Chapter 267: Identity Revealed
The county magistrate carefully read the stack of indictments, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead from time to time.
The more he read, the more his hands trembled, and finally he knelt on the ground with a pale face.
It clearly listed the various crimes that Yu Qi had committed in the past, including robbing women and occupying countless private lands, and the county magistrate had protected him, otherwise he would not be safe and sound now.
As for why the county magistrate protected him, it was nothing more than the identity of Yu Qi's uncle Yu Xiao, and secondly, Yu Qi often bribed him and gave him a lot of money, so that the officials and bandits worked together to oppress the people.
"Li Decai, what else do you have to say?" Lin Baoer glanced at the county magistrate with a smile, and her momentum was very impressive.
After all, she was a princess, and she had followed Song Qingqing's example to the letter.
The county magistrate was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Princess, I was just bewitched by a ghost for a while, so I helped him many times. I know that I have committed a serious crime. I am willing to give up all my property to help the people who were wronged before. I hope that the princess will let me go and save my life..."
His word "princess" shocked everyone present.
Yu Qi was stunned on the spot, her eyes widened in disbelief, as if she couldn't believe that she was actually a princess. There was a hint of ashes in her eyes, and her face was panicked.
Jiang Yuzhi was also stunned, and then he thought of the previous things, and instantly understood.
No wonder Lin Baoer and the others were able to easily take off the black veil of the dog county magistrate in Weicheng before, it turned out to be like this.
Yu Sheng was more indifferent than the two of them. His guess was confirmed, and he became more respectful to Lin Baoer.
But compared to their surprise, Lin Baoer cursed Li Decai in her heart.
She was going to play for a while longer. This scene of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger is rare and precious. She didn't expect to be exposed so quickly.
She sighed with regret, and stopped pretending. She slammed the wooden stick in her hand on the table and shouted, "You colluded with Yuqi and killed innocent people. How can you make up for this even if you spend all your family wealth! If it weren't for your wife who repeatedly rescued refugees, you would have been stripped of your official position and sent to prison!" The county
magistrate's face turned pale, and his body kept shaking, and he was terrified.
So this is why Lin Baoer was willing to give this county magistrate another chance. He colluded with Yuqi and took bribes, while his wife was fasting and chanting Buddha every day to help refugees in distress, and gained a lot of good reputation.
If the county magistrate loses the black veil hat, his wife will also be implicated, which is a scene that Lin Baoer does not want to see.
It is not impossible for her to let the two of them divorce and punish only the county magistrate, but his wife and he have a deep love for each other and have said that husband and wife should share the joys and sorrows. She is willing to bear the responsibility for what Li Decai did.
It is a waste for such a good person to marry this dog county magistrate.
So Lin Baoer can only find another way and plan to give him another chance. If he really does not change his bad habits, then she also has many ways to make this dog county magistrate taste the taste of life worse than death.
"In consideration of your wife's meritorious service in disaster relief, I will punish you by having you spend all your wealth to help the people you have wrongly convicted in the past. Do you agree?"
"Your subordinate, your subordinate agrees." Li Decai did not dare to say no.
"It is hard to escape the death penalty, and it is hard to escape the living crime. I heard that your hometown is in Huangsha City, and you came here to serve as an official after passing the imperial examination. In this case, you will continue to serve as the county magistrate here. However, during your tenure, if I hear any resentment from the people towards you, or an injustice case, you will come to me with your head, understand?"
Lin Baoer stared at him expressionlessly.
Li Decai kowtowed several times, and said in fear, "Your subordinate, your subordinate will obey the princess's words."
"Don't try to hide it. This princess has already reported this matter to General Lin. He will send many people to Huangsha City to watch you. Once you neglect your duties, the next day after your crime is exposed will be your death."
Lin Baoer smiled coldly, "Not only that, but also your wife, children, and the three ancestral tombs of your family will all be implicated. If you don't want to become the eternal sinner of your Li family..."
Li Decai kowtowed fiercely, and Lian Sheng responded, "Your subordinate will definitely be an upright official and live up to the princess's expectations of you!"
Lin Baoer nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, she had no right to decide whether Li Decai could still serve as the county magistrate. Such promotions and demotions were usually ordered by the emperor himself.
But as long as she didn't report the matter to the emperor, she would have the right to decide whether Li Decai could still be the county magistrate.
I think Li Decai would understand this. The emperor's collusion with Yuqi and offending the princess was enough to make him fall into ruin.
And Lin Baoer's action was really for the sake of his wife's face to give him this way out. He would not be so blind as to seek his own death.
After solving the county magistrate, Lin Baoer looked at Yuqi, who was beginning to feel uneasy.
Lin Baoer picked her ears and smiled wickedly, "What did I hear Master Yu say just now? He was going to rely on your uncle's power to do something to me?"
"Then do you know that just an hour ago, your uncle was stripped of his official position and became an ordinary soldier in the barracks. I'm afraid even the Yu family will be implicated, and they can't even protect themselves."
"How could he still be thinking about you?"
Yu Qi's face turned pale, and he sat paralyzed on the ground. He no longer had the arrogant look he had just now, and murmured in disbelief.
"No... No... How could uncle..."
Then he suddenly raised his head, stared at Lin Baoer, and roared, "You did it on purpose! If you had told me you were a princess, I would never..."
"Yes, you would never be rude to this princess." Lin Baoer interrupted him, narrowed her eyes coldly, and mocked, "But why should I confess my identity at the beginning? If you had been quiet and didn't provoke us, I might have been too lazy to care about what you did, and turned a blind eye, but you insisted on provoking me, who can I blame?"
"Who was it that intercepted Master Yu? Who was it that kidnapped Miss Yu? Who was it that forced me into the mansion? Who was it that attempted to force and bully me? If it weren't for your own bad character and your evil deeds, how could this disaster have befallen you?"
"Not only that, you also implicated your good uncle. He has wasted a lot of effort to help you many times. He must be very resentful towards you after being demoted this time." Lin Baoer curled her lips, "Don't worry, this princess of the Yu Mansion will not let them go. Do you think they are really innocent if they allow their own playboys to take people's lives and rob people?"
With every word Lin Baoer said, Yu Qi became more and more defeated until he was completely desperate.
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