After reading the whole family's minds, the eldest daughter awakened

Chapter 25 Prove your innocence
  Compared with the two of them, Li Dengyuan was really unqualified as a father.

Li Dengyuan seemed to be aware of this. He had scolded Li Youwei to death in his heart, but on his face he had an expression that said, "I am also in pain, but as a minister, I must be loyal to the emperor and patriotic."

Li Youwei had long since given up hope on Li Dengyuan. She never expected him, a father, to save her.

"Your Majesty, we have never done what County Magistrate Huang said, and we ask him to provide evidence to prove that what he said is true."

Even facing the emperor who had the power of life and death, Li Youwei was not timid.

Wang Boyan and Nalan Ling also kowtowed three times and said in neither humble nor arrogant voices, "Your Majesty, please give your ministers a chance to prove their innocence."

Zhou Yanting and Magistrate Huang looked at each other quickly, and then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to give them a chance."

Zhou Yanting was begging for mercy at this moment, and seemed to care about his classmates. If Li Youwei and others had not discovered his true face, they would probably have been moved by him.

Emperor Nan Chen looked at Zhou Yanting with even more admiration.

"Okay, as expected of the Zhou family, they are magnanimous, so I will give them a chance."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhou Yanting kowtowed to thank him and deliberately passed by Li Youwei when he stood up.

From an angle that no one could see, he gave Li Youwei a provocative smile.

Li Youwei lowered his head and said nothing. He would immediately regret his current behavior.

"Okay, now you can confront each other face to face."

The eunuch received the signal from Emperor Nanchen, held the orchid finger and said to Li Youwei and others.

In order to seize the opportunity, Huang County Magistrate rushed to the front.

"Li Youwei and others asked Wei Chen to report the number of 108 people in the victory report, but in fact there were only 30 bandits, and the remaining 78 were common people.

Wei Chen specially went to the Shanzhai and Yushi Village to verify that there were indeed thirty corpses in the Shanzhai and seventy-eight corpses in the village. "

After Magistrate Huang finished speaking, there was a lively discussion in the hall, especially those ministers who supported the Zhou family, and their words were as unpleasant as possible.

Li Youwei and others did not interrupt Magistrate Huang, but waited for him to finish speaking clearly.

"Your Majesty, we have witnesses who prove that Magistrate Huang is lying."

As soon as Wang Boyan said these words, the hall fell silent instantly. Magistrate Huang was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and looked at Zhou Yanting hurriedly.

Zhou Yanting also looked puzzled. Everyone in the village and village was dead, so where were the witnesses?

He came back with Wang Boyan and others. If there were really witnesses, how could he not know about it.

Busy gave Magistrate Huang a reassuring look, meaning there was no need to be afraid, everything was under his control.

Emperor Nanchen waved his hand accurately, and soon, the first master, the second master and the three little bandits were escorted up.

Seeing the leader, the ministers surnamed Zhou didn't look very good.

Zhou Yanting's face turned pale, how could he still be alive?

Shangshu Hube glared at him with dissatisfaction before turning his attention to the headmaster.

Zhou Yanting's face turned even paler. His father was disgusted with him.

He was originally a concubine. Because of his outstanding intelligence, he was sent to Hongru Academy by the Zhou family, and he gradually came into his father's sight.

No, no matter what, Li Youwei and others must be proven guilty.

"who are they?"

After all, he is the emperor of a country. Although Emperor Nanchen became a little stupid because of his indulgence in the imperial concubine, he still had some abilities.

As soon as these five people came up, he knew that Magistrate Huang's words could not be completely believed.

"Your Majesty, they are all bandits on Yushi Mountain. He is the leader, and his surname is Zhou."

Li Youwei bit the word "zhou" a little too hard. The minister surnamed Zhou was already sweating slightly at this time. How did Zhou Yanting do things, leaving such a big chance of survival, and dared to confront people in the palace to plead for mercy? He was simply mentally ill.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance looked at Zhou Yanting even more unfavorably. A bastard is a bastard, and there is nothing like mud that can hold up the wall.

Zhou Yanting was already covered in sweat. He was eager to prove that Li Youwei and others burned the common people for military merit, and he was no longer as calm as before.

"Li Youwei, what do you mean by leaving these bandits behind? Do you want to let the tiger return to the mountains?
  And even if you bring them here, it won't change the fact that you burned the people to death. "

Li Youwei did not argue with Zhou Yanting, but continued.

"The second boss has a list of bandits. Can you guys see how many there are?"

The first master was shocked to find that the second master actually had a list of names on his body. It seemed that he had long wanted to replace him.

The list was presented to Emperor Nanchen by the eunuch.

Emperor Nanchen opened the list, and the names of one hundred and thirteen people were clearly written on it.

There are five people alive now, and the number of dead should be 108. In other words, Li Youwei and others did not use the heads of ordinary people to pretend to be military merits.

Emperor Nanchen threw the list at the feet of the Minister of Hubu, "What does Mr. Zhou think of this matter?"

Mr. Zhou knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, although the number of people on this list is correct, if this list is fake, even if it is true, maybe some of the bandits have escaped.

Mr. Huang, did you see those people being burned to death with your own eyes? "

County Magistrate Huang was so frightened that he almost peed, and said hurriedly.

"When Wei Chen arrived, the entire Jade Village was enveloped in a sea of ​​fire, and no one survived.

After the fire was put out, Wei Chen personally checked and found that there were indeed seventy-eight corpses. "

"Your Majesty, it seems that it is true that Li Youwei and others killed the people."

Emperor Nanchen seemed to be convinced, he looked at Li Youwei and others.

"How do you explain burning people to death?"

"Back to Your Majesty, we did not set the fire in Yushi Village. Also, we would like to ask County Magistrate Huang, how many people are there in Yushi Village now?"

Magistrate Huang had just taken office not long ago, and bandits often went down the mountain to kill people, so he didn't know the specific number of people at all.

But he was sure that everyone was burned to death, so there should be as many people as there were corpses, and since there was no evidence of death, it was not up to him to say how many people there were.

Thinking this way, he became confident again.

"There are a total of seventy-eight people in Yushi Village now, not counting those who are still in the mother's womb, and there are also so many corpses burned to death in the village."

"Is Magistrate Huang sure?"

Li Youwei looked at Magistrate Huang and asked word by word.

Magistrate Huang was suddenly unsure, but he still had to bite the bullet and firmly believe that he was right.

"Of course I am sure. I am their parent official, so I naturally know this matter very well."

“You don’t deserve to be a parent official, because no parent would burn their child to death with their own hands.

Jade Village was indeed burned down, but the one who set the fire was not us, but you. "

Magistrate Huang's fat body trembled, and he broke into a cold sweat again.

"Do you think you can be childish and unbridled at a young age? I am telling you that if you slander an official in front of the emperor, you can beheaded directly."

"That's such a pity. I also have a list of Jade Villages."

The eunuch took the list and handed it to Emperor Nanchen.

After Emperor Nan Chen finished reading, he looked directly at Li Youwei.

(End of this chapter)