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Chapter 321 I have a bold guess

Su Jiuyue lowered her hand and waved it in front of everyone.

Everyone looked at her hand curiously.

"This is...silver!"

"Five taels of silver!"

There were five ingots of silver in Su Jiuyue's hand.

Su Jiuyue nodded slightly and looked directly at the woman.

"You said your family was so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat, but you actually carried five taels of silver with you. That's really strange!"

Qian Xinyue bit her lip slightly and stared at the woman nervously.

Others were also puzzled.

"I know this person. She is Xie Cui from Juhua Village. She is so poor that she almost eats dirt. How can she have five taels of silver?"

"I know her. Her husband fell off a mountain and became paralyzed. The whole family depends on her alone. She has a miserable life."

"Where did she get five taels of silver?"

As everyone was discussing, Xie Cui's face turned red and she yelled with her neck raised.

"Why? I can't have five taels of silver? Can't I just pick it up on the roadside?"

Xie Cui gritted her teeth.

"Picked it up?"

Su Jiuyue smiled slightly and walked to another man.

"Excuse me, sir."

In ancient times, men and women were strictly separated, so she couldn't do it herself.

So he wanted to trouble the officer who was holding him to search him.

With the approval of the prefect, the police officer began to search the man without any hesitation.

As expected, five taels of silver were also found!

"found it!"

The officer handed the silver to Su Jiuyue.

Su Jiuyue held the silver and looked at the man indifferently.

"Just now the uncle said that his child was sick and almost died of burns, and he had no money to buy medicine. How do you want to explain it?"

"It just so happened that the uncle was there when this aunt picked up the silver. Did he get five taels?"

Su Jiuyue walked up to another woman who looked somewhat shrewd!

The woman snorted coldly!

"Go ahead and search! I'm innocent anyway! I just said I was annoyed with you and wanted to scold you, so what!"

The woman looked pleased with herself!

As soon as she got the silver, she hid it in her shoes!

This little girl wants to search her for money! Dream on!

Su Jiuyue glanced at her, touched her arms, and curled the corners of her mouth slightly.

The woman looked calm and spread her palms in front of her.

There are also five taels of silver lying on it!

The woman's eyes were visibly shocked!

"How is that possible! I'm clearly hiding in..."

"It's you! This is not my money! It's not mine! You deliberately put it in my arms and pretended to take it out!"

"Yes! You framed me!"

The woman said viciously.

Su Jiuyue took a step back and pointed to the ten taels of silver that the official was holding.

"The silver we just found is in the hands of the official. Miss Qian searched me and found nothing!"

"Auntie, where can I get five taels of silver for you?"

Su Jiuyue looked at Qian Xinyue and argued convincingly!

The aunt was also panicking at this moment!

She clearly felt that the silver in her shoes had not been taken away!

Where did these five taels of silver come from? !

“This is not mine!”

The aunt could only shout with her neck stiffened.

By this moment, some people have already understood what Su Jiuyue wanted to do.

"Looking at their appearance, they don't look like a family that can carry five taels of silver with them."

"Let alone five taels, even one tael of silver would be enough!"

"And what a coincidence! Each person has exactly five taels on him, no more, no less."

"I have a bold guess..."

"Brother, why don't you just speak frankly!"

"Did these people receive dirty money and deliberately slander Miss Su? They were the ones who were shouting the loudest just now!"

"Agree..."

Some discerning people have already seen it.

Su Jiuyue no longer searched one by one, but let the officers do it instead.

There were seven people held captive in total, and without exception, the remaining few had five taels of silver on them!

Su Jiuyue turned her gaze to the prefect.

"Sir, I have already learned about the family situations of these people."

"If they could have taken five taels of silver to the streets, they wouldn't have been in such a difficult situation!"

"I'm afraid this money may not have come from a legitimate source. Please investigate thoroughly!"

The prefect still had a sullen face and nodded seriously.

"Why don't you confess quickly! Stealing is a serious crime! Please think carefully!"

The prefect shouted loudly!

The seven people looked pale.

If one person can pick up five taels of silver, it would be outrageous if seven people each picked up five taels!

They didn't dare to use this excuse to evade the prefect.

But if you don't tell the source of the silver and are convicted of theft, that's a serious crime!

Lin Chengcheng, standing aside, spoke in a sinister voice.

"According to the laws of Daxia, if the value of stolen goods is more than five taels of silver, the penalty is imprisonment; if it is more than one tael of silver, the penalty is ten strokes of the cane; if it is five taels of silver or more, the penalty is torture and thirty strokes of the cane!"

Lin Qingqing glanced sideways and rubbed her arms.

"Sister, isn't the torture used to treat serious criminals? All ten fingers are cut off after the torture, which is quite pitiful..."

Lin Chengcheng nodded.

Bai Jinyan also spoke softly, with a hint of regret.

"After being tortured with 30 sticks, there is absolutely no chance of survival. What a pity..."

When Liu Ruyan and Li heard them talking about this, they felt goosebumps all over their bodies.

Not to mention the civilians who were detained!

They were sweating profusely, shaking like sieves, and their faces turned pale with fear!

"Have mercy! I'll tell you! I'll tell you! My family is counting on me, I can't let anything happen to me!"

"It was a girl who gave us five taels of silver and asked us to come here to incite slander!"

"Please spare us, sir. We were blinded by money and had no conscience. But we didn't steal anything, we didn't steal..."

"Yes, yes, yes! It's a girl! She looks like a maid!"

Everyone rushed to confess, fearing that they would be one step behind others!

Qian Xinyue gritted her teeth in hatred!

A bunch of useless trash! Let Su Jiuyue escape again!

Damn damn damn!

Among the seven people, the thin scholar suddenly turned his gaze to Qian Xinyue.

The scholar's voice was trembling, but extremely firm!

"It's her!"

Qian Xinyue was stunned, and everyone else was stunned too!

Wu Yu was the first to react!

"You bold lunatic! Stop your accusations! Do you think you can slander Miss Qian so easily?"

Qian Xinyue was also furious!

"You bullshit!"

She clearly asked the maid around her to help her do this!

This person actually dared to bite her!

How shameless!

Seeing that they had misunderstood, the scholar quickly shook his head and glanced behind Qian Xinyue.

"It's not this lady! It's the maid behind her!"

"The girl who gave me the silver was dressed just like her!"

The scholar spoke affirmatively.

"Yes, yes, yes! That's right! This is the outfit!"

"I remember that too! She was hiding behind me just now, so she didn't see it..."

Others also pointed it out immediately!

The maid who was identified suddenly looked flustered.

"I didn't! I don't even know you! Now that your secret has been exposed, you are making random accusations!"

"Miss! I didn't, Miss! Miss, you have to make the decision for me!"

The maid knelt on the ground and pulled Qian Xinyue's skirt in panic.

Qian Xinyue pulled her skirt in disgust.

To be on the safe side, she did not have a personal maid to serve her.

I just found one from the outer room.

It's useless! You're so scared by such a small thing!

"stand up!"

Qian Xinyue spoke coldly.

The maid stood up tremblingly.

Qian Xinyue looked at everyone's questioning gazes and suddenly smiled.