For a full day and night, Xu Fengchi was so busy his feet barely touched the ground.
After leaving the Imperial Palace, he went to the Ministry of Justice, retrieved the case files from three years ago, and began to review them from the very beginning.
When Ye Zheng's case broke, he had been out of town and unable to rush back to the Capital City in time. By the time he finally returned, the dust had already settled.
What had been presented to him back then was a seemingly perfect case file. Looking at it now, however, he was shocked to realize it was riddled with inconsistencies!
He had already gone through half the stack of case files at his side. He'd read so much that his eyes ached, forcing him to close them and rest for a moment.
After a short pause, he opened his eyes again, picked up another volume, and spread it open before him.
He sat up straight, his expression grave and solemn.
On the first page, in the first line, one name stood out.
—Huo Yucheng.
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