The next day, the news that the Dali Temple Prison had caught fire and prisoners had been burned to death swept across the entire Capital in an instant.
The Emperor was furious, and Zhong Sheng, the Chief Magistrate of Dali Temple, was stripped of his post and rank, barred from ever serving in the imperial court again.
The people of the Capital buzzed with discussion over this punishment, and even officials in the court found it unbelievable.
Chapter 437