Early the next morning, everyone from the yamen came to inform them that the stolen goods were found in Luo Gao's home. Now Bie Chengcai and Luo Gao were caught together in the yamen.

As the owners of the lost property, Gu Rao and Bieye also had to go to the Yamen together.

-

When we arrived in Donghuang County, it was already noon, and everyone in the government office was taking a lunch break. Gu Rao and Bieye booked a room at Tianlai Inn, tidied up a little, and then prepared for a lunch break.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Gu Rao thought he was the waiter, so he said, "We don't need hot water now, and we don't want to eat either."

Wen Mo smiled and said, "I'm not here to deliver hot water, nor am I here to deliver food to you."

Gu Rao heard the voice, turned over and sat up from the bed, put on his coat and then said to Bieye, "It's the lawyer, go and open the door for him."

Bieye opened the door.

Wen Mo walked in, sat down at the table, poured himself a cup of hot tea, took a sip and said, "Your case should be coming to an end soon."

Bieye said, "This is a good thing."

Wen Mo nodded.

"I came here today, firstly, to congratulate you, and secondly, because I suspect that this case is closely related to Bie Chengcai."

"Last time in the hall, I noticed that there was a lawsuit between Li Shen and Bie Chengcai."

"Before Li Shen went to your house to steal, he clearly didn't know you, and Bie Chengcai has already had a feud with you, so I suspect that the person who instigated the theft was Bie Chengcai."

"In addition, by chance, I learned that Li Mo'er was pregnant. The child should not grow up."

"I suspect that Li Shen didn't confess Bie Chengcai because his beloved sister was pregnant with Bie Chengcai's child and he didn't want his sister to have a home in the future."

Gu Rao's eyes lit up.

"I've had this suspicion for a long time."

"The remaining jewelry leaked out of Bie Chengcai's home this time, which further proves that my suspicion is correct. He is the mastermind behind it, and Li Shen was used as a gunman by him."

Wen Mo sighed.

"Although Li Shen is a useless person, from people who know him, we can also know that he used to be a fairly honest and kind-hearted person."

"It's a pity that he attaches too much importance to family ties. Now that Li Mo'er is pregnant with Bie Chengcai's child, he probably won't recruit Bie Chengcai even for the sake of his sister and unborn nephew."

"According to the laws of our country, anyone who steals more than a hundred taels of silver will be sentenced to death."

"How much is the jewelry you lost worth?"

Gu Rao said firmly, "Even if you go to a pawn shop to pawn, you will be able to pawn at least two hundred taels of silver."

The gold and silver jewelry alone was already worth a hundred taels, and jade items were also lost. People of this era were particularly interested in jade items, and her jade jewelry was all made of fine materials.

Wen Mo had an idea in his mind.

"If Li Shen is willing to confess that he was instigated by others, he will be imprisoned for at least ten years, but he will at least be exempted from the death penalty."

Gu Rao raised his eyebrows.

"Does the litigator pity him?"

Wen Mo shook his head, looking a little helpless.

"Why should I care about the life and death of a person who can't be beaten with a stick?"

"To be honest, it was Li Moer who begged me to come to my home. My wife is a soft-hearted woman. When I found out that she was pregnant, although I didn't agree with her getting pregnant out of wedlock, I still felt pity for her because she was abandoned by her beloved and was about to get married. I lost my brother who I depended on for my life, so I asked me to help with the situation."

Gu Rao narrowed his eyes.

"You are the lawyer we hired, and now you want to help the sister of the person who stole our things?"

Wen Mo coughed lightly.

"You and I both know that Li Shen was not the mastermind behind this theft. The person who really led this theft was Bie Chengcai. Don't you want the real culprit to be brought to justice?"

Gu Rao looked at Bieye.

"What do you think?"

Although Bie Chengcai is a bit hateful, Bie Ye and Bie Chengcai grew up under the same roof after all. What if there is actually a trace of family affection for Bie Chengcai in his heart?

Bieye's expression was indifferent.

"He let people steal your things and hid them in a bucket. He soiled your things. It would be a pity to die."

Wen Mo spit out a sip of tea.

"Kyoto!?"

Gu Rao was glad that she reacted in time and dodged in time when Wen Mo sprayed tea water, otherwise she would have been sprayed all over her body by now, but even if she avoided most of it, some of her sleeves were still splashed.

He shook his hands to shake the tea off his sleeves.

Wen Mo touched his nose awkwardly.

"Sorry, I was so excited that I couldn't control myself."

What else could Gu Rao say?

"It's okay, I'll be done in a moment."

Having said that, she decided to wait for Wen Mo to leave and go to the space to change her clothes. She really couldn't bear to wear clothes that were sprayed on all day long!

Even if it's just a little bit.

Wen Mo thought about what happened just now and showed an expression of incomprehension and shock.

"No wonder the Yamen has never been able to find the whereabouts of those jewelry. It turned out that he hid them in a bucket. Who would have thought that someone would hide valuable things in such a dirty place!"

Gu Rao's mouth twitched.

"You know so much about Bie Chengcai and Li Shen's affairs, and even about Li Shen's sister Li Mo'er. I thought you knew everything."

Wen Mo was too embarrassed to stay any longer and stood up and said, "While the court is not in session yet, I will go find Li Mo'er and tell her the truth of the matter. Let her choose whether she wants a brother or a man. Then I will take her to the cell and let her persuade her." Brother, as long as she lets go, Li Shen will not use his own life to protect Bing Chengcai."

The back figure almost ran away.

-

Not three minutes later, the Yamen opened for trial.

Gu Rao is still a little unaccustomed to the rules of this era where one has to kneel down when meeting an official, but since he is already in this era, he can only do as the Romans do.

Kneel down at the plaintiff's position with Bieye.

She was a literary scholar and had a reputation as a scholar. She could stand without kneeling when meeting officials. She stood tall and straight, which made Gu Rao a little jealous. If she were a man, in this era, she would definitely take the imperial examination.

It's a pity that she is a woman.

Bieye frowned when he saw his wife staring at Wen Mo. He held Gu Rao's small hand with his broad palm and asked in a low voice, "What are you looking at?"

Gu Rao also whispered to him.

"Take a look and see what's going on?"

Bieye's thin lips pursed slightly.

"nothing."

Gu Rao raised his eyebrows and waited for a while. Sure enough, Bieye couldn't hold it back and asked with a hint of jealousy, "Do you think he is better-looking than me?"

Most women like weak scholars who are both knowledgeable and capable. A rough guy like me is not popular at all compared to gentle scholars.

Gu Rao squeezed his hand.

"Where did you want to go?"

"It's just a pity that I'm not a man. If I were a man, I would definitely have to take the exams to gain fame, at least to become a scholar or something. Then I wouldn't have to kneel down when I meet an official."

He said and hit his knees.

"The ground is really hard. If I had known better, I should have put some padding on my knees."

Sunan didn't know when she came to the hall. Looking at the two people below in the quiet courtroom, who were still flirting as if no one else was around, it felt like a hole was broken in her heart.

It is clearly June, but there is June snow in the hole in my heart.

Did Rao'er do it to him on purpose, to make him stop thinking about it completely? Or are you complaining that he didn't protect her well in the first place, so you want to retaliate against him in this way to make him feel uncomfortable?

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