Reborn in a Noble Family - Chapter 161
Chapter 161 Evidence
Old Madame Qiao’s face darkened, and she wanted to explode. She was afraid of the occasion and her status, so she endured it with grievance.
On the other side …
Qiao Xi gloated.
Old Madame Li had also come at an unknown time, so there were naturally two sons of Qiao Linzi accompanying her.
Looking in the direction where Old Madame Li was standing, she was probably just about to come over to greet him, but the two of them were discussing too loudly. Unfortunately, the two Old Madams heard them.
“Totally nonsense!” Qiao Linzi knelt down under the hall, her eyes filled with anger from being wronged. She struggled for a few times, wishing she could go up and bite Li Si.
“Pa!”
Qiao Linzi was still struggling in vain, but there was no heart-wrenching clamor in her mouth.
Qiao Yunxi raised his eyebrows.
It’s an incredible acting skill.
She has won a lot of sympathy for her performance of a wrongly accused female character.
Just like now, the whispers in the surroundings were still there, from the previous crusade against Qiao Linzi to the current sympathy.
Being wronged, especially when a woman was wronged to the point that she wanted to go to court, how ruthless and ruthless was the person behind the scenes!
“Li Si, you said that the Li Qiao clan asked you to set fire to the warehouse. Do you have any evidence?” Wei Bojun asked.
Li Si crouched on the ground and said, “Master, the little one has no conclusive evidence. That day, Madam called the little one in front of her and instructed him a few words. At first, the little one did not dare, but the little one is just a servant. Regardless of whether the little one can complete the things that Madam told him, the little one will probably die soon.”
That’s true.
This kind of wicked thing was done and completed, but he knew Master’s secret. Unless you had the ability and Master would continue to reuse it, what else could it be other than death?
Can’t complete the mission?
Haha, then what’s the use of keeping you?
Li Si said calmly, “I know I can’t hide, so I asked my family to buy lamp oil from different grain stores in Jincheng and arranged for them to leave the city in advance.” Apart from the little one, there were also Pockmarked Wang and Old Fifth Zhu. They were all playmates of the little one since childhood. The little one promised ten taels of silver to the two of them. After burning down the warehouse, the two of them left the city and returned after the limelight passed. The little one was afraid that the madam would attack the little family, so he did not leave immediately. Instead, he reported to the madam and did other things as if nothing had happened. “However, I know I can’t stay here for long, so I wanted to escape from the city when I went out to work for my wife that day.”
Li Si explained in detail and clearly.
He knew that his family didn’t have to worry about their lives anymore. Li Si was in a good state. As for the sins he had committed, how could he still pay them back?
“Mrs. Li Qiao, what do you have to say?” Wei Bojun did not immediately come to a conclusion and gave Qiao Linzi a chance to defend herself.
“Back to adult, the woman didn’t do anything, Li Siyi nonsense! Li Si was a servant beside the woman, but he was always in charge of the outer courtyard. Most of them were errand boys, and they were responsible for delivering gifts when they left the courtyard. The woman didn’t have much contact with Li Si, and she wouldn’t let him do these crazy things. Li Si framed the woman because his previous son had messed up his errands. The woman scolded him a few times and punished him according to the rules of the Li Clan. She even punished him with five sticks instead of half a year’s worth of monthly punishment. Therefore, he harbored a grudge in his heart. The servants of the Li Clan can testify on this matter. ”
Now, everyone understood.
There was no direct evidence of what Li Si said. On the contrary, the servants of the Li Clan knew that he had messed up the job and been punished. Therefore, in order to take revenge on his master, Li Si deliberately burned down the warehouse. After losing, it was very likely that he would slander his master instead.
“Li Si, if you don’t have conclusive evidence, this official will convict you of defamation.”
The crime of slander is small, but the crime of burning the warehouse is big.
Li Si did not panic and said, “Master Hui, the little one really did not have any substantial evidence. When the madam instructed the little one to do things, only Joe Mammy was there, and the little one was punished for messing up the work.” However, that task was completed without any mistakes. It was only Madam’s one sentence to do it well or fail. “Even if I find Pockmarked Wang and Old Fifth Zhu, I can’t prove that what the little one said is true.”
The expression on Qiao Linzi’s face slowed down.
When she was taken away by the officer, she was indeed scared, but in the prison, she calmly thought about it, analyzed it, and didn’t think that Li Si could catch anything on her. On the contrary, she had created a lot of illusions before, such as the one Li Si had messed up.
Li Si was right. She had done it well and failed. It was just a single sentence from her.
Now that she had bitten Li Si to death because she harbored a grudge against her earlier punishment, the burning of the warehouse would definitely not have anything to do with her.
“It’s just” Li Si’s words changed, and the hearts of everyone in the court were raised.
‘”Sir, the little one also has evidence to say that in order to get rid of the little one, Madam deliberately asked the little one to burn down the warehouse. If the matter is successful, Madam can fulfill her wish. If the matter is defeated, the little one is the principal offender. There is no evidence to prove that Madam has anything to do with this matter.”
“Why did the Li Qiao clan get rid of you?” Wei Bojun asked.
“Reporting, my lord,” Li Si said solemnly. ‘”Because I know a lot about Madam, such as the man that Madam raised outside, such as Madam emptying the warehouse and using the medicinal ingredients of the Li family to do business with the Food World, but the proceeds were put into that man’s pocket, or Madam deliberately set up an immortal jump to frame Master in order to be with a wild man!”
Boom!
Everyone was in an uproar!
“Nonsense!” Qiao Linzi’s heart trembled. Li Si wouldn’t know what she had done.
“Look, I told you, this little whore is not simple.” The previous discussion started to tease him again.
Fourth Master Qiao was so angry that his body trembled.
Finished.
Qiao Linzi is finished!
He didn’t have any hope that Qiao Linzi would be able to survive. As long as Qiao Linzi didn’t drag him down, it would be fine. However, it was hard to say whether it would affect her now that things were so big!
In the past few days, the noble had been in the suburban courtyard. He had no chance to contact the noble, but he also knew what the noble was secretly planning. This time, the noble came in a very low profile. There must be some things that he had to secretly set up. If Qiao Family became the focus because of Qiao Linzi, would he still have a chance to climb up to the noble?
Yin Zhi looked at Qiao Linzi. Fourth Master Qiao only wanted Li Si to quickly produce evidence and directly sentence Qiao Linzi. Once the public opinion was over, the Qiao Family would no longer be the focus of everyone’s attention. He could still work for noble people.
“Sir, I have evidence.” Li Si said directly to Wei Bojun instead of tangling with Qiao Linzi.
“It’s important. Li Si, do you understand the consequences of what you said?”
“Reporting to Your Excellency, what the little one said is true. The little one doesn’t understand the law, but he also understands what kind of punishment the little one will receive if he slander others.”
Seeing that Li Si was confident, Wei Bojun nodded slightly and said, “Tell me more.”
Li Si knelt on the ground, his voice not loud, but everyone inside and outside the court could hear him clearly.
Li Si explained how Qiao Linzi rescued Qiu Hong, Then, under the pretext of recuperating, Raising Qiu Hong outside, Qiao Hong had been Qiao Linzi’s lover for a long time, and he could get a living fee from Qiao Linzi every month. In order to fly with Qiao Hong, Qiao Linzi secretly diverted the money from the Li Clan and asked for help from his mother. The two of them made a lot of money just so that the two of them wouldn’t be too bitter in the future.
Originally, all of this was nothing. People were selfish. Although Qiao Linzi’s character was not good, she still won the sympathy of some women by doing this for a man.
“Madam originally wanted to make peace with Master Li, but in order to ensure that the two young masters could leave the Li Manor with her, Madam thought that only if Master Li’s reputation was in disrepute would he be able to make peace with Li Manor smoothly. Moreover, only if the Li Family was in ruins would she be able to take away the two young masters logically. That’s why Madam designed Master Li and let the little one burn down the warehouse.”
Without giving the crowd time to react, Li Si reported the address of the courtyard outside Qiao Linzi. Over there, some of the officials rushed to the courtyard, while some of the officials went to “Food Under Heaven” to collect evidence.
Everyone in the court had no intention of leaving.
Such a vicious incident had never happened in Jincheng in hundreds of years. It was fine if he gave his man a cuckold. He was actually so ruthless that he wanted to fly with his lover, frame his man, and plot against his husband’s family’s property. Not to mention, he even set fire to the warehouse!
Who didn’t know that the warehouse was where the merchants in Jincheng stored their goods? The goods inside were priceless. If a fire broke out and the merchants in the surroundings were involved, how much damage would they suffer?
Jincheng was the most economically developed place in Shu Prefecture. If this fire continued, it would not only affect those merchants, it would also affect the people!
The owner had suffered a loss, and those who worked would be affected. It was still good to deduct their wages, but they were afraid of being fired!
No one doubted Li Si’s words. Every step was logical and reasonable.
The sound of a crusade sounded with tacit understanding.
Qiao Linzi’s face was deathly pale as she fell to the ground. “Impossible, impossible, how could you know? You shouldn’t know, you …”
As soon as he subconsciously spoke, Fourth Master Qiao knew that there was nothing he could do.
“Fourth Brother, what should we do? Think of a way, you” Old Madam Qiao grabbed the last straw and looked at Fourth Master Qiao pleadingly.
Fourth Master Qiao cursed in his heart.
Whenever he was related to Qiao Linzi, his mother would be confused.
Even if he wanted to help Qiao Linzi, it was a private matter. How could he say it in court?
“Mother, this case will be decided by the adults. If Lin Zi really did this, there is nothing my son can do.”
“You are Lin Zi’s biological brother. You just don’t want to save him!” Old Madame Qiao was angry, so she didn’t care about the occasion and directly questioned him.
Fourth Master Qiao was even angrier, but he still had to calm himself down and say, “Mother, let’s go back and see what happened to Lin Zi first.”
Old Madame Qiao hurriedly nodded her head. As long as her son expressed his stance, the rest would be easy to say.