He still has a chance.
The last glimmer of hope.
These words only earned him the magistrate's slam of the gavel: "How dare you! Can't things be resolved in court?"
Do you really think this is just a casual chat behind closed doors in the government office?
However, it's unlikely that this kind of thing will be severely punished, since it was just a frame-up, and there was no real attempt to steal money or kill.
The magistrate thought for a moment, then said, “Remove Jiang Yongshan’s status as a constable in Anping County and give him fifty strokes of the cane.”
Fifty strokes of the cane was no small amount, and Jiang Yongshan's expression was not good.
Now that he's no longer a constable, even his former drinking buddies might not show him any mercy.
Before he could come up with a solution, he saw Gu An'an talking to the bailiff who had stepped forward.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Yongshan exclaimed repeatedly, "My lord, my lord, this poisonous woman is trying to harm me!"
The magistrate was about to leave when he heard this, but he only glanced at it and turned to go to the back room.
It doesn't mean anything.
It's nothing more than scheming to seize someone's property; with all my talent, I should be working at the Dali Temple.
The Ministry of Justice is not bad, but unfortunately I don't have any connections, so I'm destined to be just a minor official in Anping County.
The magistrate sighed deeply, and as he left the hall, he heard the solid sound of the cane striking the ground.
The clerk followed behind, "Sir, don't you think the young man behind Manager Gu looks familiar?"
"You look kind, and I also have a kind face."
The clerk gave a wry smile, "I mean, sir, don't you think this person looks like someone else?"
"Who does he look like? But you know what, he does look familiar. I've forgotten where I've seen him before."
The clerk's smile grew increasingly bitter. There were usually no major events in Anping County, so much so that their local official didn't care about anything.
"Don't you think you look a bit like Prefect Chen?"
"impossible!"
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