"Lord Shangguan, yesterday's matter was a case of deliberate incrimination using planted evidence. First, Huang Lin intentionally blocked our way at the city gate and gave us a hard time, and later he ganged up with Shopkeeper Zhou of [Refine Armor] to frame us for stealing. May Lord Shangguan discern the truth," Ye Qingyu said in earnest.

At the same time, everyone's eyes fell on Shangguan Wu.

He had appeared to be a very just and dignified examiner since the start of the ...