Chapter 199 Evidence
"You are talking nonsense! I have never been in cahoots with a bandit like you. It is you who rely on your power to bully the people and even look down on me, the governor. Those things in your village were all snatched from me by you. My people could not beat you. Before, people from the imperial court were also wiped out by you. Those were all robbed by you, don't slander me! Your Highness, please do not believe his one-sided words! I am innocent!" Although Governor Fang was nervous and guilty, he still pretended to be calm. He knelt down and tried his best to defend himself, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
The people who were watching the excitement outside were also looking at each other in bewilderment. They didn't know whether what the governor said was true or false. Over the years, Governor Fang had always been a bandit when doing bad things outside. As for him, the governor gave the people the impression that he was incompetent at most, but he didn't openly oppress the people. Many people also thought that the bandits in Yuzhou were too much and the governor was too incompetent. Only a few smart people like Jing Mo could see that this governor was not a good official.
"Innocent? Lord Fang, are you really innocent? If it weren't for your internal and external cooperation, why did the people sent by the court to suppress the bandits fail repeatedly? This time you gave me the map of Yuzhou, do you think I relied on your map to attack the mountain stronghold?" At this moment, Pei Jingchuan said coldly.
At this time, Governor Fang remembered the fake map he had given Pei Jingchuan before. If Pei Jingchuan and his men followed this map into the mountain, they would surely die. Unfortunately, they did not...Now, this map is the best evidence of his innocence.
"Young Master, I..." Governor Fang was speechless and wanted to explain, but when he opened his mouth he found that all his excuses were so pale.
He is a provincial governor, but he could actually produce a fake map of Yuzhou. Who would believe it if he told others about it?
"Governor Fang, now all the evidence points to you, so you are definitely not innocent. Come! Take Governor Fang away and put him in jail!" At this time, the King of Qin gave an order, and soon someone came up to arrest Governor Fang.
When Governor Fang saw this, he immediately shouted, "Your Majesty, I am really innocent! You can't convict me like this. I am the prince's uncle, you can't wrongly accuse me like this!"
The King of Qin's eyes were stern. The prince's uncle? Indeed, he was a relative of the emperor. He could not just convict and kill him. He would probably have to escort Governor Fang back to the capital and hand him over to his father, the emperor, for punishment.
Therefore, the King of Qin did not issue a death order, but only arrested him. The King of Qin also learned some secrets of the governor Fang from the thin horse sent by the governor Fang controlled by Pei Jingchuan, and found out some gold and silver that he had hidden in his mansion.
Over the years, Fang Shishi's family had made two preparations, hiding part of the stolen money with the bandits and part in their own basement. Together, the two amounts to more than ten thousand taels of silver, which is comparable to the current national treasury!
When the King of Qin and his men finally counted the number, they were all shocked. Such a major event naturally caused a huge uproar in the entire Yuzhou City, and for a while, everyone wanted to punish the Fang family.
The King of Qin took the opportunity to put Fang Shishi's family in jail. He even refused to show any respect to the prince's grandfather, the retired old tutor, who wanted to take advantage of his seniority. At the same time, he also rushed to report all the crimes of Fang Shishi's family to the emperor.
Although the problem between Governor Fang and the bandits was temporarily solved, Yuzhou was still suffering from drought, so the King of Qin and his men did not leave but stayed to solve the problem. They first took out the better grains and began to give porridge to the people every day, and then tried to find water for the people.
At the same time, Jing Mo on the mountain also heard the news that the bandits in Yuzhou had been arrested and that Governor Fang had been convicted and imprisoned. He was very shocked, and he did not expect that the person who came to them that day would actually do what he said.
After he told Doctor Xuan all the news he had found out, Doctor Xuan was also very pleased and decided to go down the mountain to find Pei Jingchuan and the others. He said he would treat him, so he naturally kept his word.
——Prefectural Government——
Pei Jingyuan saw how drastic the actions of King Qin and Pei Jingchuan were. They successfully captured all the bandits and the governor of Yuzhou and put them in jail. The evidence was very complete, and they also seized a lot of gold and silver.
Until now, he still hadn't reacted. Why did everything go so smoothly for them? And they solved all the problems without any injuries. But he was not only seriously injured after falling off the cliff, but also stabbed by Xu Qingyan on purpose. He still hasn't recovered. Why is this? That's right! It was Chen Xing. If it weren't for Chen Xing's betrayal of the bandits and his understanding of the mountain stronghold, and if he hadn't led Pei Jingchuan and the others up the mountain through the secret passage and controlled the poisonous insect trap, how could they have caught the bandits so easily?
Moreover, this Chen Xing was his man. Originally, all this should be his credit. They had used him. Suddenly, Pei Jingyuan felt more and more uncomfortable, as if his credit was taken away by others. He couldn't watch the King of Qin and Pei Jingchuan return to the capital with all these credits. He had to deal with them before returning.
So, he thought of Chen Xing again. Since she knew some witchcraft, she must have a lot of good things on her.
"Xing'er, do you have that kind of poisonous insect that can kill people invisibly without anyone noticing the cause of death?" Pei Jingyuan found Chen Xing and asked.
"What do you want to use this for?" When Chen Xing heard Pei Jingyuan asking her to use the insect to kill people, she couldn't help but be slightly startled and looked at him in surprise.
She did have a lot of poisonous insects, and she also had the kind that Pei Jingchuan mentioned, but now that she knew how disgusting Li Feng and his men were, and the lies they told, she had changed a little. She remembered what her parents had taught her when she was a child, that she should not harm others casually.
In the past, she was ignorant and deceived by Li Feng, and helped him do a lot of bad things with the Gu, but in the end she did not harm anyone with her own hands, she was just deceived by Li Feng and gave him the Gu worm. Now that she knows the truth, she will naturally not easily give those harmful Gu worms to others.
"Do you have it? If so, give it to me! I need it!" Pei Jingyuan did not tell her the purpose, but just looked at her eagerly.
He thought, since this woman likes him and wants to marry him, then it is not too much for him to ask her for something? Isn't it easy for her to get this poisonous insect?
But he didn't expect that Chen Xing's face darkened and he refused: "You have to tell me what you are going to do with this. Who are you going to use it against? This thing is very dangerous. I can't just give it to others and let some innocent people get hurt! Otherwise, I will also be guilty."
"It's not like you haven't given it before. Didn't you give it to Li Feng often in the past?" Pei Jingyuan said angrily after hearing this.
He didn't expect that Chen Xing would become so stingy.
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