"My Lord, the night was dark and turbulent. Although I couldn't see clearly, I could still make a general idea of ​​him. He is a big man, and I won't make a mistake. Besides, I recognize his voice, so I won't be wrong."

With the witness, Bai Bai slammed the gavel, "Wang Erma, do you have anything else to say? If you don't admit to kidnapping Su Ruanruan, I can still summon other witnesses. You don't think that I only found this one witness!"

Wang Erma panicked and kowtowed quickly, "Please spare my life, sir. I won't dare to do it again. Everything was instigated by the boss. It has nothing to do with me."

"I want to ask you, why did you kidnap Su Ruanruan?"

Wang Er wiped the sweat off his palms and said, "Yesterday, when I was about to close the stall, I didn't notice someone threw a ball of paper on the table. I didn't want to deal with it, but the boss happened to wake up and snatched the ball of paper away."

"My boss couldn't read, so he asked me to find someone to find out what was written on the paper."

Bai Bai asked, "What's written on the paper? Tell the truth."

"To answer your question, the note said that Su Ruanruan would appear in Willow Lane after nightfall."

"Then have you found out who sent the note?"

"No, the boss originally planned to go to the brothel, but after receiving the note, he changed his mind and asked me to go to Willow Alley to check it out. If I really see the girl, I will capture her."

"You've never seen Su Ruanruan, how do you know if it's her? Aren't you afraid of arresting the wrong person?"

Wang Erma pursed his lips and said, "No, the boss said...she is the one with the most exquisite figure."

Mu Baiyin clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves and shouted angrily, "You are forcibly seizing a woman in broad daylight. Do you still have the law?"

"Although Butcher Zhou has been murdered, his crimes are too numerous to list. Even you, his accomplice, cannot escape the punishment of the law."

"What people do, the heavens also see! There is a god above your head, just wait!"

Wang Erma shrank his neck. He was really scared now. He had never thought that things would become so serious.

A low laugh was heard from the crowd outside the hall, and everyone looked over in the direction of the voice.

But there was a man in a deep blue brocade robe, with his hands behind his back and a hint of mockery on his lips. Next to him stood a gentle man with bruises on his face. It was Zeng Yuan.

The person who made the mocking sound was Zeng Yuan's lackey. His face had the heaviest bruises, and it was obvious that he had been beaten.

Huo Yan squinted his eyes and looked at him. He could already smell the strong smell of gunpowder between that man and Mu Bai.

Su He, wearing a veil, stood in the distance. She could only see the crowded hall outside.

I don’t know what’s going on inside.

Bai Bai tapped the table with his slender fingers.

Why are they here? This is so annoying.

He has already locked up his daughter. Why are they coming here to join in the fun instead of going home to recuperate?

Doesn’t he want to cause trouble for Mu Bai again?

"Mr. Mu, you are so indignant, but are you speaking up for your beloved? As far as I know, the woman you hold in your heart has a bad character. She is despised by everyone in Maoshan Village."

"Some time ago, she was kidnapped by a flower thief. You are the only one who treasures such a chaste and unchaste woman. If you ask me, maybe she would rather serve Butcher Zhou."

"In the end, it must have been for the silver. They killed Butcher Zhou while he was asleep."

"Isn't that what everyone thinks?" the lackey said with a smile, and Zeng Yuan also showed a triumphant smile.

Outside the hall, everyone started talking at once, saying all kinds of things.

For a moment, the court looked like a noisy vegetable market.

Mu Bai's eyes were cold as he approached Zeng Yuan and the others step by step, mocking them, "As expected, if you have a dirty mind, you will imagine people to be what they are like. It seems that the beating you received was not light enough!"

"Do you know what happened? You just spread rumors with your dirty, smelly yellow teeth? You are scholars!"

"Mr. Mu, calm down. This official and my daughter have some friendship with Miss Su, so we naturally believe in her character. I advise you all not to follow the crowd and lose your own judgment."

"If it is true as that young master said, that Miss Su never resisted and followed Butcher Zhou voluntarily, then she should not be like this now."

Bai Bai waved his hand, and the bailiffs carried Su Ruanruan out.

Instantly, a fishy smell spread out and everyone covered their noses.

Only Mu Bai stayed by Su Ruanruan's side, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

She has been unconscious and hasn't woken up yet.

Everyone stood on tiptoe to look inside, and when they saw Su Ruanruan covered in blood and her face tortured beyond recognition, they all gasped.

Mu Bai raised his eyes and looked at Zeng Yuan. "How could she kill Butcher Zhou if she was described like this? If she hadn't had her last breath hanging on, she would have died long ago."

"You said Ruanruan killed Butcher Zhou, but the coroner also said that Butcher Zhou was killed at noon, and Ruanruan was lying on the bed in the tofu shop, barely breathing. How could she have killed that bad guy?"

Bai Bai also said, "Mr. Mu, please be patient. I have also found a neighbor of Butcher Zhou. Let's hear what he has to say first."

A middle-aged man knelt on the ground with his two sons, "Sir, my home is not far from Butcher Zhou's home. Last night, I got up to go to the toilet and heard someone outside shouting for help. At first I thought I heard it wrong. Then I looked out through the crack in the door and found Butcher Zhou chasing a woman who had escaped."

"Then do you know if he was chasing the woman lying on the ground?"

The middle-aged man shook his head, "It's too dark, I can't see clearly."

Huo Yan stepped forward and said, "Sir, we found several hooks in Butcher Zhou's house. Each hook was stained with blood. I have identified that the other hooks were left by hanging pork, but the blood on one of the hooks was not pig blood, but human blood."

"And I just asked the female doctor who treated Su Ruanruan, and she also confirmed that Su Ruanruan had a wound on her shoulder, which looked exactly like the wound caused by the hook."

"Well, all signs indicate that the injuries on Miss Su were indeed caused by Butcher Zhou. He is so inhumane." Bai Bai said gritting his teeth.

"What kind of person is Butcher Zhou? Have you ever dealt with him?"

He asked Butcher Zhou's neighbor again.

The middle-aged man and his two sons looked at each other and said in a deep voice, "Well, it's a long story. Now that Butcher Zhou is dead, I have nothing to fear."

"Butcher Zhou is a bully in our area. He relies on his wealth and his brother being the son-in-law of the magistrate of a neighboring county, so he is lawless and bullies men and women. The common people and neighbors are miserable. He bullies and dominates the market. Neighbors try to hide from him when they see him. Those who live close to him have moved away, and those with women at home have also moved away..."

"I lost my wife at an early age, and I have only two sons at home. I usually don't bother him, and I tolerate him as much as I can. I can get by, so I haven't moved away..."

"Then have you noticed who has been in and out of Butcher Zhou's house from yesterday to today?"

"To answer your question, sir, last night Butcher Zhou took the woman back, and I went back to sleep. I didn't pay attention to what was going on over there, and I don't know when the woman left."

The ten-year-old son next to him looked up at Bai Bai, as if he wanted to say something.

"How old are you, kid?"

The child lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "To answer your question, I am... nine years old."

Bai Bai asked seriously, "Did you see anything?"

"I...I saw that uncle climb over the wall and enter Butcher Zhou's house."

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