He couldn't figure out what was going on the way there, but when he arrived at the courthouse, he immediately understood.

Especially when he saw Luo Jiaojiao, he regretted that he had been so soft-hearted back then, that he could have let her suffer so much, and that he could have just killed her and nothing would have happened.

However, even if Luo Jiaojiao wanted to sue him, she would have evidence. He had no evidence, so what could he use to sue him?

His heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was once again put at ease, and he stood straight in the courtroom.

He was, after all, a scholar, and scholars were not required to kneel before officials, so he simply bowed.

"Who is in the hall?"

"Your Excellency, this humble citizen is Li Muran!"

"Since you've become a commoner, why don't you kneel and bow? Are you openly showing contempt for the court?"

"My lord, although I am but a commoner, I am still a scholar by birth. Since ancient times, scholars have been exempt from kneeling. There is no need for kneeling as a proper etiquette. Has Your Excellency forgotten this?"

"Hmph! What a sharp-tongued Li Muran! I'd like to ask you, do you know Tang Xiazhi?"

"I don't know her!" Li Muran said frankly. After all, he had already announced that Luo Jiaojiao was dead. Even if this person appeared, so what? He could just stick to his guns and deny it.

"Li Muran, you're a complete liar! How dare you say you don't know me?"

Li Muran remained calm: "Miss, I really don't know you!"

"Thump!" The gavel rang out, and Luo Jiaojiao's urge to tear Li Muran apart slightly subsided, though she still glared at him with venomous eyes.

Li Muran's mood wasn't so good. With Luo Jiaojiao's appearance, anyone with the will to investigate could definitely find a page, and he hadn't even had time to bribe or care for those people. What if they really betrayed him?

He kept thinking about how to get out of his current predicament and then get rid of those who were bad for him.

"Luo Jiaojiao, a woman from Tangxia, has accused you of instigating others to murder her father. The evidence here is irrefutable, Li Muran. What else do you have to say?"

"Impossible! I didn't do it! The evidence is fake!"

Now we can ignore his nonsense and quickly have the constables bring over the papers they found in his house for comparison.

"Sir, the handwriting on the evidence is exactly the same as the handwriting found in his house. It can be confirmed that it was written by the same person!"

Li Muran remembered that he had once written a letter, but he could never find it. He never imagined that Luo Jiaojiao had hidden it away. That damned bitch.

If I had known, I should have killed him too, then there wouldn't have been so much trouble.

"My lord, I not only have this evidence, but I also have witnesses. He murdered his own concubine, disguised it as me, and buried it underground. You can all open the coffin to prove this..."

Moreover, the servants of the Li family are all her people, and they can testify to that!

Furthermore, his trafficking of my sister is an additional crime!

With each word Luo Jiaojiao uttered, those around her grew increasingly shocked.

They were quite surprised by the changes in the Luo family two years ago, after all, Miss Luo had suddenly disappeared, and they didn't even bother to look for her. Now, it turns out there really was another hidden story.

"You're talking nonsense! Didn't you do all of this? How could you frame me? The evidence you provided was fabricated. Stop trying to frame me!"

"Heh, Li Muran, I was wary of you when you betrayed my sister. I have a record of everything you've done, and all the evidence has been submitted. You can just wait to die!"

The county magistrate didn't bother with them. They made a ruckus in the courtroom.

The gavel struck, and the room immediately fell silent.

"Master, take the coroner to collect evidence, and Guard Wang, bring all the servants of the Li family here."

At this moment, Li Muran could no longer maintain her composure. A wave of fear washed over her, and she clenched her hands into fists, hiding them in her sleeves.

His face turned deathly pale. He kept racking his brains for a solution, but he couldn't come up with one. Besides, there were so many people around, he couldn't even manage to bribe anyone.

What to do, what to do...

Just as he was desperately trying to defend himself, all the servants of the Li family were brought over. The servants were terrified when they were brought over by the officials. They knelt down and kept kowtowing.

"Sir, these things have nothing to do with us. We didn't do them. It was all done by Master Li himself. We just accepted his bribes and kept it a secret..."

"My lord, I am innocent..."

The family members knelt there, crying and begging for mercy from the people around them. The common people were shocked when they heard this. How could Li Muran, a weak scholar, have done such a heinous thing?

The once gentle, refined, and humble scholar has now become so ferocious and greedy that everyone feels a chill run down their spines.

Li Muran's hands trembled as he went up to the men and started punching and kicking them while hurling insults at them. Unfortunately, he was quickly pulled away by the constables.

"My lord, I didn't kill the man. I did write that letter, but Luo Jiaojiao made me write it."

If we're talking about the real culprit among Master Sha Hailuo's men, it's Luo Jiaojiao. She orchestrated everything, and it was because she wanted to seize everything from the Luo family that she made me do all this.

Even Luo Yunhe, the eldest daughter of the Luo family, was schemed against by him.

By the way, the prostitute I just stabbed was pregnant; this woman stabbed her to death...

"My lord, all of this was done by this wicked woman. I only played a supporting role. If anyone should be arrested, it should be her!"

"Li Muran, you hired the murderer, you orchestrated the murder plan, and you wrote the letter. How can you pin this on me? You are the real murderer, sir! Don't listen to his one-sided story; I have evidence!"

"Hahaha, Luo Jiaojiao, you vicious woman, you're just jealous of your older sister because she's beautiful and can inherit the Luo family in the future. You're just a good-for-nothing second young lady, so you're jealous of her."

Especially when you heard that Grandpa Luo was going to give all his assets to the eldest daughter, your jealousy burned even brighter.

In addition, Luo Yunhe pursued me relentlessly, and I am not bad-looking myself, so you used despicable means to seduce me, causing me to lose my chance to participate in the scientific expedition.

How could you be so vicious? Even now, you still want to pin all the blame on me?