Imperial Envoy on a Snowy Night

In the eleventh year of Guangxu's reign, the Yellow River burst and three villages were wiped out. Lu Huaiqing, the censor, was ordered to investigate the river workers. He went to Bian incognito and visited mass graves and shacks of river workers at night. With a handful of rotten straw and three secretly copied confessions, he exposed the shady story of the governor's party embezzling 300,000 yuan in relief money and swindling money. He was lured with huge amounts of money, but he remained unmoved; the snow fell on the execution ground, corrupt officials were executed, and the innocent souls were finally comforted.