Chapter 669: Honey trap
This woman does look familiar.
But when Sun Shaozong thought about it carefully, he couldn't remember where he had seen her before .
It shouldn't be like that.
Sun Shaozong's memory has always been good, not to mention that the other party is a stunningly beautiful young girl?
Um……
Maybe I just saw her in the crowd.
While he was thinking, Li Jinzhi had already gotten off the carriage, and took a few steps forward like a willow swaying in the wind, and bowed with tears in his eyes: "Please have mercy, sir. Our Tongde Hall has little profit and we can't support it anymore!"
"My father had a headache yesterday when he returned home. He fell on the bed in a daze and couldn't even recognize my mother, but he was still thinking about the life-saving money!"
"If it weren't for this, how could I dare to show up in public again and again?"
As he spoke, tears could not stop falling.
Tsk~
Seeing a beautiful woman shedding tears is indeed heartbreaking, but the problem is that Sun Shaozong doesn't want to get involved in this matter at all!
What a bad luck! Why did both the master and the servant choose me?
If it were a man, it would be easier to deal with him.
But since a young girl was crying in the street, Sun Shaozong couldn't force her to leave.
He could only persuade her kindly: "Miss, there is no need to do this. I have already ordered the Office of Internal Affairs to give you a satisfactory reply as soon as possible. I think it will take two or three days at most..."
"grown ups!"
Li Jinzhi suddenly interrupted him and said sadly, "I really don't trust others. If it weren't for the corrupt officials of the Dali Temple who kept extorting and threatening me, how could my family end up in such a situation?!"
Huh?
There is even a corruption scandal involved here!
Sun Shaozong suddenly became excited. If he could get hold of evidence against a group of corrupt officials in advance, it would be of great help whether to use them as an example to scare others or to compete for power with Wei Yi!
However, he did not show any joy on his face. Instead, he frowned and scolded: "Young lady, please don't talk nonsense. You accuse my Dali Temple officials of corruption and abuse of power. Do you have any evidence?"
"Of course there is!"
Li Jinzhi was not vague and said immediately: "In order to get the payment for the goods as soon as possible, my father was cheated out of more than 670 taels of silver by them - every payment, when, where and to whom, is recorded in the account!"
This is not a very large number.
However, considering that the Dali Temple has been a clean government in recent years, this amount of silver is enough for several middle and low-level officials to deceive their superiors and subordinates.
Sun Shaozong glanced around with the corner of his eye and saw that some people were attracted by the commotion here, but because they were wearing official robes, they did not dare to get too close .
However, this is only temporary. Once the number of people gradually increases, the mentality that the law cannot punish the masses will inevitably make them gather around and watch.
It would be fine if it were just a way of protesting injustice and settling the case.
It involves corruption within the Dali Temple. How can we expose it so nakedly in front of the people?
Besides, Sun Shaozong wanted to seize the weakness and throw it out as a bargaining chip at the right time, but he didn't intend to launch it immediately.
So he immediately ordered the coachman Zhang Cheng to take his windproof cloak and wrap himself in the scarlet official robe, then led Li Jinzhi and her servant to a private room on the second floor of a nearby teahouse.
After the waiter brought a pot of fragrant tea, Zhang Cheng and the dark man guarded the door again. Sun Shaozong then asked, "I wonder which officials of the Dali Temple were involved in your father's account?"
"this……"
Li Jinzhi hesitated for a moment, then bowed her head shyly and said, "The account is with me. You will know who these people are at a glance, my Lord."
As he said this, he turned around and started to unbutton his clothes.
This is hidden pretty well!
Sun Shaozong was speechless, and thought that since there was nothing to be seen by those around him, he might as well pretend to be a gentleman and not look at anything inappropriate.
Who would have thought that just as he was about to look away, Li Jinzhi suddenly looked back at him shyly and coquettishly, with a sweet smile that was full of the innocence of a young girl, but also a bit of the hotness of a woman.
This look is enough to make a man go limp!
However, Sun Shaozong was shocked!
Because of this glance back with the loquat still half covering her face, he suddenly remembered where he had seen "Li Jinzhi" before!
That was when he took office a few days ago. At that time, a rich young lady had a conflict with Zuo Si Zheng Tang Weishan. Later, when she heard that it was me who was going to take the office, she took the initiative to step aside.
At that time, the woman was in the car, secretly glancing at Liu Xianglian through the gap in the curtains, so Sun Shaozong only saw half of her. It was no wonder that he didn't recognize her at first.
But that’s not the point!
The point is, I clearly heard that she was the daughter of the Guihua Xia family that day, but how come she became 'Li Jinzhi' in just a few days?!
After becoming alert, Sun Shaozong immediately discovered something even more strange.
For example, Li Guizhi seemed like a tearful person just now, but now she looks hot and charming. The change before and after is really a bit abrupt - especially her old father, who is now paralyzed at home due to a stroke.
Besides, she had been trying to open her clothes for a long time but still couldn't take out the account book, which was really inconsistent with her previous urgency...
The more Sun Shaozong thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. But 'Li Jinzhi' was still unaware that she had been exposed. After opening her shirt, she hesitated for a while, then when she thought the time was about right, she gritted her teeth and tore off half of her bellyband.
At this moment, a big hand suddenly reached out from her shoulder, grabbed her fiercely and covered her mouth and nose!
Li Jinzhi was startled at first, and when she tried to struggle, she was pulled into Sun Shaozong's arms. Now she was no longer panicked, but instead felt secretly happy.
He secretly thought that Lord Sun was indeed a sex maniac who had been bewitched by his own beauty so quickly - in this case, even if he had a lot of mouths, he probably wouldn't be able to explain himself.
Thinking of this, when Sun Shaozong took the handkerchief from her body and stuffed it into her mouth, Li Jinzhi did not struggle hard - this villain must have freed up both hands to carry out his act of stealing beauty and jade!
However, Sun Shaozong's next move completely confused Li Jinzhi.
He showed no mercy as he wrapped Li Jinzhi in his cloak and tucked her under his armpit. Then he walked a few steps to the window, opened a crack to look outside, pushed the window open, and jumped into the backyard of the teahouse!
Li Jinzhi's chest was still stuffy from the shock, so he ran to the door again, quietly removed the bolt, and slipped into the back alley.
When they reached the back alley, Sun Shaozong changed the way he held "Li Jinzhi" from horizontal to vertical, and carefully wrapped her in his cloak from head to toe - thanks to his sturdy build, the cloak was naturally much larger than that of others.
At this time, someone in the teahouse's private room shouted, "Where's the person?! Where did he go?!"
"Window! He must have jumped out of the window and escaped!"
"Catch up, catch up quickly!"
It turned out to be a honey trap!
Sun Shaozong sneered in his heart, pulled up his hood with his backhand, walked out of the alley without hesitation, and blended into the crowd.
Just when he was on guard, he heard the teahouse hall below suddenly become quiet. He deduced that there must be an "evil guest", so without thinking, he took "Li Jinzhi" hostage and escaped from the private room.
As for why he didn't escape alone, but took such a burden with him...
Of course, this is to be able to get to the bottom of the matter and track down the person behind the scenes.
After all, this Miss Guihua Xia is no lower-class prostitute. Now that she has personally set up the trap as bait, she must have something big in mind!
