Chapter 299 Proving True Identity
In Dachen's laws, human evidence carries more weight than physical evidence.
Today's matter has only come to this point. All that Shen Mozhu has produced are physical evidence. And they are corroborative evidence. Such evidence is enough, but not quite enough. At least not enough to make a solid case.
Things have come to this point. If we cannot make a solid case, I am afraid that people will give us something to criticize us with in the future.
"Your Majesty, the witness is already on the stage." Shen Mozhu pointed. Following the direction of his finger, one could see a person whose expression was obviously different from the other ordinary people watching the excitement.
Several people dressed as guards followed closely around them.
"Bring them up." Emperor Chengtian said, and those people soon appeared on the platform.
There were four or five people in total. Except for one dressed as a scholar, the others looked very old, probably because of years of hard work. It was hard to tell their actual age.
"Who are you? Tell me your names one by one!" Eunuch Guo asked the men.
Everyone looked at each other, feeling awkward and not knowing who should speak first. Seeing this, Eunuch Guo called out the names directly.
He pointed to a man in a dark brown shorts and said, "Let's start with you."
The person whose name was called shook visibly, then he knelt down and kowtowed, then said in a trembling voice, "My name is Shen Fugui, I live in Taoyuan County, Bianzhou, and I am Shen Mozhu's uncle."
Then, the person next to him also imitated him, kowtowed directly, and then said, "My name is Shen Pingan, I live in Taoyuan County, Bianzhou, and I am Shen Mozhu's third uncle."
"My name is Shen Ke, I live in Taoyuan County, Bianzhou, and I am Shen Mozhu's cousin."
"The student's name is Zhou Yan. He lives in Taoyuan County, Bianzhou. He studied in the same academy as Shen Mozhu. He was his classmate."
After everyone reported their names, everyone realized that these people were all Shen Mozhu's relatives and friends.
Emperor Chengtian pointed at them in the air and asked, "Since you are all Shen Mozhu's relatives and friends, you must know him. So look at these two people in front of you. Who is Shen Mozhu?"
In fact, the people in the Shen family are still confused until now.
They were living well at home before, but suddenly someone came and forcibly took them away from Taoyuan County.
Along the way, not only did they have to sleep in the open air, but they also encountered assassinations.
If the people on their side hadn't been so skilled, they would have probably died on the way.
After a few days of peace and tranquility, they were brought to such a place again. The person in front of them was the Emperor! How could they not be panicked?
Shen Qingshan felt that this was his only chance to survive, so he moved his body vigorously and leaned towards Shen Fugui who was closest to him, "Uncle! Uncle! I am Shen Mozhu! Uncle, look at me! I am Shen Mozhu!"
"Uncle, someone disguised himself as me and slandered me! You must testify for me! Uncle, I passed the imperial examination and I am the hope of our Shen family! Uncle! You don't want me to be ruined like this, do you? "
Shen Fugui looked at his face without saying a word. Seeing that he was indifferent, Shen Qingshan moved towards Shen Pingan again, "Uncle San! Uncle San! You can also testify for me, right? ! Uncle San! I am the third place winner! I am the hope of the Shen family! You won't watch me being ruined by such a dirty-minded person, right? ! If I am ruined, there will be no hope for the Shen family!"
Shen Ping'an looked at the person begging him with tears streaming down his face, and his eyes were filled with strangeness.
"Brother! Brother! Say something! Look at my face. I am Shen Mozhu! I am your younger brother!"
Shen Ke had not understood something before, but now he finally understood it. He looked at the man who was kneeling on the ground begging for mercy with a face full of anger.
No one from the Shen family spoke, and Shen Qingshan's heart suddenly cooled again. He didn't know why. But as long as these people could confirm that he was the real Shen Mozhu, then he still had a chance!
"Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan, you and I have been classmates for ten years. Apart from my relatives, you are the one who knows me best! You can't keep silent at this critical moment! I am now a third place winner in the imperial examination. I will be an official in the imperial court in the future. My future is limitless. You can't destroy me at this time!"
Shen Qingshan tried desperately to get these witnesses to prove his identity.
However, the way they looked at him became more and more unfamiliar.
In such a scene, not only the people on the stage couldn't understand it, but the people below the stage were also confused.
"Why aren't these people talking? Aren't they Shen Tanhua's relatives? Why don't they seem to recognize who Shen Tanhua is!"
"I don't know either. I don't understand."
"I don't think it's because I can't recognize it, but I think I have already recognized it."
Before Emperor Chengtian opened his mouth, Shen Mozhu took the initiative to stand up, bowed to him and said, "Your Majesty, let me explain."
Emperor Chengtian nodded imperceptibly, signaling him to continue.
Shen Mozhu ignored Shen Qingshan who had made a joke of himself, walked up to Shen Pingan, and bowed to him as a junior, "Ziyun greets uncle."
"Good boy, you've suffered!" Shen Pingan wanted to touch his shoulder as he usually did at home, but he had half his hand out when he remembered that the occasion was not right. He put his hand down again and just said a consoling word.
Shen Mozhu's call of "Uncle" stunned everyone.
Isn't Shen Pingan his third uncle? How did he become his eldest uncle?
Before everyone understood the trick, Shen Mozhu walked to Shen Fugui again, bowed to him and said, "Ziyun greets the clan leader. Because of my matter, I have to trouble you to come here again."
Shen Fugui is old, and he really can't handle all this trouble. He looks visibly tired.
At this point, some smart people understood it.
These people are both witnesses and a trap, a trap designed to expose the fakes themselves.
The identities of these two are no longer correct, so the remaining two teams will naturally not be the original identities.
Sure enough, Shen Mozhu walked up to Shen Ke and Zhou Yan, bowed as if they were equals, and said, "Thank you, second brother, for coming all the way here to testify for me. Thank you, brother Li, for your hard work along the way."
Shen Ke waved his hands and said, "You're welcome. This is what I should do."
Most of what the fake guy said was unacceptable, but there was one thing that was true.
His eldest brother was the pride and hope of the Shen family, and he must not be destroyed because of a few villains.