At this point, some people wanted to follow them to the yamen to keep watching the spectacle, while others wanted to disperse.
Song Yaoyao: *[Guagua, what sentences will Yao Qi and Chen Yanqiu receive?*
*If I didn't still have to patrol, I'd want to follow them and see what happens next.]*
Guagua: *[In cases like this, the man generally receives thirty strokes of the heavy paddle and the woman twenty, followed by three years of penal labor!*
*Those blows will probably leave them half dead. With another three years of penal labor afterward, whether they survive will depend on their luck!]*
Song Yaoyao: [It's no more than they deserve!]
Guagua: *[Mm.*
*Host, look behind you.]*
Song Yaoyao turned around and saw Sun Liucai preparing to slip away with his men.
Song Qinghui had also heard Guagua's warning and immediately blocked their path.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Sun Liucai stopped. As he turned around, he plastered on a fawning smile.
"Your Honor, hasn't everything been cleared up now?
Someone really did borrow our silver. This humble commoner told you nothing but the truth.
Now that we know it was all a misunderstanding, we were going back to report this to our master."
Song Yaoyao looked at Sun Liucai with a smile that never reached her eyes.
"Isn't there anything you'd like to say?"
Sun Liucai shook his head like a pellet drum and said,
"N-no, nothing."
"Really?"
"Nothing."
"You may have nothing to say, but I certainly do."
"Huh?"
Sun Liucai clearly hadn't expected the official before him to say that, and for a moment, he failed to react.
Ignoring his stunned expression, Song Yaoyao said,
"Some time ago, the government posted a notice forbidding anyone from lending at usurious rates for any reason. You know about that, don't