To say that Yue Ting'an was involved in the mine attack case, it can be said that there is a lot of evidence.

Obviously, the Yue family was not rigorous enough before, a group of people stormed the mine, and some people were taken down at that time, and then before the court ordered to take action, the government detained many troublemakers.

It was only because the imperial court later sent an envoy to investigate the case that the matter was delayed for a long time.

If the imperial court sends someone to come, then the fact is no longer a fact, and everything must serve politics.

Tang Yin left without results, and reported Jinyiwei after he went back.

Yang Shen and Xu Jie have been investigating in Yongping Mansion for a long time, but they are actually busy in vain, because there is too much evidence in this matter, but it is not easy to directly involve Jinyiwei, after all, Jinyiwei's people did not do it directly, and the Yue family has not seen Jinyiwei's people except for a few people such as Yue Ting'an.

A series of evidence went to court.

Yue Ting'an's tactics are just one word - Lai!

Regardless of whether he found this person or not, or whether he identified him, he said that he did not know him, and as for the "physical evidence" such as the murder weapons carried by these people, he also denied that he had not seen them.

was smashed in the face by all kinds of evidence, Yue Tingan still refused to admit it, and he should have been executed a long time ago if he had changed to an ordinary official, but because of Yue Ting'an's identity as a person, and Zhu Hao, the prefect of Yongping Mansion, had no intention of letting his subordinates be executed, Yue Tingan could stand there in a good manner now.

"It seems that the criminal doesn't want to admit to the crime, but it's okay, now that the human and material evidence is complete, the local gentry, you have all observed, do you have any objections?"

Lou Suzhen is not in a hurry.

She understands that now that Yue Ting'an is relying on the power of the Jinyi Guard behind him, she has to hold on to the death.

The trial only needs to let the local gentry know that the government has not falsely accused the Yue family out of thin air.

On behalf of the local gentry, Mrs. Qiao said, "The Yamen trial is fair and just, and we have no objections."

Yue Ting'an glared at Mrs. Qiao with a vicious gaze, almost wanting to chop Mrs. Qiao alive.

But Mrs. Qiao can only go to the dark now, she has offended the Yue family, if the Yue family does not fall, then she will be unlucky in the future, now even if she knows that the prefect Yamen has offended Jinyiwei, her life is not good, but she still has to stand firmly on the side of the prefect Yamen.

"Okay, take the culprit down first, and then try it another day." Lou Suzhen commanded.

Mu Dazhi had some opinions, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know what day it is?"

Yue Ting'an, who was about to be escorted away, suddenly became arrogant at this time, and said loudly: "The local prefect doesn't dare to sentence me, because he knows that once I am found guilty, all of you officials will not end well, and the Jinyi guard will raid the government at any time, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!"

Mu Dazhi was furious when he heard this: "A criminal actually dares to roar in court? It's really not crying when you don't see the coffin, what are you clamoring for? Come on, slap your mouth!"

"I'll see who dares!"

Yue Ting'an held his head high, looking unwilling to give in.

Lou Suzhen smiled, "Maybe we really don't dare...... Now the task of Governor Zhu is to thoroughly investigate this case, and the key is to investigate the collusion between your Yue family and Jinyiwei...... If you don't come forward to report it, maybe someone else will come forward and report it?"

Yue Ting'an's gaze immediately fell to the representatives of the local gentry who were standing behind the officials and listening.

His disdainful look seemed to say, you don't want this group of people to report and expose me, do you? Evidence of a they have...... I met with Luo An, the envoy of Jinyi Weibei Town, and they haven't seen it with their own eyes, how do you know that it was Jinyi Wei's order?

Could it be that the government is going to play the old routine of "framing and framing"?

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In any case, Yue Tingan was still imprisoned in a cell.

After Lou Suzhen explained the next trial plan to Mu Dazhi, she entered the side hall, where Mrs. Qiao was already waiting.

"The concubine has seen Mr. Mi."

In front of Lou Suzhen, Mrs. Qiao is not to mention how gentle and virtuous she is, just like the woman next door, she does not have the mercenary atmosphere that a businessman should have, and she is shrewd and capable when bargaining.

Lou

Su Zhen smiled, "You're still waiting for me here? What's the matter?"

Mrs. Qiao suddenly knelt down and spoke earnestly: "The concubine body has now offended most of the local gentry, the prefect was taken down by the Jinyi Guard, they not only withdrew the people and materials for mining the mine, but also sent people to smash my shop, that is, now, they know that the prefect Yamen has taken over the case, so they dare not do anything to the concubine. Please make the decision for my Qiao family."

"Huh."

Lou Suzhen squinted at Mrs. Qiao, who was kneeling on the ground.

She knew very well that Mrs. Qiao was just pretending, this woman was scheming, and ordinary people couldn't afford to provoke her.

But Lou Suzhen is not worried, because she is also a woman herself.

"Madam, what you said is wrong, what you are asking now is not for the adults to make decisions for you, but for the court to make decisions for you...... Look at how arrogant Yue Ting'an is? He didn't even pay attention to the dignity of the first house, and he really thought that the Jinyi Guard would support him." Lou Suzhen said.

Madam Qiao raised her head with a resolute expression: "If you have an order, the concubine will find someone to prove that the Yue family has met with the people of Jinyiwei."

Lou Suzhen shook her head with a smile: "No need, Jinyiwei has already reported the details of his collusion with Yue Ting'an to the government office."

"What?"

Mrs. Jo was surprised.

The prefect's yamen here was afraid to interrogate Yue Ting'an, even if he had evidence, he didn't dare to torture him, and even Yue Ting'an roared in court, but he didn't do anything to him, but Mr. Mi in front of him said that the government had already obtained the evidence of Jinyiwei's collusion with the Yue family?

Will Jinyiwei take the initiative to hand over the evidence?

Lou Suzhen smiled: "No surprise, do you think there is no one in my family? Let's put it this way, the imperial court just wants to take the opportunity to knock on the Jinyiwei, so that the ministers of the court and the central government feel that the Jinyiwei is not a threat to them. At this time, it happened to be the head of the dynasty, Yang Ge, who was the elder...... Hehe, what do you see I told you? None of this has anything to do with you."

Mrs. Qiao hurriedly said, "I heard that the prefect is that Yang Zhongtang's protégé?"

"You don't need to ask that much." Lou Suzhen said, "Now that my family is stepping down in less than a month, he wants to make some achievements before leaving Yongping Mansion."

Mrs. Qiao was stunned for a moment, and began to think about it in her heart.

Could it be that the little prefect wants to make a lot of money before leaving?

Who is not greedy for money? Even Zhang Zhang, who was a local official before, seems to be incorruptible, but the local gentry respect him for filial piety, don't they all laugh at it?

Mrs. Qiao hurriedly said, "The concubine will mobilize the local big families to prepare a feast for the adults, and some small gifts will be given at that time."

"You misunderstood."

Lou Suzhen said, "Have you forgotten my original intention of asking you to do things? On behalf of the prefect of Zhu, now that the local mine has been handed over to the household department to take care of, the local gentry can still participate in the mining process.

Mrs. Joe thought for a moment.

It's all like this, and you still have to insist on opening mines?

Aren't you afraid to open the mine and be served by Jinyiwei?

Looking for the Yue family this time, who knows which one to look for next time? Jinyiwei's people, are they so easy to deal with?

Lou Suzhen stretched out her hand and signaled, asked the guard at the door to bring a scroll, handed it to Mrs. Qiao, and said: "This is the specific plan of the adult to open a mine in the local area, and it has reached the implementation level, and the adult himself will contribute 20,000 taels to complete the general layout of the mine, and it will be your local gentry who will operate it in the future."

Mrs. Qiao asked nervously, "Isn't your lord the prefect of Yongping Mansion?" After he leaves, what if the new prefect opposes the opening of the mine?"

Lou Suzhen said: "Even if your lord returns to the dynasty, the mine affairs of the Ming Dynasty will be taken care of by him, don't you know? Now the adult is the criminal department Langzhong, and after he returns to the court, he will at least be the household department Langzhong, and the local prefect will no longer be qualified to inquire about mining matters. Anyway, you go down and try to talk to the local gentry, and mobilize everyone to contribute money and effort, but if they don't want to participate...... Let them be."

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With many doubts, Mrs. Qiao left the prefect's yamen. When Lou Suzhen entered the inner courtyard, she found that Zhu Hao was sitting at the dining table with Zhu San, and there was steaming rice on the table

dish, the two have not yet moved the chopsticks...... But it was Zhu San who showed his skills in the kitchen and brought it to Zhu Hao in person.

When Zhu San saw Lou Suzhen, there was a hint of resentment in his eyes, as if he blamed Lou Suzhen for destroying her and Zhu Hao's relationship.

"Alright, you can go down first, I have something to do here. Don't worry, I'll eat the food you cooked, and I hope the poison won't kill me." Zhu Hao said.

"Humph!"

Zhu San snorted lightly, "Good intentions are not rewarded, if you know it, you will be poisoned, it is better to poison you to death!" Alas, just as I was about to eat, someone came to talk about something, and as soon as he said something, he was going to drive me away, so can't I listen?"

was reluctant, but Zhu San got acquainted and left.

Probably she also knew that if she continued to disobey Zhu Hao, Zhu Hao would drive her away when she was annoyed, and she would no longer want to be her "good wife and mother" here.

After Zhu San exited the room, Lou Suzhen asked, "What's the matter with the princess? There seems to be a lot of resentment."

Zhu Hao said, "You think she's stupid? She was so clever that she probably judged from your every move that you might not be a man, and asked me if you were the one His Majesty had sent to me to assist me in my errands, and if you were a woman......

"That...... I hope it doesn't cause trouble for Childe."

Lou Suzhen had some regrets.

After Zhu San arrived at the mansion, after all, Zhu Hao was not in the yamen for a long time, and the person who took care of Zhu San's daily life was Lou Suzhen.

The two have gotten along a lot, and with Zhu San's sensitivity to the people around Zhu Hao, he will naturally doubt Lou Suzhen's identity, but Zhu San is not qualified to ask for anything, she is not Zhu Hao or anything, what qualifications do you have to decide Zhu Hao's employment strategy and who to get along with?

"What Gongzi asked me to hand over to the local gentry has been handed over to Mrs. Qiao." Lou Suzhen said.

Zhu Hao smiled, "So, Mr. Mi, do you still believe that the old man is good?"

Lou Suzhen sneered: "If the son wants to turn the old man under him into your friend, it's not impossible." Suddenly, they started talking about meat.

Zhu Hao flattened his mouth: "I told you a long time ago that I can't bear this kind of woman...... By the way, you and I will try the princess's craft together. The princess cooks for herself, and ordinary people can't eat it."

Lou Suzhen smiled, "That'...... The princess cooks herself, but the son is tired of eating?"