Making you a son-in-law is not about making you conquer the world.

The lawsuit involves two people: Zhang Hongyuan and the prefect?

Everyone was taken aback, thinking, "Is this a counterattack?"

The prefect was also taken aback by Lin Ping's confident demeanor. Time and again, events had proven that Lin Ping never did anything without certainty, and those he sued were bound to meet a bad end.

The prefect was filled with unease, frantically scanning his surroundings, fearing betrayal by those around him.

"Who...who do you want to sue?" The prefect's voice stammered, clearly indicating that he did not want to accept the case.

Lin Ping gave a cold laugh and shouted loudly towards the door, "Bring him up!"

At this moment, two centurions from the city lord's mansion walked over menacingly, each carrying a man who was bound hand and foot. The four cowardly gatekeepers, of course, dared not stop them.

Before long, two centurions pinned the two men in black to the ground and shouted, "Kneel down!"

The two men in black were so frightened that their legs went weak and their knees involuntarily kissed the ground.

Before Lin Ping could speak, Zhang Hongyuan was already startled, staring dumbfounded at the two men in black, his heart pounding with panic.

These two were the assassins Zhang Hongyuan had sent out that day, and also the squad leaders of the Shancheng Prefecture Guard. In the end, they were both captured by Lin Pingsheng.

Zhang Hongyuan had been searching for the two men's whereabouts and suspected that they had been captured by Lin Ping, but he did not expect that Lin Ping would wait until now to make his move.

"Your Excellency, these two men attempted to assassinate me. What should their punishment be?" Lin Ping asked, cupping his hands in greeting, naturally wanting to see the Prefect's reaction.

The two men knelt on the ground without arguing. With the evidence caught red-handed, there was no point in arguing. They placed all their hopes on Zhang Hongyuan.

The prefect naturally recognized the two men and slammed his gavel, saying, "Lock them in Tiger Head Prison and execute them in the autumn!"

Attempted murder is indeed a serious crime, but it does not warrant execution. The prefect's decision was rather decisive, and he clearly had some ulterior motive.

He dared not let Lin Ping interrogate the two men, lest they implicate Zhang Hongyuan. The best solution was to let them survive the night and release them after the city lord's mansion was destroyed.

"Your Excellency, don't you want to hear their side of the story, or even know who these two are?" Lin Ping said coldly. Why would he simply pour out his treasured wine? At the very least, he wanted Zhang Hongyuan to have a good drink.

The two men in black were pale-faced and looked at each other blankly, seemingly unaware of what had happened.

Since the day Lin Ping captured them and brought them back to the city lord's mansion, no one has interrogated them. They have been well-fed and cared for every day, and they don't look like prisoners at all. The more this is the case, the more panicked they become. Now that they have been brought directly to the prefect, they really don't know what to say.

"The evidence is irrefutable, what's there to say? Besides, murder is punishable by death, what does that have to do with their status?" The prefect didn't want to give Lin Ping any loopholes, so he naturally wanted to close the case hastily.

Lin Ping shook his head and said, "If it's just about killing me, then paying with my life is enough. But if it's about assassinating nobles, then it might involve the execution of three entire families. So we need to find out their identities."

Upon hearing this, the two men were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground. They didn't want their wives and children to be implicated, so they kept sending out distress signals to Zhang Hongyuan.

Zhang Hongyuan turned his back, avoiding their gazes; he didn't want to get involved.

"Assassinate a nobleman? Could it be that Young Master Lin has become a nobleman?" the prefect said sarcastically, clearly trying to belittle his status.

Lin Ping replied calmly, "I am indeed not a nobleman, but my wife is. That day, when my wife and I went home to pay our respects to my parents, we unexpectedly encountered assassins. It seems that their real intention was not to assassinate me, but to assassinate my wife who was lying beside my bed!"

Jiang Yunying blushed, thinking to herself, "When did I go home with you to meet your parents? And when did I start lying in your bedside?"

She knew, of course, that this was Lin Ping's scheme to turn the tables on her, and could only reply coldly, "Your Excellency, you don't think I'm not a nobleman either, do you?"

A princess is not a noblewoman?

Are you kidding me?

Even if you beat the prefect to death, he wouldn't dare say such a thing.

He could only ask tremblingly, "Who are you two? If you don't tell me, you will be executed at noon tomorrow!"

The two men were puzzled, but they seemed to understand what the prefect meant. Since the city lord's mansion wouldn't survive the night anyway, they weren't afraid of being executed at noon tomorrow. So they straightened their necks and said, "Kill me or torture me, it's up to you!"

Lin Ping beckoned to Li Mingxuan and said softly, "Since they won't speak, Little Li will speak for them!"

Li Mingxuan nodded, took out a scroll from his sleeve, and loudly sang, "Qian Lao Er, the head of the Shancheng Prefecture Garrison, still has parents, brothers, wife and children at home. Xu Lao San, the head of the Shancheng Prefecture Garrison, also has parents and brothers at home!"

Li Mingxuan's loud voice shocked everyone. Wu Chengbi, the commander of the mountain city guard, turned green with embarrassment. His subordinates' petty theft was utterly disgraceful.

Clearly, Lin Ping had long suspected that these two were from the Mountain City Guard Command, and judging from their martial arts skills, they shouldn't be captains. So he sent people to investigate secretly, and they indeed found out that they were two big fish.

In this way, their identities are exposed, and information about their families is also leaked, which will inevitably implicate them.

"Your Excellency, I, Lin Ping, request that the families of these two be arrested and beheaded as a warning to others!"

Lin Ping smiled casually.

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines and dared not look at Lin Ping for more than a moment, fearing that they would be the next unlucky ones to suffer.

"Commander, save us! Zhang Hongyuan sent us!" Driven by a strong will to survive, the two men disregarded everything else and crawled to Wu Chengbi's side on their knees, treating him as their last straw.

"Disgraceful bastards, I don't have subordinates like you."

Wu Chengbi kicked the two men away, naturally having no face to plead for them. Besides, he also wanted to see how the prefect behaved and whether he was taken seriously.

The prefect flew into a rage and shouted, "How dare you slander my son! Drag him out and behead him!"

If the two were allowed to live, who knows what shocking things they might say? Therefore, the prefect chose to kill them to silence them.

Seeing four armed constables rushing over menacingly, Lin Ping did not stop them; in fact, he hoped the two men would be killed.

These two men were centurions from Shancheng Prefecture, and they came to curry favor with the future captain. They probably didn't know about the prefect's private dealings, so even if they turned around and accused him, it wouldn't do much good.

However, if these two were killed by the prefect, Wu Chengbi would surely harbor resentment, and Zhang Hongyuan's position as captain would be lost.

"My lord, save me! Save me!" The two men, bound hand and foot, bit Wu Chengbi's trouser leg with their mouths, their eyes filled with tears. They never imagined that this was the consequence of currying favor with Zhang Hongyuan.

The four ruthless constables dragged the two men out of the gate like dead dogs and mercilessly chopped off their heads.