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Zhuo Zhen trembled all over and his face became extremely ugly.

He was so angry that he gasped, clenched his fist and smashed it on the counter, saying fiercely: "Are you here to buy salt? Are you here to cause trouble?"

The waiter has already picked up his tools.

He shouted into the house, "You dare to cause trouble in our store? I think you are tired of living."

The deputy director scolded: "How dare you! This is the Salt Administration Supervisor. Why don't you kneel down when you see your master?"

Zhuo Zhen smiled and looked at the woman in front of him impolitely. He nodded and said, "Are you the new female official in Shengjing? You are indeed pretty and can easily rely on men to get to the top."

"Zhongqin." Jiusu called softly.

A woman with a cold face came in from outside the house. She was the secret guard given to her by her father. Zhongqin held the sword and kicked Zhuo Zhen's legs twice. When she saw him kneeling down, she looked at the waiter.

The waiter fell to the ground, trembling all over.

Zhuo Zhen gritted his teeth and looked at the onlookers pointing and talking at the door of the store. His face fell to the ground. He asked unconvincedly: "Are all women officials so arrogant? I don't want to kneel, but you have to force us to do business honestly?"

Jiusu said calmly: "If you don't want to kneel, then go and ask the emperor to amend the law so that the people don't have to kneel when they see officials. What does it have to do with me?"

She didn't really like kneeling all the time, but then again, bad guys deserved to have their knees broken.

Seeing Zhuo Zhen lowered his head and dared not speak.

She continued, “Or, mixing sand into salt, is that called doing business honestly?”

Zhuo Zhen retorted: "Words are not enough, do you have any evidence?"

Jiusu took out evidence from his bag and said, "Seventy or eighty people have accused you of selling fake salt. Here is the seal of your Zhuo's Salt Shop. We also had people buy salt from your shop. The evidence is irrefutable."

"Maybe a colleague deliberately framed me!" Zhuo Zhen refused to admit it and secretly crumpled up some of the evidence.

Jiusu turned around: "Zhongqin, search!"

When a servant tried to stop him, Zhongqin drew her sword and said coldly, "It is a capital crime to hinder the master from doing his work!"

Death, capital crime?

They lowered their heads and stood aside, about to break into the warehouse. Zhuo Zhen blocked his sword, staring with fearful and angry eyes, and threatened: "Zhuo's salt merchants have the prime minister's business shares, do you dare to investigate!?"

Zhongqin grabbed Zhuo Zhen's collar and threw him aside. The warehouse was locked. She swung her sword, concentrating her energy and mind, accompanied by the sound of lock and sword blade colliding.

The lock vibrated several times.

Zhuo Zhen's heart also trembled, and he breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't chop...

It shook violently again.

Yu Bai shouted, "Cut it open!"

Zhuo Zhen shouted, "Quick, stop her! Don't let them enter the warehouse. The Prime Minister will be angry if you do this!"

The waiter was scuffling with someone from the Salt Bureau.

People were watching the excitement at the door.

"The Prime Minister has arrived—"

Prime Minister Zhou got off the carriage and went straight to the shop. The inside was in a mess. He frowned and looked at Jiusu. His heart sank: "It turned out to be Lord Jiu..." As he said this, he suddenly got angry at the person kneeling on the ground.

"Zhuo Zhen, how did you offend Master Jiu!?"

Zhuo Zhen crawled in front of the prime minister and explained what he had done: "Maybe I beat up someone from the Salt Bureau."

The words are not finished yet.

Prime Minister Zhou kicked him and cursed, "You bastard, what did I tell you before? Don't take advantage of others' power, but you didn't listen and even hit the officials. You deserve to die!"

He looked at his followers on both sides.

Then, the follower grabbed Zhuo Zhen's left hand, picked up a wooden stick, and hit his wrist.

"what!"

"Ah!"

"what!"

The miserable sounds filled the shop, and the onlookers showed frightened expressions. The situation became more and more serious, and the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion began to drive the people away.

Zhuo Zhen rolled on the ground in pain.

He screamed in agony: "Help! It hurts so much!"

Prime Minister Zhou waved his hand: "Hurry up and take him to the hospital for treatment!"

"Stop!" Jiusu ordered his men to block the door and said loudly, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for helping the Salt Bureau. However, it is unrighteous to take revenge on the criminal privately. Zhongqin, send him to the clinic quickly. I have something important to ask you."

Prime Minister Zhou: “?”

He really had no place to vent his anger. He beat up his own people and was called "unkind".

Zhongqin grabbed him by the collar and took him to see a doctor.

Jiusu waved her hand, and the people from the Salt Bureau rushed into the warehouse and brought out bags of salt mixed with white sand. She said, "The evidence is irrefutable. Arrest them all and take them to the Ministry of Justice."

This also includes Prime Minister Zhou.

After hearing about the case, Song Wang was overwhelmed. He asked in a low voice: "Why don't you let Brother Jiang try the case?"

"He's tired." Jiusu said without disguising.

Song Wang asked: "Okay, okay."

Jiusu coughed lightly, "Actually, there is a reason. Didn't you have a grudge with the Zhuo family before? This is the time to take revenge. They have witnesses and evidence, and it is related to the national salt and national affairs. The emperor will not ignore it."

"There is indeed a grudge." Song Wang's eyes darkened, recalling the arrogant look of the Zhuo family at that time, he said, "Leave it to me."

At this time, I heard that my second uncle had an accident.

Zhuo Wenbao broke into the Ministry of Justice. He had no father or mother, and only his second uncle treated him well. When enemies meet, they are extremely jealous. He cursed: "Song Wang, you must go against me, right? Come on, arrest me and put me in jail. I think you don't want your official position anymore!"

"Nonsense!" Prime Minister Zhou raised his hand and slapped him. "In the court, you made a lot of noise and insulted Lord Song. Have you forgotten that I beat you up a few days ago?"

The smell of bramble.

I've never forgotten it since I was a kid.

Zhuo Wenbao trembled all over and his face hurt, but he didn't dare to resist. He smiled awkwardly: "Uncle, why are you here? I didn't see you just now."

Prime Minister Zhou ordered: "Kowtow and apologize to Lord Song!"

"No need." Song Wang raised his hand and sat on the main seat. "We will have to kneel down in a while anyway, but the Prime Minister is an elder in the court. Come, bring a chair for the Prime Minister."

With both witnesses and evidence present, the case was tried very smoothly.

Zhuo Zhen admitted that he mixed sand into the salt. He cried sadly, "Sir, I was blinded by greed and did bad things to make more money, but no one died. Please be lenient with me."

What he said was true, no one was hurt.

Song Wang frowned.

Jiusu raised her chin. She had not stayed in the Salt Bureau for nothing these few days. She said, "It is true that no one was killed, but selling fake salt is a serious crime! What's more, the Prime Minister also has a business stake in this store. It is simply improper management and knowingly committing a crime! The lighter punishment is beating, the heavier punishment is exile or even death penalty."

Prime Minister Zhou’s brain was spinning rapidly.

Fortunately, he was well versed in the law.

"That's the punishment for selling contraband salt!"

"Since it is not private salt, then please tell me the source of this salt. Who allowed the addition of sand into the salt? If the salt is not recognized by the law, then what is it but private salt?" Jiusu asked back with his hands hanging down.

They certainly couldn't say where the salt came from.

Can you say that he will still commit crimes?

Prime Minister Zhou was furious: "Your argument is absurd!"