Chapter 196: Case cannot be closed

Zhao Hongjing and Li Yunshu looked at each other, not understanding what the prince meant.

Seeing these two people who were not understanding, the prince had to add one more sentence: "Why, you two still want to continue fighting in the street? Then you two stop for a moment. You are the manager of the city defense camp. Hurry up and let the witnesses from Xiling in. The emperor ordered me to take them to the Dali Temple in person."

The manager was confused, and the prince frowned: "Why, what I said doesn't work in your city defense camp?"

The manager hurriedly said: "No, it's just that Madam Zhao and Lord Zhao really wanted to rush the gate just now. They even took out the divorce letter. If you had come a moment later, I'm afraid there would be a fight here."

Gu Huaiyu looked at Zhao Hongjing and asked: " "Lord Zhao, what's going on?"

Zhao Hongjing suddenly had an idea, took out the divorce letter from his arms, and cried, "Your Highness, Yunshu doesn't want me anymore, she wants to take her people back to her hometown. I have no choice but to follow her into the Li family."

Gu Huaiyu suppressed his smile and said coldly, "Madam Zhao, Lord Zhao, I came here today for official business. Do you really want to affect my work for your trivial matters? Get out of here!"

Zhao Hongjing took the opportunity to pull Li Yunshu and said, "Wife, the Crown Prince is angry, let's go back and talk!"

Li Yunshu waved her hand, and her people quietly hid in the crowd.

The two also got on the horse and rode away together.

Su Xiaoxiao blinked and said, "If your aunt and uncle don't agree to the dowry, you can divorce them!"

Zhao Hongjing just frowned: "Little aunt, who are you on the same side with?"

With the prince's oral order, the witness entered the city smoothly.

The lobby of the Dali Temple was silent at this moment.

Xu Mo took Zhao Hongye's private account and asked Zhao Hongye: "Sir Zhao, you have been providing disaster relief in Xiling for a year without making a penny. You have even spent tens of thousands of taels of silver from your family to resettle the victims. Why did you change the raw materials of the dam?"

Zhao Hongye still said the same thing: "I have never changed the paint. There was no problem when the dam was built."

Wang Duozi said unwillingly: "Sir Xu, from the policy point of view, Sir Zhao is indeed selfless. "But it's just some numbers, anyone can make it up. Lord Zhao still can't produce evidence to prove his innocence, does Lord Xu want to close the case in a muddle?"

Suddenly, Su Changhe walked into the court with his head held high and shouted, "Who said there is no evidence, Lord Xu, the witness has arrived!"

Everyone looked out the door, and outside was filled with ragged victims.

Wang Duozi showed panic on his face: "How dare you! Who brought these rioters into the capital? Lord Xu, quickly take them down!"

Gu Huaiyu walked slowly with Su Xiaoxiao. He looked at Wang Duozi and said calmly: "I brought these people in. They are all here to testify for Lord Zhao.

It was Lord Wang who reported the news that there were rioters from Xiling coming to the capital. There were only more than a hundred people, but you said there were thousands. What's going on?"

Wang Duozi stamped his feet in anger. The people he sent out were useless. They couldn't even deal with a few victims. Fortunately,

this was just a fuss over a small matter, and he couldn't link the matter of the dam to himself.

He said in panic, "Your Highness, I didn't investigate it clearly. I will go to the emperor to apologize."

Gu Huaiyu stopped him and said, "Don't be in a hurry to apologize. Let's go together after hearing the case."

Wang Duozi had to sit down again.

After Xu Mo heard the purpose of the disaster victims and took out the blood letter of ten thousand people, he was deeply moved. He asked about the things in the account book one by one, and sure enough, everything was true.

Xu Mo slapped the wooden board in shock and said, "Minister Zhao Hongye of the Ministry of Works was ordered to go to Xiling to provide disaster relief. He worked diligently and lived with the victims. There was no evidence of corruption,

so he was released without guilt!" Wang Duozi said unconvinced, "Lord Xu's judgment is probably biased. Even if the victims testified for him, it would not prove that he was not responsible for the dam incident. Dozens of lives were lost. I think that if the mastermind is not caught, the case will be settled.

Zhao Hongye also lost his temper: "It's not just dozens of lives lost, but also the farmland that the villagers worked hard for months to dig. If the dam bursts, there will be no harvest next year. Lord Xu, this case can't be closed!" Xu

Mo was in a dilemma. He didn't want to be a confused official, but the people who stole the materials might have been killed and silenced. Did Zhao Hongye not care about his son's future?

Xu Mo asked, "Master Zhao, to be honest, I don't have sufficient evidence regarding the raw materials of the dam. If the case is not closed, your son will miss the imperial examination tomorrow. Are you really willing to wait?"

Zhao Hongye said firmly, "My son only missed an examination, but those victims lost their lives. Please make sure to get to the bottom of this matter, Master Xu!"

Seeing that Zhao Hongye had made up his mind, Xu Mo said, "Then it will be up to you, Master Zhao. Come, take Master Zhao into custody and we will try him on another day."

Zhao Hongjing and his wife turned around and went to bring Lao Diao away, "Wait a minute, we have a witness!"

Zhao Hongjing quickly dragged Lao Diao to the court and said, "Master Xu, this is the man who stole the raw materials of the dam!"

Wang Duozi was almost scared to death when he saw Lao Diao. Why wasn't he dead yet!

When Lao Diao saw Wang Duozi, he ran over like crazy and started fighting with Wang Duozi.

Wang Duozi dodged repeatedly. During the fight, he found that Lao Diao could not speak. He became more confident and said angrily: "Zhao Hongjing, where did you find a madman to say he is a witness? This man can't even speak."

Xu Mo thought that things had taken a turn for the better, but who knew that the witness they were talking about was actually a mute, so he asked: "Master Zhao, are you sure he is the one who destroyed the dam?"

Zhao Hongjing said firmly: "That's right, let him tell the whole story himself!"

Xu Mo looked at Zhao Hongjing helplessly, his eyes seemed to ask: A mute, how can you let him tell?

Zhao Hongjing understood, pulled Li Yunshu's clothes, and said softly: "Wife, please help him unblock the acupuncture points!"

Li Yunshu raised her hand and touched Lao Diao with her fingers, and Lao Diao could speak.

He was arrested by the officials and could not beat Wang Duozi, so he had to curse: "Wang Duozi, you bastard, you clearly said that as long as I destroyed the dam and replaced it with inferior raw materials, you would adopt my eldest son to your family and give me one thousand taels. Who knew that after the matter was accomplished, you actually sent people to kill my whole family. If I hadn't gone to the casino, I would have been killed by you. I will kill you today!"

Lao Diao's accusations were all directed at Wang Duozi. Wang Duozi walked towards Lao Diao angrily with a dagger in his hand.

He wanted to kill Lao Diao on the spot, and then try to find a way to make excuses.