After being reborn with Sister Zha, I was stunned!

Shen Zhinian couldn't help but recognize the servant in his own house.

He could only nod and say, "Master Pei, I recognize him. He is the sixth servant in my house. He usually does odd jobs in the front yard."

Pei Xiren nodded: "Well, it's good that you recognize it."

Then he looked at Liuzi and asked slowly, "Liuzi, tell me, what did you do in Huzhou a few days ago?"

Liuzi looked at Shen Zhinian, then at Pei Xiren in the hall, and knelt down with his head lowered in fear.

"Your Excellency, I am going to buy some fish... The Master loves to eat fresh fish from Yuhu Lake..."

"You like fresh fish? Buy fish?" Pei Xiren's voice suddenly sank: "Do you think I'm easy to fool? It takes two days to go back and forth from the capital to Yuhu County. By the time you buy the fish back, can it still be fresh fish?"

Realizing that he had made a mistake in his words, Liuzi shuddered and lowered his head even lower: "I dare not... Your Excellency, I really just went to buy fish..."

Pei Xiren's eyes swept over him like a knife, and suddenly asked: "In that case, do you remember which shop you bought the fish from?"

"This...this..." Liuzi glanced at Shen Zhinian stealthily.

Shen Zhinian coughed and glanced at Liuzi sharply, intending to warn him not to say anything he shouldn't.

As Liu Zi was hesitating, the gavel suddenly rang in the hall: "You see, he is useless. This matter has been investigated thoroughly. I am only asking you to give you a chance. If you dare to speak nonsense, I will make you suffer in court."

On both sides of the hall, two shifts of yamen runners responded by shouting “mighty” and hitting the ground quickly with their killing sticks. The sounds added up and were deafening.

Liuzi was shocked and immediately trembled all over with fear. He kowtowed repeatedly and no longer cared about Shen Zhinian's gaze.

"Please spare my life, sir! I will tell you everything. Yes, my master and the housekeeper sent me to Yuhu Lake, ostensibly to buy fish, but in fact to deliver a letter..."

"Tell me, who is the letter for? What is in the letter?" Pei Xiren asked loudly.

"I'm delivering a letter to Feng Laoer who often fishes by the Jade Lake... I don't know what it is about... I'm just delivering the letter..."

"How did you get the letter to Feng Laoer?" Pei Xiren asked.

"Grandpa made the letter look like a banknote... I, I pretended to buy fish and used the letter as a banknote to pay Feng Laoer... But I can't read, so I don't know what's written on the letter... This is not the first time I've delivered a letter. I've delivered letters several times when I was in Yuhu... Master and Butler Hu once praised me for my cleverness and reliable work..."

Liuzi didn't wait for any more questions and told him everything.

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhinian's face turned pale and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He couldn't help but defend himself, "Master Pei, I don't know what kind of benefit this servant received from others. This is pure nonsense. I have never asked him to deliver any letter..."

Pei Xiren snorted coldly: "You really won't cry until you see the coffin!"

After saying this, he ordered the runner to bring up another person.

"Sixth son, do you recognize this person?"

Liuzi raised his head and saw the dark-faced man who had just been brought into the hall. He said repeatedly, "Sir, I recognize him. He is Feng Laoer, the man who fished by the Jade Lake!"

Pei Xiren looked at Feng Laoer and said, "Tell me, what message did Liuzi send you that day?"

Feng Laoer had obviously been tortured. There were bloodstains on his clothes, his face was blue and purple, and his lips were bloodless. He bowed towards the hall.

He said in a trembling voice: "My Lord, the letter said that I should inform the brothers in the mountains that the court will soon search the mountains to suppress the bandits, and ask the brothers in the mountains to retreat to other places for the time being..."

Feng Laoer's words caused an uproar inside and outside the hall.

"This, this, this is outrageous? We thought this Shen's family was in chaos, but it turns out that he, he even has dealings with bandits?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is outrageous, the court officials are actually accomplices of the bandits!"

"No wonder this woman surnamed Shen is so vicious. She plotted against the second daughter and murdered the youngest daughter. It turns out that this woman surnamed Shen is actually a bandit!"

Pei Xiren slammed the gavel: "Silence!"

The hall became quiet inside and outside.

"Feng Lao Er, who is the person who sent you the message?"

Feng Lao Er turned to look at Shen Zhinian: "It's him, Master Shen Zhinian..."

Shen Zhinian's face was already pale and he was sweating profusely, but at this moment he could only calm himself down and remain calm.

He bowed in the court and said, "Master Pei, I am innocent. I don't know any Feng Lao Er at all. They are slandering me. Please don't believe them!"

Pei Xiren looked at Feng Laoer and Liuzi and said, "He said that you framed him. Do you admit the crime of framing him?"

If it is a sin, I naturally cannot admit it.

Liuzi kowtowed first: "Sir, I did not accuse you of anything. It was indeed you and Butler Hu who asked me to deliver the letter."

Liuzi's words helped Shen Zhinian find the key to his defense.

"You are such a heartless person. Since you said that it was me and Butler Hu who asked you to go, then you should call Butler Hu out to testify and hear what he has to say!"

He sent Butler Hu to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to deal with the aftermath.

I definitely won’t be able to come back for a while.

At least for now, it is impossible for him to come back to testify.

Even if he really came back, would he be stupid enough to admit it?

Liuzi was frightened by Shen Zhinian and kowtowed to the hall, saying, "My Lord, I know everything I said. It's just that Butler Hu seems to be away from home these past few days..."

Shen Zhinian took the opportunity to say, "Humph, you knew that Butler Hu was not here, but you still dragged him into this! You are just framing someone, a servant framing his master, this is an even greater crime!"

The words "an even greater crime" made Liuzi tremble with fear again.

Just when he didn't know how to continue his defense, the man with disheveled hair and scar on his face who had been brought to the court earlier suddenly laughed.

"Shen Zhinian, I advise you to save your energy... All our brothers have been arrested, why are you still struggling?"

Shen Zhinian's legs went limp.

The complexion that had just relaxed turned pale again in an instant.

Were they all arrested?

Why had he never heard that the imperial court had sent troops to suppress the bandits?

Although he was extremely suspicious and shocked, Shen Zhinian still tried his best to hide his inner shock. He calmed himself down and said, "Who are you? I don't recognize you! I don't know what you are talking about!"

The man smiled again and said, "I am just kindly advising you to save your energy. You can't escape, so just accept your fate! We really met a powerful enemy this time... I have already said everything I need to say..."

Shen Zhinian was furious: "Shut up! Stop talking nonsense to me!"

He gritted his teeth and turned to face the court: "Master Pei, I don't recognize this man at all. The servant in the mansion must have been instructed by someone else to frame me. I hope Master Pei can see clearly and make a decision for me!"

Pei Xiren smiled slightly: "You are really a tough talker, but it doesn't matter, I'll let you meet someone else."

After saying that, he gave the yamen runner beside him a look, and the yamen runner immediately shouted, "Bring the prisoner!"