What Qin Song knew was indeed limited, it was entirely out of a mentality of unity against the enemy.

After all, everyone is the same imperial examination candidate.

However, there is one thing that Qin Song is sure of, saying that the county magistrate in Yushui County was not from a scholar, but a donation to an official.

The act of donating officials has been around since ancient times.

That was a measure taken by the imperial court to enrich the treasury.

Simply put, it is to spend money to buy an official position.

Depending on the situation in different places, the price of donating officials also fluctuates accordingly.

Of course, the court still has strict control over the number of donated officials to avoid affecting the normal operation of the court.

And it doesn’t mean that you can donate an official position if you have money. It also has to do with someone to help you…

"The county magistrate in Yushui County was named Lei Fanjian, who used to be a rural local wealthy person.

Later, a distant relative of him was transferred to Linjiang Prefecture and served as the magistrate of Linjiang Prefecture.

Through this relationship, Lei Fanjian spent no matter how much money he spent, and finally made up for the shortage of Yushui County and served as the acting county magistrate.

Later, I spent some money to open the joints and removed the word "agent".

Brother Mo, I believe you know very well that these donors are the people who only recognize money and ignore it..."

Mo Ziming deeply expressed his feelings about this.

Generally speaking, most of the donors are local wealth, and some don’t even recognize a few big words.

Their purpose of donating officials is nothing more than to make money.

Donating 10,000 taels, I wish I could dig three feet into the ground and plunder 100,000 taels...

Officials who have achieved fame and honor through the imperial examinations and then entered the official career will at least take some face into consideration and make some political achievements in order to be promoted.

It is unlikely that you will have the chance to be promoted if you donate an official. If you become greedy, you will be shameless. You will just take a bowl and go out to ask for money from door to door.

After listening to what Qin Song said, Mo Ziming couldn't help but say, "Let's do this, Brother Qin, Yushui County is not far away. Let's go there in person and clarify the case before we talk about it."

"Very good!"

Qin Song was very happy when he heard this.

After arriving in Yushui County, Mo Ziming only learned that many of his fellow imperial examination candidates had arrived in Yushui County and were preparing to join forces to overturn Yang Naiwu's case.

Because no one believes that he will be a murderer, most of whom are wronged.

If you die injustice like this, it will make everyone feel heartbroken.

When they heard that Mo Ziming had also arrived in Yushui County, the crowd was very surprised and gathered, some of which were Yang Naiwu's classmates and friends.

After a series of explanations by a group of people, Mo Ziming finally gained a more detailed understanding of the entire case.

This case arose because of a woman.

This girl's nickname is Xiu Gu. She looks so beautiful, delicate and quite likable.

Her husband's name is Lu Deshui, who makes a living by selling tofu.

Because Xiu Gu was born fair and beautiful, petite and delicate, she liked to wear white shirts and green skirts on her daily basis, she was nicknamed Xiao Baicai.

Over time, Xiao Baicai almost became her name, and even her husband called it Xiao Baicai.

Lu Deshui is nominally a "city man", but he doesn't have his own house and has been renting a house.

I used to rent the front yard of Yang Naiwu's family, and Yang Naiwu lived alone in the back yard.

A landlord, a tenant, living together in a large yard, and entering and leaving the same gate, it is inevitable that there will be some contact.

For example, Xiao Baicai sometimes takes the initiative to help Yang Naiwu sew some clothes.

Yang Naiwu sometimes takes advantage of his spare time to teach Xiao Baicai to read a few words.

I never thought that it was spread around by some people with dark mentality, and the spread changed...

In the end, some people publicly mocked Lu Deshui, saying that he had mung bean sprouts on his head and the tofu they grind was all green.

Now, Lu Deshui's face turned green and he used the cabbage as a punching bag when he got home.

When Yang Naiwu heard the noise, he knew that something would happen sooner or later if this continued, so he found a reason to say that he wanted to study quietly and that the house would not be rented.

Lu Deshui knew this well and rented another empty room in a widow's house within two days.

Unexpectedly, after moving for less than two months, Lu Deshui suddenly fell seriously ill and died of illness.

Lu Deshui's mother saw that her son's face was dark and blood was stained with blood on the corners of her mouth. She believed that her daughter-in-law poisoned her husband and so she ran to the county government to sue her indictment...

Afterwards, the county government office conducted an autopsy and found that Xiao Baicai poisoned her husband and murdered her husband.

After a severe torture, Xiao Baicai finally convicted her of guilt, saying that the reason why she poisoned her husband was all instructed by Yang Naiwu.

Because the two had a long-term affair, Yang Naiwu decided to get rid of Lu Deshui in order to be with her for a long time..."

"The case we have at present is almost like this, and more are still being collected..."

Hearing this explanation, Mo Ziming couldn't help but frown: "If you say so, all the evidence at present is not good for Yang Naiwu?"

"Well, we have not found any evidence that is beneficial to Brother Yang yet.

However, my younger brother has been with Brother Yang for many years and knows his character well, so he will never be able to do such behavior.

What’s important is that the dog official Lei Fanjian has long been in power with Brother Yang, and he wishes he could get rid of it quickly.”

The speaker is a classmate of Yang Naiwu, named Ji Xuan.

Upon hearing this, Qin Song couldn't help but look puzzled and said, "Oh? Isn't Lei Fanjian the county magistrate? How could he have a conflict with Yang Naiwu?"

"Brother Tai doesn't know anything. Brother Yang has always been a vengeance and likes to speak out for the poor people.

After taking office, the dog official named Lei only knew how to charge for money, and turned black and white into the people.

Brother Yang was furious and went to the court to help the people fight for justice and overturn the case. The dog official was so angry that he was furious that he once publicly threatened to kill Brother Yang.

After Brother Yang passed the imperial examination, the dog official restrained him a little.

As a result, I happened to encounter this case...

I guess someone said it was greedy and mentioned the rumors about Brother Yang and Xiao Baicai that had been circulating in the market.

So the dog official started to torture and confess, causing Xiao Baicai to be scolded..."

“There is another point…”

At this time, another Yushui County student added with anger.

"As far as I know, Brother Yang was taken to the county government for questioning that day, and the next day he put on torture instruments.

The dog official said that he had informed Linjiang Prefecture that Brother Yang's fame was removed, so he was punished..."

When Mo Ziming heard this, he couldn't help but brows: "Are you serious about this?"

"It's true! I spent money yesterday to bribe a prison guard.

Although I didn't see Brother Yang, the prison guard also provided some information that Brother Yang was indeed punished the next day and was beaten to pieces all over his body."

"This is easy to deal with! Let's go and meet Brother Yang together."

Mo Ziming couldn't help but stand up and said.

"It's useless..." Ji Xuan shook his head with a wry smile: "The dog official has issued an order, saying that no one is allowed to visit prison because the case is serious."

Mo Ziming disagreed and said, "He gave his order, we will explore our prison, and we will go together if we want to go."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out the door.

Everyone looked at each other for a while, and then followed one by one.

Yushui County is not big, and soon the group came to the Nanjian of the county.

The yamen runners on duty outside the door were shocked...

After all, the juren's clothing can be recognized at a glance, and more than a dozen juren came at once. Not to mention them, even the county magistrate dared not neglect even when they saw him.

"I wonder what you are from?"

One of the yamen runners stepped forward and asked carefully.

"We're going to see Juren Yang!"

"Ah? This... everyone, I'm really sorry. The county magistrate issued an order that no one can visit Yang... Juren..."

"you……"

Someone was about to scold him, but Mo Ziming waved his hand and then said to the yamen runners: "That means, Juren Yang has been imprisoned by you?"

"Yes, but don't worry, he's locked in a single room and there's nothing wrong with it."

"Very good, let's go!"

Mo Ziming waved his hand and turned around and walked towards the main entrance of the yamen.

"Hey, Brother Mo, didn't you say you came to visit the prison? Why are you leaving again?"
To be continued...