After recounting the story, Cao hugged her newborn granddaughter and burst into tears. "My son didn't kill any of them, but he didn't hurt anyone. It's a shame that Magistrate Jiang sentenced him to death! I paid for a chance to see him secretly. He was so badly beaten that not a single piece of skin remained intact. It looked like he was going to die..."

"This Jiang father and son are simply lawless!" Jian Ning came over after finishing up the maternity care. She had been eavesdropping for a while and then said to Cao, "Jiang allowed his son to oppress the people, and did the prefect, Lord Yang, just let him take lives and make arbitrary judgments? Jiang's parenting was incompetent, and his son deserved it. He deserved to have his hands and feet cut off. If he had met me, I would have chopped him off with a knife!"

When Cao heard her mention the prefectural governor, Lord Yang, she spat in anger, "He's not a good guy either. Everyone thought he was a good guy at first, but soon after he arrived, he was inspecting here and there, but in half a year, he hasn't accomplished anything serious! He's just putting on an act to make himself look good. Ugh!"

After spitting, Cao cried twice and continued, "I once went to the government office to block him, hoping to get him to make a decision for my son, but I heard that he just took a concubine and treated her like a treasure, hiding in the backyard every day to play with her. He doesn't care about the affairs in the court. He is the same kind of person as that damn Jiang Tongpan, neither of them is good!"

Ding Youtian pondered for a moment, then looked at her and said, "Evil has always prevailed over good. If everything you just said is true, your son's crime does not deserve the death penalty. Relax and take good care of your daughter-in-law and granddaughter. I will come back to see you. When I come, I will write a petition for you. Do you dare to submit it to the government office and beat the drum to protest your grievances?"

"Why not?" Cao's eyes lit up when he heard that, and he puffed out his chest and said loudly.