"Girl, the hot water is ready. Can the maid help you take a bath?" At this time, the little maid who had just woken up said timidly.
Xu Mingyi nodded and went to the ear room first.
Seeing her brisk steps, the little maid hurriedly followed her.
After taking off her dress, the girl with a graceful figure and fair complexion sank into the tub.
"What's your name?"
"How old are you this year?"
Xu Mingyi asked the little maid from time to time, obviously in a good mood.
During the chat, the little maid's nervousness slowly disappeared.
Why do people say girls have bad tempers? They are obviously very approachable.
but--
The girl suddenly asked her to sing a little tune. What's going on?
In the middle of the night, the little maid felt that this request was somewhat inappropriate, but she still cleared her throat and started singing seriously.
"The jianjia is green, the white dew is like frost, the so-called beauty is on the side of the water..."
The little girl's melodious singing came out of the ear room and floated melodiously into the dark night.
…
The next day, as the morning sun began to rise, the city gate was bustling with merchants and people.
The appearance of a group of people and horses caused tremors and noise everywhere.
"Look, who is that!"
"What a big battle..."
"What's going on with those people behind you?"
A young girl with a dark cloak and beautiful and cold features was sitting on the horseback. Next to her was a young man wearing a crow-green robe, with an extraordinary appearance and noble temperament.
After seeing the appearance of these two people clearly, there were faint sounds of exclamation from all around.
"Which young master is this? He is really a fairy!"
A man sitting on a donkey cart holding a child said that he knew this question: "I know! This is Miss Xu from Zhen Guogong's Mansion!"
"So this is Miss Xu..."
There was endless discussion around, and after Zhu Xiu explained the general situation to the city gate guards, Xu Mingyi and others entered the city gate without inspection.
Seeing that the group of people and horses were walking farther away, everyone's curiosity not only did not diminish, but actually became more and more intense.
"What are the origins of those people with their hands tied..."
"There's a little girl inside!"
"They don't look like honest people!...Some even have knives in their waists!"
"Hey! Isn't Miss Xu leading people out of the city to suppress bandits?"
"Suppress bandits?!"
"As expected of the granddaughter of General Xu!"
Everyone's imagination grew wider and wider as they talked, but the man on the donkey cart urged the driver to turn around and return to the city.
The black-faced boy driving the bus scratched his head: "Uncle, why don't we go to burn incense?"
Uncle Qie loves to listen to the excitement the most. Even if he doesn't go to bed anymore, he should still stay here and talk gossip with everyone.
Is this still his uncle?
"Why are you offering incense? Go to the Yamen! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
Inexperienced people will continue to stay here and waste time. Smart people have already thought of going to the Yamen to get a good position!
If you don't even have this keen sense of smell, how can you hear the freshest and most accurate gossip?
When Xu Mingyi and his party arrived at the Yamen, they saw about a dozen people gathered around and waiting eagerly.
The officials were also waiting outside the Yamen.
——People suddenly came to watch, and they knew something must have happened. After asking the familiar face holding the child, they had a general understanding and preparation for what was going to happen next.
Sure enough, isn’t this coming?
Ji Dong quickly rose to the throne.
Xu Mingyi led people into the hall to salute.
"Miss Xu—" Ji Dong suppressed his inner surprise, looked at the group of people with their hands tied, and asked, "I wonder who these people are and what they have committed?"
Could it be that, as the people said, Miss Xu was in some bandit den?
Xu Mingyi looked at Zhan Yunjiao who was kneeling there, and said coldly: "Miss Zhan is the mastermind of this matter. Please tell me what happened."
"..." Zhan Yunjiao was kneeling with her head down, her hair in a messy bun, tears streaming down her cheeks, biting her lower lip tightly and shaking her head without speaking.
Ji Dong felt a headache from watching it.
What he fears most when trying cases is people who cry and are uncooperative in court. If you have done nothing wrong, then you should quickly defend yourself. If you have really done something wrong - when you are in jail, are you still afraid that you will not have time to cry? When the time comes
You can cry all you want, and there are inmates crying with you, so why are you so anxious now?
Fortunately, the Xu family girl is neat——
"Then let me explain what I know to you." The girl standing there said clearly in a clear voice: "A few days ago, a child sent a letter from an unknown source, indicating that it was for me. This letter
Even though it’s here, please take a look at it.”
While she was talking, she took out the letter from her sleeve, took it from the Yamen servant and sent it to Ji Dong.
Ji Dong unfolded the letter and scanned the contents, his eyebrows twitching involuntarily.
Zhan Yunzhu?
Is he the young man who drowned in the river last year?
Taking into account the reputation of the girl's family and fear of unnecessary rumors, Ji Dong hesitated for a while whether to disclose the contents of the letter in court.
However, at this time, I only heard the girl from the Xu family say on her own: "After reading this letter, I realized that it was written by a person who claimed to be Zhan Yunzhu. This person said in the letter that he was lucky enough to be caught when he threw himself into the river.
He saved his life, but because of his difficulties, he has not been able to show up, so he asked me to meet outside the city in two days, and told me to go alone and not to disturb others——"
As soon as these words came out, the people outside the hall who were listening with their ears pricked up immediately heard gasps of surprise.
Those who crowded to the front were all senior gossips, and anyone who knew about gossip would not know about the Master Zhan who committed suicide after leaving the Yamen last year by drowning himself in a river?
Why, is this person still alive?!
"I felt at that time that there was something fishy about this matter, and there were differences between men and women. It would be really inconvenient for me to meet him alone, but at least I could get to know him, and I was afraid that he would encounter some difficulties while he was still alive, such as being raped by someone else.
There was a threat - so I decided to have someone go to the appointment on my behalf. I took another person to stay in the dark in case something unexpected happened. As expected, it turned out to be a scam."
Xu Mingyi told this half-truthfully, then turned to look at the people standing aside.
Yunliu: ...it is inevitable to reach this point.
He took a step forward, raised his hand and took off the power fence above his head as if he was dead.
Ji Dong secretly took a breath of cold air.
It's not that the other person's appearance is ugly, on the contrary, he is very handsome.
But the key point is that this person is standing there. He always thought it was a girl, but when he lifted the fence, it turned out to be a man's face with a light green beard... Who can withstand such a sudden visual impact?
"..." All the government officials were also shocked.
"I am the person who will attend the appointment for my girl——"
Facing the strange gazes, Yun Liu tried his best to make his expression look normal enough.
"At that time, someone will meet me in a wooden house in the forest and try to drug me into unconsciousness." He pointed coldly at the man in a long gown who was kneeling in the hall holding the broken arm and said in a deep voice.
Said: "This is the person - after I pretended to be unconscious, he tried to do something terrible to me!"
