Facing Official Liu's pleas for mercy, Lord Zhang remained indifferent. Instead, he ordered Official Liu and that junior official to be taken to the County Government's prison, declaring that he would conduct a thorough investigation. Only after everything had been clearly determined would he officially convict Official Liu and that junior official.
Watching Official Liu and that junior official being led away, An Jing had only one thought: One reaps what one sows.
Xiao Changyi remained expressionless.
Master Zhou, Zhao, Sun, and Li, all five officials, felt greatly relieved to see Official Liu and that junior official taken away.
An Jing, observing the five officials appearing extremely relieved, found it amusing. She wondered who among them had just been speaking on someone else's behalf.