When Pan Yun arrived in Ji'an County, Magistrate Wu had just finished receiving the special task force from the Capital City.
This task force had been jointly formed by the Censorate, the Supreme Court, and the Northern Enforcement Division.
They had come with astonishing speed, completely unlike the foot-dragging of the previous two times.
What delighted Magistrate Wu was that one of the Censorate officials had come before. Back then, he had known there were deeper secrets in this case and had always wanted to help Magistrate Wu dig them out.
Unfortunately, his heart had been willing while his strength had fallen short.
This time, the Supreme Court was leading the task force, with the Northern Enforcement Division overseeing it. Their authority to investigate had been expanded without limit, practically equivalent to the Emperor arriving in person.
Magistrate Wu was so moved that he nearly wept.
Sure enough, Xue Shao and Pan Yun had been right to advise him to submit the memorial directly to the Supreme Court.
Having just settled the imperial envoys, Magistrate Wu returned to the county office and saw Pan Yun and the other one, two, three, four, five people sitting in the hall drinking tea. The ghosts and foxes did not count; they did not care for tea.
Tilting her head, Pan Yun asked, "What did the envoys say?"
Clearly, they already knew that a special task force headed by imperial commissioners had arrived.
Magistrate Wu could not stop the corners of his mouth from lifting. "They are reexamining the evidence. Once they confirm there are no mistakes, they will send both the witnesses and physical evidence to the Capital City."
The next battlefield no longer belonged to him. All Magistrate Wu could do was add bricks and tiles when the ministers impeached Prince Lu,