"Who are they? Why were they brought here?"
"I heard they committed a crime in the capital! My Lord is too merciful. They're clearly criminals, so he could have just beheaded them, but he kept them alive!" One of the rat-faced men snorted disdainfully. "Now towns like Beizhen are full of these criminal dens! We're so scared we don't even dare go there anymore!"
"Criminal? It's actually... Alas, pitiful..." However, more people's eyes flickered, and no one knew what they were thinking, and they all shut their mouths.
"Silence!" The official standing next to the prefect shouted coldly. After everyone quieted down, he bowed to the prefect.
The prefect nodded and said casually, "Are you the Cui family members who stole my gold ingots? Do you know your crime of stealing the property of an official appointed by the imperial court?"
Mrs. Cui was filled with grief and indignation, and she shouted, "Sir, we didn't steal anything. We are being wronged! We don't know how this gold ingot appeared!"
The rest of the Cui family members also echoed, looking aggrieved.
There is no need for acting skills, after all, they were wronged.
When talking about this matter now, everyone's eyes were filled with anger.
The prefect frowned and winked at the official next to him.
"Silence!" the officer shouted immediately.
The prefect no longer asked about Jin Yuanbao. Instead, he picked up the registration book, glanced at the group of people, and fixed his gaze on Lu Yunxi.
"You are Cui Shishi, right?"
"I'm not." Lu Yunxi denied expressionlessly.
The other members of the Cui family clenched their palms, lowered their heads and dared not say a word.
If they spoke up for Miss Lu, the prefect would definitely think that there was some relationship between them, and it would be difficult for Miss Lu to leave.
The prefect sneered, "Ha! Among the Cui family, only Cui Er and Cui Shishi got lost along the way. You suddenly appeared at the Cui family, but you're not a member of the Cui family... Do you think I'm a fool?!"
The Cui family members below were silent, looking at him with strange expressions, wanting to speak but not knowing how to explain.
Lu Yunxi is definitely not a member of the Cui family!
"Confess and I will give you some mercy! Tell me how you ran away on the way, and who helped you come to the Cui family?" The prefect slammed the table and said in a serious tone.
After saying that, he pointed at the officer next to him.
The officer immediately bowed, took out a pen and paper from somewhere, and stood in front of her.
"Start now and tell me how you guys worked together to let this little girl go."
Lu Yunxi: "I'm really not a member of the Cui family. You...wait! I still have my household registration."
She thought for a moment, then took out her household registration from the corner of the room and handed it to the officer. "I don't believe Cui at all. My last name is Lu."
The official looked at the household registration and couldn't help frowning. He handed the book to the prefect for him to look at.
The prefect glanced at it casually and waved his hand nonchalantly: "What a joke! It's just a fake household registration, probably obtained from some shady street or alley. You believe it?!"
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