Chapter 406
There is only one dental clinic in Yulin, but I have never heard that it belongs to the Ji family.
As soon as the man finished speaking, the wind direction outside, which had originally shifted, changed again, and the topic of discussion turned to this dental practice.
Ji Changming's mother turned to look at the man and said, "You are just an ordinary citizen. How do you know that this dental shop is owned by my Ji family? Who told you?"
The man led the topic to the pawn shop and the unknown side of the Ji family, and Ji Changming's mother then led the topic to instigation and someone deliberately making secret arrangements.
For a moment, the people outside who were eating melons didn’t know which melon to eat, and they just felt so full.
Su Qingqing remained motionless and expressionless. If one had to describe her expression, it would probably be similar to the expressions of the onlookers outside, with a look of sternness on their faces: Is this even possible?
The man was questioned by Ji Changming's mother, but he didn't show any fear. "I am an ordinary citizen, but that doesn't mean I am deaf, blind, or stupid. I am not like your Ji family, who know dignitaries and wealthy businessmen, but I have brains. I worked as a temporary worker in a dental shop. Fortunately, I have read books and can understand account books."
As he spoke, the man took out an account book from his arms and slammed it in front of Ji Changming's mother.
"This is the dental account book I stole. The words on it are Ji Changming's, right?"
Ji Changming's parents' faces changed. Just as his mother was about to pick up the account book, Su Qingqing, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up, "Let me take a look."
Ji Changming's mother's hand, which was reaching for the account book, suddenly paused.
Xiao Yu stood beside Su Qingqing and went forward to take the account book. However, after a brief pause, Ji Changming's mother picked up the account book before Xiao Yu and quickly opened it to take a look.
Xiao Yu stopped moving forward.
"Didn't you hear what the Queen said?"
He stood about three steps away from Ji Changming's mother, looking down at her.
Su Qingqing's voice just now was quite loud, not only Ji Changming's mother, but even the noisy people watching outside heard it.
Ji Changming's mother flipped through the account book quickly without responding to Xiao Yu's words. Instead, Ji Changming's father said to his mother, "Put down the account book quickly. What are you going to do? The queen wants to see the account book."
That being said, he did not take any action.
After he finished speaking, he apologized to Su Qingqing, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Your Majesty."
After saying that, he went to urge him verbally.
Ji Changming 's mother quickly flipped through a few pages of the account book. Xiao Yu stood there, his eyes just wide enough to see the pages where she paused while flipping through the pages.
After Ji Changming's mother finished reading, she turned around and kowtowed to Su Qingqing, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. You are pregnant and will be a mother soon. Please understand my love for your son.
My son has never done anything bad, but today he has been framed one after another. When this account book was exposed, my heart was torn and I couldn't control myself. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."
Su Qingqing ignored her. Xiao Yu leaned over and took the account book from her hand, then handed it to Su Qingqing. The page he opened was exactly the one where Ji Changming's mother paused the longest.
Su Qingqing took the account book, lowered her head to look at it, and said nothing.
Lu Yun was a little unsure of what Su Qingqing meant, but he knew in his heart that this man and Su Qingqing were probably in the same group.
He slammed the gavel and said to the man, "You said there is Ji Changming's handwriting on this account book, is that true?"
The man said with full energy: "Of course."
Ji Changming's mother said, "It's impossible. This dental shop has nothing to do with my family. How could there be my son's handwriting on his account book? Don't slander me.
Whether this dental clinic is my family's property or not, you can find out by just checking the dental clinic. There is no need to listen to this man's nonsense. He is just framing us."
After saying that, Ji Changming's mother asked, "What is your purpose?"
What Su Qingqing was waiting for was Ji Changming's mother to personally deny the relationship between this dental clinic and the Ji family.
Deny it, then confirm it, can't it be ironclad?
Without waiting for Lu Yun to speak, Su Qingqing raised the account book in her hand and said to Ji Changming's father, "This dental shop is really not yours?"
Ji Changming's father looked at Su Qingqing fiercely. Su Qingqing waved the account book in her hand and said, "Madam Ling just flipped through it quickly and may not have noticed that this account book is probably not the original, but a handwritten copy."
Ji Changming's parents were both stunned.
Su Qingqing asked the man, "Is this the original?"
The man looked at Su Qingqing warily, "Of course not. Officials and businessmen protect each other. I was afraid that if I took out the original account book directly, it would be gone before Lord Lu could find out the truth."
As he spoke, he took out another account book from his pocket.
“This is the real one.”
Su Qingqing sneered, "Are you not afraid now?"
The man said, "I am afraid, but at least the risk is reduced. There are so many people watching outside. Ji Changming's mother ignored the Queen's order and flipped through the account book for a long time. Let's just say that it was because of her love for her son that she couldn't control herself. Now if I take out the account book again, she can't disobey the Queen's wishes and flip through it again. She should be able to control herself a little bit now."
Ji Changming's parents' faces suddenly turned ugly.
Xiao Yu stepped forward, took the account book directly from him, and handed it to Su Qingqing.
Ji Changming's parents knelt on the spot with solemn expressions. Just as Su Qingqing was flipping through the account book, Mo Duo, who had been silent beside her, finally spoke, "Lord Lu, are you not going to take care of this case? Are you only going to investigate this case of murder, robbery and occupation of good farmland? Isn't this failed attempt at poisoning enough to increase your political achievements?"
Lu Yun was already sitting there feeling very uneasy, fearing that Ji Changming would be really charged with some crime. When Mo Duo said this in a sarcastic tone, Lu Yun immediately slammed the gavel.
"How dare you! Do I need you to give me instructions while I'm investigating a case?"
Mo Duo said: "The key point is that you haven't investigated my case for a long time. If you don't investigate, the little evidence I have saved with great difficulty will be dried up. How can I prove that it is poisonous?
Besides, this case is not difficult for me to investigate. We have both witnesses and evidence. What are you waiting for, sir?"
At this time, Su Qingqing said, "It's not like you can investigate a case right away. Finding evidence, witnesses, and taking confessions. Even the simplest case will take two days to complete."
Lu Yun was stunned and didn't understand what Su Qingqing meant for a moment.
Is she speaking for the Ji family?
Why?
Lu Yun looked at Ji Changming's father. Ji Changming's father was also confused. He didn't understand why the queen would speak for them.
But there was one thing that both he and Lu Yun knew very well: the queen could not really speak for them.
There must be some purpose behind this.
But as for the purpose, Lu Yun couldn't guess it for the moment, so he could only keep silent and wait for Su Qingqing to continue.
