"If you really don't trust me, you can send your own people to search me too, and see whether I actually have this so-called Silver Hairpin on me."
The Shop Assistant was utterly flustered. Pointing hatefully at Su Qiao, she said, "You must have secretly thrown it away on the road. You..."
Su Qiao calmly rewrapped her cloth bundle.
"All along the way, more than ten of you surrounded me. I didn't come into contact with anyone.
"With so many pairs of eyes fixed on me, how could I have thrown it away? Do you think I'm a god?"
Magistrate Guo coldly glared at the Shop Assistant. "How dare you question this official's impartiality! Men, drag her away and give her fifty strokes to serve as a warning!"
"No, Boss! Boss, save me..."
The Shop Assistant panicked when she heard that she was going to be beaten, especially with fifty strokes.
However, how could the female constables, who had been suspected of favoritism, allow her to say anything more?
They directly covered her mouth, dragged her outside, threw her onto the long bench, and began beating her.
They didn't hold back in the slightest.
By then, Fang Qin also knew that the matter had completely gone awry.
She took a deep breath and respectfully bowed toward the front.
"My lord, this was indeed caused by my shop assistant's foolishness. She made a mistake in her haste. I ask that you and Miss Su forgive her. As for the compensation, I'll have someone deliver it immediately."
Seeing that she had admitted her mistake with a good attitude, Magistrate Guo did not continue pressing the matter.
"Hmm. You should get rid of such a foolish shop assistant, lest she bring you trouble and waste this official's time and energy."
"You are right