Being an emperor is not something he can do, so he can only rely on his connections.

Zhang Jingwei asked suspiciously, "General Hao is notoriously lazy in his administration. You probably only see him a few times a year, don't you? So how exactly did he instruct you?"

Tian Cai replied with a flattering look on his face, "In reply to Master Zhang, it was Captain Hao who specifically instructed me to do this through letters! And I have carefully preserved every letter as evidence. The letters are in the box in my room. If Master Zhang doesn't believe me, you can go and check it out yourself!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jingwei frowned slightly and continued to ask thoughtfully, "Even so, you're just a mere flag officer. Isn't there a general flag officer above you? According to common sense, he should give orders to the general flag officer. Why would he choose a small-time figure like you?"

At this moment, the general flag officer standing nearby immediately fell to his knees and cried out in a tearful voice, "Sir, please be discerning! Although I have been deeply loved by Lord Hao and regarded as a confidant, I have never done anything that would harm the world!"

Zhang Jingwei waved his hand impatiently and said, "Enough, enough, what are you yelling about! Do you think being loud can prove your innocence?" Then he turned to Wang Ergou behind him and ordered, "Gouzi, quickly go to Tian Cai's room and find those letters for me!"

Wang Ergou replied "Yes!" and left in a hurry. Not long after, he came back panting with a huge pile of letters in his arms.

After Zhang Jingwei took the letters, he read through them carefully. The handwriting was like dog shit. Zhang Jingwei muttered with difficulty: "Collecting land, borrowing grain, building houses, killing cattle, misappropriating public funds... Hey! This Mr. Hao is quite courageous. He actually did so many bad things. But the strange thing is that these letters did not mention asking you to kill anyone." After that, he raised his head and looked at Tian Cai, his eyes full of questions.

Tian Cai hurried forward, pointed at the stack of letters and said, "Don't worry, Master Zhang. Please flip through the rest of the book and take a look!"

Looking at the crooked words, Zhang Jingwei read with difficulty in the light coming through the dungeon: "Liu Laoer from Yuquan Township, 14 mu and 6 fen, the price can be reduced by another 10%. If you can't agree, I will kill you!? Hmm?"

Tian Cai widened his eyes, his face flushed red, and shouted angrily: "If you fail to lower the price, you will be killed! These are Hao Aiming's exact words!" He looked so excited that it seemed as if he wanted to engrave these words in everyone's heart immediately.

Zhang Jingwei sat in a chair, narrowing his eyes slightly, looking at Tian Cai with a half-smile, and said slowly: "After so many years, there are already more than a dozen letters like this. It can be seen that Captain Hao probably can't even recognize a few big characters. But you are really quite talented, you can imitate him so vividly!"

When Tian Cai heard this, he panicked and quickly waved his hands and shook his head, saying anxiously, "Master Zhang, this is a huge injustice! It's pure nonsense! How could I dare to do such a thing!"

Zhang Jingwei's lips curled up slightly, revealing a barely perceptible smile. He then clapped his hands lightly and instructed Mu Tou, who was standing beside him, "Mu Tou, come here and copy this letter for me." He then turned to look at Tian Cai, raised an eyebrow, and continued, "You, don't be idle either. Take a good look at how others write. After all, you've been educated for a few years, so you should know what it's like to learn to write first, right? Hehe, today, let me personally demonstrate it to you..."

After hearing this, Tian Cai was completely stunned, his mouth hanging open. It took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he stammered, "Ah? I... I? This... Master, please forgive me! I can fight and kill the enemy, but I really can't do this kind of literary work!"

Zhang Jingwei frowned, waved his hand impatiently, and urged, "Stop talking nonsense! Just do it quickly. Do you still need me to treat you? Hurry up, tsk! Be obedient!"

Mu Tou had no choice but to pout and write. Although he was writing, it was just like drawing. Except for some simple words, the rest looked like a lump of dog shit.

This delayed him for a quarter of an hour. Mu Tou wrote the short two lines while crossing them out, and he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

Zhang Jingwei didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He waved his hands at the wood and said, "Okay, that's enough. Bring it over!"

Mu Tou was like a primary school student who hadn't finished writing his composition before the exam, feeling both panicked and aggrieved.

Zhang Jingwei held up the wooden writing "dog shit" in front of Tian Cai and angrily said, "This is a truly lifelike imitation! First of all, the characters are as big as buckets, the formatting is chaotic, and they're all crooked. Secondly, there are typos. If there weren't two crosses, I'd suspect you wrote it with your feet. And... how could someone as greedy as Hao Aiming be willing to use lined paper to write to you!"

Tian Cai sneered: "Ha, Zhang Jingwei, you really surprised me. You are nothing like the dandy young man they described!" He stared at Zhang Jingwei in front of him, as if he wanted to see some clues from the other's expression.

Zhang Jingwei responded with a righteous expression, "Tian Cai, don't think you can get away with it by shifting all the blame onto a deceased person. I'm telling you, you're completely wrong! God is watching us, and we act accordingly! Karma is cyclical, and retribution will come!"

Tian Cai was shocked, but he pretended to be calm on the surface and said, "Master Zhang, how did you know that I wrote this letter? There are so many literate people in the army, how could you be so sure that it was me?"

Zhang Jingwei's lips curled up slightly, revealing a barely perceptible smile. He spoke slowly, "The reason is simple. Your third brother Tian Shou and your fifth uncle Tian Lao Wu's names appeared in that letter! As far as I know, Captain Hao has only acquired top-quality land. Therefore, the names of your third brother and Tian Lao Wu appearing in the letter are too abrupt, making one suspect something fishy is going on."

Tian Cai's expression changed slightly, and his voice trembled slightly: "Could it be that... you even know so clearly that our Tian family does not have any top-grade fields?"

Zhang Jingwei smiled lightly and said in a relaxed tone, "If your family owns vast acres of fertile land, why would you resort to being a scoundrel? Isn't this obvious?"

Tian Cai was stunned at first, then he burst into laughter: "Hahahaha, wonderful, really wonderful! I didn't expect that Master Zhang is so thoughtful and insightful."

Zhang Jingwei replied calmly, "Tian Cai, confess. You're a smart man. I don't think there's any need to torture you!"