Xiao Jingyan pursed his lips, his gaze wandering on Lord Liu and Chu Yunning from time to time.

Lord Yanagi's heart was numb when he was watched, and he turned his face sideways to look elsewhere.

"Now that the person is dead, can this king bring it back to the earth for peace?" Xiao Jingyan's eyes crossed with loneliness: "After all, I have been a confidant and friend for many years, and it is good to return to the roots." ”

There is no way to refuse.

Chu Yunning nodded: "Of course you can, it is a great blessing for Lord Lu Zhuang to have a benevolent and righteous friend like the Twelve Princes." ”

Miss Chu laughed, it was this king who affected the owner of Lu Zhuang. Xiao Jingyan shook his head with a sigh, his eyebrows were filled with unquenchable sorrow and guilt.

Soon Xiao Jingyan stood up and said to Lord Liu: "Bother Lord Liu to lead the way in front." ”

Lord Liu bowed: "Don't dare to be, the twelve princes are here, please." ”

Seeing the two of them walking away, Chu Yunning rubbed her eyebrows, she always felt that she had seen Xiao Jingyan more than once.

Half an hour later, Lord Liu turned around and came back, and consciously reported to Chu Yunning what happened in prison.

The owner of Lu Zhuang died on the wall, leaving a bloody letter, every word is beautiful, just to keep a whole corpse, and hope that Chu Yunning will raise his noble hand.

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Lord Liu had doubts in his heart but didn't dare to say it, Lord Lu Zhuang was obviously a person who was afraid of death, and he gave so many silver tickets, why did the twelve princes kill themselves.

It's too much of a coincidence in this world.

It also makes people have to think about it.

Chu Yunning seemed to see through Lord Liu's thoughts, and said lightly: "Master Lu Zhuang didn't kill himself, he was just scared to death. ”

To be honest, Chu Yunning really didn't think about asking for the life of Lord Lu Zhuang, but after Xiao Jingyan came, Chu Yunning noticed that there was danger, so he would act in advance.

Although he broke his promise, Chu Yunning had no choice but to say sorry in his heart.

Lord Liu suddenly realized, no wonder Lord Lu Zhuang died in such a timely manner, if Lord Lu Zhuang knew that someone was coming to save him, how could he die.

"Just now, the twelve princes said that they would bring back the 10,000 guards brought by the owner of Lu Zhuang, these people have signed a deed of sale, since the owner of Lu Zhuang is gone, the twelve princes plan to dismiss the Lu family. ”

Lord Liu came to ask what Chu Yunning meant.

Hearing this, Chu Yunning was a little unpredictable, is this Xiao Jingyan a good person or a bad person?

"Lord Chu, should we let go of this 10,000 nursing homes or not?"

As soon as the words fell, the guards outside hurriedly came and kowtowed to Lord Liu: "My lord, there are several drums outside the door, saying that they want justice." ”

"What kind of justice?" asked Lord Liu.

The guard timidly glanced at Chu Yunning, and said hesitantly: "It was said that he was looking for Chu Shanggong to pay for his life, and the few people who were executed in the square a few days ago were all good citizens, and these women dragged their families to complain." ”

Chu Yunning finally knew why Xiao Jingyan came, and quietly found such trouble for her.

"Chu Shang Palace, these people are indeed good citizens, although they have signed a deed of sale, but they are alive, and now that they have come to the door, what should I do?" asked Lord Liu.

"In normal times, how should Lord Liu deal with this matter?"

Lord Liu said: "If the evidence is conclusive, it will definitely be taken into custody, and it may even be ...... Will be tortured. ”

I didn't dare to do anything to Chu Yunning if I borrowed a few of his courage.

Is it crooked?

Chu Yunning put her fingertips on the table and tapped gently, feeling irritable in her heart, this matter was her carelessness.

"My lord, there is a righteous son who is known as the owner of Lu Zhuang outside the door, saying that he wants to collect the body of the owner of Lu Zhuang, and then ask your lord, what mistake did the owner of Lu Zhuang make, and why the family property should be confiscated. ”

One after another, Lord Liu's face was not very good-looking, and he looked at Chu Yunning.

Chu Yunning hesitated for a moment, and then said: "You go to interrogate for the time being, you can interrogate as you want, I will go to the prison, and I will go to the yamen in an hour." ”

"Yes. Lord Liu quickly left with the people.

Chu Yunning didn't have time to think about it and immediately rushed to the prison, picked out about 500 people from the 10,000 nursing homes, and locked them in ten cells in batches.

The fifty people in the first cell looked at each other, silently waiting for Chu Yunning's next move.

Chu Yunning said in a deep voice: "It is a fact that the master of Lu Zhuang is rebellious, now that the master of Lu Zhuang is dead, this matter will be beheaded at the least, and the nine clans will be at the worst, and now there is a chance to reform in front of you." ”

"Chu Shanggong obviously promised to save the life of the owner of the Lu Zhuang, but as a result, the owner of the Lu Zhuang was not forced to die. ”

One of them spoke.

The rest of the people looked at Chu Yunning vigilantly.

At this time, Chu Yunning finally knew why Xiao Jingyan had to take away the corpse of Lord Lu Zhuang.

This is to tell everyone that she Chu Yunning has lost her words.

"The owner of the Lu Zhuang has no intention of rebellion at all, it is you who deliberately persecuted and tortured to extract a confession, and the owner of the Lu Zhuang must not nod and admit his guilt. ”

"Yes, you forced it, and we never thought of rebellion. ”

"Yes. ”

Once someone starts, the rest will follow suit, and they will start to rebel with righteous indignation.

Chu Yunning clenched his fists tightly, "This is a prison, I have the final say, I can't help you agree or not!"

"What, Chu Shang Palace wants to take care of people's lives?" Someone looked disdainful and stepped forward to provoke.

Chu Yunning pondered for a moment.

"Why did you arrest us and let us go!" the crowd began to riot, a little impatient.

She gestured with a look, and the deputy general stood up and snorted viciously: "Presumptuous, who dares to talk nonsense, look at the scimitar in my hand or not!"

Under the shock, the riot of the crowd gradually quieted down, but everyone still did not give up, and stared at Chu Yunning unconvinced.

Chu Yunning didn't bother to speak, and after walking around the ten prisons, he raised his head and looked at the hour.

"Chushang Palace, it's almost an hour. ”

"Let's go. ”

At that time, there were already many people gathered at the yamen, Xiao Jingyan was sitting on the side, and there were many people kneeling in the hall.

Several women cried at the top of their throats, and there was some noise in the county government for a while, and Lord Liu slapped the table violently, and the hall finally quieted down.

"Master Qingtian, my man eats in Lujiazhuang as his duty, how can he have anything to do with rebellion?"

"My man is too, I don't know one of the big characters, how can it be related to rebellion?"

The requirements of several people are very simple, and they must be explained!

Lord Liu reprimanded, "Hugh wants to make noise, and one by one says that if there is really a grievance, this official will definitely deal with it impartially." ”

The righteous son of the owner of the Lu Zhuang was kneeling in linen and filial piety, holding the tablet of the owner of the Lu Zhuang in his hand, his eyes were red from crying, and he looked heartbroken.

But the owner of Lu Zhuang has only been dead for less than two hours, and no matter how much the news is spread, it is impossible to reach Qianzhou.

This is clearly prepared, Lord Liu has a headache, and he can't afford to offend people on both sides.

"Lord Liu, this king has seen Lu Gongzi, and he is the adopted son of Lord Lu Zhuang, and he will inherit the family business in the future. Xiao Jingyan sighed: "As soon as Gongzi Lu heard that he was going to redeem the owner of the Lu Zhuang with the silver, he didn't say anything and made up enough, but he came to pick up people today, but he didn't think that the owner of the Lu Zhuang was dead, so he was still a step late." ”

"Ask Lord Liu to give me justice!" Lu Gongzi kowtowed to Lord Liu, and after a while, his forehead was already bruised.

Lord Liu was speechless.

Lu Gongzi said again: "The silver is asked for by Chu Shang Palace, and the person is also promised by Chu Shang Palace, now that the silver is given, but the person is dead, should Chu Shang Palace give an explanation?"

"Yes, we want to see this Chu Shang Palace!" Several women also shouted to see Chu Yunning.

At this moment, Chu Yunning came, she was dressed in a cyan Luo skirt, moving with the wind, standing in the lobby without being humble or arrogant, and glanced at Lu Gongzi: "I am Chu Yunning." ”

"Chu Yunning!" Lu Gongzi gritted his teeth, a little emotional, but his body did not move, and asked, "Why did you kill my father?"

"Your father is suspected of rebellion, and he killed himself to protect you!" Chu Yunning said.

Lu Gongzi sneered: "Nonsense, when is my father going to rebel?"

"Then let me ask you, why did your father bring 10,000 yuan to Yuanzhou?" Chu Yunning asked in a cold voice.

"Of course, I want to track down the murderer who killed my aunt, and the murderer who killed my sister, that's why I came to Yuanzhou, and my father has never killed a person since he came to Yuanzhou!" Lu Gongzi said that he was very emotional: "Lord Liu, my father has been in Yuanzhou for a few days, and you can see it." ”

Lord Liu coughed dryly, this matter was getting more and more complicated, with so many people present, he had no choice but to set his eyes on Chu Yunning.

"Lord Liu, may I ask if Lord Liu had any conflict with Lord Lu Zhuang on the street ten days ago?"

Lord Liu nodded: "This is indeed the case, and many people witnessed it at that time. ”

"So what, it doesn't mean that my father is rebelling. Lu Gongzi said with a stiff neck.

Chu Yunning looked at Lord Liu and seemed to smile: "What happened that night?"

After such a reminder, Lord Liu suddenly realized: "That night, Lord Lu Zhuang sent people to attack the prefect. ”

"Who was there at the time?"

"It's the emperor!" Lord Liu immediately said in a deep voice: "Lord Lu Zhuang is here to assassinate the emperor, but several people have died, and they are buried in the back mountain, only ten days. ”

When the words fell, Lu Gongzi suddenly choked and looked at Xiao Jingyan as if asking for help.

Chu Yunning spread out the portrait in his hand, so that everyone could see clearly, the person on the portrait was Xiao Jingheng.

"This is the emperor of the dynasty, half a month ago I heard that there was a change in Qianzhou, I came to take a look, I didn't know that I was entangled by Lu Qianqian, the owner of Lu Zhuang loved his daughter and wanted the emperor to be his son-in-law, at that time, the owner of Lu Zhuang did not know the identity of the emperor, and by chance the identity of the emperor was exposed......"

Chu Yunning raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Jingyan: "Because the emperor and the twelve princes look very similar, Lu Qianqian is a strong man, and he has repeatedly injured the emperor, so Lu Qianqian was killed by the secret guard, and the owner of Lu Zhuang had the intention of revenge when he was angry, everyone in Qianzhou knew that the owner of Lu Zhuang doted on Lu Qianqian's daughter, and he was angry and found Yuanzhou, how could it not be a major crime of rebellion when the owner of Lu Zhuang murdered the emperor?"

Lord Liu immediately chimed in: "That's true, the official was present that night, and the emperor was indeed injured." ”

Chu Yunning looked at Xiao Jingyan: "Twelve princes, is this considered a rebellion?"

"Twelve princes!" Lu Gongzi was frightened, he had heard of Chu Yunning's methods, and he didn't want to fall into Chu Yunning's hands.

Xiao Jingyan pursed his lips: "Where is the emperor now?"

"Yes, what about the emperor?" Lu Gongzi agreed.

"There are constant wars at the border gates, how could the emperor come to Qianzhou for no reason?" Xiao Jingyan coughed twice, and Lu Gongzi asked smartly: "Could it be that the death of the eldest princess of Anyang is also ......?"

The second half of the sentence stopped talking.

But everyone present understood that the death of the eldest princess of Anyang coincided with the emperor's arrival in Qianzhou.

It's too much of a coincidence.

Chu Yunning smiled faintly, so that she would not fall into Xiao Jingyan's trap, she only said: "Lord Liu, I propose to lock up all the people involved in this matter, and immediately send someone to send a letter to the emperor as soon as possible, what the facts are, it will soon be clear." ”

"Then the emperor must be partial to you. Lu Gongzi said.

"Presumptuous!" Chu Yunning suddenly screamed, making Lu Gongzi tremble, and she said in a deep voice: "The emperor is a virtuous monarch, why should he wronged a little Lu Zhuang owner?"

No one dared to refute this.

The atmosphere was awkward for a moment, and suddenly someone objected, since there is a portrait of the emperor, let the ten thousand guards see if they have seen this person.

Maybe it's a mistake?

"That's right, I should let my father's personal care home take a look at it clearly, maybe it's the wrong person, no one knows about the emperor's injury, it's really unreasonable, instead of waiting for the emperor's letter, it's better to ask if there is a witness." Lu Gongzi said.

Lord Yanagi made a mistake.

Chu Yunning was not in a hurry: "In this case, then follow what Lu Gongzi said." ”

So Lord Liu anxiously brought dozens of people and showed the portraits in front of them one by one.

"Have you ever seen this person?" Chu Yunning asked.

Dozens of people nodded in unison.

At this time, Lu Gongzi jumped up directly, and shouted impossible: "How is this possible, nonsense, it must be nonsense!"

"Lord Liu, since Master Lu doesn't believe it, let's change another batch. ”

Soon the second and third groups were brought up, and the result was still the same, all nodding in unison.

Lu Gongzi is out of line now.

"It is an ironclad fact that Lord Lu Zhuang assassinated the emperor, these 10,000 nursing homes are accomplices, your husband is suspected of rebellion, and the court has not pursued the family members It is already extraordinarily gracious, who gave you the courage to come to the county government to make trouble?"

Chu Yunning reprimanded with a cold face, and his momentum burst out in an instant, so frightened that several women didn't know what to say for a while.

"Miss Chu misunderstood, the person on this portrait is this king!" Xiao Jingyan coughed twice, and smiled apologetically at Lord Liu: "This king is tracking down the assassin all the way, passing by the prefect ten days ago, this assassin is very cunning, hiding in the prefect's mansion, and this king doesn't want to disturb everyone, so he will bring people to arrest him quietly, but he doesn't want to be mistaken for the emperor's brother." ”

Chu Yunning was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect Xiao Jingyan to say this.

"The injury on the king's arm was also accidentally injured, and the owner of the Lu Zhuang was also going to help at that time, and Lord Liu must have been dazzled. Xiao Jingyan was afraid that everyone would not believe it, so he tore off his arm, revealing a shallow scar.