Chapter 477

When Ye Xiaotian returned to the Torture Court, he immediately interrogated the suspect of the Sanli Village gang rape case. Two hunters from Sanli Village, one named Qian Xiaoming and the other Song Sanbao, had brought the game they had hunted a few days ago to Tongren City to sell. They had accidentally bumped into one of the rapists from that day. They had met face to face and fought with each other, so they recognized him at first glance.

Faced with natural and man-made disasters and insults from outsiders, the scattered villages were bound to be bullied. Over time, the villagers had developed a good habit of sticking together. When Qian Xiaoming and Song Sanbao saw that the foppish playboy was the one who had assaulted their Sanli Village that day, they immediately arrested him.

They didn't know what to do next. Just when they were hesitating whether or not to bring the criminal back to Sanli Village and hand him over to the Village Chief for punishment, the merchant who had bought animal bones and furs from them gave them an idea: go to the magistrate's office and complain to Imperial Judge Ye of the Torture Court.

The merchant had just fought a lawsuit in the Torture Court not long ago, so he had some trust in Ye Xiaotian. Therefore, he gave them some advice. The two hunters didn't have any good ideas, so after hearing his advice, they seized the criminal and sent him to the Torture Court to fight a lawsuit.

The criminal they seized and sent was called Yu Chen, the nephew of Judge Yulong. He wasn't the main culprit that day, but he was one of the criminals who had participated in the assault. Ye Xiaotian brought him to the main hall for interrogation. Yu Chen was used to being domineering, so he didn't take Ye Xiaotian, a low-ranking official from outside, seriously at all. Unexpectedly, he confessed everything.

He also revealed his accomplices who had participated in the assault that day: Wu Chenliang, Zhang Hong, Xiang Feiyu, and the mastermind Zhang Daoyun. Among these four people, Wu Chenliang was the son of a low-ranking official, Zhang Hong was a member of the Zhang family, but he was from the side branch of the Zhang family, Xiang Feiyu was the son of a big merchant, and the mastermind Zhang Daoyun was a direct descendant of the Zhang family.

By revealing these people, Yu Chen knew that Ye Xiaotian didn't dare to punish them, so he deliberately wanted to embarrass him. Ye Xiaotian told him to sign, but he didn't care at all. He casually signed and pressed his fingerprint. When Ye Xiaotian saw him sign, his face immediately darkened. He ordered someone to lock him up in the guard room.

Then, Ye Xiaotian signed three tickets and ordered Hua Yunfei, Su Xuntian, and Mao Wenzhi to bring a team of constables to arrest Wu Chenliang, Zhang Hong, and Xiang Feiyu. He also ordered Jiang to bring people to Sanli Village to bring the female victim Luo Qing Qing Qing.

As Ye Xiaotian issued his orders, several groups of people immediately left the Interrogation Hall. Ye Xiaotian left a team of constables behind to await further orders before announcing that the Interrogation Hall was to be dismissed. Li Qiuchi was dumbfounded by Ye Xiaotian's swift and decisive methods. When the Interrogation Hall was empty, Li Qiuchi suddenly realized something and happily asked, "Does Dongweng leave a team of constables behind to personally go to the Zhang family to arrest Zhang Daoyun?"

Ye Xiaotian solemnly replied, "That's right! I'm afraid that Yunfei and the others won't be able to arrest someone from the Zhang family. My position as the Prosecuting Official still holds some weight. This is the hardest bone to chew, so naturally I'll be the one to chew it. "

Li Qiuchi slapped his folding fan against his palm and laughed, "Our Interrogation Hall's situation has already taken a turn for the better, but we still lack a sensational case to thoroughly establish the reputation of our Interrogation Hall and the awe-inspiring reputation of Dongweng as the Ironface Prosecuting Official. Right now, this case is the perfect time."

Ye Xiaotian smiled faintly and grabbed his sharp Yi Dao and hung it on his waist. Li Qiuchi followed him out of the Interrogation Hall and continued to speak in a radiant manner, "Dongweng personally going to the Zhang family to arrest Zhang Daoyun will cause a sensation in the entire city. Tomorrow, we'll investigate this case and fine them according to the law!

Now that the Zhang family's position is in a precarious situation and this case has witnesses, I'm sure that the Zhang family won't dare to continue to pursue this matter, lest the County Supervisor has something on them. In this way, your excellency can easily make a name for yourself and also use this case to please the County Supervisor. It can be said that you're killing two birds with one stone. Good move! Good move! "

Ye Xiaotian's footsteps came to an abrupt halt, and he turned around to look at him deeply. Li Qiuchi was baffled and asked, "Why is Dongweng looking at me like this?"

Ye Xiaotian said, "Is this Mister's plan?"

Li Qiuchi was stunned, "Don't tell me Dongweng doesn't think so?"

Ye Xiaotian looked at him and slowly smiled, nodding his head lightly, "I think so too! Mister is really this Ye's bosom friend. "

Li Qiuchi also smiled, "I don't dare, I don't dare. Dongweng is overpraising me."

Ye Xiaotian arranged for Hua Yunfei and Mao Wenzhi to be the strongest constable, and this time, they finally showed their usefulness. If Ye Xiaotian had sent someone else to arrest the criminals, even if it was a high-ranking official like Manager Hua or Manager Jiang, they probably wouldn't have dared to do it.

These criminals were the children of officials, gentry, or chieftain families. Their fathers, brothers, and elders were either familiar with these two, or their status was much higher than theirs, so they wouldn't put in all their effort to arrest them. However, Hua Yunfei, Mao Wenzhi, and Su Xuntian were different. They only had eyes for Ye Xiaotian and would only listen to Ye Xiaotian's orders.

Su Xuntian had a slick personality. He was responsible for arresting Wu Chenliang, so he wasn't impulsive or reckless. Su Xuntian brought his men and rushed to the Wu residence. He ordered the bailiffs to wait at the entrance of the alley while he swaggered to the Wu residence alone, saying that he was Wu Chenliang's friend and wanted to see Wu Chenliang.

The Wu family saw that he was wearing official robes and was from the yamen. They thought that he was telling the truth, so they told the truth, saying that their young master and his friend had gone to the "Drunken Night Restaurant". Su Xuntian thanked the gatekeeper, turned around, and left the Wu residence. When he reached the intersection, he gathered the bailiffs, asked for the location of the "Drunken Night Restaurant", and hurried over.

When they arrived at the "Drunken Night Restaurant", Su Xuntian ordered his men to surround the restaurant, then brought six burly bailiffs upstairs. In the end, not only was Wu Chenliang there, but Zhang Hong was also there. He was arrested by Su Xuntian as well. Su Xuntian whistled as he came, and whistled as he left, shocking the group of hedonistic sons upstairs.

Hua Yunfei was in charge of arresting Zhang Hong. Zhang Hong was also a descendant of the Zhang family, but he wasn't a descendant of the main branch. When Hua Yunfei arrived at the Zhang family, there was no one there. He wanted to leave immediately, but when Mr. Zhang heard that they were here to arrest his son, he immediately brought his men and surrounded them.

Hua Yunfei wouldn't be courteous with him, so he immediately gave the order to attack. The bailiffs' status was too far apart from these big shots, so there was no friendship to speak of. Since their superior had given the order, they just had to attack. In any case, if something really happened, these big shots wouldn't look for them to settle accounts. In the eyes of these big shots, they were just knives. If they wanted to settle accounts, they would look for the person who wielded the knife. Therefore, they were merciless, beating up the servants of the Zhang family until they were in a sorry state.

Mao Wenzhi was in charge of arresting Xiang Feiyu. He was also a descendant of a wealthy family in Tongren. His family's conduct was quite strict. If it wasn't for the instigation of a group of bad friends, he wouldn't have done such a heartless thing.

This was because his father found out that he had recently sneaked out with a group of scoundrel friends to drink and visit brothels, so he scolded him and ordered him to stay at home and study.

Xiang Feiyu had no choice. He was reading an erotic book wrapped in the cover of "The Doctrine of the Mean" in his own study room when Mao Wenzhi broke in and put a metal chain around his neck. Without saying a word, he took it and left.

When Xiang Feiyu's father heard the news and rushed over, he only saw the cracked door of the study swaying a few times and crashing to the ground with a loud bang. It hit Xiang Feiyu's toe and he almost fainted from the pain. His family hurriedly took off his shoes and socks and saw that his toenails had been smashed inside out and his foot was a bloody mess. They hurriedly fetched some medicine to bandage his wounds. Xiang Feiyu's father was worried about his son. The moment his wounds were bandaged, he ordered his men to use two long rods to set up a wooden armchair and placed him on it before rushing to the magistrate's office.

Ye Xiaotian personally went to arrest Zhang Daoyun. He had already found out that the main culprit was the son of Zhang Yuhan. Zhang Yuhan was a direct descendant of the Zhang family and was of the same generation as Magistrate Zhang Duo's son, Zhang Yutong. But in terms of age, he was about the same age as Zhang Duo.

Ye Xiaotian guessed that this person would be the hardest to arrest based on his identity, so he personally led his men to the Zhang residence. Zhang Yuhan lived in the west of the city. When Ye Xiaotian was clearing the canal, he had a good understanding of the residences of the influential people in the city. He went straight to his house. When Zhang Yuhan heard that this Imperial Judge Ye was here to arrest his son, he couldn't help but turn pale.

Ye Xiaotian announced Zhang Daoyun's crimes to him and immediately ordered his men to take him away. Zhang Daoyun was a direct descendant of the Zhang family and knew more than the ordinary family members, so he was not as arrogant as the others. He knew that Magistrate Zhang had just suffered a great loss at the hands of County Supervisor Yu. Now that Imperial Judge Ye dared to come to his house to arrest someone, it was hard to say if the County Supervisor Yu had the intention to make things difficult for him, so he didn't dare to make things difficult for Ye Xiaotian.

Zhang Yuhan allowed Ye Xiaotian to take his son away, then he threw aside his crying wife and hurriedly went to the yamen. He wanted to report this matter to Magistrate Zhang and ask the head of the family to make a decision. If this was just Imperial Judge Ye judging the case impartially, then it was only a matter of money. But if there was the shadow of County Supervisor Yu behind this, then it would not be a problem that could be solved with a little money.

In the evening, Ye Xiaotian, Su Xuntian and the rest returned to the Imperial Judge Yamen one after another. All the suspects had been arrested. Jiang Chuansheng also rushed back from Sanli Village, bringing along the devastated and heartbroken Miss Luo Qing Qing, who had been on hunger strike for three days, as well as her parents and family.

Ye Xiaotian was very important to these people, witnesses and suspects. To be cautious, Ye Xiaotian did not leave the interrogation hall that night. He arranged for these people to be placed in the left and right wing rooms and ordered people to watch them closely. He himself slept in the main hall and guarded the interrogation hall impenetrably.

The Wu family received a complaint from Wu Chenliang's scoundrels and knew that Wu Chenliang was arrested by the interrogation hall. They immediately rushed to the interrogation hall. When Wu Chenliang's father arrived, he coincidentally saw Xiang Fu's father, whose toes were wrapped like cakes, also rushing over. The two of them requested to see Imperial Judge Ye but were rejected by Hua Yunfei who was guarding the door.

The two of them did not care about Ye Xiaotian, this outsider, but this interrogation hall was after all part of the Magistrate Zhang's yamen. Even if you beat a dog, you have to look at the owner. If they barged in, it would not look good on Magistrate Zhang. Especially at this sensitive time, Magistrate Zhang's mind was probably very sensitive.

Besides, the Zhang and Yu families were fighting for the title of the number one in Tongren. They belonged to a family that had a close relationship with the Zhang family. It was hard to say if this was not an order from County Supervisor Yu to make things difficult for them. They did not dare to act rashly and went to see Magistrate Zhang. In the end, they bumped into Zhang Hong's father and Zhang Daoyun's father.

Zhang Yuhan and the rest of them sighed when they saw each other. To have such a deceitful son, they really did not teach him.