"My family and his are neighbors. He is single and idle all the time. That night, he got drunk somewhere and knew that my parents were out, so he broke into my house and took me..."

The girl seemed to recall the night of humiliation, she knelt on the ground and cried, shaking all over, "If you are really the princess, please make the decision for me."

"Although I am single, I read all day long. How can I be considered idle? Have I ever been drunk and come to your house?"

Qi Xiuyuan was speechless and had no way to prove himself. All he could say was: "I didn't!"

The girl handed over a package with shaking hands, "Princess, this is the clothes that this person tore that night, and there is my blood on it."

These things are totally unreliable. Who knows when the clothes were torn and how the blood got there?

But the audience will believe it.

After all, which girl would play with her innocence in public?

"Qi Xiuyuan, where were you on the night Miss Sun mentioned? Is there any witness?"

"My princess, I was studying alone at home and went to bed early that night. There was no witness."

"Go to bed early? You read the books of sages, but you are full of lies."

The middle-aged man next to him said his last name was Li, and reported to Shen Yangui, "I went out to pee at midnight that night, and saw Scholar Qi stumbling towards the Sun family with a wine pot and forcing the door open. Miss Sun's shouting could be heard from several houses away. If the princess doesn't believe me, you can call other neighbors to question them."

Before Shen Yangui could summon her, another old woman followed suit and kowtowed, "I had just finished washing clothes that night and was about to go to bed when I heard a noise. I came from the backyard to the front yard and saw Mr. Qi coming out of the Sun family, tying his belt as he walked."

"You are spitting blood!"

"You are slandering me?" The yamen's legal advisor was tied up and said, "You think the yamen is incompetent and unjust, but why did they arrest you instead of arresting all the people in the city? Isn't it because you are not upright?!"

Yu Guming stood up at this time.

"These people are criminals, and the evidence is irrefutable! You two dare to call yourselves the Regent and the Princess, but you don't know that the Regent has always been impartial and has the most intolerance for anyone. Now you are using these messy confessions to slander and defame a good official who serves the people!"

He said this to the people, implying that the makeshift team in front of them was fake and they should not act recklessly.

"If this gets out, aren't you afraid of being ridiculed by the officials and cursed by the people?"

This sentence was said to Shen Yangui and Mo Chengying to warn them that if they randomly killed court officials without any evidence, they would definitely be reported by other ministers.

This is the way the world is. Good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles.

Although Yu Guming was tied up, he spoke in a very confident manner. Those who knew the situation dared not say anything, while those who did not really believed that he was full of grievances and was fighting against power.

Among the huge crowd of people, there were actually people who raised their arms and cheered for him.

"Well said, sir!"

"You must have evidence for your words. Lingzhou has a good harvest and the people live and work in peace and contentment. This is obvious to all. If the princess wants to convict the governor, she must produce solid evidence to convince the public. If she is just curious about a man in power and learns to be a hen crowing at dawn and becomes a demon concubine who brings disaster to the country, then she will implicate the regent, which will not be worth the loss."

In the crowd there was a man in a flat blue robe, well-dressed, speaking in a righteous and stern manner.

This is because all the files in the government office have been destroyed, and he is full of confidence.

Zhang Yang, who was standing nearby, was a little anxious. These people were obviously Yu Guming's accomplices. They were forcing the princess in public, so why didn't the prince react at all?

If someone bullied his woman, based on his temper in prison yesterday, shouldn't he have jumped up and kicked that person to his grandmother's house?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Zhang Yang moved his feet, wanting to remind Mo Chengying.

However, Mo Chengying stood to the side with the prisoners who were released from prison yesterday, and ignored Zhang Yang's signal.

His beloved will ascend to the Golden Palace and sit on the Dragon Throne in the future. If she can't even handle such a small scene, how can she deal with those old foxes in the court?

This is her home ground, he only needs to protect the last line of defense and prevent anyone from hurting Qingqing.

Shen Yangui naturally didn't need Mo Chengying's help at this time.

In this matter, Jing Ming could kill Yu Guming without asking for evidence, because he was the regent with real power and of royal blood.

But Shen Yangui can't do that.

She is a woman and a princess. Even if she knows that the crimes committed by the Yu family in Lingzhou are too numerous to list, she must lay the evidence out in the open.

Otherwise you won’t be able to convince the public.

Of course she had evidence.

Yu Guming had already handed over all the evidence to her personally last night.

But now is not the time to take it out.

The common people are so afraid because they know that Yu Guming's strength is far more than that, so Shen Yangui has to uproot this big tree.

It is obvious that the man in the flat green shirt is Yu Guming's "gift". He wants to use the people's saliva to put pressure on him. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, he will definitely use "troops" later.

Be polite before fighting.

Anyway, the Regent and his wife have already gone to Yuezhou, so what does it matter if he kills the impostor Regent and his wife?

Shen Yangui looked around. Yu Guming's men should be ambushing here, right?

If any citizen is willing to identify Yu Guming right now, it would be the best way to force Yu Guming to take action. Shen Yangui is ready to use his eloquence to persuade one or two people to come out.

She slammed the gavel and all around fell silent.

Before he could open his mouth, a woman's voice came from mid-air.

"Dog official Yu Guming!"

The common people looked left and right, "What's that noise?"

Shen Yangui looked up and saw a woman who had taken off her outer robe and was wearing white clothes standing on the roof of a three-story restaurant, loudly counting Yu Guming's crimes. A dark shadow sank behind the roof.

"Do you still remember me? I am the good girl you took away from your house!"

Yu Guming turned around and saw the woman, his face changed in shock.

When he returned from the city gate yesterday, the girl seemed like a different person. She was so gentle and affectionate that he was dizzy. When the jailer came to report, he thought he would be back soon, so he left her in his room.

I didn't expect this bitch would do this!

"You dog official, as the father and mother official of Lingzhou, you don't rule for the people, you levy heavy taxes and oppress the people. You know your brother has committed many evil deeds, but you let him do whatever he wants and be tyrannical. You are evil ghosts who drink human blood and eat human flesh!"

The restaurant was behind the crowd, and the people could hear her voice more clearly than Shen Yangui.

"Princess! Today I want to expose the crimes of the dog official Yu Guming and his brother."

"They killed my relatives, took my property, locked up my brother, imprisoned me, humiliated me, and persecuted me!"

The wind blew up her clothes. Zhang Liuer took out an account book from her bosom and raised her hands high. "This is the account book of the dog official's transactions with others. There are three full boxes! All hidden under his bed! He also has a private vault, which is full of gold, silver and jewelry!"

"You elders and uncles are afraid to speak because of your concerns. I, Zhang Liu'er of Lingzhou, am here today to summon your courage with my life. I am willing to die today and use my blood to exchange for the Qingming Festival in Lingzhou City!"

As she said that, Zhang Liuer jumped down from the roof without hesitation, holding the account book.

"No, no, no!!!!"

Zhang Yang behind Shen Yangui was so anxious that he jumped up and shouted. That was his sister whom he had raised, but now she was going to jump off the building in front of him. How could he, as a brother, accept this?

Zhang Yang even forgot to throw away the silence card in his hand, and rushed over with it, "Sister! No! Don't do anything stupid!"

Yu Guming was not prepared for this change and immediately looked at the crowd. Behind the man in the long shirt there was a man in gray shorts. After receiving Yu Guming's signal, he immediately rushed forward, wanting to snatch the account book as soon as Zhang Liuer fell.

However, when the man in white fell, the people downstairs looked up and subconsciously stepped back.

The dense crowd not only blocked the gray-clothed man's steps, but also blocked Zhang Yang's steps to save his sister.

A man in his thirties sat on the ground and cried helplessly because he couldn't squeeze in.

Fortunately, two people had already taken action before him.

When Zhang Liu'er took out the account book, Shen Yangui and Mo Chengying realized that something was wrong, so they stood up and flew towards Liu'er. Shen Yangui had the upper hand because he was a few steps closer.

She stepped on the people's shoulders and used their strength to catch Zhang Liuer.

Zhang Liuer subconsciously grabbed Shen Yangui's clothes, looked up, and suddenly thought that a fairy had descended. A few words popped up in her mind: I'm saved.

The crowd was in an uproar.

Mo Chengying lagged behind and saw Yu Guming trying to escape in the chaos, so he kicked him back under the gift table.

Wei Sijiu saw Zhang Yang crying and was about to help him, but when he saw the lawyer crawling into the crowd, he slapped the silence sign in his hand on his forehead.

He struck so ruthlessly that the sign broke into half. Then he grabbed the master's feet and dragged him to Mo Chengying's feet.

Seeing the crowds of people, he was afraid that Zhang Yang would be trampled to death, so he hurried to look for him.

"Brother Zhang, don't be so anxious to cry. Open your eyes and look! Your sister is fine! Your sister is not dead! The princess saved her!"

The crowd moved to both sides, and Wei Sijiu was also knocked off balance. He did not dare to stay, holding the sign in one hand and pulling Zhang Yang's shoulder with the other, dragging him to the side.

Zhang Yang wiped his face. The sunlight became colorful because of his tears. He saw the glowing princess holding her sister horizontally and walking out of the crowd.

With a "wow" sound, he hugged Wei Sijiu's legs and cried even harder.

"What are you doing?"

Although no one was looking at them, Wei Sijiu still felt embarrassed. He tried hard to pull out his right leg, but it made a swish. The rag pants he had worn for more than ten years were not strong enough, so he silently put his foot back.

Shen Yangui put Zhang Liuer down, glanced at the crowd, walked to the man in the robe, and without waiting for him to speak, he directly took off his outer robe.

“Princess, you, you, you are a hooligan!” The man in the short shirt crossed his hands over his chest.

Shen Yangui turned around and put his clothes on Zhang Liuer, gently touched her head, and comforted her softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

She took the account book, opened it and closed it casually, and put it back in Zhang Liu'er's arms, asking Liu'er to take good care of it.

Then he shouted at Zhang Yang, "Zhang Yang! Protect your sister, be careful she doesn't get bit by a dog!"

Snapped--

Slamming the gavel on the table, Shen Yangui shouted:

"Quiet!"

The people stopped rioting.

"I chose this place for a public trial today to seek justice for the people of Lingzhou! Please believe me, I will kill any flies, rats, wolves, tigers or leopards in Lingzhou if you dare point them at me!"

Shen Yangui's voice was like thunder, shaking all directions.

"Someone is coming!!!"

The jailers were inspired by an inexplicable force and replied in unison with all their might: "Yes!"

"Send Captain Yu on his way!"

Sacrifice the flag with the blood of the jackal!

Next to it was a small platform temporarily built with several tables, and the executioner was already in place.

Two thin jailers carried the fat Constable Yu onto the platform.

The table legs creaked, and the people around were filled with emotion and were already thinking of what to say.

"I wonder which of you dares?"

Yu Guming struggled to stand up, "Someone come——"

His voice broke due to excitement, and he coughed twice after he finished speaking. Then soldiers in uniform, with black scarves covering their faces, and holding long swords, came out one after another from the four intersections in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest.

There were at least two hundred people who surrounded the place.

At the same time, the Yu family guards who were ambushing among the people also drew their swords.

The people were forced to kneel down one after another, and the enemies and friends were clearly distinguished on the field.

The jailer drew his sword, and Wei Sijiu and Zhang Yang also held the silence sign horizontally as weapons, standing guard on both sides.

"You two came to Lingzhou alone. Aren't you too confident in yourselves?"

Yu Guming's eyes swept from Mo Chengying to Shen Yangui, "A mere woman dares to accuse me of a crime? Humph! It's a joke!"

"Is this the backup plan that Yu Zhizhou prepared for himself?"

Yu Zhizhou?

Is she showing weakness?

Women are women, they get scared at the slightest bit of trouble.

The Regent is just a man who is afraid of his wife, which is nothing big.

Yu Guming said proudly: "To be honest with you two, I have expected this day since I became the King of Lingzhou. These are all carefully selected and trained by me."

"Does Magistrate Yu know that local officials who secretly raise troops are guilty of treason and should be executed along with their entire clan?"

"Raising troops privately? Princess, you must be mistaken~" With his guards, Yu Guming was naturally confident. "This is the bandit suppression army that the late emperor allowed me to train. But I prefer you to call them - the bandit suppression army."

"What a great bandit-suppression army! Yu Zhizhou has really vividly demonstrated what it means to keep the bandits for your own benefit and what it means to make up excuses."

Shen Yangui looked around and asked, "Excuse me, Governor Yu, how many people are there in your bandit-suppression army?"

"Two hundred and eighty long swords and eighty archers are more than enough to deal with the two of you."

Shen Yangui counted on his fingers, "In other words, everyone is here?"

"You two are highly skilled in martial arts. I dare not not be on high alert. I will naturally mobilize all my forces to ensure safety."

"Very good." Shen Yangui nodded in approval. "If you mobilize all your forces, I can catch them all in one fell swoop."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Master Zhizhou, have you ever thought about why no one untied your ropes when your Black Scarf Army came?"

Yu Guming seemed to have just realized that his hands were still tied behind his back. He shouted at the leader of the Black Scarf Army, "You bastard, why don't you come over and untie my hands?!"

The commander lowered his head slightly and did not move.

"Are you dead? I am commanding you." Yu Guming was anxious.

"It's so noisy." Shen Yangui said.

The commander immediately stepped forward, forced Yu Guming to kneel down with one kick, and then dislocated his jaw.

His fur trousers are already exposed, why are you still being polite to him?

The moment of great joy has arrived!

Shen Yangui raised his hand to signal, and the executioner raised his sword. The archers who had sunk earlier behind the roofs of the shops on both sides of the street floated up again.

On the guillotine, Captain Yu's head fell to the ground, and among the crowd of people, Yu's guards were shot to death.

There was the sound of wheels rumbling at the end of the wide street.

Yu Guming didn't understand why his most complete back-up plan had become his fatal blow.

He said incoherently: "Li, Li, Li, how dare you? Luo Leng Luo Leng! Brush them!"

The commander stood in front of Yu Guming and took off his turban. "Master Yu, take a closer look. I am the commander of your Black Turban Army."

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