Chapter 67 Evidence gradually emerges

Li Zhuangzhuang was instantly panicked when he was pointed out by him.

He kicked the man and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?!"

"Don't be so presumptuous!" Di Jin ordered his men to subdue Li Zhuangzhuang.

Li Zhuangzhuang panicked and said, "Sir! I didn't! It wasn't me!"

"Sir, it was he who bought my paper. I really don't know what he bought it for."

Di Jin slammed the table and said, "Li Zhuangzhuang, at this point, why don't you tell the truth?"

"Why fabricate evidence to slander Lady Wen Shugong?"

Gongsun Huaili looked down at Li Zhuangzhuang.

Beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, and he finally knelt down and grabbed Li's legs.

"Auntie, Auntie, please save me! I bought the paper because I listened to you!"

"Aunt, I am my father's only son and the only heir of our Li family!"

He pulled Li and she collapsed to the ground.

She looked at Pei Wanqing helplessly, and seeing her cold face, she looked at Di Jin on the stage.

"My old man is gone, and it was the Pu family who did it! Even if there's no letter, she was the one who killed him! Where can I find evidence?"

As she spoke, she began to sob and cry, "I thought this would allow me to avenge Old Qian..."

"Mom! You are so confused!" Liu next to her hurriedly tried to make amends.

Pu Qiongzhi was sitting in her seat at this time, looking at the people present, and her anger was accumulating.

Chunjing has been with her for all these years and has never been injured like this!

And Xiao Xingzi, it’s a human life after all!

The child had worked hard to pass elementary school and had just started working in the shop. He had a sick mother and a young sister waiting for him at home...

Originally, she always thought that Pei Wanqing was targeting her just because of some jealousy.

She doesn't care about any of that at all.

Fame, imperial edicts, men...all of these are stepping stones for her to gain money and wealth!

So, when Pei Wanqing used those little tricks against her, she just fought back in the same way.

For such a minor matter, Pu Qiongzhi would at most not suffer any loss.

She didn't take Princess Roujia's little thoughts to heart.

She would even cooperate with these people when necessary.

But now it seems that Pei Wanqing has regarded her as an enemy from the very beginning!

She was too tolerant of her, which brought disaster to herself!

"The Pu family suppressed the shipping company and Chaoxia Cloth Shop, and this matter has not been made clear yet." Pei Wanqing seemed to have just remembered it by chance.

Di Jin glanced at her with a scrutinizing look in his eyes.

Most of the people present came for Lady Wen Shugong, but this one, however, repeatedly made advances.

Di Jin sat in this position, and he was not a fool, so he could see something.

There have been rumors circulating about these two lately. I heard there was a plagiarism incident at a poetry reading.

Looking back at this matter now, it is still very strange!

"Sir, what kind of behavior constitutes suppression?" Nangong Hua spoke first.

Pu Qiongzhi looked at Pei Wanqing and said, "I heard that it was the county lord who bought the shipping company, and this Chaoxia Cloth Shop is also closely related to it."

"We are all in the same business, and it is common for colleagues to look down on each other. Our Pu family's business is inextricably linked to the county lord's. Why doesn't the county lord avoid suspicion?"

When she said this, Pei Wanqing was stunned.

She didn't expect that Pu Qiongzhi actually knew that she had taken her business...

But the shipping business is fine, her dealings with Chaoxia Cloth Shop should not have left any evidence.

Pei Wanqing pretended to be stupid, "I don't quite understand what you are talking about. How can the Lin'an City incident have anything to do with me?"

Pu Qiongzhi didn't even bother to give a perfunctory smile, and continued to explain to Di Jin that the Pu family had no motive for committing the crime.

"Sir, before I came to the capital, the Pu family negotiated frequently with the shipping company, hoping to buy it. However, when I prepared the money, I was told that someone had intervened and snatched away the business I had negotiated."

"Before autumn this year, the Pu family sent people to the outer regions to collect patterns, and a master craftsman with many years of experience drew up blueprints. But as soon as we finished weaving the cloth, Zhaoxia Cloth Workshop sold out its cloth with a similar pattern."

"How do we know why the patterns are the same? Our cloth was sold first. Who knows if your Pu family copied our pattern?" Qian Manguan shouted in retort.

"Yes. Even up to this point, I still accepted my fate. Perhaps it was some kind of coincidence. Soon, our Pu family found a new way out and solved the above problem - by re-cutting the clothes and turning them into baby clothes, we tried our best to recover the losses."

"But Zhaoxia Cloth Workshop's skills are inferior to others, so they imitated Pu's and started making baby clothes again. They also stole Pu's name, causing damage to Pu's reputation."

"The Pu family had no choice but to take the case to court. After much difficulty in obtaining justice, the former owner of the Chaoxia Cloth Shop was hanged in front of the Pu family's gate..."

Pu Qiongzhi said this, looking up at Di Jin with tears in her eyes, "Sir, tell me, why did the Pu family have to kill Qian Kun?"

"Our Pu family won fairly and cleanly, while the Qian family has always used unscrupulous means..."

"Now, the Qian family is turning the tables, and our Pu family's business is out of business again! How do we know they're not just looking for revenge?"

"Madam! We have found evidence to prove the Pu family's innocence!" Yan'er rushed in at this time.

Pu Qiongzhi immediately took out her handkerchief and wiped away the tears that had not yet fallen.

She finally waited for the final killer move.

…

This time, Pei Wanqing was also shocked.

Why are Xin Long and Weng Hai here?

Isn’t this His Highness’s confidant?

She suddenly turned around to look at Gongsun Huaili, her eyes full of disbelief.

Could it be that His Highness is protecting Pu Qiongzhi again this time?

In addition to the couple from Tao's Tavern, Xin Long and Weng Haidai's men also included a scarred man and an old man.

The Tao couple testified that Zhuang Er had not had a drink for a long time, and Boss Tao saw a woman give Zhuang Er a lot of silver and money.

The two of them pointed at Pu's shop and talked in whispers for a long time.

At that time, Boss Tao was punished by his wife to kneel at the door, and he witnessed all this out of boredom.

The old man was the night watchman in Lin'an City.

"Sir, I confess! I will say, wuwuwu..."

"That day, I was on night watch as usual... It was already five in the morning when I saw Qian Kun wandering around the streets in the middle of the night."

"He was holding a rope in his hand, looked dazed, and behaved strangely."

"When I caught him, he was extremely frightened, but he gave me a lot of silver."

"So, I didn't report the incident. Who knew that Qian Kun would hang himself at the Pu family's doorstep the next day?"

"I was so frightened that I thought of taking all the money I had accumulated and running away..."

"I never thought that some black-hearted person would kill me to silence me!"

The more he spoke, the sadder he became. The fear of escaping death made him unable to help but break down and cry.

His greed for a small gain almost cost him his life!