"Cai Lian!" Fang Bao waved Xiao Fei away and ran over to pick up his sister.

"Hurry up and send it to the back hall." Lord An pointed to a yamen runner to lead Fang Bao. Doctor Sun picked up the medicine box and followed. Seeing this, the other three doctors also hurried to follow.

There was silence in the courtroom as the onlookers digested the big melon they had eaten, and no one spoke.

Shang Wan glanced at the blood on the floor tiles, then looked at Lu Chengjing who was not surprised at all, leaned in and whispered, "Did you know that?"

Lu Chengjing responded in a low voice. From the moment Fang Cailian said "Qingfeng Pavilion", he vaguely guessed what Fang Cailian was going to do.

At first he thought that Ge Shunliang had tricked Fang Cailian into framing him, or at least Fang Cailian was willing to do it. He didn't expect that Fang Cailian was the one who was forced from beginning to end.

What made her decide to tell the truth must be the baby in her belly, right?

A child whose biological father is unknown.

Lu Chengjing sighed secretly, with a cold light in his eyes.

His good brother planned to ruin his reputation and let him rot in a remote area, but did he ever expect such an accident to happen?

Lord An was in a very bad mood. He had a dark face and slammed the gavel angrily, "Ge Shunliang, Wang Fei, if you two don't come here quickly, don't blame me for punishing you severely!"

He doesn't like to use torture when trying cases, but that doesn't mean he won't use it.

Shopkeeper Ge was barely able to remain calm, but Wang Fei had already panicked, "Please spare my life, sir. I was only following orders, and he was the mastermind."

He pointed at the shopkeeper Ge next to him and said, "I am just a messenger. I never forced Fang Cailian. It was Fang Cailian who seduced me. I am innocent!"

Shopkeeper Ge made him so angry that he fell backwards, what an idiot!

"You still dare to quibble!" Lord An threw the chips, "Drag him away and give him a beating!"

"Sir, spare your life!"

"Ah! I don't dare anymore!"

"Spare my life!"

Wang Fei's screams were heard, and the shop assistants turned pale. Some of them could not resist and confessed, and then all of them gave false testimony and turned against him.

"Sir, Mr. Lu was carried into the wing room by the shopkeeper. I saw it with my own eyes."

"I saw it too."

"There's drugs in the tea."

"The shopkeeper said that if you help to testify, you can get a reward of ten taels of silver when you go back."

"I lost the date paste cake."

"The tea set is in the kitchen and I can't bear to throw it away."

The guys were talking at once, and one or two who had originally managed to hold back from saying anything, started to speak out after seeing that everyone else was talking.

Shang Wan clicked his tongue, these people were not stupid, seeing that the situation was hopeless, they could get a lighter punishment by confessing voluntarily.

Manager Ge was so angry that his face turned blue, and he hated Fang Cailian in his heart. Facing the rebuke from Lord An, he refused to admit it even if he was beaten with a stick.

But it doesn't matter whether he admits it or not.

The people who testified against him were different from those who had previously testified against Lu Chengjing. Apart from Fang Cailian, there were only people from the rice shop. There was a lack of hard evidence and the testimony was vague.

Now, Fang Cailian's testimony, the child in her belly, the identification by Manager Qi of Qingfeng Pavilion, the betrayal by Wang Fei and his employees, the glass beads in the jujube paste cake, etc., are enough to convict him.

The gavel was banged and the verdict was announced.

"Ge Shunliang falsely accused Lu Chengjing, and according to the law, his crime was aggravated by three levels, and he was sentenced to 100 strokes of the cane, and he was not allowed to redeem his sentence. He raped a good woman, Fang Cailian, and made her pregnant. The circumstances were so serious that he was sentenced to death by hanging, and the execution will be carried out after the caning."

"Fang Cailian falsely accused Lu Chengjing. According to the law, her crime is three levels higher and she is sentenced to 100 strokes of the cane. However, since she is pregnant, she is allowed to redeem her sentence. If she does not redeem herself, she can be sentenced 100 days after giving birth."

"Wang Fei raped a good woman and was an accomplice to evil. He showed no remorse and should be punished by 30 strokes of the cane and hanging. The punishment will be carried out after the caning."

"The rice shop staff, who were accomplices in the fraud, have shown repentance and will be punished with 20 strokes of the cane and a fine of three ounces of silver."

"Fang Bao pushed Lu Chengjing and injured him. He shall be fined five cents of silver and handed over to Lu Chengjing."

"If you injure Ge Shunliang with a stone, you will be fined five cents of silver, which will be handed over to his family by the government."

As for Shang Wan beating the people from the rice shop, it was self-defense and he did not cause any loss of limbs to the rice shop clerks, so he was not punished.

The yamen runners became busy and arrested people and beat them with sticks one by one. For a moment, the yamen was filled with people's screams of pain.

Fang Cailian lost the baby in her belly. When she heard that Ge Shunliang and Wang Fei were sentenced to hanging, she cried with joy. Despite her weak body from miscarriage, she insisted on watching the two scumbags being punished.

Fang Bao felt both guilty and remorseful. Upon hearing that he was allowed to redeem his sentence, he hurried home, scraped together six strings of cash and handed them over to the government to prevent Fang Cailian from being caned.

After the court session ended, Shang Wan and his family were invited to talk in the small hall at the back.

Qiao Yu'an also followed over, and like an old mother, she kept asking about Lu Chengjing's recent situation.

Lu Chengjing sometimes answered and sometimes didn't. No matter how he reacted, Qiao Yu'an could still speak happily.

Xiao Huan said, "Sister, Shitou and I want to go to Lu's Rice Shop to bring back the rice and flour."

They gave all the money, but who would have thought that something like Manager Ge would happen.

Shang Wan saw that the two were uncomfortable in the county government office, so he nodded in agreement and said, "You can also ask about the news of the bricklayer."

"Okay." The two of them went out one after the other.

Shang Wan poured a bowl of water, shook it cool and fed it to Yuanyuan, while thinking about where to buy a ewe.

The little guy is only one year old, so he needs to keep up with the nutrition.

Shang Wan told Lu Chengjing this, and before Lu Chengjing could say anything, Qiao Yu'an said, "No need to buy it, I have it on my farm. I'll send it to your house when I come to visit you in two days."

Shang Wan: “That’s so embarrassing.”

"It's not a gift for you." Qiao Yu'an pouted, "I'm giving it to Yuanyuan, there's no share for you."

Lu Chengjing frowned, "Yu'an, I treat you as a close friend and have never looked down on your family."

He was at most a little cold to Qiao Weiwei, which was good for both of their reputations. But Qiao Yu'an was clearly disrespectful to Shang Wan.

Qiao Yu'an heard his hidden meaning and said unhappily, "Don't be fooled by this woman. She is actually..."

Suddenly, two coughs were heard outside the door, and Lord An came in changed into casual clothes. Qiao Yu'an had to swallow the rest of her words.

Seeing that the three seemed to have something to discuss, Qiao Yu'an found an excuse to leave.

As soon as he left, Lord An's brows showed anxiety. He looked at Shang Wan and said straight to the point: "Madam heard about the earthquake in Dongning County. She was worried and her old illness relapsed. The pain was unbearable. Have you made the medicine?"

"I originally made one bottle." Shang Wan looked embarrassed, "But there were many injured people in the village, and I used it to save people. Only the bottom layer of the bottle was left, about three drops."

"Three drops is fine," Lord An said happily, "Do you have them with you?"

Shang Wan nodded and took out the small porcelain bottle.

Lord An took it with joy and ordered his men to send it to the capital city at full speed.

Lu Chengjing finally understood why Lord An was so polite to Shang Wan. He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and listened quietly to the two of them talking.

Lord An asked worriedly, "Madam Shang, is it possible to cure my wife's illness?"

"Madam is suffering from a mental illness. It is easier to cure the body than the mind." Shang Wan said truthfully, "Even if the physical illness is cured, as long as the mental illness is still there, Madam's old illness will still relapse."

Lingquan water is indeed effective in repairing the body, but in terms of the spirit, it can only soothe people's minds, which is only a temporary solution and not a cure.

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