"Uncle Ping? You...you're not dead?"
When Jiang Qing saw the person coming, he recognized him first.
He already remembered what happened back then. If he remembered correctly, the person in front of him was Cao Ping, the manager of the general's mansion at that time.
“Ah…ah…”
Cao Ping now recognized the young master from that year. He had not spoken for so many years that the sounds he made subconsciously were extremely unclear.
"Your Majesty, this man can't even speak clearly. If you ask him to tell the truth of that year, I'm afraid it will be difficult for people to believe him."
Qi Yuan, who was originally a little nervous, thought that all those who did the thing that year were secretly executed by him. Then he saw that the man was just an old man, and his worry quickly subsided.
“Ah—ah—”
It would have been fine if Qi Yuan didn't say anything, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Cao Ping started shaking like crazy, unable to stop.
"Cao Ping, what's wrong with you?"
Jiang Yao had always thought that Cao Ping disappeared because he had an accident while chasing his little daughter who was taken away by criminals. Now he has recovered from the shock.
"It's—it's you—"
More than ten years later, Cao Ping heard this voice again.
He was subconsciously terrified and wanted to retreat, but he was also very excited. He had finally found the person whom he had regretted for so many years and hated for so many years!
Cao Ping pointed in Qi Yuan's direction, his mouth opening and closing for a long time before he uttered a complete sentence, "It was him, Master, he was the one who sent someone to do it!"
boom--
Like a thunderclap in February, everyone in the hall was stunned.
"You fart!"
Qi Yuan was the first to react. He rushed over, drew out the sword of the Imperial Guard, and stabbed towards Cao Ping.
"Bang!"
Gu Qingchen spun around and kicked the man away.
Seeing that he had no chance, Qi Yuan knelt on the ground, clutching his chest. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am innocent! Even if I had ten thousand guts, I would not dare to attack the General's Mansion!"
"Don't dare?"
The emperor had already noticed something was wrong based on Qi Yuan's reaction just now. He didn't expect that Qi Yuan, who usually did a good job, would be so bold and presumptuous!
He always knew that many of his ministers were at odds with each other in private, but each of them still had some ability. Therefore, as long as it was not excessive, he, as the emperor, would just turn a blind eye.
But if someone died, he would not tolerate it. Therefore, the emperor snorted and said, "I think you are very brave!"
The Royal Guards who had just had their swords stolen were frightened to death and quickly took the swords back. A few of them were worried about another accident, so they quickly surrounded the people they brought with them.
Only then did Cao Ping slowly come to his senses.
"Your Highness...I am the one who has let you down...I am also the one who has let the young lady down..."
As if all his strength had been drained away, Cao Ping knelt on the ground and told Jiang Yao what had happened that year, word by word.
"Cao Ping, has the General's Mansion ever let you down?"
Jiang Yao still couldn't believe it. They thought something had happened to Cao Ping, so they sent people to Cao Ping's hometown to take his parents to the farm outside the general's mansion to live out their retirement. They also sent people to serve them until the two old people passed away.
In the end, it turned out that Cao Ping was the one who opened the door for those men in black.
"Master...it's all my fault. I was greedy!" Cao Ping regretted it. If he hadn't been drunk and owed money to the gambling house, how could he have betrayed his master!
"I'll never forget that voice," Cao Ping pointed in Qi Yuan's direction. "He told me he'd done something wrong and been caught by the master. He just wanted to use the young lady to threaten the general. If the general promised not to cause him any trouble, he wouldn't hurt the young lady."
"He said that the old slave only needed to steal the young lady away to him during the chaos."
Thinking of this, Cao Ping slapped himself in the face, "It's all my fault for being so stupid!"
He never expected that when he handed the newborn girl to the man, the other party gave him not silver, but a knife.
After realizing he had fallen into a trap, he snatched the girl away and ran away, only to be chased all the way.
Later, the young lady was lost and he became like that. The last time, he escaped by pretending to be dead.
“Ha, hahahahahaha…”
Qi Yuan laughed after hearing this. "Jiang Yao, you really have a good daughter. She knew that you and I were sworn enemies, but in order to frame me, she actually found this half-human, half-ghost old man and made up such a wonderful story!"
"What a shame! Words are useless. You said I ordered it, so why don't you show me the evidence?"
What happened back then was done extremely secretly, and the evidence was destroyed by him long ago!
"Cao Ping, do you have any evidence?" Jiang Yao looked at the old man in front of him whose face had been completely disfigured. He felt very complicated and even his voice trembled.
Xue Rou held her husband's hand, wanting to tell him that no matter what, what happened in the past was in the past.
"have……"
Cao Ping glanced at Jiang Li. The little girl who was in swaddling clothes back then has now grown into a graceful young lady. From the moment he knew Jiang Li's identity, he has been grateful to God all the time.
Jiang Li nodded and asked the Royal Guards to give him the dagger that had been prepared in advance.
The next moment, everyone watched as Cao Ping slowly rolled up the trouser leg of the lame left leg, then aimed the dagger at the scar on the calf, and with a cry of "Ah--", he cut open the flesh.
When everyone opened their eyes again, they saw a jade token fall to the ground.
The imperial guards waiting on the side picked up the things, cleaned them, and presented them to the front of the hall.
"Your Majesty, this is..." The eunuch took it and took a look. It turned out to be the jade identity card of the Minister of Works!
"Come here! Go check and see if the Minister of Works has ever lost his jade token?"
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