The concubine Jiaojiao has high means, but the sick prince does not flirt

Chapter 242 The Truth Comes Out
Shen Changyan had a calm expression on his face, as if nothing happened at all.

"you……"

Shen Nianbo became anxious when he saw it, and was about to stab Shen Changyan with a dagger.

Shen Changyan raised his hand again and pulled a hairpin from a maidservant's head, and flung it out seemingly casually.

"Lang lang... ah!"

Following the crisp sound of the dagger falling to the ground, there was a scream, and Shen Nianbo rolled on the ground in pain.

Seeing this, Yingze quickly moved forward to control him, tore off a piece of clothing from his body, and stuffed it into his mouth.

It was completely silent now.

Seeing this, Shen Guogong hurriedly said: "Stop being rude."

Shen Changyan hummed from the side: "Father, I naturally have my reasons for doing this, you just need to watch from the sidelines."

Hearing what he said, Shen Guogong was stunned.

Then he came back to his senses, a look of joy flashed across his face, but then disappeared, his face sank like water.

Bai Zhi looked at the follower who took the initiative to confess, and asked again: "Who ordered you to put salt in the water basin? Do you know the consequences of doing so?"

The entourage replied: "Master Jing Zhaoyi instructed me to do this, but I don't know why."

When Jing Zhaoyi heard this, he immediately became angry, pointed at him and cursed: "How dare you slander me? How could I order you to do such a thing?"

As he said that, he pulled out the long knife from the waist of the entourage around him, and was about to strike at the entourage who confessed.

Yingze pulled the follower away in time.

Bai Zhi hinted with his eyes that he would take away the entourage, and secretly unlocked the truth formula for him.

Jing Zhaoyi saw that the entourage was taken away, and immediately protested: "My lord, the county lord, it's not good for me to discipline my subordinates, let me train myself, so I won't bother you two."

Bai Zhi said solemnly: "The attendant is a witness, and it is not easy to go back to the Yamen. First, the son will send someone to guard it for a few days. Mr. Jing Zhaoyi, since you didn't order him to add water to the basin, who should it be?"

Jing Zhaoyi asked in displeasure: "Then how do I know? If I knew he could still put salt in the basin? Maybe someone bribed him. With so many subordinates, I can't supervise them all in place."

Bai Zhi smiled slightly: "It sounds quite reasonable, so let's do it first."

As she said that, she turned her head to look at Shen Changyan, which meant that it was time for you to appear.

Shen Changyan nodded, he clapped his hands, and Yingyi led a dozen or so beggars in.

Everyone looked at him suspiciously, but Mrs. Yuan, who was nailed to the tree, turned pale with fright.

She struggled and tried to leave. Unexpectedly, the hairpin on the top of her head was firmly nailed to the tree. If she wanted to leave, she would have to sacrifice some hair. She couldn't stand the pain, so she could only maintain the original position. Weeping and shouting: "Dare to be rude to your mother, quickly take the hairpin on my head..."

"Snapped!"

Before she finished speaking, a stone just flew into her mouth, blocking her mouth tightly.

The teeth were smashed, and blood flowed from the gap between the mouth and the stone.

Madam Yuan didn't dare to speak anymore, her body was shaking.

"You all talk about it." Shen Changyan said politely to the group of beggars.

The beggars all opened up their chatter boxes and greeted Mrs. Yuan and Shen Nianbo one after another.

It turns out that Mrs. Yuan is not Yuan'er, but she looks very similar to Yuan'er and is about the same age.

Yuan'er was indeed rescued after being washed downstream by the flood.

But she was not pregnant and had been begging for a living.

Later, I met Xiang'er who looked very similar to her.

The two are like sisters, and after getting along for a long time, they naturally tell each other about their family affairs.

Xiang'er leads a son, and Yuan'er takes special care of her. She always regrets that she didn't go all out that night, otherwise she would give birth to a son and a half for Brother Bo, who is about the same age as Xiang'er's son now.

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

Later, they encountered bandits on their way to Beijing. Yuaner was beaten to death by the bandits in order to save Xianger's son Gouzi.

Xiang'er thought that Yuan'er had a husband who served as a soldier in the barracks, maybe he didn't die, and became an official. If so, wouldn't she get great benefits if she said that she was Yuan'er?
Although Xiang'er wanted to be an impostor, because she was just a beggar, she didn't have great desires, she just wanted to make some money.

Therefore, she brought her son to Beijing after going through untold hardships, and kept inquiring about Shen Yebo.

Ordinary people know Shen Guogong, but they may not know Shen Yebo.

The name of a high official is taboo, who dares to say it?

Once on the road, the third prince overheard a beggar inquiring about Shen Yebo. He was very curious and asked why.

After hearing this, he felt that it was a very good opportunity to deal with Duke Shen, and if he was taken down, Duke Shen's mansion would be completely obliterated like Duke Zhen's mansion.

Therefore, the third prince secretly designed this game and trained Xiang'er.

It's just that the third prince never thought that Bai Zhi was not a vegetarian. He saw through the trick of confessing his relatives with blood, and saw through Mr. Jing Zhaoyi's conspiracy to help Xiang'er, mother and son to ruin Shen Guogong's reputation by coming to resolve disputes.

And Shen Changyan was not idle.

In fact, he didn't completely lose his mind. The first time he learned that his father's child bride was coming, he secretly asked Yingyi to spread his hands to find out the woman's whereabouts as quickly as possible.

As long as he has stayed in the capital, it is too easy for Shen Changyan's hidden guards to find out the details of this person.

This is also the reason why Shen Changyan went out early in the morning and was never in the mansion.

He needs to personally verify the personal and physical evidence provided by Yingyi and the others. After all, it is related to Shen Guogong's reputation and must not be mistaken.

If what he said to the mother and son was true, but it was false to be wronged, then he would have a bad conscience.

In fact, at the same time, Shen Changyan was also trying to accept that he had a half-brother.

All the truth is revealed.

Jing Zhaoyi fainted immediately.

Bai Zhi took out a small porcelain bottle from her pocket and threw it to his followers.

"Give Mr. Jing Zhaoyi a pill and he will wake up. He is in a hurry."

The entourage gave Jing Zhaoyi a pill as promised, and he woke up quickly.

Jing Zhaoyi struggled to stand up, shaking his head with shame on his face, and blamed himself: "I thought this was the last time I had to do it, but unexpectedly, I fell on it. God, it's so hard to be an official. It is even more difficult to be an official in the capital. Can't you open your eyes and let me return to my hometown without incident? I have already submitted my resignation letter to His Majesty the Emperor."

When Bai Zhi heard this, she felt a little sympathetic to him.

All along, he has been caught in the middle, like a clown, completely deprived of the right of Beijing officials to make their own decisions.

He just wanted to have both ways and retreat, but there is no such good thing in the world.

"Master Jing Zhaoyi, if you want to stand firm, you should be impartial. I understand what you have to do, but if you lose your principles and blindly protect yourself, you will lose the way of being an official. You are a stupid official. The girl is missing. case, and the Yiming teahouse poisoning case, etc., you are indeed unfair, although it is a last resort. Otherwise, even if you return home, will you feel at ease when you think of those people who complained about injustice?" Bai Zhi understands that Jing Zhaoyi is too courageous Xiao Xiao is afraid of trouble, so he will be blackmailed by the third prince and used by him, so I still give him a few words of advice.

(End of this chapter)