Fang Yun used the power of the Legalists' supplementary legal code to interrogate the four individuals. Except for the eldest brother among them who remained silent, the other three had already confessed and were willing to expose Young Master Gou's crimes.

Fang Yun struck the gavel, and the legal code retracted.

The four suspects appeared dazed, taking a while to fully recover.

Fang Yun looked at the eldest brother among them and said, "Cha Yue of Ning'an County, colluding with Gou Xi to murder Ai Weijiang, the evidence is irrefutable and indisputable. You show no remorse, thus your crime is aggravated. You are sentenced to twenty years in the death row camp of the Dingyuan Army! Officers, put him in shackles and leg irons, and once this case concludes, escort him with the next convoy to the Dingyuan Army!" As he spoke, Fang Yun tossed out a command token.