When the officials of the Ministry of Justice heard eunuch Liu's words, they thought that he was making things difficult for Xu Qi 'an. They gloated and decided that if Xu Qi' an said anything wrong, they would immediately criticize him and embarrass him.
Scholars were actually very good at fighting, but not in martial arts.
The officials and constables of the magistrate's office had a wait-and-see attitude. They didn't care what kind of clues this impetuous Gong could give. However, they were surprised to find that the Prefectural magistrate was no longer in a daze. He stopped slightly and actually put on a posture of listening attentively.
Lu Qing whispered,"have you forgotten?" Xu Qi 'an, the Xu Qi' an from the tax and silver case."
After her reminder, everyone in the house suddenly came to their senses and remembered Xu Qi 'an.