After Butler Du finished speaking, he was very emotional and even wiped the corners of his eyes.

Zhao Ce couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in his heart.

When I walked in front of the academy in the morning, I knew that this was a professional actor.

Now in court, he can still speak eloquently. Being a little housekeeper is really an inconvenience.

He Guanyu next to him raised his head in surprise, as if he thought of something again, and quickly lowered his head again.

Li Xiangyue frowned and touched his arms in confusion.

Magistrate Cui said to Zhao Ce: "Zhao Xiucai, is this possible?"

Zhao Ce cupped his hands and said, "Sir, this is indeed the case."

Is this true?

After hearing this, some voices came out from the onlookers outside.

However, the superior magistrate Cui looked at Zhao Ce and did not show too much surprise. His intuition told him that there must be something fishy about this matter.

He had Mrs. Liu summoned to court.

Mrs. Liu appeared in front of the court in elegant clothes.

Magistrate Cui asked her about the matter with the Du family's shop, and Mrs. Liu said softly: "Back to your lord, what Butler Du said is indeed true."

"I originally had an agreement with the Du family about the store, and when I was about to sign the contract that day, I received news from Yaxing."

"Later, when Master Du learned that Zhao Xiucai also liked his shop, he came to ask for my forgiveness."

After speaking, she glanced at Zhao Ce who was standing aside.

He bit his lips and said aggrievedly: "Zhao Xiucai, Mr. Sanyuan, I am naturally willing to give up the shop to him."

Zhao Ce didn't look at her, nor was he interested in paying attention to her expressions.

He continued: "Later, Mr. Du did come to the students and told them that he wanted to transfer the store to the students. However, after the students had signed a contract with him that day, the money and goods were cleared."

"Li Xiangyue and Manager He are both present, so they can confirm this matter."

Magistrate Cui asked: "Li Xiangyue, who is in charge? Is what Zhao Xiucai said true?"

Mr. Du turned his head to look at Li Xiangyue and smiled at him.

Li Xiangyue's frown did not relax. He seemed to be confused about the current situation.

At this time, Mr. Du said: "Li Xiangyue, just tell the truth about what happened that day."

Li Xiangyue glanced at him.

He is a native of Dongshi, so he usually receives a lot of benefits from these businessmen.

But in this matter, Mr. Du really didn't do anything to him.

And now that the angel and the royal guard are both here, he, the native, dare not lie.

Otherwise, he will not be the only one who will suffer when the time comes.

Under the gaze of Magistrate Cui with stern eyes, Li Xiangyue told the truth about the situation that day: "Master Du did ask someone to find me that day and asked me to be present to witness the signing of the contract between him and Zhao Xiucai."

"After Xiaomin confirmed the contract between the two of them, he watched them sign it."

"As for the money or the store deed, Xiaomin only heard the verbal confirmation from two people, so he didn't see the real thing clearly."

Li Xiangyue served as a witness to ensure what happened when the two signed the contract.

The deed of the store was given to Zhao Ce by Mr. Du before he came.

As for silver, when the two of them were trading, he was drinking tea, so he didn't take a closer look.

I just heard Mr. Du say it was okay, so I took the contract and left.

In other words, he only watched the signing process between the two. As for the things before and after, he only heard about them from their mouths.

Hearing what he said, Butler Du quickly said: "We did invite Li Xiang to make a contract that day, but the contract was not signed."

After saying that, he took out the contract he had prepared and said, "Sir, please take a look, this is the contract we prepared."

"My young master admires Mr. Zhao's talent and has already decided to give him a hundred taels."

"This contract was also written by us in advance. It was this contract that Li Xiangyue saw that day."

"But this contract has not been signed yet."

"What Li Xiangyue got was just the model of the deed."

Mr. Du next to him also sighed at the right time and said sadly: "Hey, I thought Mr. Zhao was a noble and upright person, but I didn't want to..."

Li Xiangyue looked at the contract from Butler Du and confirmed that the contents of the contract were indeed the same.

He looked at Butler Du in confusion.

However, as a veteran, he probably also thought that there might be something wrong with it.

So he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only say vaguely: "This, this is what I saw that day."

"It's just that Xiaomin has been busy since that day and was unable to send the contract to the government for filing in time."

"This contract is still with Xiaomin, and it was brought to court today."

After that day, he really didn't know what was going on. Things were getting in his way every day, and he never had time to come to the government to file a report.

Li Xiangyue took out the contract signed by Zhao Ce and the others before, opened it and looked at it. After confirming that there were no problems, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he safely handed the contract to the yamen on the side.

Butler Du on the side looked at Li Xiangyue's expression and frowned in confusion.

Isn’t this expression wrong? Why don’t you feel surprised at all?

Zhao Ce also took out the contract from his body and said, "This is the contract I signed with Mr. Du that day."

"Three copies. Since Mr. Du's copy is lost, the copy I have with Li Xiangyue is enough to prove the student's innocence."

After Zhao Ce finished speaking, he put the contract on his body.

After the officer collected them, he handed the two contracts to the superior, Magistrate Cui.

Magistrate Cui picked up another copy, opened it and scanned it, and then glanced at the Du family kneeling below.

Opening another copy, and then putting down the contract, Cui Zhifu asked with a calm expression: "Who is Du An?"

Butler Du quickly replied: "It's Xiaomin."

Magistrate Cui added: "Give him a piece of white paper and ask him to write a few words."

Soon, pen, ink and white paper were ready.

Butler Du didn't know why, but the hand holding the pen was still shaking a little.

He tremblingly wrote down a few words requested by Magistrate Cui, and was taken up by the Yamen to show Magistrate Cui.

After reading it, there was a sudden "pop" sound, and Magistrate Cui clapped the gavel in his hand.

"How dare the Du family fool me!"

This sudden sound startled many people.

Mr. Du and Butler Du both looked at Magistrate Cui in confusion, and then quickly looked down at the contract in their hands.

No problem?

Magistrate Cui directly threw the two contracts aside and said to the Yamen: "Take it down and show them a good look."

"This contract is written in black and white, and everyone who signed it signed it for confirmation. There is also a confirmation circle number of the township contract on it."

Magistrate Cui said in a low voice: "You two masters and servants clearly want to falsely accuse me, a member of the Ming Dynasty!"

After hearing this, the two masters and servants of the Du family shouted at a loss: "Sir, we have been wronged!"

When the two were complaining about their grievances, the official had already arrived in front of them with two contracts.

Master Du and Butler Du looked down and their eyes almost popped out.

"Ah, this..."

The master and servant looked at the contract and glanced at Li Xiangyue next to them.

Li Xiangyue let out a soft "hum", and the two of them glanced at Zhao Ce next to them.
Chapter completed!