From yesterday afternoon to now, Tan Zong only drank a bowl of porridge in Gong Mansion and ate two steamed buns. He was already hungry. He asked the kitchen to get some food. After eating, he ignored Mrs. Shi who was kneeling in the yard and went to bed in the bedroom in the backyard.

Mrs. Shi looked at Tan Zong's departure back, and her eyes showed a look of disappointment, but she did not give up and still knelt stubbornly.

"Madam, go to another house and think of a solution. My elder brother is one of the jury and it is not convenient to interfere in this matter." Shi Shi hesitated for a moment and walked up to support Mrs. Shi.

Although Shi Shi sympathized with Mrs. Shi's experience, Tan Zong was more important to her. How could she let Tan Zong be in danger because of helping the Shi family?

"Miss Shi, who else can I ask for in Yangzhou City besides Mr. Huang?" Mrs. Shi did not get up. She raised her head and smiled sadly at Shi Shi, her eyes filled with despair.

Shi Shi sighed, shook her head slightly, and stood up and left. Mrs. Shi was right. In Yangzhou City, there was really no one else who could save Mr. Shi and the Shi family in addition to Tan Zong, who was licensed by the official jury.

The sun was poisonous at noon. Mrs. Shi was sweating profusely under the scorching sun. Du couldn't see it and wanted the maid to hold an umbrella to block the sun, but was rejected by Mrs. Shi. If that was the case, it would not be able to show her sincerity.

Tan Zong's sleep was refreshing and did not wake up until night fell. During this time when he was sleeping, soldiers and public servants from the four gates of Yangzhou City evacuated one after another. After arresting Gong Fan, the martial law order was officially lifted.

The maid brought Tan Zong a basin of cold water. When Tan Zong was washing his face, Shi Shi walked in, "Brother, Mrs. Shi has heatstroke and fainted."

"Send her to the clinic and let the doctor take good care of her." Tan Zong heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He finally had a reason to help the Shi family.

"Yeah!" Shi Shi responded, and did not leave immediately, but asked tentatively, "Brother, is the Shi family really doomed this time?"

"If the Shi family was doomed, would Mrs. Shi appear here?" Tan Zong heard the regret in Shi Shi's tone. After all, she had a very good impression of Mrs. Shi, so she pondered for a moment and looked at Shi Shi with a smile.

"Brother, are you talking..." Shi Shi was stunned at first when she heard this, then understood and looked at Tan Zong in surprise. Could it be that Tan Zong deliberately released Mrs. Shi?

"Some things are not as simple as our eyes see. Every subtle detail may reveal crucial information." Tan Zonghan nodded with a smile and looked at Shi Shi meaningfully. Although Shi Shi was smart, she had too little experience in life and was too emotional to distinguish the intrigues in the world. He wanted to take this opportunity to give Shi Shi a precious life lesson so that she could learn to look at problems rationally.

"Thank you, brother!" Shi Shi was a little surprised, and a happy smile appeared on her face, and she said sweetly.

Although Shi Shi was not sure about Tan Zong's intention to do so, she was sure of one thing, that is, Tan Zong trusted her extremely, otherwise he would not tell her such an important thing.

Tan Zong did not stay at home too much. After dinner, he went to prison. Zhou Dunran had already punished the people of the Gong family, especially Gong Fan's three sons, who were beaten to pieces in the punishment room, and their bodies were covered in blood and blood. There was no good place, which was terrible.

The three sons of the Gong family didn't seem to know what Gong Fan did. Even though they were tortured by the soldiers, they said nothing except begging for mercy. Later, they didn't even have the strength to beg for mercy. Their body was tied softly to the torture instrument and their heads were hung on their chests, as if they were about to die.

The heads of the six families who married the Gong family were locked in the same cell, all sitting on the haystack, each with ashes, his eyes were dull and his expression was depressed.

The six heads of the family had been briefly interrogated by Zhou Dunran in the execution room. Although Zhou Dunran did not torture them, because when they were questioned by Zhou Dunran, the people from the Gong family were tortured by soldiers in the execution room and witnessed the bloody execution scene with their own eyes, they were severely impacted, worried and worried.

The Gong family committed the crime of deceiving the king this time, and the crime was extremely evil. Although the six heads of the family are also well-known figures in Yangzhou City and have their own relationships in Nanjing Prefecture and Beijing City, their relationships were only speechless and watched coldly, and they were afraid of avoiding it.

At midnight, the door of the prison cell opened and several soldiers walked in. A leading man shouted at the six masters with expressionless face, "Get up."

The six heads of the family quickly got up from the ground, put on shackles and handcuffs, and followed the soldiers to the torture room.

As soon as they entered the torture room, two soldiers dragged the legs of a man covered in blood and pulled him out of the torture room, leaving a shocking blood mark on the ground.

The man was about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, his eyes were closed, and he had no sound at this time.

The six heads of the family couldn't help but look at each other, their eyes full of horror. They all recognized that the dead man was Gong Fan's second son Gong Renfu, and no one expected that he would die here.

The six heads of the family were finally brought to a middle-aged man with a cold eyes and knelt on the ground in two rows. The middle-aged man was an assistant brought by Tan Zong from the Ministry of Justice, Qiu En, the sixth-rank consultant of the Ministry of Justice.

"I heard that you all have business dealings with the Gong family?" Qiu En asked gloomyly after glanced at the six people sweating coldly.

When the six heads of the family heard this, they were scared to death. They were all businessmen. Due to their marriage, they had more or less connections with the Gong family in business. If there was any problem with those businesses, they would not be able to wash them even if they jumped into the Yellow River.

"Tell me, do you have any business dealings?" Qiu En's face darkened when he saw that the six people were not speaking, and he asked sternly.

Perhaps because of being too nervous, the head of the family kneeling in the middle of the front row covered his chest with his hands, fell to the ground with a thump, and fainted.

Qiu En frowned slightly and waved at the head of the family. Several soldiers immediately came over and carried him out for treatment.

The remaining five heads of the family remained silent, and Qiu En didn't speak, picked up the tea cup beside him and started drinking tea casually.

"It seems that you are ready to fight to the end!" After drinking the cup of tea, Qiu En saw that the five heads of the family were still silent and sneered, "Come on, I will be punished!"

"Sir, although Xiaomin has done business with the Gong family, it is just a business deal and has nothing to do with him in private." One of the heads of the family reacted and shouted at Qiu En. The other four heads of the family immediately agreed and separated from the Gong family.

"Whether there is any connection, you will know if you are punished later." Qiu En glanced at the five heads of the family kneeling there, and a grinned smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "This case is a big case of deceiving the king, and no one can save you. I advise you to confess honestly to avoid suffering from the flesh and blood!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers around him rushed forward and tied the five masters to five wooden stakes beside him. The clothes on his upper body were stripped off. The five tall and strong men held whips in their hands and stood in front of them with expressionless faces.

"A few people are arrogant and expensive. I will ask you again, are you going to do it or not?" Qiu En walked to the five people, looked at them coldly, his eyes flashed with a cold light.

"Sir, you're wronged..." The five heads of the family immediately shouted injustice, each with bloodless face and a panic expression.

"Hmph!" Qiu En sneered disdainfully and waved his hands at the five heads of the family, "It seems that if you don't give you a little color, you won't tell the truth."

Seeing this, the five strong men holding leather whips whipped their hands and whipped them hard one after another.

The five heads of the family screamed in terror. They were used to being pampered and had never suffered such sins!

Slap...

The whip fell one after another on the five heads of the family, making a crisp sound. The five heads of the family immediately burst into pieces, leaving shocking whip marks.

The five heads of the family screamed and cried and howled, and kept begging Qiu En for mercy. Qiu En stood there with a sneer, turning a blind eye to the five heads of the family begging.

A moment later, a soldier suddenly hurried over and whispered a few words in Qiu En's ear. Qiu En's brow frowned slightly, raised his hand, "Stop!"

"Who are you Shi Wen?" The five strong men put away their whips when they heard this. Qiu En looked at the five heads of the family, who were panting and frightened, and asked.

"Sir, little... the little people are Shi Wen!" A middle-aged man tied to the far right slowly raised his head when he heard this.

Qiu En looked at Shi Wen, waved his hand, and the two soldiers took Shi Wen off the wooden stake. He came to a table beside him, with his legs weak.

"Write down your relationship with the Gong family." Qiu En brought someone to a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, pushed it in front of Shi Wen, and said expressionlessly.

Although Shi Wen felt confused, he could no longer care about it at this time. So he endured the pain in his chest and wrote down his acquaintance and interactions with Gong Fan. They were all about business and interpersonal relationships, and there was no shameful activity.

"Sign up!" After Shi Wen finished writing, Qiu En looked at it, patted the paper in front of him, and said in a deep voice.

"You can leave!" After Shi Wen signed and copied the paper, Qiu En put away the paper and waved his hand at him. "However, before you understand this case, you can only stay at home, otherwise you will be considered absconding!"

"Big... sir, little... can Xiaomin go home?" Shi Wen was stunned when he heard this, looking incredible. He didn't believe Qiu En let him go so easily.

"Why, do you still want to stay here?" Qiu En's face darkened and he looked at him gloomyly, "I can satisfy your wish."

"Xiaomin will go back now, Xiaomin will go back now." Shi Wen came to his senses and repeatedly bowed to Qiu En, with a look of gratitude, "Young Master's great kindness, Xiaomin will never forget it."

"If you want to thank me, go back and thank your wife!" Qiu En waved to the two soldiers beside him, "Send Mr. Shi back to his house!"

"Madam?" A look of confusion flashed across Shi Wen's eyes. He didn't understand what Qiu En said at all, but he didn't ask much. After bowing to Qiu En, he left the punishment room with the help of the two soldiers. He was unwilling to stay in this ghost place for a moment.

"Continue to fight me!" When Shi Wen walked to the door of the punishment room, Qiu En's cold voice came from behind him. Then, the sound of whips and the howlings of the four masters of the family sounded again. He couldn't help but fight a cold war and subconsciously accelerated his pace.

In a wing room in the prison, Tan Zong and Zhou Dunran stood in front of the window, watching Shi Wen, whose legs were weak, walk out of the prison gate with the help of the two soldiers.

"Young Master Huang, your move to shock the tiger is indeed wonderful. After experiencing this whip, Shi Wen, who had walked away from the gate of hell, will inevitably hate the Gong family very much, and will be grateful to the official family for their magnanimity, and the people in Yangzhou are stable!" After Shi Wen's figure disappeared from sight, Zhou Dunran smiled and gave a thumbs up at Tan Zong.

"There are also Lord Lao Qin and I, who are in charge of making suggestions to the government, to express grace outside the law, and to forgive the six families who married the Gong family to ensure the stability of Yangzhou!" Tan Zong smiled and bowed to Zhou Dunran. Although he could let Shi Wen and others go now, due to the involvement of deceiving the emperor, the government will eventually need to decide how to deal with them.

"Young Master Huang is polite. This is the duty of my official!" Zhou Dunran also smiled and urged Tan Zong, looking very polite. This is not only because Tan Zong is the head of Yangzhou City, but more importantly, he found that Tan Zong's future was limitless and his future career would definitely be above him, so he dared not neglect it.

"Sir, please!" Tan Zong reached out and made a gesture of invitation. Zhou Dunran knew that Tan Zong's handwriting was a bit difficult to reach the elegant place, so he came to the table without hesitation, picked up his brush and wrote a memorial to the official. Tan Zong signed his name at the end and stamped his own private seal.

Zhou Dunran then sealed the memorial and sent the memorial to the capital with an 800-mile fast cavalry.

After drinking tea with Zhou Dunran in the room for a while, Tan Zong walked to the window and looked up at the sky. It was already early morning, with stars everywhere and everything was quiet.

"Sir, the moonlight is quiet, Gong Fan is time to go on the road!" Tan Zong turned around and smiled slightly at Zhou Dunran.

"I will send someone to do it now." Zhou Dunran then stood up, shouted a follower brought from the capital into the room, and whispered a few words. The follower urged his hand and left.

"Young Master Huang, if he dies so unknown, will outsiders be suspicious?" Zhou Dunran walked to Tan Zong and asked with some concern.

Since Gong Fan was arrested and put into prison, Zhou Dunran did not touch him, and did not even try him, but was just locked in a cell.

"The three young men of the Gong family live a pampered life. After suffering such torture, I think they can't stand tonight!" Tan Zong had already found a reason for his death for Gong Fan and smiled faintly at Zhou Dunran.

"I understand!" Zhou Dunran was slightly stunned when he heard this and nodded at Tan Zong. He could not have imagined that Tan Zong was so cruel that in order to kill Gong Fan quietly, he actually wanted to let Gong Fan's three sons be buried with him.
Chapter completed!