The South is locked down.

Xiao Yonghan carried the letter Mo Ruxue wrote to him with him, and took it out from time to time to look at it.

"I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles......"

As soon as Zhu Jian came in, he saw his master smirking at the princess's letter again, and he finally couldn't help but remind him.

"Lord Wang, when the time comes, do you want to interrogate the eldest princess?"

The smile on Xiao Yonghan's face immediately disappeared, and he said, "Since the time has come, let's go!"

Zhu Jian waited for a while, and seeing that Xiao Yonghan had not moved, he couldn't help but say again: "The prefect of the closed city has been waiting in the public court for a long time......

"Then you just let him start! Do you want this king to teach him how to try the case?"

"Lord Wang, yesterday you said that you were going to interrogate you personally, saying that the eldest princess and the concubine were extremely evil, and I was afraid that the prefect would not be able to parry it......"

"Did this king say it? This king can't leave at this time, let the prefect of the city be examined first, and tell him that if the trial is confused, be careful of his black gauze hat!"

“......”

Zhu Jian had no choice but to relay Xiao Yonghan's original words to the prefect of the city.

The prefect was a fat man in his forties, with a pair of mustaches, and he was sitting in the public court at a loss, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

Standing under the hall were the eldest princess of Pingning, the concubine and the lord of Ronghe, all of whom were standing, and a few concubines of the concubines were kneeling and crying below.

Although the eldest princess is not the biological daughter of the first emperor, she is the most favored princess of the first emperor. Now she has been reduced to a prisoner, but she still maintains the royal arrogance, a pair of phoenix eyes look at the world, arrogantly looking at the prefect of the city.

The colt was a resigned, bookish man, who stood in the courtroom at a loss, and looked at his wife from time to time, and only by looking at her could he calm his panicked heart.

Ronghe County Lord was the most angry, she looked impatient, in the morning she was still asleep, she was woken up by the officers and soldiers outside, and when she opened the door, the house was stirred upside down, and said that someone reported that they were going to rebel against the Horse Mansion!

It's really ridiculous in the world, they are full of food, why should they rebel?

The place here in the closed city is rich and the economy is developed, the first emperor gave this place to the eldest princess as a fief, the mother has always been very grateful to the first emperor, and the father is even more assertive, except for taking concubines, only the mother is the head of the horse, and the lord of Ronghe does not believe that his father and mother will rebel!

The aunts next to her were crying so much that she was really upset, and she scolded irritably: "What kind of mourning! Are you dead father or dead mother!"

One of the most delicate aunts raised her head and looked at her resentfully: "When is it, the county lord is still holding the master's money! If it weren't for you causing something in the palace, how could the emperor think of raiding the Horse Mansion?"

"You cheap goods from the Qinglou, why don't you say that you went out to show off all day long? Don't think I don't know, you went out behind your father's back to meet those sons and talents you used to be good friends with, and you wore gold and silver all day long to show off, and you were targeted!"

"County Lord, why are you abusing me like this? The concubine was innocently married into the Horse Mansion, although the concubine entered the Qinglou, but was ransomed by the prince on the same day. ”

"Xianggong took me to attend various poetry meetings, although the concubine is cheap, but she also knows the shame, occasionally a few times others invite each other alone, the concubines all refuse, how can you go out alone for a private meeting?"

The concubine walked over with pity, squatted down to comfort her, and the aunt cried more and more miserably, but she didn't make a sound, biting her lip and enduring it.

The county lord of Ronghe couldn't see her looking like she had been greatly wronged, she pointed to the aunt's nose and scolded: "You/person, you will sell miserably, see if I don't kill your vixen today, you will know how to seduce men all day long!"

As he spoke, he fiercely pulled the aunt.

"Xianggong...... Xianggong, help me!"

The concubine held the aunt tightly in his arms, pushed away Rong and the county lord, and angrily reprimanded: "Have you made enough trouble with this evil obstacle! This is still so presumptuous in the court, if you don't know how to bully her at home? Hua Niang is right, you have gone back to the capital, and you have caused so many disasters, what are you doing in the capital!"

The eldest princess couldn't help it anymore, when they were in trouble before, she had been holding back, and now she couldn't help but feel a little chilled when she saw her concubine and the group of.

"What is the evidence for this? This princess also happened to want to ask, I and the county lord went back to the capital, what are you doing in the lockdown, causing this big disaster! If this princess and the county lord cause trouble, can we still return to the lockdown safely, I am afraid that the emperor will take it down in the palace!"

The horse was originally just an unknown scholar, some assets in the family, he was handsome, tall, standing quite conspicuous in the crowd, although he repeatedly failed the exam, but he was lucky to meet the eldest princess, and also got the favor of the princess, and since then he has soared.

The eldest princess recalled the past, and looked at the colt who was now holding the beautiful girl in her arms, and her heart was suddenly like a knife!

Over the years, despite her obstruction, the concubine insisted on accepting several concubines, and did not stay in her yard for nearly a year.

Aunt Hua spoke: "What is the ability of the concubine, isn't the princess clear? Where is the horse in charge of this mansion, when you and the county lord went to Kyoto, we all stayed in the mansion in peace, and several aunts can testify." ”

The kneeling aunts nodded frequently, the eldest princess and the county lord were not in the mansion during those days, but they had a good life, they didn't have to listen to the shouts of those two people every day, they could do whatever they wanted, and the horses would never restrain them.

A crisp slap sounded, and the aunt's face suddenly became red and swollen, and there were five clear finger marks on her face.

"This princess talks to the concubine, how can you be a / person to intervene! It's just a prostitute who sings songs and laughs, what qualifications do you have to speak! Your courtyard, this princess never goes, because I feel dirty, and the pair of stone lions at the gate of the concubine's mansion are cleaner than you!"

Aunt Hua whimpered and didn't dare to reply, and shrunk into the horse's arms and trembled, very pitiful.

The horse glanced at the eldest princess complainingly, the eldest princess was jealous of him, but there was no way, she couldn't give birth to a son, could it be that the incense of their family was cut off in his place?

"You are too vicious to speak, and Hua Niang didn't say anything, don't pay attention to people's chatter all day long!"

Aunt Hua timidly pulled the sleeve of the colt and whispered: "Don't be angry, it's all Hua Niang's fault! It's the cheap concubine who has no ability, and she has not been reincarnated in a noble belly in this life, so she can only be rubbed and pinched flat, this is all fate!"

Lord Rong and the county lord were so angry that he pulled her hair from behind and pulled her out of the horse's arms directly.

"Ahh......h ......Murder! Ahh

Lord Rong and the county lord pulled her and threw her to the ground, Aunt Hua's hair bun was scattered, the hairpin on her head was also crumbling, the hair on her sideburns was messy, and a large handful of hair fell on the ground.

"If you/person dare to talk nonsense again, I'll tear your mouth apart!"

The horse squatted down to support Hua Niang, so angry that he was smoking, and raised his hand to beat Rong and the county lord: "You unfilial daughter is simply lawless, and your mother has a virtue!"

The eldest princess hurriedly protected her daughter behind her: "You dare to touch her and try it! You want to beat your daughter for the sake of a prostitute, are you still human?"

Aunt Hua cried and bowed down in front of the prefect: "Lord Qingtian, please be the master of the people's women! Narong and the county lord are afraid that they want to kill the people's women, otherwise they won't have such a heavy hand!"

The prefect looked at the chaotic crowd of the Horse Mansion below, and he whispered to the bamboo sword behind him: "The lower official really doesn't know how to judge the case, do you still ask the prince to preside over the overall situation?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a person walk in the lobby.

"Is this a public court or a vegetable market?" Lord Liu, is this your method of trying cases?"

Governor Liu saw that it was Xiao Yonghan, and he immediately greeted him with a dry smile: "The lower officials are incompetent! I really can't figure out this case, how about it or not hand it over to Dali Temple for trial?"

"The emperor specially sent this king to handle this case, and you asked me to push the case to Dali Temple, doesn't it make the emperor feel that this king is incompetent?"

"That's not what Xia Guan meant, Xia Guan didn't mean that......"

Governor Liu wiped the sweat from his head and quickly explained that anyone here is more powerful than him, and there has never been a precedent for the local government to try the emperor's relatives, so he really has no idea where to start.

Xiao Yonghan sat on the right side: "Governor Liu, where did you get the trial?"

"Xiaguan...... Xia Guan hasn't started ...... yet."

"Then you can start now, and get the incriminating evidence first. ”

Governor Liu sat back in his place tremblingly, asked people to register the stolen goods confiscated in the Horse Mansion, and handed the book to Xiao Yonghan.

Xiao Yonghan read it and closed the booklet: "Eldest princess, what do you say?"

"The property in this princess's mansion is all rightfully obtained, and it is well documented, I have not rebelled, this is slander!"

"Then please ask the eldest princess to bring the account books in the palace for the king to see. ”

Immediately a servant walked in with a man. This man is the bookkeeper of the Horse House.

"Show the ledger to the prince," the eldest princess ordered.

"The ledger was raided by the officials yesterday......"

One of the officials stood up and said worriedly: "The attic where the physical evidence is stored caught fire last night, and a lot of books have been burned, among which it seems that there are account books of the Horse House......

Governor Liu was so frightened when he heard this, such an important piece of evidence was destroyed by himself, and it was over!

"Then you go and see if it is the account book of the Horse Mansion that was burned, and report it quickly!"

The official hurried down to check.

It didn't take long to come back: "It's really burned." ”

"Then ask the eldest princess to tell me where such a large sum of money came from, which is equivalent to the total income of the Yan State Treasury for a year!"