The scheming empress starts by conquering men

"How dare you! You dare to frame me, not only you slander me, but you also slander me. Beat her, beat her hard! Beat her until she admits her fault."

The common people and everyone in the hall watched all this in amazement.

Could it be that Youzi was really wronged? Otherwise, she couldn't be so stubborn, right?

If the fight continues like this, someone will die.

Shaodian Sishui suddenly stood up and spoke out to stop them.

"My lord, please wait."

Xin Yinzhen exhaled and looked at Shaodian Sishui with a righteous face.

"Dan girl, do you have anything to say?"

She said, "Your Excellency, Youzi has been crying out for justice. If she is tortured into confessing in public, it will damage your prestige. It would be better to send someone to search their house. If no gold is found, I will have no choice but to admit defeat."

"They were able to dig out gold yesterday, but today they can't dig out gold?"

"Since they couldn't dig out any gold, why did they secretly lead people to dig during off-duty hours? More than 40 people dug a hundred-stone mine..."

Shaodian Sishui only kept half of what he said, and the rest was left to others to fill in the blanks.

After hearing this, the people outside all shouted "Oh my God!"

"More than 40 people digging for Baishi Mine? This is simply throwing their lives away!"

"If they really didn't dig up the gold, I won't believe it even if you kill me!"

"Hmph, in my opinion, that traveler just wants to embezzle the gold. Think about it, with so much gold, would you hand it over?"

"There is so much gold, even if you leave some for my family, I would rather be beaten to death than hand it over."

"That's not right. Why is there gold in the mine?"

"Hey, I don't know. How come we don't know when people are needed to go mining?"

"Yes, look at those people in the hall. They seem to have a good relationship with Youzi's family. Did they all go mining?"

"Ah! I remember now. Did you see the notice?"

"Notice? What notice?"

"The notice from yesterday afternoon said that the mine was recruiting people. Each person will receive one fine coin per month, but the prerequisite is that they must work for eight hours a day, and the things in the mine must belong to you."

"Is this true? Isn't it a lie?"

"I thought it was a lie. How could such a great thing happen to us?"

"What do you think? Could it be that You Zideng dug up gold while mining and then stole it, and that's why..."

"It looks like it. I heard that they did dig up four gold pieces yesterday. The gold pieces were so big..."

Someone in the crowd gestured, and everyone stared in amazement.

"It's so big, I'll be satisfied with just one piece."

"You are satisfied with this. Yesterday, the nobleman gave you a piece of gold, the size of a fist. Many people in the city know about this."

"No wonder the nobleman would sue Youzi. Youzi must have embezzled the nobleman's gold."

The wanderer, who was breathing in less and out more, continued to shout, "My lord, it is really unfair, it is really unfair, I didn't do that, I really didn't do that!"

In order to prevent herself from being beaten again, she learned her lesson this time.

She casually pointed at the people who were kneeling in the hall and had framed her.

"They took it secretly, it has nothing to do with me!"

Everyone was shocked and understood what was going on.

It must be that Youzi's family embezzled the gold and used them as scapegoats.

They hurried to distance themselves from the matter.

"Sir, what does your corruption have to do with me? I dug all night yesterday and didn't find any gold!"

"Yes, sir. Although we have been digging for a whole night..." The woman rolled her eyes and looked at the others, "Anyway, I didn't dig out any gold. As for whether they did or not, I don't know."

"What are you talking about? If you didn't dig it out, should we dig it out?"

The woman snorted coldly, looking righteous.

"Who knows about you? You are the only ones who are close to Youzi's family. Who knows if you have done anything secretly?"

"Nonsense, how could we possibly..."

"How is that impossible? You were sneaking around last night, maybe you did it secretly!"

Everyone was furious: "You are talking nonsense!"

"I'm not talking nonsense, sir, I'm telling the truth."

The woman gritted her teeth and wanted to clean herself first.

Anyway, things have come to this point, it is better to clear myself from it. I don’t need the money, but it is better than being accused of stealing gold.

The contract stated that if they embezzled the gold, they would have to compensate them with ten shell coins, and they might even have to hand over the gold.

How could she have the gold? The gold was clearly embezzled by them, so why should she hand it over?

The others also quickly spoke their own words.

"Your Excellency, I was mining secretly, but I didn't find any gold."

"Sir, I didn't find any gold. You must help me."

"It must be the wanderer who stole the gold. It has nothing to do with us, sir!"

You Zi's mother finally understood that the noble man was just crying thief. He wanted to fire all of them, but didn't want to pay the penalty?

But this group of people not only did not think of this, but also wanted to put all the blame on their family.

Outrageous!

How could she watch her family being framed and thrown into prison? If they were to die, they would all die together.

She kowtowed quickly and cried out in pain.

"Your Excellency, there is gold in the salt mine! Those people must have hidden it, but our family didn't. Your Excellency treated us well and even rewarded us with a gold cake."

"Sir, we have all received one gold cake, so why should we keep the rest?"

"It must be them..."

She pointed at the people around her who wanted to clear themselves of the matter.

"They secretly dug the mines at night and stole the gold. If you want to punish them, you should punish them too!"

"Mother You, what you said is wrong. It's fine that you got the gold, but you also kept it for yourself. Now you want to drag us down with you?"

"Why should we bear the responsibility? It is clearly the gold that your family has embezzled. You should quickly hand the gold over to the noble man!"

"I can testify for you, sir, that the gold was stolen by Youzi's family and has nothing to do with us."

The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the woman is reasonable.

Xin Yinzhen was greatly shocked. She originally thought that these people would not recognize each other, but she didn't expect that they would actually bite each other?

She looked towards the Sixth Princess with fear and trepidation, and saw that she had a playful look on her face, as if everything was under control.

This frightened her even more. Fortunately, she reacted quickly yesterday and chose to go along with His Highness.

Otherwise, she would be the one to suffer.

"Someone, go to their house and search it for me. Don't miss any corner!"

"Here!"

The officer took the order and left quickly.

More and more people came to watch the fun, and Xiaoman, reminded by Shufeng, went to the back hall of the government office to wait.

Shaodian Sishui took advantage of the break to go to the back hall to see the little thief.

"Xiao Man has met the noble man."

Xiao Man didn't even see what the person looked like, she just bowed subconsciously after seeing the hem of the skirt.

In theory, nobles do not need the common people to kneel down and pay their respects to them.

But Shu Feng's mother said that if he met a noble person, he must bow.

Therefore, when Xiao Man saw Shao Dian Si Shui, she bowed politely.

Shaodian Sishui said calmly, "Get up and answer."

"Thank you, sir."

Xiaoman stood up, not daring to look up.