Coming out of the back door of Ruoao Mansion, Zhou Jinghua changed into a set of Xiao Jiang's clothes and Xiao Jiang pretended to be two maids along the alley behind Ruoao Mansion all the way down her head to avoid the guards who were guarding, and walked towards the street.

It seems that as soon as there is a riot, the two sides will immediately go into flames.

Xiao Jiang helped her in a panic and said worriedly, "Miss, it's too chaotic on the street now, let's go back!"

"No, if I can't find out the truth, I can't sleep. ”

Zhou Jinghua shook her head firmly, and then walked for a long time, and finally turned onto the main city street, she leaned on someone and sat down under the empty tea shed, and she didn't want to leave.

Rubbing her sore feet, she frowned at Xiao Jiang and said, "You go to the car dealer to rent a carriage, my feet hurt." ”

"Good...... Miss, don't walk around, it's too chaotic on the streets now!"

Xiao Jiang nodded and ran to the car dealership not far away, but the car dealerships along the way basically hung up the sign of "closed", and in the end there was only one, she knocked on the door for a long time, and only then did an old man open the door, "What are you going to do?"

"I want to rent a car. Xiao Jiang said.

"Rent a car? Now that the drivers are gone, how can you rent a car?"

Lao Su slammed the door shut in front of her.

"Hey...... Why did you close the door without saying anything?"

Xiao Jiang patted the door for a long time, and the old man opened the door again impatiently, pointing to the street, "Don't you see that all the people in the city are running to Chengfu now, how can anyone still drive for you, even if you give me money, Lao Suo can't rent your car, naturally only close the door." ”

"Why did they all go to Chengfu, because of the displaced people's case?" asked Xiao Jiang.

"This still needs to be asked, if the Ao clan deceives people too much and doesn't give us a way to live, who still has the heart to drive for you nobles now, go and go...... Don't knock on the door again. ”

Lao Suo used a pair of eyes to see the dignitaries, looked Xiao Jiang up and down at an expensive dress, and persuaded kindly, "And this young lady, Lao Suo kindly reminds you that now the soldiers are in a panic, and you don't even know when there will be a riot, if you wear this out, you will inevitably be targeted by gangsters! ”

"Once there is chaos outside, no one will be able to save you when you cry and shout. ”

After the words fell, Lao Suo "bumped" the door in front of her again.

"If you don't rent, you don't rent!"

"What are you cursing me for?"

Xiao Jiang stomped his feet angrily, but he couldn't, so he could only run back.

But things are often so unexpected, Lao Suo was just telling her to go back quickly, but when she returned to the tea shed, she really didn't see anyone, around the tea shed, she looked for people who didn't see Zhou Jinghua for several times.

Xiao Jiang suddenly panicked, "Miss, Miss, where have you been?......"

But her small voice was drowned out in the panicked flow of people, and she could only ask passers-by one like a headless fly, "Hello, big brother, have you seen my young lady?"

"Auntie, do you see a woman in a purple dress?"

"Who saw your young lady?"

"No, no!"

……

The passers-by who were pulled by her pushed her away.

Xiao Jiang was pushed away and grabbed another person next to her, but everyone gave her the same answer: "Your young lady, what do you look like? ”

"What should I do?"

Xiao Jiang was at a loss, and he was almost about to cry, "Xiao Jiang lost Miss!

Thinking of this, Xiao Jiang immediately stomped his feet and ran back with his sleeves raised, running all the way back to Ruoao Mansion, slamming the door, "Open the door, open the door!" Young lady, are you back?"

"We didn't see the young lady!"

From the guards guarding the gate to the guards of the Blue Wolf Pavilion, Xiao Jiang looked all the way back, and all she got was the return of people who didn't see Zhou Jinghua, she suddenly burst into tears, and said with a crying voice, "Then what should I do, I lost Miss! I can't find ...... anywhere."

"Miss...... Where have you been......"

"No, I have to find my uncle, do you know where my son went in the afternoon?"

"Miss Xiaojiang, the eldest prince has taken his attendants to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses!" said the attendant guarding the door.

Xiao Jiang hurriedly grabbed his arm and begged, "Then you take me to find my uncle, otherwise the young lady will be lost, and we can't afford to bear it?"

The attendant was frightened by Xiao Jiang's words, and immediately arranged for carriages and horses to send her to the Five Cities Terracotta Division, and then a team of guards were sent out from the Blue Wolf Pavilion to find Zhou Jinghua's people in this time of chaos.

But the dusk is slowly coming, today's Yingdu City, the noise is not stopped, the horses' hooves are in chaos, the swords are wrong, shoulder to shoulder, the voices of people are boiling, and they can't be calm for a long time.

The autumn wind blows through the empty streets, and there are only a few idle ruffians who wander the streets scolding and scolding because they have nowhere to forage for food and have fun.

"Damn, all the shops and women's markets that were harmed by this ghost homeless case are closed!"

"If you want to find a place to warm up the bed, you can't do it!"

……

In the Cheng Mansion, he was discussing the follow-up matters with Cheng Daxin, Chen Huang and a group of people, and Mi Huang, who was discussing the follow-up matters, stood quietly in the study, and Huang Yuwei and Cheng's secret guards kept coming from outside the latest developments and news of various prefectures and divisions, constantly calculating the various situations that would occur in the court tomorrow, as well as various countermeasures.

"The best result is that Yue Jiao will really kill Situ Nan again tonight, so that we can let Situ Nan see the true face of Yue Jiao. ”

Qi Huang pointed to the topographical map of the prison division and said, "Situ Prison's cell is here, and Xiangao's cell is here...... Now, I have arranged for the Phoenix Feather Guard and your Cheng Clan's secret guards to be arranged inside and outside the prison.

As long as he breaks in, it will be difficult to buy wings. ”

"I wonder what he's going to do tonight?"

Chen Huang frowned and thought, "With the situation of Zheng Yan and them dying in prison, I am afraid that there will be internal ghosts secretly assisting in the prison, and Yue Jiao will not show up in person." ”

"This is also what I'm most worried about, if the countermeasures fail at that time, Situ Nan will still lose his life again. Cheng Daxin nodded.

"I think Yue Jiao will definitely come, or send someone to come, because he has already seen my private transaction with Situ Nan in the women's market before, so unless Situ Nan is sure to die in front of his eyes this time, he will never be completely relieved. The same mistake, if I were him, I would never make it twice, and I would never let Situ Nan live twice. Mi Huang analyzed.

"I hope I can get the pepper out tonight. Everyone nodded.

"If he really doesn't make a move, then tomorrow we will have to use the last resort. Mi Huang looked out the window in the middle of the night, and the people who were still gathered on the street said slowly.

"Tainu, now that the people are gathered outside my Chengfu Gate, I am afraid that the more they gather, I am afraid that if the people have a conflict with the soldiers and horses of the Five Cities, it will be a bad thing. ”

Cheng Daxin looked at the people who were still kneeling outside and did not leave, "I'm not worried that it will affect our Cheng family, but I'm worried that the civil and military officials will take advantage of this matter to put a hat on the princess to incite the people to riot in the future, and then the problem will be big, the court will inevitably send officers and soldiers to suppress it, and it will only be the people who will suffer at that time." ”

"I know, so the people can't be chaotic, and neither can the Yingdu, and the courtiers must not be given any reason to punish them. The phoenix said.

"Do you remember that there is an article in the "National Code" of my Chu State imitating "Zhou Li? Xiao Si Kou": All major and important cases in the country need to go through the "three stabs" procedure, that is, one is the minister's message, the second is the king's message, and the third is the people's message. ”

Chen Huang didn't think about it for a while, turned around and opened the whole box of "National Classics" on the bookshelf, and finally turned out the chapter of "Three Thorn Procedures", and asked, "Is this what the princess can say?"

"It's just this article, I heard the second brother say when he was still defeated: This article is only when a country moves its capital, the new king ascends the throne and changes the name of the country, and other major events, will the opinions of all the people be sought, and the third article cannot be used in ordinary major cases. ”

Cheng Daxin also knew this, and added, "If you want to go through the news of all the people, this will have to go through the collection of the opinions of all the people in my Chu State from the national capital to the counties, and I am afraid that the time will drag on for a longer time, not a month or two." ”

"I know, but I have reached an agreement with Xiangao, in the next ten years, he will help me bring down Yue Jiao, I will absolve him of the Xian clan, and he will find a way to use their Xian clan's power in the country to do everything possible to open the gate of Zheng Guo and provide war information for the follow-up Northern Expedition of our Chu State. Mi Huang shook his head.

"It's just that the hundred officials are protesting outside, and they want to uphold the original verdict, advocating that Zheng Guo should be pressured with the soldiers of horses and horses to recover 50,000 people, and it will be effortless, even if their proposition is wrong, the king will not object, as far as the king is concerned, as long as there are 50,000 people. ”

Cheng Daxin speculated on the thoughts of the King of Chu and said, "If it can be obtained from Zheng Guo, I think according to the king's temperament, he will be even happier." ”

"That's why I have to go through the news of the people before it is possible to overturn the case.

A message, that is, a minister's news. If there is any objection, it will be handed over to the king for decision, which is called the second message: Wang Xun. If my father cannot take it, it will be submitted to the people for discussion, and it is called the Three Messages: The Message of the Peoples.

This system was re-established after the Shang Tang torture led to the death of the country, and was re-established at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, aiming to "punish with virtue and prudence" and avoid the abuse of heavy torture to arouse public anger.

Of course, the so-called discussion by all the people of the country, except for the major event of moving the capital and fixing the capital, basically the last article has never been implemented in any vassal state or even in Chengzhou.

Therefore, almost no one among the people knew that there was such a rule.

All officials have probably forgotten this article a long time ago. ”

Mi Huang pointed to the "Chu State National Codex" that Chen Huang had translated and quickly flipped to the "Three Thorn Procedures" and explained to everyone.

Even Cheng Qingqing, who was sitting on the side, understood, "Does that mean that if the case really can't pass tomorrow, we will let the people sue Yue Jiao together, so that this case will be completed?"

"No, old Situ, he is so skillful, I am only worried that he will incite the ministers, say that the black is also white, and finally wash away all the guilt of Yue Jiao and Situ Nan, this is our last weight. ”

"Because justice is in the hearts of the people. ”

After determining the next series of plans, Mi Huang instructed, "So now you hurry up and send someone to pick up Bu Yin outside the city while the sky is not completely dark and the city gate is not closed. ”

"Otherwise the case is dangerous. ”

"Yes!"

……

At this time, it was almost evening, the lights were already dark everywhere, and there was no Xiao Jiang or a group of Ruo Ao's guards around her, Zhou Jinghua walked alone in the alley, cold, hungry and afraid, and wanted to go back, but gradually lost her way.

Where she is needed to find the way.

She wouldn't even go into this slum, but the more she walked, the more she went, as if she couldn't get out, there were dilapidated houses, grass huts and leaky alleys everywhere, and a pair of embroidered silk shoes under her feet had long been worn out, stained with dirty soil, which made her uncomfortable.

She shouted the names of "Xiao Jiang" and "Yue Jiao" in fear.

But no one responded.

On the dark path, I don't know when a few five big and three thick ruffians came to me, with a lewd smile on their faces, looking up and down at the gorgeous dress on her body and the jewels on her head.

She couldn't help but clench her arms, turned her head sideways to pass them, and then left quickly, but on the dark street, there was no one around, and after the eyes of several people met, a pair of big hands suddenly hugged her from behind, and another person grabbed her legs, and three or four people looked at the wind at both ends.

Several people quickly covered her mouth.

Drag it into the side alley.

In the midst of the struggle, Zhou Jinghua saw that she was getting farther and farther away from the street, and was gradually dragged to the uninhabited alley, shouting, "Don't ...... No!...... I beg you to let me go, I am the wife of Captain Ruoao...... As long as you send me back, I can give you endless gold and silver!"

"Huh...... She said she was the wife of Captain Ruoao!"

"That first lady, Mrs. Hua!"

A few ruffians surrounded her with a smile, raised her beautiful face, and said, "This army is in chaos, she is like the first lady of Captain Aodu, she actually ran out alone, didn't stay at home to embroider well, and there was no attendant by her side, when we were stupid ......"

"I'm really the wife of Captain Ruoao!"

Zhou Jinghua said with tears in her eyes, "Really!

"Beauty, now the people of the entire Yingdu want to denounce your husband for the displaced people's case...... Captain Ruo Aodu!"

"We, tonight is regarded as doing the right thing for heaven!"

Unbridled laughter rang out one after another, but no one responded to her crying.

Zhou Jinghua fell on a dry grass in fear.

There were men with evil eyes in front of her and on the left and right, and one by one the men untied their clothes and wanted to pounce on her, she struggled desperately to tear and beat, but no one passed by for a long time, she finally pushed away the man on her body, got up, and escaped, but was surrounded by other men like chickens, and fell to the ground.

Tears dripped from his eyes in large drops.