The Ministry of Justice was by no means a place of leisure, with everyone hustling and bustling about in ceaseless activity. And, as if to add insult to injury, one unpleasant thing after another kept piling up.
Jiang Zhao strode in from outside: "My lord, this is the interrogation record provided by the Ministry of Justice after questioning Zhou Zhangping."
Cui Yun continued flipping through the case files, showing no intention of taking the document. He merely said indifferently: "Zhou Zhangping is the Hengzhou Prefect, and his achievements are there for all to see; no one can overlook them. He's indeed courageous and resourceful. Yet he's stubborn to a fault, clinging only to his rigid principles."
Such obstinate people are often the ones who most easily offend others in the bureaucratic arena. Yet to say he suppressed the common people, and extracted their flesh and blood - that, Cui Yun did not believe.
As he spoke, he sneered softly to himself.
