Jiang Pengji's words were powerful and resonant. She spoke 90% truth mixed with 10% falsehood, forcibly turning black and white upside down.
The group of people who were arrogant just a moment ago now seemed to be strangled by invisible hands. Their expressions were strange and comical.
"Why? Did I say anything wrong? "
Jiang Pengji had a cold smile on her face. Her emotionless eyes glanced at them.
They didn't know if it was because they had a guilty conscience, but they always felt that Jiang Pengji's gaze was dense and sharp. They didn't dare to look her in the eye.
Whoever she glanced at, that person would look away uncomfortably.
Jiang Pengji sneered. "Stacks of land deeds, books of accounts, and secret letters of treason … All of them were found in your residences. Why don't you tell me who they belong to? Why did they grow legs and come to your residences? "
Everyone's faces were ashen. They looked at the dozen or so huge boxes that could kill people. Not long after, their backs were covered in fine sweat.
A noble lady said, "Your Excellency, please understand. These land deeds were bought from the people …"
Before she finished speaking, Jiang Pengji flung the sandalwood brocade fan in her hand at her face. She actually humiliated her in public without any mercy.
"Bought from the people? This is the funniest joke I've heard this year. "
Jiang Pengji said it in a strange tone. After the noble lady heard it, she was angry, embarrassed, and resentful.
She was humiliated by Jiang Pengji in public. Everyone's attention and gaze fell on her, giving her the illusion that there was a thorn in her back.
If there was a crack on the ground at that moment, she couldn't wait to crawl into it and never come out.
"You can buy land worth 34 strings of coins for only a few hundred coins. Why haven't I come across such a cheap sale? "Jiang Pengji suppressed her anger, but her eyes were already filled with murderous intent. If she could, she really wanted to kill all of them.
The noble lady still wanted to quibble. "A few years ago, the Northern borderline stationed a large number of troops at the border. The people were ignorant and believed the rumors. They thought that the foreign tribes of the Northern borderline were about to send troops to the south … To escape the flames of war, they sold their property and land at a low price. It wasn't by force! "
She still had some brains. She couldn't bear the crime of treason and treason.
It would be better to work hard to whitewash themselves, and say that the land and houses were sold at a low price by the people themselves.
Of course, such a pale and laughable excuse, not to mention others, even she herself did not believe it.
The viewers in the livestream room mocked him as they gained a deeper understanding of how thick-skinned this person was.
You Ran Feige: "I've lived for a long time. Does this person really treat others as fools?" Or could it be that in her eyes, the common people were all retarded? An item worth 34 strings of coins was being sold at a low price of a few hundred coins? Where's your shame? Forgotten in his mother's womb?
[Mei 'er' niang]: Hehe, I'm in a third-tier city, and the price of a house is about 9,000 per square meter. According to this woman, the people heard that the Northern Borderline was coming to fight, so they sold their houses for less than 300 per square meter?
Even though the audience was experienced and knowledgeable, they were still shocked by the shamelessness of this aristocratic lady.
Weikang: This person is so thick-skinned that even a Dongfeng missile can't penetrate it.
For the common people in ancient times, the land was everything they had to support their families.
Many people would rather die than sell their land, because they knew very well that as long as the land was still in their hands, they might still have a chance of survival. As long as there was life, there was no need to worry about firewood. With the land in their hands, they could grow food. If the land was taken away, they would not be far from starving to death.
Food was a hard currency in a chaotic world. The more chaotic the world was, the higher the price of food.
How much food could the money from selling their ancestral land at a low price be exchanged for in the end?
"It's not a forced sale? Do you dare to touch your black heart and say that again? " Jiang Pengji's face revealed a trace of a smile. She said, "At this point, the evidence is irrefutable, and you still dare to quibble? Use your eyes and take a good look at the people you secretly sold to the Northern Borderline. Who are they? In this world, where in the world would a seller sell their ancestral land and be beaten to a lowly status by the buyer, and then smuggled and sold to the Northern Borderline? Is it not enough that they sold their ancestral land, but they also sold themselves and willingly became slaves? This ridiculous nonsense should be passed on to the people of the world and let them judge. "
Jiang Pengji opened her mouth. Everyone's expression changed again and again. Their gazes changed from the original fear to deep fear.
Although Jiang Pengji had just arrived in Chongzhou not long ago, she knew a lot of inside information about Chongzhou from Gu Xin.
Gu Xin traveled north and south to do business, so he was the most well-informed. He had even come into contact with the human trafficking business run by the aristocrats of Chongzhou.
Jiang Pengji had concrete evidence in her hands. They could not quibble.
The noblewoman was so scared that her face turned pale. She said in a voice as soft as a mosquito, "I wonder where you heard about this …"
Jiang Pengji glanced at her and said, "No matter where I heard it from, it's irrefutable evidence."
Everyone felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar. Looking at the situation, Jiang Pengji did not intend to let them go.
One of the clan elders secretly glared at the noblewoman and scolded her for being stupid. He said, "The matter of the people's land and residences can be put aside for now and discussed in the future. However, the matter of colluding with the enemy and selling the country must be thoroughly investigated no matter what. "
The most important thing now was not to clear their names and forcefully buy and sell the land.
Once the matter of colluding with the enemy and selling the country was determined, it would definitely bring disaster to the entire clan.
A light punishment would be confiscation of the family property, a heavy punishment would be the extermination of the entire clan.
Jiang Pengji said, "This is all the evidence. What do you want to deny? If it's not colluding with the enemy and selling the country, how do you explain the fact that you took away the people's land and residences, banished them from good families, and sold them in batches to the northern borderline? Do you know what kind of life they lead in the northern borderline? Even animals live better than them! How do you explain these letters written by your clan leader himself? "
Jiang Pengji opened a superstitious letter. The contents of the letter made the clan elder break out in a cold sweat.
The current situation was very disadvantageous to them. Jiang Pengji was still aggressive. In their panic, they did not have the energy to carefully analyze the handwriting in the letter. Anyway, at first glance, it was indeed the handwriting they were familiar with. Even the signature was familiar.
Could it be that the matter was true?
Did the clan leader really collude with the people of the northern borderline behind the clan elder's back?
But … but they occupied the land and residences only for the sake of wealth. They had no intention of betraying the country!
In the words of the audience in the streaming room, if yellow mud fell into one's pants, it was still shit. They did not have the confidence to deny it.
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