Chapter 377 He is guilty!
With the blessing of the "young prince" personally participating in the case, the news that the case of "unscrupulous shopkeepers stealing treasures and reselling them" would soon be tried in the government office spread rapidly throughout Fengjin County.
By the time Jiang Yingcheng and his companions arrived at the government office, the gate was already filled with people who had come to watch the excitement.
When things developed to this point, it seemed no longer important whether the "unscrupulous shopkeeper" was guilty or not, and whether the "innocent woman" could get the treasure back. The pairs of curious eyes in front of the government office were wide open, watching a luxurious carriage stop in front of the door, and then watching the prefect who had been waiting in front of the door and greeted it with extreme respect.
then--
"Huh?"
"This little doll..."
The person who was speaking reached out and pushed the person walking beside him twice. After their eyes met, they all thought of the same scene -
"We've met before!"
Today's incident involved a shop, and most of those who squeezed to the front row were shop owners. Almost at the same time, similar voices echoed in the crowd.
“I’ve seen that too!”
"That's right! This little girl just visited my store two days ago. Oh my god, is she actually a little princess?!"
"I run a snack shop. I just saw it two days ago!"
"I sell sweet soup! Your Highness has also been to my shop!!"
"I'm a candy seller—"
Upon careful listening, they were all snacks.
Jiang Yingcheng raised his hands and covered his face in embarrassment: [Forehead...]
[Stop talking, wuwuwu, stop talking, wuwuwuwu——]
The surrounding environment was noisy and chaotic, and she could have avoided hearing these sounds. However, there was an "annoying" brother Li Feng who kept repeating these sounds in her ears, without caring whether Fengjin County Governor Zou Cailiang who was leading the way in front could hear them, or whether she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
The road leading to the government office seemed very long because of the awkwardness, but fortunately it was not completely endless.
Zou Cailiang set up a set of tables and chairs next to the desk. The tables were covered with various snacks, and the armchair was carefully covered with a soft cushion.
After settling the little prince of Nanyang Palace and the little princess most beloved by His Majesty, he sat back at the desk and slammed the wooden door with a "bang".
"Bring those two up here!"
The two parties who had been arguing in the store were quickly brought up.
The woman who claimed that she had lost an heirloom looked to be around 40 years old. Her clothes were made of fine fabric but showed obvious signs of age. She had a pretty face but her skin was a little rough. The whole person looked very discordant.
The "unscrupulous shopkeeper" who had been scolded all the way had a fierce look on his face, and his face turned red with anger. The two men stood together, and before the government made a ruling, the onlookers had already made a judgment in their hearts.
As soon as the woman entered the room, she knelt down in the direction of Jiang Lifeng and the others, begging non-stop: "Your Highness! Please help me! My husband's family has fallen on hard times, and now they have to struggle to survive. Even so, my husband and I have never thought of selling the treasure passed down from our ancestors, but, that treasure disappeared two days ago!"
"I know very well that if I report to the authorities without any clues, it will only cause trouble for you, so I have been secretly looking for traces of the treasure," the woman pointed to the shop next to her and her voice suddenly became louder. "Today, I finally found the lost treasure in this man's shop!"
Then, she leaned over, kowtowed three times on the ground, and repeated, "Your Highness, please make the decision for me!"
Fengjin County Prefect Zou Cailiang's face froze.
Before he had time to feel angry about the woman's blatant disregard for him in the lobby, several key words came to his mind - "family heirloom", "disappeared", "lost".
Zou Cailiang turned his head woodenly and subconsciously glanced at the boy's waist.
The jade ring was still the same as when he first saw it, tied tightly with a red rope and hung around the boy's waist. Its emerald green color was obviously very low-key and luxurious, but it almost burned his eyes.
Screaming like crazy in my heart——
That belongs to his Zou Mansion! That ring is a treasure passed down from generation to generation in his Zou Mansion! !
Jiang Yingcheng felt the burning gaze coming from the side, and turned his head slightly with an awkward expression, then raised his hand and pulled the hem of his clothes down twice.
She didn't feel it when she provoked the bad guy Zhixian before, but now that the matter was brought up again in this way, she felt uncomfortable all over her body.
The atmosphere in the entire government office fell into silence for a short time.
After a while, Zou Cailiang was so angry that he glared at the shopkeeper and said, "Do you admit your guilt?!"
As soon as the words came out, the atmosphere in the entire lobby became even more weird. Deathly silence spread. Even Jiang Lifeng and others who were there to watch the show turned their heads and looked at Zou Cailiang with a look of pain on their faces.
They suspected that the prefect was smuggling contraband, but they had no evidence...
The people watching outside were not as rational as the people inside. They soon started to accuse the "unscrupulous shop owner" because of the woman's overly sincere crying and the words of Zou Cailiang, the upright official.
"Black shop!"
"You even stole someone's heirloom. Do you have any shame?!"
"Give it back to her! Hurry up and give her the baby back!!"
Amidst the continuous shouting and cursing, the face of the "unscrupulous shopkeeper" Xu Qi turned visibly redder.
"Your Excellency!" He defended loudly, "All the treasures in my shop were purchased through legitimate channels. I have never stolen anything from the villagers. I hope Your Highness and Your Excellency will understand this!"
The loud defense successfully awakened Zou Cailiang's rationality. He covered his lips and coughed lightly, saying: "Then tell me, where did you get this treasure?!"
The center of this incident is a green-white jade rectangular tripod with a pair of phoenix patterns engraved on the body. The entire rectangular tripod has a clear texture and vivid patterns. Although its specific name cannot be seen, it can be seen that it has a certain nobleness.
Xu Qi's lips were bitter. "My Lord, this tripod was delivered by a mysterious person two nights ago. I was about to close the shop when the man suddenly squeezed in and said he had a treasure he was eager to sell. I saw that the jade tripod was quite exquisite and the price he offered was not high, so I bought it on the spot."
The implication is that there are no witnesses or physical evidence, and only he himself knows how innocent he is.
The atmosphere in the entire government office was ignited again because of this sentence, and the crowd's angry condemnation was even louder than before.
Even Jiang Lifeng and others who were temporarily invited here looked over with suspicion.
"Hiss——this person..." He doesn't look like a good person at first glance.
This feeling was particularly strong when there was a crying woman kneeling beside him.
Several people looked at each other tacitly, and their eyes were full of——
He is guilty!
【ah……】
After a long silence, Jiang Yingcheng finally understood the truth from the information provided by 007 and sighed.
[This unlucky uncle was set up by someone! ]
Jiang Lifeng: "..."
Ying Sinan: “…………”
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