The next afternoon.

Jiang Lili then received a message from He Jing, saying that Xin Che had found another flower garden of the Yun family where the datura flowers were grown, and sent the variant datura flowers grown by the Yun family to Jiang Lili, and also found a batch of tea leaves dyed with datura flower spices.

She was surprised at Xin Che's speed. After all, this guy's actions had become mysterious since he left the village.

But she didn't have time to think about it. Jiang Lili immediately sent the mutant datura flower and this batch of tea to Hou Xiaoxiao in a red envelope.

After Hou Xiaoxiao received the things sent by Jiang Lili, she took immediate action to visit the wife of the Minister of Agriculture, and told the Minister of Agriculture that her people in Miaojiang had discovered that someone in Lingnan had planted a large number of mutant datura flowers and mixed them into the food of the people.

That evening, Hou Xiaoxiao replied to Jiang Lili: "After receiving the mutant datura flower and tea leaves I sent, the Minister of Agriculture reported the matter to the Ministry of Revenue overnight. He will set off at full speed for Lianzhou tomorrow morning. However, even at full speed, it will take at least seven days to reach Lianzhou."

[@Jiang Lili: Okay, then I'll try to find a way to get the He family to delay for a while.]

@He Lin: Rain or shine, I'll be waiting for you in jail! Everyone, please work harder to get me out! Losing your freedom is such a horrible feeling.

@Jiang Lili: Okay, I'll have to inconvenience you by having you stay in jail for seven or eight days. During this time, you need to memorize the words you'll say in court. I can't be there, so let's go over the planned process.

After Jiang Lili gave Hou Xiaoxiao the datura flowers and tea leaves during her defense, she asked He Jing to continue with the class. However, He Jing became even more panicked: "Miss Jiang, what should we do next?"

"I promised my aunt that I could handle this. The unsaleable herbs have been sold, but the final payment hasn't come yet. My aunt and my brothers and sisters still don't trust me and even think I've been cheated."

Jiang Lili can ship the medicinal materials to their class's Jincheng squad as quickly as possible, but the money that the Jincheng squad remits still needs to be transported and allocated.

Right now, He Jing only has the deposit and the balance payment for the medicinal materials, which the escort agency is still transporting to Lianzhou at a rapid speed. Jiang Lili also knows that He Jing is panicking.

"Don't worry, when have I ever been unreliable?"

Jiang Lili instructed He Jing: "Right now, what you He family needs to do is to delay for ten days, which is best. Make the matter bigger and transfer the case to the government office."

He Jing gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"

"Sister Li, I'm putting all my hopes on you right now!"

He went to the He family to find a way to delay time.

The next day, Jiang Lili continued to set off with the exile team.

The Li County government was busy with the He and Yun families' affairs and had no time to arrange boats for the exile team, so they asked them to go to Lianzhou City first and handed them over to the government office. It was said that many places in Haizhou needed to be reclaimed, and the government office had other arrangements.

Seven days later, the exile team arrived at the government office.

Jiang Lili also received news from He Jing that the He family and the Yun family were in a big fight, and they were spreading the news that the Yun family was planting forbidden flowers.

He Lin's case is now handed over to the government office, and the case will be tried in the government office tomorrow morning.

Jiang Lili was waiting for He Lin to start a video call tomorrow to broadcast the situation of being the defendant.

The next day, at Lianzhou government office.

After being brought out by the yamen runners, He Lin cried out in injustice: "We, the He family, burned the Yun family's batch of flower seedlings to eliminate harm to the people, because they were planting the imperially banned datura flower!"

This statement caused a stir among the people. Many people in Lianzhou were flower farmers and naturally knew what the datura flower was. "How could the Yun family have the audacity to grow datura flowers?"

"I was wondering why Mr. He Lin, such a handsome man, would do something as outrageous as arson. Turns out he was doing it to rid the people of a pest!"

Many people have a filter for He Lin's appearance, and now their hearts are inclined towards He Lin.

"Silence!" Lianzhou Prefect Qi Zheng slammed the wooden table. "You say the Yun family is growing datura flowers. Do you have any evidence?"

"The county government has already sent people to investigate the scene. What was burned was the Yun family's newly cultivated precious camellia. It was purple, completely different from the color of the datura."

He Jing quickly brought the Yun family's mutant datura flower over: "Sir, please look at these stumps that the Yun family dug out on the scene. They smell the same as the stumps of the datura flower after it was burned."

"The Yun family grinds the datura flower into spices and adds them to their restaurants and teas. This has attracted many diners to linger over the Yun family's restaurant dishes and teas!"

"Wait a minute, how can these flowers in your hand be called datura flowers?"

Qi Zheng said sternly, "These flowers are all purple camellias, different from the datura flowers that are expressly banned by the court. Look at the illustrations sent by the Minister of Agriculture. These datura flowers are dark red, and these flowers are not related at all. As for whether they are a variant of the datura flower, you are the only one who can say anything about it."

"If I act so carelessly, then anyone could arbitrarily label a flower in the Yun family's garden as forbidden, demanding I identify it and punish the Yun family. Wouldn't that be chaos!"

He Jing quickly brought someone up: "This is the old doctor Ge who retired from the capital."

Doctor Ge came out and said, "Master Qi, this flower has the same properties as the datura flower. It can relieve pain and eliminate pain. However, excessive intake can cause hallucinations and is addictive. Master Qi, this is a mutant datura flower."

"Old Doctor Ge is a retired doctor from the capital. Isn't his diagnosis convincing?"

Qi Zheng shook his head: "This flower's effects and side effects are indeed similar to those of the datura flower, but that doesn't prove it's the datura flower. It only means it's a new variety of flower with the same effects as the datura flower."

"The imperial court hasn't prohibited the planting of this new variety of flowers, so there's no problem with Yun planting it."

He Jing: "You! You're going too far!"

"It's your He family that's so magnanimous. Your own son made a mistake, but you don't want to take responsibility."

Qi Zheng stroked his mustache and shook his head. "As for the identification of forbidden flowers, it's not something a lowly official like me can do. That has to be decided by the Grand Minister of Agriculture of the imperial court!"

"Alright, the people of Lianzhou are watching. If your He family is really so irresponsible, who will dare to work for you in the future?"

"Apologize to the Yun family and compensate them with the 100,000 taels of silver. Even if this matter is over, let the people of Lianzhou see the responsibility of your He family!"

The head of the Yun family was calm and composed, his back straight and proud, with the air of a victor. "Master He Jing, if your He family can't afford the compensation, why not leave Master He Lin to our Yun family as a son-in-law? How about mortgage him?"

He Jing was furious: "You are wishful thinking!"

Just as Qi Zheng was about to announce the verdict, the gatekeeper rushed in: "Master Qi, the Minister of Agriculture is here!"