The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

Song Wuxi said: "You can kill us because we are from the Great Zhou, but you cannot say that we are spies sent by the Great Zhou. Which spy would destroy his eyes and become a blind girl before setting out?"

Zheng Wenkang sneered, "That's not necessarily true! In the past, our Princess Anding of Daqi was willing to sacrifice her life for her country! Maybe you destroyed your eyes just to make us believe that you are not spies, so as to save your lives.

"As the bloodline of the royal family of Great Zhou, you are originally of noble status. If you had made it clear that you wanted to come to pay homage to the emperor of our Great Qi, we would naturally open the country's gates to welcome you. But you hid your identities and sneaked into our Great Qi, so it's no wonder that we regarded you as spies."

The emperor nodded slightly, agreeing with what the prime minister said.

No one pleaded for Song Ju and the others.

Too many people from Daqi died at the hands of the Northern Zhou cavalry.

Xie Lin said, "Your Majesty, whether Miss Wuxi's words are true or not is unknown at this time. But as soon as I learned of their identities, I had already sent people to the Northern Zhou royal family to inquire about the situation. I believe there will be results in the near future."

Zheng Wenkang immediately said angrily: "Who do you think you are, Lord Xie, to be able to send people to infiltrate the Northern Zhou royal family to investigate the situation?"

Xie Lin said calmly: "Is it difficult to spend two hundred thousand taels of silver to get a piece of information from the Northern Zhou royal family?"

"Did you spend your own money?"

"Yes." Xie Lin said in a calm tone: "Why, Master Zheng can't come up with 200,000 taels of silver?"

The corners of Zheng Wenkang's mouth twitched a few times almost invisibly. How could he forget that Xie Lin is not only the Lord Chief Justice, but also the richest businessman in Shengjing City.

Taking out two hundred thousand taels of silver to get a piece of information that is of no benefit to the country at the moment...even the emperor would feel painful, but Xie Lin could do it without blinking an eye.

With 200,000 taels of silver, it would certainly not be difficult to find out some information in the Northern Zhou royal palace.

Runxue, who was standing nearby, keenly sensed that something was wrong.

Didn't Xie Lin intend to put Song Ju and his two cousins ​​to death by being cut into pieces? Why did he spend a large sum of money to find out what happened to them in the Northern Zhou royal family?

Runxue's inquiring gaze fell on Xie Lin, and she had a strong ominous premonition in her heart.

"Thank you, my dear minister. You have done a great job. I will wait for your news!" The emperor praised Xie Lin and was satisfied with his behavior of paying for the work out of his own pocket.

Xie Lin bowed and thanked him, then said, “Your Majesty, Miss Wuxi insisted that they were not spies, so we cannot convict them according to the laws of spies.

"I think it would be best to find evidence to prove that they are spies first, so that we can cut them into pieces or execute them by slow slicing."

The emperor said, "Let Mr. Xie and the Prime Minister handle this case together. I will listen from the sidelines."

Zheng Wenkang frowned and asked, "Their identities are already proven, what else do we need to verify?"

Xie Lin: "Sang Nong made great contributions in digging canals, and was promoted by the emperor to be the governor of river embankments. As an official of Daqi, he represents the Daqi court when he travels.

“If he is a spy who came to cause trouble for our Daqi, then he would certainly use his power to bully the people along the way while he was digging the canal, or even use the name of the court to extort money from the people under the pretext of digging the canal, causing the people to complain.

“Once public resentment is high, riots will inevitably occur, harming innocent people, wasting money, and shaking the Daqi regime.

"Therefore, I think we should ask the people along the canal to come forward and testify that the mulberry farmers did something that was against the will of heaven and earth, extorted the people's money, and made the people along the way suffer unspeakably while digging the canal."

Wen Tingshen stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Xie's action is very reasonable. Once it is confirmed that Sang Nong did those things, he must be a spy without a doubt. If he is cut into pieces, everyone, including the people, will think it is justified.

"Otherwise, someone will always remember that Sang Nong dug a canal for Shengjing City of Daqi and saved the lives of tens of millions of people. This is very disadvantageous to Daqi."

There were also other ministers who agreed with this and nodded in agreement.

The prime minister could not find a reason to stop it. Although he was unhappy, he could do nothing about it.

The emperor nodded and said, "Just do as Lord Xie said, and call the people along the canal to come and testify."

Xie Lin: "Your Majesty, in order to save time, long before the court session, I have sent people to invite hundreds of people along the way. You can randomly select a dozen people and listen to their opinions."

The emperor looked at him with approval. As a Chief Justice, he was really thorough in his work. It would take too long for him to wait here for the people from the outskirts of the city to come, and he really didn't have that much patience.

Xie Lin helped him solve them all.

"Let the people in."

Soon, dozens of civilians were brought in. They had never been to such a solemn scene, nor had they seen such a grand ceremony, let alone the emperor, so they were very reserved. They kneeled when they were told to kneel and saluted when they were told to.

However, when they saw Sang Nong's current miserable appearance, they were shocked. They didn't understand how the river embankment captain who had dug the canal for them and saved their family's lives this summer had become like this.

Zheng Wenkang had a stern face and looked down at you: "I want to ask you, while the Sang Nong Commander is digging the canal, can he ask you to take out your money? Or can he go to your house and ask you to kill pigs and sheep and eat and drink?"

The people were bewildered.

"No, the captain is very busy every day. We took the initiative to send him food, but we couldn't see him. How could he have time to come to our house to eat and drink? If he could come, our family would be able to show off to the whole village for months!"

"Yes, there was a heavy rain once, and I saw that the captain didn't wear a raincoat or bring an umbrella, so I took some from home and sent them to him. By the time I got to him, he had already gone downstream to check the situation, and I couldn't catch up with him at all."

There was an old lady who spoke in a loud voice, "I think the captain is a very kind person, and I want to give my daughter to him as a concubine. I took my daughter to the captain several times, but he was always directing his men to build a canal and had no time to see my daughter. If my daughter could be his concubine, I would die with peace of mind."

Zheng Wenkang: “…”

It was completely different from the answer they wanted.

Dongfang Shuo also frowned, with anger flashing in his eyes, but he knew to control his anger.

He lowered his voice and asked, "Xue'er, how could this happen!"

The emperor was also surprised. He did not expect that Sang Nong was so diligent and conscientious in his duty while digging the canal. The people sent him food and daily necessities, and even their daughters, but none of them could reach him.

How much sleep and effort does a person have to forget about eating and sleeping to achieve such a level?

The lady didn't quite understand the twists and turns in the court, nor did she quite understand the rules when meeting the emperor, so she was relatively frank.

She asked boldly: "Your Majesty, the captain is such a good man, what did he do wrong? Why was he tortured like this?

"Didn't the canal he dug successfully drain the flood? He saved millions of people and is our benefactor. We should build a temple for him, right? I... I heard that in order to drain the flood successfully, the captain didn't have time to eat or sleep for several days."