Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Shen Zheng said two things lightly.

The first thing is: "The Junior Minister of the Imperial Guards was ordered by the Emperor to be under house arrest."

The second thing is: "Prime Minister Cui's residence is currently surrounded by troops from Jingzhao Prefecture."

Jiang Zhiming and Wei Xiyu looked over together, surprise in their eyes.

She is indeed worthy of being called Lord Shen... She turned two perfectly good things into serious crimes of confiscating property and exterminating the entire clan.

Wu Ti was horrified and asked almost subconsciously, "What did he, they do wrong?"

Shen Zheng raised her eyebrows slightly, and understood in her heart.

After getting the answer, she felt bored and kept silent.

Jiang Zhiming rolled his eyes, first glancing at the jailer, then coughing lightly. "Um, Wu Ti. You should admit to the case of Lin Yan's father. Lord Shen didn't lie just now, and now it's all over the capital. Instead of being clueless, you should do as Lord Shen said... confess and get leniency! This will save the Ministry of Justice from running around and tiring them out, and then adding a higher level of guilt to your sentence."

There was a hint of disbelief on Wu Ti's face.

how come?

How could anyone from Jingzhao Prefecture dare to touch Prime Minister Cui?

"Oh, what are you waiting for?" Jiang Zhiming continued to add fuel to the fire: "Now that the victim has come to our door, if Minister Luo leads his men to conduct a thorough investigation, they will be able to find out the truth about you in just a few days. Why are you still insisting on holding on?"

Wu Ti slowly raised his head and looked at Shen Zheng: "I want to see Minister Luo."

He must verify those two things personally.

Shen Zheng spread her hands: "I can't be the boss of Minister Luo."

"Then I'll see him first!" Wu Ti's emotions were about to collapse. "You come to interrogate me? Who do you think you are? Even if you want to confess, I won't admit it to you!"

Shen Zheng rolled her eyes, supported herself on the table and stood up.

"No one wants to interrogate you." She scoffed. "You can talk about it or not."

For her, it was enough to know who Wu Ti was.

Jiang Zhiming also stood up and said with a smile, "Wu Da... Oh no, the prisoner Wu Ti. I'm not here to interrogate you, I just came to see you."

You are such a sinister villain. I feel relieved to see that you are not having a good time!

Wu Ti was stunned and turned to look at Wei Xiyu, as if asking: What about you?

Wei Xiyu slowly took out a memorial from his arms and handed it over.

Wu did not accept the question.

Wei Xiyu smiled his first smile since entering. "This is the report I wrote by lamplight on the night of the inspection. It's stamped with the prison seal. You can judge for yourself whether it's true or not."

Seeing the format of the memorial, Wu Ti's fingers began to tingle uncontrollably - it was a memorial requesting merit.

He took it with trembling hands, opened it, and ran his fingers over the words on it, word by word.

The room was not bright, so he read very slowly, but no matter what, there is an end to everything.

The wick crackled, making a noticeable sound in the silent room, and his vision darkened for a moment.

Suddenly, he threw away the report as if frightened, and shouted fiercely: "You lied to me!"

How could Wei Xiyu possibly ask for merit for him? How could he possibly ask His Majesty to transfer him from the Capital Water Conservancy Bureau?

If it’s fake, it must be fake!

"This must have been written just before you came!" he cried hoarsely.

The chains clanged, reverberating back and forth in the already small stone chamber. The jailer frowned fiercely, tightened the shackles on his hands, and shouted, "Keep your voice down!"

"Impossible..." Wu Ti really whispered.

He unconsciously curled his legs up on the bench, looking at the discarded and scattered reports, muttering: "How could you possibly ask for credit for me? You clearly want to suppress me forever..."

If he knew that Wei Xiyu would take credit for him, would he still take the risk?

At this moment, he thought - maybe he wouldn't.

"What a mean mind!" Jiang Zhiming spat. "I knew it that day. Lord Wei really misplaced his sincerity by asking for credit for you, an ungrateful bastard."

He stepped forward, picked up the report, wiped it, and put it in his arms: "Fortunately, I didn't let you get promoted, otherwise I would be really upset... Hey - what are you doing!"

"Mine!" Wu Ti lunged at him, but was instantly pinned back by the jailer, leaving only his hands dancing wildly in the shackles. "That's the report requesting merit for me. Give it back to me!"

Shen Zheng sneered.

Jiang Zhiming was afraid of being hit by the shackles, so he staggered back to the door. He slapped his chest with lingering fear and said, "Are you crazy?"

He's already in jail, yet he's still thinking about asking for merit and promotion...

What a lunatic.

As he was speaking, he suddenly heard footsteps in the corridor. He turned around and saw that Luo Bizhi had come in person.

Could it be that they were making too much noise?

Without time to think, he quickly opened the door and bowed, "Why did Minister Luo come here in person?"

Wei Xiyu and Shen Zheng looked at each other and walked out of the visiting room together, leaving Lin Yan alone in the room.

"I have already got some clues about this old case from three years ago." Luo Bizhi walked in with his hands behind his back and looked at Wu Ti with the eyes as if he was looking at a dog.

Jiang Zhiming exclaimed in his heart, "Wow!", thinking that he really deserved to be the head of the Ministry of Justice. If he had this ability, he would probably be able to become a minister at least.

He pointed at Wu Ti and complained, "Minister Luo, Wu Ti just said he wanted to tell us everything about his past, but...he would only do so if he saw you."

Luo Bizhi turned his eyes slightly and looked at Shen Zheng.

Shen Zheng: Looking at me again?

"That's exactly what he said," she said.

"Okay then." Luo Bizhi called the jailer, "Take him to the interrogation room."

After saying this, he looked at Lin Yan, who was silently crying, and said in a slightly slower tone: "Please stay, I will definitely give you an explanation."

Lin Yan's tears fell on the stone ground, and he gritted his teeth and nodded.

Shen Zheng and the other two stood in the corridor, watching Wu Ti being led past by the jailer.

Compared to when he was first brought here, he seemed to have lost his soul. He no longer greeted the others, nor did he smile to provoke Lin Yan. Instead, he was like a walking corpse, and even his steps became slow and heavy.

Looking at his back, a tear rolled down Wei Xiyu's eye and disappeared in a flash.

Shen Zheng accidentally glanced at it and sighed silently.

There is one more sad middle-aged man in this world...

......

Shen Zheng and Jiang Zhiming comforted Wei Xiyu all the way, but the effect was not very significant.

Outside the criminal department, Shen Zheng sighed again as she watched Wei Xiyu stepping into the carriage in a daze.

Jiang Zhiming also sighed and whispered, "The Lin Jiaomu case hasn't been fully investigated yet, but Lord Wei is already in such a hurry to leave. It seems Wu Ti has truly broken his heart."

Shen Zheng pursed her lips and said nothing.

Wei Xiyu was quite confused.

He ignored the present and failed to clear the name of the deceased, but instead indulged in sorrow due to betrayal by his subordinates.

So it’s not good for a person to be too sentimental.

"master!"

Just as he was thinking about it, a man came galloping over on horseback. After getting off the horse, he said to Jiang Zhiming, "Someone from the Ministry of Personnel is here. It seems, it seems that he wants to entrust you with something."

Jiang Zhiming never expected that the appointment would come so soon. He was surprised and scared when he heard the news.

"Come, come, come...Which sir is coming?"

The messenger, breathing heavily, said, "Minister Xu, Xu, Xu of the Ministry of Personnel, has arrived in person!"