Does your husband only love his wife?I turned around and left the house to marry a villain

It covered the entire Yanjing and spread to the Dali Temple.

Xie Ci looked up at the window, then turned around and asked the person behind him: "Who is beating the drum? Go and have a look."

Xie Kaifang turned around and ran out of the Dali Temple.

Xie Ci looked at Wen Rongchang, pointed at the corpse beside him, and said, "You have no idea that the servants in your backyard secretly spent a large amount of silver notes to smuggle salt."

Wen Rongchang said, "I have no idea, General. Besides, you saw my character when he was in Xiguan. I am devoted to the country and would never do anything like smuggling salt. My wife is to blame for trusting this cunning slave. She was my wife's wet nurse and had a bad habit of stealing. My wife couldn't bear to send her away, so she kept her by her side and gave her the shop to look after. I didn't expect her to use the public power for profit and do something illegal. When I learned about this, I ordered people to beat her to death."

Xie Ci frowned, "Why didn't you just send her to the Dali Temple, but instead took it upon yourself to beat her to death? Your behavior is not allowed in the Dali Temple."

Wen Rong said, "When I learned about this, I lost my mind for a moment and ordered people to beat her with sticks. When my wife came out to persuade me, I came to my senses, but she was too young to withstand the beating, so I beat her to death. General, this is my fault, you can punish me."

Xie Ci looked down at the confession and frowned even deeper. He didn't expect Wen Rongchang to be so cunning.

Xie Kaifang, who had been out for a long time, came back. He walked to Xie Ci and whispered a few words in Xie Ci's ear.

After listening to the thanks, his frown relaxed slightly, and he looked up at Wen Rongchang: "Let me ask you again, have you ever participated in salt smuggling?"

"General." Wen Rongchang glanced at Xie Kaifang and denied it firmly: "I didn't."

Xie Ci slammed the table and stood up, sneering: "Humph, you didn't, do you know who is beating the drum of injustice?"

Without waiting for Wen Rongchang to speak, Xie Ci raised his hand and made a gesture, then ordered, "Come on, take Wen Rongchang to the platform to appeal for justice."

Xie Kaifang was the first to rush forward, held Wen Rongchang's neck, and kicked Wen Rongchang in the leg.

Wen Rongchang was caught off guard and was captured by Xie Kaifang and pinned to the ground.

Wen Rongchang exclaimed: "General, what do you mean?"

Xie Ci stood up, walked in front of Wen Rongchang, stared at Wen Rongchang condescendingly and said: "Heaven's net is vast and nothing can escape it. Wen Rongchang, what you have done is known only to heaven and earth and you."

"I will never admit to anything I didn't do. A great general cannot just ignore a good man."

"You are a good person?" Xie Ci was amused by his words. "I will take you to the platform for appeals. You will know whether you have been wronged or not when you get there. The case will be handed over to the emperor for a public trial. The people of the world will be the audience. If you have any grievances, just go to the emperor and tell him."

After saying thank you, he turned and walked out of the interrogation room. The Dali Temple guards behind him escorted Wen Rongchang away.

At this time, the platform for appeals was already crowded with people.

The platform for complaining about injustices has not been sounded for ten years. If the drum is beaten once, the person will be caned. You have to pass the test first. If you can withstand twenty whips, the judge will believe that you have a great injustice. Only then will he report it to the Council of State, and then the emperor will personally examine it.

Any case tried by the emperor himself must be a major case.

Jiang Huai walked in from outside and said, "Your Majesty, Empress, Madam Wen was able to withstand twenty lashes, but she fainted from the pain."

Gu Changning turned his head and looked at the woman sitting on the pear blossom pattern chaise longue.

Xie Jinyun also looked at Gu Changning, frowned slightly, and said, "On weekdays, she looked so weak and frail, like a little girl. I didn't expect that she had been whipped twenty times. These whips hit her delicate skin, which destroyed her good skin. What does she want to do? Who is she crying out for?"

She didn't like Lin Xing'er at first, but to be honest, Lin Xing'er had never done anything wrong except the stain of marrying Wen Rongchang.

Now that he heard that Lin Xing'er had been whipped twenty times, Xie Jinyun felt a little pity for her.

Gu Changning said, "The woman from the Xi family fled back to the Wen family. This morning, Madam Wen came to complain about the case of salt smuggling. Do you want to go out with me and listen?"

"I'll sit in the cabinet and listen." Xie Jinyun paused, then continued, "According to the rules, after the twenty lashes, the imperial physician cannot be summoned. However, this rule can be broken by the emperor."

Gu Changning nodded: "Then for the sake of Marquis Wu Ding, I will let Dr. Sun take a look at her first, but don't let her die in the hall."

Gu Changning sent Doctor Sun to treat Lin Xing'er's injuries, but after Lin Xing'er woke up, she rejected the emperor and empress's kindness.

At this time, Wen Rongchang had been taken to the platform to appeal for justice, and Gu Changning also walked out of the cabinet and sat on the dragon throne.

Wen Rongchang immediately knelt down and saluted Gu Changning: "Your Majesty, long live the emperor."

Gu Changning picked up the table paddle and slammed it heavily on the table. He shouted with a sharp look in his eyes, "Wen Rongchang, what have you done wrong?"

Wen Rongchang still insisted: "Your Majesty, I don't know what I have done to be brought to the platform for appeals."

He thanked the emperor and bowed, "Your Majesty, I suspect he was involved in the smuggling of salt."

"I didn't." Wen Rongchang said, "I have already made it clear to the Dali Temple that I have never been involved in the smuggling of salt. My wife can testify to this."

"Your wife..." Gu Changning raised his eyes slightly: "Do you know why you came here?"

Wen Rongchang was stunned. Without giving him time to think, Gu Changning looked at Jiang Huai.

Jiang Huai waved his hand and the whisk swept through the air. Two eunuchs supported the pale-faced Lin Xing'er and walked into the side hall. Wen Rongchang looked up at Lin Xing'er, with a trace of fear and confusion trembling in his pupils. His heart contracted for a moment. He was confused as to why Lin Xing'er appeared on the platform for appeals.

"Madam." Wen Rongchang wanted to stand up and approach Lin Xing'er, but was held down by Xie Ci.

Lin Xing'er looked at him deeply, then knelt on the other side, some distance away from Wen Rongchang.

Only then did Wen Rongchang see the bloodstains on her back. Even though he had no real feelings for Lin Xing'er, his heart still trembled when he saw a woman's back covered with dense whip marks.

"Ma'am, what's wrong with your back?"

Lin Xing'er bit her lips tightly, endured the pain in her back, and bowed to the people in the hall: "The sinful woman Lin Xing'er pays respect to the emperor."

She knocked her head heavily on the ground, and in this kneeling posture, she said to the people in the hall: "I want to sue my husband Wen Rongchang for using my shop as a base to smuggle salt for profit, seeking huge wealth, greed for the country's foundation, disregarding human life, and killing my wet nurse indiscriminately, intending to incite me, shielding his crimes, challenging the law, and plotting against the law."

Wen Rongchang was dumbfounded.