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The prison quietened down. The county magistrate stood in front of the door with a dark expression as he looked at Bai Jin. He said solemnly, "There's no one left in the prison. You can speak now."

Bai Jin bowed to the county magistrate and said slowly, "My lord, I know that you have been instigated and slandered by a scoundrel. That is why you mistook him for a scoundrel and let him go