After being dragged back in, he touched his back, which was bleeding slightly, and no longer dared to lie.
"The small one was wrong. It was... that young lady gave me six hundred taels in banknotes and... and a gold hairpin..." Glancing at the Chief Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, whose mouth was twitching as if he were about to speak, he quickly corrected himself, "No, it was me! I picked up the gold hairpin!"
"The young lady seemed very panicked; the gold hairpin on her head was loose. When she turned to leave, the hairpin fell off, and I... I just picked it up."
Chapter 40