Mr. Tao looked at the two pieces of paper floating not far ahead, his mind full of thoughts.
After a moment, he refused to admit it and said, "My lord, the rags and footprints can't prove anything.
The servants at home clean the room every day, and it is inevitable that their clothes will scratch the uneven places on the window. The same is true for footprints. "
Jiang Yueyang curled her lips and smiled, "Mr. Tao really won't cry until he sees the coffin. Someone, bring a witness."
Hearing that there was a witness, Mr. Tao narrowed his eyes slightly.
After a while, a young woman with pretty face and good figure, dressed as a married woman, was brought up.
The woman walked to Xue's side and slowly knelt down, "I, Meng, greet Your Highness the Princess."
"Mr. Tao, please tell me who she is."
"She is my fifth concubine, Meng Jiao."
"Very good, as long as you didn't say you didn't know him." Jiang Yueyang shifted his gaze to Meng Jiao, "Meng, tell everyone what you saw and heard on the day Zhou Daqiang was suspected of stealing."
"Princess, please allow me to report. I saw him that day." Meng Jiao turned around and pointed at a servant, the one who "threw" the broken vase. "He jumped out from the window of Tao Yan's room."
Before this, Jiang Yueyang didn't know what Tao Xiucai's name was. When she heard it now, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly.
Tao Yan?
Hate?
This name is quite suitable for him, but it makes people feel disgusted.
The servant who was pointed out by Meng Jiao immediately denied it, "Fifth Aunt, please don't slander me. I was always with the Master that day and never left."
"That's right. He is my personal servant. He has always been by my side and has never left." Tao Yan agreed.
Meng Jiao looked at Jiang Yueyang, "Princess, everything I said is true. I was hiding in the flowers in the yard that day and saw it clearly. It was him who jumped out of the window.
I also heard Tao Yan ask Zhou Daqiang to give his daughter to him as a concubine, otherwise he would put Zhou Daqiang in jail.
He also said that in a place like a prison, ordinary people would never get out once they entered, and he had plenty of ways to kill Zhou Daqiang. "
Tao Yan's face turned extremely ugly, and he argued: "Princess, don't listen to her nonsense. This bitch must have been instructed by someone to slander me."
Jiang Yueyang's eyes suddenly turned colder. "Instigated by someone? Do you mean that this princess instructed her to slander you?"
"I...I don't mean that."
"Then come and tell me, who instructed her? And why did she slander you for no reason?"
"Zhou Daqiang, it must be Zhou Daqiang who ordered her! They worked together to steal things, and when I found out, I wanted to turn the tables on them. Otherwise, why would she hide in the bushes for no reason!"
The reason why Meng Jiao hid among the flowers was because she had been waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to kill Tao Yan.
She was originally a good girl with a good marriage, but because of her appearance, she was favored by Tao Yan and was forced to become his fifth concubine.
Thinking that Tao Yan deliberately hired someone to beat her father, causing her father to be seriously injured and bedridden, and he died soon after.
She wanted to skin Tao Yan alive and pull out his tendons!
But she would not sacrifice her precious life for revenge on that kind of person, so she kept waiting with humiliation.
When she was held hostage by Qingming, who had sneaked into the mansion and asked to show her the way to Tao Yan's room, she knew that she had been waiting for it.
Jiang Yueyang asked: "Ms. Meng, why did you hide in the bushes at that time?"
"My lord, I saw Zhou Daqiang being brought into the mansion, and I felt something was amiss so I followed him secretly."
"Why do you find it strange?"
“As everyone knows, Tao Yan wanted to force Miss Zhou to be his concubine, but was strongly rejected by the Zhou family.
And I was once threatened by Tao Yan with my father's life, and was forced to marry him as his concubine.
I think Zhou Daqiang was suddenly brought into the mansion, it is very likely that Tao Yan wanted to use the same old trick again to force Miss Zhou to marry him. "
After hearing what Meng Jiao said, Tao Xiucai calmly explained, "My princess also knows that my Tao family is a wealthy family in Luoyang. I can marry any woman I want. Why do you have to go to such great lengths?"
Jiang Yueyang's eyes were full of disdain, [How narcissistic. ]
The system hummed, [Indeed. Isn't it just a little money? He really thinks everyone wants to marry him! He looks like a dog, and I don't know where he gets his confidence from.]
Dog: Woof! Who are you scolding?
Tao Yan: "..."
Jiang Yueyang said calmly: "Although what Tao Xiucai said sounds narcissistic, it does make sense.
That being the case, let’s get back to the matter of the vase.
Mr. Tao, let me ask you, where did you buy that vase? There must not be many places to make such a big vase, so don't say you forgot.
"Then... those things were bought by Butler Hu. I don't know."
"Butler Xuan Hu."
Soon, Butler Hu was also brought over.
"Butler Hu, this princess is asking you, have you ever bought a vase as tall as a person for Mr. Tao?"
Butler Hu was a shrewd man and understood what was said as soon as he heard it.
So he answered immediately, "Yes, the vase is in the eldest son's room."
"Where did you buy it? How much is it worth? When was it ordered and when did you get it back?"
"I bought it from... from Zitaoxuan last year. It's worth three hundred taels. It was ordered in mid-June... and I picked it up in late July."
Jiang Yueyang nodded and said, "Qingming, go to Zitaoxuan now to see if what Butler Hu said is true."
"promise."
Seeing Qingming walking out step by step, Tao Yan was completely panicked.
He hurriedly said, "Princess, I won't sue you anymore."
Hearing this, Jiang Yueyang sneered and said, "Mr. Tao, this matter cannot be resolved just by saying no!"
"I know I am wrong, I beg the princess to show mercy!"
At this moment, a little old man suddenly walked into the crowd standing outside.
He knelt down with tears in his eyes, "Please, Princess, please help me. The Tao family has occupied my land, beaten my son, and set fire to my house."
As soon as the old man finished speaking, several more people came in and told the stories of the Tao family and Mr. Tao about their crimes.
A quarter of an hour later.
Jiang Yueyang glanced at the group of people kneeling below one by one, then picked up the gavel beside him and banged it.
"Mr. Tao deliberately framed someone, deliberately set fire, ordered people to commit murder, and forcibly abducted a woman... His crimes are extremely heinous! From today on, Mr. Tao will be stripped of his official title, flogged 30 times, and thrown into prison to await punishment!
The Tao family occupied other people's land, enslaved workers to death, and bribed court officials... All their property was confiscated, and the Tao family was thrown into prison!"
After hearing Jiang Yueyang's verdict, everyone present laughed and shouted: "The princess is wise!"
After the people left and Tao Yan was taken away, Jiang Yueyang looked at County Magistrate Zhu who was kneeling in front of him.
"Master Yan, take off his official hat!"
The system, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke, "Host, aren't you going to chop off Magistrate Zhu's head?"
【What do you mean by this? 】
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