Mr. Ma didn't have much time to argue with her; she still had to think about her future.
If the other party obtains evidence after something like this happens, Cao Zheng will definitely be implicated, while she can only be considered a family member and at least have her life spared.
As long as you're alive, anything is possible.
As for my daughter, I would never give up on her if I could save her, but today's incident still made me somewhat disappointed in her.
The Cao family members each had their own agendas, but that didn't stop Qin Jian from arresting them.
After the troops transferred from the military camp arrived, Qin Jian did not linger for a moment and directly led his men into the prefectural government office to arrest the people.
The main reason is that I was disgusted by Cao Zheng and his daughter during the day, so I don't want them to sleep peacefully for the last time!
Cao Zheng had just finished getting ready and going to bed when he heard a commotion outside. He hurriedly got up to check and a servant reported, "Master, something terrible has happened! Qin Jian has brought his men to ransack the house!"
"What?"
Cao Zheng froze on the spot, unable to believe what he was hearing.
That afternoon, when I dropped my daughter off there, I didn't notice anything wrong. How did this happen so suddenly?
He didn't even bother to put on clothes, and went out wearing only a thin undergarment.
In the courtyard, Qin Jian stood on the open ground, directing his men to raid Cao Zheng's study.
"General Qin, what are you doing! Breaking into my residence in the middle of the night without permission, are you trying to kill me?!"
Cao Zheng shivered from the cold as soon as he came out, but he didn't care about anything else and hurriedly tried to stop those people from searching the study.
There were a lot of things that couldn't be exposed to the light of day stored inside. He thought that Qin Jian and his group didn't have any evidence yet, so they wouldn't act rashly. He didn't expect them to come so quickly. It was a real miscalculation.
Qin Jian didn't even bother to look at him, and simply said, "Take him down."
The soldiers immediately stepped forward and pinned him down, but Cao Zheng struggled violently, shouting, "Insolence! What are you doing! I am an official appointed by the imperial court!"
"Guards! Guards, get these people out of here!"
He tried to resist, but the soldiers pinned him to the ground. The servants in the mansion who tried to resist were no match for the soldiers and were subdued in no time.
Cao Zheng was filled with regret. He should have known better than to let those assassins he had raised leave the city. At least they could have resisted a little longer and maybe even saved his life.
It's too late to say anything now.
"Qin Jian, what exactly do you mean by this?!"
He kept a cold face and stopped putting on airs.
Seeing his expression, Qin Jian finally looked at him properly, a sarcastic smile on his lips: "What I mean, Lord Cao, shouldn't you know very well? Murdering a court official and the Empress's younger sister, and embezzling and murdering for money a few years ago, the evidence is conclusive. Isn't it perfectly justified to take you down?"
Cao Zheng was shocked; he really did know everything!
They've been pretending they know nothing these past few days, but they've actually fooled me!
Many things are truly terrifying when you think about them. In this way, sending my daughter over this afternoon to please him is simply a huge joke.
"You're spouting nonsense! Don't try to pin this on me! I'm going to see the Emperor and accuse you bastards of colluding with Prince Jing to slander court officials!"
Although his face was on the ground, Cao Zheng still exuded a strong aura. It was possible that Qin Jian had no evidence at all and was just trying to trick him.
“I can go with you to meet the Emperor.”
A slightly childish voice came from behind him. Cao Zheng was startled and turned his head with difficulty. Sure enough, he saw a familiar face.
He was a young servant boy who used to work for the staff, named Zheng Fei.
Zheng Fei had disappeared before he dealt with that staff member. At the time, he thought he was just a six or seven-year-old kid who didn't know any better, so he didn't take him seriously. Who knew he would actually appear here!
“I have all the evidence of your crimes that Mr. Cen has collected. His Majesty is discerning and will naturally know who is right and who is wrong!”
Although Zheng Fei was young, he exuded an air of maturity, probably influenced by that advisor.
Before Cao Zheng could speak, Qin Jian had another person brought out, who was the leader of the assassins that Cao Zheng had driven out of the city.
He was covered in injuries, and his mouth was stuffed with a smelly rag, so he couldn't utter a single word.
Cao Zheng could no longer hold back. His eyes were bloodshot as he glared fiercely at the assassin leader, unable to understand why he had been captured alive!
Assassins usually carry a poison pouch in their teeth. If they fail a mission, they bite the pouch and commit suicide so as not to affect their master. How could the assassin leader, who has been by his side for many years, not know this?
At this moment, the assassin leader was in a terrible predicament. He didn't know what had happened. He had been bitten, but he hadn't died. After being forcibly woken up, he was subjected to severe torture. He was in a terrible state, half-dead and half-alive.
However, now was not the time to dwell on those things. Soon, the study was turned upside down, and all the correspondence was found, including some of the money he had kept in the outer room.
Since it was a raid, everything had to be thoroughly searched, so Qin Jian immediately sent people to carry it out.
Cao Zheng watched them rummage through his things and lost control, shouting and yelling. He only quieted down after someone stuffed a smelly rag under his arm.
"General, we've caught someone through the side door."
Someone came to report, and brought over the person they had captured as well. They casually threw him on the ground. Qin Jian looked at him and realized that it was none other than Madam Cao, Madam Ma.
"Husbands and wives are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately." This saying is quite fitting for you two.
Qin Jian clicked his tongue, his face clearly showing sarcasm.
Cao Zheng couldn't believe that his wife would think of running away at this time, and even abandoning him and their children. He was furious and kept cursing while being shoved with a smelly rag.
Qin Jian, being kind, had someone remove the smelly rag so that he could talk his fill.
"You viperous woman, we were husband and wife, where do you think you can escape to?"
Cao Zheng snorted coldly, his expression quite ferocious.
Qin Jian had expected Ma Shi to be panicked after being arrested, and with Cao Zheng's words, she would surely be overwhelmed. However, she didn't even look at Cao Zheng, and knelt down directly before Qin Jian, saying, "I have evidence of Cao Zheng's collusion with officials. Please, General, show leniency!"
For a moment, everyone present was stunned. This was the epitome of the saying, "The most poisonous heart is that of a woman."
Cao Zheng glared at her, about to start cursing again, but his mouth was stuffed with a smelly rag.
Qin Jian was somewhat surprised that Ma could make such a decisive decision. He said, "Then we'll have to see how much weight your evidence carries."
Ma was a shrew who knew when to back down. She immediately took the evidence out of her bosom and presented it with both hands, explaining, "I was not involved in any of these things. All the money I got went to his mistress. I only collected the evidence secretly to protect myself."
In short, he absolved himself of all responsibility.
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