Chapter 197 In Court
After the incident in the mansion, General Song sent people out to investigate the whereabouts of the couple, but he was never able to find out their specific whereabouts.
At this time, Jiang Tangtang suddenly appeared in the yamen. In his opinion, the theft in the mansion must be related to the couple.
He must catch the man today and interrogate him thoroughly.
It doesn't matter even if he caught the wrong person. He and Lu Shiyan had never gotten along anyway. If he didn't want to use him, he would have killed him long ago.
I don't want to keep raising it, but it will start to bite me instead.
It would be the same if he captured his wife first and then killed him. But if he knew that the theft in the mansion's warehouse was related to him and his wife, he would tear them into pieces.
General Song quickly issued several orders to his confidants to ensure that Jiang Tangtang would not escape.
In the courtroom, Zhao Kui banged the gavel and angrily shouted, "You daring and unruly commoner! Why don't you kneel before me?"
In this era, ordinary people had to kneel when meeting an official. Although Lu Shiyan held military power, he was not recognized by the court, and Jiang Tangtang had no rank.
According to the laws of the Great Zhou, Jiang Tangtang is still an exiled criminal and still has to kneel when he sees an official.
But how could Jiang Tangtang kneel before Zhao Kui, such a shameless villain? She came here today just to expose his and General Song's crimes to the public in front of the people of the whole city and add fuel to the fire.
She stood straight and said, "Master Zhao, do you think you are worthy of my kneeling?"
"Why not?" Zhao Kui said contemptuously, "Do you still think you're the Crown Prince's Consort of the Dingbei Marquisate? You're nothing more than an exiled criminal! How dare you roar in court? You're truly clueless! Come, force her to kneel down."
"Who dares?" Jiang Tangtang looked coldly at the yamen runner who was about to step forward.
She is beautiful, and because she has been nourished by spiritual energy for a long time, her skin is white and tender, making her look younger.
Just looking at her appearance, people always have the illusion that she is a soft little girl who is very easy to bully.
But at this moment, she showed her aura, and not only were several yamen runners stunned by her, but even Zhao Kui felt inexplicably timid.
Jiang Tangtang glanced around coldly, forcing everyone to stop moving. Then she looked directly at Zhao Kui and said, "If we're talking about status, you're an official and I'm a commoner. When I see you, I should kneel down. But with your flawed character, you're not worthy of being an official. I won't kneel."
Jiang Tangtang's words can be said to have expressed the voice of the people.
Zhao Kui has been the county magistrate in Yazhou for so many years, and he has never stood up for the people except for extracting benefits from them.
In the past, people dared to be angry but not to speak out, but now seeing that Lingnan is in chaos, Lu Shiyan’s reputation in Lingnan is unprecedentedly high, and Jiang Tangtang is the wife of the God of War.
With the Goddess of War standing up to speak for them, what were they afraid of? The people chimed in, listing Zhao Kui's faults.
Zhao Kui was so angry that his face turned blue. He cursed several times, "Bold and shrewd woman!" He shouted angrily and ordered the yamen runners to drive the people out and punish Jiang Tangtang for contempt of an imperial official.
Jiang Tangtang came here today, so naturally she couldn't be unprepared.
Not only did she have evidence that Zhao Kui and General Song were colluding with the Hu family to frame her workshop, she also arranged a large number of guards.
Some were in the open, some were in the dark, and with so many people on her side, there was no way a few yamen runners could do anything to her.
Zhao Kui was in such a state of panic that he could only send his confidant to seek help from General Song while trying to save face. He pretended to be magnanimous and not bother with Jiang Tangtang and asked, "Jiang, why are you beating the drum to protest your injustice today?"
Jiang Tangtang had been waiting for this moment. "Lord Zhao, in order to seize control of my Rouge Shop, you instructed the Hu family to drug Jiang Miaohan and other ladies, falsely accusing my Rouge Shop's perfume of being harmful to the skin. You are a dignified official, but instead of working for the benefit of the people, you do this to rob them of their property. Aren't you ashamed?"
Generally speaking, in such situations, one should go to the higher-level officials to complain and file an appeal.
But the officials in Lingnan were all black as crows, and Jiang Tangtang had no intention of resolving the issue through formal channels. Anyway, Yazhou would soon change hands.
Her action today was not only to clear the name of Yanzhifang, but also to gain a good reputation for herself by stepping on the corrupt officials.
Zhao Kui hadn't expected that Jiang Tangtang had already seen through his secret plot. A flash of panic crossed his mind, but he forced himself to remain calm and said, "Bold Jiang! First you disrespected the imperial officials, and now you're slandering me! Someone, arrest him!"
Just now, the yamen runners hadn't been able to catch Jiang Tangtang, so it was definitely impossible now. Protected by the guards, Jiang Tangtang asked calmly, "Master Zhao, you're feeling guilty, aren't you?"
"What do I have to feel guilty about? You shrew, you are so rude." Zhao Kui looked outside anxiously, not understanding why General Song had not brought anyone here yet.
Little did he know that General Song had brought people here to capture Jiang Tangtang and torture him severely.
But just a quarter of an hour ago, news came that someone in the camp had mutinied and taken away most of the troops.
He weighed it in his mind and finally could only leave a team to catch Jiang Tangtang.
, and he hurriedly took his men to the military camp.
Jiang Tangtang said, "Since you have no guilty conscience, why don't you summon the Hu family to court for confrontation?"
It can be said that such a thing has never happened since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Someone actually sued an imperial official in court and openly demanded that the imperial official confront him.
The people have never known that this is what can happen after being wronged.
Thinking of the scenes of being bullied by corrupt officials in the past, the people's blood boiled and they shouted loudly: "Confrontation! Confrontation!"
The Jiang family and other families who had taken the Rouge Shop to court were furious when they heard that their daughters had been poisoned by the Hu family.
They also called for the Hu family to go to court for confrontation and make sure to find out that if their daughter was poisoned, they would not let the poisoner go.
"Announce it then!" Zhao Kui was in a dilemma and could only wink at his confidant, meaning to find a way to prevent the Hu family from going to court.
But Jiang Tangtang was well prepared, so how could she let the Hu family escape?
Soon, the Hu family was brought to court.
As soon as Mr. Hu arrived in court, he kowtowed vigorously and cried, "Master, this is unjust! My Hu family is just a small family. How could we dare to poison someone? Master, you must give us justice!"
Madam Hu rushed over, wanting to hit Jiang Tangtang, but in the end, she seemed afraid to do so and only pounded her chest with her fist. "How can you be so vicious? You've ruined my Pearl's face like this, and you still want to throw dirty water on us. Are you still human?"
The people who had just supported Jiang Tangtang were all shaken by seeing this scene, and the expression on Zhao Kui's face visibly relaxed.
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