Not long after, the bailiffs brought up Zhou Daqiang, who had a bruised face and was limping.

Zhou Daqiang was surprised to see that the person sitting in the court was a dignified young girl, with Governor Yan and County Magistrate Zhu standing respectfully on both sides of her.

However, despite his surprise, he still knelt down tremblingly and said, "I, Zhou Daqiang, greet you all."

"Zhou Daqiang, Mr. Tao has accused you of theft and assault. Do you plead guilty?"

"I deny it. I didn't steal his things, nor did I hit him. He framed me. I am innocent!"

"Oh?" Jiang Yueyang pretended to be curious, "Then tell me about what happened that day."

"That day, Master Tao asked me to move some things for him. After I left, the servants of the Tao family took me to a room and told me to wait there for a while.

I waited for a long time but no one came, so I wanted to go out and ask someone. But at that moment, I heard some noise coming from the inner room.

I thought it was a thief and went in to see.

Then, I saw a box fall to the ground, and the gold, silver and jewelry inside were scattered all over the floor.

I immediately realized that this was a trap and turned around to leave, but at this time, Master Tao rushed in with his men.

He didn't ask any questions, but just accused me of stealing things, and beat me to death when he caught me."

Jiang Yueyang raised her chin towards Mr. Tao, "Mr. Tao, what do you say?"

"He's lying. It was him who was caught stealing and tried to run away when he saw the situation was getting bad!"

"I didn't! I didn't even touch those things!"

"Then why did the box end up on the ground? You were the only one in the room at that time. Who else could it be if not you?"

"I don't know. The box was already on the ground when I went in!" Zhou Daqiang suddenly remembered something, "The window! The window was open at the time. Someone must have gone in!"

"Nonsense, there are many valuables in my room and the windows are always closed!"

“It’s open!”

For a moment, the two men quarreled in the court.

Governor Yan opened his mouth to scold, but unexpectedly Jiang Yueyang was one step faster than him and picked up the gavel and slammed it.

"How dare you! You are not allowed to make noise in the court!"

The two of them immediately shut their mouths and didn't notice that Qingming had quietly left.

Jiang Yueyang glanced at the two of them and said, "Since you both insist on your own opinions, I will make the final decision for you."

"Mr. Tao, your Tao family is a wealthy family in Luoyang, and you must have countless servants. Why did you ask Zhou Daqiang to move things?"

Young Master Tao was stunned for a moment, but soon replied calmly: "That's because the things that need to be moved are a bit heavy, and Zhou Daqiang is famous for his great strength."

Jiang Yueyang nodded, "Just now you said that there were many valuables in your room and the windows were always closed, so why did you leave Zhou Daqiang alone there?

If you do this, it will be hard for this princess not to suspect that you are deliberately setting a trap for Zhou Daqiang."

"Fuck...I just believe in Zhou Daqiang's character."

Jiang Yueyang nodded again, "What you said makes sense. Then I'll ask you again, you asked the servants to bring Zhou Daqiang to your room, does that mean that the thing that needs to be moved is in your room? I wonder what it is?"

"It is... a vase as tall as a person."

"Where is the vase? I want to see it."

Jiang Yueyang asked questions one after another, and Master Tao was visibly panicking.

"The vase... the vase was broken by Zhou Daqiang."

"I didn't, I didn't even see a vase that big in the room!"

Jiang Yueyang looked at Zhou Daqiang with cold eyes, and said in a dignified manner: "Just listen quietly without asking."

Hearing this, Zhou Daqiang shuddered all over and shrank his neck, not daring to speak again.

Jiang Yueyang turned his gaze to Master Tao and continued to ask, "Where are the fragments?"

“Lost.”

"Where did you lose it?"

"The servants threw it away. I don't know much about it."

"You should know which servant is missing, right?" Jiang Yueyang didn't give them time to think with every question.

Young Master Tao swallowed his saliva. When he plotted against Zhou Daqiang, he didn't think too much about it. After all, he could bribe County Magistrate Zhu.

But... he never expected that a princess would suddenly come and interfere in this matter.

Seeing that Master Tao hadn't answered yet, Jiang Yueyang pounded the table with her fist, "Mr. Tao, this princess is asking you a question!"

"The princess asked who lost the fragments. Why don't you answer quickly!" Young Master Tao turned around and said to several servants.

One of the servants received the hint and immediately answered: "Yes, it was lost by me."

"Where did you lose it?"

"Lost...lost in the river."

"Which river?"

"Bai... Baisha River."

Hearing this, Jiang Yueyang turned to look at Governor Yan, "Sir Yan, I don't know how deep the Baisha River is, and how fast the river water is, it might wash away the broken pieces of the vase as tall as a person."

Hearing this, the servant did not wait for Governor Yan to answer and quickly changed his words: "No... it's not Baisha River. I remembered it wrong, it's Bilian Lake. I took a boat to the center of the lake and lost it."

Jiang Yueyang sneered, "You can even remember the lake and the river wrong. Are they that similar? Besides, it's only been a few days. Your memory is too bad."

After hearing this, everyone had nothing to understand. The so-called theft was undoubtedly planned by Young Master Tao.

"Well," Jiang Yueyang said indifferently, "You said it was a lake, so I will just treat it as a lake for now. Let me ask you, whose boat were you on at that time?"

This question stumped the servant again. After hesitating for a while, he changed his words again: "I didn't take the boat. I rowed over there by myself."

"You just said we took a boat. Could it be that you remembered it wrong again?"

The servant's face was pale. Things had come to this point, and he could only grit his teeth and say yes.

"Do you think this princess and Magistrate Zhu are so easy to fool?" Jiang Yueyang slammed the gavel angrily!

At this time, Qingming came back.

He placed what he found in front of Jiang Yueyang and whispered a few words in her ear.

Jiang Yueyang picked up the finger-sized navy blue rag in front of her and said, "This is the rag that my people found on the window of Mr. Tao's room. Judging from the material, it is the cloth that the Tao family gave to their servants to wear."

She put down the cloth and picked up the paper beside her. "This is the footprint I took from under the window. Someone, let Zhou Daqiang step on it for comparison."

As soon as he finished speaking, a yamen runner immediately took a piece of paper and asked Zhou Daqiang to step hard on it.

Comparing the two footprints, Zhou Daqiang's footprint is obviously much larger than the other one.

Jiang Yueyang threw the two pieces of paper down and said angrily, "Mr. Tao, why don't you tell me the truth!"