I, who disguised myself as a woman, turned out to be a queen! ?

Chapter 1180 Why are all the officials in your Jingzhao Prefecture like this?

In the courtroom, with the sound of the gavel, the bailiffs slammed their water and fire sticks to the ground.

In any case, a solemn atmosphere suddenly arose in the vast public hall.

Ke Xia looked at Bai Gui.

Yu Jin, the fifth oldest member of the Tianzhige generation, immediately stepped in front of his junior sister, then turned to her and said, "Get out of here! This has nothing to do with you!"

Ke Xia glanced at Yu Jin, "What will you do if I don't intervene and they beat up your senior brother?"

After saying that, he turned to Bai Gui and said, "Sir, you said that I would release him after I found witnesses to prove that my senior brother was innocent. Now that I have found witnesses, how can you go back on your word?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Gui glanced at Su Chang'an.

Su Chang'an immediately bowed to Bai Gui: "Greetings, Your Excellency."

Bai Gui narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at the common people watching the commotion outside the courtroom.

Bai Gui is no fool; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to build up his own power base in Wannian County over the years. Moreover, in previous years, the power in the capital was deeply entrenched, and he managed to navigate between the various factions without getting involved. He certainly had the means and the shrewdness to do so.

A smart person wouldn't do something like this without some preparation.

The investigations into officialdom in the capital are quite thorough these days.

At that moment, Bai Gui looked at Su Chang'an and sneered, "Are you a witness?"

Ke Xia spoke first: "That's right, this sister saw the whole thing and can prove that it was that Li Wanhai who harassed the girl, and my senior brother stepped in to save her."

Bai Gui laughed and said, "Li Wanhai said that your senior brother harassed you and even went to find someone. How long has he been gone?"

The clerk beside him immediately chimed in, "It's been a while, I've been thinking about it."

At this point, the clerk looked outside the courtroom and immediately said, "They're back now!?"

As he spoke, the advisor pointed outside with his fan.

Su Chang'an and Ke Xia turned around and saw several young martial arts practitioners who had coincidentally squeezed in from outside the crowd. The young man in the lead was accompanied by a girl who was also wearing a veil. Judging from her attire, she was imitating the Empress, especially since she had two decorative knives hanging from her waist.

Upon seeing this, Bai Gui naturally sat upright in his high chair. How could he not have made some preparations before letting this young girl go out?
Moreover, this preparation involved having witnesses prepared long before, when they already knew what Li Wanhai was doing.

Anyway, just find a scapegoat.

If everything is foolproof, how could it possibly fail again?

Not to mention, they genuinely released the little girl?
This young girl went out and didn't find a powerful backer, which means she doesn't have any connections in the capital.

That's why the embers are still safe and sound.

With powerful backers, they'll naturally admit their mistakes. They'll just arrest Li Wanhai, send him to jail, and release him after a while.

But since there's no powerful backer, then this matter is settled.

This is yet another achievement of mine.

"This humble citizen, Li Wanhai, pays his respects to Lord Bai."

When the leading youth stepped forward, he glanced at Ke Xia and Su Chang'an, then respectfully clasped his hands and bowed to Bai Gui.

Bai Gui hummed in agreement, then looked at the woman with the veil next to Li Wanhai: "Is this the witness you mentioned?"

Li Wanhai immediately grinned and said, "Reporting to Lord Bai, this is not only a witness, but this person was also harassing this young lady in the street. When I saw it, I acted decisively. But I didn't expect to be falsely accused of harassment."

Ke Xia immediately became a little anxious.

But when he tried to speak, Su Chang'an stopped him.

The woman wearing a veil stepped forward, bowed to Bai Gui, and said, "My lord, this young master Li is right. I was walking down the street when the wind blew up my veil. It must have been this lecherous man who saw me and started uttering vulgar words. I tried to leave, but he wouldn't let me go and even tried to touch me. I struggled desperately to avoid being taken away. Thankfully, young master Li happened to pass by and saved me. Otherwise..."

At this point, the woman wearing a veil choked up and picked up a handkerchief, seemingly wiping away tears under the veil.

Upon hearing this, Xia immediately retorted, "You're talking nonsense! You're not that girl at all. That girl was scared away by you!"

Although Yu Jin's face also showed anger, he stood in front of his junior sister and said, "Miss, we are complete strangers."

To everyone's surprise, the woman immediately choked up after hearing these words.

Li Wanhai laughed even harder: "Brother, you look all respectable, but you dare to do it but not admit it?"

Ke Xia clenched her fists: "You deliberately found someone to give false testimony!"

After saying that, he looked at Bai Gui and said, "Sir, we have never seen this girl before. It is obvious that he hired her to give false testimony!"

Li Wanhai immediately followed up, "And what about this young lady you found?"

Upon hearing this, Xia was about to speak.

But Li Wanhai immediately looked at Bai Gui and said, "Sir, you don't know this, but my brothers knew I was wronged, and because you are so discerning, they sent this girl to find witnesses. But my brothers were afraid that she would do something wrong, and sure enough! This girl went all over the streets looking for people to give false testimony! She even took out a money bag. I think this girl is just after that little bit of money, so she's trying to frame me."

Finally, Li Wanhai looked at Su Chang'an.

However, after looking Su Chang'an up and down, Li Wanhai said, "Her Majesty the Empress is wise and unparalleled. For such a small amount of money, you are willing to join these wicked people in framing me. With your behavior, imitating Her Majesty the Empress, you are disgracing the virtuous Empress of our Great Xia!"

After saying that, Li Wanhai added, "Moreover, if the young lady is short of money, she can simply tell me. Although I am not a wealthy man, I am still quite rich. Why do you want to harm her?"

Looking at Li Wanhai's righteous and pretentious demeanor, Ke Xia clenched her fists in anger. "Nonsense! You're the one who found someone like this to frame my senior brother, and now it's become us framing you?"

Li Wanhai couldn't help but laugh: "Young lady, you've really wronged me. Besides, I didn't bring this young lady here. She knew I was being framed, so she came here specifically to save me. On the contrary, it's you who brought false evidence."

Finally, Li Wanhai looked at Bai Gui and said, "My lord, please restore my innocence!"

Bai Gui squinted at Ke Xia.

Xia frowned. She felt guilty, but she was also angry, because this woman was clearly someone the man had brought.

So he immediately looked at Bai Gui.

But just as he was about to speak...

Su Chang'an gently placed his hand on Ke Xia's shoulder: "Ke Xia, don't talk."

Ke Xia looked at Su Chang'an.

Su Chang'an looked at Li Wanhai: "Young master, how can you prove that this young lady is a witness who can prove your innocence?"

Li Wanhai was taken aback, mainly because he hadn't expected anyone to ask such a question, but the next moment he laughed and said, "What a joke! This young lady is the victim, why would she need proof?"

Su Chang'an pressed further: "Why is proof not needed? We believe she is not the woman who was harassed, so you should naturally provide sufficient evidence to prove it. Moreover, this evidence is not for us to see, but for Lord Bai and everyone outside."

Li Wanhai frowned. "You're the one who's greedy for money and committed perjury."

Su Chang'an ignored Li Wanhai and looked at the girl wearing a veil: "Miss, do you remember what this young hero said when he flirted with you?"

The girl paused for a moment, then said, "These are the kinds of things only vulgar people say. How could I possibly say them?"

Su Chang'an laughed and said, "Okay, you forgot."

The girl immediately replied, "How could I forget? I just didn't want to say it."

Su Chang'an continued, "You said you wanted to leave, and this young master tried to touch you inappropriately. May I ask how he did it?"

Li Wanhai roared angrily from the side: "You scoundrel! How can a young woman answer such an insulting question!"

The girl immediately started sobbing: "Girl, I don't know what you mean. We are both women. If you don't understand why I was harassed in the street, fine, but now you're humiliating me like this. I might as well be dead!"

Those who had gathered outside the courtroom frowned and looked at Su Chang'an.

Li Wanhai was furious and immediately looked at Bai Gui.

However, Su Chang'an smiled and said, "Miss, you misunderstand. I was just thinking that if this young master can't prove it, then you, the person involved, should be able to prove it, but I didn't expect that you can't prove it either."

Li Wanhai frowned and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Bai Gui: "Sir, such clever words and flattery, turning black into white, and even humiliating this victimized girl in this courtroom, please uphold justice."

Bai Gui squinted at Su Chang'an: "I'm listening! You are indeed eloquent. Everyone else has said that you, this little girl, found false evidence, but you're here saying she's fake!"

Su Chang'an turned to Bai Gui and asked, "Does Your Excellency mean that you know this girl is real?"

Bai Gui hadn't expected this woman to dare contradict him, but he immediately stopped himself before speaking, looking at Su Chang'an with some surprise. "What a clever person! I almost fell for your tricks! How could I know this girl was real? I was..."

But at this point, Bai Gui's expression froze.

I immediately realized I'd fallen into their trap; no matter how I answered, I was bound to fall for it!

Bai Gui immediately retorted, "How dare you! Are you questioning my judgment?!"

Su Chang'an said, "According to the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty! If a case is complicated and the evidence is insufficient, the parties involved may raise objections, and the judges shall thoroughly investigate the evidence to adjudicate the case!"

Bai Gui was about to speak when he was stopped by the clerk beside him. Bai Gui looked at the clerk and immediately calmed down.

The Laws of Da Xia.
That cannot be refuted.

Su Chang'an looked at Li Wanhai and said, "I heard that. Even the adults don't know if this girl is real or fake. Doesn't this need to be proven?"

Li Wanhai pursed his lips and then looked towards Bai Gui.

Bai Gui looked at Su Chang'an with a somber expression, realizing that Su Chang'an was a difficult opponent.

After glancing at the murmuring crowd outside the courtroom, Bai Gui looked at the young woman and said, "Lady, tell me how this man harassed you, and I will surely uphold justice for you!"

The girl hadn't expected this turn of events. She immediately bowed to Bai Gui, then lifted her veil and looked at Su Chang'an: "This person stopped me back then, saying something about how good-looking I was."

But as he said this, Su Chang'an looked at the young woman.

Well, she's alright looking, but you wouldn't say she's very beautiful.

So Su Chang'an didn't interrupt her, but simply pulled Ke Xia to the girl's side.

Though speechless.

But the comparison immediately became apparent.

The people outside were all taken aback when they saw this.

With such a beautiful woman by your side, why would anyone flirt with you?
Bai Gui and Li Wanhai immediately understood what Su Chang'an meant. After exchanging glances, they saw that Su Chang'an's expression had become even more somber.

Yu Jin looked at Su Chang'an gratefully and said, "Miss, please take the time and other things with you as well."

The girl paused for a moment, then said, "It was before. I was so frightened, how could I remember?"

Su Chang'an asked, "You remember him seeing you and being aroused by your beauty, but you don't remember any of this?"

The girl looked at Su Chang'an and her lips moved.

But Su Chang'an laughed and said, "Alright, you were so frightened that you forgot. Then please tell me whether he was going the same way as you or in the opposite direction."

The girl paused for a moment, then said, "On the contrary, the wind blew up my veil, and he just happened to brush past me."

Su Chang'an asked, "If that's the case, there's a steamed bun stall over there."

As he spoke, Su Chang'an looked at Bai Gui: "Sir, why don't we summon the owner of that steamed bun stall and ask him?"

The girl immediately said, "The owner of that steamed bun stall wasn't there at the time."

Ke Xia looked at the girl and said, "Nonsense! There's no steamed bun stall there! You clearly don't know anything and are just spouting nonsense! If you were talking about a fried dough stick stall, then there would be one."

The girl immediately corrected herself: "Yes, it's fried dough cake, I... I remembered it wrong."

Ke Xia revealed a sly smile.

The girl's expression suddenly changed upon seeing this.

Su Chang'an said, "The fried dough and milk tea stall is near the end of the market. Miss, you don't know anything about this. Did Young Master Li not explain things to you clearly before asking you to give false testimony?"

The girl looked frightened and immediately turned to Li Wanhai.

Meanwhile, the people outside the courtroom were already buzzing with discussion, looking at Li Wanhai with disdain.

Li Wanhai looked at Su Chang'an: "She was humiliated at the time, how could she remember any of this? She fled in a panic. But you, a false witness, not only show contempt for your superiors here, but also act aggressively!"

After saying that, Li Wanhai looked at Bai Gui: "My lord, how can we allow such a person to remain so rampant!"

Bai Gui glanced at the girl, inwardly cursing her as an idiot, then looked at Li Wanhai and said, "How can you prove that you can be a witness?"

Upon hearing this, Ke Xia immediately looked at Su Chang'an.

Su Chang'an smiled and said, "I don't need to prove it."

Li Wanhai seemed to have found an opportunity and immediately said, "You need someone else to prove it, but you don't need to prove it yourself?!"

Su Chang'an glanced at Li Wanhai, then looked at Bai Gui: "I am a perjurer, why should I prove that I am a real witness?"

Hearing this
Everyone's expression froze.

Even the common people outside the court were stunned and all looked at the girl who was wearing a veil and imitating the Empress.

This girl was so clever just now, has she gone mad now? How could she say something like that?
Li Wanhai's face immediately lit up with joy as he looked at Bai Gui: "Sir, did you hear that?"

Bai Gui looked at Su Chang'an with a still serious expression. This woman is quite something.

Su Chang'an looked at Li Wanhai: "The lord naturally heard it, and if you want to punish me, I will accept it. But everyone here saw it, and this girl is also giving false testimony. You personally brought her here, young master. If Ke Xia and I are punished, then you two will naturally be punished as well. Moreover, I think this girl knows quite a lot, and she seems about to tell me."

After saying that, he looked at Bai Gui and asked, "Sir, what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Li Wanhai immediately looked at the girl whose face was filled with fear, and then at Bai Gui.

Ke Xia, however, immediately realized what was happening and looked at Su Chang'an.

Is this girl I picked up on the street really that amazing?
Bai Gui placed his hand on the gavel and stared intently at Su Chang'an, wondering what his background was!
Seeing that the situation had reached a stalemate, the clerk took out two letters from his sleeve: "My lord."

Upon seeing the letter, Bai Gui was relieved that he had a backup plan. He immediately looked at Yu Jin and said, "Do you think I'm the kind of official who would arbitrarily use the law without thoroughly investigating the matter? I let your sister leave to find witnesses because I suspected you of harassing a woman in the street, but you don't seem to care why I tied you up!"

Yu Jin looked at the two letters Bai Gui had picked up and immediately shouted angrily, "You touched my baggage!"

Bai Gui stood up, picking up the two letters in his hand: "If I hadn't touched them, you traitor would have really escaped!"

After saying this, Bai Gui looked at the people outside and said, "Fellow villagers, I am still investigating the matter of this thief harassing a young woman, so I cannot say much more. This is why I sent the two of you to find witnesses. After all, we cannot wrongly accuse this scoundrel! In fact, I had another purpose in letting the woman go out of here, which was to find their accomplices!"

Bai Gui pointed at Su Chang'an and the other two, "This thief is the one who colluded with the rebel Rao Jiang who attempted to assassinate Prince An a few days ago but was subdued by the Empress! These two letters contain coded language, so they must have been brought by this thief to his accomplices in the capital! I originally intended to interrogate him secretly, but I didn't expect these two to actually find accomplices!"

As they spoke, Bai Gui opened the letter and handed it to the clerk.

The clerk came downstairs with two letters in his hand.

Some words on the letter were circled, which was obviously drawn on deliberately later.

Upon hearing this, the people once again showed expressions of surprise.

Yu Jin roared, "You corrupt official! Those are letters from my elders to people in the capital! How could you be accused of colluding with traitors! You opened these two letters without permission; can you bear the consequences?!"

As he spoke, Yu Jin clenched his fists, and the ropes binding him tightened even more, as if they were about to break!

Bai Gui was startled and quickly looked at the yamen runner beside him.

A dozen or so constables picked up their fire sticks and looked at the embers!
Bai Gui then turned to Yu Jin: "The evidence is now conclusive! How dare they disrespect this official in court! Guards! Take all three of them to jail!"

Su Chang'an looked at the letter in the advisor's hand.

One of the letters began with, "Big sister."
And these characters.
It's definitely Wan'er's!

To be precise, Wan'er imitated his handwriting, and it was terrible!
The main problem is that they didn't grasp the essence. For example, the character for "sword" – Su Chang'an is used to writing the two dots and the stroke at the bottom first, but Su Wan'er can tell it's a normal stroke, so it looks really ugly!
Upon seeing the letter, Su Chang'an understood why his fifth senior brother was here; he had come to the capital to deliver a message.

At the same time, as Su Chang'an took a step forward, he took the two letters from the clerk's hand.

The advisor was somewhat taken aback.

Yu Jin saw that Su Chang'an was surprised, realizing that Su Chang'an's strength was above his own!

Bai Gui was also stunned to see the two letters fall into Su Chang'an's hands; what kind of methods were these?
Su Chang'an looked at the rather unsightly circles on the letter and then turned to Bai Gui: "Lord Bai, this is a letter from a girl I haven't contacted in a long time. Have you thought about the consequences of scribbling like this?"

The words inside the circle, when connected, can indeed form a phrase to deal with someone.

But it's actually just a string of words specifically selected from an article.

Bai Gui paused for a moment, then immediately said, "So you admit that the letter plotting to kill officials in the capital was given to you?"

Su Chang'an smiled and carefully folded the letter. This was how Wan'er had messed up the letter she wrote to him.
Su Chang'an looked at Bai Gui: "What's there to deny? It's your official position that's quite interesting, or rather, why does your Jingzhao Prefecture always produce officials like this? I was just curious and came to take a look, but I've run into this again. Before, there was that guy surnamed Yang in your Jingzhao Prefecture, and now you've come. Luo Anxu went on inspection, and Yang Guofu is in Yan, and now one after another they're jumping out? I remember when they were there, I didn't see you like this."

hear the words
Bai Gui was stunned for a moment, looking at Su Chang'an, unsure of what to say.

Because the names of the Prefect of Jingzhao, Luo Anxu, and the Junior Prefect, Yang Guofu, can be directly used like that?
And this statement
Bai Gui subconsciously stood up, swallowed hard, and glanced at the clerk beside him.

The advisor was equally startled, staring blankly at Su Chang'an.

Su Chang'an reached out to help Mi Li up, then faced Bai Gui and said, "Lord Bai, please kneel down first, and then I will speak to you properly."

The voice just fell
Wow!
Just outside the courtroom, in the courtyard, a dozen or so figures appeared, led by a young girl.

The little girl had barely landed when she rushed towards Su Chang'an, crying, "Wah! What are you doing! I thought you were flirting with me and running away. What if I die?!"

(End of this chapter)