Chapter 300 Chen San Appears

When Qiao Youyou saw Xiao Wan's reaction, she was slightly stunned.

Chen San... didn't come? But it was clearly agreed before.

She slipped out of the Ministry of Revenue before leaving work today. She had originally planned to go look for Chen San again, but the Ministry of Revenue was quite a distance away from Chen San's calligraphy and painting shop, and she had other things to prepare. She was afraid that going back and forth would delay the good show at the birthday banquet, so she did not go.

Did Chen San suddenly regret it? Or... did something unexpected happen?

Min Yuan raised his eyes and saw Qiao Youyou's expression. He immediately guessed something and straightened his back.

"Miss Qiao, what are you waiting for? Where is your witness?"

Qiao Youyou clenched his fists, "Maybe, maybe he got delayed on the way. If we send someone to look for him now, he should be able to find him!"

"Haha, this is the Minister's birthday party. Not only have you ruined the party, but do you want all these people here to accompany you and wait for you to find the witness?"

Minister Lu leaned towards Zhang Lun and asked tentatively: "Sir, look at this——"

Zhang Lun looked solemn and did not express his opinion immediately. He pondered for a long time before saying to Minister Lu: "Today's birthday banquet should have been a happy one, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this. But after all, this concerns the reputation of the entire Ministry of Revenue, as well as the reputation of the officials below..."

Minister Lu quickly waved his hand to indicate that his birthday party was not a big deal. "Since such a big case has been brought up, we naturally have to investigate it thoroughly. If it is true, we must deal with it immediately. If someone spread rumors and caused trouble, it will be better to clear Lord Min's name."

Minister Lu said this, but he regretted it in his heart.

If I had known this would happen, I would not have held the birthday party. Now that it has come to this, it is impossible to continue with the birthday party as if nothing had happened. What else can I say except to show magnanimity?

"Lord Lu is righteous." Zhang Lun nodded to him and looked at Min Yuan.

"I will send someone to look for Chen San now, and another person to notify Jingzhao Prefecture and the Dali Temple to intervene in this matter. Lord Min, do you have anything to say?"

Min Yuan became more confident and shouted, "I am innocent. Please, Your Excellency, order someone to find Chen San and confront me in court!"

"Okay." Zhang Lun immediately ordered his men to go out and do it.

Seeing Min Yuan's reaction, Qiao Youyou felt that something was wrong.

Chen San is the most critical witness to the collusion between Min Yuan and Ning Xiang. As long as Chen San opens his mouth, Min Yuan's facts will be irrefutable. However, Min Yuan looks confident at this time...

"Chen San didn't come today. Did you do anything? Did you know he wouldn't come?" Qiao Youyou directly asked the doubts in her heart.

Min Yuan seemed to have heard something funny and said how could he have known in advance that Qiao Youyou was going to make such a fuss in the Minister's residence.

"It's you, Miss Qiao." Min Yuan looked at her with interest. "You teamed up with Chen San to frame me. Could it be that he was guilty and fled from the battlefield?"

After saying that, he thought about it again and pretended to be surprised and said, "It's not possible... that you have silenced me, right?"

"Stop confusing right and wrong!" Qiao Youyou scolded.

Min Yuan seemed to have won the game, and a sinister look gradually emerged in his eyes. "Miss Qiao, you falsely accuse an official of the imperial court. Do you know what crime this is?"

Just wait, the people sent out later won’t be able to find Chen San, and Qiao Youyou’s testimony will not be confirmed.

As for Jingzhao Prefecture, His Royal Highness Prince Qi will naturally take care of it and will not make things difficult for me.

By then, all the evidence will be overturned. Qiao Youyou will not be able to escape the crime of slandering the imperial official in public. She will be skinned alive if she doesn't die!

Seeing that all the people sent out had left, Zhao Ming secretly asked Shen Qingzhou: "What should we do now? This birthday banquet can't go on. Are we just going to sit here and wait? This is too embarrassing..."

"Who would dare to leave without the order from the Minister? I guess this matter concerns the reputation of the entire Ministry of Revenue. The Minister wants to get to the bottom of the matter here in front of everyone to prevent anyone from spreading rumors. After all, three people can make a tiger."

Shen Qingzhou lowered his voice a few degrees, "The most important thing is not to check for us, but this person——"

He pointed at Eunuch Li who was calm and composed not far away, and Zhao Ming immediately understood.

At this moment, a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds came from outside the Minister's residence. The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, but there was no sign of slowing down.

As the sound of horse hooves passed the gate of the Minister's Mansion, there was also the sound of something heavy being thrown to the ground.

Shen Qingzhou and Zhao Ming were sitting closest to the courtyard gate, and they heard it clearly, and couldn't help but stick their heads out to take a look.

Then the doorman ran in in a panic, ran up to Minister Lu and Zhang Lun and shouted:

"Sir, two people just rode by on horseback, and one of them was thrown off his horse!"

Minister Lu was shocked and immediately asked him to bring the person up.

Several servants quickly carried a man into the yard. The man had a few minor scratches on his face and seemed to be still alive.

Qiao Youyou and Min Yuan saw the man's face at the same time——

"Chen San! Your Excellency, he is Chen San." Qiao Youyou said loudly.

Min Yuan fell to the ground with a pale face, as if he had seen a ghost. "Impossible, he...how could he be here!?"

Zhang Lun asked someone to bring a basin of clean water and pour it on Chen San's face. Chen San woke up with a start. He was dazed at first, and then he suddenly screamed and sat up.

"Don't, don't kill me! I'll tell you everything!!!"

After shouting this, Chen San realized something was wrong and looked around. It was the first time he saw so many people in official uniforms, and they were all looking at him, and his hair stood up immediately.

Qiao Youyou walked up to him and said, "Chen San, what happened? Didn't I ask you to wait outside the Minister's Mansion?"

When Chen San saw Qiao Youyou, he came to his senses and avoided her gaze guiltily.

"Forget it." Qiao Youyou stopped worrying about it. "This is the Minister's residence. The two people above are the Minister and the Minister. I have already handed your confession to them. Don't be afraid. Just tell us everything about Min Yuan and Ning Xiang. This is your only chance to redeem yourself from your crime."