Chapter 65 No personal attack intended
"I never bullied Miss Fang," Lu Chengjing said calmly. "Shopkeeper Ge invited me to the backyard to discuss things. I drank the tea and passed out. When I woke up, I became the villain Miss Fang called her a bully."
Lord An's eyes darkened slightly as he looked at Shopkeeper Ge, "Do you take Mr. Lu's words seriously?"
"Your Excellency, I did invite him for tea, but I didn't put any drugs in the tea. I drank the tea, too."
Shopkeeper Ge hurriedly defended himself, "I went to the toilet and when I came back, he was nowhere to be found. I thought he had left, but I never imagined he had sneaked into the wing room and harmed Cailian."
Lord An frowned. "Mr. Lu has injured legs and is unable to move. How could he have gone to the wing alone? And how would he have known that someone was there?"
"I don't know." After saying this, Shopkeeper Ge secretly winked at the pockmarked clerk beside him.
"Sir, it's... it's my fault." The pockmarked waiter bowed deeply to Lord An and said regretfully, "I was blinded by greed and greed for money, so I became an accomplice of the evildoer."
Fang Bao widened his eyes in surprise, "Xiao Fei, how could you..."
"Brother Fang Bao, I'm sorry." Xiao Fei was too ashamed to look at him.
"Why are you hurting me? Why are you hurting me?" Fang Cailian's eyes were red as she rushed towards Xiaofei, hitting him with a hammer, her voice like tears of blood. "Why? I respect you like a brother, why are you hurting me like this?!"
Xiao Fei let Fang Cailian fight him, holding his head and apologizing repeatedly.
Seeing that his master's face was becoming increasingly gloomy, Shen Qi hurried forward to pull the two apart and ordered them to kneel down again.
Lord An glanced at Lu Chengjing, who looked calm, and continued to ask Xiaofei, "You said you became Lu Xiucai's accomplice because you coveted Lu Xiucai's money. How much money did Lu Xiucai give you?"
"Two taels of silver." Xiao Fei took out some silver from his pocket and showed it to Lord An, adding, "He said he would give me another ten taels of silver after the matter is completed. With this money, I can get married."
"My mother washes clothes every day, her hands are worn out, just to save money for me to marry a wife. I don't want to see her working so hard, so I was distracted for a moment and became an accomplice. I beg for your forgiveness, sir."
After Lord An had examined the silver, Shan Dajun came in and reported, "Sir, the coroner has checked the tea and tea sets we brought back, and everything is normal."
Hearing this, Shang Wan looked at Shopkeeper Ge.
The rice shop was this guy's territory. If he had planned to set up a trap, how could he have left such obvious evidence as tea for investigation? I'm afraid he had already replaced it long ago.
"There's no marking on the silver ingot. Your words alone can't prove it belongs to Mr. Lu." Lord An looked at Xiao Fei. "Do you have any other evidence to support your statement?"
Xiao Fei subconsciously looked at Shopkeeper Ge, but Shopkeeper Ge didn't even look at him, pretending not to know.
Xiao Fei had no choice but to calm down and become more respectful.
"Your Excellency, I have no other evidence. But, but, I guarantee with my life that everything I say is true. I beg you to examine it carefully!"
Lord An saw his expression and had something in mind.
He looked at Lu Chengjing, "Lu Xiucai, do you have anything to say?"
Lu Chengjing's lips curled up into a bitter smile. "I was expelled from the family because of the poisoning of the previous county magistrate. I didn't take a single cent with me. Recently, I have been relying on my wife for all my expenses. I'm not afraid of being laughed at by the adults. Let alone two taels of silver, I can't even come up with two copper coins."
Everyone: “…”
Lord An hadn't expected Lu Chengjing to be so honest, admitting his gigolo status in public. He coughed twice and asked Shang Wan to verify the truth of the story.
Shang Wan nodded naturally. It was not that she didn't want to give Lu Chengjing money, but he would have no place to spend it even if she gave it to him.
When we went out this morning, out of the five of us in the family, except for the baby Yuanyuan, only Lu Chengjing had no money.
Yuanyuan loved playing with her money bag and always chewing on it. Lu Chengjing was worried that she would eat the silver, so he simply left the money bag hanging. Now, it happened to become evidence of her own crime.
Shen Qi went forward to search him, but really didn't find a single copper coin.
Everyone was speechless. It seemed that being a gigolo was real.
Lord An seized the opportunity to slam the gavel and glared at Xiao Fei, "How dare you, you rude and unscrupulous person, deceive me!"
"I dare not." Xiao Fei was so frightened that he crawled on the ground. His mind raced as he said anxiously, "The money was really given to me by Mr. Lu. Maybe he only had two taels of silver on him. He deliberately deceived me in order to bribe me to help him."
Lu Chengjing looked at him, his tone clearly filled with doubt, "You said I bribed you, but let me ask you, how did I know there was a woman resting in the wing room?"
Xiao Fei said without thinking: "Of course I heard it from the people in the store."
"Okay, just consider it as what I heard." Lu Chengjing continued to ask, "I have never met this Miss Fang before. I don't know whether she is beautiful or ugly, fat or thin. Why did you suddenly become so determined that you would even drag your crippled body into bribing you to get what you want?"
Hearing this question, Xiao Fei calmed down and retorted, "You're lying. Two months ago, you and the eldest young master came to the rice shop together and happened to run into Cai Lian. You were stunned at that time. You must have been thinking about her since then."
"Sir, I have something to say." Shang Wan raised her hand.
Lord An waved his hand and said, "Speak."
Shang Wan pointed at himself and Fang Cailian and asked Xiao Fei sincerely, "Who do you think is more beautiful, me or her?"
Xiaofei doesn't need to answer, anyone with eyes can see it.
Although Fang Cailian is not bad looking, she is instantly reduced to ashes when compared with Shang Wan.
Faced with such a huge gap, and in front of everyone, Xiao Fei couldn't lie with his eyes open, so he could only answer: "You."
"Let me be clear, I don't mean to make any personal attacks. I'm just stating the facts." Shang Wan said, pointing at Lu Chengjing. "I've been married to him for nearly two years, and even on our wedding night, he never even looked me in the eye."
Everyone could understand what she meant.
His wife is a rare beauty. His aesthetic taste has improved every time he looks at such a face. How could Lu Chengjing stare at Fang Cailian?
However, some people were wondering, what if Lu Chengjing was just tired of eating delicacies from land and sea and wanted to try some light porridge and side dishes?
Fang Cailian, feeling insulted, said: "..."
Shang Wan continued, "To put it bluntly, twelve taels of silver can get you into a brothel and hire a prostitute. The payment is made, and there's no dispute. Isn't that easier than picking wildflowers by the roadside?"
Everyone looked at Lu Chengjing, Oh, you are still going to the brothel?
Lu Chengjing couldn't help but frown. When had he ever been to those messy places?
Shang Wan pinched her fox's beautiful paws soothingly and said to everyone, "Well, I was just making an analogy. I can testify that my husband has never been to a brothel!"
This sounds like a case of trying to cover up one's own mistake.
Lu Chengjing: "..."
If Shang Wan continued talking, he might be taught some strange habits, so he had no choice but to speak to divert everyone's attention.
"Sir, everyone in the rice shop follows the lead of Manager Ge, so it's inevitable that they might be shielding each other. Similarly, the two witnesses here are my relatives, so there might also be suspicion of favoritism. I have another way to verify this matter."
(End of this chapter)
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