Detective Ghost Empress

The second these words dropped Ji Yang who was standing on the side glared at Liu Hui Ying. It was as if he wanted to bury her alive.

Liu Hui Ying blinked her eyes innocently, she was not the one who sued first. It was Liu Dong Ming wo brought up the matter why was this man glaring at her? Just because he was scared of Liu Dong Ming was it justified to glare at her like this?

Liu Hui Ying felt like she was being wronged to death.

However, that did not stop her from replying to Zhai Tianyu's question. After she was done shedding some fake tears in her heart, she then raised her head and spoke calmly, " Your majesty, only the person who last touched the box or first touched it when it arrived at the finance ministry could activate the mechanism."

After Liu Hui Ying finished speaking, she straightened up as her back was aching. Never in her entire life, she had bowed her head in front of anyone.

' How good it would have been if I was in the modern world,' if she was in the modern world, Liu Hui Ying would have thrown this guy who was responsible for the theft on the ground and dealt with the entire matter and be done with it. She wouldn't have to provide for the evidence and whatnot with half of her back bent.

When the officials in the court heard Liu Hui Ying's response they all started to carefully remember the identity of the person who touched the box the first time it came to the finance ministry.

" I remember!" Liu Yu Yan who had been locked inside the yamen for a crime did not commit was the first one to remember who touched the box. After all, his freedom depended on it, how could he not remember? He turned to look at Zhou Xuaran and then said through gritted teeth, " It was Minister Zhou of the finance ministry. He was the first one to touch the box."

He still remembered how Zhou Xuaran had screamed while pointing at his nose and saying that it was he who had stolen the gold. Liu Yu Yan would never forget the trepidation and humiliation that he felt back then. It was because of this man that he was almost ruined, though Liu Yu Yang knew that Zhou Xuaran was most likely a pawn, sending him to the execution ground would be enough for him.

When Zhou Xuaran heard Liu Yu Yan's words, he was very scared. He was just as terrified as he was thrilled when he pointed at Liu Yu Yan and accused him of theft. He turned to look at Zhai Tianyu before shaking his head as he said, " No he is wrong… I didn't, I did not steal the gold, Your Majesty!"

If he was caught here then everything would be ruined. The men of his family would be executed and the women would be sent to prison or sold. Zhou Xuaran could not allow that to happen!

However, no matter how much Zhou Xuaran wanted to avoid it, the fact did not change. Once Liu Yu Yan spoke up, other ministers also chimed up.

" Thats right, it was Minister Zhou who touched the box first!"

" Minister Zhou was also the one who checked the box and accused Lord Liu. Now it seems like he was already aware that the gold inside the box was stolen away."

" Zhou Xuaran is really greedy he actually stole the entire box of taels! If he wanted he could have stolen ten or twenty taels but he stole the entire box! That's a million taels of gold! Which means more than ten million taels of silver." Chapter Read:

Zhou Xuaran saw that the truth was being revealed layer by layer and was so frightened that he fell on his knees and shouted, " Your majesty. I did not do it.

This matter has nothing to do with me." This was also the truth, Ji Yang only asked him to activate the array and then accused Liu Yu Yang of theft, he did not explain to Zhou Xuaran how the array worked or what was going on, Zhou Xuaran was only responsible for activating it and nothing else.

Ji Yang told him that as long as he did that he would be able to earn more than eight hundred taels of gold. Zhou Xuaran was a fourth-grade official and he was only allowed to stay in the court because he was Ji Yang's brother-in-law.

When Zhou Xuaran thought that he just needed to press the side of the box and accuse Liu Yu Yan, it seemed like the money was too easy for him to earn. Who would have thought that ——Who would have thought that he would be ruined like this!

From the beginning to the end, he did not plan to swallow the money!

He turned to look at Ji Yang and wanted to plead but before he could do that Ji Yang rushed over and kicked him on the back. It was not a soft kick but a harsh one, it almost sent Zhou Xuaran to the other side of the court.

Zhou Xuaran looked at his brother-in-law with shock written on his face, he couldn't believe that his brother-in-law would kick him but what was more shocking was yet to come because Zhou Xuaran heard Ji Yang say,

" You bastard! I have given you so much and yet you are still greedy for more money? You have severely disappointed me! How I wished I wasn't blind!"

Ji Yang was quick to throw the pot of blame as he knew that he could not allow himself to be caught. He couldn't let his pristine white robe be tainted by this man who knew what he had done! This was why, Ji Yang was eager to silence the man.

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