Chapter 169 Wang Jing doesn’t tell the whole story
"All right." The governor said solemnly, "What a quarrel in the court!"
Everyone fell silent at once, and no one dared to say another word.
"I have also heard about what happened today. Since both the father and son of the Zhao family admit that they committed the crime, let's lock them up together and have a thorough trial." The governor turned to look at Hang Qi, "Lord Hang, do you think there is something wrong with my sentence?"
Facing the governor, how could Hang Qi dare to say no? "Sir, I understand."
Zhao Tan and his son Zhao Pingwei argued for a long time, but in the end they were both thrown into jail, leaving them dumbfounded.
"grown ups……"
Zhao Tan wanted to say something else, but was interrupted mercilessly by Hang Qi, "What are you guys standing there for? Didn't you hear what the governor said?"
The surrounding officers acted quickly, rushing forward and tying up the Zhao father and son.
An officer asked, "Sir, what should we do with this old Taoist priest?"
Hang Qi was very depressed at the moment, so he didn't care about the old Taoist priest. He said casually, "Lock him up together. He is spreading rumors to confuse people. Are we going to let him cheat people outside?"
The police quickly tied up the Taoist priest again.
"My Lord, I have something to say..."
Before the Taoist priest could finish his words, he was pulled away by the irritable official. He said, "I have something to say. If you continue to speak in front of the two adults, do you still want to keep our job?"
The villagers of Taoli Village were unable to comprehend what was happening before their eyes.
How could their village head become a prisoner overnight? Could these strange things in the village really be done by Zhao Tan and Zhao Pingwei, father and son?
The shock was so great that they all found it hard to believe that Zhao Tan, as the head of the village, could do such a thing.
The trial had reached this point and there was no need to continue, so Hang Qi announced his adjournment.
In the hall, the villagers of Taoli Village were all in a daze. They didn't know what they had just heard and just left the county government office based on instinct.
Lin Xi felt extremely relaxed. After dealing with Zhao Tan, everything else would be much easier for her.
The prefect stood up and prepared to leave, and Hang Qi carefully escorted him out of the county government gate.
Xiao Yongyan did not leave immediately. He stood at the door for a while, and waited until the governor came out. "Thank you very much."
The governor didn't even look at Xiao Yongyan, but said, "You are really good at making things difficult for me."
Xiao Yongyan smiled and said nothing.
The prefect did not stay any longer and turned to leave.
Not far away, Wang Jing had already led the horse over, and Lin Xi saw that a carriage had been harnessed to the horse.
"Let's go back." Wang Jing said.
Xiao Yongyan and Lin Xi got on the carriage, leaving behind the angry Hang Qi, and returned to Taoli Village.
In the carriage, Wang Jing sighed, "You are such a failure as human beings. A village head is going to such great lengths to discipline you!"
"He has evil intentions himself, so why should we be held responsible?" Xiao Yongyan said calmly.
Lin Xi didn't think there was anything wrong with her. "I didn't understand why Zhao Tan wanted to pick a fight with us, but later I understood. He was probably worried that our reputation among the villagers would surpass his."
Wang Jing was surprised and asked, "So what? Are you going to compete with him for the position of village chief?"
As soon as he said this, Wang Jing immediately realized that he seemed to have accidentally told the truth, "Wait, does he really think so?"
"Apart from power and money, what else can make people so crazy?" Lin Xi looked disillusioned with the world.
"No way, Lin Xi, you've only been here for a short time, and you've already figured all this out!" Wang Jing said in surprise.
Lin Xi smiled. This was not something she had figured out. She only saw it from history.
"You should stop and drive carefully." Xiao Yongyan said.
Wang Jing looked at the reins in his hand and felt very depressed. How did he become a coachman? He came all the way from the capital just to do this!
"Honestly," Wang Jing's voice deepened, "You bullied Hang Qi like this, I'm afraid that the guy in the capital will come after you."
Lin Xi has always found it strange that these people always speak in a half-hearted way. What exactly are these so-called people from the capital city like?
"Can you please stop playing tricks and speak more clearly?" Lin Xi felt a little depressed.
Seeing his wife getting impatient, Xiao Yongyan quickly said, "Madam, calm down. It's all Wang Jing's fault for not telling the whole story."
Wang Jing felt that he was really an easy target.
Wang Jing had already driven his carriage to the outskirts of the city. There was no one alive within a radius of four or five miles. "Lin Xi, you also know that there is someone behind Hang Qi."
"I know." Lin Xi nodded.
"In fact, the person behind him is none other than the prime minister." Wang Jing said, "The emperor we have now is the former fifth prince. At the beginning, everyone thought that the second prince would succeed him, but later the fifth prince forced the emperor to abdicate and forcibly seized the throne."
"You mean, the way the current person got the position was not honorable. Then why is he trying to pick a fight with the Regent?" Lin Xi said.
Xiao Yongyan's eyes drifted off into the distance. "My father was someone the late emperor arranged for the Second Prince, so naturally he is not liked by the Fifth Prince."
Lin Xi understood that every monarch who came to power must cultivate his own power, and he could not escape the identity of regent.
But she still didn't understand, "Since you've let us go, why are you still chasing us?"
The Regent is already dead. If they wanted to deal with Xiao Yongyan, they should have done it long ago. Why did they only do things secretly?
"Tsk," Wang Jing said disdainfully, "The regent has been in the government for many years, and it's not for nothing. They all have something shameful in their hands. We, the Wang family, just don't want to get involved in these things, but it doesn't mean we don't know."
"That's not right. If there is evidence, shouldn't it be removed? Unless," Lin Xi thought, "the evidence is too big."
Wang Jing whistled and exclaimed, "Lin Xi, it's a pity for your brain to stay in the backyard."
"Now that we have bullied Hang Qi like this, will Jingcheng be unhappy?" Lin Xi couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Don't worry, Hang Qi is just a small chess piece for the prime minister. If one doesn't work, we can get another one." Wang Jing said.
But Lin Xi still felt suspicious, "That's not right, if there is no unusual movement in the capital, why do you have to stay here to protect us?"
"What do you think?" Wang Jing said lightly.
"I thought," Lin Xi paused, "you wanted to win us over."
Wang Jing smiled and said, "You guessed it right. I really want to win you over, but I don't know if you dare to get on this ship?"
Xiao Yongyan didn't seem to care about Wang Jing's words. Only Lin Xi, who was not familiar with the situation, asked, "What do you want to do? Are you trying to usurp the throne again?"
In fact, she just said it casually. After all, apart from this matter, she felt that there was nothing more serious.
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Wang Jing and Xiao Yongyan fell silent.
Lin Xi's heart sank, fearing that he might have guessed it right.
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