Hey, you are reborn too?

"What happened in Chizhou before we came to the capital?"

The woman stood there, frowning, tilting her head, and blinking several times.

"Well," the woman lowered her head, her eyes dim, "What else can happen in Chizhou? Hasn't it always been like this? The officials collect so much tax, and we ordinary people live frugally and give all our family grain to them, but it's still not enough. We can only watch them take away our land..."

Xie Yongwei didn't say anything, but listened quietly to the woman's talk.

Obviously, no one usually listens to her talk so much, and the woman has an extremely strong desire to talk.

Listening to the woman's long chatter, Xie Yongwei adhered to her good upbringing and did not interrupt her, and extracted several key information from it.

First, the officials in Chizhou imposed heavy taxes and levied heavy taxes, making life miserable for the people.

Secondly, the officials in Chizhou had the support of the queen and were very powerful. No one in the local area dared to offend them, let alone expose their affairs.

When the old lady talked about this, Xie Yongwei suddenly thought of Xie Shian’s lonely eyes this morning and what he said, “I am useless”.

Xie Yongwei sighed lightly. Even the generals of the time couldn't touch the officials of Chizhou. How could the local people of Chizhou resist them?

However, he still hoped that the Seventh Prince would be able to overpower the Queen and succeed in his report.

She found the last point drawn from the woman very strange.

According to the woman, local officials actually let the people of Jianghu manage the people. Those people of Jianghu wore silver masks and had long swords on their bodies. They looked like they were not easy to mess with.

Xie Yongwei's eyes widened slightly. A silver mask and a long sword hanging from his waist. Isn't this the Xuantian Sword Sect?

It seems that Xuantian Sword Sect and the Queen must be closely related.

Xie Yongwei took a deep breath and suddenly remembered that Xiao Chen had said before he died that he knew the relationship between Xuantian Sword Sect and the current prince.

It was this sentence that cost Xiao Chen his life.

Xie Yongwei clenched her teeth and pinched her temples with her fingers. Xuantian Sword Sect, the prince, and the queen must be related!

The situation is now unclear and the enemies have already formed an alliance. Xie Yongwei clenched her fists. It seems that it is time for her to use that method.

A few years ago, Yixian Valley had treated a man from the underworld who was known as "the know-it-all". As the name suggests, he knew a lot about the underworld.

He patted his chest and guaranteed that he knew all the secrets of the martial arts world, such as which leader of each sect had several illegitimate children, and which elder's children were not his biological children.

Because he knew everything, he was feared by many people in the martial arts world. That time, he was beaten half to death by a killer hired by a sect. He managed to run to the Medical Immortal Valley and saved his life.

After he was rescued by the people from the Medical Valley, he was extremely moved and immediately expressed his desire to repay them.

His master Leng Zhikong was unwilling to take any benefits from him and only asked him to leave the Medical Valley after his injuries healed.

But this person was extremely thick-skinned, and he somehow found out about his master's cold-outside-but-warm-inside personality.

This know-it-all knelt outside Leng Zhikong's residence for ten days, which made Leng Zhikong so depressed that he was defeated. Or maybe he was so sincere that even Leng Zhikong was embarrassed to refuse him.

All in all, this know-it-all successfully got his master to accept his contact information - a mechanical carrier pigeon.

This carrier pigeon looks ordinary and looks no different from ordinary carrier pigeons, but it has a hidden mechanism inside. It not only flies very fast, but can also fly for a long time.

Xie Yongwei still remembers that when the master got the pigeon, he first looked left and right but couldn't figure out what it was.

And after it finished delivering the first message, Leng Zhikong was amazed and said to Xie Yongwei that this carrier pigeon was very magical and truly amazing!

Xie Yongwei sometimes wonders, do these carrier pigeons require no energy and can they be used indefinitely?

In response to this question, Leng Zhikong replied: I haven't figured it out yet. But Baishitong should have a way. When Leng Zhikong lets the pigeon pass, he will use his own method to replenish its energy. After all, this pigeon has been used up so many times, and it has never stopped working halfway.

Xie Yongwei gritted her teeth. As early as the night when the people from Xuantian Sword Sect tried to assassinate her, she had made up her mind that she would no longer avoid it and would no longer be afraid to confront them.

There was a flash of coldness in her eyes. No matter whether it was Xuantian Sword Sect, Jiang Yu or the Queen, if they really wanted to harm her, she would never let them off easily.

The next day, in the court hall.

"Your Majesty, the evidence presented by the Seventh Prince is that officials in Chizhou are corrupt. I think we should not let them go. This will chill the hearts of the people!"

"Is there solid evidence that officials in Chizhou are corrupt?" A man standing in front of the officials turned around and squinted his eyes. "Evidence can be forged. Your Majesty, if you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext."

As soon as this person opened his mouth, the court fell silent.

Xie Shian was standing behind him and his heart ached when he heard that.

This man is the Queen's brother and the Emperor's brother-in-law. The Emperor trusts him very much and always asks for his opinion on important matters in the court.

Xie Shian sometimes even felt that the relationship between Zhang Guojiu and the emperor was more like manipulation than trust.

Such as now.

"I think what the uncle said is very true," the voice came from a high position, sounding very majestic, "Although Mian'er can present a lot of physical evidence and even find a lot of witnesses, the crime of this corruption cannot be randomly determined."

"Your Majesty is wise," Zhang Guojiu bowed to the high position, but his look was no longer arrogant. "However, if the officials of Chizhou are not sentenced, it will be difficult to stop the gossip. I think that the officials of Chizhou should be demoted by three ranks each."

As soon as these words were spoken, the officials below began to whisper to each other.

"Only three ranks down?"

"Does Uncle Zhang really mean what he said? Considering the amount of corruption among officials in Chizhou, even death is not enough to atone for the crime, yet he was only demoted three ranks!"

"Oh, you still don't know why? Why don't you look at the power those officials rely on?"

"Yes, how can we, as small officials, resist the power of the Queen's mother's family? In my opinion, we small fry don't need to get involved in this mess."

"Yes, yes, but the Seventh Prince is not someone you can easily mess with. Maybe he has some tricks up his sleeve."

"Brother Huang is absolutely right. We don't need to get involved in this mess. We can just sit back and watch the fight."

"quiet!"

The eunuch beside the emperor pinched his throat and shouted loudly.

Everyone immediately lowered their heads and shut up, like docile quails.

"Father," the second prince Jiang Yu said, "I think your uncle is right. Although my seventh brother has a lot of evidence, it is not very useful."

Jiang Yu paused, then turned to look at Jiang Mian: "Seventh brother, you just picked up a commoner from the streets of Chizhou and forged the account books of Chizhou officials. Do you think you can get away with it and accuse them of corruption? It's really ridiculous!"

"Father," Jiang Mian said calmly as he bowed to the emperor. "I have another witness for the case of the Chizhou official. He is waiting outside the palace right now. I hope you will allow me to pass on the message."

"Oh, who is he?"

Jiang Mian looked calm, but he said something shocking: "The housekeeper and accountant of the Chizhou prefect, Lu Xi."

"This is impossible!"