Chapter 637
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The name Zhao Mingzhen had returned to the world after so many years. The common people didn't even react for a while. Only after a long while did they gradually awaken their dusty memories. Wasn't this the corrupt official who had embezzled two hundred thousand taels of silver? How did today's case have anything to do with that? Could it be that there was some secret hidden here? How was that possible?
Ning Shu looked at the anger in Shao Yuan and the others' eyes, as well as the unbearable sorrow in their heaving chests. She couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat. She turned to the side and blocked most of the questioning gazes from the commoners. She stretched out her arms and stood with them, giving them silent strength.
Cao Zheng Wei's face twitched, and suddenly, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, he raised his head and laughed, "Hahahaha, what a joke! Back then, Zhao Mingzhen had taken bribes and perverted the law. Because of the disaster relief, he had caused hundreds of thousands of commoners to lose their lives. The crimes he had committed were too numerous to be recorded. Before he died, he had personally written them all down on the confession letter. His handwriting could not be faked. The rope he used to commit suicide was his own belt. Every day, under his pillow, he hid the heavy and mesmerizing snowflake silver. Let me ask you, if it wasn't for him, who would be able to smuggle so much silver under his bed under his nose? You actually want to seek justice for a corrupt official who shocked the world? What a joke! How foolish!
In this old man's opinion, today's trial should be over. Young people who don't know the immensity of heaven and earth do not know the immensity of heaven and earth. Seeing that you are still young and immature, I will let you go. Minister Zhong, put the three of them in jail and give them a lighter sentence. "
Cao Zheng Wei stood up and was about to leave when Zi Mo angrily said, "Nonsense! My father is not a corrupt official. The crimes written on that paper, he did not commit any of them! All of us lost our parents during the famine and were almost starved to death by a pond in the wilderness. We were even buried in the belly of a wild dog. If it wasn't for our father finding and bringing us back, I'm afraid we would have reincarnated long ago! "Although we've only been by Father's side for a short period of time, sometimes we don't even see him once a day, but we've seen him with our own eyes. He's so busy every day that his feet don't touch the ground for the sake of disaster relief. In order to save a mouthful of food so that one more person can live, he, a dignified third-rank official, has to eat chaff and chop vegetables with everyone every day. Because every now and then, he would bring an orphan back to the manor. Sometimes, when there wasn't enough food in the manor, he would secretly save his share for us. He would smile and tell us that he was full, and that he couldn't eat anymore today. Then, he would turn around and go out to those rich gentlemen, begging them to donate some silver rice … But we know that his belly was actually filled with water … I don't know why he wrote that confession letter, but we can guarantee with our lives that he definitely didn't do those things! Absolutely not! "
Cao Zheng Wei let out a long sigh and turned around. He looked at them with pity as if he was looking at a few lost lambs. With both hands on the armrest, he stood up and slowly walked in front of them. He bent down and said to them, "Children, you're all too young and inexperienced. I'm afraid you've been deceived by him. In this world, there are always some evil spirits who like to wear human skin and secretly hide in a crowd with a compassionate face. At first glance, you would think that they are living Bodhisattvas, but in reality, they have done all kinds of evil things in the world. That Zhao Ming Zhen is such a sinister person. The so-called adoption is actually to use you! On the surface, he pretends to be a great philanthropist and adopts you ignorant children. He casually raises you for three to five days, and when the imperial court investigates his disaster relief measures, he can openly push you out and claim that he is merciful to the people. This way, it will be more convenient for him to secretly gather wealth and harm the people! After you've used him, do you think he will still care about your life and death? If the imperial court didn't find out in time, you would have been thrown away and buried by him. The Han Jiang Prefecture's citizens have accused him of bullying the common people and forcibly seizing their property. If you see him, this old man can immediately order people to summon those people to the capital and bring them to you. Poor children, your parents died in his hands, but you still recognize the thief as your father. Ai … How sad, how sad … "
Being distorted by him, Zimo was so angry that his whole body trembled. He roared, "You're talking nonsense!"
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