Kick out the general as soon as you are reborn

half an hour later

Liu Yanyan walked into the court and sat behind her desk, looking at the thin and frail Lan Mei lying on the ground and Wang Han standing there in a red official robe and holding a white jade folding fan. If they met on the street, they would not be able to connect the two together.

Zhang, the chief official, slammed the gavel, and everyone in the hall fell silent. "Who is here? What do you want? Tell me quickly."

Wang Han bowed and said, "Master Zhang, you asked me to come here. I don't know why you asked the yamen runners to ask me to come here."

Lan Mei looked at Wang Han and coughed in anger. After a long time, she spoke, "Sir, please help me. I am from Ping'an Town, Jiangzhou. I have been engaged to Wang Han for a long time. When his parents died, he was only eight years old. I have been supporting him to study and take the imperial examinations. When he was fourteen and passed the county examination, you wrote me a marriage certificate to make me feel at ease."

Wang Han looked at it leisurely, as if he was sure of victory. "Oh, where is the marriage certificate? Did you file it with the government? If not, did you keep it safe? You said I spent your money, do you have an IOU? Take out the IOU and let me see it."

Seeing him like this, Lan Mei was so angry, "You, you, I have the marriage certificate. I have given it to the princess. It is in the princess's hands."

Wang Han said slowly, "How can you prove that I wrote the marriage certificate? Wang even said that you forged it! Wang is an official now, and I don't know how many people will try to get him."

Seeing Wang Han keep asking questions, Zhang slammed the gavel and said, "Wang Han, this is my court, no noise is allowed."

Upon hearing this, Wang Han glared at Lan Mei, bowed and stood aside.

Liu Yanyan looked at the confident Wang Han and felt inexplicably irritated.

Zhang said, "Lanmei, do you have anything to say?"

Lan Mei timidly glanced at Wang Han, and seeing the princess sitting up there, she mustered up her courage and said, "Yes, Wang Han deceived me into marriage and asked me to support him. Now he's breaking off the marriage and refusing to acknowledge me. I want him to welcome me back into his family in a sedan chair carried by eight people, just like he promised. No matter what I say, I'm still his legitimate wife, and anyone who comes in later will have to be my mistress."

Wang Han looked at the skinny Lan Mei and frowned in disdain, "Lan Mei, you are just from the same village as me, how dare you! Don't talk nonsense, where did Li and I get engaged? I passed the exam with great difficulty, so don't get involved with me."

Lan Mei looked at him with a face full of disappointment. "Wang Han, you said I was talking nonsense. The marriage certificate you gave me is still in the hands of the princess! Do you dare to deny it? Wang Han, do you have a conscience? In order to support you, I do everything. How dare you! Look at my hands. If it weren't for making money, would they become like this?"

Liu Yanyan looked at Wang Han with disdain, saying nothing, just waiting to see how he would argue.

Wang Han said with disdain, "How do you prove that it was written by me, Mr. Zhang? I request to verify the handwriting."

Liu Yanyan nodded, and then Zhang nodded, signaling the yamen runner to give the rice paper and ink to Wang Han.

Wang Han wrote on rice paper: "If you look at people with a mean heart, then everyone is a mean person."

Liu Yanyan took the rice paper handed over by the yamen runner and saw that the handwriting on the paper was very different. She looked at Wang Han's smug expression and turned to the yamen runner next to her and said, "Go and ask the masters who specialize in handwriting comparison in the yamen to come over and find a few more."

The bailiff bowed and ran out.

When Wang Han heard that they had to ask a master to examine it, his heart skipped a beat, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "You guys check it carefully, but don't let her slander me and ruin my reputation." However, the hand holding the white jade folding fan behind him was clenched so tightly that his fingertips turned white.

Liu Yanyan snorted and looked at Wang Han with disdain. Then she heard Jin Xia, who was hiding in the back hall, whisper, "Sister Shuhui, you see Wang Han is not bad. That woman must have wronged him. She just wanted to get close to Wang Han because he was successful. I'm going to beat her up."

Shuhui whispered, "Jinxia, ​​don't go. The case is still being tried! You can't go over there. Wait until the trial is over."

Jin Xia muttered quietly, "Wang Han must have been wrongly accused. The marriage certificate must be fake. That woman is a liar. I knew she was a liar the moment I heard her. How could she, a commoner woman, give away the third place winner? I knew she was a liar the moment I heard her."

Shuhui whispered, "Stop talking. We are in the back and cannot disturb their trial. We will know later whether Wang Han is innocent or not."

When Liu Yanyan heard Jin Xia's words, she felt that Jin Xia was too naive. Looking at Wang Han's not-so-handsome face, she was full of doubts. Why did that little girl Jin Xia like such a scumbag?

Turning to look at Lan Mei, he thought that even if she wanted to cheat, she wouldn't starve herself to death! She didn't have the money to write a fake marriage certificate to make it look old!

Soon, the yamen runners came over with three handwriting masters. "Master Liu, these three are famous handwriting comparison masters in Beijing. They are Master Liu, Master He, and Master Wang. No handwriting copying can get away with it under their hands."

Several people knelt down and saluted. "I pay my respects to the two adults."

Liu Yanyan replied, "Please stand up. I have invited the three of you here today to verify whether this marriage certificate and the calligraphy next to it were written by the same person."

The chubby Master Liu stepped forward and assured, "Don't worry, sir. I have been influenced by my father since I was a child, and I will never make any mistakes."

The tall and thin Master He also assured, "Don't worry, sir. I own several bookstores and antique shops. I guarantee that there will be no mistakes."

The oldest chef, Master Wang, said, "I will not destroy my own reputation. I have not made any mistakes in decades."

Seeing that the three men were full of confidence, Liu Yanyan said, "Please trouble you three." With a wave of her hand, the bailiff led the three men to the desk next to them.

Lan Mei looked at them nervously, like a fragile little white flower.

Wang Han held the fan and fanned himself at a much faster frequency.

When Liu Yanyan saw several masters discussing something around the table, she became nervous.

Soon, several people came back and saluted respectfully. The oldest master, Master Wang, spoke up, "To answer your question, sir, after discussion, we are 7% sure that the handwriting on this divorce letter and this note was written by the same person."

Wang Han heard this and said, "How dare you. I am the third place winner of this year's imperial examination and a fifth-rank official. How dare you slander me when you are not 5% sure?"

Lan Mei had a look of devastation on her face. She looked up at Lord Zhang above her. Lord Zhang lowered his head and avoided her, not daring to look directly at her. He then turned to look at the princess next to him.

Seeing Lan Mei's desperate look, Liu Yanyan asked, "Lan Mei, are you sure he wrote this? Did you watch him write it?"

Lan Mei nodded firmly, "Princess, I am sure. I watched him write this. I was holding the lamp beside him. I have kept it carefully. Every time I couldn't bear it any longer, I would take it out and read it."

Liu Yanyan raised her eyes and looked at Wang Han, and before anyone could react, she threw an inkstone at Wang Han.