"Everyone, what do you think? Do you let the treacherous and slander do whatever you want in the city?" A middle-aged Confucian scholar in his forties stood up and asked.

Scholars have always "hate evil like hatred". They have mastered the right to speak in this era and do not want others to control their destiny. They like to "please the people" the most and fight against the powerful. Once they succeed, they can gain a huge reputation, with small investment but great benefits.

But unfortunately, although they hated Chen Xi to die, no gentry was willing to stand up at this moment. They did not want to get along with Chen Xi. Especially as Gao Ji's daughter-in-law Gao Ning was "defiled" by Chen Xi, and their life and death were uncertain after their death, they knew one thing more clearly: they were insignificant compared to the Nanning Prefect. Chen Xi even treated the family of a dignified prefect. Isn't he even more insignificant?

A group of people could not find a result. Some said they wanted to be incompatible with Chen Xi and went to the government office to settle the score, some called on merchants across the city to stop protesting, some said they organized the people to attack the military camp, and more people chose to remain silent.

Now the city has been firmly controlled by the army heading south, and Chenxi has become a complete strong dragon crossing the river. Even if they are noisy, they cannot cause any storm.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a Taoist robe and square scarf on his head said aloud: "Since you can't discuss a result, you might as well wait for the prefect to come out and listen to what he said. I believe that the Prefect Gao will not be indifferent to this matter!"

A group of people felt that this person was right.

My daughter-in-law was insulted and now she has found a brief opinion. As the emperor of the mansion, Gao Ji will never give up. Instead of discussing how to deal with Chen Xi here, it is better to wait until Gao Ji comes and ask the "divorce master" to formulate a response plan.

If even Gao Ji was swallowing his anger, they would naturally not be thankless to fight with Chen Xi to the end.

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In the backyard of the county government office, Gao Ning's family was awake and awake.

Now only Gao Ji and Gao Ning are left in the room. Gao Ji looked at his daughter-in-law who was extremely weak and angry. Seeing the clear red mark on her neck, she couldn't help but burst into tears:

"Oh! Good daughter-in-law, what are you doing!"

Gao Ning was dying, but her eyes were extremely firm. After walking in front of the gate of hell, she had no regrets at all. Although she could not speak, she grabbed Gao Ji's old hand with both hands, looked at Gao Ji with her eyes with longing and hatred, and asked her father-in-law to avenge her.

Gao Ji was full of distress, and a fierce look emerged in his eyes, and he said angrily: "After this incident, all the gentry in the city knew... In order to safeguard the reputation of our Gao family, I can no longer give up. Later, I will write to the court to ask the court to pursue Chen Xi's responsibility, and then use the power of our Nanning Prefecture City to fight Chen Xi to death!"

After hearing what Gao Ji said, Gao Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief. A hint of relief appeared on her red, swollen and purple face. She slowly closed her eyes and tears flowed out of the corners of her eyes.

It is true that she suffered a great grievance in this matter, but in fact she asked for everything, but she refused to admit it.

Gao Ji shouted: "Three, get in!"

The Gao Mansion butler who had been waiting outside before pushed open the door, entered the room tremblingly, came to the bed and knelt down, and kept kowtowing to Gao Ji and Gao Ning.

Gao Ji said sternly: "Lin Lao San, you accompanied the young lady to the government office before. The young lady was forcibly detained and insulted by the thief Chen Xi. When she came back, she was covered in bruises. You are the witness, right?"

Lin Laosan, also known as the butler of Gao’s mansion, was confused after hearing Gao Ji’s words: “This… Master, I don’t know what you are talking about… The young lady obviously went to the military camp and was detained by the thief in the military camp, only a quarter of an hour…”

Gao Ji glared at Lin Laosan: "Say it again!"

Lin Laosan was very aggrieved: "Master, this is the truth, the villain said nothing wrong!"

For a honest and dull loyal servant, he was so angry that his wife was humiliated, but he had no choice but to do anything. He was thinking about how to argue with Chen Xi, and even used his life to seek justice for his young wife. But he really couldn't understand what Gao Ji said.

Gao Ji said angrily: "Lao San, Lao San, why don't you understand it yet? You must follow my husband's words, otherwise others will not believe that the young lady was defiled by the thief Chen Xi! Have you heard it?"

Lin Laosan's face wrinkled, becoming more and more confused... When others encounter such a scandal, they are too late to hide it, and they are afraid that their family will be humiliated. Why does the master publicly publicly announce it to everyone? Is this his ear problem or is it a mess in his anger?

"master……"

Lin Laosan was straightforward and wanted to persuade Gao Ji, but Gao Ji was like an angry lion. He grabbed Lin Laosan's collar and said angrily:

"Tell me again, Chen Xi forcibly detained the young lady in the government office and defiled the young lady. If you don't say that, you will just ignore the kindness of my Gao family for decades and repay the kindness of the kindness of the Gao family... If so, you can stop yourself and apologize for death! Ahem..."

At the end, Gao Ji started to cough violently, and with the miserable appearance of tears on his face, Lin Laosan felt ache in his heart and said with a sad face:

"Master, the villain does what you said, don't be angry. But... the girl Xiao Huan was also with the villain at that time..."

Gao Ji said in a silence: "This girl did not do her best to protect the young lady. The so-called humiliation of the minister is dead. It is time for her to play a role... Third brother, go and throw her into the well in person!"

If Lin Lao San didn't understand what was going on before, now he already understood that his master wanted to kill someone to silence him. As for why Gao Ji did this, he was confused and thought to himself: "What's wrong with the master? He took the initiative to make the Gao family lintel be humiliated, and the young lady was insulted had nothing to do with Xiao Huan. If it was a dereliction of duty, it was my responsibility..."

"In addition, the young lady only took an incense stick before and after entering the military camp. It is a fact that the young lady was beaten. As for the young lady who humiliated the young lady... I'm afraid there is no time, right?"

Seeing that Lin Lao San hesitated, Gao Ji couldn't help but angrily said, "What are you waiting for? Go and do things now! Isn't the people lost to our Gao family?"

"Yes, yes, lord!"

As Lin Laosan left with a distressed look on his face, Gao Ji came to the bed, suddenly grabbed his daughter-in-law's hand, and said in a firm tone: "Shuhe, don't worry, I will let Chen Xi pay the blood debt..."

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When Gaoji appeared again in the county hall, an hour had passed.

The main hall is brightly lit.

This time, the person who followed Gao Ji, was also the body of Xiao Huan who was carrying it over. At this time, Xiao Huan had been in the well for a long time and had already died.

Seeing Gao Ji come in, everyone present stood up. They thought that Gao Ji's daughter-in-law Gao Ning was carrying Gao Ji's daughter-in-law.

"Mr. Gao, you... feel mourning and following the changes!"

Many people came forward to comfort her, and felt a strong sense of guilt in their hearts. After all, Gao Ning's death was declared for them, and they had to bear certain responsibility for Gao Ning's death and seek justice from Chen Xi.

Gao Ji had a gloomy face and sat down behind the table in the main hall. The servants in the government office had parked Xiao Huan's body in the center of the main hall.

Many people feel something is wrong after seeing the corpse clearly.

The clothes on the female corpse were not silk and satin at all, but just ordinary fabrics. This can be explained by the thrifty and thrifty lady of the Gao family, but the age of the girl presented in the corpse could not be faked. It seemed that she was only fifteen or sixteen, and she was obviously not the Gao family's young lady.

People looked at each other: "Didn't it say that the young lady of the Gao family committed suicide by hanging the beam? Why did she die a flowery girl? It seems that she had just been fished out of the water. Didn't she commit suicide by hanging the beam but jumping into a well?"

Most of the people present saw the problem, but no one stood up to speak, because even if there was a problem with the body, there was nothing to doubt about Gao Ning's insult. It is true that Gao Ji's status is incomparable to Chen Xi, but before Shen Xi led his troops, it was Gao Ji who was responsible for the entire Nanning Prefecture's fight against the invading troops of Jiaozhi. In their opinion, as the lord of the mansion, it was impossible for him to fabricate such a humiliating matter.

Peng Dacheng, the magistrate of Xuanhua, walked in from the door and asked with concern: "Master Master Fu, I wonder what the situation is in your inner residence?"

Gao Ji looked gloomy and said solemnly: "My daughter-in-law committed suicide by hanging herself on the beam. Now she finally hangs her back in one breath, but the situation is still unstable and she is at risk of her life at any time..."

When the people present heard that Gao Ning was not dead, their eyes immediately fell on the body parked in the center of the main hall, as if asking, since your daughter-in-law is not dead, who is this person?

Gao Ji seemed to notice the surprised gazes of the people present, pointed to the corpse of the girl in the field and said, "This girl is a maid in my mansion. Today, she went to the prefect's office with my daughter-in-law and was detained by the thief Chen. Although she fought to the death to resist the insult of the thief, she still lost her virginity. After returning, she was even more embarrassed and angry because her wife was insulted, she jumped into the well and committed suicide!"

"oh!"

The gentry present stared at each other, and then they realized that there were more than one victims on that day, and there was also a little maid besides Gao Ning.

Gao Ning and the little maid both chose to commit suicide, but Gao Ning was rescued, while the little maid committed suicide by jumping into a well.

But many people were very surprised and thought to themselves: "This girl was not the one who came to report the message to her wife who committed suicide? Why did the maid seem to be fine at that time, but now she said she was also insulted by Chen Xi? Why did the little maid not commit suicide before, but died after returning to the back hall? Why did Gao Ning suffer injuries but she did not?"

It was originally a lie, and many things could not stand scrutiny.

Although some people doubted it, because they were sure that Chen Xi was a person who was a crime, many details were ignored. Most of the gentry present believed that Chen Xi insulted Gao Ning.

Peng Dacheng asked: "Master Gao, this matter... seems to need to be properly resolved. I don't know how to communicate with... the army?"

"Bang!"
Chapter completed!