Old Sun trembled slightly, and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

However, the middle-aged fat man, clearly also wanting to protect himself, immediately spoke up as well:

“Your Highness, I also have evidence. I have some silver in my possession, which was given to me by Elder Sun. Such a large amount of silver is traceable, and with a little investigation, it can be determined that this silver belongs to Elder Sun.”

Moreover, I also have the letters exchanged; the handwriting is exactly the same, definitely from Old Sun's hand. Besides, Old Sun himself had previously told me that he also wanted to try the taste of sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Therefore, a considerable portion of the large number of sweet potato and potato seeds that were dug up were hidden in Old Master Sun's mansion, as he loved to eat roasted sweet potatoes and stewed potatoes.

If you search his residence, you'll surely find a large quantity of sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunwen slammed his hand on the table:

"Hey, Mr. Sun, what else do you have to say?"

Old Sun's body suddenly went limp. Now, the witnesses, the envelope, the silver, and the sweet potatoes and potatoes hidden in his house all pointed to him as evidence, leaving him with no ability to defend himself.

So all he could do was tremble and say:

"I...I was confused for a moment, I was confused for a moment. I'm willing, I'm willing to compensate these people, I'm willing to give them money..."

Zhu Yunwen slowly began to speak:

"So you finally admitted it, didn't you? Compensation? You can compensate these people for their losses, but that's because I found out about it."

If we don't find out, wouldn't we just be letting you cut off these people's food supply?

You can compensate these people with silver, but if you go against the government's policies and cause harm to the region, can you just let it go like that?

Of course you have to pay compensation, but not only will you have to pay compensation, you will also have to pay an even more serious price for it.

Old Sun spoke in alarm:

“Your Highness, I am willing to donate all the money and grain in my household.”

Zhu Yunwen sneered and said:

"Your Sun family is going to have your property confiscated, so whether you donate your money and grain is not up to you."

“Over the years, I’ve built bridges and roads in Hekou County and done so many good deeds. Can’t that be exchanged for my life?”

Old Sun roared in despair.

Zhu Yunwen, however, spoke sarcastically:

"Building bridges and paving roads? It's all just to make you famous. In this place, you harm the people, sucking their blood like a leech."

They seized land, hoarded grain, created public opinion and fabricated non-existent famines to fool the people, exploit their interests, and profit from their suffering.

Which of these issues can be offset by building bridges and paving roads?

Building bridges and paving roads is not even a tenth of the evil you have done.

Even these bandits knew that the people's food rations were off-limits. They'd rather forgo the remaining nine hundred taels of silver than do such a despicable thing.

And you still have the nerve to say something like "building bridges and paving roads for the people"? It's utterly despicable!

"Guards! Take him out and behead him in the street!"