"If the emperor asks you a question again, tell him."
"The capital of Jin and Chu, at the feet of the emperor, will surely give you justice."
These words left Ah Xing stunned for a long time.
The voice of the man in front of him aroused the emotions in his heart. Ah Xing lowered his head and tightened his hands at his sides in vain.
I always feel that this man actually knows everything.
but……
A figure waiting for him in a small alley appeared in his mind, and the white silver suddenly pricked Ah Xing's nerves.
Forcing himself to ignore Xu Qingyi's gaze, Ah Xing suddenly threw himself in front of the emperor. Layers of dirt stained the cloth on his knees. The rose next to him was startled by his movements and shook three times, dropping a petal.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, help me, Your Majesty..."
Before he could finish his words, Ah Xing cautiously met the angry gaze of Leiman beside him, and immediately swallowed what he was about to say, revealing a frightened expression.
His body began to tremble, and he slowly moved his knees backward. His cowardly appearance made the emperor think a lot.
Thinking of the last time Lei Man brought Gu Qingsheng here and what Gu Qingsheng said, the emperor had some thoughts in his mind.
I originally thought that Lehman’s rampant behavior was not that serious, otherwise we would not have received any memorials in this regard until now.
Now looking at the guilty looks of those ministers and the frightened expression of the beggar, all the facts seem to be self-evident.
He slammed the head of the chair with a "bang", which scared the queen beside him.
“It’s so lawless!!”
"Your Majesty, please calm down and don't get yourself hurt by anger."
Concubine Ning was not surprised at all. She handed a glass of water to his side with a seductive look.
"Just speak boldly! I'll take care of anything for you!!"
With this guarantee, Ah Xing felt relieved.
"C... I, Ah Xing... am..."
"He's a beggar from Jinchu East Street. He lives by begging with his younger brother."
Ah Xing shrugged his shoulders and trembled a little, as if he remembered the fierceness of the whip at that time. He suddenly shrank back and hugged his arms tightly.
"Once... once! My brother and I were crossing the street and we didn't notice that we blocked that man's carriage... He just... he just... "
The trembling finger pointed at Leiman, and Leiman's eyes changed immediately.
At that time, he was in the carriage, how could he recognize that he had bullied the little beggar before? When he was told such a thing at this time, the emperor's inquiring eyes suddenly hit him, and he suddenly felt guilty.
"What nonsense are you talking about! You are committing the crime of deceiving the emperor! When did I…"
"I'm not talking nonsense!"
Seeing Leiman's rebuttal, Ah Xing simply took off his shirt, revealing his dark and gray back.
On his back, what was glaring was the countless whip marks that had turned into pink scars. They were superimposed on each other on his back, so ugly and hideous that it was impossible to imagine the pain he had endured at that time.
"This is what you did! You asked the driver to..."
When these words were spoken, Ah Xing gnashed his teeth, full of resentment, and stared at Leiman.
"You didn't even spare my little brother! You said you would let the driver beat us to death!"
The moment the whip marks appeared, Leiman was a little shaky. He held on to the table secretly, clenched his hands tightly, and his face turned red.
The table that the hand was holding tightly was shaking, and some wine spilled from the wine glass on the table.
"You...you have no way to prove..."
"emperor!"
Eunuch Li's sharp voice interrupted Lei Man and he walked quickly to Ah Xing.
"I recognize it!"
He pointed at the large and small pits on Ah Xing's scar
"These are the bone-piercing spikes found on whips from the Western Regions. They create these dents when they hit someone!"
"I once had the honor of seeing a convict from the Western Regions, and he had scars just like this."
Now that Eunuch Li has said so, it seems that what Leiman is going to do is a foregone conclusion.
The emperor suppressed his anger to the utmost. Although it was a full moon, the atmosphere here was extremely tense.
Gu Qingsheng watched this wonderful show, and her intuition told her that there must be someone behind this, and someone must have sent Ah Xing to the emperor.
"Then, Ah Xing, tell me, how did you get to the palace, and why did those people chase you?"
Ah Xing kowtowed, ignoring Leiman's cold gaze, with a feeling of giving up.
"Your Majesty!"
"After that incident, Caomin and my brother hid far away and rarely came out because we were afraid of encountering something like this again."
"I'm still older, so getting beaten isn't a big deal. The main thing is that my younger brother is still too young, and he was already very upset by what happened last time."
"But!!"
He suddenly became excited again
"I thought it was finally over. My brother and I were just about to go out begging tonight! But we were kidnapped by two men in black! I didn't even get to see my brother one last time before we were separated!"
"The man in black said it himself, he's that person's man! He wanted to kidnap us to practice Gu! On the way back, he happened to pass by this place, and I struggled so hard that I rolled off the roof. That's why! That's why I ended up here... Your Majesty! Please, Your Majesty, save my brother!"
"Your Majesty, please save my brother!"
As he spoke, Ah Xing burst into tears. His voice was choked with sobs, and Concubine Ning was moved.
"This poor child..."
"You...you are talking nonsense!"
Leiman suddenly rushed out, looked at Ah Xing with his hands hooked into a shape, his eyes bloodshot and full of anger!
There was actually a hint of murderous intent.
Chu Zhiyao grabbed Leiman
"Don't do anything stupid."
He whispered in Leiman's ear and restrained Leiman fiercely.
Now the little beggar only pointed out something, and there was no direct and strong evidence. But if Leiman really killed the little beggar in front of so many people, then there would be no way to defend himself.
"But he..."
Leiman was still struggling, and his anger did not subside at all because of Chu Zhiyao's attempt to stop him.
"Everything Ah Xing said is true! Your Majesty, please save my brother!"
"Don't talk nonsense..."
"prince!"
The man in black suddenly howled and kowtowed to the ground towards Leiman.
"Prince, I didn't complete the mission properly, and he got away! I deserve to die! I deserve to die!"
Unexpectedly, the man in black also came to interfere. Leiman's face became even worse. Chu Zhiyao almost couldn't stop him.
"Someone! Pull the prince down quickly!!"
All of a sudden, the entire imperial garden was filled with all kinds of noise and it was quite noisy.
If the questioning continued, it would involve some major issues between the two countries. Some ministers knew what was going on and stood up and walked away quietly.
"Do you really think this is that simple?"
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