Chapter 10 Unexpectedly
"Meet His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Although the people were a little emotional, they still knelt down and saluted under the extreme pressure of the Black Dragon Guard and the Imperial City Forbidden Army.
Looking at the dark crowd of kneeling people, the corners of Nangongjiang's mouth raised slightly.
He enjoyed this moment very much, enjoying the sense of superiority of a group of people crawling at his feet.
Li Feibai and Fang Shengshou hid in the crowd, just squatting. There were thousands of people. As long as they didn't stand out from the crowd, they would not be discovered.
The group of people who had just been having a heated discussion also fell silent when they saw the prince's car arriving. After all, they were just ordinary people.
"Here we come." Fang Shengshou was a little excited.
"Shh." Li Feibai signaled him to stop talking. Unlike just now, no one was speaking around him. If the two of them discussed, it would definitely attract others' attention.
They just need to quietly watch Nangong Jiang board the observation tower on time.
The car is about to arrive at the barrier set up by the Forbidden Army. As long as he passes through this barrier, Nangong Jiang will climb up to the observation pavilion.
Li Feibai raised his head, glanced at the time, and estimated that it was less than a quarter of an hour before noon.
"The time is just right." He was secretly happy.
At this time, a shout echoed in everyone's ears like a thunderbolt from the blue.
"Your Highness, please make the decision for the women!"
A civilian woman wearing a gray dress, with a sallow face and a slightly swollen right cheek suddenly jumped up from the crowd and shouted loudly.
Xiao Wuji, who was accompanying him, was alert and immediately stood in front of Nangongjiang's car and yelled, "Who is that?"
Due to this unexpected incident, Nangongjiang's car naturally stopped.
Looking up at the time again, Li Feibai frowned slightly, feeling slightly uneasy.
"Young Master." Fang Shengshou was also very anxious.
Li Feibai raised his hand to stop him from speaking, indicating that he should calm down and still have time.
"Ms. Zhang, a civilian woman, wants to sue Ding Chenghua, the Taibao of the East Palace." The woman began to cry, her voice was so shrill that everyone around her could hear her clearly.
The people raised their heads one after another and began to watch the excitement.
The Taibao of the East Palace, also known as the Taibao of the Prince, is usually responsible for the safety of the Prince. Naturally, he was also accompanying Nangong Jiang today.
Seeing Zhang's cry of injustice, Ding Chenghua's eyes narrowed and a cold light flashed through his eyes.
"Where did this cunning woman come from? She dared to block the prince's carriage. Someone came and dragged her off."
Xiao Wuji gave an order, and the Black Dragon Guards separated the crowd and took Zhang away.
"Wait a minute." Nangong Jiang's voice came from inside the car.
"Your Highness!" Xiao Wuji turned around and cupped his hands.
"Bring that man forward."
"But Your Highness, if she has evil intentions..." Xiao Wuji hesitated.
"With your Black Dragon Guard and Imperial City Forbidden Army here, are you still afraid that a woman will assassinate me?" Nangong Jiang asked rhetorically.
Xiao Wuji was still hesitant. If something happened to Nangong Jiang under his nose, he would be punished for the grave crime of the Nine Clan.
"Why, do you even dare to disobey me?" Nangong Jiang said coldly in the car.
"I don't dare." Xiao Wuji said with a bitter look on his face, and ordered to his subordinates: "Bring that woman here."
Zhang was brought to the front of the car, and Xiao Wuji stood between her and Nangong Jiang, with his sword drawn to protect her.
"Ms. Zhang, what did you say just now?" Nangong Jiang did not get out of the car.
"Your Highness, please make decisions for the people." Mrs. Zhang burst into tears and fell to the ground.
"Just tell me, if the facts are true, I will never tolerate anyone." Nangong Jiang replied.
Ding Chenghua, who was sitting next to the car, stared at Ms. Zhang fiercely, looking confident and confident.
"The woman's ancestral home was in Baijiang City. Her husband died in the war ten months ago. She had no choice but to bring her daughter Zhang Jinhuan to Jinglin to visit relatives. Unexpectedly, four days ago, she was met by Ding Chenghua. He saw that the daughter was beautiful.
In the name of hunting down spies, the little girl was taken away, and when the civilian woman saw her again, the little girl was...already a corpse."
"Then why do you insist that it was the Taibao who did it? Maybe she encountered a thief on her way back, or maybe... your daughter was really a spy for the enemy country, and she died after being tortured." Xiao Wuji raised doubts.
"Sir, my little girl's body was secretly inspected when I took it back. There were obvious signs of violation on the lower body. It must have been Ding Chenghua who saw the little girl's beauty and forcibly defiled it, and then simply killed her and silenced her. Please be careful, sir."
"In that case, you should report it to Jinglin City Government. Why did you block Donggong's driver in the street?"
"Sir, this matter concerns the East Palace. Do you think Jinglin City Government dares to take this case?"
Mrs. Zhang asked back. She cried as she spoke, with tears streaming down her face. The people around her were all moved when they heard what happened to her.
"This is too much. Is there any royal law for robbing civilian girls in broad daylight?" The bold people began to speak out.
"That's right, the life of an official is life, but the life of our common people is like grass and grass." The others began to agree.
"Your Highness, you have to make the decision for our little people, Sheng Dou."
Seeing that the crowd was once again furious, Nangong Jiang was surprisingly calm this time, as if he had expected it in advance.
"Quiet, His Highness said that if the facts are true, he will never tolerate it." Xiao Wuji shouted sternly.
"How did you know that person was my East Palace Taibao?" Nangong Jiang still didn't show up.
Mrs. Zhang cried and continued: "The civilian woman heard her subordinates call him 'Ding Taibao'."
Nodding, Nangong Jiang said: "In that case, Chenghua, step forward to identify him."
Ding Chenghua looked sideways at Mr. Zhang, snorted coldly, shook his body slowly, and stepped forward reluctantly.
He didn't believe that a cunning woman could do anything to him.
"It's him, Your Highness, it's him, you murderer, give back my daughter's life!" Mrs. Zhang suddenly jumped up, grabbed Ding Chenghua's sleeve, and cried and wouldn't let go.
Being pulled by her, Ding Chenghua felt a little panicked. He raised his foot and kicked Zhang away.
When the people saw this, they were even more angry.
"This is unreasonable. You have a guilty conscience."
"Your Highness, you cannot protect him. Please make your decision for the people."
At this time, everyone who was still kneeling just now stood up.
Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly uncontrollable, Nangong Jiang had no choice but to say: "Xiao Wuji, take down Ding Chenghua first."
"yes."
Two Black Dragon Guards stepped forward and controlled Ding Chenghua.
Seeing this, the people's anger subsided and became much quieter.
"Everyone, please calm down. I said that as long as the evidence is conclusive, I will immediately put Ding Chenghua to death on the spot, and I will not protect him in any way."
Nangong Jiang's words came out from the car, and the people heard it and were dubious.
After all, it has been their long-standing understanding that officials protect each other. What's more, when the people sue an official, the one who sues you is the Taibao of the East Palace.
When Ding Chenghua heard what Nangong Jiang said, his eyes began to panic. He stared at Nangong Jiang's position with an extremely complicated expression.
It seems unbelievable.
All this fell into Li Feibai's eyes. He sneered and guessed the whole story.
But Fang Shengshou was sweating on his forehead and extremely anxious.
Because, there is only tea time before noon!
Chapter completed!