C96

The yamen's main hall was not wide and its interior was simple. In front of it was a table and chair for the old master, while the yamen runners stood on both sides of the hall.

After a while, a man in a red official uniform came out. He looked to be about forty years of age, and his figure was slightly plump. Behind him was a man dressed in the attire of a Grand Master.

Wang Hai, who was dressed in a county magistrate's uniform, walked to the back of the table. He waved his two arms and coughed as he announced, "Rising Hall!"

The yamen runners on both sides pounded the sticks in their hands as they shouted in a low voice.

Wang Su and Xu Lan'er couldn't help but shiver.

Jin Weiwei knelt on the left side of the court with a calm expression. Not only was she not afraid, she even had a trace of curiosity on her face.

Wang Hai sat down and slapped the wood. "Who are you kneeling on?"

Jin Weiwei calmly kowtowed, "This humble girl, Jin Weiwei, is the shopkeeper for the Golden Stick."

Hearing Jin Weiwei's voice, Wang Su and Xu Lan'er also hurriedly spoke up.

"Little Wang Su!"

"The commoner is Xu Lan'er!"

After letting out a long yawn, Wang Hai said with a bit of sleepiness, "Which one of you tell me the truth?"

As the victim, Jin Weiwei had yet to speak, but Wang Susu quickly opened her mouth and complained, "Master Qingtian, you have to help me. An hour ago, I left this shop and helped me replenish my wife's body, but I didn't expect her to faint after eating the mutton. I suspected that there was something wrong with the mutton, so I pushed Madam to come and confront her.

Wang Su's face looked even more aggrieved as she spoke. He stretched out his arms with tears in his eyes, "Master, look at my hands. They've been beaten to such a state by this Jin guy."

Wang Su's hands were slightly swollen at first, but as time passed, her face swelled up to the size of a steamed bun.

It was shocking.

Wang Hai made two tsk-tsk sounds as he cast a sidelong glance at Jin Weiwei. "Is what he said true?"

Jin Weiwei really did not expect Wang Susu to jump over the wall and actually dare to invert black and white above the court. Instead, she gave her a bite back.

Her expression gradually turned cold. She first kowtowed before narrating everything that had happened today in detail.

The victim with the surname Jin said that the two people beside her had colluded to frame her as having poisoned her flesh in an attempt to ruin her and her butcher's shop's reputation. Those two people also repeatedly said that they had only gone over to interrogate them, but did not expect Jin Weiwei to beat them up without saying a word.

The county magistrate seemed to be troubled.

"Tsk tsk, each of you have your own words. You've really made things difficult for me …" Wang Hai twirled his moustache. "Do you have a witness who can prove that what you said is true?"

Jin Weiwei suddenly thought of the onlookers. Wasn't this the best witness?

She was about to speak when a woman's voice cut her off.

"Yes, yes!" Xu Lan'er hurriedly shouted, "This humble woman is a witness. This humble woman saw it with her own eyes. Not only did she not listen to my husband's question, she even beat him up."

Xu Lan'er's words were resolute and decisive. Following that, she wiped away her tears and wailed, "Pity, my husband only wants justice for my wife."

"Since he's your hubby, how can your words be counted?" Wang Hai stood up and walked in front of the three of them. He stroked his beard as he spoke, but his eyes were suddenly attracted by Xu Lan'er's embroidered shoes.

These shoes... He looked up and down at Xu Lan'er's dress, and his face darkened.

Jin Weiwei noticed Wang Hai's expression following his gaze.

A pair of eye-catching embroidered shoes appeared in his field of vision.

She couldn't help but sneer. What was this about a pregnant woman who had just given birth to a child? Which pregnant woman would wear such gorgeous clothes when giving birth to a child?

At this moment, Wang Su began to wail and complain, "That Jin guy beat me up indiscriminately. Please enlighten me, County Magistrate."

Jin Weiwei couldn't stand it any longer. She immediately choked, "Since you said I hit you, then how did I hit you?"

Wang Su was stunned for a moment. Jin Weiwei didn't even do anything. How could he fabricate such a thing? Hence, he was a little hesitant.

Wang Hai's face darkened when he saw Tang Wulin's expression. "Speak!"

With such anxiety in her heart, Wang Su ignored everything else and said, "She, she grabbed onto the chest of the little person and used a rod to beat up the little person."

Just what I was waiting for you to say. "A cold light flashed in Jin Weiwei's eyes. "Then there must be wounds on your chest. Do you dare show it to the county magistrate so that you can prove what you just said?"

Wang Su panicked. There was no wound at all on his chest.

It was at this moment of life and death that Wang Hai gloomily urged, "I think it's very reasonable. Wang Su, why don't you hurry up."

Seeing this, Xu Lan'er couldn't help but feel anxious. She wanted to help Wang Su, but just as she opened her mouth, the county magistrate's gaze shot over coldly. The gaze was like a knife, combining with the imposing manner of the Shangguan family.

"Why don't you expose the wound on your chest!" There was a cold smile on Jin Weiwei's face.

Wang Su came to a sudden realization and quickly explained, "This little one remembered wrongly just now. This little one wasn't grabbing my chest, but was grabbing my clothes and beating me up with a rod."

"Oh …" "Is that so?" Jin Weiwei calmly dragged out her words. She suddenly asked, "Then you must have other wounds on your body. Where are the scars?"

Wang Su immediately stretched out her hands.

Jin Weiwei laughed coldly and continued to pressure him, "Since the sticks are added together, then it should be riddled with wounds. You can't be the only one with injuries, right?"

However, from top to bottom, Wang Su's hands were the only ones injured.

"I …" He couldn't help but stutter as sweat ran down his forehead.

Seeing that something bad was about to happen, Xu Lan'er gritted her teeth and shouted into Wang Hai's eyes, "My husband was hit by you, so he dodged it quickly. Naturally, there were no other injuries on his body."

Only then did Wang Su's brain start to move. She wiped the cold sweat off her face and nodded her head, "Yes, yes! "That's right."

Wang Hai's expression froze for a moment, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he looked at Jin Weiwei, who noticed the county magistrate's gaze, and snorted. She looked at Wang Su and Xu Lan with a pitying gaze, "According to what you guys said, since I randomly beat him up, I naturally have to hit his vital points."

Xu Lan'er and Wang Su's faces changed again and again, turning from one to the other like purple, red, yellow, and green palettes on a palette.