What?

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple and Gongsun Lei both opened their eyes wide.

They looked at He Tiantian in disbelief, trying to discern any clues from her face.

Incredible!

It's just incredible.

There is such thing as child exchange in folk legends.

But such a situation also occurs in the inner courtyard of a wealthy family's deep house, which is simply too challenging for people's cognition.

The young minister of Dali Temple originally thought that it was just a simple "prisoner exchange" incident, but unexpectedly it actually revealed a secret about a wealthy family.

Ahem, yes.

"Changing Prisoners"!

Staying in Dali Temple all year round, the young minister of Dali Temple saw many grudges, hatreds, evil spirits and monsters.

There are those who are high and powerful, and they are reduced to prisoners in one day. There are those who add insult to injury, and there are also those who give trouble when it is time.

Originally, the young minister of Dali Temple thought that Gongsun Lei was a "righteous man" who would sacrifice his own son for the sake of his savior's only remaining legitimate son.

Although such things are rare, they are not unheard of.

A few years ago, there was a loyal servant. When her master's family died, she directly replaced the only seedling of the master's family with her own son.

Later, the master's family made a comeback, and the young man directly regarded her as his benefactor and elder.

Even after the government heard about this loyal servant's righteous deeds, they also wrote a letter for her, asking for her seal.

Her deeds were also included in "The Legend of the Martyred Woman".

When I just heard that Gongsun Lei came to "cry out injustice", the young minister of Dali Temple was still thinking to himself: Oh, there is another righteous man who repays his kindness with kindness and courage?!

The Young Minister of Dali Temple never expected that he would hear such a bizarre but more humane story——

In fact, not only the young ministers of Dali Temple, but also ordinary people believe in "human beings are inherently evil" more than "human beings are inherently good".

Because that's the truth, selfishness is nature.

The reason why righteous men and loyal servants are praised and regarded as role models is mainly because they are rare, so they are extremely precious.

More people will still be selfish and greedy when faced with profit choices.

A hero who is willing to sacrifice his son for the sake of his benefactor, and a villain who is greedy for the wealth of his master and is willing to secretly exchange children.

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple even believed that Gongsun Lei was the latter.

Without him, this is the most consistent with human nature.

Another point is that adults can lie and make up stories for the sake of planning.

But children don’t.

The little boy kneeling in the hall looked like he was less than ten years old.

With a childish face and clear eyes, when faced with the questioning from an official like the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, although he was afraid, his eyes did not dodge.

Therefore, he should not lie!

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple has interrogated prisoners for more than ten years and is the best at observing their behavior.

He is quite confident in distinguishing whether the plaintiff and defendant are lying.

He Tiantian:......

Of course, in order to make you believe it, I believed the story I made up.

"Nonsense! You little brat, what are you talking about?"

Gongsun Lei finally came to his senses. If he hadn't been worried about being in the court of Dali Temple, he would have rushed to his son and whipped him severely.

He pointed at He Tiantian angrily and shouted loudly, "What are you greedy for wealth? I, my Gongsun Lei, have been deeply favored by the general. It's too late to repay the favor, so how can I -"

Before Gongsun Lei could finish speaking, He Tiantian asked lightly, "So, dad, I'm not Yu Yan?"

Ga!

Gongsun Lei was choked.

Just now, he told the young minister of Dali Temple that his son was Yu Yan, the eldest son of the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.

The words were still ringing in his ears. Even though he was thick-skinned and eager to refute what his unfortunate son had said, he couldn't say the word "no" at this moment.

Furthermore, why did he come to Dali Temple?

Isn't it just to save Yu Yan?

If he denies it at this moment, wouldn't the plan he and Madam Hou made come to nothing?

If he doesn't do it right, Dali Temple will punish him for deceiving the emperor and shielding the prisoners.

He is not from the Yu family, and there is no noble person in the palace to help him intercede.

If he is really convicted of deceiving the government, exile will be a light punishment, but a serious penalty will be the loss of his life.

"I, I...you, you..."

Gongsun Lei's mind was in confusion and he had no idea what to say.

He Tiantian said in a clear and coherent manner, "Dad, I know that the Hou Mansion is in trouble and the whole family will be sent to the northwest border town."

"You couldn't bear to let go of your biological son, so you had to tell the secret of that year."

"But you can't deliberately let me lie for the sake of your reputation."

"You want me to admit that I am Yu Yan, but you still don't allow me to tell the truth about that year. Isn't this going too far?"

The young minister of Dali Temple nodded, right? This is in line with ordinary people——

For the sake of wealth, he does not hesitate to exchange his sons.

The prince's family was convicted and his wealth was gone. Naturally, he had to rescue his own son.

"No! I-I didn't!"

No change!

I am the righteous and well-known Gongsun Daxia.

I didn’t change my son back then, and I have no regrets now!

Me, I just want to use my son to repay a favor and achieve my reputation as a hero. Why is it so difficult?

It was obviously planned before.

My son also made sense.

Why is it that in court, this guy is talking nonsense?

The key point was to pinch his lifeline at once, making him admit that it was not the case and denying it was not the case!

If he admits to exchanging children, then Gongsun Lei is an ungrateful, greedy, and capricious shameless villain.

If he denies the exchange of sons, then Gongsun Lei will be suspected of deceiving the government, or even deceiving the emperor. He will be exiled at the least, and beheaded at the worst.

...Troubled and entangled, Gongsun Lei was completely passive.

"You are bold and unruly, why don't you just recruit them from the ground?"

Seeing that Gongsun Lei looked defeated but still refused to confess, the young minister of Dali Temple also became angry.

He slapped the gavel hard and yelled loudly.

Gongsun Lei:......

I recruit?

What the hell is my special girl doing?!

Gongsun Lei was filled with sorrow, anger and depression.

The high spirits before entering Dali Temple disappeared instantly.

He looked at He Tiantian with a very unkind look: What a heartless little white-eyed wolf, how dare you talk such nonsense.

Directly putting him as a father into a quagmire that is difficult to escape!

[I really looked down on you in the past! You have the same virtues as that cunning bitch of yours!]

Gongsun Lei couldn't help but think of his first wife Zheng who died young.

This damn woman is almost dying of illness, yet she is still thinking about her family's money.

At that time, Gongsun Lei did not expect that Mrs. Zheng would be so cunning, and he did not pay attention to a sickly woman.

After he finished the funeral and married his stepmother, he discovered that all the family's belongings had been hidden by the Zheng family.

Those who sold them in shops and pawned gold and silver jewelry had all turned into silver notes and hid them secretly.

Gongsun Lei and his second wife knew exactly why Zheng did this.
To be continued...