As soon as the words were spoken, the whole hall fell into silence.
The old woman first widened her cloudy eyes in shock, then reacted, her expression stagnant, and finally she howled loudly to cover up her guilt. Typical - I am old, have a loud voice, I have a reason, I can Noisy and messy.
The people watching were also caught up in Shen Tang's logic and couldn't recover from it for a long time. They looked at each other in confusion. They always felt that this statement made sense, but they couldn't explain why. If they hadn't been silenced by Shen Tang, they would probably have been chatting for a while.
Which family's daughter-in-law is not allowed to work?
What happened to the knife, needle, and thread?
but--
If pregnant women touch these, the fetus will be deformed.
So, is it to touch or not to touch?
If pregnant women don’t touch it, who will do these jobs?
Should the mother-in-law and husband be asked to serve tea and water? Then I thought about it, I have never heard of any of their wives/mothers/other women in the family being treated like this when they were pregnant. Aren’t the children born good too? So, live You can do it.
Shen Tang ignores the old woman's true feelings in her interpretation.
"Why, you can't give me an explanation? Didn't you swear that Widow Zhuo caused the child to look like this? Is there any evidence that the child was injured at that time? It was not you and your son who intimidated a pregnant woman to hurt her? If a pregnant woman was injured, If you really can't touch these, then you mother and son have sinister intentions to harm your daughter-in-law and grandchildren! If you can touch them, you are falsely accusing Widow Zhuo!"
Then he asked Gu Chi: "Looking at the tide, what is the crime of false accusation?"
Although Gu Chi's understanding in this area is not as proficient as Kang Shi's, he still has some basic knowledge.
He bowed and spoke slowly.
"If you follow the old law, you will be found guilty of false accusations."
"what for?"
Because a group of onlookers below were stretching their ears to listen carefully, Gu Chi could only explain it in a simple and easy-to-understand manner.
"If it is verified that it is indeed the old woman's family who fabricated the facts and falsely accused Widow Zhuo, the crime of the falsely accused will be used for sentencing. That is, the old woman's family falsely accused Widow Zhuo of murdering her only grandson, and according to the law, the old woman's family must be punished for the crime of 'murder' .”
And what is the consequences of murdering others...
Even illiterate people who cannot read or write know that one life is worth another!
The old woman's face turned pale.
Widow Zhuo had not yet woken up from this reversal, but she knew that she and her daughter were safe, and she couldn't help crying with joy.
Shen Tang asked again: "This is the old law, what about the new law?"
Gu Chi said: "Depending on the seriousness of the case, the lighter punishment may be thirty sticks, paraded through the streets for seven days, and one year of torture; the more serious punishment may be one hundred sticks, five or seven years of torture."
All the people watching took a deep breath.
When Shen Tang saw this, he snorted coldly.
To deal with feudal superstitions, it is useless to explain earnestly, and people don’t know what science is. Only magic can defeat magic. In their logic, defeat them with their logic, and they can really make them remember!
The old woman had been so frightened by the conversation between Shen Tang and Gu Chi that her face turned pale, her whole body was shaking like chaff, and she did not dare to howl any more.
He glared hard at his daughter-in-law from the corner of his eye.
The little woman trembled because of her glare and hesitated: "But, but the civilian woman did feel pain at that time..."
Shen Tang was speechless: "You were about to give birth at that time, and the child's movements were abnormal? This argument cannot be sustained!"
The little woman was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead.
As soon as the child landed, she felt terrified when she saw his terrifying appearance. Her first reaction was to worry that her mother-in-law and husband would blame her.
She was really too scared.
The child crawled out of her belly and something happened, how could she escape? This is the lifeblood of her mother-in-law and her husband!
If she admitted this crime, her miserable life would be ruined. When she was frightened, her mother-in-law said that taboo with a ferocious expression. She was like a drowning person grabbing a stake. She didn't want to harm anyone, but she didn't want to die. She half-heartedly admitted it. Charges against Widow Zhuo.
The more my mother-in-law told me, the more she began to believe it.
Carefully recalling that Widow Zhuo is indeed a slut. Her husband is strong, strong and honest, he works more and complains less, and many of his daughters-in-law secretly like her. So Widow Zhuo, who has been in drought for many years, is it unreasonable to seduce her husband and harm her son?
Even if he wronged Widow Zhuo...
But flies don't bite seamless eggs. Widow Zhuo herself takes a few precautions on a daily basis. How could these misunderstandings arise?
Who knew that things would turn out like this.
According to Lord Shen, I will be tortured with a rod to pound rice.
He said in a crying voice: "If Widow Zhuo hadn't killed the children of common women... then why were they born with such weird looks?"
Cowardly, she struggled unwillingly.
Shen Tang said: "This is related to many factors. Maybe some of your ancestors were like this, or maybe you worked too hard when you were pregnant and didn't eat enough. Simply put, you ate too bad. Think about it, the child Everything must be absorbed from the mother's body to grow up smoothly. If you are not doing well, how can your child be well? All in all, this matter has nothing to do with Widow Zhuo..."
Widow Zhuo is fine.
But the old woman's family of three has a big problem.
If we don't cure them, how can we curb this evil trend of fabricating and framing people? If the person sitting here today is not Shen Tang, but anyone who believes in this taboo, what will happen to Widow Zhuo and her daughter? If they don't die, they will be forced to live. died!
We must set an example ruthlessly!
"Since it is your first offense, I originally wanted to give you a lighter punishment, but - if you succeed in falsely accusing me, Widow Zhuo will have no other choice but to die to show her determination! This is a living human life! Without imposing a severe punishment, it is not enough to serve as a warning. Conquer the crowd!"
Shen Tang took a heavy breath.
"Old woman, since you are old, I will spare you the punishment of twenty sticks. You only need ten punishments, three years of grinding rice, and seven days of public display!"
"As for you—"
Shen Tang looked at the little woman.
"I feel that you have given birth less than a month ago and are weak, so I will spare you the punishment of thirty sticks, three years of grinding rice, and seven days of public display!"
Finally, he looked at the man who had remained silent.
"As an adult male in the family, you are unable to distinguish right from wrong. You allowed your old mother to maliciously and falsely accuse innocent people without stopping you, and almost killed an innocent person. It is a heinous crime! The fifty lashes that your mother and wife were spared are yours. Accept it. I sentence you to fifty canes, three years in prison, and seven days of public display!"
The old woman's son and the young woman's husband vaguely knew the seriousness of the matter before Shen Tang opened his mouth to impose the punishment, but he did not dare to say a word. However, he could not help but feel a bit of hatred towards the old mother, daughter-in-law and even the innocent son in his heart.
I hate my old mother’s overbearing force.
I hate my wife’s incompetence and cowardice.
I hate that my son is a deformed monster and that he is embarrassed.
But when I heard Shen Tang's penalty, I was instantly dumbfounded.
Finally he stopped keeping silent, and opened his mouth to cry out for injustice - fifty canes, three years in prison, wouldn't this cost his life?
The old woman and the little woman were also frightened.
The reaction is greater than hearing his own penalty.
Each one of them was wailing as if the sky was falling and the earth was falling.
Under the speechless expressions of Gu Chi and others, Shen Tang gave their family of three the [no words and no sound] treatment, and the world instantly became peaceful. Shen Tang turned to Gu Chi and asked: "Is the sentence serious?"
This matter cannot be decided by her alone, lest the sentence be too light or too harsh. Gu Chi wrote down the final verdict.
He smiled and said, "Just right."
It's light and heavy, full of humanistic care, and fully considerate of the old woman's age and the young woman's body. It's very good.
Even if Kang Shi comes, the sentencing will be very different.
Shen Tang looked at the common people below again and said earnestly, "A kind word will warm you for three winters, but a bad word will hurt you for six months. I hope you will remember this and keep in mind that words can kill people invisible!"
The moment she finished speaking, the young scholar and Qi Shan raised their heads in unison and saw auspicious clouds and rays of light gathering above them!
