The Golden County Magistrate

The two people behind him also took up the conversation.

"I am the same!"

"Mr. Xiong did not ask for bribes from me. I am a horse trader. The first time I went to Lianggu County, he took all my fifty horses and said that if you are willing to falsely accuse Mr. Chen, he will return them to me."

He Dun calmly questioned several witnesses in detail. Each of them gave a detailed description, vividly describing how Xiong Jin instructed them to give false testimony and falsely accuse Chen Yan.

The recorder in the government office was constantly recording all the circumstances.

Xiong Jin was furious, but when he thought of the 20,000 taels of silver he had given away, he suddenly felt relieved and no longer panicked. He just sneered a few times and stopped shouting.

The recorder was only responsible for recording what he heard and saw. These things had to be reviewed by the prefectural governor, who would destroy or change them afterwards, so there was no need to worry.

Chen Yan, who was sitting next to him, was secretly happy.

Xiong Jin relied on the 20,000 taels of silver as a backup, because he knew that Zhao Changhe would definitely be biased towards him, so the preparation of evidence was not rigorous.

But the fat man would never have thought that these "witnesses" he prepared had been secretly bribed by Chen Yan one by one.

How could he win in a contest that was not even at the same level?

As the art of war says, knowing yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.

He knew Xiong Jin's methods very well, but Xiong Jin was completely unaware of his methods, and the outcome was already doomed!

He deliberately tried to let Xiong Jin relax his vigilance so that the latter would not have any on-site preparations. Soon, he would realize that something was wrong, but then the fat man would no longer have the power to resist or dodge.

It was like preparing a killer and thinking that he was sure to win, but unexpectedly, the killer came to kill him as soon as he made a move, and he had no way to deal with it!

After asking in detail, He Dun turned to Zhao Changhe and said, "Sir, do you want the follow-up evidence..."

Zhao Changhe said calmly, "Yes, of course! I want to see how much more drama there is in this farce!"

The private trial in the inner hall lasted for two hours.

When all the witnesses and evidence were presented one by one, it was already noon.

Without any exception, all the witnesses turned against them and all said that Xiong Jin had instructed them to frame him.

But Xiong Jin had completely calmed down at this time, and he was not panicked at all because he had the support of the prefect.

"Sir, do you have anything to say?" Zhao Changhe looked at Xiong Jin.

"Sir, I have only one thing to say, I am wronged!" Xiong Jin stood up and said proudly, "I know, it must be Chen Yan who bribed them to frame me!"

"Sir Xiong, can you provide evidence to prove that County Magistrate Chen bribed witnesses?" He Dun asked again.

"Not at the moment, but as long as I check, I will definitely find out!" Xiong Jin said confidently.

"Very good." He Dun turned his head and looked at Chen Yan, "Mr. Chen, do you have anything to say?"

"No, I don't." Chen Yan said respectfully.

He Dun turned around and walked to Zhao Changhe, whispering with the latter.

Xiong Jin looked at Chen Yan triumphantly. Although things had some twists and turns, fortunately, it had little impact on the final result.

He Fucheng's meaning was very clear. Chen Yan could not be directly convicted today, but as long as he went back and brought "evidence", Chen Yan could be convicted!

But to his surprise, Chen Yan did not show any panic, but also smiled, and even had a bit of sarcasm.

"What are you laughing at!" Xiong Jin said in a low voice with displeasure.

"Nothing, I just think you are stupid." Chen Yan said leisurely.

Xiong Jin was secretly angry and wanted to retort.

Zhao Changhe, who was sitting at the main seat, suddenly spoke up: "Since you two have nothing to say, I will say a few words."

Xiong Jin quickly swallowed the sarcasm that was about to come out of his mouth and changed his words: "I listen to your advice!"

Pah!

Zhao Changhe threw a folded paper on the ground.

"Master Xiong, do you know what this is?" he asked slowly.

"This, let me take a look." Xiong Jin was a little confused, stepped forward to pick up the page, opened it and saw, "Oh, this is a silver note from Caiji Silver Shop, the face value is 20,000 taels of silver...silver..."

At the end, he suddenly reacted, his face suddenly changed, and he looked up at Zhao Changhe: "Master Zhao, what...what does this mean?!"

This silver note was the one he gave to Zhao Changhe!

Zhao Changhe lost his previous gentleness and his face darkened: "I received this silver note a few days ago. Sir Xiong, do you know who gave it to me?"

Xiong Jin finally began to feel something was wrong, and cold sweat gradually broke out on his forehead.

How should he answer this?

Say that he gave it to me?

But Zhao Changhe's expression seemed to be full of murderous intent, so it was absolutely inappropriate to answer like this!

"I...I don't know." Xiong Jin wiped the sweat from his forehead and stuttered."You don't know, haha, I know it very clearly!" Zhao Changhe said coldly, and took out a letter from his sleeve pocket and threw it on the ground, "Because there is this letter together with the banknote!" Xiong Jin almost fainted on the spot after just one look! That letter was the one he asked his men to deliver to Zhao Changhe! It included how he begged Zhao Changhe to help him deal with Chen Yan. Once it was read out, it would become ironclad evidence of his false accusation! Those witnesses who turned against him might not be able to bite him to death. But this banknote and letter were enough to make him lose his official hat and be thrown into prison! How could this be! It was obviously not like this before! "Xiong Jin, Xiong Jin, do you think I am the kind of court worm who takes money from others?"

"You have bribed superiors, framed colleagues, and even forged witnesses and physical evidence. You are unforgivable!"

"I originally thought that you have governed Lianggu County for many years. Although you have no merit, you have worked hard. I wanted to wait for you to confess."

"But I never thought that you would be so stubborn!"

"Come here, take down the guilty official Xiong Jin!"

Zhao Changhe's words, like a steel knife, stabbed Xiong Jin's chest!

Seeing the left and right guards rushing towards him, Xiong Jin was terrified and screamed: "Sir! Sir, you can't do this!"

Even if he was beaten to death, he couldn't understand why Zhao Changhe, who had accepted a lot of money from him before, suddenly became so honest!

At this moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed.

Xiong Jin's fat body shook.

Could it be...

"Sir! I have something to say!" Xiong Jin shouted hurriedly.

"At this point, what else do you have to say?" Zhao Changhe said coldly.

"Can you let me come closer to talk?" Xiong Jin looked at the approaching palace guards and begged.

"Let him come over." Zhao Changhe waved his hand, signaling the palace guards to let him come over.

Xiong Jin then took two steps at a time, hurried forward, leaned close to Zhao Changhe's ear, and whispered: "Sir, I know I was wrong. Twenty thousand taels of silver is indeed disrespectful to you! Please rest assured, I still have thirty thousand taels at home. I will go back and pack them and send them to you!"