The people cheered even after hearing this.
Fuzhou has indeed produced notorious thieves, but they generally don't rob ordinary people's homes. There have been notorious flower thieves, who would steal from ordinary people's daughters.
Therefore, when the people learned that these people were the bandits, and that one of them had taken the prefect's relative hostage and escaped, they were filled with righteous indignation and wished they could kill the bandits on the spot.
General Peng glared angrily at Lord Yang, never expecting that the Prefect of Fuzhou would dare to act this way.
Killing him is one thing, but daring to kill a royal noblewoman?
He didn't believe that Lord Yang hadn't recognized Princess Jinghe.
"Lord Yang! May I ask what evidence you have to prove that these men are notorious bandits? If they are not, then aren't you indiscriminately killing innocent people!"
At this moment, a middle-aged woman rushed over and stepped forward.
Princess Jinghe recognized her at a glance; this was her wet nurse.
"Lord Yang! I am a servant who worked in the Kang Prince's mansion during the reign of the late Emperor. I raised Princess Jinghe of the Kang Prince's mansion. I was Princess Jinghe's wet nurse. Last night, Princess Jinghe came to Fuzhou City for sightseeing and promised to come to my house for dinner today. Lord Yang, you are truly audacious to arrest and behead the Princess of the Kang Prince's mansion!" A group of ordinary people followed behind the wet nurse.
"You shrew, just because you say you are who you are, does that mean you can claim to be?" Lord Yang frowned as he looked at the wet nurse.
"When my son and daughter-in-law took me back to my hometown, I was fortunate enough to receive an imperial decree from the Empress Dowager, which allowed me to choose any place in Fuzhou to build a house and retire there." The wet nurse said, taking out an imperial decree and holding it up. "Lord Yang, you don't recognize the princess's royal token, you don't recognize General Peng Si's general's order, do you dare to disregard the Empress Dowager's imperial decree as well?"
After speaking, the wet nurse turned to the people: "The Peng family has guarded Kuncheng for decades. Without them, could the people of Fuzhou live in such peace and prosperity? General Peng Si fought bravely on the battlefield, yet upon arriving in Fuzhou, he was arrested by a corrupt official with selfish motives! Princess Jinghe, a noblewoman of the royal family, fearless of hardship and fatigue, fought bravely on the front lines, participating in the Southern Frontier War, the Sand God War, and the Izumo War. She is a favored daughter of heaven, enjoying unparalleled glory, but she has lived up to that glory! Is this how you treat the generals who fought on the battlefield, and the princess who bravely went to the battlefield? Ask yourselves honestly, do they really look like the people on the wanted posters?"
The people remained silent.
Someone muttered under their breath, "You say Lord Yang is mistaken, but you might be mistaken too!"
"Yes, how would we know what Princess Jinghe looks like?"
"Who knows if you're lying? What princess goes to the battlefield?"
The group of people who came with the wet nurse immediately retorted: "Aunt Hu is the wet nurse of Princess Jinghe of the Kangwang Mansion. We have seen the imperial edict in her hand. She just went to the family ancestral hall to get it, and we have been keeping it for a long time."
"We're all deliberately keeping watch!"
The chaotic scene made Lord Yang frown more and more. He stopped arguing with the wet nurse and the people and simply nodded to the man holding the knife.
Gu Hui narrowed her eyes, released a hidden weapon, cut the ropes suspending them, and then rushed forward to kick the people away.
Just as Lord Yang was about to say that another female thief had appeared and to arrest her, a city guard came to report that Peng's army from outside the city had stormed in and stormed straight to the yamen.
The people were terrified by what they saw.
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