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The next day, before the trial of Zhu'er's case started, Chu Huanyan brought Xian Yue and Yun Chen to the government office.

Xiao Jinzhi got the news and sent someone to take care of everything last night. Chairs and refreshments were prepared at the back of the courtroom for Chu Huanyan to listen to the trial in secret.

Mr. Cheng, who was in charge of the trial, even came to see Chu Huanyan. He wanted to find out Chu Huanyan's tone of voice and confirm whether she wanted to keep his sister when she came here today.After confirming that Chu Huanyan was not being polite when she asked him to handle the matter impartially, he asked the criminal to be interrogated.

When Chu Huanyan, Zhou's mother, and Zhou Xiuwen were brought in, their faces were all panicked.

In the prison last night, they had already complained and cursed each other. Although the last three said that they would never admit it in any case, they must have bitten Pearl to death because she slipped and fell into the well and drowned. But now they saw in the courtroom Despite his majestic posture, he still couldn't help but feel his liver tremble.

"You still haven't confessed honestly!" Mr. Cheng sat behind the desk with an aura that was enough to shock people.

Mother Zhou and Zhou Xiuwen were both trembling in panic. Although Chu Wanyan was slightly calmer than them, her face was also uncontrollably pale.

"Sir, we are really unjust. Pearl did fall into the well by herself. It is none of our business."

"Nonsense, how could a good person fall into a well? And when we went to your house yesterday, you were clearly guilty!" Li Dazhu and Wang knelt aside and immediately retorted after listening to what Chu Wanyan said.

"That's right, Mr. Qingtian, yesterday she kept saying that our girl was hooking up with her husband-in-law, and that she had a nose and eyes. Regardless of whether this is true or not, at least she must hate our girl in her heart." Mrs. Wang also supported her. Open your mouth.

"That's nonsense, these are all your random guesses!" Chu Wanyan glared at them bitterly.

Damn it, if these two people hadn't suddenly appeared, they wouldn't have caused all this trouble. The matter of Ming Mingzhu'er was already over, so why did a brother and sister-in-law suddenly appear?

"We are not talking nonsense, you must be cruel and poisoned my girl!"

"Yes, it must be you!"

"Fart! You two country bumpkins came out of nowhere and dared to pour dirty water on us." Zhou's mother immediately cursed.

"You say we are the murderers. What evidence do you have? I am also a scholar after all, and I cannot tolerate your unfair accusations with red lips and white teeth." Zhou Xiuwen also spoke hurriedly.

Seeing a few people making a fuss in the courtroom, Mr. Cheng's face instantly darkened, he slapped the gavel and scolded angrily.

"Presumptuous! What kind of place do you think this is? If you dare to make any noise or show contempt for the court again, each of you will be slapped with thirty blows!"

The few people who were noisy just now shut up instantly when they heard this.

Zhou Xiuwen, who was kneeling on the ground, took a deep breath and straightened his back, "Sir, I am a scholar and I am familiar with the law. I will never harm anyone's life. I hope you will understand."

"That's right, sir, our Xiuwen family is a scholar, and he will take the imperial examination in the future. How could he do such a thing!" Zhou's mother also said quickly.

Master Cheng looked at Zhou Xiuwen coldly, "The most important thing in this imperial city is scholars. I think you, a scholar, are very suspicious."

Zhou Xiuwen's expression changed, "Why do you say this, sir?"

"I would like to ask you, do you have an affair with that Pearl?"

Zhou Xiuwen felt guilty, gritted his teeth secretly, and said: "Master Qi, this is really nonsense. There is no relationship between Zhu'er and me at all."

"Hmph, you dare to deceive me!" Mr. Cheng slapped the golden sandalwood in his hand again, "Come here, bring someone to prove it."

Soon, the yamen officer brought a middle-aged man to the court. The man was the owner of the shop where Zhou Xiuwen bought pearl flowers for Zhu Er.

After looking at Zhou Xiuwen carefully, the other party was very sure that Zhou Xiuwen had indeed bought pearl flowers from him, and later he even brought a woman there.

"The boss has roughly described the appearance of the woman you brought with you based on his memory. After the Yamen painter drew it, he confirmed that the person is the dead Zhu'er. What else can you say!" Mr. Cheng put the picture on the desk in front of him. The portrait was handed to the master next to him, who immediately raised it so that everyone could see it clearly.

Zhou Xiuwen's face turned pale, "I, I...even if there is really an affair between me and Zhu'er, it doesn't mean that I am her murderer. Since I am willing to spend so much money to buy her pearl and flower jewelry, To make her happy, how could I possibly kill her!"

Mr. Cheng sneered, "Even if this does not prove that you are the murderer, it is enough to prove that you deliberately deceived you in court. Based on this alone, I can punish you for contempt of court and forging a confession."

Zhou's mother was anxious, "My lord, you are wronged. Xiuwen is really wronged. We really don't understand this. He just felt that this matter had nothing to do with the trial, so he didn't make it clear."

"He just said that he is familiar with the law, how could he not know this?" Mr. Cheng looked at the people in the hall coldly, and without waiting for Zhou's mother to continue to plead, he directly ordered, "Come, first bring Zhou Xiuwen Drag him down and punish him with a cane for thirty years!"

"What?" Zhou's mother was shocked. She had just started to examine the case, but she was about to punish her son?

"No, thirty sticks will kill someone, don't do it!"

Seeing that the official was coming to take her son away, Zhou's mother quickly rushed to stop him.

"How outrageous. I have no choice but to ask you to advise me on how to interrogate the case. As Zhou Xiuwen is a suspect, I have the right to decide the interrogation method. If you dare to obstruct me again, you will be guilty of the same crime."

Zhou's mother was so frightened that she didn't dare to stop her anymore. Lord Cheng specifically ordered the beating in the courtroom.

Soon, the board fell on Zhou Xiuwen.

Zhou Xiuwen usually prides himself on being a scholar. He has always been lazy and lazy, and his body and muscles are worse than those of his peers. He started crying and howling immediately after being hit twice.

"My lord, have mercy on me, my lord, have mercy on me!"

Zhou's mother also knelt down and begged for mercy, "Sir, please spare my son. He was really unjust. He didn't kill Zhu'er!"

"Whether he was unjustly accused or not will be known after the interrogation." Mr. Cheng remained unmoved and spoke coldly.

Chu Wanyan knelt aside and watched coldly. Now she no longer had the slightest friendship with Zhou Xiuwen. When she saw him getting slapped, she felt no emotion in her heart, and even felt faintly happy.

Mother Zhou was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. When she turned her head, she saw the sneer hanging on Chu Wanyan's lips, and she suddenly became extremely angry!

Okay, it was obviously Chu Wanyan, a bitch, who killed someone, but now she wants her son to take the blame for her!

With her teeth gritted and her heart pounding, Zhou's mother no longer cared about the accusation of covering up, and spoke directly to Mr. Cheng.

"Sir, I will confess, I will confess everything, Zhu'er was thrown into the well by Chu Wanyan!"