Just when Tong Wen Yao was about to take action, a voice came from outside the yamen, "Wait!"

The people who had been crowding around the entrance now made way for a path. Someone who knew the woman said, "This is the second daughter of the Ma family, Ma Dong's sister!"

Behind her was a person wearing a hat, whose face was covered by the cloth of the hat, so that his features could not be seen clearly. However, when Sun Chunxiang saw the person's thin figure, her face changed, and her hands subconsciously curled up into her sleeves, trembling slightly.

This subtle scene happened to be seen by Tong Wen Yao, and she couldn't help but guess that Sun Chunxiang knew the man behind the second lady of the Ma family.

"Mother, I admire your strategy of 'no risk, no gain'. But I wonder if you know that everything has its contingencies."

After she finished speaking, she looked towards the higher position and bowed. "Please understand, my Lord, this is a trap set by my stepmother. She hired someone to place the golden crab in my brother's house and then reported it to the authorities as lost. This is the proof that my mother hired someone."

After hearing this, Sun Chunxiang hurriedly said, "Shut up! Why would I waste my good life plotting against your brother?"

Ma Yuner looked at Sun Chunxiang and followed her words, "Yes! Why are you plotting against my brother for no reason? It's all for the Ma family's fortune!"

She immediately knelt down and said, "Master! A year ago, my father was murdered. After receiving a letter saying that my father's whereabouts were unknown, my stepmother couldn't help but frame my brother, causing him to believe that he had really flirted with her. As a result, when he was kicked out of the house, my brother remained silent and did not resist."

With tears in her eyes, she said with a hint of grief and indignation, "Until I caught my stepmother and Hu Zongguan having a close relationship. She wanted to frame my brother. After she was discovered, I was locked up in the woodshed in the backyard. She planned to marry me off to an old widower in West City after she dealt with my brother.

It wasn't until today when she and the steward Hu came to the yamen that I escaped from the corner gate. It was also at this time that I met my father!"

He was trapped at the corner gate of the backyard, his face was disfigured and his throat was unable to make any sound.

At this time, Ji Lou had become extremely disgusted with the Ma family. Although he was greedy for money, he also knew how to get it in a proper way. Sun Chunxiang murdered her husband, coveted the family property, and even wanted to kill her husband's children. She was truly a villain.

After slamming the gavel, he looked at the man wearing a straw hat and with his face covered by cloth and asked, "You said you are Ma Fuqiu, can you take off your straw hat so that everyone can recognize you?" As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Fuqiu nodded, took off the straw hat with his black and cracked hands, and took off the cloth on his face along with the straw hat.

The scars on his face were disfigured, one eye was destroyed, and even his lips were cut several times, so that his lower lip turned outward. This method was really cruel! Many people at the door turned around and gasped.

The look he gave his stepmother instantly changed. This woman had a vicious mind! Even Xing'er subconsciously grabbed Ma Fuqiu's hand when she saw his face. Tong Wenyao comforted him, "Xing'er, don't be afraid. We should be afraid of those vicious people who want to disfigure him!"

Xing'er nodded after hearing this. Thinking of what she had said before about not caring about Ma Dong, she couldn't help but feel a little regretful. When she went to Beijing alone, wasn't it the young lady who helped her?

When Sun Chunxiang saw Ma Yun'er bringing him here, she had already thought of a plan in her mind. She looked at Hu Zongguan, knelt down and crawled towards Ma Fuqiu, gritted her teeth and said, "Master, you are still alive, that's great!" But before she could pull up Ma Fuqiu's trouser legs, she was kicked by Ma Fuqiu in an instant. He kept growling in his throat, warning her not to get close.

Ma Yuner couldn't help crying when she saw this scene. Ma Dong felt a lump in his throat after seeing his father and wanted to cry, but he forced himself to hold it back. He knew that he had to seek justice for their Ma family at this moment.

Because Ma Fuqiu couldn't speak, Ji Lou ordered someone to bring paper and pen and asked him to write. After each page was completed, an official brought it to Master Ji. But before he finished reading the second page, Master Ji made a direct decision and angrily asked, "Sun, do you have anything else to say?"

"You and Hu Zongguan were having an affair, and when Ma Fuqiu discovered it, the two of them teamed up to make Ma Fuqiu look like a monster, even forcing him to work as a dog!"

"Master, I am innocent! It was General Hu who threatened me, so I had no choice but to fight him. Otherwise, my life would be gone!"

When Hu Zongguan heard that Sun Chunxiang had cleared herself of all charges and thrown all the dirty water on him, he looked unconvinced.

"It was you who seduced me. You even said that if you killed Master Ma and kicked Ma Dong out of the house, all the Ma family's property would be yours!" The two men fought in the yamen, and both said it was the other's fault.

The gavel slammed, and the officers on both sides shouted loudly, "Mighty..."

"Silence! There is a dispute between two parties in the court. Fight five times before discussing the matter again!" After a while, Sun Chunxiang and Hu Zongguan were dragged away and beaten. Screams were heard. Ma Fuqiu felt so happy in his heart, while Ma Yuner felt that evil would be punished.

Not long after, when they were summoned again, both of them confessed their guilt and were sentenced to death in the early spring of the following year!

This scene finally ended, and Tong Wen Yao saw Ma Dong and his father recognize each other. Because Ma Dong was reunited with his father, Tong Wen Yao planned to visit him again tomorrow morning.

He whispered, "Thank you, Mr. Zhao, for leading us here today. We will take our leave now."

After that, she took Xing'er out of the government office. When she passed by Ma Yun'er, she smiled at the young lady, who whispered, "Thank you for saving me, old man."

After Ma Dong got into trouble, she went to ask the aunt next door and found out that Ma Dong's sister, Ma Yun, had a deep friendship with Ma Dong. When she asked Tiechui to investigate, Wu Datou came out from the corner door. The door was open at that time, and there was a man with iron chains inside. This made Tong Wen Yao curious.

After further investigation, they guessed that the person tied up at the corner gate was Ma Fuqiu. After realizing this, Tong Wenyao asked Tiechui to tell Wu Datou that Ma Dongjia had hidden silver. When she was interrogated by Wu Datou, she inadvertently found out that the person at the corner gate was locked there after Ma Fuqiu disappeared.

Therefore, no matter how Wu Datou defended himself in the lobby and no matter how Sun Chunxiang refused to admit it, it was not as solid as the evidence!

After returning to the inn, Tong Wen Yao had a good sleep. Xing'er didn't know what to say to Zhao Xiucheng, and he didn't bother her again, but occasionally sent someone to deliver food and clothes.

Early the next morning, Tong Wen Yao and Xing'er bought some things for the visit and then drove a horse-drawn carriage to the Ma family in East City.

After Ma Dong returned to the Ma family, he learned that someone had secretly helped them. He couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Why didn't he keep them here yesterday? Ma Yuner smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry. They said they would come to our house today."