Qing Murder Case

During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, imperial envoy Wei Boren was ordered to go to Jiangnan Province to investigate and provide disaster relief, but was resisted by local officials. While he was conducting a thorough investigation of the disaster relief funds over the years, a murder occurred in Shouyang Mansion. The second son of the local wealthy Zhao family designed to kill the long-term worker and his sister-in-law's lover, including three other people. The Zhao family has many interests with the local government. The case was bribed by many parties of the Zhao family, and the government reviewed it many times. The truth of the case was never found. It went through many twists and turns, involving officials at all levels including the capital, governor, prefect, and prison. In order to conceal the crime of embezzlement of disaster relief funds, local officials also designed to frame and poison the imperial envoy. After Emperor Jiaqing issued multiple orders to investigate and deal with it, with the efforts of Wei Boren, the truth of the murder case was revealed, the case of embezzlement of disaster relief funds was also investigated, and officials at all levels and the murderers were punished.