Chapter 167 Proof

"Lin Xi, do you know what you are talking about!" Hang Qi was shocked by Lin Xi's words and immediately became serious.

If Lin Xi could prove that what Zhao Tan said were all lies and that someone was behind this, then in front of the governor, not only would he not be able to do anything to Lin Xi, he would also have to protect her.

This was more painful to him than killing him.

The old Taoist priest didn't expect Lin Xi to be so bold, and immediately said to Hang Qi, "Sir, this woman has mental problems, you must not believe her words."

His words just gave Hang Qi a reason to get angry. He was about to speak when the governor suddenly spoke up, "Since this woman said she has evidence, let her produce it. If she can't produce it, it proves that what she said is not true. But if she can produce it, it proves that she is innocent."

Hang Qi disagreed in every way, but he really couldn't disobey the prefect.

"Master Hang?"

Seeing that Hang Qi didn't speak for a long time, the prefect asked a question.

"Sir, I understand." Hang Qi said reluctantly, "Lin Xi, didn't you say you had evidence? Where is it now?"

Lin Xi said slowly, "Sir, here comes the evidence."

No one knew what Lin Xi was up to and was completely confused.

However, they soon understood.

Not far away, Wang Jing came with the villagers, followed by the police.

When Zhao Tan saw Wang Jing, the corner of his mouth twitched. He was careless. He thought this person would not be of any use, but he didn't expect him to appear again.

"Sir, the villagers of Taoli Village have been brought here." The leading official reported.

Hang Qi asked, "Have you all seen the strange things in the village?"

The villagers nodded.

Then, Hang Qi asked Lin Xi, "Where is the evidence you mentioned?"

Lin Xi pointed to the villagers behind him and said, "Sir, it's right here."

These words confused everyone. Where was the evidence that Lin Xi mentioned?

Lin Xi walked up to one of the villagers and said, "Let's talk about the first thing first. Auntie, did your child have a rash some time ago?"

The woman nodded. "Yes, he was fine that night, but the next morning he was covered in rashes."

"Before the rash appeared, did your family eat or use anything different?" Lin Xi asked again.

The woman thought for a while and said, "Nothing special, just the usual food."

"Aunt, please think about it carefully." Lin Xi asked again.

At this moment, Zhao Tan couldn't stand it anymore and said angrily, "Lin Xi, why are you asking these irrelevant questions in front of adults?"

Lin Xi looked at Zhao Tan, his eyes already showing a hint of coldness. "Li Zheng, you will soon find out whether it is insignificant or not."

The aunt thought seriously for a while, and finally said, "It seems that he ate some fruit that Goudan gave him, and there should be nothing else."

As soon as he said this, another man came over and said, "My kid also ate Goudan's food. Now I remember, he said the fruit was sour and sweet and quite delicious."

Lin Xi said to Hang Qi, "Sir, have you noticed that all the children who developed allergic rashes ate the fruit given by Goudan, and then developed similar symptoms?"

However, Zhao Tan immediately denied this statement, "It's normal for a child to eat something casually. How can you conclude that it was caused by eating fruit?"

"Please look, sir," Lin Xi took out a small red fruit from his arms, "This is what the children in the village are allergic to."

Hang Qi had no idea about these things and was holding the fruit in confusion.

The governor found it interesting and asked, "Does this fruit really have such an effect?"

Zhao Tan hurriedly said, "Sir, this is a rumor that Lin Xi made up to exonerate himself!"

"So, you, the village head, don't admit it?" Lin Xi asked.

"What do you mean I don't admit it? It's just a fruit, how could it have such great power?" Zhao Tan said.

"Actually, it's very simple to prove it. You'll know after you eat it." Lin Xi looked at Zhao Tan with a smile.

Zhao Tan inexplicably felt a sense of crisis.

"Lin Xi, you are just looking for trouble. This fruit will take a day to take effect..."

Before Zhao Tan finished speaking, Lin Xi interrupted him and said, "This fruit is called Red Blood Fruit. If you take a large amount, you will have an allergic reaction immediately. But this fruit doesn't grow in our Taoli Village. Zhao Lizheng, how did you know?"

Zhao Tan had a lot to say just now, but now he was blocked by Lin Xi and was speechless, so he stood still.

Hang Qi and even Lin Xi would not produce useless evidence, and immediately felt that something was wrong, "Zhao Tan, how do you explain it?"

Zhao Tan was extremely flustered, "I have heard about it before."

"What the village head meant is that you already knew that eating red blood fruit would cause allergies."

"I think so."

"Well, Zhao Lizheng, since you know this, you should understand that the red rash on the child is caused by the red blood fruit, not me." Lin Xi said.

Zhao Tan’s eyes widened instantly. What was going on? He had only said a few words, so how could the matter have nothing to do with Lin Xi?

"Sir," Lin Xi turned to Hang Qi, "The children in Taoli Village are suffering from allergic reactions due to the red blood fruit."

The governor suddenly said, "Hang Qi, find someone to try this fruit to see if it is really that magical."

Hang Qi had no choice but to let the yamen runner eat the fruit. However, in order to achieve better results, Lin Xi made the yamen runner eat a large handful of fruit. The yamen runner looked at Lin Xi with eyes that were almost spitting fire.

However, the effect of eating a large amount of red blood fruit was indeed good. After a while, red rashes of varying sizes began to appear on the yamen runner's body.

When the villagers saw it, they immediately confirmed, "Yes, this is it, this is what my child had!"

Lin Xi said, "Sir, does this prove that the rashes on the children in the village have nothing to do with me?"

With the evidence in front of him and the governor standing by, what else could he say? He could only say, "So, the rash incident has nothing to do with Lin Xi."

"The second thing," Lin Xi continued, "is that accidents happened one after another in the rice fields in the village."

Zhao Tan listened carefully to what Lin Xi said, and paid even more attention when he mentioned rice fields.

"The rice fields caught fire and the wheat in the rice fields were harvested. It was actually all man-made." Lin Xi said.

When this was said, the villagers were unhappy. "If you say it was man-made, then it's man-made. Who would be so bold as to touch someone else's fields?"

For ordinary farmers, anything happening in the fields is a big deal. Now that Lin Xi says that the strange things happening in the rice fields are man-made, they really find it hard to accept.

We all rely on the fields for our livelihood. Who would be so vicious as to tamper with the fields?

"Lin Xi, are you telling the truth?" someone couldn't help but ask.

"Aunt, don't worry. I have a reason to say this." Lin Xi said, "Sir, I have a witness coming up."