Concubine Zhao narrowed her eyes, glanced at Emperor Tianzhi's face, and said in a sinister tone:
"Concubine Xian arrived just in time! How could it be such a coincidence that at this moment another 'witness' from Yan'an Mansion appeared."
"I was able to find this person because I sent people to Yan'an Mansion. Who are the people in Concubine Xian's house? Your Majesty, I don't know if this witness is from Yan'an Mansion. Concubine, I don't care. If we find two cronies, we can make it out that he is from Yan'an Mansion."
Concubine Xian chuckled and said, "Concubine, don't worry. They all handed over directions when they entered the city. If concubine doesn't believe their identities, she can just check them."
"As for why it is such a coincidence... Your Majesty, I think it is not a coincidence, but God's will. The Lord Wenyu saved the people of the whole government, but now he is being criticized for being selfish. Even God can't stand it. What happened is This person is sent by God to clear the name of the county lord."
Concubine Zhao sneered again and again, "Ha! How about clearing the name? They are obviously the helpers you found to exonerate Ji Shu and the champion!"
Ji Shu: "The witnesses I have are the helpers I hired to exonerate myself. How can I prove that the people brought back by the concubine are not here to frame me?"
"I am a noble concubine, what are you trying to do to frame you!"
"Then I don't know. I am insignificant, but this matter not only ruined my reputation, but also implicated the general."
Concubine Zhao's pupils shrank, she was stiff and did not dare to move, she looked at Emperor Tianzhi secretly from the corner of her eye.
Emperor Tianzhi seemed to lower his eyes and remained silent, but in fact he stared at Concubine Zhao for a long time.
"Okay." Emperor Tianzhi said calmly, "Stop talking and wait for the witnesses brought by Concubine Xian to come in."
Concubine Zhao slowly bent her waist and leaned back on the chair. Unexpectedly, her back became wet.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Xie Shangshan lost his leisure and kept looking outside the hall.
Not long after, Aunt Ying led a group of people into the dormitory.
"Common people see the emperor! Long live the emperor. Long live the emperor."
A group of people timidly greeted him. They were born in a remote place and had never seen the emperor in their lives. They had never entered the palace. Except for the old gentleman at the head, everyone else was trembling nervously and did not even dare to raise their heads.
Emperor Tianzhi was stunned, "Why are there so many people?"
"Back to the Emperor, the common people all have distant relatives in the capital. We came to visit them not long ago. The main body of Meng County sympathized with us and allowed us to stay a little longer! We live far away and have little information. We don't know that the county owner and the general have been criticized. Today we are here specially. Please, Your Majesty, please don’t misunderstand the County Lord! The County Lord has great righteousness!”
The old gentleman knelt on the ground and spoke from the bottom of his heart. Emperor Tianzhi looked at him a few more times.
"You...why do you look familiar to me?"
"The ordinary people are not talented. He once won the Jinshi Scholarship during the reign of the late emperor, and later retired and returned to his hometown."
The old gentleman announced his name, and Emperor Tianzhi suddenly thought of this person and said quickly: "It turns out to be Mr. Kou, get up quickly!"
"When Mr. Kou was in the court, he left many strategies to benefit the people. I remember it very clearly! I almost forgot that you are from Yan'an!"
"Your Majesty still remembers the grassroots people. It's a blessing for the grassroots people! Your Majesty, the grassroots people can use themselves as a guarantee. The county master and the general will never go beyond the rules!"
Mr. Kou pointed at everyone behind him, "We are all from Yan'an Prefecture, and we have all been favored by the county master. We are all willing to guarantee for the county master!"
"We are all willing to vouch for the county lord! Please let the emperor investigate clearly!"
Concubine Zhao closed her eyes forcefully, and Xie Shangshan stood up unbearably and said:
"Father! Although Mr. Kou is the guarantor, Aunt Hua has seen with her own eyes that Ji Shu and Qi Ye are having an affair! Mr. Kou will trust her and vouch for her just because she provides disaster relief. He cannot convince everyone!"
Concubine Xian responded, "So many people say that Wen Yu is not guilty, but she says that she is! Can't she lie? What kind of pretentiousness is this? It's obviously groundless!"
"But there is no smoke without fire! If the two of them didn't have any contact in Yan'an Mansion, how could anyone arrange them!"
Xie Shangshan's face turned red as he spoke, and the hall fell silent for a moment.
Behind Mr. Kou, there was a woman who stared at Mrs. Hua's back for a long time. She bravely went up, pulled her, and exclaimed:
"Flower girl! It's you! Why are you here!"
Concubine Xian sneered, "She was the one who pointed out that Wen Yu and Champion Hou were having an affair."
"What! Hua Niang! Do you have any heart anymore! If your girl hadn't had the steamed buns given by the county master, she would have died of hunger long ago! Your family was the first to receive the county master's favor! How dare you slander the county master? Aren’t you afraid of thunder and lightning?!”
Hua Niang covered her face and huddled on the ground. Several people were so angry that they forgot to be in the palace for a while and rushed forward to catch her.
"Why do you put so much yellow on your face! Could it be to hide your identity! You are so unconscionable!"
One of the ladies took it down hard, and a bunch of yellow powder fell off Hua Niang's face, revealing the relatively delicate skin underneath.
She is not an elderly woman, but a woman who has just given birth!
Ji Shu stared at her for a moment and felt that she looked familiar, then suddenly remembered, "It's you——"
"The day I first arrived at Yan'an Mansion, you were the one who blocked the road and said that my daughter was going to starve to death!"
"I……"
"It's her! It's her home!"
The old woman who exposed Hua Niang was very angry, "Back then, her family was a show off to the neighbors! She said that the little girl was favored by you and blessed by you. She personally received the buns from you. Everyone was envious of her. Yes, she even said she wanted to thank you very much! Who knows...who knows!"
The vegetable seller wanted to rescue the flower girl, but seeing the menace of these people, she didn't dare to go forward.
Emperor Tianzhi glanced at Concubine Zhao, "What's going on?"
Concubine Zhao: "Your Majesty, I don't know this either! It was she who took the initiative to find Eunuch Zhou who is next to me and said that she saw County Lord Wenyu having an affair with the Champion!"
At this point, Concubine Zhao could only remove herself from the middle.
Queen: "It is unconscionable to receive favors from others and now turn to falsely accuse others. How can you believe what such a person says? Your Majesty..."
"I ask you again! Did you witness with your own eyes the affair between Lord Wenyu and the Champion?"
The flower girl lay on the ground trembling, her makeup stained with tears, "People's women, people's women...people's women looked, saw..."
"Flower girl, you——"
The flower girl didn't know where she got the strength to throw away the people from Yan'an Mansion who were surrounding her.
"I just saw it! I am grateful to the county magistrate for saving my daughter, so I have been looking for her residence and want to thank her in person! Who knew I would see such an unsightly scene! I, I also heard her say, reply Jing wants to make peace with her husband and be with the general!"
"I thought about how she could be so shameless, but no one in the world knew about her, and she was treated as a goddess! I think she is not worthy! This is why she came to meet the saint!"
Li said excitedly: "Knowing people but not knowing their hearts! That's what Ji Shu is like! Queen! According to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, a woman who has an affair with another person should be dipped in a pig cage!"
Ji Shu was at the center of public opinion, but her expression remained unchanged. She stared at Hua Niang, who trembled and avoided her sight.
Ji Shu stepped forward and said calmly: "I ask you again, did you really see it? General Gou and I
Does it fit? "
"County Lord, stop making excuses. The women of the people can see clearly."
"Do you dare to guarantee?"
"If a civilian woman lies, she will be at the mercy of the county chief."
"good."
Ji Shu raised his hand and slowly unfastened the gold buttons on the two round-neck plackets.
She used her fingers to open a corner of her clothes. On the slender snow-white goose neck, there were light veins and only a touch of cinnabar as bright as new.
Mrs. Li, who had just clamored to immerse Ji Shu in the pig cage, was stunned. Concubine Zhao was in disbelief. Qi Chengxu took several steps back and turned pale with shock.
Only Concubine Xian breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and pointed to Hua Niang:
"What else do you have to say!"
