Chapter 411 How do you explain?
Someone from the caravan, who was also a deputy manager, came to him early in the morning to inform him that he had seen with his own eyes the contraband salt hidden in the goods, and that it was Nan Yuanxiang who secretly resold it.
There was another letter, also a letter of denunciation, accusing Nan Yuanxiang of selling illegal salt.
Every word in the letter was written very truthfully, without any suspicion of falsehood.
Even the contents of the goods traded were described in the letter very accurately, without missing a single detail.
It is evident that it is true.
At this moment, you will know after unpacking it.
However, before opening the box, the Dali Temple Minister gave Jiujiu a meaningful look, and finally, for Jiujiu's sake, kindly reminded Nan Yuanxiang, "Miss Nan, if you really sold illegal salt, you'd better confess your crime now and seek pardon."
"If you surrender yourself, your guilt can be mitigated."
"But if we find out that you are smuggling salt, the meaning will be different. Even if we catch you normally, you will be punished by death."
After all, he is at the prime of his life, his business is good, his future is limitless, and the Dali Temple Minister is also a man who appreciates talent.
He didn't want to see talents like Nan Yuanxiang fade away.
What's more, Nan Yuanxiang is the person who has always been supported by the princess, and he doesn't want to offend the princess, so he will give her the face she deserves.
Nan Yuanxiang understood the good intentions of the Dali Temple Minister. She smiled and insisted, "Dali Temple Minister, I did not sell illegal salt. I plead not guilty."
"…It is really a rotten tree that cannot be carved."
Seeing that Nan Yuanxiang was so stubborn and refused to give in, the Dali Temple Minister angrily swung his sleeves.
The sleeves brought up a gust of wind, blowing up Nan Yuanxiang's bangs.
Jiujiu crossed her arms in front of her chest, raised her chin, and said confidently: "Minister of the Dali Temple, if you want to investigate, just do it now, no need to say more."
After a pause, he said, "We know exactly what is in our cargo, and we are open about it. We are not afraid of being checked."
"Your goods?" The Dali Temple official frowned. "Princess, do you really have to get involved in this?"
The princess' words "our goods" prove that she and Nan Yuanxiang are doing business together.
If this batch of goods really contains something and something goes wrong, the princess will definitely not be able to escape.
The princess is jumping into the fire pit herself!
The Dali Temple Minister said in a roundabout way: "Princess, I know that you are not interested in doing business. This matter has nothing to do with you. You don't have to suddenly get involved in this matter just to protect Nan Yuanxiang."
The Dali Temple Minister knew Jiujiu, so he wanted to remove the innocent Jiujiu from this matter.
It can be said that he is very observant and has good intentions.
Jiujiu understood his good intentions. She smiled and felt grateful.
[This Dali Temple Minister is a pretty good person. I'll talk to my father and ask him to promote him.]
[Speaking of which, he is quite efficient and fair in his work, and he should have been promoted long ago, but for some reason, he has not been promoted in all these years? ]
After hearing Jiujiu's thoughts, Nan Yuanxiang glanced at Jiujiu and thought to herself, "This Dali Temple Minister is lucky this time and is going to be rich."
"But I heard that he had committed some crime before, which is why he couldn't get promoted. This time he met Jiujiu, so he should be able to get promoted. It's really a blessing for him."
How could the Dali Temple Minister know this? He urged Jiujiu, "Princess, can you give me an explanation?"
There are so many people watching here. If the princess doesn't take the opportunity to explain things clearly and get herself out of this, it will be disastrous.
Jiujiu still said nothing, but just said: "Minister of the Dali Temple, you should check the goods quickly."
"Alas..." The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple sighed regretfully, "Since the princess is determined to do so, there is nothing I can do." He had already given the opportunity, but it was the princess herself who did not want it, so he could not be blamed.
"Come here, open the box immediately and inspect the goods."
"Yes, sir."
The cargo box was opened by the Dali Temple's men.
The treasures from the Western Regions shocked everyone.
Especially the jade, which is shining brightly and is very beautiful.
These things in the Western Regions are very local.
However, those three boxes of illegal salt made everyone lose their mood to sigh...
Is there really private salt?
Still three big boxes.
The onlookers looked at Nan Yuanxiang and Jiujiu in disbelief.
Selling illegal salt is a capital crime!
The Dali Temple Minister pinched his brows weakly, pointed at the three boxes of salt, and said, "Miss Nan, Princess, the facts are in front of you, how do you explain it?"
"Yeah, how do they explain it?"
"This Miss Nan must be sentenced to death. Even if she is lucky enough not to die, her whole family will be exiled."
"As for the princess, the Supreme Court Justice just now was clearly giving her a chance to extricate herself from this matter. Unfortunately, she... Alas..."
"It's a pity that she doesn't know how to judge the situation. I'm afraid she will be in trouble. If she doesn't die, she will be skinned alive. Otherwise, it's hard to fool so many eyes."
The people watching around were whispering to each other while looking at Nan Yuanxiang and Jiujiu.
Everyone felt sorry for the two of them.
The two have always had a good reputation among the people.
Especially the little princess.
Everyone in and outside the palace loved her and regarded her as a bright pearl, and thought she was a lucky girl of Western Chu. But how did she get involved in the illegal salt trafficking?
Chu Yang listened to the noisy voices around him, snorted, and said angrily: "You know nothing!"
"Who is cursing? Do you want to be hit by rotten eggs?" A woman suddenly spoke up in the crowd.
As soon as he finished speaking, a rotten egg was thrown at Chu Yang.
Suddenly, Chu Yang's whole body was smelly.
Chu Yang was so angry that he almost drew his sword and killed someone, but the moment he drew his sword, he saw that the person who threw the rotten eggs at him was not someone else, but Miss Wang, whom he had met a few days ago.
The one he pushed into the water.
This is an opportunity to take personal revenge on him!
Can't tolerate it.
Chu Yang took two rotten eggs from the basket of a nearby citizen and threw them at Miss Wang's face.
Not only was Miss Wang's eyes covered with rotten eggs, but her whole body also stank.
Jiujiu saw it, sighed heavily in silence, and withdrew his gaze, not wanting to be bothered. He explained to the Dali Temple Minister: "The three boxes in front of us are indeed filled with salt, but the total amount is less than three pounds." It's just a thin layer on top.
"And the laws of this dynasty stipulate that if you sell ten catties of salt, you will be punished with twenty strokes of the cane. If you sell more than twenty catties, you will be sentenced to death."
"Mr. Dali Temple, three catties of salt is just the normal amount of salt stored in ordinary households. Miss Nan has not committed any crime, right?"
"Three catties?" The Dali Temple Minister looked at the three large boxes of salt in front of him and felt pain in his heart, liver, spleen and lungs. He was so angry. How could there be only three catties of salt in such three large boxes?
It must weigh hundreds of kilograms.
The Dali Temple Minister sighed heavily, suppressed the anger rising in his heart, and said: "Princess, I am not blind yet, you don't have to fool me like this."
Luxixi was surprised that Jiujiu was actually a princess, but she was also speechless.
This princess, even when she was about to die, was still telling lies with her eyes open.
It was clearly three large boxes of salt. He checked them every day to make sure they were correct.