Seeing Jia Qi implicate him, Sun Dachuan angrily pointed at him and demanded an explanation.
"Bullshit, Jia Qi, stop talking nonsense."
At this moment, Jia Qi only wanted to save his life; he couldn't care less about anything else.
He also turned to look at Sun Dachuan and stammered:
"I...I'm not lying. It was you who found a dead man to impersonate my father and made me...made me go to the Luo family clinic to cause trouble. You gave me that prescription; I can't read at all."
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Guoqiang's face turned ashen, while the Luo family members wore relaxed smiles.
Just as Zhuang Guoqiang was about to strike the gavel, Leng Chuchen spoke up.
"Since Censor Zhu is here, I also have a few words to say."
Upon hearing His Highness the Crown Prince speak, Lord Zhu immediately gestured.
"Please speak, sir."
Leng Chuchen held out his hand, and Li Ping placed several sheets of rough paper in it. He held up the paper, spread it out in front of everyone, and then angrily rebuked:
"Lord Zhu, this is your first time in Yong'an City, so you may not know much about the city. Let me tell you about it today. I have three receipts here, all stamped with the government office's seal. One is a protection fee I paid to the government office on behalf of the merchants on Caishen Street. The other two are silver I paid to the government office for applying for business licenses and opening shops, totaling 6,500 taels. In all these years, this is the first time I've ever heard of having to pay protection fees to the government office to open a shop in the city. Lord Zhu, have you heard of this before?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Dachuan was so frightened that he kept raising his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead, while Zhuang Guoqiang's face turned ashen in an instant.
Lord Zhu glared angrily at Zhuang Guoqiang.
"Lord Zhuang, how could such a thing happen within your jurisdiction?"
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