Seeing this, Liu Qiaoniang became even more furious: "You still dare to act like a scoundrel in the lobby? Sir, please help me."

"cough!"

Li Xingye coughed dryly and looked at Sudi: "This woman is suing Zhao Lin for abandoning your wife and children. What do you have to say?"

Su Di rolled his eyes in his heart, realizing that this person who came from nowhere was deliberately slandering Zhao Lin, but he didn't even know Zhao Lin and was easily exposed by Zhao Lin's little trick.

Su Di said to Liu Qiaoniang with a smile, "You said I was fickle and abandoned my wife and children. When did we first meet?"

"More than a year ago," Liu Qiaoniang said firmly, "Back then, you were still doing odd jobs, unable to earn enough to eat and fainted from hunger. I saved you. You took advantage of your looks to take my body, and made me use the dowry money my family had prepared for you to study for the imperial examinations, promising that if I passed, you'd make me your wife. You're so heartless! I gave you money and bore you a child, and now that you're rich, you want to abandon us? Don't even think about it."

"This Zhao Lin is really not a human being."

"I know him. He writes great poems. He was the top scorer in the provincial examination. I never thought he was such a heartless man."

"Damn it."

The people watching outside said one after another.

"quiet!"

Li Xingye knocked the gavel and said to Sudi, "Do you have anything to say?"

Su Di looked at Zhao Lin, who was standing nearby watching the fun without getting involved, and said unhappily, "After all you've said, you seem very familiar with Zhao Lin?"

"Of course." Liu Qiaoniang said.

Su Di suddenly said viciously, "Since you are so familiar with Zhao Lin, can't you see that I am not Zhao Lin? You don't even know Zhao Lin, but you come to accuse him of abandoning his wife and children. What is your intention?"

"Ah? Impossible!"

Liu Qiaoniang was stunned at first, then she looked at Sudi carefully and her heart sank.

Oh no, I recognized the wrong person.

She was originally a farm woman. It was Butler Fang who arranged for someone to pay her to come here to disgust Zhao Lin. She just took a casual look at Zhao Lin's portrait. She didn't know that Zhao Lin was so cunning. When he heard that someone came to falsely accuse him, he asked Su Di to take his place to play a trick on her.

"Zhao Lin, you are not a human being. You are afraid that I will reveal your true face, so you let others pretend to be you to tease me. Since the adults are unwilling to give me justice, I would rather die than let the orphans and widows suffer."

Liu Qiaoniang took the risk and really stood up and rammed her head against the pillar next to her.

Fortunately, the yamen runner was quick-witted and stopped her, so she was not hit.

"Wow, so dedicated." Zhao Lin praised.

This time the collision was so powerful that it knocked over the yamen runner who was trying to stop Liu Qiaoniang. If he hadn't stopped her, not only would his head have been broken, but it would have also been bleeding.

Apart from anything else, this incident caused a lot of discussion among the people watching outside.

"Even though I recognized the wrong person, it doesn't look fake."

"It's definitely not fake. If he hadn't been stopped, he would have been killed."

"Then why doesn't she know Mr. Su? He's the second-place winner after Jie Yuan."

"Who knows? Anyway, it doesn't look fake..."

The onlookers were talking about this. Li Xingye slammed the gavel and shouted, "How dare you commit suicide in front of me? What do you think this place is? If you weren't holding the child, I would have given you thirty lashes to teach you the dignity of the government office."

"Then beat me to death. I'll be laughed at when I go back. It's better to die here."

Liu Qiaoniang was really brave enough to take the risk, and she made Li Xingye dare not respond.

Zhao Lin coughed lightly and said, "Sister, you said this child is Zhao Lin's. Do you have any evidence?"

"Yes." Liu Qiaoniang said.

"What?" Zhao Lin was curious.

Could it be that his predecessor had really done something like this? He had no memory of it.

Liu Qiaoniang took a piece of jade from the child's neck and held it up, saying, "This is a token of love Zhao Lin gave me. It's said to have been passed down from his ancestors, but later lost, leaving only this piece of jade. He wouldn't sell it for money, even if he starved to death."

Zhao Lin frowned slightly, he had no memory of this jade.

Su Di approached Zhao Lin and whispered, "What's going on? Is this really your fault?"

Zhao Lin said unhappily, "Am I that kind of person?"

"yes."

Zhao Lin glared at Su Di and said to Liu Qiaoniang, "Do you recognize me?"

Liu Qiaoniang glanced at Zhao Lin and immediately screamed, "Zhao Lin! How dare you, a heartless man, show up? I'm going to kill you."

Liu Qiaoniang stood up and rushed towards Zhao Lin. The two yamen runners failed to hold her back. Just as she rushed in front of Zhao Lin and before she could reach out to him, Su Di kicked Liu Qiaoniang back.

The kick was so powerful that Liu Qiaoniang was thrown back at a speed even faster than she had rushed forward. She fell five or six steps away and hit the ground hard. For a moment, she curled up in pain, making a "ho ho" sound and unable to speak.

For a moment the whole lobby was in a panic.

Li Xingye couldn't help but glance at Sudi.

This Mr. Su is too cruel. This kick looks like he is trying to silence someone.

Sudi saw everyone around him looking at him, and he couldn't help but shrink his neck and laughed dryly: "Knee-jerk reaction, knee-jerk reaction."

"Ah...you guys are killing people to silence them."

Liu Qiaoniang finally caught her breath and lay on the ground, howling loudly, "Murder! The government is killing people! They want to silence us! Lord Li, are you going to protect Zhao Lin?"

The people outside were in an uproar. A short man shouted, "Absolutely not! We have laws in Daqi. Zhao Lin must be punished for abandoning his wife and children. Even Lord Li cannot protect him. If he is protected, how can we seek redress in the future?"

"Yes, we can't cover it up."

"If you shield him, we will file a complaint with the emperor."

"Sue the Emperor!"

The people outside were provoked by the short man's words, and they were all shouting loudly. Some were so excited that they wanted to rush in and beat Zhao Lin.

"Quiet!"

Li Xingye slammed the gavel, and when everyone quieted down, he said to Liu Qiaoniang, "Don't worry, Liu Qiaoniang. If you're telling the truth, I will definitely take care of you. Not only will I allow Zhao Lin to marry me in a formal ceremony, but I'll also report to the court and revoke his Juren status."

"Thank you, sir." Liu Qiaoniang quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Zhao Lin straightened his clothes, stood up, bowed to Li Xingye, and said, "Master Li, this is a false accusation."

Li Xingye said with a straight face, "What evidence do you have?"

"This Liu Qiaoniang said that I have known her for more than a year and even had a child, but she didn't recognize me. This is one of the reasons."

"This is all just her own words, there is no evidence, that's the second thing."

"Although the student is not talented, he has gained a certain reputation in the past six months. But she said she couldn't find the student. This is the third reason."

"Based on the above three points, I believe she must have ulterior motives and is falsely accusing me to ruin my reputation. I beg you to investigate and clear my name."