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"Pah!"

Lin Qiu'er was so angry that her face turned green when she saw that Bai Xing had betrayed her. She slapped her and cursed angrily, "You little girl, to think that I have treated you so well everyday, you actually slandered me!"

"Pah!" At the same time, the Prefecture Overseer's Shocking Wood slammed down on the table. In front of so many people, his old face was almost completely lost.

Therefore, the official who was disgraced shouted angrily, "Insolent woman, you dare to hit people in the hall. Do you treat me and the lord as nothing? Come on, drag it down and slap it twenty times! "

Hearing this, Lin Qiu'er fearfully retreated, but how could she, a woman, struggle against those officials? As a result, she could only suppress them and obediently receive a slap.

A man's palm strike is ruthless and heavy.

Pah pah pah …

After twenty consecutive slaps, Lin Qiu'er's face had swollen into a bun, the flesh on her cheeks bulging and pressing down until her mouth was almost invisible. She panted heavily as tears flowed from her eyes. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but no words came out.

The Prefect did not care whether she said it or not, and directly said to the white apricot, "This woman's mouth and face is truly repulsive, and I have let you serve her. Tell me the truth, why did Lin Qiu'er poison Chen Mu Mu? What is the deep hatred between the two of them?"

"There's no enmity between us, right?" Bai Xing looked confused, "I only heard that Madam Eighteen and her mother lived in Xingyu Village for a short period of time and stole 800 taels of silver from Lady Chen before being chased out by Lady Chen."

She tilted her head and thought for a moment. "Perhaps this is the reason why Madam Eighteen hates Lady Chen."

Pausing, she glanced at Lin Qiu'er, her eyes flickering. "Sir, this servant has something to say, I'm not sure if I should say it or not."

"Feel free to speak." The Prefect waved his hand.

"In the case of the Apricot Rain Village Chen Ji Workshop's pastry shop, this servant knows who did it."

"Go on." The messenger, Chen Liang, asked worriedly with a glint in his eyes.

Bai Xing's gaze turned timid, passing by Shen Tianba's gaze that was trying to kill someone, and landed on Lu Daquan and his wife: "It's their medicine!"

"Alright, you white apricot!" Madam Luo wasn't someone who would suffer a loss. Hearing Bai Xing's words, she exploded, "You still dare to say that we poisoned the cake, didn't you give me the Scutellaria Fructus's pollen to use against Chen Mu? Now that something has happened, you and Lin Qiu'er actually have the delusions of throwing dirty water on us! "

The more Madam Luo said, the more he felt that he was at a disadvantage. He ruthlessly spat out Bai Xing and then bowed to the Prefect and said, "Sir, this humble woman and husband are indeed befuddled. Because of personal grudges and silver, they took the Scutellaria Fructus's pollen and placed it in the food of the workshop.

"Mmm mmm …" Lin Qiu'er heard this and bared her fangs and brandished her claws. She wanted to refute, but she had just been hit by twenty mouths, and her teeth were almost knocked out.

Thus, even though she was extremely emotional, no one paid attention to her reaction.

Chen Liang frowned, "The Scutellaria Fructus's pollen is a rare item in the Western Regions, but when used to play with it, it is not poisonous. Disregarding the Scutellaria Fructus that I, in the Central Plains, can barely find, even the usage of the Scutellaria Fructus is rarely known. Lin Qiu'er, how did you obtain the Scutellaria Fructus and know how to use it? "

"Because the merchant who sold the Scutellaria Fructus's pollen to Chen Mu was a good friend of Lin Qiu'er's father."

Suddenly, a melodious voice came from the crowd. Everyone turned their heads to look and saw a woman with red clothes like fire pushing two tied up women into the hall.

Behind the woman was Shangguan Bai, the first son of the Shangguan family, and a youth with a devilish appearance.

"Who are you to dare trespass into the court?" Chen Liang was displeased. "Don't you know that this official and the Prefect are currently in court?"

"I am Shangguan Yue. Greetings, Li King, Lord Messenger, Lord Prefect." Shangguan Yue bowed and pushed the two people who were tied up further forward, "This humble one is not trying to disturb Master in handling the case, but a problem with the Chen Mu Mu Mu Mu pastry, it is more important for the reputation of my Shangguan family, so this humble one has no choice but to step forward and help Master out with the case."

The messenger, Chen Liang, was not an unreasonable person. After hearing Shangguan Yue say this, he did not have many courtesies, so he did not bother with her, and only said: Since you said you wanted to help me with the investigation, then how would you help me?

This person is Lin Qiu'er's mother, Lu Yulian. On the way there, she explained the situation to us, and it was she and Lin Qiu'er set up a trap, for old friend merchants to sell Scutellaria Fructus's pollen to Chen Mu Mu, and then poison Chen Ji's pastries. At that time, when the citizens have eaten a poisonous cake, Master Guan will be able to find Scutellaria Fructus's pollen in Chen Mu's room, making her unable to refute anything. Shangguan Yue pushed Lu Yulian a little, "Old granny, tell me, am I right?"

"Qiu'er." Lu Yulian looked at his daughter's miserable appearance and cried out in heartache, but he did not reply.

Shangguan Yue scoffed: Lu Yulian, if you are dishonest and want to play tricks, there are a lot of punishments in this hall. At that time, you will be even uglier than your daughter!

Shangguan Yue's threats were very effective, the hesitating expression on Lu Yulian's face was swept away, he nodded and acknowledged it: "That poisonous pastry, was indeed set up by me and Qiu'er for Chen Mu."

"Just because you stole eight hundred taels of silver from her and she chased you out of her house, you guys bear a grudge against her. Do you want her to lose her reputation and kill her?" the messenger asked.

Lu Yulian hesitated as he looked at the Prefect, he was deep in thought for a while before nodding: "Yes, that bitch Chen Mu Mu Mu has framed me and Qiu'er for stealing her money, and have plotted to take away my land and shop, I am truly furious! I want her dead. I want her completely disgraced! "

Actually, what Chen Mu Mu Mu had angered her and Lin Qiu'er the most wasn't the supposed eight hundred taels of silver. It was just a lead.

Chen Mu made Lin Qiu'er hate her to the bone. She had chased out the drugged Lin Qiu'er from the Apricot Rain Village and allowed her body to be forcibly possessed by that scoundrel Shen Tianba. After that, she had no choice but to submit to him and become his concubine.

Lin Qiu'er was a haughty lady who only had her looks and intelligence. The good person in her heart was definitely not a scoundrel like Shen Tianba.

She was a good girl, who would be willing to be someone's concubine and be someone's plaything!

It was the Madam Li family that had harmed the mother and daughter, Lin Qiu'er could not take this lying down.

Lin Qiu'er hated Chen Mu for destroying her entire life. Lin Qiu'er wanted to make Chen Mu Mu pay the price for what she had done, and make Chen Mu regret it for the rest of her life.

But could this real reason be given? Could it be because Shen Tianba forcibly took over Lin Qiu'er's body that she was in such despair?

The judge was the Prefect, the one with the largest Linzhou City, and also the Prefect — Shen Tianba's father.

The citizens did not want to fight with officials. If they offended the Prefect and Shen Tianba, the days of the mother and daughter would definitely be filled with complaints.

Rather than that, it would be better to just shoulder all of the sins together and have Shen Tianba think of a way to fish the mother and daughter out.

"Even at this time, he still doesn't forget to frame someone's reputation!" Shangguan Yue coldly snorted, and kicked Lu Yulian, "What have you done, all of the villagers of Xingyu Village know, that you have all the evidence and evidence, and yet you still have the face to cry out that you are wronged! "He's really so stubborn!"

Chen Liang thought about it and looked at the lady in front of Shangguan Yue: "What about him?"

"She is Xu Chunhua, the helper of Chen Ji's workshop, a villager from Xingyu Village." Shangguan Yue said, "Lin Qiu'er and her daughter were not willing to do it themselves, so they wanted to clear up the responsibility, and handed over the Scutellaria Fructus's pollen to Lu Daquan and his wife. Lu Daquan and her husband were from Xingyu Village, but the worker from Chen Ji Workshop had very strict requirements, and unrelated people were not allowed to enter, thus Lu Daquan and Madam Luo bought Xu Chun Hua to help them, and poisoned Chen Ji's pastries."

Shangguan Yue glared at Xu Chunhua in disgust, "It's so called 'it's hard to guard against all kinds of thieves'. Even though Chen Mu Mu Mu's workshop has very strict requirements, who would have thought that the ones who would do things to them were people from their own workshop?"

Chen Liang stared at Xu Chunhua, his eyes unreadable. "Xu Chunhua, is what Shangguan Yue said true?"

"It was my daughter who was unable to resist the temptation of the silver and poisoned Chen Mu Mu Mu's food. It was my daughter who was obsessed with wealth and wealth. I hope that you can punish her lightly." Xu Chunhua kowtowed heavily, her attitude was good.

Chen Liang sighed and looked around at the kneeling crowd. "A moment of foolishness and wrongness, but do you know how many innocent people suffered because of a moment of error?"

The ignorant people had eaten the pastries written down in Chen, and now they were sick and dizzy, how innocent were they?

Chen Mumu, who was in charge of Chen's workshop, had been found guilty of harming others, had been despised, imprisoned, and had almost been accused of harming others. Now, she had also suffered from arsenic, and had almost died.

As for the Shangguan family, because they cooperated with Chen Ji's workshop, they sold the problematic pastries without knowing about it, their reputation was criticized by many, and their voices and money were affected.

Just the phrase "momentarily confused" had caused a lot of innocent people to be troubled.

"This case has been investigated thoroughly and Chen Mu Mu has been released. Not only did Lin Qiu'er and Lu Yulian poison Chen Mu's workshop, they also poisoned dozens of innocent civilians, and made people poison Chen Mu in prison. The crime was extremely heinous, and the heavens could not tolerate it.

The messenger glanced at Lu Daquan, Madam Luo and Xu Chunhua, "You can't have the heart to harm others. Even if you aren't the main culprit, you're still willing to be my accomplice. You've indirectly harmed countless people. You can avoid death penalty but you can't escape from death penalty. So you should apologize to the injured citizens and Chen Mu Mu Mu, compensate them for their losses, and then imprison them for five years! "

The messenger stood up and looked at the people around him, before turning his gaze back to the hall.

"Are you convinced by my judgement?"

The entire hall was silent.

Inspector Chen Liang was a first-rate courtier. He was ordered by the emperor to inspect the lands and to rule over the unfair and corrupt officials. His words represented the emperor's orders, so who would dare to disobey?

Besides, the messenger's verdict wasn't unfair.

"Pa Pa Pa!"

After a moment of silence, Shangguan Bai was the first to applaud, "You are indeed the great master Qingtian. The messenger's case is like a god. We admire you so much that we prostrate ourselves on the ground."

Since even the young master of the Shangguan family had spoken like this, the common people immediately became excited and happily called him Master Qingtian.

"I didn't expect such a small case to be so confusing." Qin Tiansei looked at Chen Liang, who had been surrounded by commoners after his departure from the hall. He gave an unfathomable smile and rubbed his nose. "Since the case has been concluded and my promise to her has arrived, this girl should keep her word for me now."