I am the stepmother of my son, and the little villain has changed into a little cotton-padded jacket

Zhao Lu was really scared now. He had finally become familiar to Liang Yan and could speak with his head held high among the constables, but he didn't expect to be caught red-handed by Liang Yan today.

He just came to his senses and realized belatedly how outrageous what he had just said was. If Liang Yan was really angry, he would not have enough heads.

Thinking of this, Zhao Lu's face turned completely pale, his lips trembled so much that he couldn't even speak.

Seeing that his backer had become like this, Tian Zhi on the side lowered his head and kept silent, trying to reduce his presence.

He never thought that a woman who looked ordinary could be a guest of honor of the pavilion chief, and it seemed that the friendship between the two was not ordinary. He had hit a wall this time.

Tian Zhi couldn't help feeling panicky. Zhao Lu couldn't even protect himself now, let alone protect him.

Tian Zhi now only hopes that Zhao Lu will not put all the blame on him in order to clear his own innocence.

Sure enough, Zhao Lu suddenly seemed to remember something, raised his hand, pointed at Tian Zhi beside him and shouted at Liang Yan.

"It's all his fault. If he hadn't cried out to me, I wouldn't have lost my mind for a moment and done something that offended the girl. If you want to blame someone, blame him. It has nothing to do with me. My Lord, please forgive me this time because I have followed you for so many years!"

Tian Zhi stared in amazement at Zhao Lu, who usually treated him as a brother. After he came to his senses, he pointed at Zhao Lu and retorted angrily.

"That's not the case. I didn't ask you to say those outrageous words! Besides, I really have a grievance against myself!"

Zhao Lu glared and reached out to cover Tian Zhi's mouth: "Shut up! If it weren't for you, how could I have gotten involved in this matter? So it's all your fault!"

Tian Zhi turned his head and struggled to resist Zhao Lu. Now he no longer called him "brother", but called him by his full name.

"Zhao Lu! I'm giving you face by calling you brother! Don't be ungrateful. You said all those things just now. They have nothing to do with me. Don't slander me here. I tell you, even a dog will bite when it's angry! Don't force me to tell you all the bad things you've done! If you don't let me have a good life, I will never let you go!"

The two men tore each other's clothes and started fighting in public.

The officers all looked at each other, trying hard to suppress their smiles and standing aside solemnly.

Liang Yan looked at the two men struggling on the ground and couldn't bear to watch it. He didn't want to admit that these were his men.

Wen Shutang stood aside and watched the dog-eat-dog scene with great interest. These two guys are really "good brothers".

Zhao Lu looked at Tian Zhi angrily. He was regretting it so much. Why did he try to be so brave and help this brainless Tian Zhi? Now, he was the one who said the words and offended the person, so he must be the one to be punished.

Thinking of this, Zhao Lu couldn't help but want to strangle Tian Zhi to death. If it weren't for this brainless guy, how could he have fallen here?

But things had already happened, and there was no point in regretting. Zhao Lu forcefully shook off Tian Zhi's hand that was grabbing his clothes, then turned to look at Liang Yan, and hurriedly crawled over to beg for mercy. He grabbed Liang Yan's trouser legs and refused to let go.

"Sir, I really know I was wrong. Please forgive me this time. I beg you to show some leniency. I will never make such a big mistake again in the future!"

Liang Yan frowned and lowered his head, looking at the embarrassed Zhao Lu. He snorted coldly and suddenly pulled his clothes back from Zhao Lu's hands.

If Zhao Lu had offended just an ordinary person today, Liang Yan might have symbolically punished Zhao Lu for the sake of his own reputation, but he would definitely not punish him too severely. After all, he was one of his more capable subordinates.

Liang Yan certainly didn't want to lose one of his subordinates like this, but the person Zhao Lu offended today was Wen Shutang, who had an unknown backer.

Even Liang Yan didn't dare to offend her easily. After all, the verbal threat from the man in black last time and the arrow letter this time had already frightened him.

If I really offend Wen Shutang, who knows what kind of trouble might happen in the future.

He is not too old now and wants to live a few more years.

So, faced with the two choices of taking the risk to save a subordinate who is of little use and choosing to protect Wen Shutang now and sit peacefully in his position as the head of the pavilion, Liang Yan decisively chose the latter.

After all, everyone has to think about themselves, right?

Thinking of this, Liang Yan's expression became more serious, and his voice was cold: "You have done such immoral things and said such treasonous words. If I continue to keep you, it will be a disaster for me! You dare to be so arrogant to the people. Who knows, it won't be long before the black gauze hat on my head will be put on your head, Zhao Lu!"

He suddenly raised the volume of the last syllable, which frightened Zhao Lu so much that he trembled all over and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him.

"No, no, no! It's unfair! How could I be so bold as to covet your position!"

Wen Shutang, who was standing by, raised his eyebrows and said at the right time, "Where is it? Captain Zhao, do you want me to repeat what you just said to Lord Liang?"

Hearing Wen Shutang's voice, Zhao Lu made a bitter face.

"Madam, I was blind and didn't know that you and the Pavilion Master had such a deep friendship. If I knew, I would never dare to offend you! I was blind and offended you. I hope you can be magnanimous and don't bother with me."

Hearing this, Wen Shutang folded his arms, turned to look at Liang Yan and said with a smile.

"Did you hear that, Lord Liang? It's not that I'm petty. It's that he doesn't realize where he went wrong."

Liang Yan nodded, then turned around and walked up to the podium, sat on the court, slammed the gavel, looked at Zhao Lu coldly and spoke.

"Zhao Lu! You have been following me for so many years. I originally thought that you were just a little careless and not a bad person at heart. But now it seems that I was wrong. You actually took advantage of my absence to privately judge the case, and you were unfair and biased towards your relatives! I was the only one who discovered it today. If I hadn't discovered it, would you have still used lynching against Madam Wen's family?!"

Zhao Lu, who was kneeling on the ground, felt his heart sink when he heard what Liang Yan said. He immediately turned pale and collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.