Duke Jing's younger sister

Chapter 111 Knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger

At this moment, Han Yunning was standing behind the crowd.

The indifferent gaze passed through the gap between the beautiful women and fell on Yang Lijun.

Just now on the way to Jingzhao Yin, she approached Yang Lijun and whispered a few words to her.

She said she had given an explanation, but in fact she was just playing the victim. She first expressed her apology and shed a few tears, and then denied the whole matter. She just heard it from hearsay.

Besides, at that time, she had repeatedly warned him not to go out and talk nonsense.

Of course, Han Yunning knew Yang Lijun's personality very well, and she also knew very well whether she would go out and talk nonsense.

She just didn't expect that Yang Lijun was so stupid to say that in front of Shen Li.

Yang Lijun is a person with no scheming. To put it in a nice way, she is simple, but in reality, she is as stupid as a pig.

Every time, as long as she whispered a little, she could easily use it for her own benefit.

Now that something has happened, she can just hide behind him and let Yang Lijun take the blame.

In Jiangdu City, such an ignorant and dull-witted person is destined to be pushed out to protect others from disasters.

"I...I have no witnesses..."

Yang Lijun thought about it and decided not to involve Sister Yun Ning.

Yang Lijun still has a sense of loyalty and will not betray her friends!

Li Chengyin continued, "If that's the case, it's a fabrication. According to the laws of Southern Wu, anyone who defames someone's reputation must be punished with twenty strokes of the cane!"

"You..." Yang Lijun stuttered, "...my grandfather is...Teacher Yang, how dare you hit me?"

Li Chengyin frowned slightly. "If the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished the same as the common people. Is it possible that the granddaughter of Yang Taifu is more noble than the emperor?"

"Someone is coming——"

"Wait a minute!"

Li Chengyin, who was interrupted again, could not help but grit his teeth and asked with a fake smile, "What do you think, Lord Jingguo?"

Shen Beiqi said calmly, "Lord Li only sentenced her for slandering my sister, but forgot that she framed a court official!"

"Frame a court official?"

"Yes, it is me!"

Everyone present was stunned.

Isn't today's farce just a verbal dispute between Miss Yang and Miss Shen San?

Duke Jingguo was at most a family member who protected his son, or at worst a bystander. How did he suddenly become the person involved?

Li Chengyin reacted instantly.

If Shen Beiqi insisted on saying so, then he was indeed right.

In front of everyone at Jixiang Building, Yang Lijun claimed that Shen Li seduced her brother and used a trick to climb into his bed.

At first glance, whether this matter was intentional or not, the target was clearly towards Shen Li, and it had nothing to do with Shen Beiqi.

Therefore, everyone naturally overlooked the fact that there was another person who was "seduced" - Shen Beiqi.

First of all, he is a man. Reputation is something that is very important to a man, but it is also very insignificant, just like the dust on the roadside, which can be wiped off. Who would care?

Secondly, according to what Yang Lijun said, Shen Beiqi was the one who was seduced.

Even if the matter becomes a big deal and the rumors spread more widely, it will not damage his official reputation in the slightest. He may even be praised as a romantic man.

Therefore, Li Chengyin naturally thought that Shen Beiqi would not bother with a mere woman.

The focus of this matter is on Shen Li and Yang Lijun.

Obviously, Shen Beiqi didn't think so.

However, it would be more appropriate to say that it is slander. If we say that it is frame-up, isn’t that a bit too harsh?

It is a serious crime to frame a court official without any evidence or proof!

"Duke Jing, this frame-up is a serious crime. How can a mere woman bear it? Besides, the Yang family is your relative after all, so you should show some mercy and not be so ruthless." Li Chengyin advised.

You should know that the person kneeling here is not someone else, but the granddaughter of Taifu Yang, your cousin of Duke Jingguo.

If he were to bear the crime of framing a first-rank official of the imperial court, he would probably be beheaded or exiled!

Shen Beiqi smiled faintly and said nonchalantly,

"I am not as kind-hearted as Lord Li, but since Lord Li said so, I naturally cannot offend Lord Li."

He turned his gaze towards the crowd gathered at the door, his tone becoming a little colder.

"However, this will never happen again. If I hear such foul language from anyone again, I hope Lord Li will handle it impartially!"

Li Chengyin understood that this was just a warning to scare the tiger. Was he going to use him as a slope and then take advantage of it?

He rolled his eyes at the handsome donkey, but the show had to go on.

"Snapped--"

Li Chengyin knocked on the wooden gong again, "Someone, bring the punishment bench!"

"twitter!"

"No! I don't want to be beaten!"

Yang Lijun crawled to Shen Beiqi's side on her knees and grabbed the corner of his robe, "Cousin... Cousin, I was wrong. Cousin, I will never dare to mess with my third cousin again! Please let me go, please, cousin!"

Listening to Yang Lijun's miserable cries, Shen Li still felt sorry for her.

Although Yang Lijun is a bit spoiled, she is definitely not a vicious person.

I'm afraid he was instigated by someone and became the executioner with a ghost-head knife in his hand without even realizing it.

When she was thinking about how to have both, Li Chengyin said sternly,

"Everyone in the hall, listen carefully. Today is a secret trial. Nothing said in the hall can be spread to anyone else!"

"If anyone leaks the information recklessly and I investigate, not only will Duke Jingguo not forgive you, I will not forgive you either! You all should carefully consider whether you can bear the crime of framing a high-ranking official of the imperial court!"

The ladies in the hall understood the seriousness of these words and their faces turned pale.

Duke Jingguo was unwilling to forgive even his own cousin, let alone these unrelated people?

Not to mention that they didn't know whether what Yang Lijun said was true or not, even if it was true, they would never dare to say a word more.

As long as they leave this door today, they won’t dare to even mention the word Shen again!

After a while, the bailiffs brought up the punishment bench.

Li Chengyin was about to throw down a black stick, but he saw Shen Beiqi glanced at him deeply.

Li Chengyin had no choice but to move his hand to the top of the white stick bucket, pinched out a white stick, and threw it on the ground.

"OK--"

Before he could utter the word "Xing" (punishment), he was interrupted by a clear female voice.

"Sir, please wait!"

Li Chengyin glanced at Shen Li and felt extremely powerless. Why did this brother and sister like to interrupt others so much?

"What do you think, Miss Shen San?"