"We are currently unable to determine who they are as the bodies are badly burnt and nobody has lodged a missing person report yet. It is likely that this is an act of revenge, or there would be no need to stab them each eleven times."
"Also in our investigations, we have determined that the fire was intentionally started. Someone had moved the straw from the horse shed to one of the offices that were carpeted and started the fire there. The straw and the carpet help spread the fire around the room and created a huge fire which eventually burned the entire building. Since the fire was started in one of the inner rooms, nobody noticed the fire until the entire building was in flames."
"It was really lucky that the fire only burned down the main building of the Ministry of Rites and didn't spread to any of its other buildings or its neighbours. We are also unclear if the arsonist and the person who tortured the two corpses we found are the same people, but once we find out the identity of the corpses, we should be able to arrest some suspects." Magistrate Dong confidently says.
Before he could continue, however, the sound of someone shouting arrived and soon, the dining hall's door was pushed open violently.
*Bang!* the sound of the door hitting the wall sounds out.
"Magistrate Dong! WHAT AR…" the man stops his loud shouting and finger pointing once he sees us in the room eating.
"Ah! I am Ling Zi Xiang, the director of the local Ministry of Rites. It is nice to meet the judges from the capital but do excuse me for I have to talk to Magistrate Dong privately. MAGISTRATE DONG! COME OUT WITH ME!" The fat director greets us and tells Magistrate Dong to leave the room with him, probably so he can shout at Magistrate Dong for a few minutes since his ministry has been burned down.
As the director of the local ministry, his rank is the same as ours, who belong to the Ministry of Justice and the governor's office, so he does not have to bow when he sees us. Of course, the governor's rank is higher than him but we are not the governor, just his representative. While we have the power to punish him if we find proof his wrongdoings, we cannot punish him or force him to show obeisance to us.
We can, however, tell him to get lost and stop shouting at the magistrate, but that would cause more harm than good in the long run and the magistrate is the one who has to deal with his own relationships, so we just watch the fat man shouting and pointing his finger at Magistrate Dong through the window.
After a few minutes of shouting, the fat man is finally tired and he returns into the dining hall to apologise and take his leave.
"I apologize for my unsightly behaviour, but I am sure you would understand since my ministry has been BURNED TO ASHES last night. I hope you will assist the magistrate in finding the culprits who burned down my ministry and if you require any assistance, I will do my best to cooperate. I will not distract you anymore from your breakfast and take my leave." The fat man makes a bow out of courtesy and goes off in a huff.
"We are currently unable to determine who they are as the bodies are badly burnt and nobody has lodged a missing person report yet. It is likely that this is an act of revenge, or there would be no need to stab them each eleven times."
"Also in our investigations, we have determined that the fire was intentionally started. Someone had moved the straw from the horse shed to one of the offices that were carpeted and started the fire there. The straw and the carpet help spread the fire around the room and created a huge fire which eventually burned the entire building. Since the fire was started in one of the inner rooms, nobody noticed the fire until the entire building was in flames."
"It was really lucky that the fire only burned down the main building of the Ministry of Rites and didn't spread to any of its other buildings or its neighbours. We are also unclear if the arsonist and the person who tortured the two corpses we found are the same people, but once we find out the identity of the corpses, we should be able to arrest some suspects." Magistrate Dong confidently says.
Before he could continue, however, the sound of someone shouting arrived and soon, the dining hall's door was pushed open violently.
*Bang!* the sound of the door hitting the wall sounds out.
"Magistrate Dong! WHAT AR…" the man stops his loud shouting and finger pointing once he sees us in the room eating.
"Ah! I am Ling Zi Xiang, the director of the local Ministry of Rites. It is nice to meet the judges from the capital but do excuse me for I have to talk to Magistrate Dong privately. MAGISTRATE DONG! COME OUT WITH ME!" The fat director greets us and tells Magistrate Dong to leave the room with him, probably so he can shout at Magistrate Dong for a few minutes since his ministry has been burned down.
As the director of the local ministry, his rank is the same as ours, who belong to the Ministry of Justice and the governor's office, so he does not have to bow when he sees us. Of course, the governor's rank is higher than him but we are not the governor, just his representative. While we have the power to punish him if we find proof his wrongdoings, we cannot punish him or force him to show obeisance to us.
We can, however, tell him to get lost and stop shouting at the magistrate, but that would cause more harm than good in the long run and the magistrate is the one who has to deal with his own relationships, so we just watch the fat man shouting and pointing his finger at Magistrate Dong through the window.
After a few minutes of shouting, the fat man is finally tired and he returns into the dining hall to apologise and take his leave.
"I apologize for my unsightly behaviour, but I am sure you would understand since my ministry has been BURNED TO ASHES last night. I hope you will assist the magistrate in finding the culprits who burned down my ministry and if you require any assistance, I will do my best to cooperate. I will not distract you anymore from your breakfast and take my leave." The fat man makes a bow out of courtesy and goes off in a huff.
