Chapter 204: High-profile appearance, trial of Mr. Zheng
Chapter 204: High-profile appearance, trial of Mr. Zheng
666 said disdainfully: "Master, you'd better not speculate. Cheng Zimo will investigate. I don't have the authority to do so. I can only investigate people from the Great Jin Kingdom. As for people from other countries, I can only do what I want."
Xia Chengan looked at his sister for a long time without saying anything, but the expression on his face was indeed quite rich. He thought his sister was possessed by evil spirits, and hurriedly said, "Sister, sister, sister, what's wrong with you?"
Xia Yanxin was still happily talking to 666, but when she heard Xia Chengan's voice, she suddenly came back to her senses. She looked at Xia Chengan and said, "An'er, what's wrong?"
"Sister, what happened to you just now? You scared me a little." Xia Chengan said with lingering fear.
"I'm sorry, An'er. I was just thinking about something, so I was a little distracted. An'er, it's very late now. Do you want to go to bed first?" Xia Yanxin suddenly realized that it was almost dawn outside.
Xia Cheng'an was indeed a little tired, so he closed his eyes obediently, but did not let go of Xia Yanxin's hand.
Xia Yanxin had no choice but to lean against the bed and fall asleep.
When Cheng Zimo came back and found that Xia Yanxin was not in Chang Ping's room, he guessed that Xia Yanxin would be in Xia Cheng'an's room.
So when Cheng Zimo saw Chang Ping sleeping soundly, when he came over, he found that the siblings were already asleep. Cheng Zimo moved Xia Cheng'an to the inside of the bed, and then moved Xia Yanxin to the bed as well.
When he saw that both of them were fast asleep, he turned around and left quietly. When he came to the yard, he immediately put on a face that said "keep away from strangers".
The secret guards looked at the prince like this and exclaimed that the prince had finally returned to normal. This was the prince they were familiar with.
"Everyone follow me!" the prince shouted into the void.
As soon as Cheng Zimo finished speaking, twenty or thirty people in night clothes appeared around him: "Yes!"
Cheng Zimo saw these people wearing night clothes and frowned slightly: "An Yi, go buy a set of clothes for everyone. I want to go to the prefectural government in an open and aboveboard manner."
"Let everyone dress up as guards." Cheng Zimo said after thinking for a while.
Originally, these things did not need to be done by secret guards, but there were not many guards around him, and the prefectural government was full of dangers, so it would be safer and more appropriate to use secret guards as guards.
If Xia Cheng'an were present, he would definitely use the magic of turning beans into soldiers for Cheng Zimo to see, which would surely stun Cheng Zimo.
An Yi moved quickly. After everyone put on the uniform, Cheng Zimo rode in front on horseback. A little behind were An Yi and the newly promoted An Er, An San and An Si. Each of them held a flag with ink written on it. Behind them were the dark guards who were also riding horses.
A group of people walked in a mighty procession on the street, attracting people to stop and watch. Some literate people saw the word "Mo" written on the big flag and guessed that the Mohist Army was coming.
"The Mohist Army is coming, folks, the Mohist Army is coming!" someone in the crowd shouted loudly.
"The one leading the group is the prince, Prince Mo of the Mohist Army!" Then everyone knelt down to welcome Cheng Zimo and the Mohist Army.
Cheng Zimo rode his horse to the prefectural government office and said, "Fellow villagers, I actually came to Nanli Prefecture a few days ago and investigated for a few days. Today I want to interrogate this official in public."
When everyone heard that they were here to interrogate Lord Zheng, they were as happy as if it was New Year's Day. Who could understand them? This damn Lord Zheng was only good at saving face.
He is better than anyone else at saying one thing in front of others and another behind their backs. Now the prince has come and is finally going to start to discipline Lord Zheng.
Cheng Zimo's words were undoubtedly like a bomb thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples. The people of Nanli Prefecture rushed to tell each other, and before long, many people gathered in front of the yamen.
They all rushed to see him because they heard that Cheng Zimo was going to visit Zheng University in person.
"Someone come! Bring the dog official up to me." Cheng Zimo felt that it was about time, so he started to have people bring Lord Zheng to the court.
"Your Highness, are you going to interrogate Lord Zheng? Your Highness, my granddaughter has been missing for a long time. Could you please help me find out where my granddaughter is?" An old lady knelt in front of the yamen with a cane, crying and begging.
Seeing how old this old lady was, Cheng Zimo spoke in a gentler tone: "Old lady, please get up first. If you have any grievances to speak of, go to the side and register. Let's go through them one by one, okay?"
The old lady was helped up and then taken aside, where she began to record the disappearance of her granddaughter.
"Fellow villagers, if you have any grievances, you can go to the side and register. I will definitely give you justice." Cheng Zimo's words were firm and gave people a sense of security.
So a long queue formed in front of the three or four secret agents in charge of registration, and Mr. Zheng Ye was brought in at this time.
When the people saw Lord Zheng being brought to the court, they all made way for him and stared at him with hatred. If looks could kill, Lord Zheng would have been killed two or three times.
"Bold Zheng Ren, do you admit your guilt?" Cheng Zimo slammed the gavel, his voice carrying a hint of intimidation.
Lord Zheng was kneeling on the ground, trembling, trying to resist but was held down harshly: "Your Majesty, I admit my crime, please spare my life!"
Cheng Zimo sneered: "Since you know you have committed a crime, then tell me what crime you have committed. Don't think about telling lies. You know my methods."
Lord Zheng originally wanted to tell some lies to fool him, but seeing the current situation, he was afraid that he could not tell lies anymore: "Your Majesty, I will tell you everything I know, but I hope Your Majesty can show mercy and spare my life."
Cheng Zimo looked at Mr. Zheng with contempt: "What qualifications do you think you have to negotiate with me? Do you think I need it?"
Lord Zheng was choked by Cheng Zimo's words. He stood there for a moment, not knowing what to say.
"Master Zheng, I will ask you one last time. Do you confess your crime or not?"
Lord Zheng still didn't speak. Cheng Zimo looked over and saw that his patience had run out. "Someone, give Lord Zheng some medicine."
Cheng Zimo threw a bottle of medicine to the secret guard, who caught it and said, "Give this pill to Mr. Zheng."
Lord Zheng looked at the pill in the guard's hand with horror: "No, don't come over here! Your Majesty, please forgive me. I will never dare to do it again."
Cheng Zimo didn't say anything. The secret guards stepped forward, removed Lord Zheng's jaw, and easily threw the pill into Lord Zheng's mouth.
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