Search Results: 'Imperial Censors'

The Narrow Charge

Words: 3462 · Source Novel:: The Scarlet Acquittal

When imperial censors arrest Wang Wenshu for concealing the conscript Hua Cheng, Liu Ji and Su'e present the red ledger as evidence of mass murder. The chief prosecutor admires their tenacity but rejects the document: the trial is for corruption and draft fraud, not homicide. The dead, he explains, cannot be tried. Enraged, Su'e confronts the prosecutor: "Then what is this trial for?" The silence that follows becomes the hinge of their radicalization.