The Silent Reforms of Eldridge Chapter 13

Since Zhang Jinlingzi obtained it after receiving the mail from the court, she must look for all kinds of evidence. This task fell on me again. Governor Shen ordered me to go to Fenzhou, Pingyao and Jiexiu counties to collect evidence that Zhang Jinlingzi R@p3d women and stole property. I first came to Pingyao, checked the theft case registration files, and reported the situation in detail. I summoned gentlemen and elders from various villages to inquire in person. These people all said that there were no serious cases of R@p3 and theft in the local area, and they were willing to sign their testimonies. I came to Jiexiu County again to investigate. I used the same investigation method and got the same results.

There are rumors that a case of raping a woman and stealing property occurred in a certain Gongsheng's home. It is said that at that time, the village invited a theater troupe to sing an opera, and Gongsheng's daughters dressed up in beautiful clothes and watched the opera in the yard. A group of robbers rushed in, R@p3d the girl, took off her bow shoes and ran away. I called Gong Sheng over and tried to persuade him again and again. He admitted that the theft was true, but that no female family members had been R@p3d, and he was willing to sign and sign.

I stayed at the Yamen of Niu Yushan, the magistrate of Fenzhou, for a few days. I searched the whole state and found no cases of the legendary R@p3 and murder. I returned to the provincial capital to sell my business and then returned to Shuoping Mansion.

Soon, the Imperial Envoy Minister Longwen of the Ministry of Punishment was ordered to continue investigating the case. Shangshu came to Taiyuan from Fenzhou and lived in the imperial examination house. He asked a tailor to make dry-pointed coats as a pastime every day. Division officers Lin Fu and Cheng Hui interrogated the prisoner, but the prisoner did not admit the R@p3. The minister stayed in the province for more than a month, and finally reported vaguely: "There may or may not have been R@p3 and foot-cutting." At this time, Governor Shen Qixian died of illness, and Yang Guozhen (also known as Hailiang), the Minister of Punishment, took over as the governor of Shanxi. So Long Shangshu handed over the case to the new governor and took the clerk back to Beijing.

After Mr. Yang Hailiang took office, he sent the vassal Zhang Lanjun to re-try the case. Zhang Fantai and Rui Zedai had a disagreement and were determined to reverse the case, so they sent Yu Xie, the prefect of Zezhou, to Pingyao and Jiexiu again to investigate. Magistrate Yu wanted to claim credit in front of the vassal, so he was particularly active. Magistrate Yu used this case to extort money in Jiexiu County, go to the theater and go to prostitutes, and live in debauchery. Magistrate Lin of Jiexiu County was an old official. Although he was very dissatisfied with Magistrate Yu's behavior, because power was in the hands of Magistrate Yu, Magistrate Lin kept silent. Magistrate Yu had lived in Jiexiu for two months, but there was no progress in the investigation of the R@p3 and murder case, and a lot of land was taken away. When Fan Tai reported the case to be closed, it was still settled as an ordinary robbery.