"Unless someone is behind them, think about it, how could those two old men run so far to seek death? If someone really did it on purpose, then they can be released without charge, and at most they will have to apologize to the princess."
"That's true, but if there really was someone behind this, they must be quite evil, sending people to their deaths..."
Before the two of them could finish their conversation, they heard the sound of someone banging on the door from inside.
"What are you arguing about! What are you arguing about!"
The two yamen runners walked and shouted as they walked, whipping their hands.
As soon as she entered, she saw Old Lady Cao with tears on her face. She cried out, "My two lords, I want to see the Lord. I...we were ordered to frame the princess! We, we are not the princess's maternal ancestors at all! We have nothing to do with the princess at all!"
Upon hearing this, the yamen runner couldn't help but laugh, then slammed his whip on the prison door, "Don't talk nonsense, old man! You said you were instructed by someone, but do you have any evidence?"
Old man Cao took off his shoes and said, "Yes, yes, we have it. Look, that man gave us a banknote!"
"We are all farmers, how could we have such a large banknote?"
"Yes, yes, sir, please tell the judge that we are willing to tell the truth and apologize to the princess!"
I took the smelly silver note from Old Man Cao's hand, opened it and saw that it was indeed a note for one hundred taels of silver.
The yamen runners looked at each other and said, "Wait here, we will go and tell the master now."
"Okay, okay, hurry up, go!"
After the two left, Old Lady Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground. "Old man, we, we were almost cheated..."
Just as he muttered a few words, a voice came from outside the cell, "Dinner is ready, dinner is ready."
A yamen runner holding a rice bucket had a flash of murderous intent in his eyes and walked straight towards the Cao couple.
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