Chapter 216: Su Xiaoxiao's slap

After one stick of incense, the essay was finished. This time, the candidates did not write their names. After answering the questions, they were all numbered at the back. Candidates were not allowed to show up before the results were announced.

Soon, the results came out. The first place was number eight, and the second place was number five.

These two won with high votes. There was only one vote difference between the first and second place, but starting from the third place, the votes dropped sharply.

After the numbers were announced, the first place was still Kang Lun and the second place was Zhao Liming. Xue Chenguang, who was originally seventh, was actually tenth this time.

Except for Xue Chenguang himself, no one cared about the result. They came only to see the results of Kang Lun and Zhao Liming.

Xu Mo didn't need to say much, everyone was impressed by Kang Lun and Zhao Liming's knowledge. Even the Imperial College's chief academic officer, Mr. Cai, praised them highly, saying that their achievement was well deserved.

The matter of the exam questions leaking came to an end here. Xu Mo stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have already found out the people who spread the rumors. Many of them were former failed scholars, and some were street hooligans. They were bribed by Liuzhou, who failed the exam three years ago, to spread rumors in the capital.

Most of the people were misled by the rumors and went to the Duke of Zhen's Mansion to make trouble without knowing right from wrong. Now, Liuzhou's body has been found in the woods outside the city. He committed suicide."

Su Xiaoxiao clicked her tongue and thought, [Xue Ruoxue is still as cruel as ever. After using someone, she will never leave anyone alive. But this person is not a good person either. He deserves to die! 】

The emperor nodded: "You are the presiding judge today, so just pronounce the verdict according to the law!"

Xu Mo sentenced the three most violent people to death according to the law, and the remaining more than ten people were all sent to the border to do hard labor.

The prince looked at the emperor and found that he was calm and did not seem to be able to hear Xiaoxiao's thoughts.

Behind Xue Ruoxue is the Ruyang Palace in Shuzhong. It is a good thing that the emperor does not know about it for the time being, lest he become suspicious and start a war again.

Gu Huaiyu immediately sent people to investigate Xue Ruoxue.

Next, it was about Su Xiaoxiao using sorcery to confuse the emperor and kill the two ministers of Dashuo.

Xu Mo took out the files, enumerated the crimes of the two people one by one, and even guaranteed with his own head that the case of these two people could withstand everyone's supervision.

Then came the matter of the 500 soldiers that Su Bowen brought. Originally, the families of those people were grateful to the court.

When one person joined the army, the whole family had a place to live.

But when the rumors started, they felt something was wrong, so many families of the soldiers came to the trial.

Seeing that the previous two matters were handled easily, they were unwilling to accept it. Someone directly said: "Lord Xu, unless we see my son return safely, we have reason to suspect that General Su has ulterior motives in recruiting soldiers."

"Yes, recall those 500 elite soldiers from the front line, 500 people to fight against the puppet army, even if General Su did not collude with Dayin, they would still die."

"It sounded so nice at the time, isn't this just spending money to buy lives?"

The families of those soldiers became more and more excited. If the emperor hadn't been there, they would probably have fought.

The emperor became more and more angry as he listened. He had made it clear at the beginning that this team was clearly a death squad. They were given so much money because they were very likely to sacrifice their lives for the country. As a result, these people took advantage of the situation and stepped on the Su family when they saw that they were in trouble. It was really abominable.

The emperor was angry when an old woman from the countryside spoke up: "Everyone, stop arguing and listen to me."

Unfortunately, her voice was drowned out by the noise.

Xu Mo gave a look, and the Dali Temple officials started to hit with their killing sticks, and everyone quieted down.

Xu Mo said to the old lady, "Auntie, I see you have something to say, go ahead and say it!"

The old lady said a little awkwardly, "Master Guan, can I really say anything?"

Xu Mo said firmly, "The emperor and the empress are here, just say whatever you want to say."

The old lady said tremblingly, "Speaking of which, my son was the first to register in General Su's camp. At that time, General Su made it clear that we had to deal with the puppet army of the Great Yin.

This trip is more dangerous than good, and it is very likely that there will be no success. "Yes, that's why they gave us so much money. He also asked my son to think it over before signing up!

My son said that if they go, they might be able to defend the western border and keep us alive. He also said that General Su was not afraid, so why should we be afraid? The worst that can happen is death. I think other children think so too.

Guys, we have taken the money from the court and enjoyed the grace given by the court. Now, if we put all the responsibility on General Su, it would be unrighteous and we will be punished by God!"

"Grandma Zhuang, don't act so righteous. Your family went there because Princess Anle saved your grandson, and you went to repay her. But those hunters in our village were kidnapped by your son. Your family is the sinner of our village."

"That's right. Your family has a friendship with Princess Anle. Who knows how much benefit you have gained behind the scenes? You took away all the strong men in our village."

Su Xiaoxiao became angrier and angrier as she listened: [These ungrateful guys, why didn't they worry about their families when they took the money. I really want to slap them to death.] As

Su Xiaoxiao was thinking about this, a strong wind suddenly blew, and those who were gossiping were slapped hard on the face without knowing what was happening.

"Who hit me, who hit me!" The crowd became even more chaotic.

Su Xiaoxiao walked towards the emperor alone, saying, "You have bad consciences, and even God can't stand it, so he's going to slap you in the face."

Someone said, "They really were slapped in the face. Look, their faces are full of slap marks."

Everyone looked over curiously, and sure enough, their faces were swollen, and the slap marks were clearly visible.

"It's really God's will!"

Those who didn't know what was going on quickly knelt down to admit their mistakes to God.

Su Xiaoxiao rubbed her hands and muttered in her heart: [I hit so many people at once, my hands hurt. ]

Zhao Wanyue breathed a sigh of relief. In just a blink of an eye, so many people had slap marks on their faces. Was it really her Xiaoxiao who did it?

She thought to herself: "Fortunately, Xiaohong put her to sleep when they were making trouble, otherwise who knows what would have happened."

The family members of the soldiers were beaten and dared not say anything, but the doubts in everyone's hearts were not resolved. Xu Mo took out a stack of papers and said slowly:

"Since you are the family members of those soldiers, you must have a life and death certificate like this in your hands.

This copy is for the military department to keep. When I investigated, I found that Madam Zhao also copied a copy and let your children go to school for free according to the list. The tuition was paid by Madam Zhao.

Madam Zhao, may I ask why you did this? "

Zhao Wanyue did this secretly, but she didn't expect to be found out by Xu Mo. She stood up and said, "Although it is a life and death agreement, life and death are determined by fate, and the court also gives silver to the families of these soldiers every month, but they have followed my husband through life and death, so I have to do something for their children." After

Zhao Wanyue finished speaking, the soldier's family was so embarrassed that they couldn't raise their heads. They understood this principle, but they didn't know why. At that time, it was like a ghost possessed, thinking that they could make more money.