Three hundred and twentieth eight chapters filial piety
"Dad, the Jiang family can live without me, but they can't live without you! If you do something wrong, can't I, your son, plead guilty and accept punishment for you? How can I afford the family? Mom is still looking forward to your return!"
"Shut up, you ignorant child. The law of the country is as great as the sky. If everyone commits a crime only his descendants will stand up for him, where is the majesty of the law? Shut up. If you keep talking, I won't have a son like you!"
"father……"
Young Master Jiang called daddy with a trembling voice, and then started to cry. Because he was kneeling on the ground, everyone could see it. He was already twenty-five and six years old, and his face burst into tears instantly, but he didn't go.
Wiping it with his sleeve, anyone could see his sadness. Zhu Tingfang, who had heard Zhang Shou talk about Mr. Jiang's silly words and deeds before, couldn't help but slightly open his brows. Dutiful sons are always given preferential treatment.
The biggest feeling of others is that the relationship between father and son of the Jiang family is so good! The eldest young master of the Qi family showed unconcealable envy. For him who grew up in an environment with weak family ties since childhood, this kind of father-son relationship is simply incredible.
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Among the acting heads of the remaining families, the older ones couldn’t help but peek at Young Master Jiang, while the younger ones frequently looked at Mr. Jiang. The older ones thought to themselves why they didn’t have such a son. No matter how bad other aspects were, just being filial would
On the one hand, it was satisfying enough. The young man wondered why he didn't have such a father. Not only did he not have concubines and concubines, but he also didn't feel sorry for his son when he took the blame.
Mr. Jiang was so upset by Young Master Jiang's crying that according to his past temper, he would have scolded people for being hopeless and too soft. But at this juncture, he used to prefer the younger and younger sons because of their young age.
Even though the eldest son is still running around, how can he push the filial but somewhat stupid Young Master Jiang into the fire pit again?
At that moment, he kowtowed heavily without hesitation and said: "Every word spoken by the grassroots people before was spoken from the heart. The grassroots people all admitted the four major sins mentioned by the general. They only hope to give Quanzi Siyuan a chance to lead the Jiang family to make amends."
Although the common people were not allowed to observe the case on this day, there were many small officials in the county government office. Because of Zhu Tingfang's instruction, some officials kept secretly passing on various details in the hall to the ears of those watching outside.
As a result, the people of Cangzhou who gathered outside the Changlu County Yamen soon learned that although the eldest son Jiang was willing to be punished for his father, Master Jiang firmly disagreed and actually tried to convince the eldest son in court that he knew nothing about the past.
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Although Mr. Jiang admitted the four crimes that Zhu Tingfang initially mentioned in the hall, in the end, what Zhu Tingfang used to deal with him were the second and third crimes that had been fully verified. As for burning down private houses and radically transforming good people, they have all been punished.
Most of the servants' heads were carried out by the whole family, so Mr. Jiang escaped. But even so, if he was accused of this crime, it would still be enough for him to shed a layer of skin.
"All military and civilian lawsuits must be presented from the bottom up. If you go beyond the scope of the lawsuit and always go to your superiors to complain, you will be punished with fifty whips. If you greet the driver and beat the drums to complain. If you are not truthful, you will be punished with a hundred whips.
.If the matter is serious, the case will be treated more seriously. If the matter is true, the case will be exempted."
Although Zhang Shou urgently read the Ming Dynasty Code in the past two days, he couldn't do it like Zhu Tingfang memorized the laws in the hall. Hearing such a sentence, although he and his uncle-in-law discussed yesterday how to judge Mr. Jiang, he still couldn't do it.
After all, Zhu Tingfang did not explain clearly. At this moment, he calculated in his mind that Master Jiang would have to receive at least fifty canes for his accusation against the eldest prince, even if it was half-truth and half-truth.
However, Zhu Tingfang, who was in the outer hall, had not finished his words: "As for those who commit suicide and hang themselves at the left and right gates of Chang'an, and who act violently and make noise, they will be sent to the judicial department, and those who instigated and instigated them will be held accountable, and they will be questioned seriously. Although you are not here He committed suicide at the left and right gates of Chang'an, etc., but the intention to kill himself in front of the imperial envoy and his party is conclusive evidence of guilt."
"The more you complain, the more untrue you are, and the self-inflicted threat. You should be dealt with harshly, but considering that the eldest prince was in Cangzhou before, he did have bad deeds. Furthermore, you have a filial son who is determined to make amends, so I will give you a lighter sentence. Come and drag me down with a stick of eighty sticks!"
Even though the stick was eighty, he was still given a lenient sentence!
Young Master Jiang was so shocked that he was almost paralyzed. His first reaction was to pounce on his father and yelled: "I will take these eighty sticks on my father's behalf!" He waited until the words came out of his mouth. Suddenly he realized that his parents used to hit him with their own methods. Seven or eight blows would kill him. Wouldn't he die after being hit with eighty sticks? But as soon as the words came out, his face turned pale and he could only grit his teeth and remain silent.
Mr. Jiang did not expect his son to suddenly jump to the rescue. After being stunned for a while, he was about to scold him, but he did not expect that Zhu Tingfang in the hall said lightly: "I think you have a son who is willing to take the punishment for his father. I will reduce it to half. I will give you forty canes first. The rest will be reduced to half." Forty, each of your three sons will share it!"
Young Master Jiang was relieved when he heard that the burden was reduced by half, but when he realized that his father had to suffer half the burden, he could still share it with his two younger brothers. He immediately shouted as if he had found a treasure: "General Zhu, General Zhu, you can't do this. ! Since we and the three sons are sharing the burden for our father, we should average it out, twenty for each of us..."
Before he could finish his words, two people rushed out from beside him, and one of them blocked his mouth with a ball of handkerchief. After struggling desperately, he recognized that the person dressed as a police officer was actually Zhang Chen, and his eyes widened immediately. For a moment, he forgot to resist. It was not until he and his father, Mr. Jiang, were dragged to the outer platform that he suddenly woke up and screamed non-stop.
Zhang Chen really couldn't stand it anymore, so he could only squat down and said in a low voice angrily: "What's the fuss about? If you really want to be punished severely, your father will at least send troops to Liaodong. You can get through this with a beating." He has already been given an advantage! To allow you three sons to share forty for him is already an act of mercy. What else do you want? To bear eighty by yourself? Let me tell you, you won’t be lighthearted at all!”
Mr. Jiang also heard these words clearly. Seeing Young Master Jiang looking at him with a look of horror, as if he was afraid that he would not be able to survive, he could only take a deep breath and shouted: "Thank you Zhu The general is fair and strict, and the common people will accept their punishment!"
Hearing his father's words of acknowledgment of punishment again, Young Master Jiang was startled. When he noticed that his father's eyes were full of sternness, he immediately became dejected, but suddenly thought of his two younger brothers who were judged by Zhu Tingfang to be punished together.
Don’t we have to share the burden together? Where are the people? Where did their two brothers die?
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard two identical babbling sounds, as if they were being gagged. He reluctantly moved his only head that could still move and looked to the side, only to see the two people he had avoided seeing these days. The younger brother and the third younger brother were held up by the guards, and they were pressed down next to him in a moment. The six eyes looked at each other for a while, and his whole body relaxed suddenly, and he actually blinked at them.
However, when he received the first blow on his butt, Mr. Jiang could no longer be happy. He only felt a sharp pain instantly radiating from his buttocks to all parts of his body. Even his ability to think was lost because of the pain, and his whole body was completely numb. He was stunned. Because of this, when someone suddenly took out his gag cloth, he didn't notice it until he heard himself scream.
The second young master Jiang and the third young master Jiang, who had been gagged and taken out of Jiang's house a long time ago, and who had just listened to the entire trial, had their gag cloths taken out at this time. They were beaten so hard that they wanted to roll on the floor. This is completely different from the taste of my father and mother's family. There is a period of time between each stroke for you to experience the continuous and severe pain. And the severe pain is like a tide, one wave after another.
By the time the thirteen blows were finished, the two of them had no idea how many screams they had made, so they didn't even notice that Young Master Jiang had been hit more than they did. When the three brothers, whose foreheads were covered in cold sweat, were finally freed, they heard There was a muffled groan at the side. The three of them almost looked in that direction. They saw Mr. Jiang biting a piece of cloth in his mouth, and his back clothes were obviously stained with blood.
At this moment, the three brothers had enough time to remember that they had been beaten to the end, but their father had only endured a third of it! At that moment, even the second young master Jiang and the third young master Jiang, who initially felt that they had been unjustly beaten, He couldn't help but look pale.
The young men were all beaten to death just now. How could the father endure it now that he is so old?
When the news that the Jiang family and his son were tortured with a cane came out from the county government office, the people who gathered here to listen to the news immediately took a breath of cold air. Many of them were quietly mixed in the crowd and had been killed by Zhu Tingfang. The spinners and cotton farmers who were relieved of their punishment were secretly applauding.
They didn't have a deep understanding of Mr. Jiang's personal ethics. They only remembered that he had ruined their family, and they already hated him to the core. However, those guys from other families who were imprisoned had a lot of misdeeds and numerous crimes, so they were naturally even more hateful. If Mr. Jiang were divided half among his three sons, he would all be punished with forty sticks. Among those heinous guys, who wouldn’t want to shed a few more layers of skin?
I'm afraid some people are going to lose their heads!
But no matter what, Young Master Jiang still gained the reputation of being pure, filial and kind. As for the past... the children of the rich family were not familiar with the world, that's all. After all, just yesterday, Young Master Jiang personally took people to deliver rice and noodles to his former employees. , and promised to do their best to provide the rations needed by each family before resuming work, and promised to resume work as soon as possible. Even those who had followed Xian Yunhe in the trouble felt that Mr. Jiang was a decent person.
Therefore, most people feel that Zhu Tingfang is really selfless in this kind of punishment imposed by the Jiang family.
After a full forty strokes, Mr. Jiang fainted from pain and was woken up by cold water again and again, and finally survived. Although it was just a wooden stick as thick as a thumb, it was still not easy to be slapped on the buttocks. If he hadn't been there Before the execution, he was wearing a silk middle coat. He simply doubted that even if he could go home alive, those clothes would eventually be beaten into the flesh by the cane, and half of his life would be taken away.
But when he saw that his three sons had been given medicine and were helped up, supporting each other, and limping around to see his condition, he felt a little at ease, but said weakly: " I can't die yet! Da Lang, go and thank General Zhu for his kindness..."
Young Master Jiang felt like his butt was being cut by a knife at the moment, and he was extremely angry. However, Zhu Tingfang was not Zhang Shou, and Zhang Shou was gentle most of the time, which made him feel that he was indeed a role model and worthy of being a doctor of Guozi. In this official position, Zhu Tingfang was so murderous, no, he killed people like crazy! When he was taken to the county government morgue the day before yesterday and saw the corpses, he was so frightened that he vomited!
Thinking of the nightmare these past two days and nights, he saw his two younger brothers looking at him resentfully, and finally following the officer who was carrying his father out of the county office. He had no choice but to follow the officer back to the lobby with difficulty, and swallowed his anger and followed his father's instructions.
He bowed and thanked him. He originally thought that Zhu Tingfang was going to show off his official power, but he never thought that he would be asked to step aside directly.
When he saw the next scene, he wanted to lie down and give his butt a rest, but then he realized that the cane punishment that his father and son had just received was nothing at all!
"Qichang, being an old man and being disrespectful, seizes widows, kills orphans and weaklings, and is obsessed with profit. He sets fire to people's houses and radicalizes good people. His crime is unforgivable. He plans to behead him, but he will not wait for the right time!"
"Qi Shuo, robbed a good man from a good family, killed two of them with a stick, and discarded the bones. The crime is unforgivable. I plan to behead him, but I won't wait for the right time!"
"The Qi Liu family connived at their husbands and their sons to commit crimes, and at the same time connived at charity houses to abduct and sell the children of good families, resulting in the death of many of them. Four skeletons have been recovered. In a few years, three maids were beaten to death, and these three people had no deeds.
The household registration cannot be treated as a maid in the Qi family. She does not belong to a lowly status, so she will not be treated lightly. If you plan to be executed, you must not wait for the right time!"
When these three pieces of news were also spread, countless people were shocked to learn that the step-wife of the Qi family was also sentenced to beheading. No one thought that not even the women of the Qi family could escape this fate, but
The crime of Mrs. Qi is really irrefutable, especially the one of condoning the abduction and trafficking of good family members, which really offended the public. For a while, some people shook their heads, while others cheered endlessly.
This time, it was Young Master Qi's turn to turn pale. He saw his shrew stepmother who kept shouting being gagged and dragged away. He saw his stepbrother, who had always been arrogant and domineering, fainting and being carried away. He saw his father stunned.
He was so stunned that he didn't see him at all. When he was taken down, his eyes were blank, as if he had wandered out of his mind. He couldn't help but glance at Young Master Jiang who was still rubbing his butt.
Thinking of what the other party had secretly told him before and the actual actions he had just taken, he immediately kicked off his shoes without hesitation, walked barefoot to the center of the hall and knelt down.
He was originally wearing white clothes today. Although now that his parents and brothers were sentenced to death, it seemed like a curse in advance, but at this time, he suddenly kicked off his shoes and walked to the center, which seemed a bit strange to others.
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Isn’t this plain clothes and barefoot? Why, Young Master Qi wants to plead for his parents and brothers?
Although this young master of Qi is neither beautiful nor weak, he is fat and dark, looks honest and honest, he kneels down in the middle and wipes his eyes with his sleeve, and his eyes immediately start to become red and swollen with tears, but there are times when he
Many officers looked at each other in confusion, and then felt some sympathy. After all, how many locals in Cangzhou didn't know about the Qi family's troubles?
"My parents and brothers are both guilty of capital crimes. As sons and brothers, I don't dare and have no reason to intercede for them. I just ask the general to show mercy and allow the common people to share some of the responsibility for my father's crimes."
Today, there are filial sons one after another?
The acting heads of the remaining four families almost all turned their heads to look at Mr. Jiang. Their facial features were twitching in pain, and they couldn't help but murmur. However, unlike Mr. Jiang's previous cane punishment, the sons could still survive.
The sharing of burdens is different. It's a death penalty for Qi Yuan. How can we share the burden? Master Qi can give his father ten or twenty canes to change his sentence to exile? No way!