Xia Chujian nodded and said calmly, "Yes, Chief Quan Da is my attorney."
"Either hand over those people's names today, or wait for my lawyer's letter. I'll name you directly as Rong Shenzhi's primary accomplice."
Qiu Shenxing stared at her for a long while before saying, "You really aren't afraid of us?"
Xia Chujian said, "Why should I be afraid? Yes, you nobles have Criminal Immunity compared to commoners."
"But that only applies to capital crimes."
"Don't you know the saying: spared from death, but not from suffering?"
"There's also another saying: worse than death."
Qiu Shenxing laughed at Xia Chujian's words. "...Are you really threatening me?"
Xia Chujian said, "No, I'm not threatening you. I'm discussing the matter at hand."
"You just admitted that you knew about Rong Shenzhi's plan, and Rong Shenzhi used your identity. Yet you're telling me you have absolutely nothing to do with this?"
"Believe it or not, I can still sue you. Even if I can't have you sentenced to death, I can still make it impossible for you to hold your head up in your family."
She knew that what these noble scions cared about most was inheritance rights.
Especially the right to inherit a title.
After learning that Rong Shenzhi had borrowed the real identity of a Qiu Clan disciple, she had investigated Qiu Shenxing.
Within the Qiu Clan, Qiu Shenxing was indeed one of the highest-ranking heirs to a title.
Because Qiu Shenxing's father was the First Heir of Qiu.
But his father had siblings, and Qiu Shenxing himself had siblings as well.
That meant the internal competition could be vicious.
Xia Chujian was merely hinting that the law might not be able to punish him, but his family would not care whether he had actually been convicted by the law...