In the solemn court, two rows of yamen runners stood on both sides like iron fences, surrounding Zhang Rui, who was kneeling in the middle, tightly surrounded. Cheng Muyou was wearing a black official uniform and stood under the plaque with four big words hanging high in the mirror. He looked at the figure below, who seemed to have fallen thin overnight, "Zhang Rui, do you know that he was guilty?"

Zhang Rui shook his head slowly, and the silk soaked in sweat was messy on his face, which made his originally handsome face a little cunning. "The villain has never done it, he has never done anything."

"A total of 17 corpses were dug out underground in your house, one belonged to Cuiyu and the other was confirmed to belong to Li Meng who disappeared ten years ago. There are still fifteen left without identification. What else can you defend about this matter?"

"The villain... doesn't know why those corpses are in the ground."

Cheng Muyou raised his sword eyebrows slightly, "Zhang Rui, do you know that the three words 'not know' in the court mean that you have given up the opportunity to defend yourself."

Zhang Rui raised his head and his face was pale. "Sir, the villain really doesn't know. You asked ten thousand times, but this is the only answer for the villain."

Cheng Muyou nodded, "Okay, what happened when I met you in Lingyun Mountain the day before yesterday? Why was the body of Yan'er next to you?"

"I also explained to the adults that day that I just met a goat by chance. It seemed to be eating people. I wanted to drive it away, so I chased after it. Unexpectedly, the sheep ran away when they saw me. Then, you guys appeared."

"But there is a sheep horn hidden under your bed." Cheng Muyou looked at Shi Jin, Shi Jin nodded understandingly and walked out of the court quickly. When he came back, he had an extra cloth bag in his hand. He put the cloth bag in front of Zhang Rui and opened it, revealing the forked sheep horn inside.

"How do you explain this sheep horn?" Cheng Muyou stared at Zhang Rui's face, unwilling to let go of any change on his face.

Zhang Rui gasped, "Sir, the villain doesn't know... I don't know what's going on."

"Zhang Rui..."

Zhang Rui Chong Muyou kowtowed heavily, "The villain knows what the adults want to say, but all these things are not done by the villain, so it cannot be explained in a word. The villain trusts the adults in a great way, only to be able to see clearly, find out the real black hand behind them, and keep the villain innocent."

Cheng Muyou looked at him firmly for a while, and saw that his eyes were clear and his face was firm, he knew that he could not pry out anything from his mouth no matter what. He looked at the yamen runner beside him, "Take him down, and the case will be postponed."

Zhang Rui was caught between two yamen runners and led to the door of the court. Halfway through, he suddenly turned around and said, "Sir, how is my mother's current situation?"

"She has not recovered yet and is not suitable for interrogation today."

Zhang Rui was shocked, "What sir means is that my mother was also arrested by the government?"

Cheng Muyou nodded at him, "You have been living with your mother. If you made a mistake, how could she not know..."

Zhang Rui didn't listen to all the words behind him. His tears caught his eyes and kept murmuring: "Mom, it's because my son is unfilial. You are so old that you will suffer from this prison. I'm sorry to you, I'm sorry to you."

***

"What? He's got everything?" Junsheng looked at Xiaobei, the maid who came in to report the news, his face full of panic.

Xiao Bei quickly signaled her to lower her voice, "Miss, whisper, I finally slipped out to find out the news. If the master knows, he will have to break his leg."

Junsheng forced himself to calm down. She took Xiaobei's hand and stared at her wide eyes, "He admitted that he killed Cuiyu and Yan'er? Are there any other dozen people?"

Xiaobei nodded, "According to the information I found, it's like this." She looked at Junsheng with some gratitude, "Miss, thanks to your blessing, everyone who met him on the mountain that day was killed, only you..."

Junsheng stood up before he could finish his words and walked out the door with steadily. Before Xiaobei could come back to his senses, she had already walked out of the yard and disappeared into the bustling crowd. No matter how Mrs. You and a group of maids called behind her back, she did not look back.

The drum of injustice was placed in front of you. Junsheng had passed by it countless times, but he never thought that one day he would ring it with his own hands to save the life of the person he liked.

She pulled out the drumsticks and was about to smash them to the drum surface, but her arm was wrapped by a big hand. When she turned around, she saw Mr. You standing behind her back. In addition to anger, she also had a begging look in her eyes.

"Today, I can't let you beat this drum for my father. Your reputation has been ruined. Now I have to save this murderer at all costs. Do you have to live your life in the future? How can you let your mother and I live in Xin'an City in the future?"

Seeing that his father's head was not yet tied up, Junsheng knew how anxious he was to chase him. She felt sad and tears fell immediately. She held the drumstick in her hand and knelt down slowly, "Dad, I understand everything, but there is an innocent person here. I can't just watch him lose his life."

Mr. You was angry and pointed at the gate of Xin'an Mansion, "But he recognized it himself, what else do you have to defend him?"

"I know why he has recruited them all. He is for his mother. If he doesn't take the matter down, Aunt Zhang will be imprisoned together. Zhang Rui is a filial person and he will never let his mother suffer any pain." Junsheng pulled his father's trouser legs, "Dad, please don't stop your daughter. Whether you agree or disagree today, I'm going to make a decision on the government."

"Bang." A slap fell down and fell on Junsheng's face, as if it was on fire.

"You want to go, but from now on, don't call me dad again. I just pretend that I have never given birth to you as a daughter, and the relationship between our father and daughter will be broken. Whether you are born or lived in the future, don't come to me again." Mr. You said hatefully, and climbed down without looking back, leaving Junsheng to sit alone on the ground.

More and more people were watching, and the crowd stretched their necks and looked inside, pointing at her and talking. Junsheng knew what they were saying, but he didn't look at those people. She wiped her tears, raised the drumstick in her hand, and smashed it desperately on the gray-white drum face of the drum.

"Sir, Zhang Rui is innocent. Please be careful and don't wrongly accuse the good people."

Outside the crowd, Yan Niang was looking in through layers of backs, her eyes fell on Jun Sheng's thin but tall body. She smiled softly and sighed, "Such a woman is rare now."

He pouted his mouth with his right ear, "Love is so terrible. Judging from the girl's appearance, there are swords and fires in front of her, so she also wants to make a breakthrough."
Chapter completed!