Nan Mo's mind was filled with alarm: Who was that big idiot? What had he told Mu Mu? When had he met Mu Mu?
During these three days, Nan Mo spent almost all his time with Chu Mu except for sleeping.
The only time the other party could take advantage of me was during the night...
The more Nan Mo thought about it, the colder his heart became. He wished he could catch Chu Mu immediately and ask him clearly.
However, now he had to hold it in.
"Chao Mu, you are full of nonsense and trying to disrupt the judgment of the ministers. This is already a violation of the will. Why should I meet the red-spotted woman from Yanghua Village?"
"Your Majesty!" the shrill-voiced eunuch called out again.
Chu Mu interrupted him: "I'm talking to the emperor, why are you, a servant, butting in?"
"Hey—you!" The eunuch was stunned for a moment.
"Your Majesty, all the gentlemen are here. Even if you are kind and generous, you can't let a eunuch interrupt you, right?"
Although Prince Yin was the emperor, he was suppressed by the Grand Tutor on the left and the ambitious Xu Zhi on the right, and he seemed to be at a disadvantage everywhere.
Chu Mu thought that he was narrow-minded and did not seem like the kind of person who would not care about anything, so he deliberately provoked him with words.
As expected, King Yin was fooled.
"Bold eunuch, who told you to speak?"
The eunuch's long and thin eyebrows twisted like a twisted earthworm.
He looked around and saw that the officials from the three divisions had all stuck their heads out to look over here. He rolled his eyes and knelt on the ground and kowtowed twice: "Your Majesty, you——"
"Oh, that's strange," Chu Mu didn't even give him a chance to speak. "You old eunuch, just talk, why are you looking at the ministers first? Could it be that in your eyes, His Majesty is not as good as you gentlemen?"
The eyes beneath the Hidden King's mask were filled with anger.
"Your Majesty, I have no intention of rebelling."
The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple was the first to kneel down and salute, followed by officials from the other three departments who howled in expression of their loyalty.
Instead, they put the eunuch on the fire and roasted him.
"snort!"
The Hidden King sneered heavily.
"Defu, you've been the warden for so long that you've forgotten your own rules."
The eunuch's face, covered with layers of white powder, was a bluish-gray. "Your Majesty..."
"Shut up!" Chu Mu shouted angrily, "Your Majesty scolds you, and you still dare to argue?"
"..." When Supervisor Defu saw that King Yin just glanced at Chu Mu indifferently and then glared at him hatefully, he immediately felt a chill in his heart.
——This coward is no match for Chaomu at all!
"I dare not."
Defu wanted to say something else, but was stopped by King Yin with a wave of his hand.
"I see that you are old and your eyesight is dim. Go back and rest for a while."
"His Majesty--"
"Why don't you get out of here?"
Defu took two breaths and said, "...I obey your command."
It seems that the situation today is unstoppable. Instead of wasting energy here, it is better to go back and report to the Grand Tutor.
Chu Mu looked at the hurried back of Defu, and curled his lips subtly: [This eunuch's limbs are weak, and it's obvious that he has no martial arts skills. It shouldn't be a problem for the big fool to stop him.]
Nan Mo frowned when he heard this, and wished he could follow him and see who that big fool was.
"Your Majesty is truly wise!" Chu Mu smiled and was not at all stingy in praising King Yin.
"When things are out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on." As soon as Defu left, the Hidden King turned his attention to Chu Mu again. "Tell me, what are you up to again?"
"Your Majesty," Chu Mu smiled harmlessly, "Do you want to meet the village woman I just mentioned?"
Prince Yin didn't know why Chaomu was still obsessed with a village woman when he was about to die, but his intuition told him that he should refuse.
"There's no reason for you to see me, a mere pariah."
"Your Majesty." Nan Mo bowed, "That village woman is related to the Qiufeng Cliff case. If you want to investigate thoroughly, you should summon her."
King Yin was displeased and did not agree.
"Or... Your Majesty, are you hiding something?" Chu Mu said with a hint of meaning.
Things have come to this point. If King Yin refuses again, it will really show that he has something to hide.
She's just a village woman who has nothing to do with me, so just meet her!
The Hidden King flicked his sleeves and said, "Send it!"
…
The village woman was brought in by the paralyzed Old Seven.
After Chu Mu discussed with "Jie Ye" last night, he found the paralyzed Old Seven before dawn and asked him to go out of the house to find someone.
Chu Mu only gave a piece of paper with the address on it, but the expressionless Old Seven didn't ask any questions and silently took on the task.
Looking at the village woman who came to the hall as scheduled, Chu Mu smiled sweetly at Lao Qi with approval:
[Reliable! As a man, the less he talks, the more reliable he is!]
Lao Qi's heart trembled - from childhood to adulthood, he only heard others laugh at him for being taciturn. He only remembered that the matchmaker disliked him because he didn't talk and was like a mute. Even his own father drove him out of the house because he was taciturn and unpleasant.
Mr. Chaochao said, the less a man talks, the more reliable he is.
Lao Qi took a deep breath and almost drowned in Chu Mu's smile.
hateful.
Nan Mo, who saw everything, almost crushed his sleeves.
Isn't it just not talking? I can do that too.
"Your Majesty," the Grand Court Justice saluted the Prince of Yin as if asking for advice, "shall I proceed directly to the trial?"
The Hidden Prince had already taken a good look at the village woman kneeling in the hall. After confirming that he had no impression of her, he waved his hand indifferently: "You can judge her."
"Yes, I obey your orders."
The Dali Temple judge returned to the presiding judge's seat and slammed the gavel: "Who is this person? Where do you live? What is your connection to the Qiufeng Cliff case? Tell the truth!"
The village woman trembled, raised her head to look at the hall, then lowered her head again, her clenched fists seeming to be in fear and anger.
"Auntie, don't be afraid."
Chu Mu's gentle voice immediately diluted the solemnity of the Dali Temple.
"Those present here today are the most impartial and selfless elders of our Great Xia. They will certainly handle this case impartially. Even if the criminal is a member of the royal family, they will still give you justice."
The village woman calmed down and gritted her teeth:
"I live in Yanghua Village, and my husband is a herbalist. On the day of the assassination, I and my husband were rushing to the cliff to pick herbs. I saw with my own eyes... a group of men in black moving the sharp rocks from the bottom of the mountain and using tree stumps as support.
The leader said to the others, "Be quick and careful. If you really hurt the Duke, His Majesty will kill you!"
When they heard this, all the officials in the Dali Temple changed their expressions.
The Hidden King, in particular, slammed his fist on the table and said, "What nonsense! You witch!"
"I haven't finished speaking yet!"
The woman seemed to be determined and met the King's gaze without fear.
"My husband was accidentally discovered by the men in black. They chased after him without a word. He knew he couldn't escape death, so he hid me in a cave where he was collecting herbs and went out himself... and was killed by those men!"
"They are all beasts!" The village woman couldn't contain her emotions and started to howl. "They left my husband to the wild wolves, and he was eaten up completely, leaving only a pile of broken bones..."
"Hidden King!" the village woman shouted, "In order to frame the little immortal, you really don't care about the lives of the untouchables!"
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