The two didn't care who had bumped into them. After confirming the silver was real, the older one said, "We'll use this money to get some new clothes, and then we'll go into the city!"

After speaking, they looked around and headed for a simple inn.

Behind them, Shi Ping hurried to catch up with Jiang Chen and quietly handed him a white cloth.

Then, he prepared to follow Jiang Chen into the city.

But Jiang Chen stopped and said softly, "You go and follow those two."

Shi Ping was a little puzzled and asked, "How long do I follow them?"

Jiang Chen said, "After you interrogate the person who tried to attack them, bring them to see me."

Did someone want to harm those two?

Shi Ping was even more puzzled, then his expression changed.

He realized that there was indeed someone staring at the inn the two had entered, a fierce light in his eyes.

The two beggars found a simple inn, booked a room, and prepared to tidy themselves up.

As the older one looked around, making sure there was no one else present, he reached for something in his arms.

Then, his face froze.

The thing was gone!

The older man's expression changed, and he quickly searched himself all over.

But no matter how he searched, he couldn't find it.

The younger one noticed the older man's abnormality and asked, "What's wrong? Got lice?"

The older man's face was pale as he said, "The petition... the petition is gone!"

"What?!"

"Wasn't it on you this morning?"

The younger man was shocked, and his face instantly changed.

They had traveled thousands of miles, begging all the way to the capital, to file a complaint.

But now, the petition was gone!

The two quickly shook out their clothes one by one, but they still couldn't find the petition.

Just as the two were wondering what to do, the younger one began to feel dizzy.

"Brother, I feel like..."

Before he could finish speaking, he fell directly to the ground.

The older one was shocked and was about to help him up when suddenly his vision went dark, and he also collapsed to the ground.

After there was no sound in the room, the door was pushed open from the outside.

Immediately afterward, a cold-faced man in black entered the room, holding a large knife in his hand.

"Fish that slipped through the net, you deserve to die!"

With that, the man in black raised his long knife and slashed at the two.

Just then, a sense of vigilance suddenly rose in his heart, and then he felt a gust of wind coming from behind.

"Who?!"

As soon as he spoke, his vision went black, and he also collapsed to the ground.

When he woke up, he found that he was already trapped.

Shi Ping looked at the man in black and asked, "Who sent you?"

He originally thought that the person staring at the two beggars was envious of the ten taels of silver they had received.

But judging from this person's skill and ruthlessness, he was not after the money at all, but after their lives!

This was very problematic.

These two were just beggars with a Zhongzhou accent, how could they have such great enemies?

The man in black was shocked to be captured.

Hearing Shi Ping's question, he gritted his teeth and didn't answer.

Shi Ping smiled faintly and said nothing more.

After settling the two beggars, Shi Ping sent the man in black to the Ministry of Justice's prison, gave a few instructions,

Then he returned to the inn and took the two unconscious men to see Jiang Chen.

Inside the Qin Zheng Hall, Jiang Chen held a white handkerchief with a petition written on it.

After reading it, Jiang Chen's expression became extremely angry.

If what was written on it was true, then all the officials in Zhongzhou, from top to bottom, deserved to die!

Feng Jin, who was attending to him, felt his heart pounding.

Since the Mei family had been overthrown, he had never seen His Majesty show such an expression.

He was about to ask what was going on when he heard Jiang Chen roar, "Shi Ping, bring those two here to see me!"

Soon, the two were brought unconscious by Shi Ping to the Qin Zheng Hall.

After waking them up, the two immediately showed a look of horror.

Could it be that the petition had been discovered by the people of Zhongzhou, and they were going to silence them?

Just as the two were in a state of panic, they heard a somewhat familiar voice.

"Do you remember me?"

Looking in the direction of the voice, the two showed surprised expressions.

Wasn't this the young master who gave them a tael of silver during the day?

"I remember," the younger man nodded.

At this time, the older man's face changed, and he asked, "You... who are you? Why are we here?"

Feng Jin was displeased with the two's disrespectful attitude and said unhappily, "What 'you' and 'me'? This is the current Emperor, why don't you quickly kneel down and kowtow?"

"Emperor?"

The two were stunned, and then they both knelt on the ground with a thud, constantly kowtowing to Jiang Chen.

"Your Majesty, the people of Zhongzhou can't survive!"

"I beg Your Majesty to take charge of Zhongzhou for us!"

Feng Jin was shocked and said, "Don't talk nonsense, stop talking!"

"The imperial court is providing disaster relief to all parts of Da Wei, how can you not survive?"

"You must know that His Majesty only eats three dishes and one soup every day for the sake of disaster relief!"

Jiang Chen waved his hand at Feng Jin.

From the petition, he knew that what the two said should be true.

"What are your names?" Jiang Chen asked.

"My name is He Laosan, and he is my cousin, named Zhu Liu," the older one said.

Jiang Chen nodded and said, "Get up and speak."

The two stood up tremblingly, not daring to look up at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen gestured to Feng Jin, and Feng Jin took the petition to the two.

"His Majesty asks you, is this your thing?"

Seeing the petition, He Laosan and Zhu Liu's eyes widened at the same time, and they nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, it's ours."

After speaking, the two were a little puzzled, how did their things get to His Majesty?

"I ask you, is everything written on this petition true?" Jiang Chen asked.

He Laosan and Zhu Liu looked blank, Zhu Liu said, "Your Majesty, my cousin and I are illiterate and don't know what is written on it."

"But I can guarantee with my head that what my cousin and I just said is definitely not a lie."

Jiang Chen said, "Who is Zhu Zhengqian?"

He Laosan said, "He's my father-in-law."

Jiang Chen nodded and said, "Feng Jin, read it to them."

Feng Jin took back the petition and said, "Listen carefully."

"I, Zhu Zhengqian, was a scholar in the ninth year of Taiyuan, and I am now accusing all the officials in Zhongzhou from top to bottom..."

Feng Jin didn't know what was written on the petition at first, but as he read on, even he was shocked.

According to what was written on this petition, the entire Zhongzhou, from last winter to the current disaster relief, was embezzled by officials from top to bottom.

Originally, adults were given five liang of rice a day, but it was directly embezzled by four liang!

In order to prevent the news from leaking, these officials also strictly prohibited the locals from going out.

He Laosan and Zhu Liu swam out of the Yellow River.

When Feng Jin read the petition, He Laosan and Zhu Liu nodded repeatedly.

After reading it, the two kowtowed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, everything written on it is true, absolutely true!"