outside the imperial city

A continuous drumbeat pierced the tranquility of the afternoon.

"What, so noisy?" The wife just woke up from a nap, rubbed her eyes and got up, the baby in her arms was crying.

"It seems that someone is beating a drum to complain." The husband looked out the window and said.

"Beat the drums to complain?" After coaxing the child, the wife went to the window to watch the commotion, "It's been a long time since anyone made such a fuss. I'll go and have a look."

"Wait a minute," the husband put on his clothes, "I'll go too."

As soon as the gate opened, many spectators crowded the gate.Sun Jing came out from the back room, he was very short among a group of tall yamen servants, very conspicuous.

He sat on the chair, yawned, and said, "Bring him up."

Dressed in white, Yao Fanglan walked into the official mansion under the supervision of two yamen servants, and knelt down in the middle of the hall.

"Grassman Yao Fanglan, please greet Mr. Sun."

Although Sun Jing in front of him has not been in office for long, he has become a well-known upright official in Jingyang City, and he does things impartially.Although the official residence he knew was not in the most prosperous area of ​​Jingyang, Xie Ce should not show up too early, if he wanted to save his life, he had to find him.

Hearing his self-report, the watching crowd became commotion.Shenlong sees the beginning but does not see the end, this always mysterious master unexpectedly appeared in front of him automatically.

"Yao Fanglan, are you the one who surrendered himself?" Sun Jing lazily took the tea from his servants, and lazily put the tea on the table.

"Yes, and no." Yao Fanglan smiled, "My original intention was not to throw myself into the trap, but in order to achieve my goal, I had to go here for a while, and judging from the result, I turned myself in."

"Whispering." Sun Jing waved his hand and looked at him with disgust, "Why are you still kneeling? Don't kneel if you have nothing to do. You look upset. Get up."

Yao Fanglan: "..."

Why are the officials in the court more strange than the other?

Yao Fanglan stood up and said, "The Caomin came today to tell the world about one person's crimes."

Sun Jing was unambiguous: "Who?"

Yao Fanglan answered very simply: "The empress of the dynasty, the Liu family."

"Liu's? How do I remember it's Bai's?" Sun Jing cheered up a little, "Do you have evidence for what you want to say?"

"There is no direct evidence." Yao Fanglan said, "But I can tell all the wrong things she did."

There were some murmurs among the crowd, Sun Jing glanced at him, and leaned back in disappointment: "Do you know how many people have come to sue the queen in recent months? Those people think they are doing it for their own sake. Yun made a contribution, but he couldn’t even produce any evidence. I thought that Yao Fanglan, who was passed on as a god, would be different, but it turned out to be just a reckless person.”

He slapped the gavel: "Come here, take him down."

"Wait a minute!" Yao Fanglan shouted, "You also said just now that many people have come to sue the queen in recent months, and so have I? Mrs. Sun, did you hear me say that I am going to sue her?"

Sun Jing's dull eyes suddenly brightened: "You mean?"

"Master Sun," Yao Fanglan clasped his fists, "Caomin is not an accuser, but a witness. What I said, you have to look for the corresponding clues on the premise that it is true."

"Oh?" Sun Jing laughed, "Then who invited you to testify?"

"All the people who sued the Queen belong to a group, and this group invited me here." Yao Zanglan's face remained unchanged.

"Then how can I trust your words?"

"I'm a witness, and what I'm saying is what I think is true." Yao Fanglan said, "Whether you believe it or not, sir, you have to look at other evidence."

Sun Jing took his hand away from the gavel: "Tell me, let me see, how do you want to reverse the truth?"

Yao Fanglan responded, "every sentence is true."

Yao Zanglan coughed lightly, and said: "One of the queen's crimes is to lie about her life experience and deceive the sage. The queen claims to be surnamed Bai, but her real name is actually Liu Wanwan. She is neither a daughter of a rich family nor a descendant of a famous family, but Jing Jing. A maid from the Zhang family in the west of Yangcheng. After being kicked out of the Zhang family for some reason, she was rescued by my Yao family. She returned to Jingyang with the mother of the Yao family and sneaked into the palace. Before entering the palace, she was in Yao family. I have lived in the Yao family for two years, and I have secretly learned a lot of medicine skills from the Yao family, you can find out when you check it out."

Sun Jing was noncommittal, but said, "Why was she kicked out of the Zhang family?"

Yao Fanglan said: "This is the second crime of hers. As a woman, she doesn't know what it means to be loyal. During her service in the Zhang family, she had an affair with the young master of the Zhang family and gave birth to a son. Over the years, not only for herself Regardless of her own flesh and blood, she even concealed the truth and became a queen."

As soon as these words came out, even Sun Jing was not calm: "You can't talk nonsense."

"The third crime of the empress is to slaughter the whole family of the Zhang family." Yao Fanglan said coldly, "Do you still remember that King Jinyuan fought with the Zhang family on the street more than two years ago? Not long after this incident ended, the Zhang family was destroyed. The previous family advocated Man and the next family advocated that Ziyi escaped from birth. That Ziyi is the queen's illegitimate son, as long as you find him, you will find out the truth."

"Speaking of the extermination of the Zhang family," Yao Fanglan looked at Sun Jing's slightly pale face, "I have to mention the fourth crime of the queen. She tried to hurt the princess in order to weaken the power of King Jinyuan and Prince Li. Attacking the princess that day Those people were the Zhang family who were coerced. At that time, the government had arrested those people, but before interrogation, they were dragged to the execution ground. Dare I ask Mr. Sun, why is this?"

Sun Jing didn't speak, and the discussion among the spectators became louder and louder.Originally, less than [-]% of the people on this street came, but now one spreads it to ten, ten spreads it to a hundred, and people from the next street also come over.The gate of the government was crowded.

"The empress's crime five," Yao Fanglan's eyes turned bloody, "The empress slaughtered my Yao family. The reason is very simple. My father saved her and delivered her, so he knows her miserable past. As a descendant of the Yao family, I will not lie about this. The reason why I have not shown up in front of the world for 18 years is all because she has been chasing me."

Sun Jing took a sip of tea to calm himself down: "Continue talking."

"Six," Yao Fanglan raised his chin, "the empress ordered someone to kill the ancestors of King Jinyuan and his wife. Maybe those who are a little older still remember that before the death of Princess Jingyang, there was a rumor that never stopped. That is, 'Empress Empress It’s because she looks like Princess Jingyang that she got the throne’. Therefore, the empress’s jealousy towards Princess Jingyang is no longer a day or two.”

"It's also very easy to find evidence. About three months before the death of King Jinyuan, the government accepted the case of the sudden death of maids in King Jinyuan's mansion, and it was finally found out that the rouge they used was poisonous. The rouge was the Queen's Let the little prince at that time and the current King Jinyuan hand it over to Jingyang, but he didn't do that. Instead, he gave the whole box of rouge to the maids and threw it away. I didn't expect them to use it without authorization. You can wait until you find it King Jinyuan then asked him," Yao Fanglan said, "You can also use the rouge box to check the rouge shops in the city. Most of the expensive rouge stores will record the time and buyer of the purchase, and you can follow along. Check, it's not hard to find out the truth."

Sun Jing tapped the surface of the desk with his fingers, wondering what he was thinking. "go on."

"Seven," Yao Fanglan took a breath, "The Queen is the mastermind behind the Anliang Bandit Case, the Sino-Vietnamese Serial Murder Case, and the Qianyuan City Lord. These three cases were all witnessed by me. Because the parties involved: An Liang Liu Hongyun, Zhongyue Lai Haojue, and Mrs. Qianyuan Wang are all dead, and I don’t know how to produce evidence...No! Someone sent a memorial reporting these three things back to Jingyang, the emperor should at least review it Pass two of them."

"......continue."

"It's gone." Yao Fanglan spread his hands, "I know, the only seven items that are out of line, I'm done. Is there any water?"

Sun Jingchao raised his chin at the servants who were waiting at the side, and someone brought Yao Zanglan a cup of tea.Yao Fanglan took two sips and returned the cup.

Sun Jing closed his eyes, as if he was thinking about how to deal with this matter.After everyone waited for a long time, Sun Jing opened his eyes and said, "Copy a few more copies of Cai Cai's records. Someone, take him to prison, watch over him, and protect his life. I'll go back as soon as I go."

After saying that, he walked out from behind the desk and took a record from the recorder's desk: "A few more people will escort me to Mr. Xie's mansion."

Yao Fanglan stretched out her hand to be tied up by the yamen servant, and turned her head, "Brothers who are watching the excitement at the door, I suggest you go with Mr. Sun. Otherwise, I am worried that Mr. Sun will never return. Anyway, there will be excitement at Mr. Xie's mansion It can be seen."

Sun Jing paused, but did not turn his head.

"One more thing, Master Sun." Yao Fanglan's tone was very light, "If I die suddenly in prison, you know what it means, right?"

The yamen servant took Yao Fanglan to the prison cell, and Yao Fanglan entered an iron cage with a smile, as if he was not in prison, but came for sightseeing.

He hummed an untuned tune, but he was secretly thinking about how to take the next step.This move was a right bet.Although Sun Jing looked lazy and mean, but as the rumors said, he was upright.

Next, as long as Sun Jing can reach Xie Ce's place safely, and Xie Ce can live until tomorrow's morning court, and bring himself in front of the queen and all civil and military officials, it will be fine.In any case, from now until tomorrow morning is an extremely important stage.

Xie Ce can't die, he has to go to court early, otherwise, all previous efforts will be wasted.However, what method does Xie Ce plan to use to ensure these two points?

Yao Fanglan paced back and forth in the cell, thinking more and more anxiously, and finally sat down in a corner of the cell.The prison cell...is really a cool place.The wetness and coldness of the floor permeated the skin through the thatched grass, and the smell of rust and blood lingered.It was great that Jing Lingshuo was not left alone in this kind of place.

The prisoner in the cell next to him wanted to talk to him: "Hey, brother, you are dressed so well, what did you do to get locked up?"

Yao Fanglan glanced at him: "I came to sue the queen, and I was wanted by the queen, so I was locked up."

"What?" the prisoner laughed, "are you a stupid pig?"

Yao Fanglan turned her face away and ignored her.He wrapped his arms around his legs, rested his head on his knees, and closed his eyes, intending to take a nap.Suddenly, he heard a sharp breaking wind, he trembled all over, and stood up from the ground.

A person rolled down the steps of the dungeon, and when he rolled in front of Yao Fanglan, he happened to be facing upwards.Yao Fanglan rushed to the prison door with shackles: "Are you all right? How is it?"

The one who fell was a yamen servant. His chest was beaten with a long whip, and his flesh was bloody.Yao Fanglan squatted down and said urgently, "Wait, I'll save you right away."

The light footsteps came from far to near with the cold laughter, Yao Fanglan stood up quickly, staring at the door of the dungeon vigilantly.

"Yao Fanglan, Yao Fanglan, you finally fell into my hands." The woman appeared in front of her eyes.

The face that was once so sentimental and enchanting is now half covered by the long hair.

Yao Fanglan's palms were covered with cold sweat, but his mouth was still unrelenting: "Why, have you been punished by your 'sir'?"

Liu Hongyun turned out to be her.