"The old man's surname is Liu Minggen, and this is my cheap surname Wu. Our husband and wife wanted to sue the Ministry of Ministers, Shang Shufang Jingzhi, and bullied others, even though the domestic slaves mutilated my young children, threw my son into the river and drowned; After learning that our husband and wife were going to sue the emperor, they even sent killers to set fire to kill people! Pity me for being old and having children, but my family is ruined! I have to see the face of heaven today, and I ask the emperor to give justice to the grass people's family! ”

The prince's face turned green when he heard this, he asked the Ice Imperial Sect to send someone to the killer, why did this person stand here alive? And after a rush of footsteps behind him, an official dressed in purple and wearing a jade belt around his waist ran all the way, knelt in front of the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have definitely not done such a thing, these two Diao people have framed their subordinates!" ”

There was a commotion in the crowd, all pointing and pointing, when the two young children fell into the water one after another, it happened on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and people came and went by the river, and the eyes of the people saw clearly.

A layer of fine sweat oozed from the prince's sideburns, and a Sichuan character was twisted out of his eyebrows, but he didn't say a word.

"This couple is also a pair of ordinary people, if there is no injustice and no hatred, why do the civil and military generals of the Manchu Dynasty come to falsely accuse you?" King Yi said slowly, without a trace of expression on his face.

"What King Yi said is reasonable, since it is a lawsuit against the emperor, then you husband and wife must have real evidence, if it is infinite out of thin air, you should know what the consequences of the emperor's slander of the court officials are?" The emperor twisted his sore eyebrows as he spoke, didn't even pick up the tea served by the attendant next to him, paused and said to Fang Jingzhi who was kneeling on the ground: "You said that they falsely accused you, so what ability do you have to prove your innocence?" As long as one of the two of you can produce evidence, you can do it! ”

"Falsely accuse the three-grade officials of the imperial court of cutting their tongues, slashing their faces, and cutting their feet! You've figured it out! The prince forcibly suppressed the blood surging in his heart and said calmly.

"It was the third day of the Lunar New Year, Mr. Fang took his child to walk on the edge of the pond, my child set off a firecracker to frighten Mr. Fang, and fell into the river, although he was frightened, but he was unharmed! And the little second child, I have already kowtowed to Master Fang and confessed my guilt. Master Fang said that it was okay at the time, but then he sent a house slave to throw my child into the water. My child doesn't know how to water at all, and the people around him are afraid of offending the Fang adults, so they don't dare to go directly into the water to save people. They all had to wait until the people were gone before they could get the children up. The villain child was sick at the time, and his body was usually weak. That drowning will directly kill my child! ”

Liu Laohan burst into tears, and the wrinkles on his face from the premature vicissitudes of life were like cracked ravines on the ridges, and he looked sad. And the Wu family next to him had already fainted from crying.

"You say your child was thrown into the water by his house slaves? Were you there at the time of the incident? Do you remember the man's face? The emperor was sitting on his lap, not caring about his tired body, and his waist was straight.

"The villain was present at the time, and I remember the appearance of that person, but I didn't know that it was the house slave of Lord Fang, and the neighbors told me later!" Liu Laohan felt that it was not good, he spoke a little slurred, and his head unconsciously looked behind him, as if he wanted to find a glimmer of hope from the crowd.

And that Fang Jingzhi looked confident, with a smug smile on his lips, pointing at Liu Laohan and shouting, "Someone else told you?" That official wants to see who is slandering this official behind his back! He turned his head and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't need to provide evidence, he only needs to confront the people in Diao Min's mouth!" Since he said that someone testified that he was a domestic slave in the courtier's house, then ask that person to come forward and testify! The minister can let all the house slaves in the minister's house come here to let people testify. If Liu Laohan can't prove it, it will be slander! ”

Liu Laohan's hand shook, his expression was even more panicked, and when he heard the prince just now, he said that he cut his tongue, cut his face, and cut his feet, and many people's faces turned pale with fright, and some of them unconsciously retreated.

At this time, although the sun has risen, but on a piece of scorched earth, among the ruins, the soul-attracting paper is spread all over the street like solid ice, and the sun is also a ball of white thorns, without a little temperature, Liu Laohan looked at the frightened crowd around him, and helpless tears were like rain.

"The place where the incident happened that day was on the bridge behind Guiyifang, you are all neighbors of Guiyifang, haven't you seen it, and no one is willing to testify for my old man?" Liu Laohan's thin hands patted his chest, I don't know if it was because of pain or disappointment, he just wanted to pat it to soothe the breath that his chest was about to be lifted.

"I beg all the neighbors to testify for my husband and wife, as long as they can avenge my son, my husband and wife are willing to serve for the rest of their lives!" Wu's hair bun was unkempt, and there was only a green cloth wrapped around his head without a trace of hairpin rings, and after a toss in the morning, even the green cloth was scattered, and the hair was unkempt like withered grass on his head, and there was a dazzling white hair in the middle.

There was a commotion in the crowd, everyone looked at me, I looked at you, but no one was willing to step forward, Liu Laohan and his wife were heartbroken and shook their heads again and again.

"If we can't avenge our grievances today, my husband and wife are willing to die on the street, just ask someone to have mercy and wrap us up in a rotten feast for us, and bury us and our children together!" So saying, the husband and wife were about to crash into the ground.

"Wait!"

A clear and determined voice came from the crowd, and with this voice, there was a commotion in the crowd, and a young man in a blue shirt, a black head wrapped, and a sackcloth on the outside, slowly walked out of the crowd amid the surprised eyes of the crowd.

At a glance, there is no doubt that he should be an ordinary person who lost his relatives in the Guiyi Workshop, and the linen clothes on his body and the sadness on his face naturally also explain.

At a glance, the young man had beautiful eyebrows, although his eyes were bloodshot, but his eyes were resolute, and he was a good man who was honest and outspoken.

The man walked out of the crowd firmly and calmly, walked to the front of the palace, knelt on the ground unhurriedly and made a big salute, and his thoughtfulness was impeccable.

"What is your name?" What do you want to say? The Emperor waved his hand to excuse him, but the young man still straightened his back and knelt on the ground.

"The villain's name is Zhou Fan, the son of Zhou Caorong, the owner of the Guiyifang garment shop, and his father, mother, wife and children all died in this fire!" Zhou Fan's voice trembled slightly, his eyes were red, and a layer of crystal tears stuck to his eyes.

"You just said it slowly, so you have something to say?" The emperor looked at the calm and calm man in front of him, and couldn't help but show a smile.

"Yes!" Zhou Fan turned around and looked at Fang Jingzhi, who was kneeling beside him, and slowly shook his head, "I don't know if Master Fang still recognizes the villain?" All the clothes of the servants in your house are made in my father's clothing shop, and the villain once sent clothes to your house! ”

"You?" Fang Jingzhi's eyes flickered, and his body retreated unconsciously, and Fang Jingzhi couldn't guess it and didn't dare to answer, and couldn't help frowning after a little thought: "Everything in the family is taken care of by insiders, like sending clothes, how can the official remember!" ”