The squad leader went to the Yamen to call for help.
After a while, a group of government servants walked out quickly, surrounded by a man in official uniform.
The man didn't look very old, more than thirty years old. His white face and beard didn't make him look like a martial artist, but more like a gentle and elegant scholar.
"I am the official historian of Huai'an County. I wonder how many of them are from the imperial capital?"
Song Xuan turned over and dismounted, looking at the man up and down, but saw that the man was not panicked at all, and even had a scholarly character that was neither humble nor overbearing.
Xuan Yiwei's reputation in the official circles was not good. The civil servants both hated and feared Xuan Yiwei, and most of them kept a respectful distance from him.
It was obvious that the Huai'an County Dianshi was somewhat resistant or even repelled by the arrival of Song Xuan and other Xuanyi guards.
"Xuanyi Guard Inspection Department, Song Xuan!"
Song Xuan spoke slowly, "I wonder what I call this Master Dianshi?"
"My surname is Ye!"
"Ye Dianshi, right?"
Song Xuan said in a deep voice: "You should also know the reason why we are here. There is no need for polite greetings. Let's handle the case first!"
Hearing Song Xuan's straightforward words, Ye Dianshi was startled at first, but his expression softened a little, and his voice unconsciously softened a bit.
"In that case, please sir, please wait in the yamen first. I will order someone to fetch the files."
Song Xuan nodded and led Song Qian and others into the lobby of Dianshi's office. Without any unnecessary nonsense, they took their seats.
Soon a yamen servant brought tea to him, but Song Xuan just nodded calmly, without any intention of picking up the cup and drinking tea.
Safety is the most important thing when going out. He never drinks tea from strangers in this strange environment.
Song Xuan and others did not drink tea, and Ye Dianshi had no intention of persuading him. He just sat there, as if he was in a state of wandering, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.
Without waiting for too long, several government officials walked quickly into the lobby holding a file.
"Send it to a few adults for a look!" Ye Dianshi ordered.
Song Xuan took the file from the Yamen servant and started reading it directly.
He read at a very fast speed. Before Ye Dianshi could finish a cup of tea, Song Xuan had already read all the files.
The case is not complicated. To put it simply, it is a private adultery case.
The martial arts style prevailed in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the folk customs were relatively open. Not only men could practice martial arts, but women could also practice martial arts. Therefore, the status of women was higher than that of the previous feudal dynasties known to Song Xuan.
In the Zhou Dynasty, women could not only practice martial arts and study, but they could even participate in imperial examinations or martial arts examinations and enter officialdom.
However, no matter how open the people were and how enlightened the court was, it was still just a feudal dynasty with men as the ruling class.
In order to maintain the purity of male blood, the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty punished women extremely severely for adultery.
If a man is found guilty of adultery, he will be whipped thirty times, fined fifty taels of silver, and exiled three thousand miles.
If it is true that a woman has committed adultery, after being verified by the Ministry of Punishment, she will be paraded through the streets and executed!
Even though they were treated differently, no one in the imperial feudal society thought there was anything wrong.
Song Xuan put down the file and looked at Ye Dianshi, "I wonder if Ye Dianshi can describe the case in detail?"
Ye Dianshi frowned slightly, "Isn't everything recorded clearly in the file?"
Song Xuan looked at him quietly, "The files are files, but they are not necessarily facts. I want to hear what Ye Dianshi said personally!"
Ye Dianshi was silent for a moment, waved his hand to the government officials on both sides to step back, and then he spoke hesitantly.
"This case is not complicated, but it involves a struggle at the top. There are some things I can't say. Even if I say it, it may not be true. How about you go to the prison to interrogate the civilian woman who committed the crime in person?"
Song Xuan was a little unexpected. He took a deep look at this person, then nodded and said with a smile: "In this case, Lao Yedianshi will take me to the cell for a walk."
...
Huai'an Prefecture's Sky Prison holds all kinds of death row prisoners. Some of them are criminals who have been sentenced to death by the local government and are awaiting subsequent review by the Ministry of Punishment.
For some, the Ministry of Punishment has already completed the review and is only waiting to be executed by the Queen of Autumn.
In the dark and damp sky cell, desperate roars and cries could be heard from time to time. Some prisoners kept beating the cell door and shouting injustice after seeing Song Xuan and others.
But Song Xuan had no intention of meddling in other people's business. Under the leadership of Ye Dianshi, he went straight to one of the death row cells.
"Sir, this is it!"
In front of the dark and cramped cell, Song Xuan looked in through the gap. He saw a civilian woman whose face could not be clearly seen. Her clothes were stained with blood and she was lying on the ground. Her eyes were dull and she looked up with a look of despair. Prison top.
"Open the cell door!" Song Xuan ordered.
Ye Dianshi hesitated for a moment, but still nodded slightly to the cell leader, indicating to open the door.
"Squeak~~"
As the iron door was opened, Song Xuan, Song Qian, and Lu Xiaoliu filed in, making the already narrow cell seem even more crowded.
As for Daniel and Monkey, they stood outside the cell door consciously, blocking the others out just right. Even Ye Dianshi who wanted to follow in was stopped.
Ye Dianshi's expression changed again and again, but in the end he did not dare to break through.
He really didn't want to see Xuan Yiwei, but he also didn't want to offend the evil spirits like Xuan Yiwei because of a case.
In the cell, Song Xuan looked down at the woman lying on the ground with a numb face, and coughed lightly.
But the woman showed no reaction at all. She didn't care who came to the cell. She kept looking at the roof, as if she had given up completely.
Song Qian frowned when she saw this, stepped forward and pulled her up by her arms, lifted her chin and brought her head to face her.
This forceful approach finally gave the woman a glint of light in her eyes, and her pupils focused on Song Qian.
"Looks like he's not dead yet!"
Song Qian pursed her lips with a satisfied smile and made the woman kneel on the ground. Then she smiled at Song Xuan and said, "Brother, you can start!"
Song Xuan hummed, took out the Xuanyi Guard token and waved it in front of the woman.
"Let me introduce myself first. We are Xuanyi Guards from the Imperial Capital. What do Xuanyi Guards do? I don't need to say more, right?"
Hearing the words "Xuan Yiwei", although this woman had long been desperate and waiting for death, her body still trembled subconsciously.
In the eyes of the common people, the Xuanyi Guards are the offices of the Lord of Hell in the human world, and those Xuanyi Guard Tiqi are the imps under the command of the Lord of Hell.
It is said that if you fall into the hands of these people, you will not be able to survive or die, and even wanting to die is a luxury!
"My officer, Xuanyi Wei Song Xuan, from today on, I will take over your case!"
As he spoke, he slowly knelt down and looked face to face with the woman.
"Ms. Sun Liu, the Huai'an County Yamen has sentenced you to adultery. Now I want to hear the truth. Are you guilty?"
