But Ling Xiao didn't feel that the other party's conscience was on the line.
In fact, many people who serve as officials forget their original intentions after being in office for a long time.
The common people who yearn for upright officials have always called officials their parents.
I hope that officials will treat the people below them with the kindness of parents.
Many times, officials do say that they are the parents of ordinary people and that they are superior in status.
But they are not parents who want to level a bowl of water, but parents who favor very few children.
They work hard to squeeze the children they don't like, eager to squeeze out the last drop of oil from their bodies.
The squeezed flesh and blood was used to support officials and their beloved children, and they boasted that they were doing their best.
Just like this Jiao Shangshu, after hearing Ling Xiao's words, there was no conscience torment, but the anger of being exposed.
Haha! Ling Xiao could naturally feel that the other party had no intention of repenting. He was also thinking about how to erase the traces of sin, right?
Fortunately, Ling Xiao did not overestimate the other party's moral bottom line. In fact, the Jiao family had already exceeded the legal bottom line, but they would still be safe and sound.
Ling Xiao had known this for a long time, but she still gave Jiao Shangshu a try. After knowing the result, she was not disappointed. She had no hope at the beginning.
If there is no hope, there will naturally be no disappointment. In addition, Shangshu Jiao has been proclaiming himself as an official from the people over the years, and he is definitely the kind of person who loves the people like his own son.
As a result, today, Ling Xiao pointed out that he was wrong about the Tao family. The Tao family was not guilty at all. The crime of breaching the embankment and causing the flood did not exist at all. His revenge was simply unreasonable.
How could he admit it? This completely subverted his previous foundation of revenge, which meant that his so-called revenge was simply a crime. Then the retribution that Ling Xiao just said made him feel even more harsh and he didn't want to face it.
After refusing to admit it, Ling Xiao pointed out what the Jiao family had done. In order to covet the money of a rich family, he actually killed the men in the family, and then got both men and money. Maybe one day someone would do it in the name of revenge.
Come and kill the entire Jiao family, just like today.
"Haha! Let me see, how many family members died under the Jiao family's power? In addition to the Lu family, there was also a time when a motorcade worth ten thousand yuan was directly robbed by your Jiao family, and they gave you only a penny.
It’s like grabbing for nothing, but paying for it.”
When Ling Xiao said this, he clicked his tongue in surprise, flicked the stack of paper in his hand, and looked at Jiao Shangshu with slightly squinted eyes, with a sense of contempt in his expression. Jiao Shangshu, who made decisions for the people, was nothing more than that.
During this period of time, Ling Xiao had been very nervous, fearing that the emperor would ask the Eighteenth Niang to get married immediately, so how could he have the chance to resolve the grievances between him and Jiao Shangshu?
Fortunately, the emperor said that he would wait for the weather to cool down before letting Zhen suddenly get married, so Ling Xiao naturally took the time to deal with the problem, especially to investigate all aspects of the Jiao family.
Because Shangshu Jiao did not investigate clearly, he plotted against others at will, which resulted in the death of a particularly large number of innocent people in that natural disaster and man-made disaster.
Ling Xiao, who strongly opposed this kind of behavior, naturally would not make the same mistake. She spent a lot of money and time to investigate the relevant situation.
What is the reputation of Jiao Shangshu is the key part to inquire about, and his situation should be investigated from all aspects.
Soon the most superficial information arrived first, and Ling Xiao discovered that Jiao Shangshu suddenly looked good.
First of all, he is one of the relatively clean officials, and generally no one finds him accepting any bribes.
The first thing I feel is that Jiao Shangshu is a breath of fresh air in the mudslide, which makes ordinary people very moved after reading it.
But Ling Xiao is not an ordinary person. There is a deep-seated hatred between the original owner and him that destroys the family.
She couldn't let him go so lightly just because of a few good reports about Jiao Shangshu.
As for the reputation of being honest, Ling Xiao was also a little skeptical.
In many cases, you need to dig into the situation yourself.
Otherwise, how should I explain it to the original owner in the future?
Following him, Ling Xiao began to investigate the relevant situation of the Jiao family.
It is discovered that Jiao Shangshu may be innocent, but his family is different.
In order to make the Jiao family prosperous, the Jiao family did a lot of crazy things.
Ling Xiao had to suspect that Jiao Shangshu should know something about what the Jiao family had done.
But because he has always been in government offices, it can be said that he did not notice any loopholes.
But no matter what, he was still responsible for the oversight, and he could only reluctantly say that he was careless as an official.
The reason why his family members are so bold and do so many bad things is because he is an official with real power.
Ling Xiao even suspected that his family members were obeying his words and unscrupulously exploiting other people for money and personal gain.
The reason why he doesn't have many bad deeds is not because he is so noble, but more likely because he has no chance to take action.
Ling Xiao glanced at Shangshu Jiao with a somewhat inquiring look. Judging from the Tao family affairs, she did not believe that he was innocent from the bottom of her heart.
A person who wants to be a good official will investigate the situation carefully and use various evidence to prove that the other party is indeed guilty.
Instead of taking it for granted to determine the guilt of others, what's more, for the so-called personal revenge, he did not hesitate to hurt other people without regrets.
To this day, he still keeps saying: The innocent people involved are basically their own lives. This kind of double standard is really eye-opening.
Jiao Shangshu still refuses to give up at this moment, and the hidden hand left behind has no effect. This shows that no one can save him, so will he just surrender like this?
No! I didn't expect that the Tao family was so cunning. No wonder the old god was always there just now, and he pretended not to hear when he heard me shouting loudly. Damn it! He underestimated the Tao family.
Just now he thought he could teach this immature Tao family a lesson, but now he naturally saw that the other party had already secretly taken care of the slaves and bodyguards who might come, and he was happy in vain.
He never thought that he would meet a Yunwen Yunwu person in his own home. He was also very thoughtful and found out everything about the Jiao family. What did the other person want to do?
Ling Xiao was well prepared before taking action. She wanted to let the powerful people in the capital know that sometimes they should not think that with money and power, they can do whatever they want.
Before coming this time, she had specially prepared some good things for the people in the capital. She had been thinking about how to take revenge for this time.
Of course Ling Xiao knew that it was impossible to kill all the powerful people who had no regard for human life. How many people would it take to kill them? He was afraid that a river of blood would flow in the capital.
If the original owner came back and found out that Ling Xiao dared to do something like this, he would probably be frightened and would not dare to contact Ling Xiao for a so-called handover.
Ling Xiao thought about the temperament of the original owner. That kind of decisive killing was not something the original owner could do. Would it frighten the original owner?
She doesn't have the strength to kill people instantly with one big move. This body is still a mortal body, and she will also suffer from mental breakdown.
Ling Xiao felt that if he did this, the original owner would not feel comfortable in the years to come and would live with a lot of self-reproach.
Then after she thought about it carefully, she was ready to give a super gift to those powerful people.
This is thanks to the fact that I got a lot of recipes in the Xianxia world last time, and the raw materials are very abundant.
She refined many strange things, including a medicine called Mirage.
It has a unique function: it makes people who smell the fragrance start to dream after falling asleep.
If this person is one of those very honest people, I wouldn't be afraid.
It was just a relatively ordinary and happy dream.
If you are a person who likes to do evil, you will experience exactly the opposite in your sleep.
He will be the one being bullied, which will definitely scare many people away from sleeping at night.
Of course, she did this to hide one thing: she planned to have a good talk with Jiao Shangshu.
Seeing Jiao Shangshu's repeated denials and shaking his head, she said, "Then you still have the nerve to talk about the Tao family?"
There was a strong sense of ridicule in her tone. She looked at Jiao Shangshu who looked unconvinced and smiled softly.
"The Tao family has been spending their own money to build river embankments during dry seasons for hundreds of years, so as to ensure that they are not washed away every time the flood peak comes."
"It can be said that the Tao family has protected a group of fellow villagers. It is true that the Tao family cannot all be good people, but the Tao family has indeed done nothing wrong in this regard."
"It can even be said that it has great merit. If there is a Yama Hall underground, we can see how many sins you have done? And will the sins you have done touch your ancestors?"
After hearing Ling Xiao's words, Jiao Shangshu's expression changed several times. He wanted to say something, he wanted to say that he didn't believe Ling Xiao's words at all, but in the end he couldn't say anything.
He was feeling bad at the moment because he didn't know what to say. What seemed to him to be a justified thing turned out to be his fault!
No, no, no, this is not his fault in any way. Of course Jiao Shangshu does not want to admit that it was his fault that he drowned the Tao family. He could not have done anything wrong.
But he knew very well in his heart that it might be really wrong. Jiao Shangshu's body was shaking a little. How could things develop to this point?
She has always regarded herself as a person with high moral standards. Even if she did something that went against her true intentions, she had no choice but to do so.
It was the surrounding environment that forced him to make a choice. He had always lived unreasonably and confidently, and it was never his fault.
In fact, as time goes by, he has changed a lot, and he is no longer the person from the small village.
He completed the feat of carp leaping over the dragon gate and turned the small Jiao family into a family of officials.
After taking wives and concubines, they gave birth to many children, and later gave birth to the next generation.
It seemed to him that the entire Jiao family was about to prosper.
In his opinion, this was an achievement, but everything was about to be lost.
At this moment, Jiao Shangshu didn't want anyone to know what happened tonight.
His palms moved quietly, and now he had a new plan.
He even felt that as long as Ling Xiao died, everything would return to its original trajectory.
Since he doesn't want to expose his target, Jiao Shangshu only has one idea in his mind: to kill Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao could sense the murderous intention of the other party. The other party was a high-ranking official, so naturally he didn't have the ability to freely control the murderous intent.
Ling Xiao felt the murderous intention. She was a person who had experienced many killing scenes. How could she not feel the murderous intention?
She is now waiting for Jiao Shangshu's movements. Although they are very subtle, she has not stopped moving. She must be thinking about how to move her body well.
Jiao Shangshu staggered suddenly and fell in one direction. Ling Xiao, who had been standing with his arms folded, just looked at it without wanting to move forward.
The corners of her mouth were slightly raised, with a bit of unspeakable joking. Do you want to compare her mobility with her? OK! She wants to see what the other party can do? Look at his final struggle.
I saw that he had fallen to the ground. When he rolled on the ground, he heard the sound of a sword and pulled out a sword. This should have been specially placed here by Lord Shangshu. In fact, Shangshu had many grievances and had also encountered
Many assassinations.
This gave him experience in how to prevent assassinations, and with his experience growing rapidly, there were several swords hidden in this study to guard against assassinations that could happen at any time.
But this time Ling Xiao's arrival was the most powerful one he had ever seen. Jiao Shangshu had a feeling that it was either you or me who would die, so he naturally thought about how to kill Ling Xiao.
It's just that he didn't have the chance to see Ling Xiao's expression. If he did, his first thought would not be to attack, but to think about how to retreat and escape from the study.
He stood up quickly, roared angrily, and struck down with his sword. It could be seen that he had practiced and was more agile than ordinary people.
There was no hesitation when the sword struck down. He had no intention of letting Ling Xiao go. This sword move was just to make her die quickly.
But she just stood there and didn't move. I don't know if she was too surprised to move? Or was it for some other reason? Something was wrong!
At this moment, Jiao Shangshu had a slight hesitation towards Ling Xiao, but he quickly abandoned this somewhat weak idea.
Her arrival risks destroying the Jiao family. In his eyes, the Jiao family is the most important existence.
The other party can master so many things and simply wants the Jiao family to die.
On the simple multiple-choice question of killing your family or killing Ling Xiao.
He had no other choice but to save his family.
There are very few people who can kill relatives out of justice.
He is certainly not a very noble person.
If you choose to let Ling Xiao die, you can save the entire Jiao family.
In order to keep one's own reputation, this choice is inevitable.
As for whether the Tao family should die? In his eyes, there was no problem.
It's normal to kill someone by mistake. After he became an official, not all of his men were clean.
Originally, there were a few innocent souls, and if they wanted to advance in their career, they would inevitably do dirty things.
If you want to be promoted faster than others, in addition to your knowledge, it depends more on your political skills.
He ran out to work alone and didn't have many connections, even if he married a wife with some connections at home.
But his in-laws also had children of their own, so naturally he wanted to take care of his own family, so he chose Jiao Shangshu as his son-in-law.
Shangshu Jiao was really not very happy about this, because after hanging around in the officialdom, he knew that what he lacked most was connections.