Lu Xuande never thought that he would have the opportunity to enter the palace and meet His Majesty the Emperor in this life.

The whole person huddled on the ground, unable to move.

The towering palace, the palace maids shuttling back and forth, the people wearing red and purple robes all over the hall, how could a commoner like him have any contact with such people.

Above his head, the emperor's majestic voice came: "Lu Xuande, I want to ask you, why are you in the prison of the Procuratorate?"

When Lu Xuande heard the emperor asking him a question, he was both happy and angry at the same time.

He immediately thought of what someone had said to him on the way here: "If you have any grievances, just tell His Majesty. His Majesty will not let his subjects suffer grievances."

Yes, I just need to tell the truth!

Lu Xuande took a deep breath and tried hard to kneel straight, but he couldn't get up no matter what.

He could only maintain a prostrate posture.

"My subjects, my subjects were harmed by Lu Bozhou."

Hearing the name Lu Bozhou, everyone in the hall turned their eyes to Lu Bozhou.

Lu Bozhou didn't say anything and didn't make any response.

Just staring at Lu Xuande closely.

I feel like something is wrong with what happened today.

But he couldn't tell what was wrong.

It would be nice if Jinglan was here! Lu Bozhou thought secretly.

After discussing for a while, the two of them can always find the answer.

The emperor raised his finger and pointed at Ouyang, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture: "You come and interrogate, ask in detail."

Prefect Ouyang stepped forward and stood in front of Lu Xuande: "Tell me what happened from the beginning."

When Lu Xuande heard the emperor's kind voice, he plucked up his courage and told him the whole story.

"Ever since Lu Bozhou passed the imperial examination, he has been harming our family from time to time. First, he put my son in jail, and then he robbed my family of 1,000 taels of silver."

"After he passed the imperial examination, his subjects knew they could no longer defeat him, so they moved out of Xishui Village."

"We moved out, but he still wouldn't let us go and sent people to follow us."

Lu Xuande talked about his experience of being followed, "...I was very scared when I found out I was being followed, and later I talked about it with someone from the Cui family. He said he was willing to help my family escape."

"Then something happened that accelerated my escape. That night, my family was resting and someone climbed over the wall from outside."

"During the fight with that man, I accidentally killed him..."

At this point, Lu Xuande defended himself: "He broke into my house, so I killed him, I did nothing wrong."

"Then the Cui family faked a funeral to help me... But who could have thought that the Cui family would turn around and put us in jail."

"Your Majesty, the subjects are wronged!"

Prefect Ouyang asked again, "How do you know for sure that the people following you were sent by Lu Bozhou?"

"Those people came from Lu Bozhou's house. They are Taoist priests." Lu Xuande replied.

Prefect Ouyang secretly glanced at the emperor's expression and did not dare to ask any more questions. "Your Majesty, I have finished my questions."

Prefect Ouyang had already guessed what had happened.

Xu Jingchen sent people to follow Lu Xuande, which frightened Lu Xuande and allowed the Cui family to take advantage of the situation.

That night, someone broke into Lu Xuan De's house, and Lu Xuan De accidentally killed someone and decided to flee.

After the Cui family took Lu Xuande's family away, they threw them directly into the prison of the Procuratorate.

The emperor looked at Lu Bozhou and asked, "What do you have to say, Lord Lu?"

Lu Bozhou stepped forward and said, "Lu Xuande seized my property after my parents passed away and abused me and my siblings. Everyone knows about this."

"His son Lu Cunren was imprisoned because Lu Cunren framed his classmates in the imperial examination."

"As for the one thousand taels he mentioned, where did he earn it from? When my father was alive, the two shops could earn two to three thousand taels of silver a year."

"And he is just a peddler walking around the streets. Where did he get the 1,000 taels? Where did the inheritance left by my father go?"

"I have never thought of revenge on him. Instead, it was them who kept framing me."

Hearing Lu Bozhou's voice, Lu Xuande trembled all over.

Turning around, he saw Lu Bozhou wearing a red robe standing among the officials. He looked high-spirited and successful at a young age.

A string in Lu Xuande's mind suddenly broke: "Didn't the person who followed me come from your house?"

Lu Bozhou shook his head: "I don't know about this."

He didn't know at all!

Lu Xuande was trembling all over, and he turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, listen to what he said. He is lying! He is from his family, and he said he didn't know?"

All the officials in the hall shook their heads slightly.

If Lu Bozhou was related to the Lu Xuande incident, Li Jinglan would not have been deceived and kidnapped just because she wanted to know about Lu Xuande.

Therefore, the key to this case lies with the Cui family.

The Cui family is the key.

Only by finding the Cui family can the mystery be solved.

Lu Bozhou frowned.

Lu Xuan De didn't even know what was going on and was confusedly involved in a fight.

If he had not taken the imperial examination and had not stood in the court to broaden his horizons, he would have been locked up by Lu Xuan De.

If one day he was found by the emperor's men, he would be completely in the dark and know nothing.

He will be like Lu Xuande now, knowing nothing.

I don’t know why I was locked up, why I was being followed, or why someone wanted to kill me.

I can't tell who are the good guys, nor who are the bad guys.

He had no one he could trust, and he didn't dare to trust anyone.

Thanks Jinglan!

It was she who brought me out of the darkness and into the sunshine.

Let me reach out and stir up the waves when the storm comes, instead of becoming a small fish in it.

At this time, Duke Xu came on stage: "Now that everyone has finished the trial, I have a question. Lu Xuande accidentally killed someone. Shouldn't the case be sent to Jingzhao Prefecture for trial? Why did the Investigation Office keep Lu Xuande's family in custody without informing Jingzhao Prefecture?"

Everyone looked at the Chief Inspector of the Investigation Office.

The chief inspector of the office was named Ma. Ma Duzhi knelt down trembling.

"Your Majesty, I have a report to you. The person who was accidentally killed by Lu Xuande was a spy from the Investigation Office."

Wow!

Manchao was shocked.

The eavesdropper from the Inspection Office actually visited Lu Xuande’s home at night?

This sounds like a fantasy!

"He is just a commoner. What is there for your investigation office to do at night?" Duke Xu frowned and continued to question.

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