latelenovela Chapter 377 He is guilty!
Chapter 377 He is guilty!
With the support of the "young prince" who was personally involved, the news that the case of "unscrupulous shopkeepers stealing treasures and reselling them" was about to be tried in the government office spread rapidly throughout Fengjin County.
By the time Jiang Yingcheng and his group 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 opened wide, watching a luxurious carriage stop in front of the door, and watching the prefect who had been waiting in front of the door greet it with extreme respect.
Then--
"what?"
"This little doll..."
The person who was speaking stretched out his hand 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 shops, and most of those who squeezed to the front row were shop owners. Almost at the same time, similar voices rang out in the crowd.
"I've seen it too!"
"That's right! This little girl just visited my shop two days ago. Oh my god, is she actually a little princess?!"
"I run a snack shop. I just saw him two days ago!"
"I sell sugar water! Your Highness has also been to my shop!!"
"I sell candy—"
Upon closer listening, they were all snacks.
Jiang Yingcheng raised his hand and covered his face in embarrassment: [Uh...]
[Stop talking, wuwuwu, stop talking, wuwuwuwu——]
The surrounding environment was noisy and chaotic, and she could have avoided hearing these voices, but she had an "annoying" brother Li Feng who kept repeating these voices in her ears, without caring whether Fengjin County Prefect 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 into 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 soft cushions.
After settling the young prince of Nanyang Palace and the little princess that His Majesty loved the most, he sat back at the desk and slammed the gavel with a "bang".
"Bring those two up!"
The two parties who had been arguing in the store were quickly brought up.
The woman who claimed that she had lost an heirloom from her ancestors looked to be about 40 years old. The fabric of her clothes was exquisite but showed obvious signs of aging. She had a good appearance but her skin was a little rough, and the whole person looked very incongruous.
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 stood together, and before the government made a decision, 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, 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 popped up in his mind - "family heirloom", "disappeared", and "lost".
Zou Cailiang turned his head woodenly and subconsciously glanced at the little guy's waist.
The jade ring was still the same as when he first saw it, tightly wrapped with a red rope and hanging around the little guy's waist. The emerald green color was obviously very low-key and luxurious, but it almost burned his eyes.
Screaming madly in my heart——
That belongs to his Zou family! That ring is a treasure passed down from generation to generation in his Zou family! !
Jiang Yingcheng felt the burning gaze coming from the side, and turned his head slightly with an embarrassed expression, then raised his hand and pulled the hem of his clothes down twice.
She didn't feel it when she provoked the bad magistrate 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 accumulated enough anger due to the grievance he felt. He could not help but glare at the shopkeeper: "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 silently. Even Jiang Lifeng and others who were there to watch the show turned their heads and looked at Zou Cailiang with a look of toothache on their faces.
They suspected that the prefect was carrying out smuggling, but they had no evidence...
The people watching outside were not as rational as the people watching the show 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 judge.
"Black shop!"
"You even stole someone's heirloom. Do you have any shame?!"
"Give it back to her! Give the baby back to her quickly!!"
Amid the continuous shouting and cursing, the face of the "unscrupulous shopkeeper" Xu Qi became 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 folks. I hope Your Highness and Your Excellency can understand this!"
The loud defense successfully brought back Zou Cailiang's sanity. He covered his lips and coughed lightly, saying, "Then tell me, where did you get this treasure from?!"
The center of this incident is a green-white jade rectangular tripod with a pair of phoenix patterns engraved on the body of the tripod. The entire rectangular tripod has a clear texture and vivid patterns. Although its specific name cannot be seen, it can be seen to have a sense of nobility.
Xu Qi's lips turned 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 people's indignation was even louder than before.
Even Jiang Lifeng and others who were invited here temporarily 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 next to him.
Several people looked at each other tacitly, and their eyes were full of——
He is guilty!
【ah……】
After a long silence, Jiang Yingcheng, who finally understood the truth from the information provided by 007, sighed.
[This unlucky uncle was set up by someone! ]
Jiang Lifeng: “…”
Ying Sinan: “…………”