After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

"What do you think?" Yuan Qing unfolded the portrait, held it aside and asked Wei Lin.

Wei Lin compared them carefully and said, "Overall, they are quite similar.

But why did you transform into this woman for no reason? Could it be that she has some connection with Ji Kang?"

Yuan Qing closed the portrait and said, "The secret cannot be revealed. I will tell you later."

After saying that, she turned around and looked at herself in the mirror. She seemed unsatisfied and put on another layer of powder, making her face look even paler.

At the same time, Shang Ming, who had been dormant for a long time, also chose to deploy his troops on the day of the grand event.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers rushed to the Huo Mansion, arrested Huo Zhengyang, who was still on Meiji's body, and put him in jail.

Huo Zhengyang seemed a little panicked at first, but after understanding Shang Ming's meaning, he confessed everything he knew without hesitation.

The interrogation lasted less than half an hour, and Shang Ming led his men out of the yamen to surround Ji Kang's lair.

"The government is investigating the case!" Meng Qiu shouted majestically, holding up the token.

Not to mention that he was facing the residence of the Tongzhi, even if he was asked to lead the troops to search the Shang Mansion personally, he had to do his job impartially.

The housekeeper of the Ji Mansion calmly opened the door and said, "My master is not at home right now. If you have anything to say, you should wait for my master to come back."

After saying that, he closed the door.

Before the housekeeper of Ji's mansion closed the door, Meng Qiu stretched out the sword at his waist and stuck it directly into the crack of the door.

"You are just a mere housekeeper, how dare you be so arrogant!" Meng Qiu used force to open the door.

Seeing that things had gone beyond his expectations, the steward of the Ji Mansion raised his voice and said, "Is this how Lord Shang abuses his power for personal gain?

My master has always been fair and honest, and has never made any mistakes. Why is Lord Shang so aggressive and wants to lead troops to search and confiscate the Tongzhifu?"

He is indeed a good dog promoted by Ji Kang. Even his ability of sophistry is inherited from Ji Kang.

Fairness and integrity is indeed the image that Ji Kang has in the hearts of the people, and Shang Ming only said that it was an investigation and did not mention the word search and seizure.

Although there is only one word difference, the meaning is very different.

Sure enough, the Ji Mansion’s housekeeper’s words attracted the attention of many passers-by.

I originally thought it was just a routine matter between government officials, but after he said that, it became like Shang Ming wanted to kill Ji Kang for no reason.

"What happened at Lord Ji's house?" The onlookers crowded up and asked.

Others also looked puzzled.

"If it's a search, it must be that Lord Ji has committed some serious crime, right?" someone raised the question.

As soon as the man finished speaking, someone immediately refuted: "I don't need to say more about what kind of person Lord Ji is. Anyone in the entire Pingjin Prefecture could have committed a crime, except Lord Ji.

I don't believe you don't remember what he did for the people back then."

The man was obviously thinking of Pingzhou City many years ago, and his voice was lowered. "But the prefect can't send troops to surround this place without reason, there must be a reason."

"What's the reason? Isn't it because the position of prefect was voluntarily given up by Lord Ji that Shang became prefect? Otherwise, how could Shang Ming have a position in Pingjin Prefecture?"

Considering Shang Ming was present, the man did not dare to belittle him in public. He could only lower his head and speak in a low voice so that only the people around him could hear him.

This is the purpose of Ji Mansion’s housekeeper.

Since he couldn't get out of Ji Mansion, he let these people look for it for him. It was a good opportunity for him to say what he wanted to say through the mouths of these ignorant people.

He wanted to see how Shang Ming would end up after this situation.

Meng Qiu wanted to arrest the man, but Shang Ming stopped him, "Business is more important."

Yes, things here have become so serious that someone must have gone to look for Ji Kang.

They have evidence, but they can only present it after entering Ji's house. Otherwise, it would be unfounded and no one would believe Ji Kang's true face.

No matter how careful the layout is, there are always things that are overlooked.

Ji Kang's men are not only deployed in Ji Mansion and several secret places.

When the incident first happened in Ji's mansion, secret guards disguised themselves as ordinary people and contacted the housekeeper, and went to the party to invite Ji Kang back.

Ji Kang thought to himself that something was wrong when he got the news, and hurried back.

Halfway through the journey, he suddenly turned back and asked, "Can you send more people over there?"

The secret guard was stunned and said nervously: "No."

With a "pop" sound, a red mark appeared on the secret guard's face.

"Waste! Why don't you hurry up!" Ji Kang withdrew his hand and quickened his pace to hurry back.

If it wasn't difficult to use a knife on the street, the secret guard who was incompetent would have become a corpse on the spot.

The gate of Ji's house was already surrounded by people. Ji Kang squeezed out of the crowd, patted his wrinkled clothes, and laughed loudly: "How did Ji offend Lord Shang?"

He avoided the reason why Shang Ming surrounded Ji's mansion and directly transformed the conflict from a public matter into a personal grudge.

The confused people felt even more that what happened today was intentional by Governor Shang.

Yuan Qing was watching anxiously in the dark.

With a large force at hand, they could have just barged in directly. There was no need to waste time arguing with the housekeeper and wait until Ji Kang came back.

If the first plan doesn’t work, then we have to start the second plan.

She put on an old straw hat and a white dress stained with blood. She stood behind the crowd, tremblingly holding up a blood-written letter and shouting in a mournful voice: "Please, sir, make a decision for me!"

She originally wanted to sue Ji Kang directly.

But one of the laws of the Yuan Dynasty was that if a civilian wanted to sue the government, he had to go through a test before the lawsuit could be successful.

She didn't want to suffer, so she thought of a compromise.

By first complaining and then bringing out Ji Kang's crime, she can avoid this test under Shang Ming's protection.

Hearing the sound, the people spontaneously made way for the passage.

Yuan Qing knelt down heavily and kowtowed with every step, leaving a long trail of blood wherever he went.

Shang Ming was shocked and quickly signaled Meng Qiu to help the woman up.

She shook her head and refused, "Please allow me to explain the matter in detail."

Meng Qiu stepped back and carefully handed the blood letter in the woman's hand to Shang Ming.

After Shang Ming read it carefully, he glanced at Ji Kang and said in a deep voice: "What evidence do you have to prove that what you said here is true?"

The woman kowtowed again, "I have no evidence. Even this blood letter was protected by my sisters at the cost of their lives."

Shang Ming motioned for her to continue.

"All the troubles of the common people women originated from a dark village."