He's right here.
Cheng Shanshan glanced around and pointed directly at Lin Sheng, who was not far behind her: "Why don't you say it?"
They were all lined up neatly.
Everyone looked at Lin Sheng.
Under such circumstances, Lin Sheng's expression was remarkably calm and composed.
However, Cheng Wan'er looked heartbroken as she watched Lin Sheng slowly walk into the hall. If it weren't for someone supporting her, she probably would have fainted from anger.
At this moment, Lin Sheng slowly walked into the main hall and respectfully bowed to the magistrate, saying, "I am Lin Sheng, and I pay my respects to the magistrate."
Bai Jingquan's expression was extremely serious: "Mr. Lin, is what the Cheng family woman said true?"
Lin Sheng glanced at Cheng Shanshan, then at Cheng Wan'er not far away, looking conflicted: "What she said..."
"It's true!"
Suddenly, Cheng Wan'er called out.
She immediately stepped forward and knelt down with a thud: "Your Honor, I can testify that my cousin and Brother Lin are engaged, so she doesn't need to marry into the Chu family. Please, Your Honor, do justice for her!"
Seeing this, Lin Sheng immediately stepped forward to help her up: "Wan'er, why are you doing this?"
"Waaah, Brother Lin."
With tears in her eyes, Cheng Wan'er looked extremely distressed: "I really can't stand by and watch my cousin fall into a pit of fire. From today onwards, you must treat my cousin better."
Lin Sheng sighed softly, full of helplessness: "How could you be so foolish?"
"I……"
very good.
Cheng Wan'er cried again.
The pear blossoms in the rain looked so pitiful, it was truly heartbreaking to see.
As a result of this commotion, everything she said afterward was wrong, and even taking out the Lin family's ancestral jade pendant was useless. It has to be said that Cheng Wan'er really played a clever trick.
Old Man Chu couldn't help but laugh: "Oh dear, they're so in love, shouldn't you, as their cousin, just stay out of it?"
Cheng Shanshan glanced lightly at the smug Cheng Wan'er without saying a word.
At this moment, Bai Jingquan, who had been silent all along, frowned slightly: "Lin Sheng, do you actually have a marriage agreement with the Cheng family girl?"
"I do have a marriage agreement with the Cheng family's daughter, but it's with my sister Wan'er." Lin Sheng said, taking a deep breath, then looked at Cheng Shanshan and apologized, "I'm sorry, Shanshan, I still can't lie."
"Bold Lin Sheng!"
Suddenly, a gavel slammed down.
This startled Cheng Wan'er so much that she forgot to cry, and Lin Sheng trembled as well.
Bai Jingquan's eyes widened, his face grave: "I originally gave you a chance because I knew you, but who knew you would make one mistake after another? Don't you know that those who instigate others to commit crimes are punished even more severely!"
Lin Sheng looked on in surprise: "Your Excellency, I don't understand what you mean?"
"Capture Lin Sheng!"
Bai Jingquan gave the order directly.
The next moment, Lin Sheng was grabbed by the arms and forced to kneel on the ground.
This behavior panicked Lin Sheng, and Cheng Wan'er hurriedly pulled him away, shouting, "Let go of Brother Lin! Brother Lin is a scholar, how can you treat him like this!"
"He's a scholar?" Bai Jingquan said, throwing a petition in front of Lin Sheng. "He's studied so hard, but he's wasted all his time on the classics, that's why he dares to use my name to do this kind of thing, helping others harm women!"
"this……"
Upon seeing the contents of the complaint, Lin Sheng collapsed to the ground.
It turned out that when Cheng Shanshan delivered the silver for the second time, she made sure that Old Man Chu saw it.
Although Old Man Chu was lustful, he preferred silver. After seeing that Lin Sheng had pocketed 550 taels of silver, and after a few words of advice from Cheng Shanshan, he decided to switch sides and choose silver. So he withdrew his lawsuit against Cheng Shanshan and instead sued Lin Sheng.
Lin Sheng's face had turned pale, but he still tried to appear calm: "Is there some misunderstanding here?"
Now, Old Man Chu's eyes were filled with resentment as he looked at Lin Sheng: "You two are despicable! It's one thing to scheme against me, but you even dared to extort money from me using the magistrate's name, and more than five hundred taels at that! You really dare to do that!"
Silver, silver, no one can get it.
He's not stupid, how could he possibly admit it?
Thinking of this, he kowtowed heavily: "Your Honor, I was simply bewitched and wanted to marry a cheap wife. I have already withdrawn the lawsuit and have absolutely no involvement in extorting money in your name. I hope you can investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Lin Sheng trembled: "I didn't... I didn't! Old Man Chu, don't talk nonsense!"
"You still won't admit it!" Bai Jingquan's eyes were filled with disappointment as he stood up abruptly: "As a scholar, you instigated others to commit crimes and even used my name to extort money from others. Now I hereby order you to return all the silver and imprison you. Allow me to report to the prefect for further sentencing!"
"Brother Lin!"
Cheng Wan'er burst into tears.
Lin Sheng pleaded repeatedly, "Shanshan, please say a few words for me, save me!" His reputation as a scholar, which he had worked so hard for over the years, would be ruined if he were imprisoned. He was truly panicked.
Cheng Shanshan ignored him.
She just watched silently as he was taken away, shouting and begging.
After the court session ended, Cheng Wan'er collapsed to the ground and grabbed his leg, pleading, "Cousin, please save Brother Lin!"
Looking at Cheng Wan'er, who was crying her eyes out, Cheng Shanshan asked, "He just said that you're the one he's engaged to, so why should I help him?"
"cousin."
Cheng Wan'er sobbed.
That expression was so pitiful and helpless: "You can't be so cruel."
"Me, heartless?" Cheng Shanshan was extremely displeased with this statement, and simply kicked Cheng Wan'er aside: "Weren't you heartless when you made me marry Old Man Chu? Weren't you heartless when you colluded to block all my paths? Cheng Wan'er, I'm not stupid, I won't let you bully me forever!"
Regardless of past or present lives.
She hated both of them intensely.
At this moment, Old Man Chu came up to Cheng Shanshan, rubbing his hands together eagerly: "You said before that if I helped you, you would give me the five hundred and fifty taels of silver that the government had recovered. You still stand by your word, right?"
"nature."
Cheng Shanshan nodded.
Cheng Wan'er froze, her face filled with disbelief.
This time, Lin Sheng will definitely lose his title of Xiucai (a scholar who passed the imperial examinations).
Although she lost 550 taels of silver, she bought everything she needed, so the silver was put to good use.
On the way back, she felt a sense of ease she had never felt before.
Even sleeping at night became exceptionally sweet.
She never expected that she would be woken up by crying early the next morning.
Outside, Cheng Wan'er was kneeling in front of Bai Shi, crying. Her voice was broken as she sobbed, "Aunt, please, please let my cousin let Brother Lin go. I... my baby can't be without a father!"
Bai stared wide-eyed, utterly incredulous: "A child? You...you're pregnant?"
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