For a moment, no one in the courtyard spoke.
Lu Yao's heart lurched. The smile at the corners of his lips abruptly froze, then slowly faded.
Having interrogated prisoners for years, he knew perfectly well that when suspects implicated others under these circumstances, their accusations either avoided dragging themselves into the mess or were utter nonsense.
But these two men's criminal activities overlapped so closely that tugging one hair would move the whole body. Their only option was the second.
Who could have imagined that these two would strike so viciously right out of the gate, inventing two deadly accusations on the spot? More bizarre still, their shots in the dark had actually hit the mark!
Lu Yao held one hand behind his back, waving it incessantly at his colleagues behind him-
Here to save a life-send five!
He had allowed a spy to build the Rebel Organization in Qu Chun into a major force. No amount of merit could offset that!!
His colleagues behind him turned their heads in tacit agreement, neither listening nor looking nor asking questions. They even quietly shuffled a few steps away, hoping to shrink into some unnoticed corner.
The cold air radiating from Emperor Mingze behind them cut deeper than the winds of the first lunar month. They, too, desperately wanted to step outside into the breeze to warm up.
Lu Yao: "..."
Lu Yao hissed through a grimace, as though nursing a toothache, and could only pin all his hopes on the little bundle in his arms.
Please, whatever happens, don't let him be a spy from an enemy kingdom!
Before Jiang Yingcheng's revealing thoughts could sound, the two men at the center of the storm erupted first.
"You're spouting nonsense!!" shouted the County Magistrate of Quchun guiltily, who really did have a