After the last piece of evidence was mentioned, everyone was stunned!

Of course, only the Xie family and the Liu family knew clearly that they were clearly trying to trick Meilan just now.

Hu San also opened his eyes wide. He never expected that the person he identified last night was not Liu Ruolan at all.

In other words, their plan failed from the beginning.

Mei Lan was also obviously confused, not expecting such a development at all, while the housekeeper outside the court slapped her thigh and secretly scolded Mei Lan for being too stupid. This time, she was afraid that the young lady's reputation would be damaged.

Before Mei Lan could defend herself, she heard Hu San burst out laughing.

"That's it! That's it! Mei Lan, what else can you say now? Just take it. You can't escape a beating with a stick. I, Hu San, admit it. It is indeed me, Hu San, who has bad intentions. I deserve it.

You were beaten. But you are a delicate little girl, so you have to think clearly. Don’t take the blame for your master. You will be unable to marry with the stigma all your life!"

Mei Lan's face turned pale, and she felt that all her strength had been exhausted. Then she leaned forward and knelt on the ground. She had no idea for a moment.

The housekeeper of the Song family outside was so angry that he really wanted to rush up and beat Hu San violently, but he was unable to do anything. Now he could only turn to Liu Mansion for help.

Mei Lan did not confess the young lady, but said that she had a bad heart and could not see that a country woman could have the status of a scholar, so she wanted to destroy her reputation.

It's just that I don't know how many people believe what she said.

At least, no one in court believed it.

Mei Lan did not dare to reveal her daughter, otherwise her whole family would be dead. She was already like this, how could she dare to bring trouble to the family again?

Hu San and Mei Lan were both sentenced to 30 taels of silver and later imprisoned. Hu San was sentenced to six years in prison and had to pay the victim 10 taels of silver.

Mei Lan admitted that he was the mastermind, so he was sentenced to eight years in prison and paid twenty taels of silver to his victim.

Because Liu Ruolan was not present, the thirty taels of silver judgment fell into Liu Shen's hands.

When Liu Shen came out of the court, he first thanked all the relatives of the Xie family, and then asked his second son and third son to invite these relatives to sit in the restaurant and taste their craftsmanship.

The Liu and Xie families were originally in-laws, but now that the bad guys have been punished and things have come to light, the Xie family declined and followed.

Liu Shen himself went to Houya to talk to his eldest son.

Boss Liu is now the head of the county's official office. It is not easy for him to sit in this position because of his reputation as a scholar.

Counties generally have "six rooms", which are the specific agencies of the county government, including the official, household, work, military, punishment, and ritual rooms.

Boss Liu is now the head of the house, and he has a little bit of status. It is obvious that the master has spoken for them about today's matter.

Liu Shen asked his eldest son to come over, just to ask him to express his gratitude to his master, and to see if it would be better to give him some silver as a thank you, or to buy another thank you gift.

"Dad, I'll deal with this later. My son wants to invite the master and a few subordinates to have a drink with him tomorrow. It's not just the master who contributed to today's incident."

Liu Shen then thought about it. At that time, Hu San was being forced to lie on the ground. The county magistrate just frowned and did not speak openly. It can be seen that the two government officials were also showing their kindness to the eldest son.

"Forget it, there are ten taels of silver here, just prepare the wine and food, and use the rest to choose some small gifts for Master. We can't let people think that our help is in vain."

"Yes, Dad, we don't need so much. If we go to the best restaurant in the county to eat, we only need five taels of silver per day, so we won't need so much money."

"Take it. It's easy to do things with money, so don't let others look down upon you."

"Yes, my son has remembered it."

"Also, the county magistrate, you should show your kindness. After all, we will gain this time."

"Okay, it's not easy for the county magistrate to start here, but my wife likes the chicken soup noodles in our restaurant. Why don't you ask me to bring the ingredients and cook a meal for you and your wife to try."

As the county magistrate's wife, it is natural that she cannot go out and show herself in small restaurants, so this is a lucky coincidence.

Liu Shen took everything into consideration, and then walked slowly to the restaurant with thirty taels of silver in his pocket.

In front of the Xie family members, Liu Shen handed the thirty taels of silver to Xie Laosan.

"My dear nephew, this money was awarded by the county magistrate to my disgraced daughter. Since she has married into your family, it is not appropriate for me to hold the money. So I will leave it to you first."

There's nothing Xie Laosan doesn't dare to take. Anyway, he will give it to his second sister-in-law when he returns.

Liu Shen then alone put a money bag into the hands of the young man, the village chief's eldest grandson. It was not big, but it was heavy in his hand.

"Thanks to this young gentleman today, there are not many coins in it, so I think it's my old man's wish."

The young man refused to accept the offer, and the village chief also felt it was inappropriate.

It was later that Xie Laifu spoke, and the young man took the money bag.

This was all done in front of everyone. Naturally, the Xie family felt that the Liu family were generous and considerate in doing things and would not let anyone do their work in vain.

This contrast made Xie Xiuran feel a bit shameless, because when he just went to the restaurant, he muttered: "I don't know how much the Xie family will end up with thirty taels of silver."

When he said this, he deliberately put pressure on the Liu family, so he did not avoid them.

Now that they see Liu Shen's behavior, others only think that he is a petty person.

After the matter was settled and everyone had a hearty meal, Liu Shen called Liu Laoer to drive them back in person.

When we arrived, we used the two carts owned by the village chief and the clan chief, one with a mule cart and the other with a donkey cart.

Because there were so many people coming, there were many young people walking.

Now that Liu Laoer has caught up with a mule cart, the return speed will naturally be faster.

In the Xie family, Xie Rongzhao stayed with his mother-in-law and made funny faces for her from time to time, but the effect was not very good.

Liu Ruolan didn't sleep well last night. She felt weak when she woke up this morning, but she still managed to get up and talk to her brother and nephews for a while.

Xie’s house is very quiet now both inside and outside!

Grandma Xie, who usually scolded Liu Ruolan for being lazy and not working, was silent now.

Mrs. Gao also hid in the house with some fear, sometimes wondering if her stealing of the second bedroom's belongings would be exposed, and sometimes worried that Mei Lan would involve her.

I don’t know how capable Miss Song is and whether she can suppress this matter!

Mr. Gao was lying on the bed, tossing and turning in silence. It seemed as if as soon as he closed his eyes, he could see the scene of a government official coming to lock someone up!

This kind of uneasy feeling can really drive people crazy.

What she didn't know was that Mei Lan did not confess her, but after being imprisoned, Mei Lan received special care from the cell.
Chapter completed!