Half an hour later, the constable who went to Yuelai Inn to search came in from outside.

"Mr. Xu, we found this package in the room of Yuelai Inn and Xu Feiyang." said the detective Zhen He.

"Xu Feiyang, do you have something to say?" Xu Feng asked.

"Sir, I got the money." Xu Feiyang said.

"What did you pawn? How much money did you get?" Xu Feng asked again.

"The young scholar pawned a jade pendant and got fifty taels of silver... a total of one tael of silver, plus three hundred and eighty copper coins." Xu Feiyang said.

"Open the package and see how much silver there is!" Xu Feng said.

"Mr. Xu, there are 148 taels of silver and 620 copper coins in it." Zhen He said after checking it.

"Xu Feiyang, why do you have one hundred taels of silver in your package?" Xu Feng asked.

"Big, sir, little, little student, I don't know why this is happening." Xu Feiyang said in a panic.

"The collusion between officials and businessmen and bullying a thirteen or fourteen-year-old underage, not killing it is not enough to vent anger." Chen Yu was furious and found the official official in Erqiao County. After showing the official seal, he asked the other party to mobilize fifty constables...

Half an hour later, Wei Cai and four constables returned to the county government from outside.

"Mr. Xu, we followed Wei Cai and found this dagger under a big tree outside the city." said the detective Zhang Hu.

"Check, is the dagger a weapon?" Xu Feng said.

Coroner Zhang Yuancheng took the dagger, gestured on the corpse a few times, and then said, "Mr. Chen, this dagger is a weapon."

"There are all evidences and physical evidence, Xu Feiyang, can you admit your guilt?" Xu Feng shouted.

"Sir, I didn't kill anyone, I didn't kill anyone..." Xu Feiyang said incoherently.

"Put down and beat him until he confesses guilty." Xu Feng said.

"Do it!" Chen Yu shouted.

"Yes, magistrate." Geng Zhong, a clerk in Erqiao County, responded and signaled the surrounding constables to arrest people.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?" Xu Biao asked in disbelief after being caught by two constables.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Biao, Wei Cai, Xu Bo, Xu Feng and Xu Jiang were all taken down by the constable.

"Wei Wu, do you want to rebel?" Xu Feng shouted. He was the magistrate of Erqiao County. In the entire Erqiao County, he had the highest official title. The constable under his command actually took him down. What was it if he was not rebelling?

"The magistrate is here!" Geng Zhong shouted loudly.

"Master, Lord?"

"The magistrate is here?"

"When did the magistrate come?" Everyone inside and outside the hall looked puzzled.

Chen Yu walked in with great strides, sat on the chair in the hall, picked up the gavel and slapped it, and said coldly: "Xu Feng, Xu Biao, Xu Bo, Xu Jiang, Wei Cai, are you guilty?"

"Mr. Chen, what is the crime of the subordinate official?" Xu Feng asked gritted his teeth.

"Drag him down and beat him until he confesses guilty!" Chen Yu said.

"Yes!" The two yamen runners responded, dragged Xu Feng outside the hall, waved the water and fire sticks hard, and started to beat them hard.

"Ahhhh!" A series of screams came from outside the hall.

"Xu Biao, do you know your guilt?" Chen Yu asked.

"Sir, the grass-roots people are not breaking the law." Xu Biao said.

"Drag on and beat him until he confesses guilty." Chen Yu said.

"Yes!" Two more soldiers came out and dragged Xu Biao out.

"Xu Bo, do you know your guilt?" Chen Yu asked.

"Sir, the grass-roots people have always abide by the law..." Xu Bo said slowly.

"Drag it out and beat him until he confesses guilty." Chen Yu said.

"Yes!" The two officials put Xu Bo out.

"Xu Jiang, have you pleaded guilty either?" Chen Yu asked with a smile.

"Sir, the grass-roots people have not violated the law." Xu Jiang said. The master did not even plead guilty. How could he plead guilty?

"Okay, drag him out and beat him until he confesses guilty." Chen Yu said.

"Yes!" The two yamen runners nodded and responded.

"Wei Cai, I know clearly what you have done. Think about it carefully. If I hadn't mastered the evidence of the crime, would I have attacked a county magistrate?" Chen Yu asked with a smile.

Wei Cai felt nervous and said in a daze: "Grand, sir, I, I confess my guilt."

"What have you done, come from the real tricks." Chen Yu said.

"Sir, Xu Biao gave me five taels of silver and asked me to come out of the hall to accuse Xu Feiyang of killing Zhang Erqiao." Wei Cai said.

"Where is the silver?" Chen Yu asked.

"Xu Biao gave Cao Min two taels. After the matter was done, he would give Cao Min three taels. In addition to me, he also hired three people." Wei Cai hurriedly took out two taels of silver from his arms.

"Bring those three people up." Chen Yu said.

"Yes!" Geng Zhong nodded, signaled to the constable outside, and brought the other three people in.

"Who is in the hall?" Chen Yu shouted.

"Li Dahu, a grass-rootsman, has met the prefect."

"The grass-roots Wu Aman has met the prefect."

"Zhou Dayin, the grass-rootsman, has met the prefect." The three young men said in panic.

"What have you done, come from the real tricks." Chen Yu said.

"About an hour ago, Xu Biao gave me two taels of silver..." Li Dahu said.

Wu Aman and Zhou Dayin agreed continuously.

"Let them sign and seal it." Chen Yu said.

"Yes!" Erqiao County Lord Bo Li Yuantu nodded and responded.

"Mr. Chen, this is the evidence of the crime collected by the lower officials..." Zhou Zhengxian, the county magistrate of Erqiao County, took out a booklet.

After looking at the contents in the booklet, Chen Yu said, "Geng Zhong, take someone to verify it."

"Yes, Lord Chen." Geng Zhong nodded and ordered the constable and the yamen runners to investigate.

Half an hour later, more than a hundred people came to the county government and sued the county Xu Feng.

"The magistrate of Erqiao County is breaking the law and pretending to be public and private...all are put in prison, and will be executed at 3 noon tomorrow!" Chen Yu said.

"Mr. Chen, the official is wrong and asks you to be kind to me!" Xu Feng begged for mercy weakly.

"What's the use of knowing your mistake? Can the dead people be resurrected? As the prefect of the Northwest Prefecture and the Northwest Marquis of the Daxia Empire, how could I let you and other unforgivable people be free and easy within the jurisdiction of this official?" Chen Yu said coldly.

"Why don't you take them down?" Geng Zhong shouted.

"From now on, the magistrate of Erqiao County will be temporarily replaced by the county magistrate Zhou Zhengxian. The magistrate of Erqiao County will be temporarily replaced by the lord Bo Li Yuantu. The lord of Erqiao County will be temporarily replaced by the lord Geng Zhong. The lord of Erqiao County will be temporarily replaced by the lord Wei Wu." Chen Yu said.

"Yes, magistrate!" the four of them responded happily.

"With half a year, whoever can be competent for the current position will officially become a magistrate, county magistrate, lord, and clerk," Chen Yu said.

"Yes, magistrate!" The four nodded.

"I will not blame the past for the past. From now on, whoever dares to be corrupt, who dares to blackmail the people, who dares to collude with merchants, who dares to use public service for personal gain...all will be strictly handled according to law. I will do what I say." Chen Yu said in a deep voice.

"The officials dare not." The four of them said quickly.

I left the county government office and returned to the inn for one night. Before dawn the next day, Chen Yu left from the west gate of Erqiao County with two maids.

When winter goes and spring comes, he has to rush back to the government office to preside over the annual government examination.

The imperial examinations of the Daxia Empire were divided into county examinations, state examinations, government examinations, and palace examinations.

Pass the county examination and become a child, pass the prefecture examination and become a scholar, pass the prefecture examination and become a juren, pass the palace examination and become a Jinshi.

The chief examiner of the county examination is the magistrate, the chief examiner of the prefecture examination is the magistrate, the chief examiner of the prefecture examination is the magistrate, and the chief examiner of the palace examination is the emperor.

The unlucky man Chen Feng passed the imperial examination and was promoted to Jinshi in the palace examination. He was appointed as the magistrate of Jinghe County because he gave too little money.

After becoming a Jinshi, you will be awarded an official position. As long as the money is given to you, you can still become an official.

There are only three first-class Jinshi who pass the palace examination every year, only dozens of second-class Jinshis, and only one or two hundred third-class Jinshis.
Chapter completed!