She fell out after crying at the wrong grave

Wei Guohui's heart was filled with turmoil.

Because of his shouting, Ah-yi withdrew her hand and looked at him leisurely, "What questions does Wei Gongcao have?"

After hesitating for a few times, Wei Guohui suddenly had an idea in his mind. He immediately bowed and said, "Madam, please allow me to report. Today we are in a hurry to see you, young marquis, because we have found the culprit of the sudden collapse. Please give us your instructions, young marquis!"

After these words were spoken, I'm afraid that the few craftsmen who were accompanying them would be the ones who were shocked and upset.

Ah'ao looked around and saw them looking at each other anxiously.

"Oh, is this true?" Before leaving the wooden ruins, Ah-yi looked at him with a curious smile, "Then Lord Wei, please tell us quickly, so that the engineering department can stop the loss in time and avoid further losses."

"Yes, yes." Wei Guohui saw that the elite soldiers of the patrol camp blocked his way in front and behind him, so he had to beg for survival. "Madam, please look, this is the evidence."

He handed over a neatly folded piece of paper, and his fingertips trembled slightly.

Quite cowardly.

Duan Can took it, unfolded it and handed it to A'an.

What was written in black and white on the paper was not the way out, but the charges brought by Wei Guohui himself.

"Guan Rujing, Yang Fei, Qiao Yi." Ah Yi read out three names from the list, "They are the three craftsmen who laid the foundation for the parade ground. The deadline of February 6th has come, but the work has not been completed. They used inferior soil to fill the foundation, and the foundation is not solid and is loose."

Several soldiers stepped forward immediately and saw three people being held captive with their arms tied.

What followed was, as expected, a chorus of complaints of injustice.

"Madam, please report! The three of us dare not!"

"It's unfair! Madam, it's unfair!"

"Shut up!" Wei Guohui shouted. The man named Qiao Yi was close to him and was kicked by him. He almost fell to the ground. "Seeing the lady is like seeing the marquis! How dare you quibble in front of the noble? You really don't repent."

This time, even Duan Can couldn't hold it back. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he quickly returned to his ferocious look.

Letting him go crazy, Ah-yi turned her gaze and pointed at the other person left, "What about you?"

The man seemed much calmer, and immediately knelt down and explained in detail, "Madam, I am He Jingwen, not from the foundation team, but from the construction team, responsible for building the houses on the ground."

"The martial arts arena sank, and the armory collapsed with it, but Master He doesn't seem to be ashamed at all?"

He Jingwen looked to be no more than thirty years old, but he was thin, had a droopy lip, and always looked unhappy.

"In reply to Madam, Lord Gong Cao also said just now that it was because the foundation was not solid and sank that the houses on the ground collapsed. I don't think this has anything to do with me." He Jingwen straightened his back and showed no fear at all.

The drawing was unfolded by two people and presented to everyone.

"If it is the work of Mr. He, please introduce it to me." Ah'ao took two steps away and set her eyes on He Jingwen's hand.

The hands were extremely white, with well-proportioned joints and long knuckles, without a single scar.

"I heard that craftsmen often use wood carving to make the shape of the house first, and then use mortise and tenon joints to make a simple structure to assist in construction. Master Xiao He is very organized, so I guess his craftsmanship is not bad either?"

Seeing Ah'ao staring at his hands with admiration, He Jingwen carefully retracted them and folded them in front of him again.

When his arms hang down, some blue veins are visible. It seems that he is also very aware that he can use all his advantages to win the favor of others.

"You are too kind, ma'am, but it is my duty."

A'ao smiled and said nothing more.

"In this case, everything is clear now." Wei Guohui turned around and said sincerely, "It's all because of my poor supervision. Madam, please deal with it impartially!"

He Jingwen followed suit, "Madam, please handle this impartially."

The three people who were tied up began to cry out for justice one after another.

"Master Duan, what do you think?" Ah'ao didn't care and asked Duan Can with a smile.

Duan Can also knew that their lady might have had an idea in mind and was waiting for an opportunity to let him arrest the person.

So he raised his shoulders and looked very powerful, "It's all up to Madam. But I know that the culprit who caused the loss and injury of our patrol battalion's elite soldiers must not be released."

He uttered the last few words with gnashing teeth, like a beast eating raw meat and drinking blood. Wei Guohui's heart tightened and he couldn't help swallowing a few times.

"Okay, then tie it up."

Ah'ao turned around gracefully, and several soldiers behind her rushed forward quickly after receiving the order. Before anyone could react, they tied up Wei Guohui and He Jingwen and pressed them to the ground.

"No, why did you arrest me? They are taking kickbacks! They are delaying the construction period!" Wei Guohui was like a fish out of water still struggling to death, his face was red and his tone was excited.

Point by point, sentence by sentence, he clearly confessed his guilt in this matter.

Ah-yi was very puzzled. "I say, are you kidding me, Mr. Wei? Do you really think I will believe you just because you said a few words? Duan Can, read it."

Wei Guohui stopped abruptly.

"He Jingwen is from Yuanzhou. She lost her husband when she was young and made a living by selling tea with her mother. Later, the war in Yuanzhou became intense and the trade was gradually restricted, so she went to Kezhou to seek refuge with her uncle Liu Jingming."

The person who was called out was kneeling on the ground with his head down, and his expression could not be seen clearly. Ah-yi thought of how he had just deliberately exposed his hands to her, and found it even more funny.

When Wei Guohui heard this, the red color on his face suddenly faded away, leaving only a pale face.

"Liu Jingming was in need of someone to help him, so he used his sister as a threat and wealth as bait to assign He Jingwen, who knew nothing about construction, to fill the vacancy and participate in the construction of the new parade ground."

As Duan Can spoke, he picked up two pieces of broken wood from the ground, handed one to A'an, and held the other in his own hand.

"So Liu Jingming took the opportunity to ask He Jingwen to act as a middleman so that he could keep the timber supply business firmly in his hands. He also secretly replaced the good timber with inferior timber that had been soaked in water. He took kickbacks and shared them with Wei Gongcao privately. He also created a false accident without anyone noticing, so that he could report to Zhao Hou to approve more funds."

Ah'ao twisted the wood in the middle with her hands, and the darker part even broke into wood chips.

"As for me, I'm not very talented. I once knew a man who was good at wood carving, and I learned how to identify wood from him." Ah-yi took two steps closer and looked down at the two people on the ground. "When was the wood soaked in water, how long was it soaked, and whether the quality is good or not, I can tell at a glance."

With a flip of his hand, all the debris fell in front of Wei Guohui and He Jingwen.

"Using such wood to build a house, I think Wei Gongcao is very good at this kind of corruption."

He Jingwen no longer cared about showing off his hands. He grabbed the dirt on the ground fiercely and said unwillingly, "Madam, what evidence do you have? You accused me and Gong Cao out of thin air. Isn't that just false accusation?"

As soon as the words fell, another team of soldiers wearing armor and holding knives came in from a distance. Thanks to the corruption of these people, the ground was covered with dust and yellow sand.

The leading soldier raised his right hand, clutching a handful of silk books, and shouted, "Here is the evidence!"

He Jingwen: …

These people did not come from private residences and they all looked very unfamiliar.

Ah's heart was beating fast. There was no evidence to begin with, and she was trying to falsify her confession. She was struggling with how to continue making up stories, and she was also afraid that her excuse of picking up wood would be a lie. If He Jingwen really asked her to identify it right away, she would not be able to cover up the lie.

But he never thought that someone would hand the murderous knife to him.

When the thing was handed over, Ah'an realized that it was not a silk book, but a cloth bag filled with papers.

Before opening the bag, Ah-yi deliberately glanced at Wei Guohui, whose neck stretched out like an old turtle, eager to hear his own death sentence.

"Hmph. Who knows where these things came from? Anything can be said to be evidence. Even black can be turned into white in my wife's mouth." He Jingwen turned his face away, feeling mixed emotions.

Because he knew that he was the same as Wei Guohui. Although he was not very clear about what Wei Guohui and his good uncle had done, once the final verdict was made today, Wei Guohui's master would not save him, just like his good uncle would not save him.

Ah-yi was busy dismantling the items, not caring about He Jingwen's ridicule. "I searched from your house and his house."

Now, not only was life or death uncertain, but he was also speechless. Wei Guohui glared at He Jingwen fiercely. He was going to die today anyway, and he would go to the underworld with this kid.

After the clerk took a quick look, Ah'an realized that these were not just bluffs, but real evidence.

There were not only correspondence between Liu Jingming and He Jingwen, but also the supply list of the timber shop under Liu Jingming's name, and the official order signed by Wei Guohui. There were also countless records of the bank's income and expenditure, and a letter from Wei Guohui stating that it had not yet been sent.

Madam Duan Shen was stunned for a moment, and could not explain in a lower voice in her ear, "The young marquis asked someone to copy it."

A'ao suddenly laughed. It was really him.

I thought I couldn't handle it alone today, but I didn't expect that he had already made a plan.

The man was half dead. As soon as she took him away, Hengzhi ordered people to copy the evidence.

If someone said that she had no plan in mind beforehand, Ah'ao would not believe it.

If she really feels sleepy, just hand her a pillow. If she wants to trick Wei Guohui, someone will give her the opportunity.

This feeling of being at ease actually made Ah'ao feel a little at a loss.

Well, then she will definitely be able to show off her power today.

"Wei Gongcao, do you want to see for yourself what this is?" Through the red seal on the back of the paper, in the bright daylight, Wei Guohui saw clearly, "You secretly colluded with merchants, embezzled public funds, and submitted a letter to someone unknown, which even neatly recorded the causes and consequences of planning the collapse of the parade ground. Do you plead guilty?"

The officers and soldiers in the patrol camp were as close as one, training together day and night, and their comradeship was very deep.

When the parade ground collapsed, many soldiers were injured, and everyone was naturally upset.

Seeing that the evidence was conclusive, they all drew their swords. Every time the two men moved, blood would splatter three feet away.

Because Wei Guohui underestimated the enemy, he looked down on the young Zhaohou who seemed to be a dandy, and also looked down on the shopkeeper Shui Changdong who was just a woman and a child. Under the manipulation of the two, he walked step by step towards his own death cell.

As a human being, you can't look down on everyone.

There was a kind of pleasure of conquering a city on the road to attack, and Tao ran beside her, with his head held high. The horse's hooves kept kicking, and his desire to return home became stronger and stronger.

A'ao stroked its long mane patiently.

Duan Can came forward with the person in his arms and reported, "Madam, Lord Yang from the court has just arrived from the Canjun Mansion and is waiting. We will work together to escort the suspect back. Shall we also escort you back to the mansion?"

Ah'ao raised her eyebrows, her heart beating heavily like a military drum.

She did have something urgent to tell, so she had to ride back as fast as she could to tell someone.

(End of this chapter)