"Isn't that Wang Tian, he changed his clothes, I almost can't recognize him!"

"This is Qi Laosi, he borrowed ten cents from me on the street two months ago......

"It's Feng Yan, that's right, I can recognize him when he turns to ashes!"

For a while, the people outside the hall really revealed the identities of a few "merchants" one by one.

It is really that the people of Hangzhou who appeared in front of the Taishou Mansion today come from too many ways, including almost every direction in the city, every person in the main streets and alleys. And the "fame" of these "merchants" in the area where they are located is too loud, and they are all quickly recognized.

Listening to the bursts of words of the people behind them, Ji Du's expressions were even more relaxed, and he immediately kowtowed again and shouted: "Your Majesty Mingjian, these people are not good people in the first place, this time they must have been instructed by some people, so they recklessly bit and framed the grass people, etc., and I hope that Your Majesty will return me to a clean house."

Even Chu Xiangxun and other officials, who were still quite nervous, were relieved at this time.

This emperor really made a big mistake of underestimating the enemy this time, thinking that as long as he found a few random people and personally went out, he could handle the case to death.

Moreover, in order to make a big deal about it, he deliberately allowed so many people to come to the trial, and now these people have become his own witnesses. This is a typical lifting a stone and shooting yourself in the foot, and you have done it yourself!

In this shouting, Sun Ning behaved quite calmly, neither speaking to silence the people, nor interrupting the cries of Ji Du and others, but only listening to them with a smile, as if such a reversal was irrelevant.

It wasn't until half an hour later that everyone finally stopped talking, and he looked at Qi Laosi and the others, who looked nervous: "What do you have to say?"

"What they say is true, and you were instructed by others to go to the yamen to make trouble and make false accusations? If this is the case, according to the law of our court, you will suffer the sin of rebellion, and you will have to be guilty of deceit!"

As soon as the name of this crime of bullying fell, several people were suddenly frightened and softened, and they almost fell there.

However, as a few people who have been on the street for many years, and they are carefully selected and usable, they did not completely break their courage at this time, but plucked up the last courage, and said one after another: "Your Majesty Mingjian, I did go the wrong way and did the wrong thing before, but it doesn't mean that we can't reform and be good people."

"Your Majesty, we are indeed already the owners of several silk shops, if you don't believe me, you can call someone to investigate."

"Your Majesty, the grass people have a contract of silk and satin as evidence......

They shouted one by one, and one of them even took out a contract written in black and white directly from his arms: "The grass people are the proprietors of the royal family's silk and satin shop that are like a fake, and no one can deny it!"

Seeing this scene, Ji Du's hearts sank, and the other party really arranged it extremely carefully, and even these were ready.

Sun Ning nodded: "Present it to me and I'll see it." And you, do you have any evidence?"

"Yes, yes!" Without hesitation, each of them took out the title deeds of the store from the close-up office, and then handed them over to the guards who came down, who sent them to Sun Ning.

Sun Ning seemed to carefully examine these contracts, and then he threw out another question: "Why is there no official seal on this?"

Generally speaking, such contracts for the purchase and sale of bulk goods such as shops will leave relevant documents from the government. In this way, when there is a certain contradiction between the two parties, a notary can be found.

Of course, this is just common sense, because if the government intervenes, there will be a lot of taxes and fees in the hands of the yamen, so there are also people who find another Chinese person to trade.

Everyone thought that they would explain this, but unexpectedly, Qi Laosi gave a slightly nervous statement: "Your Majesty, because the government has long colluded with the three wealthy businessmen, and the merchants are not allowed to buy and sell their shops at will, so it is naturally impossible for the government to seal the business between us."

"It's just nonsense, when did the government have such a clear order?" Seeing

The more they talked, the more unkind they became, and Chu Xiangxun finally couldn't hold it back and refuted sharply.

It wasn't until the words came out that he realized that he was a little rude, and quickly turned around and asked Sun Ning for his guilt: "Your Majesty forgives me, and the minister is also in a hurry, so he ......."

"It doesn't matter, since it's a trial, it is natural that all parties should be allowed to speak freely." Sun Ning said very generously, and then looked at Qi Laosi, who was obviously shrunken, "What do you say about this?"

"It is true that the government has not issued a clear order, but this matter has long been known in the mall, and everyone knows that Ji Yu's family wants to completely control the silk business, and no shop is allowed to follow their rules, including the sale of shops."

Qi Laosi also let go at this time, and replied directly, and disgusted the other party by the way: "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask people to go to other shops to understand." Whether it is the purchase price or the selling price of silk, or even how much it can only be sold at most per day, it is up to them to say.

"We businessmen don't have any autonomy at all, we can only do what they want, and the income we earn every year is only enough to support our families!"

As he spoke, several other "grievance avengers" followed suit, crying out for injustice: "Yes, Your Majesty, I only went astray because of my bad background before. But recently, he has completely reformed himself and got some money, so he wants to be a new person and do some business.

"It's just that I didn't expect that the business of this silk shop is so difficult to do, we don't even have the freedom to be the master, we can only eat a little soup that people leak, it's really unbearable, so we have to unite together and go to the yamen everywhere to denounce!"

After a pause, another person simply looked open-minded and shouted, "And Your Majesty, as far as we know, more than ninety percent of the silk in Hangzhou City is actually under the control of the three of them, and only a very few of them are allowed to buy and sell...... If His Majesty sends someone to investigate, he will definitely be able to find out the whereabouts of these silks, which can be regarded as proof that the grass people and others are not lying and deceiving the king!"

Sun Ning hummed in a low voice, and then looked at the three Ji Du who had changed color: "Do you have anything to say about this?"

"Grass People...... The grass people ......" Ji Du's heart has sunk to the bottom.

To this day, how could he not understand that all this was a series of sets set up by His Majesty the Emperor specifically for his three families.

He just wants to completely condemn his own family in such an upright and upright way that people can't find any fault.