Chapter 181

Zhao You was a servant at the Zhao Residence. His face was bruised and swollen, and he walked with a limp. Zhao Cheng grabbed him and said with a vicious grin, "He's the witness! He can prove that Shen sneaked into the Liu Residence at night and injured Young Master Lin!"

Zhao You knew nothing about the dispute between the Shen couple and Young Master Lin, or what Young Master Lin had done. He had not even been at the residence last night. How could he possibly know whether Shen had injured anyone?

That only made Madam Zhao more certain that Zhao Cheng had beaten a confession out of him. Anger set her head buzzing.

"You're shameless! You tortured him into saying what you wanted. Zhao Cheng, you'll get what's coming to you!"

Zhao Cheng snorted, plainly unconcerned about getting what was coming to him.

"Speak! Didn't you see Shen go out in the middle of the night and sneak into the Liu Residence?"

Zhao You's lips trembled. He mumbled, unable to get the words out.

"Speak!"

Just as the crowd was about to witness a confession being beaten out of someone in broad daylight, a pebble struck the back of Zhao Cheng's hand. He grunted in pain and instinctively let go. Before he knew what was happening, Wu You grabbed Zhao You by the clothes and pulled him away.

The moment Zhao You was free, he shouted,

"I didn't see Shen leave in the middle of the night! Zhao Cheng caught me on the road. He tried to force me to frame Shen, and when I refused, he beat me!"

"Zhao Cheng!"

Even the neighbors who had been too frightened to come out erupted in anger. Under Magistrate Zhang's rule, things like this had happened far too many times!