As for Ye Yi, after leaving the mansion, he took a carriage directly to the army to handle official business. However, he was absent-minded and kept thinking about the drunkard incident. If he was really successfully slandered, wouldn't his wife and children be separated?

The more I think about it, the worse it feels.

After all, with Huo Bingbing's ability, it would only take a few minutes for her to take her five children away from him and make him unable to find them.

"Pah." He threw the notebook in his hand, stood up and asked--

"Has General Long returned?"

The subordinate replied respectfully: "My Lord, not yet."

Ye Yi's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he cursed murderously: "Useless thing, why did it take so long for him to investigate something? Where is he now?"

Subordinates: “It is said that he went to the inn to catch Zhang Jie.”

Ye Yi was stunned for a moment. Why did this name seem familiar? But he couldn't remember where he had heard it before, so he asked, "Who is Zhang Jie? Why do you want to arrest him?"

The subordinate secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said carefully: "Prince, have you forgotten? It was that drunkard who slandered the prince for stealing his wife."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yi flew into a rage and said, "What the hell, Long Yi has lost his mind? He came directly to arrest me. If the princess knew about it, wouldn't she think I was guilty and want to kill me to silence me?"

"Quick, prepare the carriage, I want to go to the inn."

The subordinate replied, "Yes."

Afterwards, Ye Yi took a carriage to the inn. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the inn, he found that the inn was surrounded by many soldiers. There were many people watching outside, blocking the street. They were all talking about it...

"What happened? Why are there so many soldiers here?"

"I heard that a man got drunk and started talking nonsense. He not only cursed the prince, but also slandered the prince for stealing his wife. When General Long found out, he brought people to arrest him."

"That's really courting death. Even if the King of Youzhou really did something shameful like this, we can't scold him in public. After all, Youzhou is his territory."

"Yes, yes. Making trouble under the emperor's feet is courting death."

"That's not right. Hasn't the King of Youzhou always loved his people? Why would there be such a scandal? Is it true? Or is it slandered?"

"Hey, I don't know about that. The world of rich people is always chaotic. What's more, the King of Youzhou has tremendous power. What kind of woman can he want?"

"makes sense."

"There is another possibility."

"What's possible?"

"The King of Youzhou deceived the world. He may appear to be righteous on the surface, but secretly did things worse than pigs and dogs. Now that it has been exposed, Long Zhangjun is afraid that the matter will escalate and affect the reputation of the King of Youzhou, so he brought people here to kill and silence him."

"No way?"

"I hope not. I am just assuming. After all, the King of Youzhou has done a lot of things that benefit the country and the people. For example, the common people who come to Youzhou City for refuge do enjoy a lot of benefits, such as free relief food, free schooling for children, etc. I hope the King of Youzhou will not hurt our hearts."

"Yes, I really hope the government can investigate this matter thoroughly and give us ordinary people an explanation so that we can rest assured."

"If the King of Youzhou really did something worse than pigs and dogs, he would definitely block the news. How could ordinary people like us know about it?"

"Oh, that's right too."

When Ye Yi heard the people's discussions, his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

He pulled back the curtain and glanced at his men outside.

The subordinate sitting on the horse understood it and immediately raised his voice and shouted to the people...

"The King of Youzhou has arrived, please make way."

When the common people heard that the King of Youzhou was coming, they were scared to death and knelt on the ground to pay their respects.

"Well, everyone, get up." Ye Yi got off the carriage, and with his deep eyes he glanced sharply at the people around him, and said...

"My fellow countrymen, I heard that someone has accused me of stealing someone else's wife. In order to give you an explanation and to ensure fairness and integrity, I have decided to personally try this case in public, so that everyone can monitor whether I am suspected of cheating."

After hearing this, the common people looked at each other in surprise. They simply couldn't believe their ears that the King of Youzhou was going to hold a public trial of this case.

Isn't he afraid of destroying his reputation?

"You are stupid. The King of Youzhou dared to try this case publicly. He must know that he did not do it. Otherwise, how could he dare to try it publicly?"

"Yes, yes, it seems that we have wronged the King of Youzhou. We really shouldn't have done that. We have such a good life, all given by the king. How could we possibly doubt him?"

"Tsk, it's too early to say it's an injustice now. Let's just wait and see." Someone in the crowd said this.

Ye Yi winked at his men. It seemed that someone was secretly fanning the flames in this matter with the aim of ruining his reputation. He wanted to see who was behind this.

The subordinate nodded and raised his hand to gesture.

dark place.

The secret guards received the prince's secret signal and immediately followed the person who spoke.

Back at the inn, Long Yi and his men quickly found Zhang Jie.

At this time, Zhang Jie was sleeping in the inn with his head covered. He was dragged down from the bed while half asleep. The cold ground made him sober up all of a sudden. He raised his head and looked at the room full of soldiers. He asked in confusion...

"Who are you and why are you breaking into my room?"

Long Yi found a stool, sat down, crossed his legs, and asked in a cold voice...

"Zhang Jie, what did you do? Don't you know it clearly?"

"What did I do?" At first, Zhang Jie was confused, but suddenly, as if he remembered something, he suddenly realized it and looked at Long Yi viciously and said...

"Oh, I get it. You are the running dog of the King of Youzhou. I tell you, if you have the guts, kill me. Otherwise, I will make your scandal known to the world."

"I knew the princess wasn't such a good person. What's the point of making the decision for me and finding out the truth? Ugh! You've been messing around for so long, just to buy time and send someone to kill me, right?"

"Come on, kill me. If you don't kill me today, I will definitely take revenge."

Long Yi frowned, feeling a little headache, and said, "I wonder if you have lost your mind? If I really wanted to kill you, would I need to wake you up? Wouldn't it be easier to just kill you directly, so that you don't have to scream and alert others?"

Zhang Jie thought about it for a while, it seemed like this, and asked doubtfully...

"Then why do you want to bring so many people here?"

"Investigate the case. Don't you want the truth? The King of Youzhou said he didn't do such a bad thing and would not allow anyone to slander him. He sent us here to investigate the case and give him justice, and also give your wife justice."

Long Yi: "Of course it's true. You're just an ordinary citizen, what good is there in lying to you?"

Zhang Jie waved to his men, signaling them to help Zhang Jie up from the ground, bring over a stool for him to sit on, then pour him a glass of water and let him calm down before talking.

Zhang Jie drank a few sips of water and finally calmed down. He then told the whole story.

After hearing this, Long Yi said again...

"The prince said that he has never done such a thing. Please wait patiently. He will definitely investigate the matter thoroughly and give you justice at that time."

Zhang Jie still had some doubts and asked, "Are you serious? Are you kidding me?"

Long Yi stood up and said, "Time will tell. Just wait. We will find out the truth sooner or later and give you an explanation."

After saying this, he left behind several secret guards with high martial arts skills to secretly protect Zhang Jie's safety.

This will prevent the mastermind from killing people behind the scenes to silence them, and then put the blame on the prince. By then, the prince will never be able to clear himself even if he jumps into the Yellow River.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of the room, he ran into Ye Yi who was walking towards him aggressively. He asked in surprise...

"My lord, why are you here?"

"How dare you say that? I asked you to investigate the case secretly, but you came to the inn with great fanfare and made everyone in the city know about it. What do you mean? Are you afraid that the princess doesn't know that I'm investigating the case?"

Long Yi was confused: "...Your Majesty, you misunderstood. I didn't make it known to everyone."

Ye Yi was almost furious when he heard this. Long Yi brought so many soldiers to surround the inn. It would be strange if the whole city was not shocked. He said with a sour face: "Open your dog eyes and look out the window."

Long Yi hurried to the window, looked down, and was completely dumbfounded.

My God, there are so many people outside the inn, all of them are onlookers.

"What...what the hell is going on?"

Ye Yi said murderously: "How dare you ask, isn't this all your work? Don't you know it well?"

Long Yi: “…….”

When he came to the inn, he didn't think too much and didn't expect this consequence. Now he realized that his behavior was inappropriate, so he hurriedly explained...

"No, Your Majesty, you misunderstood. That is not what I meant. I was just too concerned and confused. I did not expect this kind of consequence when I came here."

"My Lord, please forgive me."

Long Yi ran around for a while, knelt on the ground, and asked Ye Yi to punish him.

Ye Yi glared at him fiercely and said...

"I'll settle this with you later. What happened to the people inside?"

"Reporting to the prince, I have already appeased him and promised him that I will give him justice."

"Well, that's great." Ye Yi nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered him to send someone to protect Zhang Jie's safety, because someone was found hiding in the crowd and causing trouble outside.

It must be someone arranged by the mastermind behind the scenes.

Long Yi stood up from the ground, glanced around secretly, then walked to Ye Yi's ear and whispered...

"Your Majesty, I have already sent someone to secretly protect Zhang Jie's safety, so don't worry."

"Yeah, okay." Ye Yi nodded, then met Zhang Jie again and explained everything to him, saying that he definitely did not do this and that he would give him justice.

Seeing how sincere he was, Zhang Jie believed him.

Ye Yi thought about it and decided to take Zhang Jie back to Youzhou Palace in order to protect his safety.

for this decision.

Zhang Jie readily agreed.

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