Led by Hu Sandao, the crowd from the restaurant marched in a mighty procession toward the Ministry of Justice.
Hu Sandao had drafted a petition, formally demanding that the Dali Temple Prison issue a grave statement regarding the burning of Liu Ruxin while in custody. He further demanded a thorough investigation into the true cause of the prison fire, the actual circumstances of Liu Ruxin’s death, the disclosure of specific details regarding her secret interrogation, and an official explanation for the ransacking of the Zhenyao Pavilion, the murder of its apothecary apprentices, and the deaths of individuals such as Zheng Ziying and Zheng Ziping.
They wanted to know: was Liu Ruxin, a physician who had championed the common people, truly guilty of a capital offense?
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