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Chen bit her lip and tears fell again.

"Sir, I am not afraid of death, but Zhou Xiu is innocent."

"Please save his life, otherwise, this little girl will feel uneasy..." As she said this, she knelt down again.

Chen Zican held her elbow and whispered: "A sinless person will only kneel to heaven and earth!"

Chen blushed and felt that the young man's words made people feel extremely at ease, so she sat down obediently.

"Then, are you willing to retract your confession?"

"For him and for yourself?" Chen Zifu asked.

Chen hesitated and retracted her confession. It was not that she had never done it before, but what she got in exchange was not innocence, but torture.

She didn't want to have those nightmare experiences again.

Chen Zican sighed: "We all know that you changed your confession several times, but later, you still admitted it."

"Do you know, Zhou Xiucai, why you have never retracted your confession?"

"The fact that he doesn't retract his confession is not because he is weak."

"When you repeatedly recanted your confession, he was tortured, but he never admitted to having anything to do with you."

"He said: 'If a man dies, his ears will die. How can he taint someone's innocence for no reason?'"

"He doesn't care about the pain he suffered, he only cares about your innocence."

"Later, knowing that you had confessed, he said: 'No matter how weak a female prostitute can bear such torture, I will do it to prevent her from suffering again.'"

"He doesn't care about his innocence, he is just afraid that you will be tortured again..."

Mrs. Chen couldn't bear it anymore, she covered her face and cried loudly: "I, I'm sorry for him——!"

"But, I really can't bear it anymore. My husband is gone, and my family is gone."

"Being looked down upon and reviled by others is already worse than death. I have to endure endless torture every day."

"At that time, I just wanted to die early and be freed early. I hated it, I hated it..."

"You hate everyone in this world?"

"You think there are no good people in the world?"

"Sister, you are wrong. Zhou Xiucai is a good person, and Master Yang who works for him is also a good person."

"This County Magistrate Chen, when he is about to leave office, still wants to use his own strength to break the sky, and also wants to prove to you that he is also a good person."

"This is your last chance. If you fail, Master Yang and County Magistrate Chen will at least be exiled to the army."

"They're ready to pay the price, what about you?"

Chen Zican sighed: "In this world, good people shouldn't always have to pay the price while bad people get away with it!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen wiped away her tears and raised her head.

"I, I want to retract my confession!"

"I want to die innocently."

"No matter how painful the road is, I am willing to walk it again!"

Chen Zifu said in a deep voice: "I, Chen Zifu, swear here that I will bring the real culprit to justice, clear your innocence, and comfort Mr. Wang Da's spirit in heaven!"

Mrs. Chen Yingying knelt down and kowtowed to the two of them.

Yang Jiaoyu and Chen Zifu also stood up quickly and bowed deeply in return.

After taking the confession, it was already afternoon.

The three of them had decided on their plan, and Yang Jiaoyu immediately called Liu Er in, issued a fire sign, and said: "The south gate leads to a large cart shop, and there is a cart driver named Sun Laoer."

"This person has a history of being a thief and has stolen guests' property many times. The Huaiqing Mansion has sent documents and will definitely bring him to justice."

"Bring a few more good guys and lock him back. Be careful. If someone leaves, the stakes are high!"

Chen Zifu added: "Send a few more sophisticated brothers to change their clothes and secretly guard his home. Make a note of who is interacting with him. Don't alert others!"

About an hour later, Liu Er and several government officials tied up Sun Laoer and dragged him back to the county government office.

As soon as Sun Laoer saw Yang Jiaoyu and Chen Zifu, he called out Tianqu.

Chen Zifu sneered and ordered him to be imprisoned.

Then, Yang Jiaoyu was in charge of the county government office, and Chen Zifu personally led a group of government officials and went straight to Sun Laoer's small courtyard outside the south gate.

After entering the door, there was only a woman in her thirties who smelled of cheap makeup.

Seeing a dozen policemen who looked like wolves and tigers suddenly barging into his home, he was so frightened that his face turned green and his lips were white, his legs were covered in chaff, and he couldn't speak.

Chen Zican looked coldly: "Who are you?"

"Sun Laoer is not married, why are you at his home?"

The woman kept saying "I" for a long time, but she couldn't say a single word.

A government official who lived in Nancheng came forward and reported: "Sir, this woman's nickname is Xiao Jinfeng. She is a private prostitute in Nanmen and is also the mistress of Sun Laoer."

Chen Zifu waved his hand and ordered her to be taken out and held aside.

Chen Zican said: "Since this woman often comes in and out of his house, she will definitely not put her dirty laundry in a conspicuous place. She should pay more attention to the walls and floors."

Chen Zifu nodded and asked the government officials to take action immediately.

However, the two rooms were turned upside down in a short time.

Chen Zifu stood in the smoky hall, with his hands behind his back, watching the government officials busy.

Chen Zican went to the bedroom, took a rolling pin, and knocked here and there.

He then asked the police to move the cabinet away first and looked carefully at all four corners.

Then, he was asked to lift up the bed and stamp on the ground with his feet: "Dig it up, this is it!"

Sure enough, less than half a foot of ground was dug out, and there was only a wooden board.

The wooden board was lifted out, and an earthen urn was exposed underneath. Chen Zican asked someone to take it out.

Opening the lid, there were half a jar of ingots neatly stacked inside, all of which were twelve taels and one ingot.

All the government officials exclaimed in unison, it was indeed a thief.

Chen Zican breathed a long sigh of relief and called his brother: "Here he is!"

Chen Zifu came in after hearing the sound, picked up a piece of silver and looked at it, his face gradually relaxed.

He said to Liu Er: "Take them all out and count them to see if there is anything else. Don't leave anything behind!"

Soon, a piece of silver ingots was spread out on the ground, and there were thirty-eight ingots in total.

Finally, Liu Er took out an jade ring from the bottom of the altar and handed it to Chen Zifu.

Chen Zifu saw that the finger was transparent and moist, and the water head was very good.

There are a few green flowers floating inside, and the pretty colors are carved into auspicious clouds. It is smart but not frivolous, and it is obviously the work of a skilled craftsman.

This thing is worth at least five to six hundred taels of silver, which is not what someone of Sun Laoer's status should have!

Returning to the Yamen, Chen Zifu and Yang Jiaoyu discussed briefly and immediately sent an order to the court.

When Sun Laoer was brought up, Youzi kept crying out.

"Sir, Mr. Qingtian, I, Sun Laoer, have always been honest and honest. I have been driving trucks in Xiuwu County for more than ten years, and I have never touched a single coin from a customer."

"How do you start talking about me being a thief?"

Yang Jiaoyu sat behind the official case, and Chen Zifu, also wearing official uniform, sat beside him.

He snorted coldly: "Sun Laoer, you may not have stolen a single copper from the guest, but you have robbed the guest of 600 taels of silver!"

"You may not be a thief secretly, but you dare to kill people in daylight!"

Sun Laoer was startled and his face gradually changed.

Before he could quibble, Chen Zican shouted: "Look carefully, what is this?"

The yamen servant brought over the tray containing the silver ingots, with the jade ring on it.

Someone else placed an earthen jar with silver in front of him.

Sun Laoer was speechless and in a moment of panic, he defended: "This, this is the relic left by the villain's father..."

Chen Zifu sneered and said: "Sun Laoer, your father Sun Qing was a driver during his lifetime. He never married and only had two shabby houses left by his ancestors."

"Even you are an orphan he picked up outside the city. Where did you get all this money?"