"Brother, I'm afraid you don't have any witnesses at all and you made up this story on purpose?" Fang Wenshan's face gradually showed a smug expression at this time, because Liu Li had been stopped by someone he had called. As long as Liu Li didn't come today, Fang Wenhai would have no witnesses.
"Hey, I have such a bad temper! Whoever said that Mr. Fang has no witnesses, I am the one!" Xu Ning rolled up his sleeves angrily, but before he took a step, he was pulled back by Pei Chen behind him.
"Miss, I'll go." Initially, Xu Ning and the others asked Liu Li to be a witness because they considered that Liu Li was more eloquent and Pei Chen was less talkative, so Liu Li was more suitable than Pei Chen.
Judging from the situation now, Liu Li must have been delayed by something, otherwise he would not have appeared.
"Who is in the hall?"
"Your Excellency, I am Mr. Fang's witness and also a member of the caravan." Pei Chen and his men all had proper documents, and after the people from the yamen confirmed it, they made him kneel next to Mr. Fang.
"Five or six days ago, our team met Mr. Fang on the road. He was lying unconscious in the middle of the road and was almost run over by a carriage. We initially thought he was trying to extort money." Pei Chen told everything that happened after he met Mr. Fang, except for the part about Pei Jiao.
But Fang Wenshan clearly noticed that he was avoiding talking about Pei Jiao, and he immediately pointed it out, "The leader of your team, she is the murderer who killed my servant!"
"You! Your Excellency, my sister received a letter from home and has returned home."
"Bullshit, she was the one who killed someone and ran away!" Fang Wenshan was certain that Pei Jiao would not show up, and he threw dirty water on Pei Jiao without any scruples.
Pei Chen was so angry that his face turned blue. Xu Ning also pinched his palms to calm himself down. The county magistrate would not believe his one-sided story.
"Sir, Miss Pei is my benefactor. She would never kill anyone. She just beat them up!" Fang Wenhai was so angry that he thought to himself that if there was no other way, he would take all the blame and not implicate Pei Jiao.
"Your last name is Pei?" When he heard Pei Chen talking about his sister just now, and then heard Fang Wenhai call her "Miss Pei", he wondered if it was the person he was thinking of?
"Your Excellency, my surname is Pei Chen. I was originally a subordinate of my elder sister, and my surname was given to me by my elder sister."
"Which Pei family is this?"
Pei Chen looked up and found that the young county magistrate looked a little excited.
"It's the Pei family in the capital. My daughter... is General Pei's youngest daughter, Pei Jiao."
After Pei Chen revealed Pei Jiao's identity, the whole audience fell silent. Many people present knew about the sensational incident in the capital, including Fang Wenshan, who suddenly regretted accusing Pei Jiao.
"I see. Pei Chen, tell me the purpose of your business trip this time."
"Selling grain. The grain is purchased from grain merchants in the south. Miss saw that the people couldn't afford to buy grain, so she thought of buying grain from the south and selling it in the north city."
"Great!" The county magistrate looked even more excited. Except for Fang Wenhai, everyone else was confused as they watched the county magistrate not try the case but instead asked Pei Chen a bunch of questions.
On the way, Fang Wenhai had guessed about Pei Jiao's identity. After all, only that family had a girl with the surname Pei who knew martial arts!
Now that Pei Jiao's identity was confirmed, Fang Wenhai looked at his cousin, whose face had turned pale, in a good mood.
Originally, this court hearing was a setup by the county magistrate, and now Pei Jiao is involved. I believe that even if his good cousin is spared from jail, he will be severely punished.
Suddenly, a knock on the table came from the screen behind the county magistrate. The county magistrate immediately suppressed his excitement, coughed twice, and said seriously, "So, Fang Wenshan lied from the beginning. Come on, the crime of slander is even more serious. Start with twenty lashes!"
After saying this, the county magistrate listened carefully. When he heard no sound, he knew that the person behind him was very satisfied.
But Fang Wenshan panicked. Seeing the yamen runners holding him down and about to hit him with a stick, he cried out in panic, "Sir, this is unfair!"
"Sir, my husband is innocent!" Fang Chen also cried and begged for mercy.
"Unfair? Slandering court officials, beating with a stick is not a light punishment!" Someone in the crowd said this, but the voice was soon drowned out by Fang Wenshan's crying.
"Bao, who is behind the screen?" Xu Ning covered his ears not wanting to hear Fang Wenshan's screams, and stared at the screen behind the county magistrate.
"Hello player, I'm Pei Jiao's cousin."
"Cousin? Why haven't I heard Sister Pei mention him?"
"Players, you've seen it before."
Xu Ning was filled with questions. Could it be that Pei Jiao's cousin was the refugee he had met before?
"The player is Jiang Yan, and also the target of your mission."
Xu Ning: ...
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