146: I can't hide if I want to come (second watch)
This made Xiao Tao, who was watching the progress of things in the crowd, couldn't help but get anxious, and sure enough, as the usual lady guessed, she couldn't make them confess at all because of this.
She couldn't help but look for it everywhere, did the key Mrs. Zhuang come?
When the official master above the court heard the whispering of his subordinates, he subconsciously looked at the old man Zhuang who was there, and then looked at Xie Ming, who was blushing with anger and his neck thick, and finally patted the shocked wooden road, "Quiet, there are important witnesses in this case, and the witnesses are summoned to the court."
As soon as these words came out, Master Zhuang and Master Shen glanced at each other, not knowing what kind of play they were going to sing next, seeing that Master Shen was about to panic again, Master Zhuang hurriedly glared at him, signaling him to be stable, don't let people see the clues.
Seeing this, Xie Ming sneered, and he couldn't hide if he wanted to.
The yacha brought in a white-haired old woman, which made the crowd of onlookers watch the trial wide-eyed, not knowing where the old woman came from, so no one expressed their opinions, and they had an attitude of waiting to see the incident.
Old Master Zhuang was originally very calm, but when he saw this old woman come in, his eyes widened instantly, and he immediately shouted, "Ignorant woman, what are you doing? Why don't you hurry back, is this what you can do?"
"Mrs. Zhuang?" Master Shen on the side still recognized this old woman, but he hadn't seen him for many years, why was he so old? It stands to reason that they are the same generation, and now this woman is more than a generation older than him.
Mrs. Zhuang sneered at Master Zhuang, did not respond to his words, but knelt down and saluted the official master above with a dignified posture, "Lord Qingtian, the people's woman Rong wants to report."
"Who and what?"
"Report him, secretly possess gunpowder, and plot against him."
Mrs. Zhuang pointed her finger at Master Zhuang, and took out a small paper bag from her bosom and presented it with both hands, "This is physical evidence."
Master Zhuang didn't expect that this woman would backstab him at a critical moment, so he also hurriedly said, "My lord, these are all slanderous words, she hates the little one, and deliberately blames the dirty, so she can't be trusted."
Xie Ming also immediately said, "My lord, it must be strictly investigated, and gunpowder is controlled by the court, if there is a large amount of circulation outside, it must be guarded against."
The official master in the high hall patted the startled wood, signaled everyone to be quiet, took the small paper bag handed by the master, he opened it and smelled it, and a smell of gunpowder wafted out, and the paper wrapped in this gunpowder was written with the names of many workshops that made fireworks and firecrackers, which was obviously the source of these gunpowder.
Master Zhuang glanced at his wife hatefully, this woman is really hateful, he shouldn't have spared her life, but now he can't take care of this, he hurriedly said, "Adult, the little one is an honest businessman, and he has no bad intentions......
"My lord, he also secretly hid a large amount of gunpowder in the house, if you don't believe it, you can search the house, and you will definitely find something, and even the women heard him discuss with the old man Shen, and they will blow up the barracks of Yiyang City, preparing to rebel......
Mrs. Zhuang's words made the audience in an uproar, is this old man Zhuang really so heartbroken?
Rebellion, once it is confirmed, it will be a great crime to punish the nine clans.
"My lord, this is all slander, you can't believe it, you don't dare to rebel if you are a coward, ......" Master Zhuang immediately shouted injustice, and he no longer dared to be as calm as he was just now.
Master Shen was also so frightened that he quickly knelt down, "Adults are Mingjian, the little ones are honest businessmen, and they have no intention of rebelling."
At this time, his sweat was dripping down to the ground, and he had never regretted it like this for a moment, he had known that this surnamed Zhuang was like this, and he should not have waded into troubled waters.
"My lord, it's better to find out to the end, don't let the thieves clear their names." Xie Ming took the opportunity to say.
The official who was sitting in the high hall saw Xie Ming staring at him directly, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he knew how much energy the Xie family had, and it was not worth offending the Xie family for this, so he was shocked, threw down the signing order, and ordered people to immediately go to the Zhuang Mansion and the Shen Mansion to search.
and ordered someone to immediately inform Lord Fu Zhang that this matter was not trivial, and he was afraid that he would not be able to afford it.
The development of things took a turn for the worse, and Master Zhuang suddenly looked like ashes, he knew that this woman must have a back hand if she could come today, and he was not far from the end of the day.
So, he
rushed over and grabbed Mrs. Zhuang's neck, and said viciously, "I'll strangle you, a poisonous woman, and let you frame me like this......
Mrs. Zhuang did not resist, and looked at him with wide eyes and contempt, "When you killed my father and united with the people to take my property, I was waiting for today, and if you have the ability, you will strangle me."
When Master Zhuang heard this, he really tried his best to strangle this poisonous woman.
The yacha on the side immediately hit Master Zhuang's hand with a stick, Master Zhuang could only let go of his hand in pain, and Mrs. Zhuang fell to the ground panting desperately, her eyes were still staring at Master Zhuang, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a smile, she couldn't die yet, she had to wait to see him cut off his children and grandchildren.
"Poisonous woman, you poisonous woman, Lao Tzu is going to kill you......" Master Zhuang shouted in a gaffe. Chinese Net
The official master above was immediately so angry that he was shocked, and issued a signed order to beat Master Zhuang ten boards on the grounds of contempt of the court.
How did the Zhuang family make a fortune, everyone in Yiyang City knows that this person was a son-in-law back then, and he made a fortune by eating out of households, and the hateful thing is that the children born with Mrs. Zhuang died one by one inexplicably, and now none of the heirs of Master Zhuang are born by Mrs. Zhuang, and they are all children born to concubines who accepted later.
This is a werewolf.
The onlookers had only one voice this time, and they must severely punish such wicked people, otherwise God will have no eyes.
Xiao Tao saw this development, and her heart was put down, this time she was ready to watch a good show, and turned around to tell Chang Niangzi.
When the prefect Zhang arrived, it happened to be when the yacha came in with boxes of gunpowder from the Zhuang family and the Shen family, in addition to these, there were also many weapons, and even private dragon robes.
"My lord, wronged, wronged......" Lord Shen shouted loudly with tears in his eyes, he really didn't know why he had these rebellious things?
I knew it was like this, I knew it was like this, why bother in the first place?
Master Zhuang didn't say a word, he already knew that he would definitely find something from his house, but he didn't expect the poisonous woman to be so well prepared, and he was pale and powerless to argue at this moment.
Lord Zhang inspected those things one by one, the dragon robe was shoddy, but it was also a dragon robe, of course, it was a bit far-fetched to rely on these rebellions, but the human and material evidence was complete, and this crime could not be washed away, so he immediately ordered the Zhuang and Shen families to be imprisoned, and then immediately reported to the superiors, this case cannot be delayed.
Even Mrs. Zhuang, the whistleblower, was imprisoned, and Mrs. Zhuang was escorted away by the yacha with a calm face, even if she compensated herself, she would have to die a good death with the surname Zhuang.
What was originally just a case of a fried tea brick workshop has now turned sharply into a major case of rebellion, and it can be predicted that it will definitely snowball in the future.
Chang Xi's brows never let go when he heard Xiao Tao's eloquent relay, the matter was so big, it was definitely not the one that Shi Bichi had planned at the beginning.
It's Mrs. Zhuang, who has been dormant for many years, may be waiting for such an opportunity for revenge, so the dragon robe has been prepared early, just waiting for the critical moment to give the negative person a fatal blow.
She miscalculated Mrs. Zhuang's determination to take revenge, and Shi Bichi also miscalculated, it's really hard to say who took advantage of whom.
Xiao Tao was originally quite happy, but when she saw Chang Xi's expression, the smile on her face suddenly put away.
"Chang Niangzi, you...... Aren't you happy?"
Hearing Xiao Tao's cautious words, Chang Xi let go of his brows and said, "It's come to this point, it's useless to say anything." paused, "Little Peach, don't underestimate people's hearts in the future."
There are two things in this world that cannot be looked at, one is the sun and the other is the human heart.
Xiao Tao nodded, she didn't seem to understand this, it was obviously a good thing, she didn't understand why Chang Niangzi was like this?
Chang Xi didn't explain, but let the little girl figure it out secretly.
Shi Bichi came to ask for merit with a smile, "Chang Niangzi, now you can rest assured, I said that it would be done properly, and now those two families are waiting to raid the family and exterminate the clan, with this precedent, the tea merchants in the back will weigh and weigh before acting."
Although she said that, she was actually quite unhappy in her heart, and she knew herself
has been put on a position by Mrs. Zhuang, and has been used ruthlessly, saying that it is a lie to say that it is not true.
She likes the thrill of being in control of everything, rather than being used by others, which makes her feel unfulfilled.
Damn Mrs. Zhuang!
The resentment flashed in Shi Bichi's eyes, Chang Xi didn't make a mistake, with Shi Bichi's urine, she should be angry now, and it was so.
So she smiled and said, "Miss Shi San, how can I not worry? When I get better, I will thank you for the banquet."
"Then I'll wait." Shi Bichi covered his mouth and smiled.
As for the words of implicating innocent people, Chang Xi did not complain about it, no one dared to intervene easily in the big case of rebellion, she naturally could only wait and see what happened, I am afraid that even Shi Bichi now has to clamp her tail to prevent people from implicating the matter on herself.
At this time, the entire Yiyang City was under martial law, the major fireworks and firecrackers workshops were strictly investigated, and even the port was not allowed to enter and leave the ship, and the atmosphere entered a state of anxiety.
Yuan Hao secretly came to the other courtyard to see Xie Jin.
"The above is furious, it seems that someone is pushing behind this, Ziyang, we have to guard against it."
He really didn't expect that a small thing would roll out such a big snowball, and it would make the people above focus on Yiyang City, which is not a good thing at this stage.
Xie Jin still looked calm, "It's too bright, your heart is upset."
When Yuan Hao heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, he couldn't compare to Xie Jin and still be an old god, over the years, those political enemies in the past have not completely relaxed, and have been tracking down the events of the year, obviously suspecting something, his mother, Princess Qianrong, is struggling to support in the capital, just to buy time.
"In that case, then the plan will be calculated, and the disaster will lead to the east."
Hearing Xie Jin's words, Yuan Hao's eyes widened instantly, can he still operate like this?