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Xu Zimao was speechless.

Li Yan snorted and said: "Fifth brother, our big ship sank last night, I'm afraid there is an inner ghost on the ship. After the accident, I once saw Song Yanning and his men escape from the big ship with the little concubine daughter of the Yun family. Completely disregarding the safety of the two Highnesses, he must have fled with a guilty conscience."

"The princess's red mouth and white teeth are pretty decent. It's just that the princess is taking personal revenge like this, but I don't know what happened to my elder brother with Ah Cheng?"

Outside the mountain gate, Song Yanning, Zhang Ke, and Yun Jiu'an walked in together.

Li Yan didn't expect to see them here, especially when he saw Yun Jiu'an's still dark and ugly face, he instantly became angry.

"Rebellious ministers and thieves can be punished if they get it. How can there be a theory of private revenge?"

"The Princess, please think twice. If the Princess dares to accuse me of such treachery against Song, the Princess must show some real evidence! Otherwise, I am not afraid to tell the truth from the Princess."

At this time, Song Yanning's clear and watery eyes were chilled, and there was a sense of coldness, far from the usual gentleness and elegance.

Not only Li Yan was taken aback, but Li Congyu couldn't help but look at him in surprise.

He scolded, "Ling Xiang, do you have to talk nonsense? If Mr. Song hadn't informed in time yesterday that the bottom of the boat had been pierced, I wouldn't have been able to make arrangements first. Anyone on board could be a ghost, but It can't be him alone."

Li Yan's face froze, he made arrangements in advance?What is the arrangement?
Zhang Ke also said: "If the ship sank because someone dug a hole, this matter needs to be investigated. Because everyone should know that the hull of the ship is thick. If you don't want to be discovered when digging the hole, you must dig it slowly. It can be completed in an hour and a half. The big ship has been carefully inspected before sailing, and this time can be set after sailing. During this time, almost everyone is active on board, and there is no chance. The only ones who can do it are the sailors. I remember that the ship and the sailors were sent by the Water Transport Department of the capital. I'm afraid that the ghost must be investigated from the Water Transport Department. Mr. Song, the head of the criminal department who has just been transferred back to Beijing, may not be able to reach out. long."

As soon as he said this, both Li Congyu and Xiao Jun showed a strange look on their faces.

"Oh? Then according to what Mr. said, things are a bit weird." Li Yan slightly loosened Li Congyu's hand, pretending not to understand: "I remember that Wen Liuyang, the Minister of Water Transport, has always been close to Fifth Brother, Mr. Wen Why did he arrange for the sailors to dig holes in the bottom of the boat this time? Could it be that he was very dissatisfied with Fifth Brother and wanted to attack Fifth Brother? Or..."

"Ling Xiang, don't stop talking nonsense here." Li Congyu snorted coldly, and turned to Xu Zimao and County Magistrate Pu who were still kneeling on the ground, "Put the cart before the horse, I don't care about you for the time being. Send someone to find the Fourth Highness immediately Whereabouts, no matter what the situation is, within three days, you have to give me an explanation! Otherwise, I will bring you dog heads to see me!"

Xu Zimao didn't dare to say a word, so he hurried away with someone kowtowing.

"Go to hell!"

And just as Li Yan watched them leave, a figure suddenly jumped up and hit her back.

Unexpectedly, someone dared to sneak attack in full view, the guard behind Li Yan blocked him, but it was a step too late, a dagger stabbed Li Yan's shoulder.

Li Yan let out a pained "ah" and threw out his palm, sending the attacker flying.

"Well, you lowly servant girl, how dare you assassinate this princess, see if I don't strip you alive today."

Li Yan was also a ruthless person, he ignored the injury to his shoulder, and whipped the figure on the ground with his whip.

He was stopped by Xiao Jun.

"Go away. Kill anyone who dares to stop me!" Li Yan struggled and screamed.

"Princess Lingxiang, you also know that it hurts to bleed when stabbed with a knife? What about Tie Jun and Tie Li who were just killed by you for no reason? They kindly welcomed you in, but you actually killed them one by one. Waiting for a person with a poisonous heart, death is more than innocent!"

Mrs. Yao wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, stood up staggeringly from the ground, and looked at Li Congyu again, "The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. Your Highness, the grass people worked so hard to save His Highness last night, is it in exchange for This kind of retribution? May I ask if there is justice in this world, and is there a way for us ordinary people to survive?"

Li Congyu felt his headache was unbearable, he asked Shi Donglai to move a chair for him to sit down, and said to Xiao Jun: "Take the princess aside, I have something to ask these ladies."

Xiao Jun ignored Li Yan's yelling and scolding, and forcibly took him away.

The ears are finally quiet.Li Congyu said to Mrs. Yao: "Since I am here, I will uphold justice for you. Although I was burnt to death last night, I can tell that there are not many people in your village, and there are only ten or twenty left." Women and children. Just now I heard that you are complaining to me... but I don't know what grievances you have, now I can tell me one by one."

It was rare that a person of status was willing to listen to their grievances. Lady Yao and the rest of the women all knelt down, and Lady Yao stated everything by herself.

It turned out that Mrs. Yao was originally from Yaojia Village and married into Tiejia Village in Tieao Mountain more than ten years ago.People from the two villages have lived side by side for many years, end to end. They have lived in Tieao Mountain for hundreds of years.

The two villages have lived in this area for a long time, and they have developed into a large village with nearly 2000 people, not counting those who came out of the mountains.

More than ten years ago, since Mrs. Yao married into Tiejia Village, the population of the two villages began to drop sharply.

The reason is that since Napu County Magistrate took office, he has imposed heavy taxes on the two villages.At one time it was a property tax, at another time it was a poll tax, and finally it was a commercial tax.Moreover, the tax is quite heavy. How can these people who eat mountains and fish have money to hand over, so the county magistrate Napu started to arrest people.

In the first four or five years, some middle-aged men and women who could not pay taxes were still arrested. After they were arrested, there was no news, saying that they were sent to a bitter cold land to open up wasteland for tax credit.

Later, young people were arrested, and within a few years, the young people were almost finished.

Just the year before last, they even arrested children, and the people in the two villages were about to lose their homes. At this time, the old people organized and took up farm tools to resist every time the officers and soldiers went into the mountains to arrest people.He was also charged as a water bandit who murdered and robbed goods.

With the fire and water attacks by the officers and soldiers again and again, the old people died one after another, and the children were caught completely.

Some time ago, that is, years ago, Mrs. Yao’s younger brother, Yao Xueyi, who had studied in another county, returned to the village and found that the two villages were almost wiped out. He felt that it was unusual for these officials to arrest so many people in the name of tax revenue.I asked a few friends to go out to find out the truth, only to find out that over the years, all the people captured from Yao Tie Village were transported away in iron cages in the middle of the night for no reason.

So they quietly guarded outside the county office day and night. Around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, someone quietly reported that Mrs. Yao's younger brother had been arrested in the county office. Only then did I think that I could take this opportunity to stop the princes' boat and cry for grievances...