Being an emperor is not something he can do, so he can only rely on his connections.

Lu Hui sat in the courtroom and shouted sternly, "Who in the hall is beating the drum to complain?"

A young woman knelt tremblingly in the hall and replied with a trembling voice, "Your Excellency, my surname is Yang, my name is Xier, and I am from Hunyuan County."

Liu Yanzhi then asked, "Ms. Yang, what injustice have you suffered? Tell me quickly."

Yang Xier raised her head, tears in her eyes as she spoke, "I am a peasant girl, married to the Tian family in the county town several years ago. However, for some unknown reason, my husband beats me every few days, leaving me covered in bruises. I simply cannot endure this torture, and I have no choice but to come to the court to report it. I beg you to seek justice for me!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yanzhi frowned slightly and asked in surprise, "Tian Cao? Is he the Yunzhou academy student?"

Yang Xier nodded quickly and replied, "That's the man, sir!"

Lu Hui couldn't help but take a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Hiss—Ms. Yang, you know that it is not easy for a scholar to pass the imperial examination. If your complaint against your husband is true, it will definitely have a huge impact on his future."

Yang Xier burst into tears and sobbed, "Your Excellency is not afraid of the powerful and has beheaded a rebel general. You must be a good official who can judge right from wrong. I firmly believe that Your Excellency will make a decision for me and give me peace."

Lu Hui looked embarrassed and said after hesitating for a moment: "Well..."

At this time, the chief clerk came to Lu Hui and whispered, "Sir Lu, in my opinion, this woman's story has not been confirmed. Seeing her delicate figure and good looks, I think Scholar Tian must be quite fond of her. Why don't we follow the usual practice and withdraw from the court for now, and wait for us to have a good talk in the back hall?"

Liu Yanzhi said solemnly, "Absolutely not! Yunzhou students have always valued both academic talent and personal integrity. If this man truly committed such a heinous act as beating his wife, I must reconsider his title of scholar. In my opinion, it would be better to first examine the injured man's injuries."

Lu Hui nodded repeatedly upon hearing this and said, "What Liu Tongzhi said is very reasonable. Without further delay, send someone to invite Sun Yaolang to come here immediately!"

Captain Yang immediately accepted the order and said, "Yes, sir! I'll do it right away!" After that, he turned around and left in a hurry.

……

At this time, at Sun Yaolang's house.

Zhang Jingwei stared in amazement at Mu Tou, who was getting out of bed and pouring himself some water. He couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked in disbelief, "Oh my god, do you have some superpower? In just a few days, you can already walk freely!"

Mu Tou replied casually, "In the past, deep in the mountains, I often engaged in desperate battles with ferocious beasts, so getting injured was commonplace. Even if the injury was more serious, it would only mean lying in bed for a few more days."

Hearing this, Zhang Jingwei couldn't help but give a thumbs-up and exclaimed, "That's amazing! Oh, by the way, why isn't Jiu'er here?"

Mu Tou put down the cup in his hand and slowly replied, "The government officials just took her away. I heard they wanted her to examine a wounded man."

Zhang Jingwei was immediately interested when he heard this, and asked curiously, "Examination? Another case? Don't the government offices have coroners? Why would they let a little girl like Jiuer do this kind of thing?"

Mu Tou patiently explained, "It's said that this time, a woman was injured by domestic violence from her husband. We originally planned to ask Sun Yaolang to come in. However, Sun Yaolang has been away for over half a month and hasn't returned yet. With no other choice, we had to temporarily ask Jiuer to take his place."

Zhang Jingwei touched his chin and nodded thoughtfully: "Hmm... I see. It sounds quite interesting. Well, I'll go and take a look myself..." After saying that, he walked out the door.

Mu Tou hurried forward, stretched out his hand to grab the corner of his clothes, and said anxiously, "Hey, Master, can you settle my monthly salary first? I have something urgent..."

After hearing what Mu Tou said, Zhang Jingwei took out two taels of silver from his pocket without saying a word, handed it directly to Mu Tou, and said generously: "Take it!"

Mu Tou looked at the heavy silver in his hand, his eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Oh, Master, this is too much..."

Zhang Jingwei waved his hand and replied with a smile: "Not much, not much. I will pay you this amount every month from now on. You have to get well soon. Without you by my side, I can't pretend to be cool!"

Mu Tou asked in bewilderment, "Pretend...what?"

Zhang Jingwei quickly covered up and said, "It's nothing, don't worry about it, just have a good rest." After that, he turned around and strode towards the government office.

When Zhang Jingwei arrived at the government office, he found it was already packed with people. The crowd had completely surrounded the entire office, and people were talking about it incessantly.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "It is said that the scholar is going to be stripped of his title!" (The so-called stripping of the title means that the government is going to strip him of his academic title.)

Another person shook his head and retorted, "I don't think so. This kind of thing happens a lot, but I haven't seen any husband being arrested and sent to jail for such a thing!"

At this time, someone else interrupted and said, "Look at that lady, she is really beautiful. If I could marry her, I would not even dare to touch her with my fingers. I would just watch over her like this every day."

Someone nearby immediately laughed and said, "Come on, you'd better just stay and guard that vicious tigress of yours."

The man from before retorted unconvincedly, "Go away, go away! Speaking of tigresses, we can't help but mention a student from our Yunzhou..."

Zhang Jingwei coughed heavily: "Ahem!"

Suddenly, there was a dead silence. Seeing that the people discussing the matter all looked like scholars, Zhang Jingwei scolded them, "You are all students from Yunzhou. How dare you talk nonsense about others in private?"

The scholars all bowed and apologized: "Senior, we are ashamed of your teachings!"

At this moment, someone in the crowd who was close to the inside suddenly shouted, "Look! He finally came out!"

This shout was like thunder, instantly attracting the attention of everyone present, including Zhang Jingwei who was standing nearby.

He followed the crowd's gaze and saw Liu Yanzhi sitting behind the desk in the courtroom. He asked solemnly, "Miss Jiuer, what are the results of this medical examination? Please tell me the truth."

Jiuer nodded slightly, looking embarrassed, and said softly: "In reply to your words, sir, there are so many eyes and ears in this court, and some details are really difficult to talk about in public. I have written down the details of the injured person's injuries on a piece of paper, please take a look." After that, she respectfully presented a piece of paper.

Liu Yanzhi took the paper and unfolded it, his brow furrowed in anger. Lu Hui, standing nearby, also leaned forward to take a look at the injury report. He was also filled with righteous indignation and shouted, "Come on! Dispatch men to Hunyuan immediately. Capture Tian Cao and bring him to court for confrontation!" Following his command, several officers took their orders and left, plunging the court into a tense atmosphere.

The woman had fair skin, a broad forehead, a high nose bridge, and willow-shaped eyebrows. She was extremely pretty. After seeing the woman's face clearly, Zhang Jingwei's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "Sister Yang?!"