Fairy, I really am a villain!

"At that time, I was hiding in the closet with my hands and feet tied. Through the crack, I saw them hanging Grandpa from the beam, swinging back and forth like a pendulum... I listened to Grandpa begging for mercy on my behalf, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing... I watched Grandpa's eyes roll up, his tongue sticking out, his eyes wide open, and he slowly died."

"It was not until after Grandpa died that the gang found out his name..."

The palace was quiet for a while.

After taking a look at the saint's face, Yang Mingyue stepped out and said in a deep voice: "Although the case is complicated and there are injustices, it is not something that can be discussed here.

It's just a small case. If there is any grievance or hatred, it should be settled in court. What's the point of crying here? Fang Xingyun!"

Seeing his name mentioned at the end of the conversation, Fang Xiwen stood up and turned to him, slowly saying: "The deputy director is talking about a small case?"

"Compared to what happened to you, this is a minor case. Because of your case, all the officials have gathered here. Please sort out the priorities!"

"In that case, the murder charge against me is also a minor one?"

"How can we agree with this?!"

After receiving this answer, Fang Xiwen turned to the officials behind him and asked instead, "Do you all think so too?"

No one said anything, everyone just watched coldly.

For all the officials, based on their standpoints, they either sentenced him to death or tried their best to distance themselves from him. Now Fang Xiwen was making a fool of himself by bringing up an old injustice case, and all the officials felt completely baffled.

"So that's how it is," he chuckled, "It seems that in the eyes of the adults, the life of the Third Young Master Song is indeed more valuable than that of ordinary people."

"You brat, what are you talking about?!" the old eunuch shouted.

"Because the person who hanged Grandpa Tian Ya was Song Canxing," Fang Xiwen stopped smiling and looked at one of the officials. "Just now, the Prime Minister said that he would go to the court to settle any grudges. I just wonder if Mr. Song, the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple, is willing to personally send his son to be hanged?"

Wow!

Their eyes spread out and turned to the purple-robed official.

Amid the uproar, everyone had figured out something: Song Yu, the Junior Official of the Dali Temple, was the one who said, "You scared me. It turned out that you killed someone. Your father thought you disturbed the carriage of the Prime Minister."

Seeing the different expressions of the officials, Song Yu, who had just experienced the loss of his son in middle age, was filled with anger. After a long while, he could only utter one sentence: "You evil beast!"

"Yes, before, the Third Young Master Song beat and killed the adopted son of a wealthy businessman in the street. As a result, the case was tried in the Dali Temple for several years, but when the latter died of illness, there was no result and the case was left unresolved!"

Fang Xiwen raised her voice a few notches higher and said, "Taifu, is this what you mean by a court decision? The previous experience is clear in our minds. Tian Ya has no power or influence. How dare she appeal?"

After a pause, seeing that no one answered, he said in a cold voice: "Until now, all the gentlemen think that this is a small case and are unwilling to face it... Oh, it doesn't matter, I have already avenged half of her revenge.

At the horse farm at the city gate, after I listened to Song Canxing's confession, I broke his neck."

"Evil beast!!!"

With a strange cry of "Ah", Song Yu vomited blood and fell down, startling the birds on the palace wall to fly up.

Chapter 397 Secretly assassinating Chen Cang

I don't know whether they were pretending or were really angry, but the eunuchs and palace maids rushed forward, lifted this fourth-rank official into a sedan chair, and took him away from the scene.

The current situation is getting weirder.

As for the officials who did not know the truth, they initially thought that the young man brought up the old case for argument, but they did not expect that he actually admitted it himself.

And if he admits to murder, does that mean he admits to the other charges brought against him by the prime minister?

Seeing the saint's calm face, which even had an expression of admiration, no one said anything for a while.

Only Yang Mingyue flicked his robe, stepped out of the line, and shouted, "Fang Xingyun, are you admitting your guilt yourself?!"

"I think."

Fang Xiwen nodded slightly without arguing and continued:

"In terms of cultivation and ability, even if there were ten Young Master Songs, it would be easy for me to break their necks, but it has come to this."

"Why do you think this is?"

"Because his father holds a high position, because he is backed by a noble family, because he has imperial guards, private soldiers, and servants to protect him, a mere chivalrous knight cannot kill him."

“Even if he could be killed, the world would still think that this was a chivalrous act of violating the law with force, which was improper and unfair, instead of being like it is now, where most of you think Song Canxing deserved it.”

As he said this, he turned around, faced the officials, stretched out his hand and tapped his heart, "It was to seek justice that Feng Liujian had to die in Dingjun."

"Is it really so?" a cabinet member murmured.

Perhaps many of you here have never seen him, but you know everything Fang Xiwen has done during this period very well, but you would never have thought that his motive would be like this.

Stirring up trouble, killing people and ransacking homes, and fighting between the two parties, all just to avenge someone else?

This reason was so ridiculous that no one could make up their mind for a while.

At this time, the saint on the throne raised his eyelids, pointed at him twice with his fingers, and said with a smile: "You are a sharp-tongued boy, and you have frightened many people. Tell me, how did the third son of the Song family offend you last year?"

Hearing this, all the ministers nodded secretly.

Even if this is the reason, Song Canxing committed this crime before he faked his death and entered the Divine Capital. This cannot be foreseen in advance, right? There is a problem with the logic.

"Your Majesty, I see Wanli clearly. Actually, the target of my revenge this time is someone else. Song Canxing was just a byproduct and I dealt with him casually."

Facing Marquis Lecheng's gaze that seemed as if he wanted to eat him alive, Fang Xiwen bowed in the direction of Emperor Jin Yuan. The old eunuch beside the throne immediately understood and gestured towards the inner court.

Wow!

As the pearl curtain rolled up, several palace maids walked out of the hall, holding fans and clearing the way ahead, stretching a red carpet straight forward on the ground;

Then, the clear sound of bells rang out, and the jade-like bare feet stepped on the carpet with light steps, and the sound was getting closer and closer to everyone.

Hearing the noise, Yang Tianxiu, who was kneeling on the ground, froze all over. He looked up and saw the palace maids surrounding a woman as beautiful as a peony, dressed in gorgeous robes, proud and noble.

It’s Princess Zhaoyang!

The woman first bowed to her father, then greeted all the officials, and finally walked gracefully to the throne, stretched out her hand, took off the bell-shaped hairpin in her hair, and an expression of extreme disgust emerged on her face.

Seeing this, the old eunuch quickly took out a small box from his arms, presented it respectfully with both hands, and asked the princess to throw the thing in.

Although it was just a glimpse, all the officials saw what was inside. They were all women's ornaments, with an exquisite and simple style. They must be precious items.

When Yang Mingyue saw that the old eunuch was taking out the things from the box, he was shocked and understood everything immediately.

No wonder the sage asked him when he played the game, "Could it be those young men from the Wang family?"

No wonder the sage did not deny his guilt, but gave the old eunuch an order to summon Fang Yang to the palace;

No wonder Wang Zhongheng, who had clearly vowed not to enter the capital again, would appear at the court meeting at this moment... It turned out that on the day Song Canxing died, before he made a private report, it was Wang Zhongheng who entered the palace with something!

Only such frontier ministers could make representations in the palace - the royal party had presented the evidence in advance, and the saint on the throne knew everything from the beginning!

In an instant, those looks, either majestic or thoughtful, all had other meanings. Yang Mingyue no longer cared about the origin of the small box, but started thinking about more serious things.

Given the current situation, is this a warning, or does the saint really want to bring down the Yang family?

Now the Wang Party is gaining momentum, the core Wang family is the pillar of the southeastern frontier, and the Yun family is in charge of the Sitianjian and has ruled the southern part of the sky for generations;

The Fang family has grown stronger under the operation of the little beast. Not only has it taken over many of the confiscated shops, but it has also received support from the wealthy Longchuan businessman Shi Zimiao. After cooperating with Xinggong, it now controls three routes of water transport.

In other words, if his Yang Party really collapsed completely, they would also be able to make money for the inner court, and the Yang family would no longer be irreplaceable!

At the wedding banquet, he first raised the banner of the Wang family, and then used his own identity as bait to draw everyone's attention, and he accomplished all this unknowingly.

The secret attack on Chencang is nothing more than this.

But all these plots have a prerequisite, that is, the saint really wants to replace their Yang family.

With a cold sweat on his face, he first glanced at the throne. Emperor Jin Yuan had closed his eyes again, and he felt a little relieved.

When he looked at the young man who was speaking at this time, he was immediately furious and murderous intent was rising in his heart... Originally, Yang Mingyue thought that his children and grandchildren were making a fuss over nothing, and it didn't matter whether the boy was killed or not, what was important was the Wang family, but now the situation was reversed.

He must not be allowed to stay. Fang Xingyun will be a disaster if he is alive!

"...You can easily see that the style and patterns of the ornaments in this box are very similar to the bell-shaped hairpin in Princess Zhaoyang's hair. They are both made of Longmu jadeite, and this item was given to the princess by her former fiancé Yang Tianxiu."

Holding the box in his hand and opening the lid, Fang Xiwen looked at everyone and said, "These ornaments may look glamorous, but in fact, their origins are extremely dirty—"

"Fang Xingyun!"

It was extremely rare that Yang Tianxiu roared in such a situation, like a wild beast, but there was no further sound for a long time, which sounded like a dying wail.

He also understood.

The other party has been holding this card in his hand, waiting here: under normal circumstances, this evidence is useless, but if the saint has his eyes on their Yang family, if nothing else, this can nail him down.

There was a traitor in the family. The eldest brother Yang Jing, who seemed timid and indecisive, had actually been planning to kill him. He bribed the servants and gave the evidence to others.

Glancing at him, Fang Xiwen seemed indifferent and continued:

"These ornaments were originally buried with the princesses of the previous dynasty. They are equipped with numerous mechanisms."

"Yang Tianxiu had his own plans and colluded with the tomb robbers from the Demonic Path to steal these things. Then, in order to cover up their origins, he led his men to kill the tomb robbers and his sister's family, including the guests, a total of 27 people."

"His sister Liu Yue is an ordinary girl. She has been running a winery with her mother since she was a child. She is quite famous in the village."

"The incident happened on the day when Liu Yue was getting married and invited many guests. Yang Tianxiu led the murder team and saw that Liu Yue was very beautiful, so he raped her at the wedding banquet."

"The groom was held down by Yang Tianxiu's men. He was not dead at the time, but was still killed afterwards."

"Among the twenty-seven, only Liu Yue survived."

Fang Xiwen said very calmly, taking out rolls of case files from his arms and handing them to the old eunuch.

The case file was a bit old and was placed close to the body, with obvious signs of having been repeatedly read and revised.

Upon seeing this, the latter wiped away a few tears, stretched out his hand to take it and presented it to the throne, and the stern look he had just had was gone.

The officials were silent, and he continued:

"Afterwards, Liu Yue tried to appeal, but was thrown into jail by the local city lord Tang Yan. He used coercion and bribery to force her to admit that the murder was committed by her brother who practiced magic. His magic went out of control and killed all the guests, and in the end he was killed by her."

"Liu Yue refused to comply, so Tang Yan used torture and force, and even tried to send her to the Divine Capital to be used as a plaything by Yang Tianxiu again."

"Even until the last moment before his death, all he wanted to do was to shield you and the Yang family from any connection."

"Prime Minister, this is what you said, 'If there is any injustice, the court will decide it.' If I hadn't intervened, the innocent woman might still be in the clutches of your son, and twenty-seven lives would still be wrongly lost."

"May I ask the Minister, is the court fair?"

No one spoke anymore in the palace. Outside the huge hall, the only sound was the sound of Emperor Yuan of Jin flipping through files, echoing softly in the wind.

No one questioned the authenticity of the case. Firstly, the saint had not expressed his opinion, and secondly, the boy surnamed Fang was a captain with a silver seal in the Six Gates. So everyone lowered their heads and looked regretful.

Soon, seeing that Yang Mingyue did not answer his question, Fang Xiwen continued: "I killed Tang Yan, I killed Liu Zhuo, and I also killed Song Canxing. It's not that I intentionally concealed the fact that I had contact with the sect, but a wandering knight in the martial arts world cannot do such things.

If you want to talk about my crimes, Yang Taifu can continue now."