"You really understand me," the man sighed, his face full of worry. "I haven't even been in office for half a year and this has happened. The people under me don't care about me as a senior official at all... I have turned a lot of gray because of worrying about closing this case."

"Is there anything Hongxiu can share your worries with?"

As she spoke, the concubine picked up the dried paper on the table, looked at it for a while and asked, "My lord, is this the verdict?"

"Fool, this is a confession."

Tang Yan rubbed her hair lovingly and read out the words, "At the beginning of the wedding banquet, my elder brother returned from abroad. He was quite normal at the entrance of the village, but after a few drinks, perhaps because of the magic, he became like a madman and started killing people at the banquet... The groom and other guests, a total of 27 people, were killed.

When the girl was the only one left, her brother was already exhausted, so she took the opportunity to grab the wine jar next to her and smashed him to death.

After reading a long string, Tang Yan smiled with some pride: "How is it?"

"It's quite perfect, but the wording and sentence structure don't seem to be written by an illiterate peasant woman." Hongxiu said.

"Hey, you still look down on me," Tang Yan pointed at her a few times, and suddenly shook his head, "The nobleman of the Yang family doesn't care about meat or vegetables, even a woman like this...tsk tsk."

Thinking of this, he pushed the concubine away from his arms, stood up, put on his coat, took the confession and walked out.

He suddenly had a bad feeling, and felt that he couldn't delay any longer, or something might happen...

~~

Holding a lantern, Tang Yan came to the front of the cell, raised his hand, and shone the light to Liu Yue, who was staring blankly with her eyes open.

Seeing him coming, the woman's eyes rarely brightened. She bent down and bowed, her voice trembling, "Sir Tang, please do justice for me! Sanlang and Big Brother, they--"

"Okay, okay," Tang Yan glanced down at the graceful figure, his heart moved, and then he said in a gentle and persuasive manner: "Killing your brother is to eliminate harm for the people, and you won't be punished too severely.

Besides, it is not my intention to detain you. How about this, you sign this confession, and I will let you go for the time being to take care of your affairs. "

Hearing this, her eyes widened, tears silently flowed down, and she shook her head desperately: "No, I won't draw, I won't draw... Brother and Sanlang were killed by those people, I didn't kill him!"

"Stop talking nonsense! The physical evidence is here. It's because of you that this case has been delayed until now!" Seeing this, Tang Yan also became angry, "Do you admit it?"

"No, I want justice..."

"Fuck justice, you want to go against the Yang family?!"

"If, if Lord Tang is unwilling to do it..." After a pause, Liu Yue wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and gritted her teeth and said, "Then I will go to the Divine Capital to file a complaint, so that the Saint can give me justice!"

"Don't even think about it!" Hearing this, Tang Yan became anxious and stomped his feet heavily. "I have already closed the case and the verdict has been made. Don't make trouble!"

“No, don’t…”

"Someone is coming!"

After knocking hard on the prison door several times, Tang Yan called over two guards and pointed his finger: "Drag her out and sign here. Hurry!"

"Yes Yes!"

With a bang, the cell door was opened, and two strong guards walked in, each dragging Liu Yue out.

The latter struggled desperately, and with a final bite he bit the guard's hand hard, letting out a cry of pain.

"A fucking crazy woman!"

Snapped!

After cursing, Tang Yan quickly stepped forward and slapped her in the face.

Seeing this, Liu Yue raised her head in disbelief, and something seemed to have broken in her eyes.

After that, she no longer struggled and allowed the guards to force her to press her fingerprints. Finally, she was thrown back into the cell like a used sack.

"Wouldn't it be better if it was like this earlier?" Looking at the bright red handprint, Tang Yan finally nodded with satisfaction, and added in a good mood: "Go out and take care of yourself. Maybe I can find a good place for you."

"..."

The lantern flew away from the cell, leaving a streak of fire before disappearing, and everything fell silent.

Chapter 327 Yes, that’s it!

The next day, in the government office.

After glancing at the documents presented to him, Tang Yan casually handed them aside, and Hongxiu, who had been waiting for a long time, came forward.

After licking the tip of her pen, she sat down at the desk next to her and began to review the papers one by one, moving quite quickly.

After pretending to supervise for a while, Tang Yan withdrew his gaze, put his feet on the table, and for some reason began to think about the peasant girl.

Strangely enough, Liu Yue was an illiterate village girl, and apart from her pretty appearance, she had no attraction to him at all.

But when he thought of the noble young master of the Yang family, Tang Yan's heart became hot again, and many ideas began to stir.

"Hongxiu is in charge of the official documents anyway, so it's fine for me to stay here, so why not go see her..."

As soon as he stood up and walked to the door, a constable came quickly and said, "Sir, someone is visiting the government office."

"What are you doing?" Tang Yan had no intention of entertaining guests. "Just send him away casually."

"But the person who came asked for the city lord by name, and he called himself Fang Xingyun..."

"The Third Young Master? That lustful and filthy person?"

Even Tang Yan found it a little unbelievable, but then he realized: "Could it be that he came to catch the Yang family? Damn it, who instructed him..."

"Sir, do you still want to send him away?" the constable asked cautiously.

"Entertain guests!"

Tang Yan waved his sleeves and was about to walk towards the main hall when he suddenly remembered something and lowered his voice to give an order. The constable took the order and left.

"This useless dude..."

Having his plan ruined, Tang Yan's expression became rather gloomy, and his footsteps made a few dull sounds on the dim corridor.

~~

"Ah, the Third Young Master has come uninvited. I am sorry for not welcoming you."

Before they even reached the main hall, Tang Yan spoke from afar.

As I stepped over the threshold, I saw a young man in brocade clothes standing tall next to a shelf, playing with a piece of porcelain from his collection in his hand.

"That's not right. Lord Tang is so busy, yet he still takes time out to entertain guests. I am the one who should be blamed."

Putting the white porcelain tea bowl back on the shelf, Fang Xiwen said with a smile.

"Young Master is really considerate."

After shaking hands very warmly, the two guests sat down.

The dome of the main hall was wide open, and bright sunlight poured in, falling on Tang Yan's ruddy hands as he was serving tea.

"The bright moon in the green stream of Yiling is so beautiful and slender, and its color is emerald green and lustrous. It is hard to buy even one ounce of it with a thousand gold coins. Only when you come here can you enjoy this treatment."

"Not bad." Sitting upright in the chair, Fang Xiwen blew on the rim of the cup and nodded slightly.

Seeing that he remained calm, Tang Yan sneered in his heart: This young man is very patient and not as useless as the rumors say.

But, did you think that if you hid your intentions well, he wouldn't be able to see through them?

How could the future heir of the Fang family in Shendu embarrass a small official like him for no reason? It was just to get something on the Yang family!

'Foolish, luckily I had foresight...'

After chatting with him for a few words, Tang Yan waved his hand and a beautiful dancer came over from the door.

She has a graceful figure and is dressed in an exotic style, revealing a slender waist with beautiful curves. There is a red gem embedded in her belly button, which makes her look seductive.

The most precious thing is that you can still feel a kind of inner beauty in her, as if she is well-read.

"Hongxiu, take the jade cake to the Third Young Master."

"Yes."

The dancer bowed gracefully, then took a plate of cakes from outside the door, and gently put it down in front of Fang Xiwen, shrinking her shoulders as if she was a little shy: "Sir, don't stare at me..."

How can you defame someone's innocence out of thin air?

Cursing silently, Fang Xiwen put on a look of burning eyes and rubbed his hands: "The girl is too beautiful, I couldn't help myself..."

"You are so annoying. You only know how to please me."

"How could that be? It is really from the bottom of my heart."

Seeing that his eyes seemed to be glued to Hong Xiu, Tang Yan nodded secretly with satisfaction, grabbed a piece of cake and threw it into his mouth, and said with a smile: "Since the young master likes her, how about taking her home?"

"what?"

As soon as this voice came out, Tang Yan looked over with some surprise.

Seeing this, Fang Xiwen hurriedly tried to make amends, a hint of joy appeared on his face, "How could Lord Tang give up on me like this? This is not good."

"What's wrong with that? Hongxiu herself is also happy to be with a handsome man, right?"

Hearing this, the woman simply covered her face with her sleeves, her eyes showing a look of hesitation. She bowed and retreated.

"Third Young Master, how is it?"

"Since, since Lord Tang is so kind..." Fang Xiwen almost vomited.

He really couldn't understand this kind of commodity trading behavior and felt disgusted.

Just because of some reasons, he had to tolerate Tang Yan for a while, so he pretended to agree.

After a few rounds of tea, seeing that the deal seemed to be done, Tang Yan's expression relaxed and he leaned back in the recliner.

Of course, he would not be reluctant. What does a mere woman matter to an official career?

Although the evidence was "handled" hastily, it was not without its benefits: he could now be tougher and strike back at this useless playboy.

Thinking about it, Tang Yan smiled and said, "Since I am so willing to give up, why don't you be more honest?"

"Oh?" Fang Xiwen finally perked up.

"This border area is not a good place for feng shui. What wind blew you here?"

Putting his feet on the table, Tang Yan looked relaxed. This was asking about the source of the information.

"I heard that Lord Tang had a case and the verdict was not very fair, so I came to take a look."

"Sir, are you here to uphold justice?" He rolled his eyes to the sides, his expression looking very funny.

"What's wrong?"

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