Emperor Zhaowu never expected this answer. His face stiffened, but he had to smile and said: "Of course not."

Taifu Liu was so angry that he yelled, "You are talking nonsense. They are obviously afraid that you will talk nonsense, so they pushed you down!"

Chu Ying cried loudly again, putting on a frightened look, "Father, mother, I'm afraid!"

Aunt Liu quickly crawled to Chu Ying, hugged her into her arms, and glared at Taifu Liu, "My lord, I don't know where my child has offended you. You want to force her to lie in the Jinluan Palace and wrongfully accuse your brother and sister-in-law.

?!"

Chu Yan also stood up and said dissatisfied: "Children's words are boundless. Children are the least able to lie. Even if you force Taifu Liu, it will be useless!"

Seeing that he had been fooled, Taifu Liu gritted his teeth with hatred, but he was helpless.

Seeing this situation, the head of Huating County said quickly: "Brother Emperor, everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart. In order to wrong the Chu family, Taifu Liu even forced a child. This is too much!"

Emperor Zhaowu did not expect such a situation, and immediately glared at Taifu Liu with dissatisfaction, and said to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, since this child's coma is not man-made, let her retreat first! Taifu Liu, in your hands

Are there any other witnesses?"

Seeing that Taifu Liu still wanted to speak, the head of Huating County stood up first and said dissatisfied: "That's enough, what's the point of having a hundred witnesses? He keeps talking about the bad things about the Chu family.

I dare to ask everyone here, whose house is clean and innocent, without any scandal? We, the masters, in order to frighten the people below, will inevitably use sharper words and methods. Shouldn't this be a thousand cuts?

Are you going to die? As the saying goes, there is no rule without rules, even if you are the emperor...in order to maintain the law and order of Zhao State, you have to take many lives on your hands!"

"Bastard!" Emperor Zhaowu frowned, "Qingqing, you are getting smaller and smaller, how dare you compare with me?"

"Brother, please forgive me." The Lord of Huating County bowed his hand to him, "It's just that in order to convict the Chu family, Taifu Liu even brought his family's private affairs to the Jinluan Palace for trial. It would be too sensational! If this can be done.

As evidence of the sentence, whoever takes in a concubine or buys a girl can go to the Jinluan Palace to reason?!"

Taifu Liu sneered and spoke quickly, "It doesn't matter if the county chief doesn't want to talk about private matters. I have more than this evidence here."

Seeing that he still had something to hold on to, the head of Huating County was extremely impatient, "What evidence do you have, you can't just bring it up all at once. How much do you have to deal with it from the early morning to now?"

"If the county lord has no guilt in his heart, how can he be afraid of the old minister betraying him?"

As he spoke, Taifu Liu clapped his hands, and one of the men who had been called as witnesses stood up and said, "Chen Fa, a common man, is here to see your Majesty."

"Chen Fa?" Emperor Zhaowu frowned, "Who are you?"

Chen Fa quickly said: "Caomin is a servant of the Chu family who works as a handyman. He has been waiting in the second room of the Chu family."

"Chen Fa." Taifu Liu ordered: "Tell His Majesty exactly what you overheard before."

"Yes." Chen Fa responded and quickly said: "That day the rebels rushed into the Chu family, and someone poisoned the rebel leader Huang Yifu. Huang Yifu was so angry that he wanted to massacre the Chu family. It was Chu Run, the fourth son of the Chu family, who stepped forward.

, said that the poisoners were the second master and the third son of the Chu family, so the rebels captured the second master’s family. Unexpectedly, after one night, their family came back unscathed, and then the Chu family became the second master.

When he became the leader, the rebels also began to collect iron from the whole city and used the Chu family's shops to build weapons to fight against the enemy."

"Oh?" Emperor Zhaowu narrowed his eyes and looked at Chu Ling, "Is that so?"

Chu Ling's face was solemn and he was speechless for a long time.

If you deny it, that is the fact, and I don’t know how many witnesses Taifu Liu has.

Admitting it would be equivalent to acknowledging that the second wife was advising the rebels, and the Chu family would never be able to escape the charge of collaborating with the enemy and treason.

"That's it, ordinary people can also testify." Among the witnesses brought by Taifu Liu, the remaining few also stood up, "We are all servants of the Chu family. We saw clearly what happened that night. The rebels

They were obviously very angry when they were taken away, but unexpectedly they were released the next day as if nothing had happened. They also helped them take away the key to the eldest mistress's account, and then the second master and his family worked in the Chu family.

He was so powerful that he kept saying that he wished the eldest son would die outside Liuzhou City, so as not to affect their development."

"You're talking nonsense!" Chu Shun became anxious and couldn't help but retort, "Your Majesty, your Majesty, please take a closer look at what is not true at all!"

"Really not?" Taifu Liu sneered: "But what happened that night, in addition to you servants of the Chu family can prove it, the jailer of Liuzhou Prison can also prove it. You dare to say that everything has nothing to do with you. It was not you who told Huang Yi

Any idea of ​​a comeback?”

"I..." Chu Shun choked on the spot and was speechless for a long time.

Seeing this situation, Emperor Zhaowu became furious and said, "Okay, what a Chu family. They are so greedy for life and fear of death, and betray their country for glory. They dare to pretend to be loyal and loyal in the Jinluan Palace and confuse right and wrong. You are so brave!"

The emperor was so angry that everyone in the Chu family trembled and knelt down one after another, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Seeing that the evidence was conclusive and they were unable to refute, the head of Huating County's face darkened again and again, and he said: "Brother Emperor, even if what happened that night was really like this, they had no choice but to take this step in order to save their own lives.

After stalling for time, not long after the incident, A Ling led his troops to invade Liuzhou and relieved Liuzhou's difficulties. However, the weapons had no time to be cast, and they were all turned into scrap metal. The so-called collaboration with the enemy and treason was just an idea they came up with to save their lives.

It is an expedient measure, and I hope that the emperor will show mercy and spare them from death!"

"Expedient measure?" Emperor Zhaowu sneered, "That's not what you said before. I remember who was standing upright in the Jinluan Palace just now, asking me not to chill the hearts of the righteous people in the world! This is what you call

A righteous man, this is the whole family that you spoke generously and fully guaranteed? Qingqing, you have disappointed me so much!"

When these words came out, the Lord of Huating County raised his eyes in disbelief, "Brother Emperor, over the years, I have led one hundred thousand Huating troops to train day and night in Huating, in order to ensure the safety of our royal family. I am completely sincere to you, and I will jointly and severally

Since my sons have entered the official career to protect our family and country, how can you doubt my sincerity to you? I ordered him to work hard outside the city of Liuzhou to relieve Liuzhou's difficulties, but you listened to the slander and denied their family everything.
Chapter completed!