Lu Tieniu recognized the man at a glance among the stewards surnamed Mu.
Lu Tieniu pointed at him and said, "That's him."
The moment Steward Mu saw Lu Tieniu, he knew he was finished.
He had disguised himself when he went to find those mountain bandits, but the brutes had ripped his disguise right off, saying they needed to "bare themselves to each other" to show their sincerity.
That was the first time he had learned the expression could be used like that.
The second-in-command had been there at the time.
Now Steward Mu cursed inwardly without pause: How could this second-in-command be so useless? How had he let the authorities capture him?
With things having reached this point, he could only name the mastermind.
He still had an entire family, young and old, to support. He was just an errand runner; he could not let himself become a scapegoat and be beaten to death as the mastermind.
The questioning that followed went smoothly. Steward Mu confessed everything.
Huai Yueshan and Huai Yunzhi immediately dropped to their knees, crying out:
"My lord, we've been wronged! We've been wronged..."
Seeing Zhang Xinwan beside him, Huai Yunzhi caught her sleeve and said:
"Wanwan, believe me. Our Huai Family has been wronged. My feelings for you are sincere. Don't you remember how I stayed by your side every day after your parents died?
"Wanwan, hurry and explain it to the County Magistrate..."
Zhang Xinwan flung Huai Yunzhi's hand away, then tore the white cloth from her eyes and said:
"Huai Yunzhi, you still have the gall to bring up my parents? You still have the gall to claim credit here?
"You thought I couldn't see, so you tumbled into bed with my maid right in my own chamber. You've already defiled Dongmei from