Chapter 85 This woman is becoming more and more unreasonable. She doesn't even understand that men are superior to women.
Originally, this matter had nothing to do with her. She just helped the Second Master find some Mandrake incense, and she didn't know what he was going to do with it.
"We have both witnesses and evidence. Lu Changqing, what else do you have to say?" Bai Changlin slammed the gavel again, scaring Chen so much that she dared not speak again.
Lu Changqing pinched the chain hanging around his neck, his eyes showing a moment of panic, but he quickly regained his composure: "Even if I asked Liansheng to find this incense, so what? At most it proves that I accidentally used the mandragora incense as mosquito coils and gave it to my wife. It can't prove that I was the one who took the two children away."
"Right!" Chen also came to her senses and argued for her son, "This doesn't prove anything at all..."
"Quibbling!" Someone in the crowd couldn't stand it anymore.
"He was the one who put the drug in. He must have stolen the child!"
"As expected of a scholar, he is really good at making excuses!" The crowd began to make a commotion.
Bai Changlin stroked his beard and said nothing.
Xiao Mingzhe glanced at the Snow Wolf standing next to him, who hurried down the stairs and kicked Chenggong in the knee.
"Ah!" The servant fell to his knees with a plop without any warning.
Lu Changqing trembled and roared: "How dare you! This is the Jingzhao Yin Court, you... you are not a yamen runner, what right do you have to attack me?"
Xuelang ignored him and kicked Chenggong on the shoulder again: "Hurry up and tell me! What did Lu Changqing ask you to do at Wanxian Palace?"
"My Lord asked me to take Miss Xu to the mountain and ask the Taoist priest from Wanxian Palace to treat her." Chenggong had already thought of the excuse.
"I think you won't cry until you see the coffin. Come, use the torture!" After Bai Changlin said this, two yamen runners came up with finger-pinching torture instruments.
Chenggong looked up at Lu Changqing and said, "Sir, save me!"
The ten fingers are connected to the heart, this torture is very severe, he will definitely not be able to bear it.
"Master Bai, are you going to torture me into confessing?" Lu Changqing glanced at the torture instruments and said contemptuously, "His Majesty has ordered me to serve as the Deputy Supervisory Envoy and participate in the trial of Prince Yong by the three courts. Master Bai, if you are tortured into confessing, I will not admit it. You should think about how to report to His Majesty."
"This..." Bai Changlin frowned.
Things are getting difficult.
Your Majesty let Lu Changqing participate in the trial of Prince Yong's case, which shows that you have great trust in this man. It would definitely not be okay to torture him directly.
Seeing Bai Changlin remained silent, Lu Changqing felt even more proud: "I've already said that this matter has nothing to do with me, why don't you let me go?"
He was certain that Yao'er and Yuan'er should have been hidden by Qianjizi by now. As long as the two children could not be found, there would be no evidence.
He even secretly hoped that the two children had been buried in some corner that would never see the light of day. As long as they could keep him safe for the rest of his life, he would go back and burn some paper money for them.
“Father!”
"Father, why did you let that demon cut us with a knife?"
Suddenly, two childish voices were heard coming from the gate of the government office. Lu Changqing's face turned pale instantly, as if he had seen a ghost.
He slowly turned around and saw Fang Qianxue walking in with Lu Qingyao and Lu Qingyuan.
The woman walked calmly, her hair was a little messy but her expression remained calm.
"Impossible..." Lu Changqing murmured softly.
When Xiao Mingzhe saw Fang Qianxue, he took great effort to suppress the upturned corners of his mouth.
Her hair was blown by the wind, and it was obvious that she had tied it up slightly before entering the government office. Now with her long hair half-tied up, she showed a different style from before.
Thinking that this woman would soon become his princess, Xiao Mingzhe could not stop being happy. Although he was not a superficial person obsessed with beauty, and was close to Fang Qianxue purely for the sake of the country and his great cause, it was also pleasing to have a beautiful woman by his side.
"Master Bai," Fang Qianxue didn't notice Xiao Mingzhe's gaze at all, and didn't even look at him, and bowed to Jingzhao Yin Bai Changlin, "I am Fang Qianxue, the female official in charge of the Shou'an Palace. I have something to trouble you with today, Master Bai."
"It's Lord Fang." Bai Changlin was instantly alerted when he heard the words "female official in charge of the seal", "Someone, please give Lord Fang a seat."
Actually, the female official in charge of the seal was of the second rank, which was slightly higher than his.
"Madam!" Cui Shuang saw her and came forward happily, pointing her finger at Lu Changqing and saying, "This man is stubborn and refuses to confess!"
Two yamen runners brought a square stool and Fang Qianxue sat down slowly.
Lu Changqing was furious. He was standing in shackles, so why should he give this woman a seat?
This woman is becoming more and more unreasonable. She doesn't even understand how men are superior to women. How can it be that the husband stands while the wife sits?
“Father!”
"Dad, why are you wearing iron chains?" The two little kids rushed over and hugged Lu Changqing's knees.
Fang Qianxue glanced at Lu Changqing and spoke slowly: "We have been married for five years. I wanted to save your dignity, but you refused to admit your guilt and forced me to make a big deal out of it."
"What crime are you admitting? Fang Qianxue, don't go too far!" Lu Changqing glared at her. There was no trace of his former charm on his ferocious face.
"You also heard what Yao'er said just now, right? She said that it was you who sent her and Yuan'er to Wanxian Palace and let the old Taoist priest chop off their leg bones. All this was for your beloved Miss Xu. Now that there are witnesses and evidence, what else do you have to say?" Fang Qianxue said.
"Dad! You were the one who carried us out of here and promised us delicious food."
"Why did Dad lie to us? That Taoist priest was so vicious. He wanted to chop me and my sister!" the two kids shouted loudly.
The sound reached the door of the court, and the crowd watching were all filled with indignation.
"It's really Lu Changqing! He is so cruel and crazy, he is unworthy of being a father!"
"Tsk tsk, he looks like a decent person, but he is so vicious!"
"Children speak without restraint. He really wants to kill his own children. Such a person deserves death!"
Lu Changqing held on for a while, but he couldn't stand the two little kids hugging his knees and calling him daddy, and he couldn't help but feel sad.
Coupled with the discussions outside the courtroom, the only sense of justice left in his heart mixed with huge pressure and various emotions. Lu Changqing finally knelt down to Fang Qianxue and softened his tone and said, "Qianxue, I was confused for a moment. For the sake of the two children being safe now, please forgive me!"
When he saw the two children running in lively, he knew that the plan of taking the bones for making medicine was probably a failure.
Everything is over!
When Chenggong saw his master kneeling down, he knew the situation was hopeless, and kowtowed twice to the person in the upper seat: "Master Bai, Prince Beining, I confess! My master asked me to take the two children to Wanxian Palace, saying that he wanted to ask Taoist Qianjizi to take bones for medicine, but... this did not work out! Look, the two children are still fine. Since it didn't work out, then our master should be innocent, right?"
"Attempted murder is also a crime. Since he has such an evil thought, he still wants to get away with it? As an official appointed by the court, he did such a unscrupulous thing, which really brought shame to the officials of Dayong!" Xiao Mingzhe put down the teacup in his hand heavily.
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