Chapter 197: The spoils

Unfortunately, Li Yunshu was standing next to him. With a move of her body and a tap of her finger, Wang Duozi stood still and could not move. The long needle was only as close to Lao Diao as a fingernail.

Zhao Hongjing saw his wife taking action, and he could not just stand by and watch. He walked up to her with an exaggerated expression and said, "Sir Xu, look at how brave Minister Wang is. He wants to kill someone and silence him in front of you!" Although

Duozi could not move, he could still speak. He argued cunningly, "Sir Xu, it's unjust. I was in a hurry because Lao Diao slandered me. I couldn't help it and wanted to beat him up."

Zhao Hongjing walked in front of Wang Duozi and gently lifted his sleeves. The long needle was clearly visible.

Because Wang Duozi was acupunctured, Zhao Hongjing shamelessly took out the long needle, shook it in front of Wang Duozi and said: "Master Wang, what is this? You don't say it's the embroidery needle you carry with you!"

Xu Mo said, and then handed the needle to Li Yunshu, saying as if no one was around: "Wife, look, what is this?" In front of

so many people, Li Yunshu blushed with embarrassment and whispered: "Look at you, you have never seen the world!" It looks like a hidden weapon. Be careful. The needle is black, so it must be poisoned. "

Zhao Hongjing was frightened and asked miserably: "Wife, I won't be poisoned if I take this needle, right?"

Li Yunshu saw that Zhao Hongjing was really scared, so she comforted her: "It's okay, you didn't touch the needle tip, why don't you present this deadly weapon to Lord Xu!"

Zhao Hongjing then carefully presented the long needle, and Xu Mo calmly let the coroner take it.

Then he looked at Lao Diao and said sternly: "You bold lunatic, you don't kneel down when you see me!"

Lao Diao knelt down with a thud, looking at everything in front of him with fear and horror.

In the village where he lived, the county magistrate was the highest official. The man sitting in front of him looked young, but he had a frightening sense of oppression.

"What's your name, where are you from, why did you come to the capital, and how are you related to Mr. Zhao's case?" Xu Mo didn't give Lao Diao a chance to breathe and asked him a series of questions at once.

Lao Diao answered honestly, "My name is Lao Diao. I'm from Xiling, and I'm a distant cousin of Wang Duozi. When the Xiling earthquake happened, we wanted to come to him for help, but we wrote several letters and got no response, so we gave up the idea.

However, more than two months ago, Wang Duozi suddenly sent someone to find me, gave me fifty taels of silver, and asked me to tamper with the relief supplies.

Unfortunately, the management of those relief supplies was too strict, and I had no chance to do anything. Later, when the dam was built, Wang Duozi set his sights on the dam."

But the dam was built so solidly that I would not agree even if he offered me five hundred taels, let alone fifty taels. "

Xu Mo then asked, "What happened later? "

Later, Wang Duozi gave me one thousand and two taels of silver and promised that after the success, my eldest son would be passed to him, so that we would have endless glory and wealth. Who would have known that after the success, he would kill my wife and four sons."

Xu Mo was very curious: "You said the dam was built very solidly, so how did you destroy it? "

Lao Diao said: "Wang Duozi gave me something like water. When it splashed on the surface of the dam, it would corrode the dam. We used that thing to soak the center of the dam. Then at night, my four sons and I secretly went to dig the dam. It took us almost a month, and we finally hollowed out the center of the dam before the rainy season, stuffed it with straw, and then restored the surface. "

When Lao Diao thinks about it now, he feels a sense of accomplishment. Such a solid dam was destroyed by the five of them.

Before Xu Mo could react, Zhao Hongye was already furious. He rushed over like a madman and punched and kicked Lao Diao: "It was you, it was you who destroyed the dam and killed dozens of people. Do you know how long it took them to reclaim the fields under the dam? Do you know how hard those dead people tried to stay alive? You beast, come at me if you have the guts. Why, why did you destroy the dam? "

Zhao Hongye has always had a good temper. Even though Qian was so unreasonable, Zhao Hongye never got angry. For decades, Zhao Hongjing had never seen his elder brother lose his temper so badly.

Xu Mo lowered his head and flipped through the files in his hand. The officers on both sides were busy maintaining order outside the court, telling the people outside to watch the excitement not to crowd too much.

When Zhao Hongye was tired of beating him, Xu Mo raised his head and said to his subordinates, "No noise is allowed in the court. Why don't you pull Lord Zhao away?"

Zhao Hongye didn't know where he got the strength from, but he beat Lao Diao into a pig's head.

Xu Mo ignored him and turned his gaze to Wang Duozi.

"Lord Wang, you have also heard Lao Diao's testimony. What do you have to say? "

Wang Duozi had been maintaining the strange posture he had just used to attack Lao Diao.

He twisted his neck and said, "Lord Xu, Lao Diao is indeed a distant relative of my family, but we have had no contact for so many years. He resented me for not helping his family when I needed help, so he framed me. I have been staying in the capital and have never left. How could I have let him damage the dike?"

Zhao Hongjing immediately retorted, "You haven't left the capital, so you won't send someone? Lao Diao said you sent someone to talk to him."

Wang Duozi tilted his head and said angrily, "If you want to accuse someone of a crime, you will find a pretext. Lord Zhao, be careful that I will accuse you of frame-up in front of the emperor. "

You..." Zhao Hongjing was so angry that he had nothing to say. He ran to Lao Diao angrily and asked, "Tell me quickly, who gave you the money to destroy the dam?"

Lao Diao shook his head and said, "I haven't seen him. He only said that he was Wang Duozi's man."

Wang Duozi was relieved to see that Lao Diao could not tell the truth. He said loudly, "Someone must have used my name to do bad things. Lord Xu, you are a god at solving cases, but you must clear my name!"

Zhao Hongjing didn't believe it. He said to Xu Mo, "Lord Xu, he must be involved in this matter. Let's call everyone around him and let Lao Diao identify them. "

Xu Mo really couldn't praise Zhao Hongjing's method. Li Yunshu really didn't want to miss any opportunity. She brought in all the followers who followed Wang Duozi today and asked Lao Diao to identify them. However, Lao Diao looked around and just shook his head vigorously.

Wang Duozi smiled with difficulty: "Zhao Hongjing, you'd better control your wife. It is very disrespectful to attack an official appointed by the court. You'd better be careful that your future and the Zhao family will be ruined by this bitch."

Zhao Hongjing became anxious, put his hands on his waist, and said swearingly: "You are the bitch, your whole family are bitches. To tell you the truth, I have nothing to do with the Zhao family now. I have already married my wife. What we did has nothing to do with the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion. But you, tell the truth, who sent you the letter, maybe the emperor can spare your death sentence. "