Becoming a stepmother of three children gives me space

Xiao Yunxi took the initiative to follow the yamen runners. The village chief was worried and asked Tang Hao to take a few villagers to follow.

The yamen runners did not go to the county, but to the temporary yamen in the town.

When Xiao Yunxi entered, Master La stood aside with his head shrugged. He looked up at Xiao Yunxi, exchanged a silent conversation, and then lowered his head.

"Who is in the hall?"

"Xiao Yunxi."

"Why don't you kneel when you see me?"

Xiao Yunxi has no habit of kneeling to others:

"Why should an innocent person kneel?"

The laws of Daxia do not require one to kneel when meeting an official, unless the person is a criminal. If Xiao Yunxi does not kneel, theoretically the officials can do nothing about it.

Just theory.

"Be bold!"

Sitting in the first seat, wearing official uniform and official hat, he slammed the gavel when he saw the official.

"I am the provincial governor appointed by His Majesty, Qin Shou. Disrespecting me is disrespecting His Majesty. Come, give me 30 strokes of the cane!"

State Tongzhi, from the sixth rank,

He appeared at the temporary government office in Dongshan Town just for Xiao Yunxi.

The bailiff came up to attack, but was kicked over by Xiao Yunxi:

"Sir...I've been stimulated and often do things I can't control. Please don't force me."

Threat!

A naked threat.

Qin Shou looked into Xiao Yunxi's eyes, and instead of seeing any fear, he seemed to see through her.

It's normal for a ruthless man who dares to lead the villagers to fight against the border troops not to be afraid of himself. If he can't get the tofu recipe by forcing the other party into a desperate situation and fighting to the death, that lord will probably not let him go.

He slammed the gavel and shouted:

"The guilty woman should know her sin!"

Xiao Yunxi rolled her eyes. To use Old Lady Lu’s words, couldn’t she come up with some new lines?

They are going through the process, so please cooperate.

"I don't know what crime I have committed."

"Tofu is a specialty of your Tangjia Village, isn't it?"

"Yes."

"The recipe is unique to you?"

"Yes."

"You can kill people by eating tofu, and you still say you are innocent!"

Xiao Yunxi felt that Qin Shou should be renamed as "Zhi Chan".

"There are many reasons for death. They could have fallen, died in their sleep, or died of stupidity. Why do you say it was caused by taking advantage of someone?"

Qin Shou slammed the gavel.

Snapped!

Xiao Yunxi was curious whether his hand hurt.

"I have irrefutable evidence, yet you still dare to deny it! Bring the witness forward!"

The person who was pushed up was a man, a worker from Zuixianju, who always followed Shopkeeper Hong to the village to transport goods.

"Tell me what you know, and I will forgive you."

The guy trembled:

"We were transporting goods from Tangjia Village to the county town. One of our employees stole some and soon became ill. Then many people became poisoned after eating tofu. It must be the tofu that was the problem."

Snapped!

The gavel rings again:

"Do you know your guilt?"

Xiao Yunxi was very calm:

"That's just his one-sided statement."

"Pass on the personal and material evidence."

The yamen runners came with several people, including the coroner. They all said that he died from eating tofu. The coroner said there was arsenic in the tofu.

"You must plead guilty!"

Snapped!

Qin Shou would bang the gavel every time he spoke, as if that would make his words more convincing.

"My Lord, you said that many people were poisoned to death. Where are the bodies?"

"Come here, bring up the body."

The bailiffs brought up several corpses. Xiao Yunxi pointed at the corpses on the ground.

"Are you sure he's dead?"

After saying this, Xiao Yunxi covered her ears, and so did the onlookers.

Snapped!

The gavel rang out.

"This official, the coroner, and the bailiffs have all confirmed it, and you still dare to quibble!"

"Are you sure, sir?"

"determine."

Xiao Yunxi went up and kicked the corpse. The people were horrified. The dead are the most important, how could Xiao Yunxi insult the corpse!

"oops!"

"Who kicked me!"

The corpse actually spoke and sat up.

"He's pretending to be dead!!"

The people screamed and ran out of the yamen. Zhou Jin in the crowd relaxed his brows and smiled. He was just about to take action, but he didn't expect this woman to be so smart.

Qin Shou was stunned.

The adults said with certainty that those people must die. When the time comes, Xiao Yunxi will be framed and put in jail. There are plenty of ways to make her hand over the tofu recipe.

What is it like now?

How come people are still alive?

Butler Zhang, who was standing next to Qin Shou, frowned. He was sure that there was something wrong with the batch of tofu yesterday. Old Lady Lu was only taking the blame openly, and someone else had secretly drugged the tofu.

The people carried in had all eaten tofu. Their families reported the case, and the coroner confirmed that they died of poisoning. How could they be alive?

His eyes swept over Xiao Yunxi. This woman was very calm from beginning to end, and was certain that the person was not dead, as if she knew it in advance.

not good!

Butler Zhang's mind was working rapidly, and he leaned close to Qin Shou's ear.

“Master Qin, if you want to take someone by force, don’t argue, lest something changes.”

Thinking of what that gentleman said, that he would present the tofu recipe to the prince above, so that he would be a minister of the emperor, Qin Shou gritted his teeth:

"The guilty woman, Xiao Yunxi, is guilty of murder. The evidence is irrefutable. Suppress her!"

The rioting people were stunned. Is this conclusive evidence?

What's going on?

Xiao Yunxi looked towards the crowd.

She had an appointment with Murong Chen, so he should show up at this time, but he was nowhere to be seen. He must have been held back.

Outside Dongshan Town,

Murong Hai and Zhuzi were riding fast horses, leading hundreds of cavalrymen and galloping. When they received the news from Murong Chen, they galloped their horses even faster.

"I don't know if I can make it quickly."

Murong Hai comforted:

"Don't worry, those people only want the tofu recipe, they won't take Madam Xiao's life."

Zhuzi said seriously:

"I'm afraid that Madam Xiao will take their lives!"

“…”

Murong Hai thought, is he so cruel?

In the Yamen,

Qin Shou wanted to take advantage of the chaos to arrest people, Tang Hao brought people up, and was about to take action.

Zhou Jin came out.

He was afraid that Xiao Yunxi would kill Qin Shou and Butler Zhang, and there would be no way to resolve the situation. They would have to recognize each other sooner or later, it was just a matter of sooner.

Qin Shou ordered the yamen runners to gather around and bang the gavel:

"You're seeking death by obstructing my investigation!"

Zhou Jin took out a token and threw it to Qin Shou.

"Let her go."

When Qin Shou saw the token and the word "Ji" on it, his face changed drastically:

"This sir..."

"I saved an old man with a white beard, and he gave me the token."

A very familiar excuse, Xiao Yunxi thought.

Qin Shou and Zhang Butler exchanged a glance, wondering whether they should kill the person in front of them. He was just an ordinary person.

Butler Zhang shook his head.

The secret guards have enormous power. In special periods, they can execute first and report later. Officials below the third rank can be investigated at will. Corrupt officials are most afraid of being found by the secret guards.

The Dark Guard is divided into two parts: light and dark.

The real secret guards are the Anbu, they are the real elite, few people have seen them, this token is not for the core members of the secret guards, but for the open ones.

The status of the secret guards also varies. The "Ji" order is the most special, and has the power to supervise all officials.

My master is planning something, so it is not appropriate to have any contact with the secret guards.

Although the person in front of him was not a member of the secret guard, it was not impossible to kill him, but with so many civilians around, if he did so, it would inevitably cause trouble, so he could not take the risk.

Qin Shou returned the token and watched the two of them leave.