Chapter 849: The Fate of the Ma Family (6)
Winter ground is extremely cold. Having knelt for such a long time, their legs had all gone numb. But with the Prince not uttering a word, no one dared to rise. Before them lay a corpse, decapitated, and many began to regret in silence.
"’Without reaching the Yellow River, one’s heart doesn’t die.’ To arrest you, the Prince had specifically left you to my disposition. Without evidence, how could I have possibly captured you?" Lin Ziyin sneered at him.
"Since the Princess Consort is adamant that I am a spy, then please produce the evidence," Ma Zhicai retorted, lifting his head in mockery.
"You want evidence? It’s simple." Lin Ziyin clapped her hands and immediately a squad of black-armored soldiers brought forth a woman and two children.
"Second aunt, Da Gouzi?" Ma Zhicai’s heart skipped a beat.
"Bao Family, you speak," Situ Gong commanded as he gazed at the newcomers. "Do you recognize this person?" He pointed to Ma Zhicai on the ground.
"Yes, replying to Prince and the Princess Consort, he is a nephew from my husband’s family, named Ma Zhicai, and he is from the same village as the Princess Consort. He and the head of my family home are spies for the North Country," the Bao Family woman replied softly.
The onlookers, hearing this, wished they could throw small stones at Ma Zhicai.
Unaffected, the Bao Family woman recounted all the grudges between her own family, Ma Zhicai’s family, and the Lin Family.
"Can you provide evidence?" Situ Gong asked.