Chapter 679 Framing Evidence (4)_1
Yang Bao, the village elders, and many villagers who were concerned about the Mo Family were sweating bullets for Mo Yan and thought she had misspoken in confusion. They all looked towards Mo Qingze, signaling him to quickly step in and salvage the situation.
Mo Qingze took a deep breath and remained seated without moving.
The leading government officer came back to his senses, staring at Mo Yan as if he was looking at a fool. Originally, he had been considering how to resolve the situation so that the Mo Family could extricate themselves and, in turn, curry favor with Second Master Han. But now, the strategy he had thought of was useless.
The six "victims" leaped out, ecstatic, and shouted at the leading government officer, "See, the girl has admitted it herself, what else is there to say? Hurry up and arrest those five vicious beasts. The household that raised them is also to blame, and they should be arrested and thrown into jail to prevent them from raising any more vicious animals to harm others!"
"Exactly, they must be arrested, and none should be let go! This family is utterly reprehensible for raising vicious animals to harm others. If it weren’t for us brothers catching them, who knows how many more people they would have harmed!"
"Not only should they be taken to squat in jail, but we also need to be compensated. Each person should receive five hundred pieces, not a copper coin less!"
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The six "victims" began to cause a ruckus in the Mo Family’s hall. Every word and sentence were either slandering the Mo Family’s malice or clamoring to arrest the Mo Family, incarcerate them, and demand silver.
At this point, if Mo Yan didn’t realize that there was someone else behind these six people, deliberately setting up this plot to severely damage her family, she would truly be a fool. Otherwise, her family had no acquaintance with these six people and, if they were only extorting silver, would not go to such lengths to smear her family and insist on having her entire family thrown into prison.
The first suspect Mo Yan thought of was King Heng, but she immediately dismissed him. Despite King Heng’s detestable nature, there was no way he would use such despicable means to eliminate her, and besides, such methods would not withstand scrutiny. It was also unlikely that Chen Ji had played dirty; a person as ruthless as him would not act unless he aimed to take lives.
However, if her family really ended up in jail, Chen Ji might not miss this golden opportunity. Given the poor conditions in prison, it would be nothing unusual if one or two people died.