Chapter 719 It’s Her!

Shuntian Prefecture Governor welcomed the old couple of Duke Xin and his wife in, and Xing Xing also came over to greet them: "Madam, Duke, why are you here?"

The old lady of Duke Xin's eyes were filled with tears. She held Xing Xing's hand and said with a trembling voice, "My son... you have been wronged."

These words seem to contain a myriad of meanings.

With just these words, Xing Xing knew that the old lady of Duke Xin and the old Duke probably knew everything.

Got it...she might be their granddaughter.

Xingxing's expression froze slightly, but even though she was always frank and honest, she didn't know what to say now.

She thought about it and decided to comfort the old lady of Duke Xin first: "Don't worry, I'm fine..."

The old lady of Duke Xin turned her head away, wiped the tears from her eyes, and nodded.

The prefect of Shuntian looked at this and then that, and felt that the situation was becoming more and more confusing.

The old lady of Duke Xin is of a very high seniority in the capital and has a very noble status. Apart from the Empress Dowager who is away worshipping Buddha and has not returned yet, there are probably only a few old concubines living in honor in the royal palace who are of higher status than her in the entire capital.

Therefore, the old lady of Duke Xin seldom leaves the house.

After all, it is just a big Buddha statue that others want to worship, which is not very interesting.

Shuntian Prefecture Governor looked at the Xin Guogong couple cautiously:

"I've asked someone to bring some chairs over. Do you two want to sit in on the lecture?"

The old Duke Xin nodded with a dignified look, "Thank you for your trouble. Your Excellency the Prefect doesn't have to worry too much. We are just here to listen."

Shuntian Prefecture Governor thought that he was a fool to take the words "just listening" seriously, but Shuntian Prefecture Governor was not stupid enough to say it out loud. He nodded repeatedly and hurriedly asked someone to move the chair.

Zou Wanshi had met the old lady of Duke Xin before. When she saw her coming over, holding Xingxing's hand and wanting to sit in on the conversation, she suddenly realized what was going on and shouted hoarsely, "You knew it a long time ago! You knew it a long time ago, right!"

The old lady of Duke Xin did not comment. She just glanced at Zou Wan coldly. When she looked back at Xing Xing, her eyes were full of tenderness.

She patted Xing Xing's hand and whispered, "Good child, don't be afraid... The Duke and I are here."

The old lady of Duke Xin did not call herself grandmother because she was afraid of scaring Xingxing.

The Xin Guogong couple sat down together in the audience chairs.

Shuntian Prefecture Governor did not dare to neglect the matter. He first bowed to the two venerables, and then continued, "During the trial just now, another plaintiff was added. However, the princess also refuted the case with reason and evidence. Do the two plaintiffs have any evidence to present?"

Where is the evidence about Zou Wanshi and Zou Pingping!

However, Zou Wanshi and Zou Pingping were now determined that it was Xingxing who hired someone to harm their family, and they cried and shouted for the governor of Shuntian Prefecture to arrest Xingxing and bring her to justice.

"Sir, if you don't catch that villain today, I will go and beat the drum of heaven! Even if I have to be beaten with nails and boards, I will let the heavens hear it!"

"Ridiculous! You have no evidence at all, yet I am allowed to arrest someone based on just a few doubts! I will forgive you for being the victims and losing your mind due to grief, so I will not bother with you. Don't push your luck! You are making random accusations without any evidence. I am already taking care of you by not sentencing you for slander!" Shuntian prefect was furious.

"But we only have a grudge against her!" Zou Wan shouted at the top of her lungs.

"You keep saying that it must have been done by the princess, but you have no evidence! Moreover, you said there was a grudge, but it was just a quarrel or two, how could it be a grudge! How could the princess kill your whole family just because of this! This is too outrageous, how can it be considered a motive?" The prefect of Shuntian scolded.

Zou Wanshi's face flashed with all kinds of struggles, but she made up her mind. Now that most of her hopes for the rest of her life were gone, what else could she hold back on?!

Zou Wan's eyes turned fierce.

Even if she dies, she will bite that bastard to death!

"Sir!" Zou Wan shouted, "I have other evidence! ... Princess, I actually picked it up!"

When these words came out, it was like a bolt from the blue.

Shuntian Prefecture Governor was so shocked that he leaned forward slightly: "What?!"

Even Zou Pingping looked at Zou Wanshi in shock.

Zou Wan said confidently, "I picked up the princess and raised her carefully. However, when she was over three years old, we crossed the river to return home and encountered bandits on the way. The princess accidentally fell into the river... But many years later, we met again in the capital. The princess treated us very badly and even had my son beaten with 20 boards! Now think about it, it was because the princess recognized us a long time ago and hated us deeply that she was so cruel!"

When Zou Wan thought of her eldest son, her heart was broken and tears flowed like rain.

When these words came out, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture opened his mouth wide.

He looked at Zou Wanshi, and then at Xingxing.

"Princess, this... is this true or false?"

Xing Xing said: "It sounds true, but it's all lies."

The Shuntian prefect's expression relaxed a little.

Xing Xing said: "You know very well whether it was you who picked me up or there was another hidden reason."

Zou Wanshi said nothing.

Xing Xing said again: "There is another one. Is it true that I accidentally fell into the water? Don't take advantage of my young age and inability to remember things. Just write like this."

Zou Wanshi's face flashed with a bit of force: "I don't know what you are talking about!"

But Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng understood!

They already hated Zou Wanshi for her nonsense and slandering Xingxing, so after hearing what Xingxing said, they clearly understood!

Was it this Zou Wan who picked up Xingxing and then threw her into the river?

How can it be so cruel!

If you don't want to raise her anymore, just find someone else to take care of her!

Simply throwing a three-year-old child into the river was intended to kill Xingxing!

Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng were filled with anger and hatred. If they hadn't been in the court right now, they would have really wanted to tear Zou Wanshi to pieces!

Even though the old lady of Duke Xin had heard it once from the spies, she couldn't help turning her head away and quickly wiped her eyes with a handkerchief when she heard it from Xingxing's mouth.

Otherwise, she was afraid that she would burst into tears in front of everyone.

The old Duke Xin also tried hard to suppress his emotions.

Xingxing was fine, as she already knew that she was not Zou Wan's daughter. All the things Zou Wan had done to her were not caused by a mother who did not love her daughter, but by a vicious thief. All the confusion in Xingxing's heart seemed to be resolved all of a sudden.

Therefore, her feelings towards Zou Wanshi at this moment were very simple.

On the contrary, I don't feel sad or upset at all.

The governor of Shuntian Prefecture was shocked!

He felt that he had eaten such a bizarre rumor that "Zou Wanshi, the cousin, might be Princess Fusui's adoptive mother, but now Princess Fusui's adoptive mother and Princess Fusui have become enemies, and Princess Fusui's adoptive mother even thinks that Princess Fusui is the murderer who wiped out the family."

But Princess Fusui's few words of explanation, coupled with Zou Wanshi's lack of rebuttal, immediately pushed the melon in another direction -

It turns out that Zou Wanshi did not just pick up Princess Fusui. She was afraid that there was another hidden secret, so she threw Princess Fusui into the river when she was just over three years old, trying to kill her!

At the same time, this also explains why Zou Wanshi insisted that Princess Fusui would wipe out the entire Zou family because of a small dispute!

That's because Zou Wan knew very well in her heart that it was not just a small dispute, it was a life-and-death feud!

The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture was filled with emotion.

But Zou Wan gritted her teeth and said, "You see, sir, it was the princess who accidentally fell into the river when she encountered the bandits, but the princess thought that I was the one who threw her into the river. This shows that the princess has hatred towards my Zou family, and her motive is one step closer!"

The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture thought that although Zou Wanshi seemed to be making a fuss and making excuses, she did seem to have some truth in her words.

At this moment, the old Duke Xin said, "Sir, I have something to say."

The Shuntian prefect suddenly stood up from his chair and bowed respectfully to the old Duke Xin: "Duke, please speak."

Old Duke Xin said, "Speaking of which, I have a witness here that I would like the prefect to see."

Zou Wan looked towards the old Duke Xin.

She felt the fierce murderous intent in those eyes that should have been cloudy due to old age!

Zou Wanshi shuddered and refused subconsciously: "No——"

But in court, as a new witness, she had no right to interfere with whether the prefect accepted her testimony.

The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture immediately slammed the wooden pole and stopped Zou Wanshi: "How can you have a say in the court? Or do you have something to hide, so you have a new witness? You don't even know what the witness's testimony is about, and you just refuse like that!"

Zou Wanshi could not admit that she had something to hide, so she could only force herself to keep her mouth shut.

The old Duke Xin said, "But there is one more thing I need to ask for your permission, Lord Prefect."

Shuntian prefect bowed again hurriedly and said, "My Lord, I am really embarrassed by your humble attitude. Please speak."

Old Duke Xin said, "This time, in addition to the witnesses, I also brought ten maids who are about the same age as Zou Wanshi. I would like to trouble the prefect to have them all come to the hall and kneel with Zou Wanshi."

Shuntian Prefecture Governor guessed the intention of the old Duke Xin and nodded in response, "Of course you can."

The old Duke Xin clapped his hands, and sure enough, a woman about ten years old like Zou Wanshi came in from the gate of the government office and knelt down with Zou Wanshi.

Zou Wanshi thought it was ridiculous: "Sir! This!"

Since Shuntian Prefecture Prefect had already guessed what the old Duke Xin was up to, he shouted directly, "Zou Wanshi! If you speak before I signal you to speak during my trial and affect the trial, I will rule that all your testimony is false! And you will also be held responsible for all the responsibilities for falsely accusing Princess Fusui!"

Zou Wan's expression changed several times, but she finally gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, I know."

Shuntian Prefecture Governor nodded, and bowed respectfully to the old Duke Xin: "Duke, please."

The old Duke Xin nodded and said, "Please ask the old boatman to come up to the class!"

As he finished speaking, an older man with neat clothes, gray hair, and an awkward look on his face walked into the hall.

Obviously, he is the old boatman in the old Xin Guo public telephone.

The old boatman did not dare to look around, and walked into the hall in a timid manner, then knelt down at the foot of the hall and bowed to the Shuntian Prefecture Governor at the top, saying, "Greetings, Master."

The governor of Shuntian Prefecture asked, "Who is this person in the hall?"

The old boatman was still a little scared, and he was obviously a little nervous when he spoke: "…Reporting to the Lord, I am from Jiangzhou, and I worked as a boatman on the river bank ten years ago. Someone asked me to come to the capital to tell you a story that happened about ten years ago."

The Shuntian prefecture governor signaled the old boatman to continue.

The old boatman said, "Ten years ago, I worked as a boatman on a cargo ship. During the voyage, we encountered pirates. I saw with my own eyes that a family threw a 13-year-old girl into the surging river in order to take more money on the escape boat!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zou Wan's face changed drastically, as if she wanted to say something.

The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture slammed the wooden lintel heavily and looked at Zou Wanshi with a warning look.

Zou Wanshi held back her anger, dug her fingers into the ground, and dared not say anything.

The old boatman was also frightened by the Shuntian prefect's shocking move and trembled all over.

Shuntian prefectural governor followed suit and asked, "Are you telling the truth?"

The old boatman kowtowed and trembled, "Master, I am just a poor man. What's the point of deceiving you about this matter? ... In addition, I saw that the whole family was plump, but the delicate little girl was skinny. I couldn't help but look at her a few more times. The little girl still had some injuries on her body. She looked very pitiful... Later, the little girl was thrown into the The old boatman smiled a little embarrassedly, "Many of them even joked that I was sick... If you really don't believe me, you can send someone to find the old fishermen nearby to investigate!"

Even though they already knew this, the old lady and the old Duke of Xin still felt heartbroken when they heard about it again.

Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng were puzzled by the old boatman at first, but later they realized that the little girl he was talking about was probably Xingxing!

Both of them couldn't help but cover their mouths, afraid of crying out loud.

When Xing Xing was picked up by Mrs. Wei, she was covered in wounds, and they all thought she was injured by scratching on the rocky beach.

In fact, he was abused by Zou Wan, a woman under his command!

If I had a weapon at hand right now, I would really want to stab Zou Wan first!

Zou Wan's face was as white as paper.

She never thought that her testimony would be ruined by an insignificant old boatman more than ten years ago!

Zou Wan opened her mouth to speak, but the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture had already expected it and slammed the wooden stick hard again to scare her!

Zou Wanshi shuddered all over, but ultimately did not utter a word.

The governor of Shuntian Prefecture asked the old boatman, "Do you remember who threw the girl into the river?"

The old boatman hesitated for a moment and said, "I often have nightmares. I dream that the beautiful woman threw the little girl into the river. I just don't know if the memory in my dream is wrong..."

The prefect of Shuntian pointed to Zou Wanshi who was kneeling beside him and the ten women brought by the old Duke Xin.

Zou Wanshi still had a last hope in her heart that the old man might not remember her appearance, but she never expected that as soon as they met, the old boatman pointed at Zou Wanshi and said, "Master, it's her!"