Zou Yangyao's face turned pale: "I didn't have any weapons in my hands at the time. Do you dare to examine my injuries?"
Without weapons, the injuries to people are naturally not scratches, stabs, or punctures.
"Sir, please ask the medical officer to verify it." Jing Yuchen's servant had no guilt at all and answered very straightforwardly.
Zou Yangyao finally understood that today, Jing Yuchen wanted to make him find evidence of his guilt and punish him.
All the fake certificates are ready!
Yang Wanyan said, "Sir, please investigate. The general..."
Before Yang Wanyan could finish her words, Kang Xueyi banged the gavel down and asked, "Did I ask you a question?"
Yang Wanyan shrank back, feeling extremely aggrieved. She was also anxious when she heard that Zou Yangyao was going to be convicted.
After the medical officer examined the injuries, he concluded that the injuries suffered by several people were indeed internal injuries, caused by being hit by someone with strong internal strength!
"General Zou, do you have anything else to quibble about?"
Zou Yangyao knelt on the ground, trying to argue? How could he argue? Everyone was accusing him, and he had no way to defend himself!
Kang Xueyi didn't hear Zou Yangyao's response. He slammed the gavel in his hand and said, "Zou Yangyao, you are so audacious and reckless. You disregarded the emperor's regard for you and sent someone to assassinate the second prince. You deserve death! I will personally submit a memorial to the emperor and ask him to convict you!"
Zou Yangyao just chuckled, and even at this moment, he still didn't show any fear.
At this time, an officer came to report: "Sir, there is a woman outside the hall who wants to see you. She says she is the general's wife!"
There was a flash of surprise in Kang Xueyi's eyes. The general's wife?
Zou Yangyao also frowned. He wondered how Ni Yingying's instructions had gone during his absence. With Yang Wanyan trapped here, had Ni Yueshuang succeeded?
"The General's wife has nothing to do with this matter, let her go back!"
The officer hesitantly said, "She claims to know who the real murderer is and is here to provide clues!"
Kang Xueyi was surprised. He stroked his beard and hesitated.
Jing Yuchen on the side raised the corner of his lips. Interesting, Ni Yingying...
"Send her in. She's a witness with clues!"
Kang Xueyi hesitated for only a moment, and finally agreed to summon Ni Yingying to court.
Ni Yingying was wearing a plain long dress and no hair accessories on her head. She knelt down and saluted the Dali Temple Minister.
Kang Xueyi frowned and looked at Ni Yingying: "Tell me, do you have any clues?"
Ni Yingying looked at Zou Yangyao who was kneeling beside her. Zou Yangyao knew she was coming, but he didn't react at all. He looked straight ahead and didn't even intend to look at her.
Ni Yingying frowned and responded, "My lord, this matter is definitely not as simple as the Second Prince seems. If I were not the wife of the General's Mansion and were not in charge of all the affairs of the General's Mansion, I would never know the hidden truth!"
Zou Yangyao knelt on the ground and shifted his gaze unhappily to look at the person kneeling beside him.
"What are you doing here?"
Isn't he aware of Ni Yingying's intelligence? She's here to drag him down, right?
Zou Yangyao's gaze made her feel more pressured, but Ni Yingying still insisted, "Sir, I once heard a servant report that someone from Concubine Yang's courtyard went out of the house to meet with someone after dark. However, I believed Concubine Yang and did not investigate or pursue the matter, nor did I take it to heart."
"But then something happened to the general, and I thought there was something wrong, because when the general's mansion checked the monthly accounts, they found that Concubine Yang had spent a large sum of money!"
"I immediately took people to check Aunt Yang's room and unexpectedly found a written agreement!"
She held it up with both hands, and a thin piece of paper appeared in her hands.
Yang Wanyan looked at Ni Yingying in surprise and shouted excitedly, "You are talking nonsense! You are making a false accusation!"
However, Ni Yingying looked indifferent and ignored him.
Zou Yangyao was also surprised. What Ni Yingying said seemed to make sense and well-founded.
But Zou Yangyao believed that Yang Wanyan would definitely not be the real mastermind behind sending the assassins, and Ni Yingying was saving him!
Zou Yangyao's expression was a little complicated. This Ni Yingying was beyond his expectations!
Kang Xueyi took the agreement presented to him, which contained a contract for sending an assassin to murder someone, as well as the amount of silver involved.
This agreement is more like a receipt, with the person who buys the killer and the killer-buying organization each holding a copy.
This is irrefutable evidence!
Plus Ni Yingying’s confession!
Jing Yuchen watched Ni Yingying put away the folding fan in her hand and tapped it lightly on her palm: "I wonder if you could produce the account book of the money paid by Concubine Yang in the General's Mansion?"
"Also, what you said doesn't seem to make sense. If Concubine Yang hired someone to kill, why was the assassin led into the Second Prince's residence by the general?"
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