Chapter 776: Sharp Counterattack
"Master, you have to be the master of the people's women, everyone knows that Zhenguo Gong is both civil and military, resourceful, and eloquent, how can the people's women and others talk about him."
Seeing that Dong Youcai was in a predicament, Liu Zhang's eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of anxiety, and after a flickering of his eyes, he suddenly spoke, kowtowing to Zhao Muyu behind the desk and crying, "Now the husband of the folk woman has died in the prison of Shuntian Mansion for no apparent reason, and I beg the eldest lord to give the folk woman justice." β
Liu Zhang's such a fuss immediately successfully attracted the attention of everyone at the scene, and when she saw that she was grief-stricken, she cried so much that she felt pity.
Li Yuntian sneered in his heart when he saw this, how could he not know Liu Zhang's intentions, but unfortunately Liu Zhang's trick was useless, she and Dong Youcai had already shown their hole cards, and now they could only wait to be knocked to the ground by him, and then step on it fiercely.
"Your Excellency, the lord in charge of taxation in the household department has been invited." At this moment, the errand who was sent by Zhao Muyu to the household department to ask for tax officials arrived, entered the lobby and reported to Zhao Muyu in a deep voice.
Several household officials who followed the errand officer arched their hands to Li Yuntian and Zhao Muyu, and then stood on the side of the lobby with interest, staying with the few household officials who arrived first, looking a little uneasy, because the case of Shuntianfu involved Li Yuntian, so they were all very cautious, so as not to make mistakes.
"Liu Zhang, are you still unrepentant at this moment?" Liu Zhang's was still crying bitterly there, looking heartbroken, and before Zhao Muyu could open his mouth to warn Liu Zhang's attention to his demeanor in the court, Li Yuntian had already taken the lead and said coldly.
"Grandpa Guo, what you say, the women don't understand." Liu Zhang raised his head when he heard this, and looked at Li Yuntian with teary eyes, looking pitiful.
"Those two kids aren't yours, are they?" Li Yuntian saw that Liu Zhang's pretending to be confused there, so his face sank and he asked loudly.
"Grandpa Guo, why do you slander the people's women? Is it because the women sued you? Are you going to kill the women like you killed their husbands? β
Liu Zhang was not mentally prepared at all, and was taken aback when he heard this, he never thought that Li Yuntian would pull on her two children, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and then he looked at Li Yuntian with a sad and angry face, and asked loudly.
"Liu Zhang, my father knows that you must have been with those two children for a while, and they are still young and will definitely regard you as a mother, but have you considered their mother's feelings?"
Li Yuntian ignored Liu Zhang's rhetorical question, but said with a stern expression, since he was sure that Liu Zhang's had not been to Jiaozhi, then he could already conclude that the two children brought by Liu Zhang's were not born to her, otherwise how could the children be so young at Liu Zhang's age?
The only explanation is to cover up that Liu Zhang has not been to Jiaozhi, and to prevent Li Yuntian from looking for a breakthrough from the two children, so he found two young children to play this play, after all, the two children are still young and don't know where they have been before.
In other words, the two children were just props used by Liu Zhang to cover up.
"Grandpa Guo, are you determined to slander the people's women?" Seeing Li Yuntian's resolute attitude, Liu Zhang's mouth suddenly revealed a trace of imperceptible mockery, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and asked loudly, she had expected this a long time ago, so she didn't worry about goofs at all, because Li Yuntian couldn't find any evidence to prove that she was not the mother of those two children.
"Since you don't give up if you don't go to the Yellow River, then my father will fulfill you." Li Yuntian saw that Liu Zhang's gaze was full of provocation, so his eyes flashed coldly, and he said coldly.
"Who are the people from the Ministry of Works?" As he spoke, Li Yuntian turned to the officials of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry who were found by Zhao Muyu standing in the public court, and asked quietly.
"See Guogong." Hearing this, two middle-aged men wearing seventh-grade official robes immediately stepped forward and bowed to Li Yuntian, one of whom was of medium stature holding a long wooden box in his hand.
"Show the things to Lord Zhao." Li Yuntian nodded to the medium-sized official and said in a deep voice.
The medium-sized official didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward and put the long wooden box on the desk in front of Zhao Muyu, then opened it and took out a paper tube rolled together from it, and slowly spread it out in front of Zhao Muyu.
"Thanh Hoa City Construction Map." Zhao Muyu looked at it, and a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face.
It turned out that this was the urban construction drawings of Qinghua City, which not only clearly marked the size of the city walls of Qinghua City, but also marked the streets and important buildings in the entire city, such as the government office, barracks, etc., which were very detailed, and were the most elaborate drawings that Zhao Muyu had ever seen.
In astonishment, Zhao Muyu's eyes fell on the date below the drawing, which read "Xuande Ninth Year June Customization".
"Tell me the origin of this picture." At this moment, Li Yuntian opened his mouth and said to the medium-sized official standing at the desk.
"Your Excellency, this urban construction map of Qinghua City was sent by the Political Envoy of Jiaozhi in October this year, and it was accompanied by the urban construction map of all the prefectures in Jiaozhi." Hearing this, the medium-sized official hurriedly pointed out the origin of the drawings to Zhao Muyu.
After three years, the Jiaozhi Political Envoy finally completed the task assigned by Li Yuntian, drew the urban construction map of the city where the Jiaozhi Prefecture Governor's Office was located, and then handed it over to the Ministry of Industry for the record, so that it could be queried in the future when needed.
And it was this matter, which seemed unrelated to the case Li Yuntian was now facing, that provided him with evidence to expose Liu Zhang's lies.
"Zhen Guogong, the lower officials don't understand, what is the connection between this picture and this case?" Zhao Muyu was confused by Li Yuntian's move, he looked at the drawings in front of him again, and he didn't know Li Yuntian's intentions.
"Lord Zhao, look at the square at the intersection of Jiqing Street in Beicheng." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, and reminded him.
Hearing this, Zhao Muyu curiously followed the direction pointed out by Li Yuntian to look on the map, and soon found the square in Beicheng, first with a puzzled look on his face, as if he didn't feel anything unusual, and then his eyes lit up, and he looked up at Li Yuntian in surprise.
"Lord Zhao, you must have seen the strangeness." Li Yuntian smiled when he saw this, it was obvious that Zhao Muyu had understood what he meant.
"Liu Zhang, you are guilty!" Zhao Muyu nodded to Li Yuntian when he heard this, and then slapped the shocked wood and shouted at Liu Zhang.
"Master, the women don't know what the crime is, please make it clear." Liu Zhang didn't know why Zhao Muyu asked this question, and he didn't know what was on the drawing that made Zhao Muyu's attitude change greatly, so he asked quietly.
"Liu Zhang's family, sue sΓΉ Benguan, what stone statue is on the square in the north of the city?" Zhao Muyu sneered when he heard this, and asked in a deep voice.
"A stone statue of a warrior holding a sword." Liu Zhang didn't know what to do, so he answered without thinking about it.
"If the official is not mistaken, you said earlier that you left Qinghua City with Liu Ren in July, this picture in the official's hand was customized in June this year, according to the above record, there are two stone statues in Beicheng Square, one is a stone statue of a military general, and the other is a stone statue of a warrior!"
Zhao Muyu looked at Liu Zhang's coldly, and his tone became sharp, if Liu Zhang's was Qinghua City that left in July, then he must know that there were two stone statues on Beicheng Square, not that there was only one stone statue in the swearing.
"What?" Liu Zhang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and his face showed a look of surprise, he never expected that the stone statues in the square would change.
"Liu Zhang's, in February this year, the prefect of Qinghua Mansion asked people to chisel out a stone statue of a warrior in the square, which took three months to complete, and the stone statue of the military general is opposite to the east and west, you can even make a mistake about such a simple thing, and dare to say that you have been to Qinghua City?" Li Yuntian naturally knew that Zhao Muyu had no way to tell Liu Zhang's that she was wrong, so he said to Liu Zhang's with an expressionless face.
In order to convince Liu Zhang, Zhao Muyu waved his hand, and the two messengers brought the city construction map of Qinghua City to Liu Zhang's and asked her to confirm.
"Fake, this thing must be fake, how can there be two stone statues, it must be your ghost who made this fake map."
Liu Zhangshi really saw two small stone statues painted on the square of Beicheng on the map, one was the stone statue of the military general, and the other was the stone statue of the warrior, her face suddenly changed a few times, she didn't know that there would be one more stone statue on the square, and then stabilized her panicked heart, and said to Zhao Muyu with an angry expression, "You officials protect each other, and you specifically oppress us flat-headed people!" β
"Shut up!" Zhao Muyu's face sank when he heard this, and he pointed at Liu Zhangshi and shouted, "It takes less than an hour to go back and forth to the Ministry of Industry, and I have stayed in the Ministry of Industry for a maximum of two quarters of an hour except for the round-trip time on the road, do you think you can complete such a beautiful picture in two quarters of an hour?" β
"You have prepared this picture a long time ago, and you deliberately want to frame the people's women." Liu Zhang was a little dumbfounded for a while when she heard this, but she quickly found another reason and said to Zhao Muyu unwillingly.
"Ridiculous, there is the big seal of the Ministry of Works, the time of storage, and the seal of the official in charge of this matter, how can you deny it!" Zhao Muyu saw that Liu Zhang's stubborn resistance, so he looked at her coldly, "Sue sΓΉ official, have you ever been to Qinghua City?" β
"Min...... Of course the women have been, you ...... You officials protect each other and deliberately frame the people's women! The expression on Liu Zhang's face became even more flustered when he heard this, and he became a little stuttering because of his excitement.
"Hmph." Zhao Muyu suddenly sneered, Liu Zhang's was obviously denying, so he looked at her coldly, "It seems that if this official does not move the punishment, you will not be honest." β
"Come on, put a stick on the official!" As he spoke, Zhao Muyu took out a order stick from the lottery holder and threw it on the ground, and gave an order in a deep voice.
Liu Zhang's face turned pale in an instant, she originally thought that today's plan was seamless, but unexpectedly, the situation changed suddenly for a while, and she was reduced to the point of being punished.