CHAPTER 409: CHAPTER 409: MUTUAL ACCUSATIONS

The onlookers outside the courtroom were curious, wondering why this old man had a stomach ache.

Very quickly, the doctor arrived and examined him separately.

"Reporting to the Prefect, this old man took abdominal pain pills, it wasn’t from eating anything else."

Doctor Liu also said the same.

This left the onlookers with expressions of inscrutable mystery.

"This old man really went all out to deceive; these abdominal pain pills aren’t something ordinary people take. It’s said that after taking these, the stomach feels like it’s being drilled through with pain."

While admiring the old man, everyone was also curious about why he would do such a thing.

"Pei’s just opened, even if he wanted to extort money, there’s not that much silver coin to extort."

Pei Shu’er smiled and said, "These two people must want to ruin the reputation of my Pei’s."

"In my opinion, someone doesn’t want us to open Pei’s in Jingzhou City, probably obstructing someone’s path."

The courtroom was quiet, and soon everyone started discussing again.

Due to Mrs. Liu Zhang’s identity, everyone quickly linked the clues to Liu’s.

"Liu’s egg cakes are identical to Pei’s, perhaps Pei’s made egg cakes imitating Liu’s, making Liu’s angry."

Upon hearing this, Pei Shu’er immediately said, "Firstly, the egg cakes are made by our Pei’s, Liu’s just stole our secret recipe."

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Liu Zhang sharply retorted.

"You’re talking nonsense! How dare a small village shop try to connect with us Liu’s."

Hearing this, Pei Shu’er laughed.

"Why is Mrs. Liu so agitated? This is just my speculation."

Mrs. Liu Zhang snorted, wanting to speak, but saw Pei Shu’er start again.

"However, it is a fact that Liu’s framed me, and you are indeed someone from Liu’s."

As soon as Pei Shu’er said this, Mrs. Liu Zhang got angry.

"Who knows what kind of people these two are, don’t randomly accuse us Liu’s."

Other onlookers also said, "Yes, this Manager Pei seems to be randomly accusing, and she doesn’t have any concrete evidence."

"Exactly, bringing a few people to testify just to implicate Liu’s is too far-fetched."

"Mrs. Zhang Liu usually appears to be kind, how could she do such malicious things? I think this Manager Pei is just trying to bring down Liu’s Pastries by any means."

Previously, everyone felt sorry for Manager Pei, deceived by two scoundrels who took abdominal pain pills.

But now, seeing Manager Pei speak ill of Mrs. Liu Zhang, everyone suddenly became clear.

This Manager Pei probably isn’t a good person either.

Pei Shu’er bowed to the Prefect.

"Sir, I have some people and evidence that can prove this old man and the young woman in white are deceivers. Additionally, it can be proven that they acted under Mrs. Liu Zhang’s directions."

As soon as she finished speaking, Tang Zan brought up the witnesses, followed by some physical evidence.

When Tang Zan stood on the courtroom floor, the Prefect’s gaze swept across Tang Zan’s face, and his eyes narrowed, feeling that this man was quite extraordinary.

One look could tell he wasn’t an ordinary person.

Moreover, he had a feeling that he had seen this man before.

Tang Zan walked to the old man, squatted down, and peeled off the human-skin mask from the old man’s face.

Under the twisted visage was no longer a face full of ravines but a youthful face.

When Prefect Xie saw this face, he was startled for a moment and then angrily exclaimed, "Wang Wu, it’s you."

At this point, those who were still doubtful dispelled their doubts; this Wang Wu was undoubtedly a fraud.

Tang Zan walked toward the young woman in white, who retreated repeatedly, eventually stepping behind Mrs. Liu Zhang.

"Aunt, save me."

Mrs. Liu Zhang gritted her teeth, considering her niece a complete fool.

She immediately said, "What are you doing, who are you, I don’t know you."

The young woman in white belatedly realized she had made a foolish move.

However, the gaze and aura of this distinguished man were too terrifying; she was instinctively frightened by the abyss-like gaze.

She gritted her teeth, "Sorry, I recognized the wrong person."

This self-righteous explanation made Pei Shu’er and a few onlookers laugh softly.

At this moment, Tang Zan stood next to the young woman in white, pressed her acupoint, and then tore off the human-skin mask from her face.

Wasn’t this Mrs. Liu Zhang’s niece, Zhang XingEr?

Now, no one doubted anymore, because if she even sent her niece, how could it not be related to Mrs. Liu Zhang?

However, Mrs. Liu Zhang exclaimed softly.

"Xing’er, why are you dressed like this?"

This sentence was clearly an attempt to feign ignorance.

Zhang XingEr opened her mouth, rolled her eyes.

"I was forced by Wang Wu."

The onlookers frowned; after all, Zhang XingEr was also forced to, and an unmarried girl could hardly associate with a fraud.

Wang Wu, now in unbearable stomach pain and framed by Zhang XingEr, was also quite upset.

"Zhang XingEr, you’re truly ungrateful; you’re the one who came to me, asking me to put on a show for Liu’s."

However, due to his stomach pain, he lacked strength when saying this.

He quickly turned to Doctor Liu: "Doctor, can you give me a pill."

As soon as he said this, Pei Shu’er couldn’t help but laugh again.

This Wang Wu truly was a riot.

After taking the medicine, Wang Wu was lively again and immediately started arguing with Zhang XingEr.

And it was quite loud.

He was afraid all the blame would be pushed onto him, so he revealed how Zhang XingEr sought him out, negotiated terms, and how much money she offered, all laid out.

Prefect Xie, having served years as prefect, was seeing such an easy case for the first time.

First, the plaintiff’s evidence was sufficient, and the defendant was very cooperative, even saving the trouble of torture.

The evidence was all ready-made.

Prefect Xie shifted from conducting official duties to relaxing, leaning back in his chair, listening to the two arguing.

Pei Shu’er seemed to feel the flame wasn’t hot enough.

"In that case, Zhang XingEr and Wang Wu can be convicted, and if Mrs. Liu Zhang is innocent, should she be released?"

As soon as he said this, Wang Wu wouldn’t agree, as Mrs. Liu Zhang was the real culprit, and the money hadn’t been paid to him yet; how could she run?

Was Wang Wu easy to bully?

Wang Wu, on his own, started a tumultuous battle with Zhang XingEr and Mrs. Liu Zhang.

Unexpectedly, neither could out-talk him, and he exposed even more evidence.

Mrs. Liu Zhang started with some rebuttals but later was only spinning words without providing substantive evidence.

The substantial evidence, Prefect Xie held in his hands.

Pei Shu’er saw these people talking more heatedly, even seeming ready to fight, and couldn’t help but step back a little.

Prefect Xie surprisingly didn’t have the government officer stop them, leaving one to wonder if this Prefect had a penchant for watching excitement.

Pei Shu’er even caught a glint of excitement in his eyes.

As the situation approached more violent turns, Prefect Xie coughed lightly.

"Bring them in, lock up these three, and set a later date for trial."