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Chapter 1244: Insatiable
Chapter 1244: Insatiable
Chapter 1244: Insatiable
Editor: Henyee Translations
They would divulge the information under duress!
As long as they could extract a confession through torture, they would have no further reason to withhold information.
However, both he and the officer failed to comprehend his intentions. The officer remained baffled by his statement. Recognizing that time was running short, they took the plaintiff and defendant into custody for interrogation the following day.
Uncle Qing and Sun Qian remained indifferent to the situation.
Shao Yunduan had already instructed them to spend the night at the government office.
Zhao Ye was taken aback. He couldn’t help but inquire, “Officer, does this mean…?”
Was the officer planning to imprison him as well?
The officer paid no attention to his question and rose from his seat, commanding, “Leave the hall!”
Zhao Ye stood there, lost for words.
Zhao Mu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing of Zhao Ye’s detention, as the magistrate had not made a public announcement. This suggested that there might still be an opportunity to reverse the situation.
Perhaps the magistrate was hinting at something.
Zhao Mu couldn’t help but feel a twinge of dissatisfaction when he thought about the lavish gifts he had distributed earlier. He decided to pay another visit to the prefect.
This time, the officer received him, yet remained composed and enigmatic. They engaged in a session of tai chi, appearing gentle and smiling, but offering no concrete assurances.
Zhao Mu grew increasingly frustrated!
He cursed the officer for his insatiable greed.
He couldn’t shake the belief that the officer had no real interest in the gifts.
With gritted teeth, Zhao Mu took a decisive step back. He subtly conveyed to the Officer that once he secured the 100,000 mu of mulberry fields, he would readily allocate 30,000 mu of it to the Officer. No favors would be required; annually, he would directly transfer the 30,000 mu of mulberry fields to the Officer.
Zhao Mu was sparing no effort to appropriate his son’s assets.
He was essentially cutting into his own flesh and bleeding!
Though the Officer maintained a poker face, he, too, felt the sting in his heart.
Being an official in Jiangnan, he needed to secure some profits. However, he was acutely aware that he couldn’t accept any monetary gains or engage in illicit activities.
Greed had its limits.
He had principles!
Zhao Mu’s offer was like a Trojan Horse – swift, precise, and ruthless. It was powerful and alluring. If not for Shao Yunduan, he might have succumbed to the temptation.
They wouldn’t have to manage the 30,000 mu of mulberry fields personally. All they needed to do was collect the dividends every year, which amounted to more than 200,000 liang.
It was an immense sum of money…
But compared to her future and her life, money was the least of her concerns.
The Officer feigned ignorance of Zhao Mu’s proposal. Fearing he might yield to the temptation, he dismissed him with a few curt words.
Zhao Mu was left bewildered.
Did the Officer not grasp the offer, or was he dissatisfied?
If he was dissatisfied, that would be unreasonable. What more could he want with such a generous portion?
Returning to the mansion, they suddenly realized they had forgotten about their son!
She had initially planned to remove her son from the mansion, but she refrained from mentioning it after the officer’s Taiji Fist struck her.
It didn’t seem quite appropriate to pay them another visit, so Zhao Mu furrowed his brows and abandoned the idea.
However, Ms. Qin’s maternal concern for her son weighed heavily on her heart. She wept openly before him, fearing that her son would endure hardship while in government custody.
Her son had never faced adversity in his upbringing and was ill-equipped to handle it. This officer’s behavior was quite disheartening. He regularly benefited from their family, yet he appeared remarkably callous now.