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The servants of Yamen were a little hesitant. They were all natives of Tan Yang, so they naturally knew the position of Jia family in Tan Yang. However, Tao Feng's face was currently even more terrifying than Jia family, so they only hesitated for a moment before stepping forward and slapping Jia Yuanling’s face.

"Ugh!" After being slapped in the mouth by the servants, Jia Yuanling immediately cried out in pain.

These servants of Yamen were all well-built men, the strength of their hands was naturally not weak. A slap might not be a big deal, but with just two or three slaps, Jia Yuanling's mouth was already full of blood.

The butler that followed him from Jia family was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy for Jia Yuanling.

At that moment, Mrs. Jia had just come to the court. Seeing this, she staggered and almost fell to the ground, "My son!"

Tao Feng lifted his hand, signaling the servants to stop, and the servants returned to the group with hands full of blood.

When Ling Zhang looked at Jia Yuanling who had collapsed on the ground, with face covered in blood and tears, and then looked at Fang, who was lament to heaven and knock her head on earth, he only felt so good in his heart.

"Silence." Tao Feng shouted.

Fang looked into Tao Feng's sharp eyes, and her crying voice seemed to have been strangled. After a long while, she recovered his voice: "Master, why did you use such torture on my son?"

"Disrupting the court, publicly threatening witnesses, looking down on me, and refusing to admit guilty, what he has done makes it reasonable for me to torture him," Tao Feng said angrily, "Fang, you have tried to question and stop me several times, is it really as Ling Zhang said, that you are arrogant to the point of looking down on all the laws in our court?"

Fang's face suddenly turned pale white.

Ling Zhang simply wanted to clap for Tao Feng, Tao Feng had used the evidence against Jia Yuanling provided by him even more freely than him.

"I, a humble woman, do not have any intention of looking down on the law. Master, you misunderstood me." Fang said, the woman who was trying to be strong earlier started crying, pretending to be weak, "I just felt sorry for my son, please forgive my impulsiveness, for the sake of my love for my child."

"My lord, madame Fang did not offend you on purpose, please forgive her." The Housekeeper of Jia Family said.

"Master, my son was just muddle-headed and did not intend to slander the Ling childe. Please make it clear." Fang cried as she spoke.

"The four of them have already confessed. It was Jia Yuanling who ordered them to push the matter of adultery with dancer onto me. Mrs. Jia, please do not defend Jia Yuanling anymore." Ling Zhang said.

Fang's weeping stopped, and she looked at the four people with a sharp gaze. The four people lowered their headsand did not meet her gaze.

Fang glared at them and said while gnashing her teeth: "They lied."

"I have my own judgement on whether or not they lied," Tao Feng said at this moment, "Before I speak to inquire about the matter, if Fang speaks again, I will punish you with the crime of disturbing the court."

"The four of you, how exactly did Jia Yuanling order you to slander Ling Zhang, and what the specific process was, tell me the truth one by one." Tao Feng said to the four.

The four of them looked at each other and hesitated. It was obvious that the Fang was here, so they no longer dared to speak out loud.

Ling Zhang frowned, this was not fine, he just wanted the four of them to confess, if they did not identify Jia Yuanling, this matter would be very troublesome.

He looked at Tao Feng, and Tao Feng gave him a hidden glance. Then, Tao Feng patted the wood that caused a stir, and shouted loudly, "If you don't tell the truth, everyone will get twenty beats!"

"Master, if these four people do not make a sound, perhaps they are not ordered by Jia Yuanling, but are active participants. Like Jia Yuanling, they are accomplices, and I request master to give them a strict trial, so that these four people can be punished along with Jia Yuanling. They should be exiled to three thousand miles away for twenty years. "Ling Zhang pressured from the side.

The two rows of servants, under the indication of Tao Feng's eyes, coordinated with him and the voice of baton beats resounded through the court.

Under the heavy pressure, the four people were so scared that their faces had turned pale. One of them could not bear it and take the lead to confess, "I will say, I will say, Jia Yuanling told us that he would drug Ling Zhang's Waking Up Wine and after Ling Zhang fainted, he would strip Ling Zhang's clothes and throw him beside the dancer."