"Lord Lin, when will you be able to stand up for me?"
Before Lord Zhong could reply, Su Ruojin spoke first.
Lin Zhengshan was speechless for a moment after Su Ruojin's words.
He's already kicked her out of the mansion, so he can't possibly act as Su Ruojin's father and make decisions for her.
"Su Ruojin, I'm doing this for your own good, don't be ungrateful." Lin Zhengshan glared fiercely at Su Ruojin.
Su Ruojin ignored him and took out a stack of indictments from her bosom: "Lord Zhong, this is evidence of the crimes committed by the Zhao family. Please take a look."
The clerk stepped forward, took Su Ruojin's petition, and handed it to Lord Zhong.
Lord Zhong opened the petition and began to read it carefully. The more he read, the uglier his expression became.
He then slammed his hand on the table and roared, "Go to the Zhao family and bring Zhao Zhangwen here!"
Although Madam Zhao did not see Su Ruojin's petition, she knew from Lord Zhong's expression that things were not going well.
Originally, I wanted to use this incident to punish Su Ruojin, but how did it get my own husband involved as well?
Madam Zhao knelt on the ground, feeling weak all over, and sweat began to bead on her forehead.
Before long, Zhao Zhangwen was brought to the hall.
Zhao Zhangwen was unaware of what had happened and assumed it was related to his son, Zhao Hongwei.
Upon arriving in the courtroom, he knelt down and cried out for justice, completely unaware of the wink Lin Zhengshan gave him.
"My lord, please do justice for my son! He is still running a high fever and is unconscious."
Lord Zhong threw the complaint directly in front of Zhao Zhangwen: "Zhao Zhangwen, do you admit to what is stated in the complaint?"
Zhao Zhangwen picked up the indictment with a puzzled look. After only a few glances, his face turned pale and his body began to tremble: "Sir, these are all false accusations, false accusations, not true, not true at all."
"Not true? Go, bring all the parties mentioned in the complaint to this court!"
Zhao Zhangwen plopped down on the ground.
It's over, he's finished.
The complaint provided by Su Ruojin was not a simple statement of events, but rather detailed the time, the person in charge, and the amount of money involved.
If Zhao Zhangwen hadn't checked the ledgers, he might not have been able to recall these figures himself.
His tenth and eleventh concubines were only fourteen years old this year. He saw them on the street, but after checking, he found out they were just ordinary people from nearby villages with no power or influence. He went directly to their door and forcibly took them back.
He casually threw three taels of silver at his concubine's house as compensation, telling them to go ahead and sue him, since the official was his brother-in-law and he wasn't afraid of anyone.
The common people cannot fight against the officials, so the two families had no choice but to swallow their anger.
This involved a large number of people, and most of the yamen runners had to leave. It took more than an hour to bring the relevant personnel to the court.
There was no need for torture at all. Lord Zhong asked a few questions based on the contents of the complaint, and everyone immediately confessed.
The prefect already knows everything, so what's the point of hiding it?
The families of the two concubines even cried and begged the upright official to intervene on their behalf.
Lin Zhengshan kept taking out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Zhao Zhangwen panicked and crawled to Lin Zhengshan on his knees: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, you have to save me!"
Lin Zhengshan hurriedly stood up and stepped back: "Zhao Zhangwen, although I am your brother-in-law, everything you have done violates the laws of the Great Chu, and I cannot help you."
After speaking, Lin Zhengshan bowed to Lord Zhong: "Lord Zhong, although Zhao Zhangwen is my wife's brother, I ask that you uphold justice. I have no objection."
He was relieved that Zhao Zhangwen had done all of these things himself, and that he couldn't be implicated at all.
Su Ruojin glanced at Lin Zhengshan, who was as cunning as ever, always trying to distance himself from her.
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