"Chen Yuekui, you are considered a famous eldest lady in Shengjing. Why are you so ignorant of the rules? Why do you come here and send so many guards? Are you going to rebel?"

"Prime Minister, these are all witnesses. Your people are too shady. I can bring more people to save the lives of the witnesses, can't I?"

The prime minister went up and wanted to slap Chen Yuekui, but she was not even close to her hair. She was so rude and a slap was just a slap. It was understandable that she was educating the Duke.

But this is Jing Zhaoyin, and no one is allowed to act arrogantly, so an official immediately stopped the prime minister.

The prime minister pointed at the official who stopped her and sat down on the chair angrily.

Chen Yuekui saluted Jing Zhaoyin again, but did not show any familiarity with Song Tingran during the whole process.

"Master Jing Zhaoyin, everyone outside is a witness. Except for the dead ones, I have brought them all."

"Okay, please sit down."

Chen Yuekui sat in the first place on the right. A servant still served tea, but she didn't drink it. She just sat like this. She was full of noble temperament.

Jing Zhaoyin saw that there were so many people outside, so he might get into trouble if he was called in immediately.

So according to what Chen Xiangyuan said, one incident corresponds to a group of witnesses.

These witnesses are all honest people, or servants of someone's house, which is quite complete.

"Sir, I am from Lianxi. There was a flood that year, and the porridge provided for disaster relief was full of sand. I couldn't eat enough."

"As long as they are young enough, they have to build river dams, but they are not paid and they don't even come back."

The person who said this was an old man with few teeth left. He was kneeling on the ground and speaking tremblingly.

One of the two witnesses who had been afraid to speak suddenly collapsed and crawled to the old man's side.

"Grandma Zhang!"

The old man raised his eyes and didn't dare to recognize it at first glance, but then he looked at it carefully.

"Do you know me?" Grandma Zhang asked, tears already flowing uncontrollably.

"I am Xu Yang from next door to your house. Do you still remember me? I was so tall at that time." Xu Yang gestured.

"Xu Yang, it's you. You're still alive. Everyone in your family is dead. I thought you were dead too."

Xu Yang seemed to have been struck by lightning and looked at Grandma Zhang in disbelief, "Everyone in my family is dead? Didn't you say that you took the money subsidized by the court and went to start a new life somewhere else?"

"No, they are all dead. Many people died of starvation due to the flood that year, and many people died during the construction of the dam. I can't count them. If there was really a subsidy, how could it be so miserable?"

Xu Yang looked at the prime minister fiercely and rushed over, but was stopped by Jing Zhaoyin's official officer.

"You lied to me! You said my family took the money and left, liar! I'm going to kill you!"

The prime minister was unmoved and said that this matter was completely false.

"Master Jing Zhaoyin, this Xu Yang seems to be crazy. The Lian Xi matter was handled properly. The only shortcoming was that the local officials were lining their own pockets, which caused the newly built dam to collapse and it was rebuilt. , nothing happened again in so many years.”

Jing Zhaoyin only looked at the evidence and asked Grandma Zhang and others to continue. Everyone else almost gave the same confession.

They all accused the prime minister of his evil deeds, and even killed a good citizen with his own hands, which directly shocked everyone and made them afraid to speak.

Xu Yang couldn't help crying and prayed: "Master Jing Zhaoyin, I will say, I will say anything."

The prime minister glared at her, but he couldn't get angry here.

"When I was still young, I went to the place where the dam was being built to look for my family, but no matter how hard I searched, I couldn't find them. The people I knew were hesitant. A close aide of the prime minister came over and told me that I didn't want to leave, so he told me that I The family took the money and left."

"I couldn't live alone, and my house was quickly occupied by refugees, so I walked around. Finally, I changed places and was adopted by a family. Then by accident, I ended up working in the Prime Minister's Mansion for so many years. I’ve been looking for my family, and they turned out to be dead a long time ago.”

Jing Zhaoyin sympathized with Xu Yang's experience and would not show it here. He said, "Is there anything else you want to explain?"

"Yes, I want to explain the prime minister's current crime. It's the same as the confession. It was the prime minister who hired people to kill Song Tingran. These dead people were either looking for something new or were ordered to do a task." Xu Yang gritted his teeth. He added: "If you fail in your mission, you will commit suicide by taking poison. The poison will be on your teeth. If you bite it off, you will relapse and die immediately."

The Prime Minister threw the teacup. Jing Zhaoyin frowned and said, "Be patient, Prime Minister."

"Yeah." The sound was very heavy.

Xu Yang had already confessed, but the other one did not dare to speak. He also followed the explanation and said that the reason for coming here to see the prime minister was because he was afraid that he would be dealt with, so he kept silent after coming in.

In the middle of the process, the prime minister wanted to speak several times, but Jing Zhaoyin suppressed him, saying that he would let these people finish their confessions before raising any objections.

Chen Yuekui seemed to be smiling but not smiling. The Prime Minister was finished today.

I had found out these things before, but I didn't dare to publicize them, and the witnesses I found didn't dare to testify.

Now, someone has sued the prime minister. When the news was released, Chen Yuekui rushed to find the person, which led to the current situation.

Chen Yuekui brought a lot of people. After explaining everything, it was already half afternoon.

"Prime Minister, what else do you have to say?" Jing Zhaoyin asked.

"Sir, these people have gone to great lengths to wrongly accuse me. Please be aware of this and give me justice. However, there is one thing that can lead to my conviction right now!"

"What's the matter?"

The prime minister pointed at Chen Xiangyuan, "He is Chen Xiangyin. The man who disguised himself as a woman and deceived the empress only needs to be proven!"

Jing Zhaoyin immediately sent people to the Guogong Mansion and Moxiang Embroidery Workshop to investigate, and found someone to examine Chen Xiangyuan.

Chen Xiangyuan refused and said, "Sir, I am Chen Xiangyuan. I am a man. This does not require a physical examination."

Prime Minister: "If you feel guilty, just admit it directly."

"What are you admitting? Everyone knows that there is a person like me in the Duke's Mansion!" Chen Xiangyuan was not polite and responded.

Jing Zhaoyin stopped the two of them from quarreling.

"Okay, how can you be noisy in the court? Chen Xiangyuan, I'll call you that for now. You go to the back to change your clothes and take a look at it."

"Yes, my lord."

Chen Xiangyuan followed the people from Jingzhao Yinfu Yamen and found a husband to check him out.

Chen Yuekui stood up and said, "Sir, my brother Chen Xiangyuan set off for Daniu Village a few days ago. I know this and I can testify."

"Humph, you testify, but someone recently saw Chen Xiangyuan at Moxiang Embroidery Workshop during the day and at home at night. Is it possible? There is a ghost."

"Just say a few words, sit down, drink tea, and wait a moment."

After a while, Chen Xiangyuan came back. He resumed his usual appearance, and the person who examined him confirmed that he was definitely a man.

After a while, the people who went to Guogong's Mansion and Embroidery Workshop also came back.

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