Chapter 166 Suing Zhao Tan

Although it takes time to hire someone, the trial in court is still going on.

Hang Qi asked, "Lin Xi, this master said that your silkworm house is in great danger, do you admit it?"

Lin Xi was helpless, "Sir, my silkworm house only raises silkworms, not evil creatures. What Master said is not credible."

Zhao Tan on the side quickly added, "Sir, it's one thing for Lin Xi to deny it, but she also accused the master of being a fake!"

Hang Qi was speechless for a long while. Lin Xi was too ruthless in his words.

The Taoist priest felt very wronged. "My Lord, I have been a Taoist priest since I was young. This is the first time in all these years that someone doubts my identity. I feel really wronged."

"Lin Xi, what do you say?" Hang Qi asked.

Lin Xi said, "Sir, in fact, if you want to prove the level of this Taoist priest, the method is very simple. The Taoist priest said that the problems in the village were all caused by me. If I can prove that those things were done by others, I can naturally clear my suspicion."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhao Tan said angrily, "What happened in the village is unprecedented, and there are no outsiders in the village except your family. How dare you say it has nothing to do with you!"

Xiao Yongyan stepped forward before Lin Xi, "Sir, if we can prove my wife is innocent, the person behind this must be targeting my wife and me. I hope you can punish him severely."

Hang Qi sneered, and what Xiao Yongyan said was nonsense.

"Xiao Yongyan, I am the magistrate of a county, so naturally I have to consider all the people. It is impossible for me to favor any of you. If there really is any evil heretic, I will punish him to the end!" Hang Qi looked so righteous that people who didn't know him would think he really meant it.

Xiao Yongyan just found it funny and said slowly, "It seems that Lord Hang also said something similar last time."

"My husband, you remembered it wrongly," Lin Xi kindly reminded, "It was the governor who said this last time."

"Yes, I remembered it wrong. Thank you ma'am for reminding me." Xiao Yongyan smiled at Lin Xi.

The couple sang in unison, and Hang Qi's face was full of excitement. When the prefect was mentioned again, Hang Qi still felt his face burning.

At first he didn't know that the Thirteenth Prince was behind the prefect, and he offended him completely.

To be honest, it was all thanks to these two people, and now they dare to bring it up.

But soon, he knew why Lin Xi and the others were talking about this.

"The governor has arrived!"

Hang Qi nearly fell off his chair. When he looked carefully, he found that the person coming was indeed the prefect.

Zhao Tan and the old Taoist were so frightened that they immediately knelt on the ground. In all their lives, they had never seen a living governor. They had only heard of his reputation.

"Sir, you are here." Hang Qi said with his head down.

The prefect was very imposing. Walking in the small county government office, I felt that he was being treated unfairly.

The governor said softly, "Everyone, get up. I'm just passing by to take a look. Why are you so nervous?"

Everyone then stood up. Hang Qi watched the governor sit in the position that had previously been his advisor's seat, and did not dare to move.

The governor looked at Hang Qi and said, "Come and sit down. I just happened to have a case."

Hang Qi had no choice but to sit up.

"What's going on today?" asked the governor.

Hang Qi briefly described the situation, and the governor smiled with interest, "It's really interesting. I haven't heard these weird stories for a long time. But why are there only these few people in the hall? Didn't you say that what happened in the village affected many people? Where are the others?"

Hang Qi said quickly, "I have already sent someone to invite them."

"Then wait a moment." said the governor.

How could Hang Qi dare not respond?

For a while, everyone had nothing to do and just sat in the lobby of the county government office.

This wait lasted for an hour. People who are in a high position have extraordinary patience. When the prefect saw that the officials brought a lot of villagers, he became interested.

Hang Qi hurriedly said, "Now that everyone is here, sir, are we ready to start?"

The governor nodded slightly.

Hang Qi then continued the trial and looked at the villagers from Taoli Village who had just arrived.

Lin Xi took a look and said, "No one who is close to us is here."

Xiao Yongyan was not surprised at all, "It's as expected."

"You guys, I heard that some strange things happened in the village recently." Hang Qi said.

A woman said, "Yes, sir. At first, children in the village had allergic reactions one after another. They had rashes on their arms or legs. The doctor couldn't figure out the cause, so he prescribed some medicine. After taking it, they were fine."

Hang Qi felt strange, "You'll be fine after eating?"

The woman nodded, "Yes, sir. It's not very harmful, but we all find it strange. There has never been anything like this in the village before."

"Anything else?" Hang Qi asked.

Another man said, "There were also strange things happening in the fields. At first, the rice fields of the village headman were burned for no reason. Fortunately, the fire was put out in time, otherwise an acre of land would have been burned."

"What else?" Hang Qi asked again.

No one said much this time. Dongshan's footprints were later proved to be a man-made prank, so they didn't take it seriously.

"Sir, Master said that all this is because Lin Xi is not in harmony with the local environment of our village, so this situation has occurred in the village. Why don't you let Lin Xi stay in our village!" said the man.

Xiao Yongyan frowned, "Master, what you said is just one person's opinion. It's not certain whether it's the truth or not. How can you be so sure?"

The man was a little impatient. "I think what the master said makes sense. Lin Xi, in our village, besides you, who has nothing to do but mess around with this and that?"

Zhao Tan saw that the man was getting more and more excited, and was afraid that he would say too much and annoy Hang Qi, "It's okay, this is a government office."

The man stopped immediately and dared not say any more.

"Hey, I don't understand. If you say something is strange, the footprints on the East Mountain are also quite strange. Why didn't you mention it?" Lin Xi asked.

Hang Qi was stunned. What was going on?

Zhao Tan frowned and said, "Hasn't the footprints on the East Mountain been proven to be fake?"

Lin Xi nodded, "That's right, Zhao Lizheng. It's because it's fake and has been exposed that I want to mention it."

Zhao Tan didn't understand why, but he felt something was wrong.

Lin Xi looked at Hang Qi and said loudly, "Sir, I want to sue Taoli Village Chief Zhao Tan for using his power as a chief to suppress the villagers and frame me!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked, except Xiao Yongyan, who did not look surprised at all. There was even a hint of pride on his face. His wife was just such a person.

"Lin Xi, what nonsense are you talking about!" Zhao Tan became furious and yelled when he heard what Lin Xi said.

"Zhao Tan, I'm different from you. I won't use these weird things to confuse others. I always speak with evidence!" Lin Xi said.