Chapter 154 Regret

The third master and his wife both lost their lives, and all their belongings were stolen by the bandits.

Only two loyal servants protected the third master's five-year-old legitimate son, seven-year-old illegitimate son, and ten-year-old illegitimate daughter. Together, these three blood descendants begged their way back to Huazhi County.

And because of the almost paranoid insistence of the young wife's family, and because the backer of this big family fell, the county government began to eat up the plaintiff and then the defendant, taking benefits from both sides.

Later, the county constable accidentally discovered during the investigation that there was indeed something strange about the death of the divorced young wife.

After the coroner performed the autopsy, he discovered that the young wife did not commit suicide!

The cause of death was not drowning.

The ex-husband, the last person the young wife saw before her death, is a major suspect.

The most important thing is that this big family has much more money than the young wife's family.

One of their backers was lost and became an ordinary person; another lost his life and no one knew where he was reincarnated...

Therefore, the government officials simply focused on squeezing out oil and water from their family.

After several operations, the county magistrate and his subordinates in Huazhi County tasted the sweetness and became more and more greedy.

In addition, because the eldest master's son had made a few complaints, the people in the county government were very worried that if the eldest master was reinstated in the future, he might retaliate against them.

When these people see gold and silver, they love them more than their own fathers. As for the emperor and the law, they forget everything.

As long as they can get money, they can be as bold as the sky.

In order to eliminate the trouble once and for all and also to make a big profit, they simply went all out and put all the members of the Yang family into jail on the charge of "collaborating with bandits".

The key point is that after going to prison, it is natural for all their property, family property, and even ancestral property to be "confiscated."

Of course, in this process, they pocketed some of the profits, and no one knows how much they divided up privately.

Because of this case, the wealthy families in several counties near Huazhi County who had wealth and assets but no power were deeply terrified and once again understood what it meant to be "a county magistrate who ruins a family and a prefect who wipes out an entire clan."

As a result, the big and wealthy families began to look for backers and curry favor with others, and some even "presented" their land to officials, which made the wealth of the scholars increase rapidly.

The wealthy families who learned the whole story began to teach their families not to be hostile to their in-laws. Even if they had to divorce, they should part ways amicably and calmly.

Only by appeasing the other party could the situation be avoided from reaching the government office, which would have given some vicious people in the government office an excuse to embezzle the family property and exterminate the entire clan.

Later, as time passed, no one paid attention to this case anymore.

However, the people executed by the Yang family at that time, and the blood that flowed all over the ground, made the entire Huazhi County, and even several counties neighboring Huazhi County, silent for several months.

After hearing that the entire Yang family was wrongly imprisoned, the family of the young daughter-in-law who "jumped into the river to commit suicide" decided not to sue anymore, and the whole family moved out overnight.

As for whether this family really moved away, or if something else happened...

Xia Jinhua didn't dare to ask, and Xia Dalang didn't dare to say.

Xia Dalang brought up this case with Dai's father to tell him clearly that if they couldn't part ways amicably, the outcome for both parties would probably be bad.

But the Xia family loved Jinhua like a treasure, and Dai Sanlang had done such a beastly thing. If the case was reported to the government, Dai Sanlang would definitely confess under heavy punishment. And for such a heinous crime that violated ethics, the sentence would never be too light, even if the Dai family was willing to pay.

What's more, if the government office perverts the law, the Xia family will not let it go.

If this continues, the tragic massacre of the Yang family in Huazhi County might be repeated in the Dai family.

Although the Dai family has some miscellaneous distant relatives, there are probably not many who would risk their lives for them if they really encounter trouble.

In terms of family population, it is not a large family, and in terms of power and status, it has nothing to rely on. It just has some wealth obtained by frugality and chance, and some land accumulated slowly...

Isn't this just the fat sheep?

Mr. Dai was so frightened by Xia Dalang's analysis that he broke out in a cold sweat.

If you think about it carefully, you will know that what Xia Dalang said is right.

My family has no one to rely on, so it's fine for me to be a local rich man in the countryside. But if I catch the attention of the government, wouldn't I be throwing myself on the doorstep to be slaughtered?

Compared with the annihilation of the entire family and the loss of all property, the family was able to avoid their son's imprisonment simply by amicably divorcing, returning the dowry and keeping the secret, which was already a great bargain!

After Dai's father thought it through, he restrained his family members and explained to them the seriousness of the matter.

She also made a special promise to Dai Sanlang that if he could stay at home obediently and not reveal his ugly deeds to anyone, she would marry him a gentle and beautiful wife, and she would definitely not be as "unvirtuous" as Jinhua.

Dai Sanlang blushed and nodded in agreement.

Ever since he heard from his father that this matter might land him in jail, he kept his mouth shut and didn't utter a single word.

Although Dai Sanlang is a rough guy, he is actually very timid.

Being in jail is so scary! I heard that there are not only bad guys in the jail, but also rats!

Dai Sanlang felt nauseous and wanted to vomit just thinking about it, let alone actually living in that cold, damp and scary cell.

Besides, according to the crime he committed, he might have to wear the shackle and stand in a cage for public display, or even be paraded through the streets, exiled, or even be executed later in the autumn...

The more he thought about it, the more scared he became, so he had no choice but to obey.

Seeing that his son was obedient and not making any noise or doing anything wrong, Dai's father couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the Xia family valued their reputation and did not want to make a big deal!

Otherwise, if you meet a fierce guy who is determined to make a scene without caring about anything, your family will probably suffer a disaster!

Even if he is lucky and the local government is not as corrupt and cruel as the one in Huazhi County, Dai Sanlang will still have to go to jail!

Even if he was willing to spend money, even if he spent all his wealth, he could only save Dai Sanlang's life and sentence him to fewer years. It was absolutely impossible to avoid spending a single day in jail!

For the first time in all these years, Dai's father regretted not teaching his son well, allowing him to make such a big mistake.

In the past, he thought that his son was just a little willful and that his family spoiled him a little, so it was nothing.

After all, the Great Chu Dynasty is so big, which family dares to say that they don’t spoil their son?

However, he never expected that a person who is used to being spoiled often lacks correct judgment in many things, and only cares about his own comfort and does things according to his own temperament.

If it weren't for the fact that he loved his only son Dai Sanlang too much and failed to teach him well, Dai Sanlang wouldn't have committed such a crime!

At this moment, Dai's father was not the only one who deeply regretted not teaching his son well.

Xia Yougui and Sun Shi, looking at Erlang kneeling straight in front of them, felt extremely regretful.

Good night, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)