Chapter 84: Evil obstacles! Evil obstacles!

"You dog official!" A slightly plump old woman suddenly rushed out from the crowd, pointing her finger at the official sitting in the upper seat and cursing, "You dog look down on people!"

"Shut up!" Jingzhao Yin Bai Changlin shouted angrily, "Where did you come from, you bitch, to speak so wildly! Get out of here!"

Lu Changqing said, "Wait! She is my mother, Lord Bai, today is not a public trial, why can't my mother come?"

Chen held Lu Changqing's hands distressedly, and looked at the official sitting on the throne: "My son is a sixth-rank official of the imperial court. No, he is now a fifth-rank deputy supervisor! Why don't you quickly give my son a seat?"

Bai Changlin glanced at Xiao Mingzhe who was sitting next to him and said, "Your Majesty, can you let Lu Changqing sit down first?"

Xiao Mingzhe took the teacup handed over by the yamen runner and gently weighed the lid: "This is a trial. Lu Changqing is the prisoner today. How can we give a prisoner a seat?"

"Xiao Mingzhe," Lu Changqing said, even though he was in shackles, he held his head high and called out the name of the King of Beining, "Before I was convicted, I was not a criminal, I was just a suspect. You treat me like this, aren't you afraid that it will get to His Majesty's ears and he will accuse you of suppressing dissidents?"

Xiao Mingzhe glanced at him and continued drinking tea.

"Bang!" Bai Changlin slammed the gavel. "How dare you, the criminal, threaten me and the Nineteenth Prince! If you are a suspect, you are a suspect. What's wrong with me asking you to stand?"

On one side is the magnificent Beining Palace, and on the other side is just a minor official of the fifth rank. Bai Changlin doesn't have to think about which side to stand on.

"Sir Bai, there's no need to waste time talking to him. Just try the case." Xiao Mingzhe said.

"Come here!" Call the woman who beat the drum to complain to the court to confront Lu Changqing. "

Soon, Cui Shuang came in with a few maids and servants, followed by the yamen runners, and knelt down to Bai Changlin and said, "Sir, my mistress is Lu Changqing's wife, Fang, and she wants to sue Lu Changqing for murdering his own children for his mistress! Please help my mistress!"

"You accuse me of murdering my own children. What evidence do you have?" Lu Changqing snorted coldly.

"We can all prove that you used aphrodisiac incense to knock out everyone in Meihuaaoli last night, and took away the young lady and the young master at night, just to let the demon take their leg bones to make medicine for your lover!" Cuishuang said.

"Nonsense!" Mother Chen gnashed her teeth and wanted to pounce on Cui Shuang, but was held back by the maid. "You are such a sharp-tongued girl, you are slandering your master. I should pull out your tongue and sell you to a brothel!"

"Want to sell me?" Cui Shuang glanced at her coldly. "Old Madam, have you forgotten that I am a servant of the Fang family, my indenture is with you, and my monthly salary is also paid by you. What right do you have to sell me?"

Chen was choked by her words and was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Lu Changqing was relatively calm: "You are right. Your indentures are in Fang Qianxue's hands, so she will speak for her. Therefore, your testimony is unreliable. Last night, Xu was seriously ill, so I sent someone to send her to the Wanxian Palace in the suburbs of Beijing to ask the Taoist priest to treat her. As for what you said about Yao'er and Yuan'er being missing, it has nothing to do with me. It was your wife who fell asleep at night, giving the kidnapper the opportunity to kidnap the two children. I haven't settled the score with her yet, but you come here to complain first and want to bite back!"

The onlookers watched them arguing with each other, and didn't know who to believe.

"Is that maid making a false accusation? Lord Lu is a kind and gentle man, and doesn't seem like the kind of person who would murder his children!" said a scholar.

"I guess Lord Lu fell in love with Miss Xu, so Fang hated his change of heart and deliberately falsely accused him."

"Ms. Fang is so cruel. After all, they have been husband and wife for five years, yet she wants to kill him!" an old man said indignantly.

"Madam Jiang!" Cuishuang looked back and saw a maid putting the bundle in her hand on the ground and spreading it out.

I saw some incense sticks that had not been completely burned in the bundle, and a strange fragrance immediately filled the lobby.

"What is that?"

"It looks like mosquito coils. It's not that hot today. Why bring mosquito coils to court?"

"It tastes a bit weird, sweet and greasy." The onlookers began to whisper again.

"Please look, sir," Cuishuang pointed at the things in the bundle and said, "This incense is not mosquito coils at all, but mandragora incense, which is very difficult to find in Shangjing."

"Miss Cuishuang, what's the meaning of bringing this incense to the court?" Bai Changlin asked.

"My Lord, Mandragora incense can make people fall asleep quickly. It is a popular incense in the Western Regions. When the old master of the Lu family was seriously ill, he bought some Mandragora incense. This is what was left. But someone left this incense in our yard last night! As long as you find someone to test it, you will know that what I said is true."

When Chen heard the words "Mandragora incense", her lips were tightly pursed into a line.

The maid standing next to Chen trembled and took half a step back.

Xiao Mingzhe noticed the abnormality of the little maid at a glance: "Come here! Punish Chen's maid, she must know the origin of this mandragora incense!"

"Please spare my life, my lord!" Liansheng knelt on the ground with a plop, tremblingly took out a small silver ingot from her sleeve, and kowtowed, "Please spare my life, my lord. The second master asked me to find this incense, but I don't know what the second master wants this incense for."

"Nonsense!" Chen rushed over and slapped Liansheng.

"Come here! Pull that old woman aside and tie her up!" Bai Changlin said to the bailiffs, and then asked Liansheng, "Miss, please continue to speak. If you speak well, you can atone for your crime."

Chen was dragged aside and her hands were tied to prevent her from obstructing the trial.

Liansheng was quiet for a while before continuing, "I didn't know that the Second Master took the Mandragora Incense to go to Meihuaao to knock out the Madam and the nanny who was looking after the young lady and the young master. Your Excellency, I really didn't know!"

"What did you say?" Chen was tied up and unable to move, but she could still speak, "You said that Changqing asked you to find this incense?"

Liansheng nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "Madam, everything I said is true, I dare not make random accusations! In the middle of the night yesterday, the Second Master suddenly remembered something and asked me to find this incense. If I knew he was going to do something bad, I would not do it even if I had a hundred guts."

Lu Changqing didn't say anything, but Chen was very emotional and looked heartbroken.

"Evil creature! Evil creature!" It was unclear whether he was scolding Liansheng or Lu Changqing.

Liansheng trembled like a sieve and timidly glanced at Bai Changlin who was sitting on the throne: "My Lord, I have confessed everything I know."

She just wanted to make some money, but she didn't expect to be brought to court and tortured. She might as well confess as soon as possible.