Husband-in-Law: Reborn Peasant Girl Busy Farming

Chapter 578 Crisis Resolution
Now that the evidence has been found, Jing Shan hastily ordered the little official to be arrested.

At this time, the sky was just getting bright, and the east was a little white, and there was still a layer of milky white mist in the air, which was humid and warm, with the coldness of night remaining.

After a while, the little official was brought to the crowd by the government soldiers.

Before he started to ask questions, he was shaking like a sieve, with a row of sweat on his forehead, and the broken hair between his forehead was wet with sweat, and it was tightly pressed against his pale face. His face really seemed to have his soul taken away.

As soon as the government soldier let go, he knelt on the ground with a "bang", his shoulders were shaking non-stop, his neck was shrunk, his head was lowered, and his chin wished to reach his chest.

The people in the room frowned and exchanged glances with each other. Seeing his appearance, they had guessed the matter roughly.

"Do you know why I summoned you here?"

Jing Shan sat on a high place with a cold face, her eyes were as cold as rime, her brows were lightly furrowed, and her voice was cool.

The little official put his hands on the ground, and he trembled even more when he heard his voice, his eyes were fixed on the ground, and the sweat "patted, clattered" flowed down his face, and some of his collars were stained. A piece of dark color, some fell on the ground and gathered into a small puddle.

"Little... I don't know."

He spoke lifelessly, his tongue seemed to be tied.

"Bold!" Jing Shan slapped the table vigorously, making a "pop" sound, shaking the cups and cups on the table, which was very obvious in the quiet room, and made the little official tremble violently again.

"The villain really doesn't know!"

His fear turned into fear, but he still refused to admit it.

"How dare you argue!" General Jing Shan stood up, "The official seal of the minister of the Ministry of War was lost yesterday, but is it related to you?"

The little official rolled his eyes a few times like a mouse, "The official seal is of great importance, how could the villain know! Please be careful, my lord!"

After that, he kowtowed to the ground a few times.

Jing Shan and Xue Lince looked at each other and nodded slightly.

Xue Lince took the rolled-up account book and patted it in his hand, "Okay, since you said that it has nothing to do with you, I will not pursue it for the time being, so why don't you explain to your family what happened to the large income in these consecutive days? All these things add up to a hundred taels of silver, is it possible that the monthly salary of a small official like you can be more than the monthly salary of the Minister of the Ministry of War?"

As he spoke, he slammed the ledger hard in front of the little official, and the cold wind blew it just to the page with many red lines.

Seeing this, the little official broke into cold sweat immediately, "Small...I...I..."

His mind was blank, he stammered and couldn't speak clearly, his face was as pale as paper, and he looked nervous as if he would pass out at any time.

"There is also a seriously ill mother in your family. I will tell you that stealing official seals is a felony for imprisonment. If you confess, you will be lenient, but if you resist, you will be severely punished. If you tell the truth, there is still room for redemption."

Seeing that the time was right, Xue Lince applied pressure again.

This time, before the words fell, the little official crawled up to him with hands and feet, and then wailed and yelled, "I know my mistake! I know my mistake! It is true that the villain stole the official seal! For a moment, I was obsessed with ghosts and stole the official seal of the Lord for the hundreds of taels of silver!"

He shouted and yelled, and kowtowed his head on the ground again, his sweaty forehead immediately hit a bruise on the ground, and some blood rolled out, his face was covered with dust, sweat, snot, Tears were mixed together, and there were messy marks on his face.

"My lord, spare my life! My lord, spare my life!" He yelled endlessly, "This villain knows his mistakes! There is an eighty-year-old mother on the villain, and a 16-year-old daughter on the bottom. If I go to prison, the whole family will starve to death! Please spare the villain's life, my lord!"

He cried and shouted, making the eardrums of those present hurt.

Ke Ran picked out her ears, stepped forward, put on airs, "I can spare your life, but tell me who ordered you to steal this official seal."

As soon as these words came out, the little official was stunned again, and raised his face that was colorful from crying, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes drenched with tears.

His trembling body shrank suddenly, and then his eyeballs frantically turned left and right again, and when he spoke, he seemed to pop out words one by one, "No one ordered."

"Why?" Ke Ran chased after her, "Don't want to say? Then you can wait to go to prison."

The little official immediately became nervous again, "No, my lord, please let the villain go! The villain will never dare again!"

As he spoke, he repeated his tricks and quickly kowtowed on the ground.

Xue Lince and Jing Shan exchanged glances.

It seems that the instigator has some skills, and I don't know what method he used to make this little official desperately want to protect him. The two of them can't seriously use torture to interrogate them. If it is to scare the snake, it can only be temporarily abandoned.

"Okay, I think you are kind and spare your life for the time being."

Xue Lince spoke in a cold voice, with a cold and calm tone, and the kowtow of the little official stopped immediately.

He was quite clever, knowing that the matter would not end so quickly, so he just looked up at Xue Jing and the two, his eyes kept shaking.

"Is this official seal still in your hand?"

Jing Shan looked at him from top to bottom, the tall man was very oppressive, the little official suddenly shook his body when he met his cold eyes, swallowed nervously, and then responded like a chicken pecking rice: " Yes, the villain knows that this thing is precious, so he hides it well, without any damage!"

"If you return the official seal, I will let you go," Xue Lince took over the words, "You must keep this matter secret, understand? If there is any leak, don't blame me for being rude."

"Yes, yes, yes!" The little official hurriedly replied, and some blood finally returned to his pale face.

Jing Shan made a gesture to the soldiers, "Look at him."

The government soldiers received the order, and then they all surrounded him, hurriedly set up the little official, escorted him out while the sky was not completely clear, and left all the way to the direction where the official seal was privately hidden.

The matter of the official seal has been settled, but the thorn in the hearts of several people is still there.

"Let's just let him go like this?" Ke Ran was a little displeased, "I think this person clearly knows the mastermind behind this scene, but he refuses to admit it after being beaten to death. He left? Now the clue is broken again."

"In order to avoid alarming the enemy, we can only do this now," Xue Lince sighed, with some regrets, "It's a pity that a complete clue has been broken like this."

"Why worry?" Jing Shan's voice interjected, "The person who instigates behind this scene can be known as long as he goes to court."

(End of this chapter)