The Dramatic Crown Princess Wants to Poison Me!

Chapter 379: Drowned in the Pond

The villagers were shocked and even angrier.

Doctor Xia is leaving, and they are reluctant to let her go. However, since Doctor Xia has done so much for the people of the town, they cannot selfishly ask her not to leave. They just secretly prepared a Longevity Tablet to pray for everything to go smoothly for Doctor Xia in the future, for her to be free from illness and disaster, and for a lifetime of peace and happiness.

But how could County Magistrate Kong, as a parent official, be so vicious?

Drugging a young girl’s drink and sending her to a man’s bed, isn’t this destroying Doctor Xia’s life?

Someone revered like a Bodhisattva, how could she be harmed this way?

Especially the young people, they were seething with the desire to rush over and give Kong Tixin a thrashing.

Someone shouted to Huangfu Jinxuan, "Lord Imperial Envoy, Doctor Xia is a good person, you must stand up for her!"

There was chaos and a mix of voices below, but Huangfu Jinxuan happened to hear and even smiled at the villager who had shouted, saying, "Don’t worry, I am here by the emperor’s order to solve the problems of Wangshan Town. Although Wang Bolao is at fault, he was unaware of it, so I gave him a chance to atone for his sins against everyone!"

Someone boldly asked, "What about County Magistrate Kong?"

Huangfu Jinxuan shouted, "Bring him up!"

Everyone looked around and saw soldiers clearing the way on the side, as four soldiers carried over a cage for prisoners.

There was someone in the cage.

But before anyone could see clearly who it was, some people spat in disdain and shifted their gazes away.

Inside were two men bound together, and they were naked.

However, since it was a public trial and Huangfu Jinxuan, being an imperial envoy, couldn’t allow such indecency, the men were covered with a piece of cloth from the waist down to above the knees.

The four soldiers put the cage on the platform,

Huangfu Jinxuan pointed to the men inside the cage and asked, "You recognize them, don’t you?"

In the past, the villagers wouldn’t have recognized them, but now most of them did.

One of them was none other than County Magistrate Kong Tixin, whom Wang Bolao just exposed earlier.

And the other, even more recognizable, was the vicious Prefectural Governor who drove all the villagers into the quarantine zone, saying they were the source of trouble and wanted to burn them down.

Both men had their eyes closed, whether unconscious or asleep, it was unclear.

The villagers kept looking at Huangfu Jinxuan, remembering clearly that if the imperial envoy hadn’t come to stop them, they might not even have Wangshan Town anymore, and their own lives might have been uncertain.

Thus, although Huangfu Jinxuan hadn’t done much besides idling around, hunting, and indulging himself, the villagers of Wangshan Town still felt a sense of respect and closeness towards him.

Huangfu Jinxuan sighed and spoke loudly, "Don’t wonder why they are locked up in such a way. Thinking about what happened yesterday makes me furious."

Indeed, his voice carried a hint of indignation as he continued, "Last night, I received news that someone intended to harm Doctor Xia. Doctor Xia is a great benefactor to Wangshan Town; how could I allow that? I immediately took Colonel Zhou, General Xiong, Lord Shang, and others to rescue her."

With his storytelling tone, he had the villagers of Wangshan Town hanging onto every word.

"When I arrived at the place, it was a manor newly purchased by County Magistrate Kong in Wangshan Town, heavily guarded with dozens of hired thugs guarding it tightly. Seeing this, I knew this Kong fellow had a guilty conscience!"

Those who had been to the manor yesterday: "..."

Wei Jun: "..."

His master was boasting again, boasting so much he might as well be on cloud nine. How should one pull down a cow flying in the sky?

Forget it, let it fly if it wants to!

Huangfu Jinxuan, after a round of embellishment, portrayed himself as a peerless martial arts hero, capable of injuring with leaves and flowers, and then continued, "I personally led the charge, confronting the fierce resistance from the manor’s guards at the forefront. Fortunately, with my remarkable skills and the cooperation of Colonel Zhou and General Xiong, we were able to control the situation after a dangerous battle. We then searched room by room and heard strange sounds coming from a guest room. Considering they were targeting Doctor Xia, I feared she might have suffered a loss. Anxiously, I kicked the door open..."

Huangfu Jinxuan recounted with excitement, coming close to foaming at the mouth like storytellers.

The villagers were worried about Xia Wenjin’s safety, their hearts in their throats, without caring about the exaggeration in his words.

Huangfu Jinxuan pointing to the cage with his hand declared, "And found these two scoundrels entwined!"

The villagers breathed a sigh of relief—since it was these two tangled together, was Doctor Xia safe?

Huangfu Jinxuan reached out to Wei Jun, who then pulled out the confession signed by Kong Tixin and Yu Shikui the night before. Huangfu Jinxuan announced, "Finding it unusual, with no trace of Doctor Xia, and these two shameless wretches, I captured them and conducted an investigation. This piece of paper is their confession. Wei Jun, read it to our fellow villagers!"

Wei Jun stepped forward, unfolded the paper, and read loudly.

This confession, recorded by Huangfu Jingchen, and today’s public trial were all at Huangfu Jingchen’s behest. The confession used straightforward language, following Kong Tixin’s words exactly.

The language was plain, understandable to all the villagers.

Upon hearing that Doctor Xia’s wine had been drugged, someone in the crowd became so furious that they accurately and fiercely hurled a rotten egg into the cage, avoiding the wooden bars and hitting Yu Shikui squarely on the face.

The villagers cursed angrily, "Beasts in human skin! How could you dare harm someone as good as Doctor Xia?"

"Doctor Xia is just a child, and you are such old scoundrels!"

"If anything happens to Doctor Xia, we will fight you to the death!"

"Old beasts, disasters in human skins! Such scourges do not deserve to live!"

"Shameless beasts, so disgraceful, they should be drowned in the pond!"

"Yes, dunk them in the pig basket!"

"Lord Imperial Envoy, you must stand up for us, drown these wicked-hearted beasts in the pig basket!"

...

Under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t dare act like this. Yu Shikui as a Prefectural Governor governed a region; and Kong Tixin, as a County Magistrate, stood far above them in status.

But first, the target of their plot was Xia Wenjin;

Secondly, with the Lord Imperial Envoy present, and given that these two were caught in the act, naked and locked in a cage, with the Lord Imperial Envoy backing them, what was there to fear?

So, the angry villagers, sourcing who knew where, threw rotten eggs, rotting vegetable leaves, and even small stones into the cage.

Some were stopped by the bars, but most hit their mark directly.