"My reply to the county magistrate is that I am beating the drum today just to seek justice for my father, Chen Tianchi."
Chen Simin reported calmly that she must rescue her father and clear him of the grievances.
"Nonsense! It's already a foregone conclusion that Chen Tianchi's pharmacy killed someone. There are witnesses and evidence. Why are you still coming here to appeal?"
"you--"
Seeing that the county magistrate did not want to try the case at all and was afraid that Chen Simin would act impulsively, Jiang Xueying on the side quickly pulled her back, then stood up and looked at the county magistrate on the high platform, and said loudly: "Mr. County Magistrate, Chen Tianchi was wrongly accused, and we have witnesses."
"Oh, a witness?"
The county magistrate narrowed his eyes, exchanged glances with the lawyer next to him, raised his hand and said, "Okay, bring the man up."
Afterwards, Ma Zongguan was brought up. His hands were still tied, but it was different from what was agreed yesterday. As soon as he entered the hall, he shouted to the county magistrate: "Sir, you have to do something for me. These two women tied me up and threatened me to give false testimony."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Chen Simin shouted immediately.
Jiang Xueying's face turned completely dark. She didn't expect that Manager Ma would deny it in court. She knew that he was framing her. She was careless.
Just when the situation was tense, Luo came in from outside. She exchanged a glance with Ma, then cried, "Sir, I am an honest man who works diligently. I was so worried when I found out that she disappeared. I never thought that she was captured by them. You have to help us."
The county magistrate had already accepted the gold and silver privately given by the Jiang family, so he naturally understood what was going on. He slammed the table heavily and showed an angry expression.
"Jiang, Chen, you know the law but still break it. You actually dare to arrest someone to give false testimony in court. You really don't take me seriously. Come, arrest them both!"
"yes!"
Jiang Xueying and Chen Simin looked at each other. They didn't expect things to develop to this point. They originally thought that they could use Manager Ma to explain the whole thing and clear Mr. Chen's name, but they didn't expect that it would put themselves in danger.
Seeing the bailiff approaching, Chen Simin nervously grabbed Jiang Xueying's hand.
Jiang Xueying held Chen Simin's hand in return, but she was considering whether to resist or not. If she was caught, she would definitely be imprisoned and suffer physical pain. If she resisted, the result would be...
"Let's see who dares!"
Before the bailiffs on both sides could take action, a cold shout came from outside the door, and everyone's eyes instantly looked over there.
When the county magistrate on the high platform saw Yu Feng walking in wearing armor and accompanied by a group of horses, his face immediately changed. He quickly stood up and walked down to pay his respects.
"Master Yu...Master Yu, why are you here?"
This was also Jiang Xueying's doubt. Why did Yu Feng suddenly appear?
Yu Feng glanced at Jiang Xueying who was standing there, then looked at the county magistrate, his eyes cold, and said in a cold voice: "If I hadn't come, would you have tortured these two young ladies?"
"This.....is because they broke the law and should be dealt with according to the law."
The county magistrate wiped the sweat from his forehead and hesitated. This Lord Yu had been difficult to approach from the beginning. Now that he suddenly appeared, would he...
"But what I know is that their attempts to seek justice were rejected, and they were blamed instead?"
Yu Feng's voice suddenly rose so high that the county magistrate felt his legs go weak.
"Then sir, what do you think I should do?"
"Of course, we will handle it impartially."
Yu Feng said calmly, sitting down on the other side of the desk, as if he wanted to attend the trial as well.
"Oh, by the way, I also know something about this case. I brought the doctor who prescribed the medicine with me so that I can compare the prescription with the medicine residue to find out the truth."
"no!"
Upon hearing this, Luo hurriedly shouted, his face became extremely ugly, and he stared sharply at the man who suddenly appeared.
"You dare to question me?"
Yu Feng snorted coldly, and the murderous aura from his body made Luo tremble with fear. He swallowed back all the words he wanted to say, and dared not say anything more. He could only let them look at the evidence.
Afterwards, everyone watched the doctor compare the two pieces of evidence one by one. During this time, Mrs. Luo and Manager Ma both looked extremely unhappy, because they had not expected this and did not even bother to deal with the drug residue.
Half an hour later, the doctor who was being stared at by everyone finally raised his head and looked at Yu Feng.
"Sir, this medicine residue contains an extra herb compared to the previous prescription, and this extra herb is exactly the deadly poison that caused the death."
"Well, okay, let's call the Chen family's butler to see if the herbs are from the Chen family's pharmacy. Then the truth of this matter will be revealed, right, County Magistrate?"
"Yes, General Yu is right."
The county magistrate nodded hastily, not daring to raise any objections. He could only suppress his fear and shouted at the yamen runner beside him, "Go and bring the person over here."
After a while, the Chen family's butler brought the registration book of the medicine shop over. After looking through it and comparing it for a long time, he confirmed that this medicinal material did not belong to the Chen family's medicine shop.
"It seems that this is indeed a misunderstanding."
The county magistrate, who knew the situation, laughed dryly and turned to the lawyer and said, "Go, bring Chen Tianchi here. The truth of the case has been revealed. I will personally release him without charge."
Hearing this, Chen Simin was excited and grabbed Jiang Xueying's hand and said, "Sister Jiang, that's great, my father is saved."
"kindness."
Jiang Xueying smiled and nodded. No matter what, as long as the final result was good, it would be fine.
She looked at the man standing not far away. She never expected that he would be the one to save the situation.
Unlike their joy, Luo on the side was almost mad with rage. All the good situations were ruined in the end. She tugged at the handkerchief in her hand with great force, her eyes full of dissatisfaction.
"Madam, what should we do next?"
Manager Ma at the side asked in a low voice. He did not expect the situation to be like this in the end, but as long as he could hold on to his life, it would be fine.
"What else can I do? I can't do anything good, but I'm more likely to cause trouble than to do anything good."
She glared at him fiercely and left angrily.
After watching Chen Simin help Old Man Chen onto the carriage and leave, Jiang Xueying looked at the man beside her and said, "Master Yu, thank you so much this time."
Fortunately, Yu Feng showed up in time today to defuse the situation, and also found evidence to clear Mr. Chen of the charges, otherwise who knows what would have happened today.
Her words were extremely sincere, without the defensiveness she had in the past, which made Yu Feng slightly stunned.
Then, he put his fist to his lips and coughed softly, saying, "To uphold justice for the people is the duty of officials like us. You don't need to thank me."
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