Fearing another beating, Yang San quickly spilled everything he knew: "Yang Wen, he, he gave me some money and told me to wait in a private room. He would go and trick someone into coming. As long as I slept with the woman who came into the room... it would be done."

Tricked someone here? Su Li understood that the Yang Wen he was talking about was the waiter who brought her here.

Pei Qin's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he shot a cold look at the man on the ground: "Who is Yang Wen?"

"Yes, it's the waiter at Qingfeng Teahouse..."

"Let's report it to the authorities," Pei Ji looked at Su Li, "Let them handle it..."

"Okay..." Su Li had this in mind. She knew who was the mastermind behind the scenes, but there was more than one person involved. It also involved the waiter of Qingfeng Teahouse. They were just ordinary civilians and had no right to arrest anyone.

If they want to arrest someone and try him, the government has to come and report directly to the police. It would be perfect for them to assist.

However, considering Zhang Yaoyue's expression of being unable to hide her emotions just now, she could try to trick her.

Then he asked, "Pei Ji, according to the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty, what is the sentence for attempted adultery?"

"According to the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty, those who commit adultery are sentenced to death by hanging. Those who attempt adultery are punished by 100 strokes of the cane and exile for 3,000 miles."

"Then..." Looking at Zhang Yaoyue, Su Li asked with a half-smile, "What is the sentence for bribing someone to commit adultery?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yaoyue's whole body stiffened instantly, and she felt even more anxious.

crime?

She didn't do anything. She just gave Yang Wen some money. She didn't do anything!

Pei Ji followed her gaze and frowned at Zhang Yaoyue, who looked terrified. Could this be related to her? Just now, Su Li was taken into the private room by a man, and it was she who hurried over to tell him. He was worried that something had happened to Su Li, so he rushed over.

If this is true, this woman has a truly vicious mind!

His cold voice rang out: "The briber, the mastermind, is guilty of the same crime as the perpetrator..."

Same crime!

One hundred strokes of the cane!

Exile three thousand miles!

Zhang Yaoyue's face was filled with fear, and she collapsed to the ground with a thud: "No... I didn't order it, it wasn't me..."

Self-incrimination...

Just a few words, and no one mentioned her at all, and she just confessed like that?

Isn’t the psychological quality too poor?

This is very different from the vicious female supporting characters in the capital in the original novel.

Su Li didn't know what to say for a moment. Could this be the stupid and vicious cannon fodder often mentioned in novels?

It's such an obvious thing, and everyone is not stupid, so how could they not understand what's going on.

Zhang Yaoyue is actually the mastermind!

"Ayue! You...how could you..." Zhang Huai was shocked.

He has always known that A Yue is deeply in love with Pei Ji.

He thought that since Ayue was still young, she would inevitably be spoiled. In two years, she would become more stable and would figure things out. But he really didn't expect that she would be so crazy!

Madam Pei had no grudge against her. Apart from Pei Ji, he could not think of any other reason why A Yue would treat Madam Pei like this.

But this method is too vicious.

"You're crazy, Ayue! How could you do such a thing!"

"Brother, it's not me, I didn't... I didn't... It was Yang Wen, it was Yang Wen who did it, it has nothing to do with me..." Zhang Yaoyue was so panicked that she spoke incoherently.

"You..." Zhang Huai was heartbroken and disappointed, and didn't know what to say.

"Sir, would you like some more tea?" Just then, the waiter arrived with a pot of hot tea. Suddenly, he saw a fallen screen in the private room, and a man lying on the ground, nearly dead from being beaten. He was startled, "Sir, what are you doing?"

Could it be that they were drunk and causing trouble? Pah! This is a teahouse, where did they get the alcohol?

"Waiter, you've arrived just in time," Su Li said, looking at Yang San lying on the ground. "This man is a criminal. Go get your shopkeeper. Also, please go to the government office and report to the authorities."

As he said this, he took out a few silver coins and handed them to him.

"Oh oh oh, I'll go right away, right away!" The waiter didn't care whether the person was a criminal or not. He took the money and happily went downstairs to inform the shopkeeper.

Even if she reported the matter to the authorities, A Yue couldn't escape.

Zhang Huai watched the waiter run downstairs and was unable to ask Pei Ji for help.

He was too embarrassed to speak out against A Yue for doing such a vicious thing as ordering someone to rape another woman.

The owner of Qingfeng Teahouse came up quickly, and then people from the county government office also came quickly and took away Yang San, Zhang Yaoyue, and the teahouse waiter Yang Wen.

When he arrived at the county government office, Yang San directly pointed out that it was Yang Wen who ordered him to do so.

To Su Li's surprise, Yang Wen quickly admitted it, but he didn't give Zhang Yaoyue away: "Your Excellency, I instructed Yang San to do this. It has nothing to do with Zhang Yaoyue."

He knew the matter was exposed when Su Li asked someone to report it to the police, but he would never let A Yue have anything to do with this matter!

Zhang Yaoyue knelt beside him with her head lowered, her hands clenched tightly. She couldn't panic, nor could she admit it. If she admitted it, she would be punished with beating and exiled, and her life would be ruined.

In the teahouse, Yang Wen said that he would not give her up and asked her not to admit it. As long as she did not admit it, she would be fine.

"Bang!"

The gavel slammed in the hall, and Magistrate Hu's slightly majestic voice rang out: "What grudge do you have against Madam Pei? Why did you do such a wicked thing?"

"There's no grudge. I just want to vent my anger for Yue..."

Yang Wen continued, "My mother is the cook of Ayue's family. Ayue and I grew up together, and later I secretly fell in love with her."

"Until one day, I learned that A-Yue had fallen in love with a man and had been subjected to a lot of insults from that man's wife. I couldn't stand it anymore and decided to teach her bully a lesson!"

In fact, Zhang Yaoyue's plan was to let Pei Ji see his wife committing adultery, and then Pei Ji would divorce Su Li. Su Li, a woman who had lost her innocence and was divorced by her husband, would have no face to live. By then, Su Li would be dead, and who would hold him accountable for what he had done?

No one expected that the loser Yang San would be subdued by a woman and would directly give him away.

He did not leave any evidence in Yang San's hands, and Yang San did not know that A Yue was involved in this matter. If A Yue had not been frightened and confessed, he would never have come forward to take the blame.

Even though Zhang Yaoyue was so scared that she was incoherent in the teahouse, she never said that she was the one who did it. Now, after taking Yang Wen's reassurance, she felt relieved and calmed down.

The whole process was just denial and crying on purpose.

"Sir, my daughter has been timid since she was young, it is impossible for her to harm others..." Zhang Yaoyue's mother cried and begged County Magistrate Hu for mercy.

After hearing what Yang Wen said, Zhang Huai was a little unsure. Perhaps his cousin really hadn't done it. When she heard Yang Wen's name, she was probably afraid that Yang Wen might take the initiative to stand up for her, so she behaved like this?