Bao Ming walked into the center of the crowd. The middle-aged man who had been crying bitterly in front of "the father killed by Zhao Ji" immediately rushed over and hugged his legs, "Sir, sir, please do something for me!"
Bao Ming glanced at Zhao Xiaoxian who was standing at the door of Zhao Ji. Seeing that she looked calm and not panicked at all, he couldn't help but feel strange. Logically speaking, she shouldn't behave like this at this moment.
But no matter how she performs, it does not affect his performance.
"Tell me what's going on."
Wu Yunpeng, the middle-aged man, was about to speak when Xue Huan's fingers hanging by his side moved slightly, and a truth talisman was shot out, sticking right on him.
So, when Wu Yunpeng opened his mouth, he said, "Zhang Laizi came to me last night and said he wanted to introduce me to a business and would give me fifty taels of silver if I succeeded."
Bao Ming: “???”
Why is it different from what we agreed upon? Did this old man betray us at the last minute?
"Someone, come here, take him back to the yamen for thorough interrogation! And Miss Zhao from Zhao Ji, come with me." Bao Ming tried to interrupt Wu Yunpeng.
Xue Huan glanced at him, "Captain Bao, why are you so anxious? Didn't you just want to know what happened? It's not too late to wait until he finishes what he has to say."
Wu Yunpeng, who was kneeling on the other end, was shocked after saying that and wanted to stop, but his mouth seemed to have its own consciousness and refused to obey him.
"Zhang Laizi told me to falsely accuse Zhao Ji and ruin his reputation. The bigger the incident, the better, so someone would cover for him. So I went to the charity cemetery, got a body, pretended it was my father, hired a few people, and brought it to Zhao Ji."
After saying this, Wu Yunpeng covered his mouth with a look of horror, "Oh no, why did I say all this!"
He bit his tongue hard to prevent himself from saying anything he shouldn't say.
However, it was too late now, and everyone had heard what they should have heard.
"So that's what happened. Zhao Ji was almost wronged."
"Isn't this some shop that's jealous of Zhao Ji's business, so they did this?"
"These intrigues in the business world are truly dangerous."
"I've bought things from Zhao Ji before. Although they're a bit expensive, they taste really good. My family loves them."
"I was just wondering why I didn't have any problems with the food I bought from Zhao Ji before. It turns out this guy is deliberately slandering Zhao Ji."
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The masses are like fence-sitters, they will side with whichever side is right.
He had just been indignantly accusing Zhao Ji, but now he was speaking well of Zhao Ji.
Bao Ming watched helplessly as things went in completely the opposite direction, not understanding what had gone wrong.
He looked at Zhao Xiaoxian again, and when he met her penetrating and cold eyes, he was startled. Could it be that she knew all this beforehand? So she bribed Wu Yunpeng so that he would turn against her at the last minute?
This time the plan has failed.
He glared at Wu Yunpeng gloomily and waved his hand, saying, "This man dared to slander Zhao Ji. Take him back to the government office."
Two yamen runners walked up lazily behind him and grabbed Wu Yunpeng.
Bao Ming said to Xue Huan again, "Miss Zhao, I'm taking the man away right now. Don't worry, the government will definitely give you justice."
Xue Huan smiled without comment. How could she not know whether Bao Ming took this man back for the real purpose of investigating the case or to cover up the crime?
"Thank you very much, Captain Bao."
The crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed.
Xue Huan returned to the store and said to the customers, "I'm sorry to have frightened everyone. Today, all snacks in the store are 10% off. This is my small way of making up for it."
"Miss Zhao, you're too polite. It wasn't Zhao Ji's fault in the first place."
"Haha, Miss Zhao is so generous. I'm afraid you're going to lose a lot of money this time."
"Hurry, take advantage of the 10% discount today and buy more to stock up."
The atmosphere in the store soon became lively again.
Pei Ji learned from Wang Yan that night that Zhao Ji was being picked on.
The fact that Zhao Xiaoxian is Xue Huan could be hidden from Xue's mother and others, but not from him. Through various signs, he was basically certain that Zhao Xiaoxian was Xue Huan's other identity, so he ordered Wang Yan to keep an eye on Zhao Ji and Zhao Xiaoxian's situation.
With just a glance at the information provided by Wang Yan, he knew the whole story of Zhao Ji's incident during the day.
This information is all related to Zhao Xiaoxian. In addition to recent events, previous events are also recorded.
Pei Ji only then realized that Huanhuan had actually been arrested and imprisoned by that corrupt official Cai Kuo before, and was only able to get out thanks to her connections with the Ye family.
And what happened today was also caused by Cai Kuo's daughter.
Pei Ji tapped Cai Kuo's name with his finger, and the aura around him became a little colder. The fierce pressure made Wang Yan, who was standing below him, bend his waist even lower.
Wang Yan guessed that his master might have offended Cai Kuo, the corrupt official, so he kindly handed over some information about Cai Kuo.
In addition to basic information such as age, likes and dislikes, family background, children, etc., it also records the forces behind him, the bribes he received, and even the correspondence.
It can be said that Cai Kuo's underwear was stripped off.
Pei Ji's expression softened. "Send a message to Huang Ya, and tell Lao Wu about Cai Kuo's background."
Cai Kuo is the second brother's man. Although he is only a small county magistrate, because he is in charge of a rich and prosperous place like Fengchi, he uses his power to transfer a lot of money and goods to the second brother every year. It can be said that although the official position is small, it is an indispensable money bag for the second brother.
The fifth brother and the second brother have always been at odds. If he gets hold of something on Cai Kuo, he will definitely not miss the opportunity to get rid of the second brother's money. He will even find ways to arrange his own people to come here and take over the position of Fengchi County Magistrate.
What Pei Ji didn't know was that Xue Huan had the same idea as him and also wanted to bring down Cai Kuo.
She went to the Tianxia Pawnshop to buy information and learned that the middle-aged man who came to cause trouble today was called Wu Yunpeng, and Zhang Laizi, who was in contact with him, was instructed by Bao Ming to find him, and Bao Ming was working for Cai Ling.
Cai Ling was so vindictive just because Zhao Ji didn't sell her the cake a customer had ordered. What was she relying on? Wasn't it her father, the county magistrate?
Cai Ling has such a strong desire for revenge that Zhao Ji successfully avoided disaster today, but as long as Zhao Ji is around, Cai Ling will probably regard him as a thorn in her side and will not be happy until she gets rid of him.
Xue Huan didn't want to be constantly on guard against Cai Ling taking action against her one day. The best way was to bring down her backers first, so that Cai Ling wouldn't be able to cause any trouble.
Cai Kuoben was not a good official, so Xue Huan had no psychological burden in dealing with him.
Without further ado, she sneaked into the county government office at night, first set up an illusion array in Cai Kuo's bedroom, and then put a truth talisman on him.
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