Lin Ch'ung's family did everything they could to get him out and even bribed the officials.There was a secretary in the court named Sung Ting who understood the case well.He advised mayor,"From what Lin Ch'ung told us in court,we can see that he is not guilty.The problem is that we can not find the two messengers who tricked him to prove what he has said is true.Instead of executing him,I propose we make him admit he mistakenly entered the Hall of White Tiger with a knife.For that we will give him a flogging and then tattoo him as a criminal and send him into exile."