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Chapter 403
Upon hearing these words, Cao Shu's figure on the sedan chair swayed, and the round fan in her hand almost fell off.

As soon as she moved, the little maid beside her quickly held her down. "Miss, please be calm and don't be impatient. Remember what Madam told you last night!"

"Well, I see." Cao Shu took a deep breath, silently recited what Mu Jiaojiao said to herself last night, and continued to sit still.

When Qiu Shan heard the man's words, he hurriedly said, "Did the official misunderstand? My wife was engaged to me ten years ago, and now we are just getting married according to the agreement made by the elders ten years ago. She has never escaped marriage! Since she was engaged ten years ago, she is from my Qiu family. What does the Cao family's raid have anything to do with her? As for where she will go after the Cao family's defeat, that has nothing to do with others, right? ? And the old lady of the Cao family... how is she now? We haven't seen her for a long time, and we are all worried to death, afraid that something will happen to her!"

The people from the Ministry of Punishment were stunned when they heard the words, but immediately raised their faces and shouted: "Don't lie! Now that the plaintiff's complaint has been handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, no matter what the facts are, Cao Shisanniang will go with us. If she is really Wronged, you just have to prepare evidence and go to testify for her!"

After all, he waved his hand and ordered someone to invite Cao Shu off the sedan chair.

"Wait a minute!" Cui Pu immediately stepped forward and said, "I am Cui Pu, the magistrate of Yangzhou, may I ask what your identity is?"

The man immediately got off his horse and said to Cui Pu: "I have seen the prefect of Cui! This official is a lieutenant under the command of the Jiangnan Dongdao dethronement envoy of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Thirteen Niangs were arrested and brought to justice!"

When he was speaking, he stared straight at Cui Pu, without the slightest respect from a subordinate official to a superior official.There was even a hint of arrogance in those eyes, as if Cui Pu's identity was not enough for him.

Cui Pu nodded, understanding in his heart.

The dismissal envoy is not an extraordinary official position, but is appointed by a sage in an extraordinary period and comes directly from Chang'an.The entire Xintang Dynasty was divided into dozens of areas, also known as supervision areas, and the imperial court would send people to make inspections from time to time, and the people who were sent were called dethronement envoys.Deposition brings great power, and it is generally held by the most trusted minister of the sage.To make things easier for him, the sage allowed him to directly deal with some law-breaking and taboo officials without reporting them during the extraordinary period. It is no problem to dismiss them from office, imprison them, or even execute them on the spot.To put it bluntly, it is the temporary plenipotentiary representative of the emperor in a certain place.

"Then, when you come here this time, Captain, do you have the edict issued by the cattle dethronement envoy?" Cui Pu asked.

The school lieutenant even threw over a scroll with the seal of the dismissed envoy.

Cui Pu unfolded it for a look and confirmed that the seal on it was real, so he returned the scroll: "In that case, then I will go with you as well!"

The lieutenant's face suddenly darkened: "Prefect Cui, please don't make things difficult for the subordinate! The subordinate is just following orders."

"This mansion is not trying to embarrass you. It's just that no one in the entire Yangzhou mansion knows that Cao Shisanniang has been with us for three years? If she is really a fugitive, then this mansion will also be accused of harboring and sheltering. Now you If you don't arrest me, I will definitely send someone to arrest you later. What a waste of time to come and go? Why don't you go directly to this house, and it will be convenient for the case to be completed as soon as possible. There are still many things to do here in this house. Let's deal with it!"

This set of words made the captain, who was dealing with him for the first time, froze there.

Dai Ziang and Chen Junbi ran out with the crowd to watch the excitement when they heard the news.Now after hearing Cui Pu's words, Dai Ziang sneered: "He really is getting more and more good at putting on airs!"

"That's right, it's this time, and you still expect to prove your innocence through this method? If he voluntarily sends it up now, he's throwing himself into a trap. Still want to come back to deal with things after the work is over? Just dream!" Chen Junbi hurriedly answered the question .

Dai Ziang glanced at him: "Maybe he was lucky, and he really escaped safely? Wasn't that the case with the jade comb case last time?"

"This time is different from last time." Chen Junbi smiled very lightly.

This time, it was Niu Xianlin, Niu Xianke's younger brother who came to preside over the matter.Niu Xianke is Li Linfu's right-hand man. He obeys Li Linfu in everything in the court and never dares to disobey.Moreover, when the sage wanted to promote Niu Xianke as a servant, it was Zhang Jiuling's disciples who objected, which almost cut off Niu Xianke's way to rise.Although Zhang Jiuling was overthrown later, Niu Xianke became a servant as he wished, but he hated Zhang Jiuling in his heart.

Niu Xianlin's position is obtained by relying on Niu Xianke, so he must have the same hatred as Niu Xianke.And Cui Pu has a good relationship with Zhang Jiuling, and Niu Xianke's party now treats everyone related to Zhang Jiuling as an enemy.So this time, Niu Xianke insisted on recommending his younger brother to come here, in order to express his loyalty to Li Linfu, and at the same time, to avenge what happened back then—in his heart, if Mu Jiaojiao hadn’t come to treat Zhang Jiuling , Zhang Jiuling must have been pissed to death long ago, how can he continue to live in the world to hinder his eyes?
So this time, with such abundant evidence in hand, they are determined to bring down Cui Pu!

Dai Ziang smiled lightly and said nothing more.

The captain at the front quickly reacted, and said loudly, "It's a good thing that Cui Zhifu wants to help the Niu dethroner to close the case quickly. If that's the case, then let's go there together!"

"And me! I am her husband-in-law, so naturally I have to go with her." Qiu Shan said immediately.

"Then I'll go too!" Mu Jiaojiao stood up after thinking about it.

"And me!" Immediately afterward, Imperial Physician Chang also came, "Miss Thirteen is the adopted daughter of this old man. When it comes to the crime of harboring, this old man is the first one!"

"And I!"

"And I!"

Seeing this, other people also stood up and said.These are people who have dealt with Cao Shu on weekdays.

Sitting in the bridal sedan chair, Cao Shu couldn't help crying when she heard the voice outside.

If he was just a little dazed at the beginning, now seeing so many people coming to his door, the captain is completely confused.

This was the first time he saw people jumping into the pit on their own initiative.

Are these people out of their minds?Don't they know that the matter is basically settled now, and the more people jump in now, the more people will be implicated in the end?

But when Chen Junbi saw this, he was so excited that he almost jumped up. "Okay, catch them, catch them all! It's good to catch this group of people!"

Dai Ziang looked at the situation ahead, but frowned: "This Cui Liu is really capable. The matter has just begun, and so many people have taken the initiative to stand up to help him share the responsibility. Such a smart person, it is really... What a pity. !"

At this moment, another person rode over and whispered something in the captain's ear.The lieutenant nodded, then raised his head and said: "Niu Dezhi ordered someone to send a message just now, because the incident happened on the boundary of Yangzhou, and it has a lot to do with many people in the government office of Yangzhou. At that time, it is necessary to summon witnesses to testify in court. .In this case, then this court should be directly located in Chengnei, Yangzhou!"

That is to say, Niu Xianlin is coming here soon, Cui Pu, Mu Jiaojiao and the others don't have to go anywhere else, just sit obediently in the government office and wait for someone to ask questions when the time comes.

Many people breathed a sigh of relief.Only a group of people including Cui Pu and Mu Jiaojiao just smiled indifferently - they had expected such an ending a long time ago.

Niu Xianlin made people make such a fuss just now, and he clearly wanted to create a panic atmosphere on purpose and make them mess up.Isn't such a scene in the eyes of the people an ironclad proof that they have ghosts in their hearts?
After forming such an established impression first, and then they show the witnesses and physical evidence they had prepared earlier, they can be wiped out, and no one has a chance to stand up!

But who knows, Qiu Shan said that he had a marriage contract with Cao Shu as soon as he opened his mouth.Cui Pu then took the initiative to stand up and led others to start the team.All of them are calm and righteous, how can there be any Thai style with a guilty conscience?
The game they did, on the contrary, helped them achieve a reputation of not being afraid of power!

If so many people are really taken away now, it will take away the backbone of the people of Yangzhou, and it is no wonder that the people will agree!Cui Pu and Mu Jiaojiao have accumulated too deep roots in Yangzhou these years, if they dare to forcibly pull them out, then before they do anything to this group of people, the anger of the people of Yangzhou will burn them to ashes first!
That's not what they wanted.

Therefore, as soon as Niu Xianlin, who was hiding behind, found out that something was wrong, he immediately sent someone over to spread the word.

Although this kind of behavior seems to be lacking in stamina, it is much better than causing a big mess in the first place.

Sure enough, after these words came out, the tense atmosphere surrounding the surrounding area lightened a lot.

The captain then said: "However, the main culprit this time, Cao Shisanniang, must be arrested. Where is Cao Shisanniang? Tell her to come out!"

"Thirteen Niangs are on the bridal sedan chair. As I said, today is our big day. Even if you want to arrest someone, at least wait until we drink the wine at the hall, okay? It's only an hour or two in the evening." , we won't run away!" Qiu Shan hurriedly said again.

"No!" The captain categorically refused, "It is urgent to arrest the imperial court for infringing, so how can you have any room to bargain?"

"Then, what if they worship heaven and earth and drink Hebei wine here?"

A majestic voice suddenly came from the outside.Hearing this, Qiu Shan hurried up to meet him: "Father, it's useless, I'm worrying you."

"It's okay, what you have suffered is also an innocent disaster." Miracle Doctor Qiu shook his head, and then said to the captain, "Today is the day of my son's great joy, more than half of the ceremony has been done, and only the last few items are left, sir Show mercy, let them do the last thing, and then arrest them and put them in prison? We will do it here!"

The captain looked embarrassed, and quickly turned his gaze to the distance.

After a while, he nodded. "Okay, let's continue! But, only here!"

"Okay!" Miracle Doctor Qiu nodded immediately.

Immediately after someone brought two couches for them to sit on, Cao Shu got out of the sedan chair.Qiu Shan came forward to read Que Fan's poems.

Due to time constraints, he only read two poems, and Cao Shu put down the round fan that covered her face.

Afterwards, the two came to Qiu Miracle Doctor and his wife, and the master of ceremonies shouted: "Bridegroom, wife, kneel! Let's worship heaven and earth——"

(End of this chapter)