"This... this..."
Li Jin never expected that he wouldn't be able to hide anything from Jia Lingyun. The only reason he hadn't spoken up earlier was to try and save the lives of those men. Seeing that Jia Lingyun had guessed the truth, Li Jin didn't bother offering any excuses; he simply began kowtowing to Jia Lingyun over and over again.
"Prime Minister, although there are a few bad apples among the river workers, the vast majority of them do not deserve to die!"
Chapter 333