internal money used, and it is an obedient and cheap disaster victim work, I don't know how light it is, and it can be good in front of the emperor!

Li Qi was already quite excited, "This ...... This...... Really, thanks to Grandpa Liu, I can afford to look down on ......"

Seeing him like this, Jiao Fang was quite satisfied, stroked the beautiful hair under his chin, and said: "It's all for the emperor, you also know that the emperor is very interested in Xiyuan, and Gonggong Liu is also anxious about the emperor's urgency. ”

Li Li was busy and expressed his determination, saying that he would definitely repair the West Garden to the satisfaction of the emperor and Gonggong Liu.

Jiao Fang became more and more cheerful, smiled and narrowed his eyes, and said as if he had no intention of it: "In this way, you should also write a letter to Hengshi in Nanjing, so that he will also be happy." ”

Hengshi is the word of Li Jun's brother. Li Yi understood, and said with a smile: "It should be, it should be." Brother Meng Yang rest assured......"

While speaking, a voice from outside called Li Qi from the housekeeper who tried his best to lower but couldn't hide his anxiety.

Li Yi only felt very rude, and he was dissatisfied, but he couldn't be like this, and it was not good to scold him in front of Jiao Fang, so he had to confess in embarrassment, came out of the study, stood under the corridor, and scolded the housekeeper who came up with him with a dark face.

The housekeeper had a bitter face and said in a low voice: "That lady of the He family, a full set of edict crown clothes, came over and asked to see the old lady...... Mrs. really didn't know what to do, so please show the master. ”

Li Qi's face darkened a little, and secretly scolded the old pious woman, his young and young people, where can he be able to defeat the old lady He, who is old and refined, if he is entangled, it will be troublesome, but the Li family did that kind of posture before, isn't it just to have a good reputation, and the He family will be rejected at this time, and the previous one will be done in vain.

And Jiao Fang is still here, if the old lady He blocked the front door and didn't leave, would she let Jiao Fang go out of the door?!

Li Qi reluctantly squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Let Mrs. stay in the back house and don't show up." Invite Mrs. He to the front flower hall, and say that Mrs. went to the temple to pray for Saburo's illness, and I still have guests here, so I will go to see her later. ”

The butler breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to take his orders.

Li Yi complained in his heart that Jinyiwei didn't surround the He Mansion for a few more days, but let go of the troublesome old pious woman, stood under the porch and took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and then went back to the study, smiled apologetically at Jiao Fang, and said a simple sentence The old lady He came to the door.

Jiao Fang twisted his beard and smiled: "The southerners are cunning, and they are cautious. Then he got up and took his leave.

Li Qi hurriedly apologized and got up to send him off. Because he knew that he hated the southerners, he didn't say much, but he agreed in his heart, and he would discuss his son's marriage in the future, or pick the northerners.

*

Renshoufang Shen Mansion Jiuruju

The brothers of the He family were imprisoned, and the Shen family did not breathe a sigh of relief, and Shen Rui's uncle and nephew still paid close attention to the He family's every move.

Jinyi Wei surrounded the He Mansion for two days, and successively arrested two groups of staff and male servants before withdrawing.

Ordinary people are only afraid that it will be chaotic, but the He family is not chaotic at all, nothing has happened such as theft and escape of the servants, the control in the house has become more and more strict, and the inside line of the Shen family can hardly send news out.

I heard that Mrs. He was frightened and sick, but it was Mrs. He who supported the He family with all her might, and she was not chaotic in the face of danger, and she managed the family with thunderous means, which made the Shen family's uncles and nephews quite admired.

Although the inside line can't deliver the news, the outside is still watching.

Soon, the news that Mrs. He's grade makeup went to the house of Li Yi, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, came back.

Mrs. He was respectfully invited in, but at most half an hour, she came out with an unkind face and boarded the car to return home.

The stalker who came back from delivering the news clearly described the expression of Mrs. He before and after entering the door.

"I ordered the woman to go with big makeup, this is for fear that the Li family will not help." In the study, Shen Quan said to Shen Rui with a smile.

Shen Rui sneered, "This lady is not easy to get along with. However, since the Li family can withdraw from their relatives, they will not be involved again. I don't know who Mrs. He will go to next. ”

Shen Quan laughed twice, frowned again, leaned forward, and said, "She won't ...... Like in Songjiang, let's come to the Shen family. ”

Shen Rui said coldly: "This is the second room of the Shen family, and she has only enemies and no relatives in the He family, why did she come?" It's cheeky, the Shen family is not the Li family, why should I pay attention to it? ”

Shen Quan nodded immediately, "Exactly!" Then he patted his chest and said, "If she is still so brazen and wears a crown of orders to block the door, I will go out and tell you what you said in public, and see what face she still has." ”

"The Shen family believes in the law of the country and justice, and everything is subject to the judgment of the imperial court!" Shen Quan recounted loudly, and said with some excitement, "Now, it depends on how the national law deals with the sinister villain of the He family!" ”

The third master was silent on the side, and at this time he also nodded and praised: "Well said, the Shen family believes in national law and fairness." Let her do whatever it takes, just wait for the result. ”

Although Shen Rui nodded, he would not really wait for the result, Mrs. He was not an idle old woman, she was a person who was very good at building public opinion, and he had to plan well to prevent her from spreading rumors against the Shen family.

When the case was opened, the Shen family should not be closed, so Shen Rui sent Changshou to quietly go out to find Du Laoba and asked him to pay more attention to the situation on the street.

In the past few days, in addition to finding He Dongsheng's former friends, colleagues, and the same year, Mrs. He even went to find Li Dongyang.

Where will Li Dongyang meet, at this time, he is also afraid of being afraid of it.

Those who were found by her had the same attitude as Li Qi, and the case was tried secretly, and there was nothing they could do to help.

How could Mrs. He be willing, and there were rumors that Lord Sansi was deceived by the Shen family, and so on, gradually, it turned out to be that the trial of the Songjiang Tongwa case was greasy.

At this time, the court was arguing over Wang Shouren's reward.

Zhang Yong and Wang Shouren achieved the first victory of the Zhengde Dynasty, although it was a bandit, but this bandit colluded with the Japanese and was also an unusual bandit, and it was known inside and outside the court.

And the bigwigs in the DPRK and China are even more aware of the relationship between them and the Ning Domain, and this time it is really hard work.

As early as the tenth day of the first month, the emperor issued a holy decree to transfer the imperial eunuch Zhang Yong as the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, and managed the middle army of the Shenji Battalion and the right of the Shenji Battalion.

However, then several decrees were issued, the former imperial horse eunuch Xu Zhi transferred the head of the army to manage the Fenwu camp, and the imperial horse eunuch Wang Run transferred the internal official supervisor to the eunuch. And Ma Yong, the eunuch who was set up by the division, became the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor - that is, the second in command of the imperial horse supervisor, and Liu Jin, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, was in charge of the 5,000 battalions of the second division of the Chinese army.

This is the first large-scale transfer of internal officials after the little emperor ascended the throne, and the entire imperial horse prison was replaced, which seems to be not tactful at all, and bluntly expresses his intention to replace the old man of the Hongzhi Dynasty.

In terms of personnel arrangement, it tactfully allowed Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, and Ma Yongcheng to form ingenious checks and balances.

The internal officials restrain each other so as not to dominate the family, which is what the foreign ministers are happy to see, and no one wants to have such an old thing as Wang Zhen, the great eunuch of the Yingzong Dynasty, but the foreign ministers also have to sigh, the little emperor's imperial heart is becoming more and more refined.

And on Wang Shouren's reward, the foreign ministers also saw the little emperor's profound skills in Tai Chi, cheating, and unreasonableness.

Although the government admits that this crackdown on bandits is extraordinary, so what, as early as the early years of the national dynasty, the military department set the rules: "The first merit is the fourth: the north is the greatest, the east of Liaodong is second, the west and Miao man are second, and the mainland is second." ”

No matter how extraordinary it is, no matter how important it is to attach importance to the feudal rebellion, this time, it can only be the mainland anti-coward.

The cabinet unanimously agreed that Wang Shouren was originally a positive fifth grade, and this time he was very worthy of him by raising the first rank to the fourth grade, and he should only be rewarded with some money and silk, and he should be evaluated for excellence or something.

The little emperor said that from this crackdown on bandits, it can be seen that Wang Qing can be civil, martial and good at making decisions.

At the same time, he also said that when his father was there, he praised Wang Hua, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, many times, as a cabinet minister, and now Wang Hua can be promoted to a scholar of the East Pavilion University and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and he will enter the cabinet as an auxiliary minister.

For a while, there was an uproar, because the three pavilion elders did not want anyone to enter the cabinet again, and all the officials under him spoke out against it, and the excerpts flew to the little emperor's desk like snowflakes.

Liu Jin hated Wang Hua for not knowing how to lift, so he made some moves when he handed over the fold.

The little emperor was upset when he saw the excerpts in front of him that impeached the father and son of the Wang family, and kicked over the piles of folds like a hill, and he didn't look at them at all.

The DPRK and China fell into a tug-of-war, the little emperor did not let go, all the twists and turns that said Wang Hua were good or bad, and the cabinet also said that if the emperor insisted on making a decree, the cabinet would be closed.

Mrs. He stepped on such an opportunity, put on her three-grade edict crown dress again, and led her delicate and weak granddaughter and young and ignorant great-grandson to the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to complain.

Yes, among the three divisions, she did not choose the Dali Temple where the complainant went most often, and did not choose the criminal department where her son was previously located and had the most acquaintances, but chose a very untouched Metropolitan Procuratorate.

What kind of place is the Randu Inspectorate, that is the base camp of the imperial historians.

A lady with silver hair, haggard but resolute eyes, stood beside a timid girl with a thin body as if a gust of wind could blow away, a sad and sickly face, and a tiger-headed boy with tears in his eyes and a aggrieved face.

As soon as this picture appeared in front of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it immediately attracted the attention of the imperial historians with a strong sense of justice.

What Mrs. He said was that in the Songjiang Tongwa case, Wang Shouren was a messenger, but he acted unfairly, because he was the teacher of Shen Rui, the son of Shangshu of the First Criminal Department, he wantonly shielded the Shen clan, reversed black and white, fabricated evidence, and framed the He family.

Hearing that it was Wang Shouren's perversion, the imperial historians had bright eyes one by one, and took turns to talk to Mrs. He, and hurriedly went back to concoct the ballamp.

When the news came back to the Shen Mansion, the third master was so angry that he threw the teacup directly and scolded: "Demon woman, shameless!" ”

Shen Quan, Shen Lian, Lu Sanlang and the others couldn't bear it, and they scolded one after another.

Shen Rui also hated the root of his teeth, although he expected that it would be impossible for Mrs. He not to spread rumors, but he never expected that she would implicate Wang Shouren.

Teacher, this is a real sword and a real gun to fight out of the military feats, his father and son were originally jealous of the court bosses, if they were impeached and not promoted because of the slander of this old witch, it would be a great grievance. Shen Rui tore her heart alive at the moment.

Because of the importance of the matter, this time Du Laoba personally disguised himself as a vegetable farmer and entered the Shen Mansion to deliver the letter.

At this time, he was also in the study, waiting for the Shen family to give him further instructions, his face trembled, his eyes were fierce, and his words were vicious: "Second son Shen, if you send a word, a certain family will go and let the old pig and dog no longer bark nonsense." ”

Without waiting for Shen Rui to speak, Shen Lian hurriedly opened his mouth to stop: "Eighth Master, you can't do it!" It's easy to clean up this old witch, but at this time, if you abolish her, it seems that our family is weak and about to die. ”

Du Laoba pondered for a moment, and then said: "A certain family has also heard about that case, and knows that three masters of the Shen family were killed by the He family and suffered a great punishment, as if the He family still wanted to make money and kill them, if someone else found someone to disperse these, just look at the old pig and dog, and then say that he wronged the He family." ”

Shen Quan slapped the table and applauded: "It should be like this!" I can't stand this bird's anger! If she goes back tomorrow, I will confront her and ask her, He Er's forgetting eight lambs personally admitted in the hall that she had calculated my five rooms and calculated my second brother, causing my second brother to be tortured, and his arm and future were broken! How did it get into her mouth and frame the He family! I want to ask her if she is still shameless, but she dares to swear to the sky, but she is not afraid of thunder and thunder that day! ”

Shen Lian was also very excited and said: "The entire Songjiang has suffered, the Shen family has been looted, but only a few worthless shops in his He family have been robbed, this is also a false accusation of the He family?" Everyone in the world is blind and stupid, and she can't just listen to her mouth! ”

If Du Laoba got the military order, he solemnly responded and wanted to carry it out.

Shen Rui hurriedly stopped him, "I really need you to spread some words, but it's not how the Shen family was framed by the He family." ”

Shen Rui looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Du Laoba, and said slowly: "You are going out to mention the imperial historians, this time to send the Qin Mission, it is the emperor's hand-picked candidate." And Lord Wang Shouren is just a deputy envoy, and the internal official Zhang Yong and Zhang Gonggong are the main envoys! ”

The room suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Shen Rui in a daze.

The third old man frowned, and spoke first: "Do you want to use the emperor's appointment to deter the Imperial Procuratorate, and use Gonggong Zhang to remove the attention of the imperial history to Wang Bo'an, or do you want to provoke Gonggong Zhang to deal with the He family?" ”

Shen Rui said: "Both." But mostly the latter. ”

The internal officials have never been monolithic, on the contrary, the struggle is far more tragic than that of the court, and the means are more inferior.

If Liu Jin wants to sit firmly in the top spot, he has to think of stepping on this Zhang Yong, who has real military merits and can take away his power.

And now Zhang Yonggang has been promoted to the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and has become the second in command among the eunuchs in the inner court, this ass is not yet hot, and he can't make a single mistake, if he comes out at this time to impeach him for favoritism and fraud in judging the case unfairly, it will be to send the handle to Liu Jin.

How could Zhang Yong allow this to happen! Naturally, he had to do everything possible to convict the He family as soon as possible.

Shen Rui's eyes were cold, Mrs. He, this time, I will let you taste what it is like to lift a stone and hit your own feet, and let you put a life talisman on the He family by yourself.

Over there, Du Laoba immediately packed the ticket, and definitely spread the word that Gonggong Zhang was the envoy of the Qin mission all over the capital, and he would also quickly spread the words of the He family saying that the Qin mission was biased to Zhang Yong in the palace.

Sure enough, within two days, the case was quickly concluded.

After investigation, He Nan Shengli communicated with the Japanese and led the Japanese into the city to plunder; instructing his servants to kill the servants; false accusations of mutilation; Cheating in scientific examinations. Judgment, decision.

After investigation, He Dongsheng was aware of the rebellion and hidden; Lynching, torture and imprisonment resulted in the death of a hired worker. Sentence, hanging.

After investigation, He Yansheng passed through the Japanese and led the Japanese into the city to plunder. Abduction of the population. Because he was on the run, he issued a sea fishing paper.

After investigation, He Yongli communicated with the Japanese and led the Japanese into the city to plunder. Judgment, decision.

The case was severe, and several people involved in the case were beheaded by men over the age of 14, and men under the age of 14 and their dependents were exiled for 3,000 miles, with no family property.

After investigation, Zhang Yaozu passed through the Japanese and led the Japanese into the city to plunder; attacked the prefect's yamen, plotted to assassinate Qincha, and conspired against him. Sentence, Ling Chi.

After investigation, Yan Baowen and the Japanese led the Japanese into the city to plunder; attacked the prefect's yamen, plotted to assassinate Qincha, and conspired against him. framed false accusations and persecuted the three sons of the Shen family. Sentence, Ling Chi.

For the felony of rebellion, the Zhang clan and the Yan clan were punished, and the men of the He clan who were over 14 years old were beheaded, and the men under the age of 14 were exiled for 3,000 miles, and the female dependents were confiscated into the sect as slaves, and their family property was confiscated.

After investigation, He Beisheng cheated on the scientific examination. Because the He family has been separated, it is not among the Dongsheng and Nansheng families. sentenced, took away his fame, and exiled 3,000 miles (to Hainan).

After investigation, He Pingsheng, scientific research fraud, generation of essays. sentenced, took away his fame, and was deposed as a minor official in Liaodong.

After investigation, Shen Zhu and Shen Lu were confused and mediocre, taken by traitors, played for tigers, sentenced, had no family property, and were exiled to Yunnan for 2,000 miles.

At this point, the case was finally concluded.

(End of chapter)