After reading the paper handed over by the officer, Xiao Zheng pondered for a while and did not speak.

Looking at the kneeling woman in the hall again, Xiao Zheng suddenly got up and walked around the desk to her, and instructed the servant: "Go and get a mat and invite the old man to sit down."

"My lord, I can't help it! The woman can ask the adult to redress my son's grievances, how can there be a place for the woman in the lobby," the woman knelt on the ground and waved her hand at Xiao Zheng's voice.

"Old man, since I am for the benefit of the government and the people, I also know a little about medicine, I have taken your case, if the old man doesn't mind, can you let me diagnose your pulse?"

After hearing this, Ye Li choked up and kowtowed again, and said, "Thank you, my lord!" ”

Sitting on the mat, Xiao Zheng checked her pulse, checked her eyes again, and said, "Old man, you are blind due to stagnation of liver qi, and you must be worried about your son." I'll help you prescribe a few medicines first, don't dare to say anything else, there are not a few people who make me look at the medical skills, as little as three days, as much as five days, I can let you see again, and I will pay for your medicine."

After listening to Xiao Zheng's words, Ye Li's tears flowed down the corners of his eyes to his wrinkled face, grabbed Xiao Zheng's hand and said, "My lord, thank you!" My son used to be a famous gentleman in Yangzhou City, and the women believed that he was wronged, and the women were blind from crying."

After seeing the doctor, I asked the old man about his age, and Ye was less than fifty years old. patted the old man's hand and said: "Old man, don't worry, I won't misplace a bad person, nor will I wronged a good person, you live in my house for a few days, and I will give you a satisfactory answer."

Who didn't expect that Xiao Zheng's case was not tried much, but instead used the lobby as a medical hall.

Some of the officials on the station saw that Xiao Zheng was not pretentious in the slightest, and treated the old woman like a filial son to his mother, and many people had a lot of good feelings towards this Shangguan from their hearts.

Instructed Xu Jingzong to arrange the Ye family, and the three of them returned to the back hall, Xiao Zheng looked at Xu Jingzong and asked: "Old Xu, it stands to reason that this woman is suing and going to your Yangzhou to don't drive or assassinate you according to her level, how can she skip the level and run to me?" ”。

Wu Shi Tong coughed dryly and said, "This, Xiao Gong may not know much about everything, but Xu Beijia can tell you the details."

It turned out that a year ago, there was a Ye's medical center in Yangzhou City, and the owner of the medical center, Ye Tianlin, had practiced medicine for three generations, and he was already a very famous gentleman in Yangzhou at a young age.

One night, Ye Tianlin went to find a few friends to drink some wine after seeing a doctor, and on the way back, he passed through Zhujia Hutong, and fell after the alley, at that time he thought that he had drunk too much and didn't care, so he got up and continued to walk.

When he got out of the alley, he was interrogated by the official who chased after him, saying that someone in the alley had been shot in the head and died.

asked his subordinate officials to take Ye Tianlin's case file, only to see that there were still a little dark red spots in the confession in the file, and it was bloodstains at a glance from his own experience.

"What about the murder weapon? Is there torture to extract confessions? Xiao Zheng squinted at the two and said.

Wu Shi Tong saw that Xiao Zheng's face was obviously angry, so he said carefully: "At that time, it was Dou Yun who was the driver of Yangzhou at that time. After he arrived here four years ago, he tried several cases, and then reported them to the imperial court for merit, and at that time the emperor was on the throne, and with his so-called achievements, he was soon promoted to the rank of governor of the capital."

"How many prisoners are still being detained in Yangzhou Prison now?"

Xu Jingzong opened his mouth and replied: "There are a total of 14 prisoners in Yangzhou Prison, including two who are to be executed, and there is Ye Tianlin among them. At that time, the execution file was reported to the capital just in time for the saint to ascend the throne, and then the year was changed to amnesty to the world, otherwise it would be ......."

"With just one confession, I am not afraid of disregarding people's lives for the sake of my official position, how poisonous it is, I X him is a grandmother!"

Xiao Zheng suddenly flipped the case table in front of him to the ground, and couldn't help but curse a famous quote from later generations.

Xiao Zheng angrily pointed at the two of them and said, "As a local parent official, you don't care about the suffering of the people...... and summon all the officials above the county level in Yangzhou to gather in our mansion in seven days."

After thinking about it, it didn't take long for the two of them to come, so they swallowed back the words they wanted to scold.

Seven days later, in the large open space outside the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, dozens of officials above the Yangzhou Prefecture and county level were gathered on one side, and on the other side stood 14 prisoners who had all been taken out of the prison, most of these prisoners were standing in the open space with ragged expressions.

When he returned to the lobby and saw Ye, Xiao Zheng said: "Old man, I have to untie the cloth covering your eyes first, don't open your eyes all at once, and then open your eyes slowly after getting used to it."

Ye Shi squinted for a while, slowly opened his eyes and looked around happily, and when he saw Xiao Zheng, he blinked vigorously and said excitedly: "Are you looking at the patient for the people's women?" Thank you, my lord, the women saw it, the women really saw it! ”。

carried Ye Shi to the square outside the mansion, and suddenly only one of the prisoners shouted: "A-Niang, the child is here, the child is here!" ”

There was a sound of chains, and one of the young men tried to rush over, but was stopped by the officials.

"Let him come over," Xiao Zheng said to the officer.

"My son, you have suffered!" Ye rushed over to hug the young man, and the mother and son immediately hugged and cried.

When the two of them were almost emotionally cathartic, Xiao Zheng walked to the front of the crowd.

Looking at the group of prisoners, he said: "I don't care whether you have committed evil in the past, and I don't care if you have been wronged before, I tell you now, if there is no conclusive evidence to prove that you are guilty, you will confess and detain my son like a fart." If there is full evidence to prove that you are guilty, if you don't say a word, I will also judge you according to the law of the Tang Dynasty! I, Xiao, in the name of a saint today, promise you that from now on, whether you are guilty or not, I will never inflict any more punishment on any of you."

After finishing speaking, he said to Xu Jingzong: "Bring all the things here!" ”

After a while, Xu Jingzong carried over with a few large boxes and a bunch of torture instruments and put them in the open space.

Xiao Zheng turned his head to these officials and continued: "There are a few things in these boxes, two boxes are the files of these prisoners, and the rest are your evaluation records."

As soon as Xiao Zheng finished saying this, he saw that the officials of various prefectures and counties began to discuss with each other regardless of etiquette.

After waiting for a while, seeing that these officials were talking quietly, Xiao Zheng said again: "I don't care how you behaved before, even if you didn't do anything before, I won't blame you in the past." I've only been here for a few days, and I haven't touched a page of the assessment book inside. But from today onwards, if you don't work hard to govern the people under your jurisdiction, don't blame Xiao for being ruthless."

Whether it is a big or small official or these prisoners, everyone looks at the boxes and torture instruments in front of them, and they don't know what this master is going to do.

At this time, I saw Xiao Zheng say to Xu Jingzong: "Prepare!" ”。

I saw only a few servants come over and began to pour oil on the boxes and torture instruments, and took the torch to carry Ye to the torture instrument and said: "Old man, if your son is really wronged, the torch is in your hand, you will burn all these confessions with a fire, and there is also your son's confession here."

"Good!" I saw a smile on Ye's face, but tears flowed down his face.

Xiao Zhenghe helped Ye Shi to throw the torch into the box, and then the flames rose into the sky.

"Thank you, sir!" Ye Tianlin and several prisoners knelt on the ground and cried out.

"Your Excellency is wise!" Dozens of officials also knelt on the ground with a hula la.