Displeasure immediately spread across Grand Tutor Luo's face. He frowned and looked at Su Shunhe with an icy expression, angrily rebuking him: "How dare you!"

Su Shunhe ignored Grand Tutor Luo, leisurely walked up to him while fanning himself, and mimicked Grand Tutor Luo's tone, drawing out his words: "So bold!"

Grand Tutor Luo was furious with the stranger in front of him. Not to mention Pingxi County, even in Shengjing, not many people would dare to treat him like this.

"Where did this wild brat come from, daring to talk back to the Grand Tutor? Drag him away and give him a severe beating!" Grand Tutor Luo ordered the others.

Upon hearing the order, the servants around him immediately walked towards Su Shunhe. Su Shunhe did not show any fear and calmly looked around. "Grand Tutor Luo, are you really going to subject me to severe torture?"

Grand Tutor Luo laughed loudly and mocked, "You wild brat, you really don't know the immensity of heaven and earth. Enough with the nonsense, drag him away quickly, lest you offend my ears!"

These words acted as an accelerator, and the servants looked at Su Shunhe with hostile eyes.

Facing the many unfriendly servants, Su Shunhe showed no sign of panic. He leisurely took out the dagger from his robes and said to Grand Tutor Luo with a nonchalant air, "Grand Tutor Luo, open your dog eyes and take a look at this!"

When Grand Tutor Luo saw the dagger in Su Shunhe's hand, his attitude suddenly reversed completely, and he knelt down in front of Su Shunhe.

The sudden reversal left everyone present stunned, their eyes wide and mouths agape – their expressions were remarkably similar!

"Third Prince, what brings you here?" Grand Tutor Luo's tone was almost humble.

The title "Third Prince" once again stunned everyone present, and their expressions were even more exaggerated this time.

"Greetings, Third Prince!" In the midst of the panic, someone shouted out, and the others, as if waking from a dream, followed suit, their voices clamoring as they greeted the noble man before them.

Su Shunhe appeared quite satisfied. He smiled and nodded to everyone, saying, "You may all get up!"

"You and you, keep kneeling!" Su Shunhe scolded Luo Taishi and Luo Cheng, who were about to get up.

Grand Tutor Luo was extremely dissatisfied, but he could only silently endure it because of the other party's status as the Third Prince.

Su Shunhe glanced around at the crowd, then plopped down in the chair of the Qingzhou prefect. "You may continue. I originally only wanted to visit a friend, but I heard that two extremely heinous incidents had occurred here, so I kindly came to check on things. I never expected that if I had arrived any later, someone here would probably be singing the 'Injustice to Dou E,' wouldn't you say, Grand Tutor Luo?" With that, Su Shunhe raised his eyebrows and looked at Grand Tutor Luo.

Grand Tutor Luo trembled and bowed his head to the ground: "I dare not! As Grand Tutor Luo, I must be fair and just, and I will never deceive my superiors or use my official position to oppress others!"

Su Shunhe looked at Grand Tutor Luo with great interest, his tone playful: "Oh? Is that so? Everyone here heard that if Grand Tutor Luo goes back on his word, I'll take you to Shengjing and we'll file a complaint with the Emperor!"

Upon hearing this, Grand Tutor Luo shuddered, inwardly cursing Luo Cheng, that troublemaker, to pieces countless times.

"Alright, continue! Don't worry about me!" Su Shunhe waved his fan, raised an eyebrow, and looked at Magistrate Duan.

Magistrate Duan's back was already soaked with cold sweat. His emotions were like a rollercoaster, and in that perilous moment, he even secretly prayed that if he and Jiang Ling could escape this crisis, he would definitely...

He bought a large roast suckling pig to offer as a sacrifice to the gods. Such a thrilling and dangerous matter was beyond the capabilities of a mere county magistrate.

Magistrate Duan glanced at the Third Prince, swallowed hard, and picked up the gavel to strike. But when the gavel was less than five millimeters from the table, Magistrate Duan stopped abruptly. He was worried that the noise would disturb the Third Prince, so he gently placed the gavel on the table, coughed lightly, and prepared to hear the case.

With witnesses and physical evidence present, Luo could not withstand the pressure and confessed before long.

Luo Cheng confessed to both heinous acts, kowtowing repeatedly as if trembling, trying to justify himself by saying that he acted impulsively and now knew he was wrong, hoping that the magistrate would be lenient with him.

As Jiang Ling listened to Luo Cheng's sophistry, she felt nauseous. She stepped forward, knelt down, and said with a firm gaze, "My lord, Luo Cheng is vicious. His daughter insulted my daughter first, and then he caused trouble in our Lu Family Village!"

"The plague nearly wiped out our village! After we were lucky enough to survive, he tried to poison us again. His intentions are as clear as day! Moreover, this was originally a personal feud between me and Luo Cheng, yet he has dragged the lives of our entire village into it! I implore Your Honor to impose a severe sentence!"

"You bitch! I've already apologized to you, what more do you want from me!" Luo Cheng glared fiercely at Jiang Ling, not stopping even though he was tied up.

After verbally abusing Jiang Ling, Luo Cheng's gaze fell on Grand Tutor Luo. "Grand Tutor Luo, please, please help me! For the sake of me saving the young master, please help me!"

Grand Tutor Luo felt a headache coming on as he listened to Luo Cheng's incessant chatter. He felt that he must be terminally ill. Why did he give up his proper position as Grand Tutor and insist on coming here to support this distant relative who was not even remotely related to him?

Thinking of this, Grand Tutor Luo hurriedly kowtowed again to Su Shunhe and said, "Third Prince, I know I was wrong. This Luo Cheng has nothing to do with me. I assure you that from today onwards, the Luo family in Shengjing and the Luo family in Pingxi County will have no connection whatsoever. Moreover, from today onwards, I will never set foot in Pingxi County again!"

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