At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

Ren Hao walked into the prison, helped Shi up and said, "Marquis Shi Hu, you have suffered."

"As long as the Anyang Li family and the county governor can be brought to justice, my...my suffering is nothing."

"As long as they can be brought to justice, all the suffering I have endured will be worth it!!!" Shi wiped the tears from her face and told Ren Hao all about the evil deeds of the Anyang Li family and the county magistrate.

The Anyang Li family and the county magistrate are extremely evil. Not only did they exploit the common people and oppress retired veterans, they also took all the rewards from Your Majesty and dared to openly accept bribes and let the extremely evil criminals go.

In addition, the county governor's subordinate officials blatantly took possession of women and seized the common people's fertile land and property.

Anyone who disobeys will be charged with false charges and thrown into jail, while the real criminals are free to do whatever they want outside.

"Please, Your Excellency, please help us and seek justice for us!!!" The prisoners knelt on the ground and begged.

"Don't worry, we will thoroughly investigate this matter and give you justice." After Ren Hao expressed his position to the prisoners in the jail, he asked the county magistrate to release all the prisoners in the jail.

"This..." The county guard guarding the prison suddenly hesitated, because he couldn't figure out whether the prisoners inside had really committed crimes or were wrongly imprisoned.

Finally, he had no choice but to say, "Your Excellency, it would be inappropriate to release all the prisoners in this prison. What if there are people who have really committed crimes and take this opportunity to fish in troubled waters and escape?"

"Didn't you hear what Marquis Shihu said? The real criminals are out there doing whatever they want, and the people imprisoned here are all innocent civilians."

"Open the door, let them all in!!!" Ren Hao ordered.

"Yes." The county guard nodded and opened all the cell doors.

All the wronged people inside came out and knelt on the ground to thank Ren Hao, saying that he was a fair and just judge, but Ren Hao waved his hand and told them to thank Shi Hu Hou and his wife.

It was because his wife went to the capital without fear of life and death that the Emperor learned about this matter.

"Your Excellency, the commoner Lin wants to sue the merchant Chen from Anyang!!!"

"He colluded with and bribed the county governor to seize my family's property, killed my son, raped my daughter-in-law, and sold my unmarried granddaughter to a brothel to be a prostitute."

"Please, Imperial Envoy, seek justice for the common people and give my family justice!!!" An old man ran up to Ren Hao, crying and denouncing all the crimes committed by Jia Shang Chen.

"Your Excellency, I want to sue the Anyang Li family."

"I want to sue too..."

Seeing someone taking the lead, these wronged people began to sue Ren Hao.

Not only was Ren Hao unable to hear clearly because of the buzz of conversation, but it was also so noisy that it gave him a headache.

Ren Hao had no choice but to wave his hand to interrupt the crowd's complaints and said to them: "You all go home and reunite with your families first, and come to the county government tomorrow to file a lawsuit. We will definitely give you justice."

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy."

The wronged people kowtowed to Ren Hao to express their gratitude, and then supported each other as they left the prison.

After Ren Hao led Shi out of the prison, Shi couldn't wait to ask Ren Hao to bring Anyang Li and the county magistrate to justice.

But Ren Hao sighed and said, "They have committed suicide out of fear of crime."

"This..." Shi's eyes widened, and her look of originally being very excited to avenge her great hatred suddenly became dejected.

"Although they committed suicide out of fear of crime, those who should be held accountable will still be held accountable, and those who should be dealt with will still be dealt with."

"Tomorrow you will follow another imperial envoy to thoroughly investigate the remaining unjust cases." Ren Hao gave the order temporarily.

"What about you, sir?" Shi asked puzzledly.

"I will set off soon and return to the capital to report." Ren Hao said.

He will no longer be concerned with the remaining mess and unjust cases in Anyang. Li Shiji will handle them all.

After all, the Anyang Li family is his relative, but not his relative.

There's no need for him to stay and get involved and clean up other people's mess.

After explaining everything to Shi, Ren Hao also left the Emperor's Sword directly to Li Shiji.

……

After the bodies of Li and the county magistrate's entire family were collected and loaded onto the execution cart, Ren Hao ordered the imperial guards to sprinkle lime on their bodies to prevent them from stinking and spreading plague on the way back to the capital.

Before Ren Hao returned, Wen Yan did not get angry in the court about the Anyang case.

Although all the ministers in the court had heard about the Anyang case, since the emperor did not mention it, the ministers also did not mention it.

After all, everyone has some guilty conscience, such as exploiting the local county residents and embezzling rewards from retired veterans.

This resulted in the morning court being more dull than ever before, with both the emperor on the throne and the ministers below keeping their mouths shut in silence.

Wen Yan looked at the ministers who kept their heads down and kept their mouths shut, and was the first to ask, "Aren't you usually quite talkative? Why have you all been silent these past few days? Have you all taken a mute drug?"

"Your Majesty, the ministers are afraid of bringing bad luck upon themselves, so they dare not speak carelessly."

The person who stepped out and spoke was none other than Minister Liu of the Ministry of Revenue.

His words also made all the ministers in the court secretly curse this old man, saying that he was really talking about things that were not related to the topic.

Ha ha.

"Is it because they dare not speak carelessly, or is it because someone in the court has something to hide? They are afraid that if they say too much, it will be the next Anyang case."

"For example, did he embezzle the rewards for retired veterans, or did he abuse his power like the magistrate of Anyang County and exploit the local people in various ways?" Wen Yan smiled coldly and glanced at all the officials in the court.

None of the ministers dared to meet Wen Yan's gaze. They buried their heads lower and lower, almost putting their faces to the ground.

"Your Majesty, let the imperial envoy return with his orders."

A guard entered the hall and reported.

"Announce." Wen Yan waved his hand, and the eunuch next to him raised his voice and shouted outside: "Announce, the imperial envoy Ren Hao is here to report back!!!"

The old eunuch's voice was heard outside the palace, and the guards outside the palace shouted to the farther outside: "Announce, the imperial envoy Ren Hao to report back to the court!!!"

Ren Hao, with dozens of imperial guards, escorted the prison cart to the Linde Palace.

Wherever this torture cart passed, it would stir up a foul smell like rotten fish and meat.

The smell was so stinking that the imperial guards guarding outside the palace vomited on the spot.

"What...what's this smell? Why...why is it so smelly?"

The ministers in the hall were talking about it, they could smell the stench from afar.

"Damn it, Ren Hao, did he bring a load of rotten fish and shrimp to the palace?"

Xu Tianyin frowned and covered his mouth and nose.

All the ministers and eunuchs on the scene smelled the stench and covered their mouths and noses in disgust, but the Emperor Wen Yan was the only one who did not cover his mouth and nose.

She knew very well what the smell was, and was glad that Ren Hao understood her thoughts and brought back the bodies of Anyang Li and the county magistrate's family to report.

She had been worried that Ren Hao and Li Shiji might bury the body on the spot before coming back to report.

If he buried the body and came back to report, he would not be able to shock the ministers.

But now it seems that I was totally overthinking it.