Everyone stared at Xie Linlang, wanting to see what she had to say!

As soon as she appeared, Mu Rushi, who was kneeling on the ground, showed a resentful expression. She hated Xie Linlang, even though she knew that Xie Linlang was with her now, she still hated her!

Especially Xie Linlang betrayed the emperor, how could she dare to betray him if the emperor valued her so much? !

It was an extremely complicated emotion. While she wanted to see the disheartened look of the emperor after being betrayed by the person she liked, at the same time she hated Xie Linlang's greed and shamelessness.

To betray someone who is so good to her because of a petty profit, the emperor is really blind to like her!

Seeing Xie Linlang's arrival, the emperor immediately lifted his spirits!

On the other hand, Zhong Shilang threw a memorial in front of Xie Linlang and asked with a sinister smile.

"Master Xie, did you write this memorial?"

Xie Linlang knelt in front of the emperor and said something hoarsely.

"yes."

Following her response, the common people were completely disappointed!

Xie Linlang is the child prodigy they watched growing up, the hope of the common people, and an official who truly cares for the common people! They couldn't believe that she looked like this in private. How could she be like this? !

Some people couldn't stand the blow, so they howled on the spot, and the mournful voice spread everywhere, causing more despair.

Xie Linlang was not moved when she heard it, and knelt there with her back straight.

Hearing this, Zhong Shilang smiled even more proudly. He glanced at the ugly emperor and continued to ask.

"Then what you said in the memorial is true?"

Following his question, many people held their breath to listen, waiting for her decisive answer.

Xie Linlang didn't speak immediately, but knelt there silently, which raised a little hope in many people's hearts.

Mu Rushi next to her was anxious, and couldn't help but screamed, "Speak up! You dare to do such a dirty thing, but dare not admit it?!"

The emperor tightened his grip on the dragon chair nervously, and all civil and military officials looked at her intently. Concubine Liu Hui raised her heart, covered half of her face with a round fan, and stared at Xie Linlang with a pair of slender eyes without blinking.

At this tense and silent moment, the sky was full of clouds, and suddenly there was a thunder!

The sound of thunder startled many people! The next second, Xie Linlang stood up slowly. She looked up at the emperor and said.

"Before pleading guilty, I have something to say."

The emperor's eyes were heavy, and he nodded, "Say it."

Xie Linlang turned around, and looked back at the common people under the altar under the surprised, nervous, or hateful eyes of everyone, and said in a deep voice.

"Everything in the memorial is true, and I confess all the crimes."

After she finished speaking, Concubine Liu Hui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, she almost thought that Xie Linlang was going to betray her just now!

But Liu Taifu was sensitive to realize that something was wrong, but it didn't matter, as long as Xie Linlang pleaded guilty.

Sure enough, as soon as Xie Linlang said this, there were voices of disappointment from the common people in the crowd.

"How can you be such a person?!"

"The number one talented man in the Qin Dynasty, a good official for the country and the people, are they all fake?!"

"Born as a man, but you even seduce the master who raised you, are you a beast?!"

Such accusations and curses came from all directions, and Xie Linlang became the target of everyone's criticism!

Seeing her facing all the wind and rain alone, the emperor couldn't help but want to stand up, but when he thought of something, he sat down stiffly again, but only made a few cracks in the teacup in his hand, and didn't even know that the tea was spilled .

Xie Linlang calmly let the people scold her. At this time, apart from anger, most of the scolders were sad. Her status as the number one scholar in the common people was very inspiring in a sense. As a result, everything about her could be What she got in exchange for selling herself, what she brought to the people was nothing but anger and despair.

Xie Linlang continued when the surrounding voices gradually died down and the atmosphere of compassion became more and more intense.

"I did everything, but I'm not the most guilty person. I think the emperor's crime is even more serious!"

Her words made many people tense up, and then Xie Linlang said to Zhong Shilang.

"When I followed General Bai to Silong for the first time to provide disaster relief, I saw starvation all over the place. The relief food had already been distributed, but there was only gruel in the porridge shed that could be seen. Rice with green mold.

Many ordinary people died of illness immediately after eating such porridge, and Mr. Zhong was the county magistrate of Qilong at that time.

Later, Mr. Zhong donated a large sum of money to the Zhong family to repair the ancestral hall, and the next year, Mr. Zhong was transferred to the capital by the master's family, and was promoted to be the servant of the household department..."

Xie Linlang's words made Zhong Shilang turn pale, but she shook her head.

"I can't understand this kind of thing, Master Zhong caused so many people to starve to death, why is he fine, but still taking the money he got from greed, he helped himself get promoted and found a lucrative job.

I told the emperor all of this, but the emperor was in a high position, but he didn't do anything, and he couldn't do anything.

He told me that Master Zhong might be dismissed if I reported it, but he would be able to become an official again in a few years, because the patriarch of the Zhong family is the Secretary of the Household Department, and Master Zhong's uncle is the chief of internal affairs. I was severely punished, but I would die without a place for burial because I offended the gentry.

This is the court of the Shiqing Shilu system, and this is the court of the gentry! "

"You...you spitting blood!!"

After Zhong Shilang came back to his senses, he quickly defended himself. As a result, among the ordinary people below, a few ragged old men suddenly walked out. They prostrated themselves under the high platform, and one of them shouted loudly!

"Your Majesty, please be the master for us! In the drought in Silong, 30,000 corpses were buried! Those who survived did not rely on the court's relief food, but ate tree bark and chewed grass roots to save their lives!

Many people died, but this dog official surnamed Zhong took advantage of this to get promoted! All of us in Sulong couldn't swallow this breath, so we wrote the Manmin Book three times with blood, but we didn't submit it to the imperial court once. This time we came here for no other reason, not afraid of life and death! As long as His Majesty can severely punish this beast, this dog official! Even if we die, we will still smile at Jiuquan! "

After they shouted, they kowtowed again and again, and the sound of "bang bang" seemed to be knocking on people's hearts!

The emperor's eyes turned red immediately. Every time there was a disaster relief, he emptied the treasury to save it, but he didn't know the final result. Maybe he could only turn a blind eye if he knew it. This is the emperor!

His eyes were like lightning, and he stared at Zhong Shilang, "Zhong Shu! What else do you have to say!"

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like