Chapter 1885 Zhou Tiedong's Fiancée
Qi Lie took it, slammed the gavel down, and asked, "Chen Bing, do you have anything else to say?"
“My lord, what this confession says may not be true. Constable Li was interrogated by the Lady of Wen’an County. The Lady of Wen’an County has a personal grudge against me. She is of noble status, and Constable Li could easily give a false confession.”
Chen Bing was extremely flustered, and he desperately tried to shift his focus wherever he could find a point.
Shu Yu found it laughable; was she trying to smear her?
Just as she was about to speak, someone outside suddenly called out, "Sir, I have more evidence."
Shu Yu was taken aback. She didn't remember having asked anyone else. How did she suddenly have another piece of evidence?
Only Zhou Tiedong looked surprised when he heard the voice.
As everyone looked up, the onlookers parted to make way for several people walking in from outside.
The first one was a young woman, dressed in coarse linen clothes, with her hair in braids, her forehead covered in sweat, as if she had come in a great hurry.
When Zhou Tiedong saw her, he almost jumped up. "A-Yue, what brings you here?"
A-Yue smiled at him, but this was not the time for reminiscing. She took a deep breath and knelt in the courtroom.
There was also a middle-aged man kneeling down and kowtowing.
Qi Lie, "Who is there in the hall?"
A-Yue looked up and replied, "My lord, I am Wang Yue, and I live in Tuqiao Village. I am Zhou Tiedong's fiancée."
The middle-aged man continued, “I am Guo Zheng, a commoner. Many years ago, I worked as an accountant at Chen’s General Store for a few years. Later, Chen Bing dismissed me on the grounds that I was incompetent in bookkeeping and embezzled money from the store. Just like Zhou Tiedong today, Chen Bing colluded with Constable Li to beat me up, and I have been suffering from health problems ever since.”
Those outside the hall exchanged bewildered glances, and their murmurs grew louder. "This Chen Bing is a repeat offender, isn't he?"
"How many people has he harmed? First his wife, then the accountant, then the shop assistant. This man is too cruel."
"Don't rush to conclusions, listen to some more and see if there's any evidence."
"Anyway, I think even without evidence, he must have done those things. He personally admitted to persecuting that old woman from the Fang family. With his character and heart, it wouldn't be surprising if he did something very vicious."
The Chen and Pan families around them grew increasingly grim, and many of them began pointing and whispering among themselves.
Pan regretted coming along; he should have just sent a junior to keep an eye on things. Now, he'd become the target of everyone's criticism.
The Pan family still has a lot of business in the prefectural city, and they will probably suffer setbacks after this incident. Chen Bingtai deserves to die.
Thinking of this, Pan Laoda pulled Pan Shi aside and whispered, "You know in your heart whether Chen Bing did these things or not. The Princess of Wen'an County clearly came prepared, and this matter will most likely not end well. If he is really sentenced, you should divorce him on the spot and say that you don't know what he did. It's important to distance yourself from him, understand?"
"But elder brother..."
“If you don’t think about yourself, you should at least think about your children. If you push all the blame onto Chen Bing, you can at least have a reputation for being ignorant and deceived, and our Pan family won’t be implicated. You’ll still have a way out. Otherwise, we’ll all be finished.”
Pan rolled her eyes for a moment before nodding and saying, "I understand, elder brother."
Pan warned her, "Don't cause any trouble."
Only then did he raise his head and continue watching the situation inside.
(End of this chapter)
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