He would never plead for these thugs and hooligans, for he knew exactly what misdeeds they had committed.
Yet, regrettably, victim after victim was unwilling to come forward and prosecute them, leaving him, as the magistrate, powerless.
"The crimes you've committed are known to heaven and earth," he said, flinging his sleeves in anger.
"No need to waste words with them. Guards, search their persons and their homes," Eldest Prince ordered directly.
Upon hearing his command, the bodyguards behind him immediately took some men and left, and the soldiers behind them promptly lifted the two men and began to search them.
...
Another half an hour passed.
The men who went to search their homes had returned, but they had found nothing and came back empty-handed.
In contrast, poison was found on the two men, and Lin Caisang saw that it was exactly the same as what had afflicted the others before.