"What nonsense are you talking about!" Du Zheng was furious when his secret was exposed. He said angrily, "You are such a liar. How could I be related to the replacement of disaster relief grain? If I was really related, why would the emperor promote me?"
"The emperor is doing this because he doesn't even know the truth," Lu Wan said.
"Shut up right there. You came here wearing black clothes and a white headband. I don't know if you are here to announce good news or to attend a funeral. How can I keep someone as disrespectful as you? Beat them up. I will tell the emperor all about your disrespect today. The emperor is very particular about etiquette and I'm afraid he won't let you go."
"Master Du, I think you should worry about yourself first." Lu Wan said with a smile: "Didn't you ask me why I came to see you in black? You are right, I am here to attend your funeral."
When these words were spoken, everyone around was shocked. Now the Du and Lu families were truly enemies. This Lu Wan was indeed not an easy person to deal with.
They all felt that it was unlucky that he was always causing trouble.
Lu Wan continued, "Du Zheng, you exchanged the relief grain that the emperor allocated to the disaster victims, secretly hid it in a cave in Qingyun Mountain, and sold it the next year to enrich yourself. What crime should you be charged with?"
After saying that, she threw out a ring: "Do you recognize this ring?"
Everyone looked at the ground. Isn’t this the ring that Du Zheng loved the most? Normally he would wear it on his hand all the time. They looked at Du Zheng's hand and found that the ring was indeed gone.
"What's going on? Is this really such a coincidence?"
"That's right, could it be that Lord Du really did something so corrupt and unjust..."
The guests were already talking about it.
Du Zheng's face turned pale, and he said in shock, "You are talking nonsense. This is not my ring. There is no grain hidden on Qingyun Mountain. You are accusing me out of nothing."
"False accusation? Then please take out your ring now, Master Du, to prove your innocence."
"My ring was stolen a few days ago, and I didn't expect it to be in your hands. You stole my things and now you're blaming me for it..."
Du Zheng said in panic.
Lu Wan said slowly, "Is there such a coincidence in the world? Your ring just happened to disappear? In addition to the ring, I have found the grain you hid in Qingyun Mountain. It is indeed disaster relief grain. The owner of Chenji Rice Shop has confessed, and the guy who delivered the grain to you has also confessed. There are witnesses and evidence. I am not afraid of your quibbling."
She spoke these words with great momentum, and Du Zheng was so frightened that he fell to the ground.
Lu Wan watched all this with satisfaction. Du Zheng could no longer bear the psychological pressure and began to collapse.
When the people around him saw him like this, they were almost certain that Du Zheng had done something extremely outrageous, and they all looked at him with disgust.
"Lord Du seems so fair and just on weekdays, how could he do such a thing? He is my colleague, I feel so ashamed!"
"That's right, don't call me Lord Du anymore. If you do something like this, you'll probably be thrown in jail soon. The emperor takes this matter very seriously. It's a matter related to people's livelihood, so he won't let it go easily."
"Lord Du, I advise you to plead guilty as soon as possible. Confess what you have done, and perhaps the emperor will be willing to let you have a good death because of your old age."
Lu Wan had a smile on her face, which made Du Zheng angrier and angrier.
If it weren't for this woman who opposed him at every turn and investigated the matter, how could he have been exposed so quickly? He had been corrupt for many years, and those who knew about it turned a blind eye and did not dare to offend him.
Only the Lu family insisted on investigating this matter and making things difficult for him.
Now that the truth has been revealed, he might as well fight to the death, even if he gets punished himself rather than let them have an easy time.
Du Zheng sneered and said, "Lu Wan, you actually dared to come here and expose all this. Don't even think about going back alive. You made me feel bad, so don't even think about feeling good about yourself!"
"Someone, kill her for me!"
After Du Zheng finished speaking, a assassin suddenly ran out and rushed towards her with a knife in his hand. The knife almost pierced her chest.
She looked at the scene in disbelief. She could not believe that Du Zheng was so cruel that he wanted to kill her in front of so many ministers.
She was about to dodge when she heard the sound of fluttering clothes. Ying suddenly jumped out from the crowd behind her, deflected the assassin's sword with a sword, and started fighting with him.
Lu Wan no longer hesitated and released a flare into the air of the yard. This was given to her by Lu Changxin before she came here. He told her that if any danger occurred, she should immediately release the flare and someone would meet her outside Du Fu's door.
Du Zheng was even more angry when he saw Ying San and the other two men seriously injuring the assassins he sent out and then protecting Lu Wan. He no longer had any concerns and simply picked up the sword on the ground and stabbed it into Lu Wan's chest.
But before he could get close to her, he was kicked to the ground by Ying.
Lu Wan stopped Ying in time and said, "Leave him with his worthless life and let the emperor deal with it."
"good."
"Miss."
The people guarding outside the Du Mansion rushed in all of a sudden, looked at Lu Wan worriedly, and asked, "Miss, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Lu Wan shook his head and said.
At this moment, she saw Shen Yan and his men slowly walking in from behind, with a mixed look on his face.
Now, would he still worry about himself so much? Looking at his expression, Lu Wan almost thought it was an illusion.
But Shen Yan said nothing in the end.
Now the Du family, which was once bustling, has become desolate and cold. All the guests have run away. They have disappeared without a trace since the fight started. It would be terrible if Du Zheng went crazy and asked them all to be buried with him.
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