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Zhou Wu was still asleep. In his dream, he was drinking beer and eating barbecue with his friends when suddenly he felt the urge to urinate. He started looking for a toilet and finally found one at the last moment. Just as he was about to relieve himself, a familiar feeling struck him, and he woke up with a start.

"Damn, I almost wet the bed."

As soon as Zhou Wu finished speaking, he realized something was wrong. Two masked men were staring at him blankly in front of the bed, their eyes revealing something unsettling.

"Who are you?"

"I was afraid you'd be cold, so I covered you with a blanket."

Even at this point, I have to say the skinny guy's mind is still working pretty fast.

"Go to hell."

Zhou Wu kicked the skinny man away. Scarface reacted and tried to pin Zhou Wu down, but Zhou Wu was as slippery as an eel, and no matter how hard Scarface tried, he couldn't grab him.

"Help! Thief!"

Zhou Wu yelled, instantly waking everyone in the inn. Scarface, seeing that his plan had been exposed, became enraged and pulled out a dagger. Zhou Wu, not to be outdone, pulled the trigger of his small crossbow. The two were only two meters apart when the crossbow bolt struck Scarface directly, and he immediately fell to the ground, lifeless. Skinny Man, seeing that things had completely exceeded his expectations, slumped down in despair.

"Where is the thief? Where is the thief?"

At this moment, the innkeeper and waiter arrived with fire pokers. Upon seeing that someone had died, they immediately ran to the street to report to the Marquis of Wu.

"what's the situation?"

When Zhuge Liang heard about the murder case, he became quite animated.

"These two thieves sneaked into my room while I was asleep. When I discovered them, they tried to kill me to silence me, but I ended up killing them instead."

"Oh, then I'll trouble you to come with me."

Zhou Wu did try to explain, but the patrolling guards wouldn't listen. They took him and the surviving skinny man back to the capital's prison. Zhou Wu thought the guards would ask him to leave after a brief questioning, since he was the victim. But to his surprise, no one came to see him all night.

until the next day.

"Promote prisoner Zhou Wu and bring him out quickly."

"promise."

A guard entered from outside the prison and gave instructions to the jailer, who immediately opened the cell where Zhou Wu was being held and handed him over to the other party.

At this point, Zhou Wu still thought that the matter had been investigated and that they had come to let him leave, but Zhou Wu did not expect that he would be taken directly to the courtroom.

Why don't the prisoners kneel while lying down?

Zhou Wu was stunned. He was clearly the victim, and not only was he detained for a night without cause, but now he was being interrogated, with the skinny man kneeling next to him from last night.

"Who are you?"

Facing the people in the hall, Zhou Wu was still a little dazed.

"This is the West Market Government Office. I am the magistrate of the West Market County. Guards, make the prisoner kneel down before me."

Because the population of the capital of the Great Dragon Empire far exceeded that of a normal city in this era, it was divided into the East Market County Government and the West Market County Government for the convenience of management. The inn where Zhou Wu stayed last night was located in the West Market, so it was under the jurisdiction of the West Market County Government.

“I am a scholar from Dalong, and I know that officials do not kneel.”

Zhou Wu shouted, and the yamen runners who were about to start their work immediately stopped what they were doing. Like all dynasties, the Great Dragon Dynasty also valued scholars, so scholars had some privileges.

"Hmph, do you have any proof?"

Clearly, the other party did not believe Zhou Wu. After all, Zhou Wu had killed a strong man just last night, which was not something an ordinary scholar could do. They wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken, let alone a person.

"Luckily, I always carry my ID card with me."

Zhou Wu took out his identification document, which the yamen runner took and then handed to the county magistrate. It did indeed say "xiucai" (a scholar who passed the imperial examinations), so the county magistrate had no choice but to give up.

He was secretly annoyed, though, because no one had told him last night that the other person was a scholar.

"If you are a scholar, why do you not think of serving the court, but instead commit murder and robbery?"

"What? Sir, please allow me to rephrase and say it again. I might have been a bit grumpy when I woke up and didn't quite hear you."

Early this morning, this scene really made Zhou Wu laugh. After being in this era for so long, he finally encountered something like what happens in novels: a wrongful conviction.

"How dare you! Although you are a scholar, you are now a defendant. Please correct your attitude."

"Yes, my lord."

After a moment's thought, Zhou Wu decided to cooperate and see what the other party was trying to do.

"Well, plaintiff, tell me, what exactly happened last night?"

"It's an adult."

The skinny man is now the plaintiff, and Zhou Wu is the defendant.

"Last night, my older brother and I were resting at the inn. He said he needed to get up to use the restroom, and then I heard an argument coming from the next room. I went to check, and there he was—his brother had been murdered! Please, sir, do justice for me! He was my only family member! Waaah~~~"

Damn, this skinny guy spoke with such emotion that if Zhou Wu hadn't been the one involved, he would have believed him too.

"Does the defendant have anything to say?"

"My lord, I have a few words to say."

"Go ahead."

"I would like to ask this plaintiff, why would I kill your elder brother?"

"Um...maybe you're after money?"

The skinny guy hadn't expected the other person to be so calm, which was different from what he had anticipated, so he could only make up an excuse.

"Haha, I'm staying in the top-tier room number one, which costs one tael of silver per day. May I ask how much money you have on you?"

"this..."

"You said you came to find your brother because you heard fighting, and then you went into the house and saw that I had killed your brother, right?"

"Yes."

"Bullshit! Do you dare take off your shirt? You came into my room with me with malicious intent, and I hit you first. I kicked you back then, and you still have the injury on your chest."

"Ah, this..."

The skinny man panicked. He had indeed been kicked last night, and his chest was still aching. Naturally, he didn't dare take off his shirt.

“Defendant, this proves nothing. Furthermore, I warn you that it is my duty to adjudicate cases, and I do not need you to do it for me.”

When the magistrate saw that Zhou Wu had actually started to defend himself and that his words were reasonable and well-founded, and that the skinny man was about to be exposed, the magistrate had no choice but to take his side.

"Since the adults have said so, I have nothing to say."

Zhou Wu watched their performance quietly. Even now, Zhou Wu still didn't understand why they would frame him. He had just arrived in the capital and hadn't offended anyone.

"Come on, take the prisoner back to the dungeon first."

Seeing that things were not developing as he had expected, and that Zhou Wu’s confidence and composure made the county magistrate feel a little uneasy.

After escorting Zhou Wu back to the prison, the county magistrate hurriedly walked to the backyard of the county government office.

"Your Excellency, Magistrate."

As soon as the magistrate arrived at the backyard, he heard someone calling him, but upon hearing the voice, he couldn't help but shiver.