The same is true for Zhou Zhilu here. The biggest difficulty for Pan Hexun and others is that they cannot prove that the subjective will mentioned by Zhou Zhilu is false.
In other words, even if he knew something, he had to pretend not to know, otherwise he would be exposing himself by planting spies in the ancient family, and the Bai family has not fallen yet.
This leaves more room for maneuver and more points of contention in the judgment of this case.
What Zhou Zhilu actually wanted was to postpone the closing of the case. As long as he waited until the negotiations between Bai Qiufeng and the court were over, he would be able to be rescued. This was also the reason why Pan Hexun and others wanted to rush to conclude the case.
But after this incident, because it was impossible to determine whether Zhou Zhilu's behavior at the time constituted treason, the verdict was temporarily shelved and required a subsequent retrial.
The next day, the negotiations between the Bai family and the court ended smoothly, and the Bai family only said two things.
One is that they feel guilty about the events in Yunjiang City. It was the Bai family's failure to provide adequate supervision that led to the demon tribe colluding with the Gu tribe, endangering the lives of the people in Yunjiang City.
The second thing is that the Bai family suffered too much damage in the process of fighting against the Gu Clan and the Wild God, and hoped that the court would send troops to southern Xinjiang to assist the Bai family in guarding the south.
What the Bai family meant here is that we can put the blame on the Gu clan and the demon clan. My Bai family has not been against your court, and your court has not sent anyone to stop my Bai family. Everything can be treated as if nothing happened.
However, our Bai family's inheritance is now in trouble, and the poisonous holy body has been lost. We are worried that our Bai family will be targeted in the future, so we are willing to make a concession and let your court send troops to our Bai family. This way, you can check and balance our Bai family and put the court's concerns to rest.
But at the same time, the imperial army also needs to protect our Bai family to prevent the Gu tribe and other forces from attacking our Bai family in the future.
What the Bai family needs is time. If they want to survive safely after the old lady of the Bai family passes away and they have not yet found a way to restore the Bai family's inheritance, the only way is to rely on the court and make concessions to the court.
This was exactly the result the court wanted to see, so they naturally accepted it with pleasure and expressed some condolences and comfort for the Bai family's losses.
After the matter was settled between the two parties, Zhou Zhilu was released as expected.
When he was released from prison, Zhou Zhilu recalled Pan Hexun's constipated face when Gao Sen announced the verdict, and felt amused.
However, as soon as he walked out of the Ministry of Justice, he saw Tu Qing in a long blue robe standing at the door of the Ministry of Justice waiting for him.
"Brother Tu? Why are you here?" Zhou Zhilu asked in surprise.
"I'm here to welcome you. You've worked hard on this trip... and I'll take you to meet someone." Tu Qing patted the dust off Zhou Zhilu's shoulder and smiled softly.
"Oh? Who are you going to see?" Zhou Zhilu asked curiously.
"The current right prime minister."
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