I Can't Kill You?
" What?!"
Zhao Jinhuai's expression changed when he heard the butler's words.
As for the county magistrate, He Cheng, his body trembled as he said with a shocked expression,"Oh no! Oh no! The emperor's teacher brought people here. Do you think he found out about us?”
"Don't panic!"
After all, Zhao Jinhuai had seen the world, and his mental fortitude was much better than the county magistrate He Cheng.
He said calmly,"There's no way to investigate our matter. Even if he knows that something is wrong with us, it's impossible for him to have evidence in just one day!"”
"So I think he's just here to scare us!”
" I'll go and meet him now," Zhao Jinhuai said." I'd like to see what right he has to barge into the residence of an official of the imperial court in the middle of the night. I'd like to see if he still has the law!" If he doesn't give me an explanation, I'll definitely report it to the Imperial Court and punish him for a major crime!”
Hearing Zhao Jinhuai's words, He Cheng felt much more at ease.
"That's right! It had only been a day, and he could not find any evidence at all! Today, we must make him give us an explanation!”
The two of them looked at each other and walked out.
Just as he reached the main hall, he saw that all the servants in the manor had been captured and detained in front of the hall.
In the main hall, there was one person sitting and drinking tea, while three others stood to the side.
Zhao Jinhuai's eyes narrowed the moment he entered the hall.
The person sitting there was none other than Jun Ruyu, the emperor's teacher who had just arrived in Yangzhou this morning.
The three people standing beside him were Li Jing, Fang Xuanling, and Wu Shi Yao.
Zhao Jinhuai had welcomed Jun Ruyu with Wu Shi this morning, so he knew all of them.
"This lowly official has met the emperor's teacher. I wonder why the emperor's teacher came in the middle of the night and made such a big scene?”
Zhao Jinhuai tidied his clothes and bowed to Jun Ruyu.
At the same time, the county magistrate, He Cheng, also introduced himself and bowed.
"Wow, everyone is here!”
Jun Ruyu had wanted to deal with Zhao Jinhuai before dealing with He Cheng. She did not expect the two of them to be together.
This saved him the trouble of doing it twice!
Jun Ruyu glanced at Zhao Jinhuai indifferently. Seeing Zhao Jinhuai's body full of fat and looking like a dog, she could not help but sneer in her heart.
He really looked like a standard corrupt official!
"Nothing much. I just wanted to kill someone!”
Jun Ruyu said calmly, but when Zhao Jinhuai and He Cheng heard it, they were shocked.
Zhao Jinhuai had never expected Jun Ruyu to start off like this. This had completely messed up his previous preparations.
He chuckled and said," Imperial Teacher, you really like to joke. The people in the lower government strictly abide by the law and will not do anything illegal. I think Imperial Teacher might have come for nothing."”
"Running for nothing?"
Jun Ruyu shook her head and said," That won't happen. I came here with a butcher's knife. If I don't let this knife get stained with blood, I can't take it back!"”
"Imperial Teacher's words are interesting. No one in the lower government has committed any crimes, but Imperial Teacher wants to raise his butcher's knife at us. Does Imperial Teacher not care about the laws of our Great Tang? Although the emperor's teacher is a teacher of the Great Tang, this lowly one still wishes to submit a petition to the Imperial Court!”
Zhao Jinhuai knew that Jun Ruyu had come with ill intentions, so he was no longer hypocritical.
"You barged into the residence of an official of the imperial court in the middle of the night and threatened to kill the people in my residence without any evidence! Imperial Teacher, I am diligent and conscientious. I have been doing things with fear and integrity all my life. If you really want to be stubborn, even if I have to risk my life, I will let the world know that Imperial Teacher is wrong!”
"Ha!"
Hearing Zhao Jinhuai's words, Jun Ruyu could not help but sneer.
"Firstly, who told you that I have no evidence?”
"Secondly, you are diligent? You're open and aboveboard? Pah! You are insulting these words!”
"As for the third place!"
Jun Ruyu turned the teacup on the table slightly and said indifferently,""You don't have to risk your life. I want your life!”
Shua!
Zhao Jinhuai's expression changed completely when he heard this.
He had thought that he could scare Jun Ruyu and make her retreat, but who knew that Jun Ruyu's words and actions had once again exceeded his expectations.
"May I ask, Imperial Teacher, what mistake did I make for Imperial Teacher to treat me like this?”Zhao Jinhuai rolled his eyes and asked again.
He believed that he had done things cleanly and was confident that Jun Ruyu would not be able to find anything in a day. As long as there was no clear evidence, even Jun Ruyu could not do anything to him.
"Lord Fang, tell him properly and help him remember what he has done!”Jun Ruyu put down her teacup and looked sharply at Zhao Jinhuai and He Cheng.
Fang Xuanling nodded and opened the document he had just recorded."Five years ago, Zhao Jinhuai, the Yangzhou Zhizhou, took over the position. In the year he took office, he secretly developed a military base! In the first year, he stole fifty-eight craftsmen! The second year…"
Zhao Jinhuai's face grew paler as Fang Xuanling explained.
As for the county magistrate, He Cheng, his face was filled with shock, and his body could not help but tremble!
By the time Fang Xuanling finished speaking, Zhao Jinhuai's face had already turned pale. However, his eyes were filled with malice and determination.
He knew that the matter had been exposed, but he was equally confident that Jun Ruyu would not dare to kill him! I can't kill him!
"Four hundred and ten people died in your hands! Zhao Jinhuai, don't you dream that they're coming for your life at night?”
Jun Ruyu slammed the table and stood up.
"And you're even secretly garrisoning troops. Do you know what you're doing? You are rebelling! Just these two crimes were enough to make you die ten thousand times over!”
"Now, what else do you have to say?”
Jun Ruyu's gaze was like a sword as she stared straight at Zhao Jinhuai.
When Zhao Jinhuai heard this, he sneered and said,"If you want to add a crime, why don't you say something? Moreover, to sentence an official of the Imperial Court, it must be reviewed by the three divisions of the Supreme Court. Imperial Teacher, even if you are the Imperial Teacher, you don't have the right to kill me, right?”
"Oh?"
Upon hearing Zhao Jinhuai's words, Jun Ruyu said with a faint smile,""So, you're confident that I can't do anything to you?”
"Humph!"
Zhao Jinhuai raised his chin high in disdain.
"Ha!"
Jun Ruyu turned to Fang Xuanling and said,""Lord Fang, now you know how much I have prepared for this, right?”
Fang Xuanling could not help but smile bitterly.
He knew that Zhao Jinhuai was done for, really done for!
If he confessed, he might still be able to live until the day of the trial.
But now…
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