"A lot of silver."
"Oh my god, that's a lot."
Outside the court, bursts of gasping sounds were heard.
Lord Zhang's face turned cold, and he dropped the gavel in his hand. "Xi, you still refuse to tell the truth. Do you want me to torture you severely before you confess?"
When Aunt Xi heard that she was going to be tortured, she finally got scared.
She kept kowtowing, "Sir, I confess, I confess."
After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Bei Yutang and said apologetically, "Madam Mu, I'm so sorry. I really have no other choice. Now that things have come to this, I can only apologize to you."
Aunt Xi explained to Master Zhang, "This silver was sent to me by Madam Mu's family before the court session. They wanted me to give false testimony for Madam Mu. Everything I said in court yesterday was taught to me by Madam Mu's family."
"Mrs. Mu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I can't bear false witness for you anymore." Aunt Xi kept apologizing to Bei Yutang.
The apology in her eyes was genuine.
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar outside the court.
"Oh my god, it turns out it was perjury."
"How could their family do such a thing?"
…
Dai Xiang and Xue Qian's faces turned very ugly.
Gu Pianran raised a faint smile on her lips, and when she saw Dai Xiang, Xue Qian and the others looking furious out of the corner of her eye, she felt even happier.
"Mushi, do you have anything else to say?"
Bei Yutang said in a deep voice, "Sir, we didn't bribe her. Someone is trying to frame me. Please be discerning."
Zhang Er immediately said, "Bullshit! If our family could afford that kind of money, we wouldn't be wearing these tattered clothes. You're the owner of the Lei Rouge Shop, and only you have the money to bribe people."
"Sir, I was wronged." Bei Yutang cried out for justice.
Outside the court, Xia He smiled and said, "Miss, she can't escape this time."
"I've known for a long time that she wasn't a good person, but I didn't expect her to be so cruel." Chun Liu followed.
Dai Xiang glared at the two men fiercely. Xia He smiled at her provocatively. She was so angry that she wanted to rush forward, but was stopped by An Ye.
"The evidence is now irrefutable. Embittered by a quarrel, you broke into Zhang San's home late at night and murdered his entire family. Such heinous behavior warrants death by beheading according to the laws of the Southern Tang Kingdom."
"Are you dissatisfied?" asked Lord Zhang.
"Sir, since you have judged me in this way, I have nothing to say."
"So you're confessing?"
"I was wrongly accused, and I deny this crime."
"It seems that you will not confess the truth unless I use the criminal law." Lord Zhang threatened with a cold face.
"Sir, are you planning to force a confession?"
A voice was immediately heard outside the court.
"How can you force a confession under torture?"
"If you use criminal law at every turn, what's the point of trying a case?"
"That's what I mean."
…
When Mr. Zhang heard the noise outside, his brows furrowed slightly and his face became gloomy.
Gu Pianran looked at the people mingling with the crowd. They were clearly hired. It seemed they had no evidence to turn the tables, so they had bribed people early on and left them outside, waiting for this moment.
"Silence, silence."
Lord Zhang slammed the gavel twice, and the noise outside gradually died away.
"Sir, if the people in the yamen can produce more favorable evidence that can directly prove that I am the murderer, I will not hesitate. However, the evidence before us now has too many loopholes."
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