Lin'an's yamen is said to be the yamen, but it is actually the name of the people, in fact, it is the subordinate public hall under the control of Dali Temple, and it is mostly to deal with various cases of the people of Lin'an on weekdays.

Zhong Zhuyu brought Yao Ling here, and her maid naturally disagreed, but Yao Ling was now inexplicably sticky to Zhong Zhuyu and insisted on coming, but the maid couldn't resist her, so she had to follow her to the court in person, and then go back to report to Princess Ning.

Zhong Shuyu didn't care about her behavior, anyway, Princess Ning would know these things sooner or later, and it might not be a good thing to know it earlier.

So after Zhong Zhuyu revealed his identity as the lord of Yaoling and quietly entered the public court, he heard Qin Bairui's voice.

"Lord Hui, let's not say that I don't know these people in Xia, even if I do, I have no grievances with Lord Yaoling, and there is no reason to kidnap her!"

Reasonable, it doesn't look like a lack of tendons.

Zhong Zhiyu took Yao Ling, who was very excited when he came to the public hall for the first time, and hid behind the screen diagonally opposite the public hall, taking in the situation below.

I saw those ruffians kneeling under the hall with frightened expressions, while Qin Bairui was standing calmly on the side, dressed in plain clothes, with a white hairband tied on his head, lining his face very pale, looking extremely innocent.

The auspicious judge in charge of this court is called Shi Qi, who is upright and upright, and has an excellent reputation among the people, he listened to Qin Bairui's words, and then glared angrily at several people: "Do you have any evidence?" ”

"Yes, yes." The woman nodded hurriedly, took out a wooden card from her waist, presented it and said, "This is the Qin Mansion Pass Token given by the little servant next to Qin Bairui when he came to find the slave family. said that after the matter was completed, he directly brought the Lord of Yaoling to the Qin Mansion. ”

Passtokens? Zhong Zhiyu's eyes fell on the token, looking a little familiar, and remembering that he had seen Qin Bairui these times, he had never seen anyone else, thinking that Qin Bairui was not close to his little servant.

"Passpass?"

Qin Bairui almost laughed out loud when he heard this, and said: "My Qin Mansion is so big, and there are only a few people, everyone knows each other, so why do you need to pass the token." As he spoke, he turned to Shi Qiyi and said, "My lord, can you prove that you are innocent now?" ”

Shi Qi sat on the top, took the pass token that was presented, his face changed, and he looked at Qin Bairui with an uncertain expression.

Qin Bairui was furious, touched the back of his neck, and asked blankly, "What's wrong?" ”

"Qin Gongzi, do you really need a pass token in the Qin Mansion?" Shi Qi squinted his eyes, as if he wanted to discern whether Qin Bairui was lying or not.

"What does Lord Shi mean by this? Isn't it easy to find out if I don't use a pass token at home? Why should I lie about it? Qin Bairui was a little annoyed by the question, and his tone was a little stiff: "Lord Shi, why don't you just see the sign and put a pass token on my Qin family?" ”

Although Shi Qi said that he didn't know Qin Bairui, and he was fair and impartial, his direct boss Xiao Zhiqing had always been at odds with Qin Bairui, and at this time, Qin Bairui's tone was not good, so he didn't have to treat it politely, and said in an aggravated voice: "Then how do you explain that this official sees this token on the hussar general's waist every day?" ”

"Hussar general?"

Qin Bairui and Zhong Shuyu were both stunned in their hearts, they never thought that this matter could be related to Qin Yizhong.

Zhong Zhuyu's originally leisurely sitting posture instantly straightened up, straightened his neck and wanted to see the token clearly, Qin Bairui stepped forward directly, and almost rudely snatched the token from Shi Qi's hand.

This token is not big, only about half the size of Qin Bairui's palm, is made of pineapple wood, is an oval, the front is written with a small seal "Qin" word, the back is a galloping horse, the carving is fine, only on the horse's hooves there are traces of wear, I think it is the owner often rubbed between the fingers.

This is indeed Daddy's waist card.

Qin Bairui grabbed the waist card between his fingers, turned around and pinched Ruan Niang's neck, picked her up with one hand, and asked in a calm voice: "You say!" Where did this waist card come from? ”

Ruan Niang didn't expect him to suddenly attack in the court, so he grabbed his neck and lifted his breath without preparation, his face turned blue, his mouth made a squeaky sound, and his feet off the ground kept kicking in the air.

"Qin Bairui, let go, you are contempt for the court!"

Shi Qi shouted angrily, and several officials also stepped forward to stop Qin Bairui, but they didn't want to be easily dodged by Qin Bairui, and they didn't even touch the corners of his clothes.

This time and again, Ruan Niang's struggle was much smaller, and seeing that she was about to be strangled to death by him, Zhong Zhuyu hurriedly walked around the screen and rushed forward and pressed Qin Bairui's hand: "Stop, she is going to be strangled to death by you!" ”

As soon as Qin Bairui saw Zhong Shuyu, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he honestly loosened his strength in his hand, and handed it to Zhong Shuyu with his waist card, with some grievances on his face: "Look, my father's waist card, I don't know where they got it." ”

Zhong Zhuyu took the waist card and looked at it, sure enough, it was Uncle Qin hanging on his waist every day, and the last time he and Uncle Qin saw him hanging on his waist, this waist card was really strange.

But now is not the time to pursue the waist card.

Zhong Shuyu stuffed the waist card back into Qin Bairui's hand, patted him on the shoulder soothingly, and said to the angry Shi Qi: "Qin Gongzi has just lost his heart, and he is a little excited to see his father's relics at this time, and he has no contempt for the court, and I hope that Lord Shi will forgive his sins." ”

Shi Qi didn't know Zhong Zhiyu, but when he saw that she came with Lord Yaoling, he eased his face and gave her a face, and continued to ask: "Are you admitting that you are a hussar general?" ”

Qin Bairui nodded.

"Then if you take this token, can you enter and leave the Qin Mansion?"

Qin Bairui hesitated for a moment, but still nodded.

"Then this is confirmed, and there is a witness." Shi Qi touched his beard: "Then what evidence do you have that can be used as evidence to exonerate yourself?" ”

"Please summon this... Ruan Niang's little guy, I want to confront him face to face. ”

"Yes."

This is the procedure that should be followed, and without Qin Bairuiti, he would have sent someone to invite him a long time ago.

In a few moments, a young man dressed as a small man came to the court.

Qin Bairui was not surprised when he saw someone coming, thinking that he had already had a candidate in his heart, but he raised his eyebrows and watched this little guy named Da Miao pass by him straight, without raising his eyes, and knelt in the court.

"The villain has seen Master Shi."

"Have you seen these people kneeling next to you?"

Da Miao looked up and saw Ruan Niang, her body shook, she was half soft, and said with a crying voice: "I beg the lord to punish him, the villain was ordered by my son-in-law to let Ruan Niang find someone to kidnap the lord of Yaoling." ”

"Da Miao, you are really good at telling nonsense." Qin Bairui asked coldly: "Let me ask you, when and where did I confess to you, and why did I kidnap the Lord of Yaoling County, whom I have never met?" ”

"It was yesterday when I was ugly, and the son quietly ordered the slave. As for why, Childe did not inform the slave. Da Miao immediately replied, and after speaking, he sobbed twice and persuaded: "Son, let's recruit it, it's all been investigated, and if you have a good attitude, maybe you can get a light shot." ”

Qin Bairui ignored him, and only said to Zhong Shuyu: "I was already asleep when I was ugly yesterday, not to mention that I am not close to him on weekdays, how can I tell him to do things, not to mention that I have no motive at all, this basin of water poured on my head is really inexplicable." ”

Zhong Xiyu looked at Qin Bairui's clear and aggrieved eyes, nodded, and comforted: "I believe you, don't be afraid, we are pure." ”

After finishing speaking, she turned her head and wanted to help Qin Bairui pull the cocoon together, when she suddenly saw Yao Ling walking away from behind the screen, and saluted towards the door: "Mother." ”

A few people looked back and saw Princess Ning walking in from the gate, with a serious expression and wind under her feet.

Zhong Zhiyu looked at Xiao Zhiqing, who came with her behind her, and Xiao Zhiqing, who had only dealt with him not long ago, and sighed in his heart.