After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

Bai Li Ce remained silent.

Perhaps Wang Qingyan didn't refuse to cooperate with the He family; perhaps he simply disdained to cooperate with them.

"Young lady, what should we do with these people?"

Bai Li Ce glanced around, about to speak.

He Jinzhan cursed, "Stinky..."

Before he could even utter a curse, Jiu Er kicked him, shattering all his teeth, then picked them up and forced him to swallow them all.

"No, no, no, don't do this!" Baili Ce compassionately pulled the person back.

"I'm a soft-hearted person and can't bear to see such a bloody scene."

"I suggest covering his head and then hitting him."

Jiu Er listened and expressed his complete understanding.

They immediately pulled Baili Ce aside and ordered his men to stuff He Jinzhan and several other survivors into burlap sacks and beat them mercilessly...

Half an hour later.

“Girl, you’ve confessed everything.”

After taking the bloodstained confession and looking at it, Baili Ce finally felt relieved.

With this, I shouldn't be criticized too harshly by the public.

As for forced confessions and the like.

Isn't it just them fighting each other?

How could a woman do something so cruel?

However, "why didn't he sign the document?"

Bai Li Ce looked at He Jinzhan and asked.

Jiu Er paused for a moment, then took out another token.

Upon seeing this, Baili Ce stood up abruptly.

Her top ten employees!

He immediately rushed over and grabbed He Jinzhan, demanding, "Where is Seventeen?"

"Heh..." He laughed just like a toothless old lady.

"Release them and I'll tell you."

Bai Li Ce gripped He Jinzhan's clothes tightly, lost in thought.

Knowing better than to hesitate, Jiu Er drew his dagger, preparing to go up again to torture him for a confession.

After all, their future mistress is soft-hearted, so it's better for them to do this kind of rough work.

Bai Lize grinned with a murderous smile. "Alright."

He gritted his teeth, loosened his grip on He Jinzhan's collar, and gently smoothed it down.

"Release them."

"girl!"

It seems I still have to personally take charge of "listen to me".

"..." After hesitating for a moment, Jiu Er released all the prisoners he had captured.

Seeing that his men had all gone far away, and the archers hadn't chased after them, He Jinzhan smugly curled the corner of his swollen mouth, "Tell them all to back off."

Jiu'er visibly panicked, "Miss..."

This is not an option to back down.

She knows this question!

Bai Li Ce raised his hand to stop them, looking righteous and awe-inspiring.

"You all go away."

After hesitating for a moment, Jiu Er finally led his archers to retreat to a distance.

"Can we talk now?"

He Jinzhan, "He's right here..."

"What?" Baili Ce stepped closer.

He Jinzhan's eyes flashed with anger, and he immediately broke free of the ropes, grabbing Baili Ce by the neck and pulling him back!

"Whoosh!" The archers, slightly slower, aimed at He Jinzhan from different angles.

He Jinzhan suddenly tightened the reins, "Come on!"

He didn't care at all that his own hand was bleeding.

Bai Lize tilted his head back and immediately had difficulty breathing.

"It's a big deal to die together!"

"Big brother... gently, gently, quickly, it's about to break..."

However, it really hurts because it's so tight.

"Put down the arrows!" He Jinzhan tightened the reins even more.

"Uh..." Baili Ce was really about to faint.

With a tremor in his hand, Jiu'er, who almost couldn't resist, quickly threw down his bow and arrows and frantically waved his hands, shouting, "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

"Yes Yes Yes!!!"

"Don't be impulsive! Don't be impulsive!"

The archers, realizing what was happening, quickly threw their weapons far away.

Jiu Er even pressed his hands down and took deep breaths repeatedly, "Calm down, you must calm down."

He was actually talking to himself.

"Cut the nonsense!"

While holding Baili Ce tightly, He Jinzhan didn't dare to blink, and spit as he spoke, "Prepare a carriage and medicine for me!"

"Don't touch her, or you'll be in big trouble!" Another instinctive stern clench.

"Ugh..." Baili Ce stuck out his tongue slightly, "I'm panting, no, I'm...out of breath..."

He Jinzhan was startled and relaxed a little, but not completely.

The archers charged halfway, but not completely.

Normally, he would have been decapitated by now.

Bai Li Ce blinked, tears streaming down her face, feeling that the archers had finally understood her hint.

After a stick of incense.

"Cough cough cough..." The moment he was violently pushed into the carriage, Baili Ce felt like he was coughing his lungs out.

Before she could recover, He Jinzhan, whose survival instinct was at its peak, took the confession she had just written from her waist and, ignoring the fact that the lower half of his face was swollen and deformed, stuffed it into his mouth and ate it on the spot.

"Hiss..." Baili Ce gasped, his chest rising.

As expected of a private army commander, he's got some skills!

However, "I think burning it is also acceptable."

"..."

Bai Li Ce finally received her due punishment.

"Rip..." He Jinzhan took the knife, tore off a piece of cloth, and threw it to Baili Ce. "Blindfold yourself."

Bai Li Ce obediently covered up.

The carriage sped along.

After an unknown amount of time, the carriage stopped, shook twice, one lightly and one heavily, and then continued its journey.

Gradually, the carriage became increasingly bumpy, starting to feel like riding a tractor on a rugged mountain road.

It swayed left and right and bumped around for a while, and I was almost exhausted, but the car stopped again without breaking down.

Without being able to hear any sound, she was bound hand and foot, gagged, and thrown into a damp and cold room. As she floated up and down, she gradually fell asleep, smelling the fishy smell of water.

......

The capital city, Baili Prefecture.

News of Baili's collusion with mountain bandits and oppression of the people quickly spread back.

Along with them came a large number of witnesses and physical evidence.

Within half a day, Lu Jian readily issued an imperial decree, authorizing the capital's government to summon Baili Ming for questioning.

When the young lady saw the official who had come to summon her, Feng Lan was starting to lose her composure.

Feng Deng, accompanied by his servants, stood in the middle, creating a standoff with the officials from the Kyoto government.

Zhou Sicheng calmly straightened his official robes. "Is the Baili clan planning a rebellion?"

"..." Baili Ming pondered for a moment, then took a step forward.

Feng Lan quickly stopped her, "Young Miss, you mustn't!"

Bai Liming lightly brushed aside the smog; with such a heavy burden placed on him, it was impossible not to go.

"Young Miss!" Feng Deng's face turned red with anxiety.

"His Majesty is wise and mighty, and the government offices in the capital are discerning and thorough. It's just a trip to ask some questions. What are you all so worried about?"

"this......"

"Make way, everyone."

"..."

The crowd looked at each other, then slowly made way.

"How dare you!" A constable stepped forward to put shackles on Baili Ming, but was stunned by Feng Lan's drawing of her sword.

Zhou Sicheng was somewhat embarrassed, but he really had no legitimate reason to interrogate the person, so he could only wave his hand to let the yamen runners leave.

Reluctantly and sarcastically, he made a gesture, "Young Miss, please."

Baili Ming glanced back at the crowd and said, "Guard the Baili Manor well."

He then calmly and composedly left Baili Prefecture.

Upon arriving at the Kyoto government office, they realized that not allowing Fenglan to come along was somewhat hasty.

"Baili Ming greets all the esteemed officials."

Besides the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, six other officials were seated in the hall, including the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and the Censor.

This is quite a show of force; they really want to find out something from the interrogation.

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review slammed his gavel, his face solemn and stern. "Baili Ming! I ask you, are you aware that Baili Ce colluded with mountain bandits to harm the people of the three cities?"

Are you trying to convict me right off the bat?

"Your Excellency, Baili Ce went to the Three Cities on the Emperor's orders to promote agriculture and sericulture. How could he have colluded with mountain bandits to harm the people of the Three Cities?"

"Bright words!"

The Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review grabbed several documents and threw them at Baili Ming's feet. "The evidence and witnesses are all there; there's no room for your sophistry!"

Baili Ming didn't even glance at it. "My lord, the Baili family also has witnesses and physical evidence. This is not sophistry."

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review was completely stumped.

Seeing that things were not going well, Zhou, the Vice Minister of the Left Hall, immediately chimed in, "Miss Baili has not even glanced at what is under your feet, yet you claim to have witnesses and evidence. Don't you find that absurd and laughable?"

"Could it be that you can predict the future?"

“Zhou, the Vice Minister, is right. In my opinion, Baili Ming is just spouting nonsense and making a fool of us.”

The official from the Ministry of Justice spoke without a trace of emotion, appearing remarkably upright and incorruptible: "Although the Baili family is a noble family and should not be subjected to punishment, the emperor is subject to the same laws as commoners."

"If you insist on concealing this and condone Baili Ce's heinous crimes, you will be punished as an accomplice."