A peasant girl travels through time with a hospital, rising to become an empress.

If someone reports a crime this late, it must be no small case.

Lord Tang abandoned his half-eaten meal and summoned his men to hold court and hear the case.

Afu looked at the remaining food with some regret and quickly followed after them.

Lord Tang sat high on the platform, raising his eyebrows as he looked at the six people below. Today's complainant was quite different from the usual ones.

The six men, dressed in black night clothes, were burly and had fierce-looking faces; they certainly didn't look like victims.

Why are these people dressed in black and coming to the yamen? Are they afraid others won't realize they're not good people?

Lord Tang's voice was authoritative: "Who is there in the hall, and what is the matter you wish to report?"

The leader, Brother Biao, kowtowed repeatedly to Lord Tang, saying, "I am Zhang Biao, and I have come to turn myself in."

Lord Tang's eyes widened in shock. What? He turned himself in?!

Having served as an official for many years, this is the first time I've encountered someone turning themselves in.

Zhang Biao confessed everything about the Wang brothers hiring someone to injure people, detailing every single aspect.

Lord Tang frowned more and more deeply. He had heard about the fierce competition among the vendors in the West Market, but he never expected that a vendor would be so bold as to hire someone to injure someone!

Moreover, the victim involved in the case was Liu Yan's restaurant, Liu Family Restaurant.

Lord Tang recalled Liu Yan's bruised and battered appearance in court, and the resolute look in her eyes when she signed the divorce papers. He could never forget that look. Such a pitiful woman, who had finally been given a new lease on life and was making a living by setting up a stall, was betrayed in this way.

This case must be handled severely!

Lord Tang became angry, and his voice became even sterner, "The Wang brothers are guilty, and you will not escape punishment either. Do you admit it?"

"Please, sir, take us into custody!"

Lord Tang: "..."

Lord Tang detained the men and sent men to arrest the Wang brothers overnight. After everything was settled, he felt hungry and asked Afu to heat up the remaining half bowl of pickled cabbage and sliced ​​pork soup. He ate it all.

Lord Tang felt a little better as he drank the soup.

If only future cases could be handled as simply as they are today.

How wonderful it would be to have hot and delicious meals every night.

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Liu Family New Residence, Qinghe County.

Liu Xiong and Liu Yan drank the hot soup and slowly regained their senses.

Nie Qianqian and Gu Xiao both frowned, deep in thought.

Gu Xiao analyzed rationally, "My mother and uncle are kind to everyone. Apart from Lao Nie's people, they have never made enemies with anyone. The black-clad group you described is well-trained. They must have paid a lot of money to hire thugs. Lao Nie's family might not be willing to spend that much money to do this. I think it's more likely that Liu's restaurant's business is blocking other people's path to wealth, and the vendors in the West Market hired thugs to injure people."

Nie Qianqian nodded; Gu Xiao and she had the same idea.

Gu Xiao: "The vendor who hired the hitman must be selling the same kind of food as Liu's Restaurant, and the food stall must not be small, otherwise they would not have the resources to hire someone to hurt someone."

Gu Xiao's analysis narrowed down the suspects considerably. As long as the situation of the larger food stalls in the West Market was investigated, the mastermind behind it would surely be found.

Gu Xiao's voice was calm and unhurried as he slowly sorted out the situation, which reassured Liu Yan and Liu Xiong.

Nie Qianqian: "I will go to the county government to report the case tomorrow morning. With the help of the government, the truth will come out more quickly."

Lord Tang is a good official who speaks up for the people. Nie Qianqian has been maintaining her relationship with Lord Tang all this time. After such an incident, Lord Tang will definitely help to do his best to find the culprit.

Liu Xiong sighed: "It's just business competition, yet some heartless people have hired thugs to injure others."

Gu Xiao: "Some people will do anything for money."

Nie Qianqian was even more frightened than if she herself had been in danger when she learned about Liu Yan and Liu Xiong's predicament that night. She felt guilty, thinking that if she had been more thoughtful and returned to the village with the two of them every day, this would not have happened.

In reality, it wasn't practical for her to return to the village with the two of them every day. Today, she was held up by an emergency patient. If she didn't treat the patient immediately, his life might be in danger. That's how she was delayed in returning to the village.

A thought popped into her head: she needed to find a few people with good martial arts skills to protect Liu Yan and Liu Xiong; she couldn't let Liu Yan encounter similar dangers again.

Gu Xiao: "I just don't know who saved you?"

Nie Qianqian recalled the people they knew, but none of them had such skills to save Liu Yan and the others.

Everyone was puzzled and couldn't figure it out.

Nie Qianqian: "Don't think about it if you can't figure it out. Since this mysterious person saved you, he is a friend, not an enemy. Mother, Uncle, you have been frightened today, so please get some rest."

The next morning, as soon as Nie Qianqian and her group entered Fulin County, they were met by officials from the county government who came looking for them and told them that the suspect who had tried to injure people on the road the night before had turned himself in.

Nie Qianqian and the others were astonished. They had been planning to report the case to find the whereabouts of those men in black, but they had walked right into a trap. Nie Qianqian deduced that it was related to the mysterious person who saved Liu Yan and the others.

Lord Tang took the case seriously, and the trial proceeded quickly. With the testimony of several men in black, Wang Anji and Wang Anjie had no way to refute the charges and could only plead guilty.

Magistrate Tang, upholding justice, addressed the Wang brothers with stern words and a stern demeanor. His years of experience as an official put the two brothers under immense pressure, making it hard for them to breathe. The two brothers, who were usually eloquent and flattering, dared not utter a single word of sophistry when they were actually in the yamen and in the courtroom, facing the magistrate's official authority.

Watching the two trembling figures, Afu thought to himself: Lord Tang is extremely humble in private, but a lord is a lord. With more than ten years of experience as an official and having been in a high position for a long time, when he really gets angry, what ordinary people wouldn't be afraid?

Lord Tang spoke harshly to the Wang brothers, but was much more lenient with the victims, including Liu Yan and Liu Xiong. He even offered some words of comfort to Liu Yan, telling her to continue running her food stall in the West Market and that he would never let such a thing happen again.

A simple sentence warmed Liu Yan's heart. She knelt down with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly to Lord Tang, saying, "Thank you, Lord Tang."

Lord Tang finished speaking and left, but the clerk standing beside him, the bailiffs on either side, and the clerk recording the case files all pondered those words in their hearts.

Whether it was a casual remark from Lord Tang out of kindness and sympathy, or whether Liu Yan, Nie Qianqian, and Lord Tang had a close relationship, they knew that they couldn't afford to offend Liu Yan's family in the future.

Liu Yan felt even more respect and gratitude for Lord Tang. She would burn three sticks of incense every morning to pray for his good fortune.