After being dressed as Wu Zetian's daughter, she was favored by the group

When the common people heard the name "Yang Kuo", the scene that was a little quiet suddenly erupted with overwhelming curses.

Everyone's first reaction was: This must be spitting blood and framing Zhongliang.

The angry people pointed their finger at Liu Cheng. If the imperial army hadn't stopped him, Liu Cheng would have been beaten to death!
"This dog official, when he is about to die, he still wants to frame Mr. Yang, even if he scratches it, he won't let go of his hatred!"

"Master Yang is such a good official. He is just and honest, and loves the people like a son. How can this dog official be framed at will!!"

"Is it true that our common people are all blind? If there is no Lord Yang, Yanzhou would not know what it would be like to be harmed by them!"

"That's right! Lord Yang, for the sake of the people of Fuzhou, his family is impoverished, he travels in the fields every day, eats and lives with everyone, let me ask you, among those high-ranking ministers, who can match Lord Yang!"

The more the people talked, the more angry they became, and the petition to "execute the dog officer" began to spread among the crowd.

With a sound of "bang!", someone threw a stone and hit Liu Cheng on the head. Blood soon overflowed, flowing down his forehead to the bridge of his nose and the corners of his mouth.

"For Master Yang's reputation, kill this dog official!"

"Kill him! Kill him!"

The people waved their arms and burst out in orderly shouts. Liu Cheng glanced at the ignorant and simple faces, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed:
"Hahahaha, the teacher's method of fooling the people, the students admire!"

Yang Kuo withdrew his gaze from looking at Liu Cheng, got up and ran down the stage, and knelt down facing Li Zhi.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has been wronged, Dudu Liu is talking nonsense, please make the decision for the old minister!"

Yang Kuo wept bitterly, pinched his long sleeves that were covered with patches, and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Li Zhi, who was sitting on the dragon chair, raised his hand, and just said lightly:

"Master Yang please hurry up, right and wrong, I will find out!"

Hearing this, Li Lingyue looked at Li Zhi in surprise!

Hey, Aye doesn't call Yang Kuo 'Yang Aiqing' anymore, does he also feel that it's tricky?

I originally prepared a set of rhetoric to stabilize Li Zhi, but it didn't come in handy.

Li Zhi is not an idiot. When Li Lingyue questioned him for the first time, his reaction was similar to that of ordinary people, but after calming down and thinking about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong.

Now that Liu Cheng has identified Yang Kuo in public, Li Zhi is even more convinced.

There is no other reason, a person who is mortal, there is no need to risk public grievances to frame a minister, it is of no benefit to him!
Without Li Zhi's obstruction, Li Lingyue no longer had any scruples, turned around and said to the people:
"I would like to invite the folks in Yanzhou to be a witness. Since Liu Cheng has identified Yang Yushi, no matter whether it is a false accusation or not, we must investigate clearly." Speaking of this, Li Lingyue looked at Yang Kuo and asked with a smile:

"Yang Yushi, what do you think?"

Before Yang Kuo could speak, the enthusiastic people had already made a choice for him.

"Princess check it casually, Master Yang's character is obvious to all!"

"It should have been like this a long time ago. Mr. Yang has suffered too many grievances these years. It's time to settle the score with these dog officials!"

"Yes, if you are upright, you are not afraid of the shadow being crooked. With Your Majesty and the princess around, I will definitely return Lord Yang's innocence!"

The solidarity of the people did not make Yang Kuo feel flustered. His eyes were cold, and he looked at Li Lingyue fearlessly. A deep smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he cupped his hands and replied:
"The veteran walks upright, sits upright, and is not afraid of the slander of young people. The princess wants to investigate, so just investigate!"

"Good! Good! Good! Yang Yushi is really straightforward!" Li Lingyue clapped his hands, and immediately ordered to his opponent: "Come here, bring the witnesses and physical evidence to this princess!"

Not long after, a group of young girls were brought under the high platform. These girls were all beautiful and beautiful, and they were all servants rescued from Taisui Village.

In order to protect their privacy, everyone is wearing a bamboo hat, and behind them are carriages full of gold, silver and jewelry!
"Clatter!" Carloads of gold and jewelry were dumped on the open space.

A similar scenario was staged again, stunned everyone present.

Eunuch Chen took a few eunuchs and distributed pens, ink and rice paper to the literate girls, while the illiterate girls stood on the other side.

Li Lingyue took a deep breath and said loudly: "As far as I know, these women are common people who were captured by the governors of various places in Guannei Road from their own jurisdictions. They were imprisoned in a place called Taisui Village and became the playthings of officials. , Taisui Village is nominally Liu Cheng's property, but the real master behind the scenes...is the number one upright official in the pass—Yang Kuo!"

Li Lingyue pointed at Yang Kuo, and then asked the illiterate girls: "Look at this person clearly, are they the culprits who harmed you!?"

The deaf-mute girls naturally couldn't hear Li Lingyue's words, but Li Lingyue arranged for someone to make gestures in advance, and the girls learned that the emperor and the princess wanted to uphold justice for them, so they stopped being afraid and pointed at Yang Kuo boldly, saying "ahhh Ah" growled.

At the same time, those literate girls wrote down all of Yang Kuo's atrocities on paper, including how to poison and dumb them, how to beat them, and how to force them to serve others in Israel, all listed in detail.

The eunuchs collected the testimonies written by the girls, held them up high, shuttled among the crowd, and showed them one by one.

A Si Bo of Taisuizhuang, holding a thick account book, read aloud Yang Kuo's corruption of ink over the years.

For example, ask the imperial court for disaster relief materials, and then modify the amount to fill their own pockets;
For example, misappropriating the water conservancy funds allocated by the imperial court to renovate water storage weirs and ponds, and borrowing the hands of profiteers to set up clever names to collect money for themselves.

……

If it wasn't for Kong Ji's appearance, Li Lingyue would not have known that Yang Kuo's greedy money over the years had been hidden in Nanshan Temple.

Nanshan Temple was originally a Buddhist temple, but since Kongji came, it has become Yang Kuo's private treasury and a cell for holding hostages.

Except for Liu Cheng's wife, children, and mother, the other hostages had been executed early in the morning. In the cellar of Nanshan Temple, there was a pile of bones and bones, like a hell on earth.

The noise became louder and louder, and the mentality of the people became extremely twisted.

They don't believe that Yang Kuo, who loves the people like a son, will be a devil; but they firmly believe that with the character of a princess, he will never frame loyal ministers.

"Yang Kuo!" Li Zhi was completely angry, pointing at Yang Kuo and yelling loudly: "There are all witnesses and material evidence, what else can you say?"

"Your Majesty!" Yang Kuo bowed down again, and continued to argue: "This is all done by Liu Cheng, and has nothing to do with the old minister!"

As he said that, he looked at Li Lingyue and said with a slight sarcasm: "The old minister doesn't know any of these deaf-mute women, and the old minister knows nothing about the gold and silver treasures. If the princess relies on these fabricated evidence, the old minister will be convicted." It's too much of a joke!"

Old man, if you want to deny it when you are about to die, well, then the princess will let you die convincingly.

Li Lingyue turned to Li Zhi and said, "Aye, my daughter has found out that there is actually a secret passage hidden under the broken desk in Yang Kuo's house, and the place leading to it is Taisuizhuang. Aye can send someone to find out." You know, apart from these, in the secret room of Taisui Village, there are still calligraphy written by Yang Kuo Ping, whether it is his own handwriting, you can find out if you get it!"

Li Zhi nodded and called out: "Eunuch Chen! Take someone to Yang Kuo's house and search carefully for me!"

Eunuch Chen shook off the floating dust and was about to take the order to leave when he heard Yang Kuo's contemptuous laughter coming from behind him.

"Hahahaha, Your Majesty, why bother to mobilize everyone, the old minister just pleaded guilty!"