Five days later, Ji Qingchuan led his officers and soldiers into the city, escorting fifteen cartloads of large boxes that had been searched from Luohua City, as well as two cartloads of women and children.
The charges against Qiu Kai are three feet thick. Judging from the nature of the cases, there are more than 200 cases of occupying land, amassing money, and seizing shops. There are also many cases of beating others to death and maiming, and there are also cases of rape.
There are even more people who rob civilian girls.
After seeing these heinous crimes, Xiao Muting looked at all the city officials standing in the city guard's office with a gloomy face.
He asked coldly: "You are all officials in the city. Don't you feel that you are derelict in your duty if you allow a sixth-grade official to act so recklessly on the strength of his power in the capital? If I hadn't come here to become the vassal king,
So how do the people in this city live? Do you really want them to become a depressed city like Shezhou City in Lin'an County? Don't you really feel ashamed to be this official?"
The prefect Kang Yanhui was the first to kneel down and said: "I am guilty of this crime!"
Other officials in the city also knelt down and said in unison: "I am guilty of this, too!"
Xiao Muting waved his hand to these people and then said: "I know that some of you will feel unjust, but look at this thick charge sheet, the people who were persecuted, when they were suffering, they called Tiantian
No, how do you feel when the earth becomes inoperable? You are all the parents and officials of the people!"
The officials below lowered their heads, and many of them looked ashamed.
Xiao Muting breathed out again: "I just heard something about Qiu Kai's behavior before entering the city. I thought he was irredeemable, but I really didn't expect that he was so hateful.
, you can do such cruel harm to the people in the city just for your own selfishness. Have you seen the women and children in the two carriages entering the city? You know, these women are all innocent women from ordinary people's homes. But now?
, not only were they physically persecuted, but they were also psychologically hit, and there were also a few idiots. Think about them, if they were your daughters and sisters here, would they really tolerate this kind of thing happening and turn a blind eye to it?
Ask!"
"I know I was wrong!" someone below said.
Xiao Muting glanced at them again and nodded lightly: "Everyone, please get up. I am not here to accuse you today. I just want you all to know and understand that although I have taken over Cangque County.
, but the governance of the cities in the county requires all the adults to work together to make changes. We can no longer let people like Qiu Kai disgrace us officials and let the common people scold us to clear our names.
, we must start from ourselves, improve the bad atmosphere in the city, be an upright people's official, truly be a good official who benefits the people, even if he does not get the people's umbrella, at least he cannot let the people scold him, no
."
All the city officials who stood up clasped their fists and saluted, saying: "I will obey the order of King Chen! I will definitely keep it in mind."
"It is not my king's order, and there is no need for you to keep these words of my king in mind. Ask yourselves, what was your original intention when you obtained the title? After so many years as an official, have you realized your ideals and ambitions at that time, and become an official who is loved by the people?
, is it really that difficult?" After Xiao Muting finished speaking, he stood up and strode out of the Yamen.
Kang Yanhui immediately followed him out of the Yamen Mansion and respectfully escorted him onto the carriage.
Xiao Muting opened the curtains and looked at Kang Yanhui: "Qiu Kai's case must be dealt with seriously and no omissions can be tolerated. The case must have results. I don't want to see people complaining about injustice again."
"I understand and will do my best to investigate and deal with it," Kang Yanhui said respectfully.
"Prefect Kang, I believe you can do it. The atmosphere in Cangque County must be changed, do you understand?" Xiao Muting said in a deep voice.
"Please rest assured, His Majesty King Chen, I will do my best!" Kang Yanhui replied loudly.
He really felt that hope had arrived.
At this time, in a house on Anping Street in the west of the city, Su Han was taking three senior brothers and assistants from Huichun Hall to treat the woman and child who had just been rescued.
There were more than a dozen medicine stoves placed in the open space in the courtyard, with medicine jars sitting on each of them, all of which were boiling medicine.
There were also sounds of children crying and women coaxing children softly from inside the house.
Meng Dong found Gu Muyun, who was seeing a doctor, and said with a serious look: "Brother, it's not possible to continue like this. There are several doctors and patients whose treatment time must be more than three months to be effective, and there are two other hours.
The children's condition is more serious, and one of them may be incurable."
Gu Muyun looked at him: "Junior Brother Meng means that there will be no more treatment?"
"No, we should find a more suitable place to stay. The environment here is still a bit complicated and not suitable for recuperation." Meng Dong nodded to him.
Gu Muyun breathed a sigh of relief: "You don't have to worry about this. His Royal Highness and Princess Chen will make arrangements. We only need to diagnose all these people. Those who are not sick will be sent to the Yamen for their families to pick up.
If you are sick, someone will fund the diagnosis and treatment, so don’t worry.”
Meng Dong could only nod, turned and left.
Su Han was in the inner room, examining a woman and asking her to get up from the examination bed. Today, she was wearing women's clothing because of the diagnosis of these women. It was also to make these tortured women relax and cooperate with the diagnosis.
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Su Han walked to the table on the side and sat down, took up a pen and wrote the prescription, and said in a soft voice: "Girl, don't worry, take three doses of this prescription, and your body will recover. When you go back with your family, you will be well."
Recuperate, it’s nothing serious.”
The woman plopped down and knelt down in front of her, crying and begging: "Please help me, my little girl has no relatives. Even if someone comes to take her, she will be a distant relative of the family. But now that I have become like this, they will not
He will let me continue to live, even if he takes me back, he will still be unable to survive. Instead of doing this, I would like to ask my benefactor to let my daughter live a life, pretending that she has never seen me, and let me go..."
Su Han didn't stop writing. When she finished speaking, she also finished writing the prescription, and then put down the pen.
She stood up and stretched out her hand to help the little girl up: "Girl, you have really thought about it. You know, many bones were dug up in the yard where you live. I really want to attribute you to these dead people."
, you will no longer be able to live with your original identity."
The girl wiped the tears on her face with the back of her hand, and said firmly: "Rather than hide my name, I don't want to live like this anymore. It's obvious that I am the one who was harmed, but this world will not let people like me live.
, but I don’t want to die, because I don’t think I did anything wrong..."
"Girl, you are indeed right. If you really don't want to go back with those so-called relatives, I have a way." Su Han nodded to her and smiled.
"Please help me!" The girl was about to kneel down again, but she held her back.
Five days later, a public trial was held in Baifeng City, and the people on trial were people from Qiu Kaiyi's mansion. There were onlookers from three floors outside, and almost everyone from Baifeng City came, and there were constant shouts and curses at the scene.
, some even threw rotten eggs, stones and other debris at the inmates of Qiu Kaiyi Mansion.
In the end, Qiu Kai and his son were sentenced to death and executed immediately. Mrs. Qiu and the other children in the mansion were sentenced to ten years of hard labor in a harsh place. The whole Baifeng City burst into cheers, and some even set off firecrackers in the street to celebrate.
Some people even took the lead in shouting: His Royal Highness, King Chen, is wise!