"I have never bullied Miss Fang." Lu Chengjing said calmly, "Shopkeeper Ge invited me to the backyard to discuss things. After I drank the tea, I passed out. After I woke up, I became the villain that Miss Fang said bullied her."

Lord An's eyes darkened slightly, and he looked at Shopkeeper Ge, "Do you take Mr. Lu's words seriously?"

"Your Excellency, I did invite him to drink tea, but I did not put drugs in the tea. I also drank the tea."

Shopkeeper Ge hurriedly explained, "I went to the toilet and when I came back I couldn't see him. I thought he had left, but I never thought he sneaked into the room and harmed Cailian."

Lord An frowned, "Mr. Lu has injured legs and cannot move easily. How can he go to the wing room alone? How does he know there is someone in the wing room?"

"I don't know." After saying this, Shopkeeper Ge secretly winked at the pockmarked clerk beside him.

"Sir, it's... it's my fault." The pockmarked man bowed deeply to Lord An and said regretfully, "I was blinded by greed and greed for money, so I became an accomplice of the villain."

Fang Bao widened his eyes in surprise, "Xiao Fei, how could you..."

"Brother Fang Bao, I'm sorry." Xiao Fei was too ashamed to look at him.

"Why did you hurt me? Why did you hurt me!" Fang Cailian rushed towards Xiaofei with red eyes, hammering and hitting him, her voice sounded like crying blood, "Why? I respect you as my own brother, why did you hurt me like this?!"

Xiao Fei let Fang Cailian fight him, holding his head and apologizing repeatedly.

Seeing that his master's face was becoming increasingly gloomy, Shen Qi hurriedly stepped forward to pull the two men apart, and ordered them to kneel down again.

Lord An glanced at Lu Chengjing, who looked normal, and continued to ask Xiaofei, "You said that you became Lu Xiucai's accomplice because you coveted Lu Xiucai's money. How much money did Lu Xiucai give you?"

"Two taels of silver." Xiao Fei took out the silver from his arms and showed it to Lord An, adding, "He said he would give me another ten taels of silver after the matter is done. With this money, I can get married."

"My mother washes clothes every day until her hands are rotten, just to save money for me to marry a wife. I don't want to see her working so hard, so I became an accomplice because of my wrong thinking. I beg for forgiveness, sir."

After Lord An had looked at the silver, Shan Dajun came in and reported, "Sir, the coroner has checked the tea and tea sets that were brought back, and everything is normal."

Hearing this, Shang Wan looked at Shopkeeper Ge.

The rice shop was this guy's territory. If he had set up a trap, how could he have left such obvious evidence as tea for investigation? I'm afraid he had already changed it.

"There is no mark on the silver. Your words alone cannot prove that this is Mr. Lu's property." Lord An looked at Xiao Fei, "Do you have any other evidence to prove your statement?"

Xiao Fei subconsciously looked at Shopkeeper Ge, but Shopkeeper Ge didn't even look at him and pretended not to know.

Xiao Fei had to calm himself down and become more respectful.

"Your Excellency, I have no other evidence. But, but, I dare to guarantee with my life that everything I said is true. Please examine it carefully!"

Lord An saw his expression and had something in mind.

He looked at Lu Chengjing, "Lu Xiucai, do you have anything to say?"

Lu Chengjing raised his lips with a bitter smile, "I was expelled from the family because of the poisoning of the previous county magistrate. I didn't take a penny with me. I have been relying on you for my expenses recently. I'm not afraid of being laughed at by you. Let alone two taels of silver, I can't even take out two copper coins."

Everyone: "..."

Lord An didn't expect Lu Chengjing to be so honest and admit to being a gigolo in public. He coughed twice and asked Shang Wan to confirm whether the matter was true or not.

Shang Wan nodded naturally. It was not that she didn't want to give Lu Chengjing money, but he would have no place to spend it even if she gave it to him.

When we went out this morning, out of the family of five, except for the baby Yuanyuan, only Lu Chengjing had no money.

Yuanyuan liked to play with money bags and always chewed on them. Lu Chengjing was worried that she would eat the silver, so he simply left the money bag hanging. Now it happened to become evidence of her own crime.

Shen Qi went forward to search him, but really didn't find a single penny.

Everyone was speechless. It seemed that being a gigolo was real.

Lord An took advantage of the situation and slammed the gavel, glaring at Xiao Fei, "How dare you, you rude commoner, deceive me!"

"I dare not." Xiao Fei was so frightened that he fell to the ground. His mind raced as he said in a hurry, "The money was really given to me by Mr. Lu. Maybe he only had two taels of silver on him. He deliberately deceived me in order to bribe me to help him."

Lu Chengjing looked at him, his tone clearly filled with doubt, "You said I bribed you, let me ask you, how did I know there was a woman resting in the wing room?"

Xiao Fei said without thinking: "Of course I heard it from the people in the store."

"Okay, just assume that I heard about this." Lu Chengjing continued to ask, "I have never met this Miss Fang before, and I don't know whether she is beautiful or ugly, fat or thin. Why did she suddenly become so determined that she would even drag her crippled body to bribe you to get what she wanted?"

Hearing this question, Xiao Fei calmed down and retorted, "You are lying. Two months ago, you and the young master came to the rice shop together and happened to meet Cai Lian. You stared at her at that time. You must have been thinking about her at that time."

"Sir, I have something to say." Shang Wan raised her hand.

Lord An waved his hand and said, "Go on."

Shang Wan pointed at himself and Fang Cailian and asked Xiao Fei sincerely, "Who do you think looks better, me or her?"

Xiaofei doesn't need to answer, anyone with eyes can see it.

Although Fang Cailian was not bad looking, she was instantly defeated when compared with Shang Wan.

Faced with such a huge gap and in public, Xiao Fei couldn't lie with his eyes open, so he could only answer: "You."

"Let me make it clear first. I don't mean to attack you personally. I'm just stating the facts." Shang Wan said, pointing at Lu Chengjing, "I've been married to him for nearly two years, and even on our wedding night, he never looked at me straight in the face."

Everyone could understand what she meant.

His wife is a rare beauty. Seeing such a face every day has improved his aesthetic taste. How could Lu Chengjing stare at Fang Cailian?

However, some people were wondering, what if Lu Chengjing was just tired of eating delicacies from land and sea and wanted to try some light porridge and side dishes?

Fang Cailian felt insulted: "..."

Shang Wan continued, "To put it bluntly, twelve taels of silver can get you into a brothel and hire a prostitute. The money and goods are paid in full, and there are no disputes. Isn't this easier than picking wild flowers on the roadside?"

Everyone looked at Lu Chengjing, Wow, you are still going to the brothel?

Lu Chengjing couldn't help but frown. When had he ever been to those messy places?

Shang Wan pinched her fox's beautiful paws soothingly and said to everyone, "Well, I was just making an analogy. I can testify that my husband has never been to a brothel!"

It sounds like this is a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt.

Lu Chengjing: “…”

If Shang Wan continued talking, he might be given some strange habits, so he had to speak to divert everyone's attention.

"Sir, everyone in the rice shop follows the lead of Manager Ge, so it is inevitable that they may be suspected of protecting each other. Similarly, the two witnesses on my side are my relatives, so they may also be suspected of favoritism. I have another way, which may be able to verify this matter."

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