Chapter 489: Dug Your Own Grave

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In the War Dragon Empire, from the Retired Emperor to Eunuch Sun, there was no one that did not pamper the Little Seventh Prince.

When he was newly promoted to the Capital, he had heard from the people in the palace that the Retired Emperor was highly concerned about Little Seventh Prince. The Retired Emperor was desperately finding ways to feed Little Seventh Prince so that the latter would stop abusing the cranes in the palace.

Even though the Retired Emperor made those remarks, everybody could understand his abundant love for Little Seventh Prince.

Therefore, it would be better for nothing to happen to Little Seventh Prince in the jurisdiction under his control.

If not, even being beheaded a hundred times was not enough to pay for his fault!

Fortunately, his silly son had finally come around. It seemed like his son was on good terms with Little Seventh Prince.

Lord Chen soothed his chest, trying to breathe normally. In a mere half-day, his heart had gone through an extremely b.u.mpy roller coaster ride that had set him flying up and down.

“My lord, should we head over now?” The servant was delighted to see his young master again!

Lord Chen, the governor of three provincial capitals, pulled the servant back, “Hold on.”

Hold on? The servant could not understand his Old Master’s intention.

Lord Chen had spent years in the imperial court. As his beloved son was currently placed among the crowd that was present for the hearing, it was clear that His Highness was still unwilling to reveal his ident.i.ty.

If he were to go over now, it was very likely that people would recognize him, ruining His Highness’ plan – that would mean the end of his governor career.

Thus, he should just listen…

Even though that was what he told himself, it was difficult for him to calm down. He attentively listened to the commotion; his palms were sweaty.

On the other hand, Private Advisor Zhang recklessly opened his mouth, “Lord Wei, I humbly think that we need to collect various pieces of evidence for this case. Who could prove that Old Man Liu wasn’t lying?”

Upon hearing that, a smile formed at the corner of Helian Wei Wei’s lips. Toying with the jade pendant on her waist, her tone was casual as she called, “Private Advisor Long.”

Baili Jia Jue did not speak. He went over and he accurately landed a kick in between Private Advisor Zhang’s legs with his feet.

A loud crack resonated!

Private Advisor Zhang dropped to his knees on the ground, his face was agonizing in pain.

“This is nonsense!” Magistrate Liao shot up instantly. He glowered angrily at Helian Wei Wei, “Lord Wei, what place do you think the court is? How could you let your private advisor hit anyone as he wished!”

Baili Jia Jue turned to glance at him, his tone unwavering, “Before Lord Liao questions this, you should ask Private Advisor Zhang whether he understands the law of the court. The lord that is interrogating was yet to speak. Where did he get the authority to talk?”

Magistrate Liao choked on Baili Jia Jue’s words so much that his chest hurt. He turned to look at Private Advisor Zhang who had succ.u.mbed to the floor miserably; the fire in him was reaching a new height. “Even so, you cannot bash others! Is this how you act as a private advisor?”

“Lord Liao,” Helian Wei Wei cut him off, “I was the one who gave the order to hit Private Advisor Zhang. Sometimes, you need to discipline the people around you who know no manners. I am disciplining my subordinate, so Lord Liao shouldn’t have any problem with that, right?”

Upon hearing Helian Wei Wei’s words, everyone recalled that Private Advisor Zhang was the private advisor of Fuping yamen. Was that not under the county magistrate? There was no problem with a county magistrate disciplining his subordinates.

The imperial officials from the four provincial capitals that were sitting in the primary seats exchanged glances. They coughed slightly and said in a cold voice, “Does Lord Wei want us here to see you educate your subordinate?”

Governor Chen who was standing at the outer circle could hear that it was the voices of his old subordinates. He could not help but curse under his breath!

He would be destroyed by these id*ots! How dared they poke their noses in any cases!

“Of course not,” Helian Wei Wei smiled. She instructed the yamen runners beside her, “Guards, carry Private Advisor Zhang away. Let him think and repent what he did wrong.”

The servants went blank. It was the first time Private Advisor Zhang was cast out of the court so unseemly.

All these years, he had never lost.

During interrogation, he was able to protect whoever he wanted to. Due to that, he had received large sums of money. His sharp tongue had the ability to overturn the truth.

However, he was now dragged away even before the interrogation started, not to mention that he was bashed so badly…

No matter how the servants cracked their brains, they thought that it was odd.

At the same time, Magistrate Liao had regained himself. It looked like fire would shoot out of his eyes at any moment!

That was it – their true motive!

They had wanted to get rid of Private Advisor Zhang from the very start, forcing him to come forward and defend Yan Dazhao himself!

Well, he had underestimated the private advisor under County Magistrate Wei.

He definitely had some tricks up his sleeves.

Nonetheless, did the duo want to threaten them with that? They were totally naive!

Magistrate Liao sneered, “Even though Private Advisor Zhang did violate the rules, Lord Wei, shouldn’t you answer the last question that he has pointed out? Who can be sure that Old Man Liu was not lying? As far as I remember, he has always held a grudge against Yan Dazhao. No matter how little one silver was, it was still money. Since Old Man Liu had accepted the money, it was not against the law for Yan Dazhao to marry his daughter. Besides, there might be other circ.u.mstances. It’s not appropriate for Lord Wei to sentence Yan Dazhao without understanding the real situation.”

Helian Wei Wei gave Magistrate Liao a look, her fingers fiddling the ring on her pinky, “Lord Liao, for you to say that you really do pamper Yan Dazhao like your own family.”

“I was just reminding Lord Wei, so that you won’t make the wrong judgment, spraining your ankle.” Since it was a head-on battle, Magistrate Liao no longer cared anymore. He turned to the rest of the imperial officials that were from various provincial capitals and said, “I heard that other than the Liu family, there were two other families that have accused Yan Dazhao of his behavior. However, they regretted spreading rumors behind Yan Dazhao’s back, and they have come to the yamen to rectify Yan Dazhao’s name.”

Upon hearing this, Helian Wei Wei furrowed her eyebrows.

Magistrate Liao smiled when he saw her expression, seeming exceedingly confident.

Ha, it’s too late to worry now!

He wanted to see how this Wei would react when she was being ‘shoved by everyone’!

The imperial officials from the provincial capitals were also cooperative, “Since there are other witnesses, summon them for interrogation.”

“Yes.” The yamen runner lowered his head respectfully and quickly escorted the two families forward.

Magistrate Liao was beaming. “All of you don’t have to be afraid. Just tell us what you know.”

The two families dared not hold up their heads. They kneeled on the floor without looking at Helian Wei Wei in the eyes, speaking weakly, “We misunderstood Old Master Yan. Previously, life was very difficult because we did not have any harvest. Old Master Yan pitied us and took Xiao Ju and Xiao Cui in. First of all, he liked them; secondly, he could offer us some help as well….”