Chapter 67 Brother-in-law, you are confused
"Silence!" Lord An said sternly, "There are still doubts in this case. We cannot make a hasty judgment. When..."
"What did you say?!"
An exclamation interrupted Lord An's unfinished words. He looked over with a dark face and saw Fang Bao staring at Doctor Sun in shock, his eyes almost popping out.
Fang Cailian looked dazed and her face was as pale as a dead person's.
Lord An asked unhappily, "What's the commotion?"
Doctor Sun crossed his arms and bowed, "Your Excellency, this girl is already one month pregnant."
Everyone: ???
Wasn't she bullied today? How did she get pregnant?
Shopkeeper Ge said anxiously, "Impossible! They must have taken the wrong pulse!"
"I've been practicing medicine for forty years, and I can still accurately diagnose a happy pulse." Doctor Sun was displeased when his medical skills were questioned in person. "If you don't believe me, you can ask other doctors to diagnose together."
Shopkeeper Ge didn't want to offend Doctor Sun, so he smiled awkwardly and said, "I spoke too quickly, please forgive me, sir. I trust your superb medical skills."
He secretly glanced at the thin Fang Cailian, and a mixture of joy and sorrow flashed in his eyes.
Mr. Sun snorted coldly, "I don't deserve your trust. Please ask a few more doctors to come back and examine the pulse together, so as to avoid any mistakes made by me."
Lord An has already sent someone to invite him. He wants to see what other surprises are waiting for him in today's case.
Three doctors with good reputations in the city were invited back by the yamen runners. The three of them took turns to feel Fang Cailian's pulse. The conclusion they finally came to was consistent with that of Doctor Sun, and it was undoubtedly a happy pulse.
If Fang Bao had not helped her quickly, Fang Cailian would have fallen to the ground.
She raised her hand and gently stroked her still flat abdomen, biting her lower lip tightly, her heart filled with panic.
This child shouldn't be here.
"She's pregnant out of wedlock, who's the adulterer?"
"It's immoral and shameless!"
"What a virgin! It turns out she's already a pair of worn-out shoes! This Mr. Lu picked up someone else's worn-out shoes. I feel so sorry for him."
"Perhaps the adulterer is Mr. Lu?"
"Oh, they've been together for so long? That scholar's wife is so unlucky."
The people were whispering and speculating about the identity of the adulterer.
Lord An was also curious.
Ahem, he wasn't gossiping, he was simply investigating the case.
"Fang Cailian, I would like to ask you, who is the father of the child in your womb?"
The people fell silent instantly. Whether inside or outside the court, everyone looked at Fang Cailian, waiting to hear the answer.
Fang Cailian clutched the hem of her skirt with her hands hanging by her sides, struggling and hesitating internally.
Shopkeeper Ge looked at her with concern and advised, "Don't be afraid, Cailian. You were just deceived. Just tell me who it was and the adults will take care of it for you."
Fang Cailian raised her eyes to look at him, tears welling up in her eyes as they slid down her cheeks. Her voice was as light as catkins, "Do you really want me to tell you?"
"Of course." Shopkeeper Ge's eyes flickered, and he looked away slightly, saying righteously, "We can't let the villain who deceived you go unpunished."
Fang Bao looked at the expressions of the two men and always felt that something was wrong.
Fang Cailian wiped away her tears, raised her head and took a deep breath, "Okay, I'll tell you."
"It's him!" She raised her hand and pointed at Lu Chengjing, "He is the father of the child."
Lu Chengjing: "..."
With so many people present, is it difficult to change someone to take the blame?
You're only picking on him, right?
Shang Wan whistled and said jokingly, "Not bad, there's a successor."
"I already have one." Lu Chengjing pinched his round and chubby cheeks, not caring about Fang Cailian's pointing.
He didn't care, but others couldn't help but care, especially Fang Bao, the older brother, who hated him so much that he wanted to pounce on him and bite Lu Chengjing to death.
Shopkeeper Ge took the opportunity to flatter Lu Chengjing in front of Lord An, denouncing him as worse than a beast and saying how pitiful Fang Cailian was.
The people no longer dared to take sides easily, and they stretched their necks to watch silently.
After Shopkeeper Ge finished his complaint with a dry mouth, Lu Chengjing said, "Sir, I have a question that I would like Miss Fang to answer."
Lord An was annoyed and waved his hand to tell him to hurry up.
"Miss Fang, you said the child in your belly is my own flesh and blood. May I ask when and where did we meet?"
Fang Cailian lowered her eyes and said, "On the ninth day of last month, at Qingfeng Pavilion."
Hearing the words "Qingfeng Pavilion", Shopkeeper Ge was startled and immediately had a bad premonition in his heart.
Lu Chengjing's eyes dimmed slightly, and he looked at Fang Cailian deeply.
Shitou's eyelids jumped. His brother-in-law really went to Qingfeng Pavilion that day, but he didn't go with him because he was going to the study to deliver a painting.
It’s over, it’s over, this can’t be true, right?
Xiaohuan noticed that he looked strange and looked at him suspiciously.
Shi Tou quickly adjusted his expression and didn't dare to look at Shang Wan. The scene of Lu Chengjing being beaten half to death by Shang Wan and thrown to feed the wolves automatically appeared in his mind.
Oh, brother-in-law, you are confused!
"I did go to Qingfeng Pavilion on the ninth day of last month," Lu Chengjing said slowly, "but before I even entered the gate of Qingfeng Pavilion, my friends took me away and we went to Yunshuizhai to have tea."
Lord An: "Who can prove it?"
"Besides my friend, the owner and the staff of Yunshuizhai can all testify for me," Lu Chengjing said. "Besides, when we were drinking tea and discussing poetry, my friend wrote our collaborative poem on the screen wall with the date and year. Your Excellency can send someone to Yunshuizhai to check and find out."
Lord An immediately sent someone to summon Qiao Yu'an, and also sent Shan Dajun and Shen Qi to Yunshuizhai and Qingfeng Pavilion respectively to investigate thoroughly.
Xiao Fei was worried and turned to look at his shopkeeper for comfort, but found that Shopkeeper Ge was sweating.
Qiao Yu'an came quickly.
He heard that Lu Chengjing had committed adultery and was being tried at the county government office, so he rushed over like crazy and happened to meet the bailiff who came to summon him at the door.
"Sir, I can testify for Lu Chengjing." Qiao Yu'an said in a loud voice, "On the ninth day of the lunar month, the two of us stayed at Yunshuizhai for most of the day. After lunch, we went to Lu's house. I didn't leave until dusk."
"Lu Chengjing never left the house during the trip, so it's impossible for him to go to Qingfeng Pavilion to see this girl. There were also many students from the county school who saw the two of us that day, and they can also testify for Lu Chengjing."
He said a lot of things in a flash, fearing that Lu Chengjing was being wrongly accused.
After saying that, he glared at Shang Wan. Shang Wan had clearly come to the study to look for Lu Chengjing that day, so why did he just watch and not help or say a word?
Shang Wan was confused by his stare and rolled his eyes at him.
Qiao Yu'an: Humph! This woman is useless. It's up to him to save Cheng Jing.
Shan Dajun came back not long after he left, holding a pile of date paste cakes in his hands.
A bailiff reached out to take it.
Shan Dajun dodged and said, "Go away, this is not for you to eat."
Lord An thought that Shan Dajun had deserted his duty and even brought cakes into the court. He was about to scold him, but he saw that many of the date paste cakes were covered with mud. He felt strange and remained calm without saying a word.
"Sir, on my way back, I encountered a group of wild cats. They surrounded me and insisted I take these jujube paste cakes back to the yamen before leaving." Shan Dajun handed them over to Lord An for a closer look. "This is a strange thing. Please make a decision, sir."
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