Chapter 324 The crime and punishment are commensurate
Linghu City, Chu Family Courtyard
"Please have mercy, sir." Yang Guang knelt in front of Chu Qianqiu and kept kowtowing.
"Get up, Xiaoyang."
"I can't help you with this matter." Chu Qianqiu sighed and tried to help Yang Guang up, but he broke away and continued to kowtow.
"Please have mercy, sir." Yang Guang gritted his teeth and begged without saying what was going on.
"Xiaoyang, you know the rules of the Shenwei Army, right?"
"Yang Guang knows."
"Uncle Yang embezzled not fifty taels or one hundred taels, but five thousand taels of silver."
When Chu Qianqiu mentioned this number, he almost laughed out loud.
The foster father is better at acting than he is.
Everything is a matter of face. If Yang Wanhu secretly sells stallions, flirts with Kongang Temple, and is ready to jump ship at any time, it will be too damaging to morale.
Therefore, the charge of corruption is more appropriate.
Pick it up high and put it down gently.
The fundamental reason is that talents are hard to come by. In the previous life on Earth, a person who would have been beheaded would have been punished with meritorious deeds here. This is the reason.
A master of the extreme innate realm cannot easily lose ten thousand households in the army. Even in a war between two countries, the death of one of them is a painful loss.
Now is the time to employ people, so there are two main punishments given to him: to spit out all the money, and then to work in the death camp, waiting for future meritorious service and atonement.
But we couldn't make the number too big, so we charged him with 5,000 silver coins.
Regarding this, Yang Guang also knew very well that his father must have committed a crime, but it was definitely not because of the 5,000 taels of silver, but a more important crime.
After receiving advice from an expert, he immediately came to seek help from his superior.
"Please have mercy, sir. It was only for the sake of my career that my father became a fool and made such a big mistake."
"Yang Guang is willing to suffer on his father's behalf."
Yang Guang gritted his teeth, took out all the banknotes, spiritual weapons, and treasure armor he had on him, and placed them on the ground. Adding up the scattered items, they were worth tens of thousands of taels.
"The ancients said that virtue should be directed to heaven, and filial piety should be directed to ancestors. I only know it today."
"If you have this heart, I will go to my adoptive father to plead for mercy."
"Whether he can be rescued depends on fate."
Chu Qianqiu did not directly guarantee that if he could save Yang Wanhu, he would have to make the other party feel that his sacrifice was very heavy.
But this sentence already made Yang Guangda overjoyed, and he quickly shouted:
"Master Chu's great kindness and virtue, Yang Guang will always remember it in his heart."
Just remember.
Acting requires a complete performance.
It is not easy to get a dead soldier.
To make people feel that they are not loyal to you is simply worse than a beast. They will be criticized by thousands of people and will end in vain. Only let this idea form in their mind.
So Chu Qianqiu first sent Wang Yuan to contact other officers, then made preparations and went to Ci'en Temple to plead for mercy.
As a result, before he could say a few words, he was driven out by Liu Dutong's personal soldier Gu Rong.
"Master Chu, Master Dutong said that you are not allowed to plead for Yang Wanhu." Gu Rong said with some embarrassment. His father was also implicated this time.
Gu Rong's father, Gu Qianhu, was a subordinate of Yang Wanhu, and he was the last person to come to plead for mercy.
"Brother Gu, it's okay, I'm just standing here."
Then Chu Qianqiu stood alone at the door of the temple and stood blankly.
The laymen and officers who came and went all secretly admired him, and at the same time they had a deeper understanding of Master Liu's military management.
Don't reach out, otherwise you will be caught.
Most of the officers of the Shenwei Army have reasonable property, but if they touch the property of the army, even if Yang Wanhu is an old subordinate of Liu Dutong, he will be severely punished.
This time, Liu Dutong and Chu Qianqiu sang "Double Yellow" together.
Chu Qianqiu gained the gratitude and loyalty of the Yang family, and gained greater support in the army.
Liu Dutong needed to use the example of the Yang family to shock the disturbed morale of the army and wake them up.
So the military officers who didn't know the truth gathered outside Ci'en Temple to plead for mercy on behalf of Yang Wanhu.
"What are you doing here?"
When enough officers gathered outside, Liu Dutong slowly walked out.
"Please have mercy, sir."
"Jingping has been following Lao Na for many years. He has been following Lao Na since he was a member of the Baihu family."
"He killed many masters of Daxia, and step by step he turned himself into a million households in the army."
"But now he stopped him and did something he shouldn't have done. He took money from the army's horses."
"Now that you are here to plead for mercy, do you want everyone in the army to look like him?"
Liu Dutong said coldly, and Chu Qianqiu couldn't help but believe that his adoptive father really wanted to kill Yang Wanhu.
"Sir, Jingping was a fool. He realized his mistake and took the initiative to admit his guilt."
"This time, he made a meritorious deed and captured Daxia's spies."
"Yeah yeah."
Everyone hurriedly persuaded him, and Liu Dutong said to Chu Qianqiu:
"Qianqiu, you came to plead for mercy first, but now you don't say a word. What do you think?"
"Sir, I think Yang Wanhu deserves to be punished, but his crime does not lead to death." Chu Qianqiu immediately said the prepared words.
“Only when the punishment is appropriate can it be awe-inspiring.”
"If the sentence is too harsh, it will definitely become more severe when officers commit corruption in the future."
"The corrupt will suffer poverty, and the murderer will pay with his life."
"This is a crime worthy of punishment."
Chu Qianqiu was naturally confident. He wanted to get this favor, but he couldn't let the military's laws be unbalanced, thinking that he could do whatever he wanted with the favor.
"You do have some knowledge." Liu Dutong nodded with satisfaction. This adopted son was indeed not in vain. His martial arts talent was another matter. Even when it came to intrigues, he was able to do it one after another, which made him very satisfied.
"That means death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be escaped."
"Thank you for your grace!" The other officers breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Dutong announced the treatment of Yang Wanhu.
Except for not killing anyone, it basically brought the Yang family back to its original shape.
Not only the benefits from the Vajra Temple, but also the money that the Yang family had earned from the horse farm over the years was spit out. The heavy fines instantly shattered the Yang family's dream of prosperity.
In addition, Yang Wanhu has to be demoted three levels in a row and serve in a death camp. Whether he can regain wealth in the future depends on his performance.
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Of course, Yang Wanhu ignored his family and went directly to the imperial court or Daxia, so he would naturally receive corresponding treatment, but in this way the family would not be able to escape death, so he was grateful.
After Chu Qianqiu returned home, Yang Guang swore allegiance to Chu Qianqiu again. This kind of loyalty was no different from that of a dead soldier.
"Just accept these things."
"You are my personal guard, so the stronger you are, the better."
"Yes, sir."
At the same time, after dealing with the affairs of the Yang family, Chu Qianqiu slowly said to the air:
"Sister, do you understand the method of intelligence now?"
"Are you talking about manipulating people's hearts?" Yao Lenglen followed Chu Qianqiu for a whole day and naturally knew the truth behind the Yang family. He also knew very well how he manipulated the Yang family and played with them.
"Yes, the eldest sister hides in nothingness and is suitable to be an excellent assassin, but a lot of information comes from communication between people."
"Without communication, there is no intelligence."
"Sister, you hide it too deeply."
"I understand. I will disguise myself and use another identity to go to Beijing with you."
After saying that, Yao Lengleng disappeared without a trace again.
Chu Qianqiu breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.