After Cheng Feng led the people away, Nangong Yuanyi said again: "Deputy Commander Fang, do all the cases handled by our Yamen in previous years have files?"
Fang Min didn't know why, so he had to answer: "Although we are patrolling the city, we naturally do our best to do things for the people, keep the place safe, and also receive salary from the court. What we do must be traceable."
They had supplemented the information on the Qingxintang case. After Captain Wang ordered someone to report back, they rushed to put together a complete set of explanations. Anyway, there was no proof.
"Here comes someone." Nangong Yuanyi said in a deep voice.
"What are your orders, sir?" It was Vice Captain Li who answered Nangong Yuanyi, because Captain Wang was kneeling on the ground.
"Go and pick out ten case files at random."
Vice Captain Li quickly went there with his people. When he came back, he brought the Yasi who was organizing the files: "This is Mr. Cao from the archives. If you have any questions, just ask him."
Nangong Yuanyi nodded, Vice Captain Li was quite clever.
Nangong Yuanyi ordered someone to bring up the table, lined it up, and put the ten files on it, including the Qingxintang case. There were eleven files in total. He also brought in eleven people who were watching, all of them were Learned scholars, or scholars, some of them teach in academies, and some are well-known accountants.
Nangong Yuanyi knows them all. As for why he knows them, it all depends on the fact that he used to hang out in Kyoto. He has no knowledge and skills, so he naturally knows them.
Now that he has become an official, these scholars are also selling him out, and they all salute and say hello to him.
Nangong Hao naturally recognized these people. Apart from Taifu Wen, these people still had a high reputation in Kyoto.
If you are registered as emperor in the future, you will have to rely on these people with ink in their bellies to spread the word, so I would rather offend the generals than offend these literati. Their pens are sometimes more useful than swords and sticks.
At this time, Nangong Hao actually greeted the eleven scholars sitting here politely, still gentle and unsmiling.
An Xiyue watched from the side, not knowing what kind of medicine Nangong Yuanyi was selling in the gourd. Looking at Nangong Hao again, he still knew how to capture the hearts of people who were valuable, just like in his previous life.
Everyone was also puzzled. They couldn't understand what Nangong Yuanyi was doing.
After these things were done, Cheng Feng and others had returned. Ten people were there, each holding a large stack of books, most of which were already covered in dust.
"Mr. Cao, were all the eleven files on this case compiled by you?" Nangong Yuanyi asked.
Mr. Cao stepped forward, read the names on the cover and said, "Eight of them are yes, and three of them are not."
"Which three, look carefully." Nangong Yuanyi seemed to ask some irrelevant questions.
"I did not organize the Qingxintang case. This fishmonger case and Widow Liu's case were cases many years ago. They were decided by the previous Mr. Zhu, but it should be ten years ago."
"Do you remember the case ten years ago so clearly?" Nangong Yuanyi asked.
"I have sorted through thousands of files in the Yamen. I am not bragging. I can memorize them all by heart just by looking at them. That's why I am qualified for the post of Chief Secretary of the Yamen."
"If you look carefully at Xintang's case, it's really not your fault."
"No, my handwriting is not neat either. I have a habit of liking numbers. All the cases that come through my hands are numbered by year and month. Sir, please see that the number is on the lower right corner of the cover, and it is tattooed by me. The number embroidered on it is unique, and the Qingxintang case has no pattern on the cover."
