"I pay my respects to Lord Feng." Fen Tao Niang was extremely panicked. If she sued his son in front of the prefect, she might end up in a miserable situation. But today, in front of so many onlookers outside the door, she had to persevere, otherwise her daughter would be abused by that beast sooner or later.

"Who is kneeling in the hall? What injustice has he suffered?" Magistrate Feng slammed the gavel with his hand and said in a serious face. It really looked like the truth.

The hands hidden in her sleeves were clenched white, and she took a deep breath and said, "I live in Qingliu Village outside the city, and my name is Wu Sanniang.

Last night, four gangsters broke into a peasant woman's house and tried to rob my daughter. My daughter was seriously injured and was lying in bed at home unable to get out of bed.

Fortunately, she was rescued by several kindhearted gentlemen who apprehended the four criminals, allowing her to escape. After interrogation, they discovered that the four men were under the orders of their young master to capture her as a concubine. "Please, sir, give justice to my poor daughter."

The people watching outside the door were also talking about it.

"This must have been done by some rich young master. It's not the first time I've heard of this kind of thing."

"Yeah, but how can ordinary people dare to offend those people? We can only endure it like this, otherwise the whole family will suffer."

"This woman is so brave that she even dared to report to the police and isn't afraid of retaliation."

"Silence!" Magistrate Feng shouted in a deep voice.

The whispers outside the door finally stopped.

Prefect Feng looked at the four tied-up people and suddenly felt something was wrong. The clothes were tattered, but judging from the patterns on them, they looked very similar to the shorts worn by the guards at home. The only difference was that the four people's messy hair like straw covered their faces.

"I see that these four people look confused and dull. I'm afraid we can't trust everything we say during the interrogation. I think it would be better if I put these four people in jail first and ask a doctor to take a look. If they are mentally normal, we will go to court to interrogate them." said Magistrate Feng.

"Sir, I have evidence. This is their personal testimony from last night. There are blood fingerprints on it. The whole story and who ordered it are written clearly on it." Fen Tao Niang hurriedly took out a neatly folded piece of rice paper from her bosom.

Prefect Feng narrowed his eyes and looked at the four people. He was sure that these four people must be the guards of his mansion. He knew without a doubt that it was his youngest son who did it.

"Show it up!"

"yes!"

An officer took the evidence from Fen Tao Niang and handed it to Magistrate Feng.

Magistrate Feng unfolded the paper and began to read it line by line. The more he read, the more pale his face turned. Suddenly, he tore the confession to pieces and shouted, "What nonsense!"

Pink Peach Lady's face turned pale. The confession was torn up, and the evidence was gone.

The people watching the trial outside the door looked at each other in confusion. They had never tried a case where someone's confession used as evidence was torn up. How could this case be tried?

Qibao and the others had anticipated this.

Su Chenyu had a calm expression and was about to step over the threshold when he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the door with their mighty sticks.

"Stand back! The lord is judging a case. Those who are not involved should leave immediately, otherwise you will be thrown into jail for disturbing the court." The officer shouted in a stern voice.

Su Chenyu ignored the threat and said, "Prefect Feng, there's more than one confession. What's the point of tearing up this one?"

Pink Peach Lady quickly said, "Sir, this is the young man who saved our family. He can testify for me."

Prefect Feng was in a dilemma and said sullenly, "Let him in."

The officers and soldiers put away their mighty sticks, and Su Chenyu walked in with a swagger.

"How dare you! Kneel down when you see the prefect!" a soldier shouted.

Magistrate Feng raised his hand, and the soldier retreated without saying anything more.

Prefect Feng narrowed his eyes and looked at Su Chenyu. As he had been a prefect for so many years, his vision of people was naturally much more experienced than that of ordinary people. This person was no simple one.

"Who are you? What's your name?" asked Magistrate Feng.

"There is no need for Magistrate Feng to know who I am, but what you just did was a little inappropriate, wasn't it?" Su Chenyu said.

"I was just angry for a moment, and what I did was indeed inappropriate. But you just said that there was more than one confession. What did you mean?" Prefect Feng was confused about Su Chenyu's background for a moment, and his expression was a little cautious.

"It means exactly what it says! A confession is as important as this. One copy is certainly not safe. We must prepare several copies, so that he won't tear it up again in a fit of anger like Prefect Feng did. That would be bad!" Su Chenyu said, shaking his fan.

Prefect Feng's face turned pale as he said in a deep voice, "These four men are already in a trance. Whether their confessions are true or not is still unknown. How can we just listen to your one-sided story?"

Su Chenyu said, "That's easy. As long as you bring the person mentioned in the confession to court and confront him face to face, then the truth will naturally become clear."

At this time, Prefect Feng felt a little disappointed. Feng Zheng had never told him about this matter and he knew nothing about it. Now that it came so unexpectedly, he had not figured out how to deal with it.

The courtroom fell silent for a moment, making the onlookers outside feel that the situation was becoming increasingly strange. Looking at the unpleasant expression on Magistrate Feng's face, they did not dare to make any sound.

Su Chenyu said, "Prefect Feng, is this difficult?"

Prefect Feng exhaled and said, "Wu Sanniang, since your daughter was rescued by this young man and doesn't have to worry about venereal diseases, and the four people who actually committed the crime have already been taught a lesson, how about I imprison them and compensate you with fifty taels of silver?"

Pink Peach Niang bit her lip. She had already offended someone and could not compromise now. She said firmly, "Sir, I don't want the fifty taels of silver as compensation. I just want the real mastermind behind this to receive the punishment he deserves!"

Su Chenyu sneered, turned around and said to the onlookers outside, "I think everyone should want to know who the mastermind is. Why did they ask Magistrate Feng to help cover it up? Even now, they haven't mentioned the name of the person mentioned in the confession."

After hearing Su Chenyu's words, the onlookers felt something was amiss for a moment. Some of them thought of some gossip they had heard before, and suddenly understood what was going on. Looking at Magistrate Feng who was sitting high up in the hall, they understood something.

“Bang!”

Prefect Feng slammed the gavel and shouted, "Are you fanning the flames? It's not your place to question my verdict! You refused to kneel, and I magistrately didn't argue with you. Now you're interfering with my judgment. What's your crime?"

Su Chenyu laughed heartily and said, "You're not qualified to convict me. You've made unfair judgments, and yet you forbid others from commenting on them. As the head of Xuanyang City, is this how you redress the grievances of the people? Are you worthy of the position of city governor?"

Prefect Feng's face turned green with anger. He stood up and shouted, "Come here, this man is defying the court and ignoring me. Beat him with fifty lashes to put an end to his arrogance, and then take him to jail."

"Yes!" Several officers and soldiers were about to step forward.

"Let's see who dares!" Su Chenyu shouted.