Ye Panjiu bowed deeply to the two men, saying, "The people of Dujia Village bear witness that everything my daughter said is true. We implore Your Excellency to grant my daughter justice!"
It's probably unlikely that the money will be recovered. It would be better to strip Du Pengzhi of his official title and take back the Du family mansion to Qingshui County.
As for how the mother and child will live in the future, that's none of her business.
After all, neither of them had considered the original owner's life or how the Ye family would avoid starvation.
Chu Guan slammed his gavel, "Investigate! Investigate thoroughly for me!"
Heng Tong found the scene somewhat amusing.
Forced walking procedure.
Ye Panjiu stood up straight. "Thank you, sir."
Chu Guan walked down and looked at her expression, which suggested she wanted to speak but hesitated to do so.
Ye Panjiu usually ignores those who seem to want to say something but hold back.
"Thank you for your trouble, sir. I'll head back now. Once you've taken care of things, we'll take the Du family's house as a donation from our Ye family to Qingshui County."
Chu Guan nodded and saw her out of the county government office.
After Ye Panjiu mounted her horse, Chu Guan still grabbed the reins and spoke.
"Sister Panjiu, does Brother Su know about these things?"
Ye Panjiu waved her hand, "Then you'll have to ask him."
She was sure she knew; it would be too easy for Su Yan to find out what it was.
Chu Guan watched her retreating figure, his mind filled with curiosity.
He wouldn't dare ask Brother Su about this.
If Sister Panjiu hadn't mentioned this today, he would have had no idea that Sister Panjiu had been married to a mere scholar for fourteen years and that they even had a daughter.
It has to be said that in Daliang, Sister Panjiu would definitely be despised by everyone, but now, he only admires Sister Panjiu.
No one dared to say anything bad about Sister Panjiu.
This is all thanks to Sister Pan Jiu's remarkable abilities, clear-headedness, and increasingly better life.
Du Pengzhi was carried back to Dujia Village by a kind passerby.
He developed a persistent fever after returning home.
Although Granny Du hated him, she couldn't bear to watch him die in front of her, so she had to call a doctor.
The doctor prescribed the medicine, and she went to decoct it.
While frying the food, she cursed, "I've really committed a sin in my life! To have such a son, and to have to take care of him at my old age!"
"It's all the old man's fault! It's all your fault for raising your two children into such scoundrels!"
Du Pengzhi was delirious with fever, and the cursing only made his mind more confused.
His life seemed to have reached its peak on the day he passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. After happily living with Ye Panjiu and getting rid of his burdened daughter, his life became unsuccessful in every way.
Whoever you rely on will fall, whoever you associate with will bring you bad luck.
It's as if I've been cursed by the unseen forces.
Yes! It must be Ye Panjiu!
She must have been secretly using witchcraft to curse herself!
He had to get Ye Panjiu back to his side and keep a close eye on her!
After taking the medicine, he fell into a deep sleep for only an hour.
The government officials rudely splashed water on him to wake him up.
"Ahhh!" Du Pengzhi screamed in shock.
The constable looked at him impatiently, "What are you yelling about! It hurts my ears! Are you Du Pengzhi?"
Du Pengzhi nodded, "I am a scholar with official rank, how can you be so rude to me!"
The surrounding constables laughed, "Hahaha, you're about to die and you're still spouting nonsense, take him away!"
And so, Du Pengzhi, in a daze, knelt in the county government hall.
Granny Du was kneeling next to him.
The bailiff was reading the complaint aloud.
"Upon investigation, it was found that Du Pengzhi of Dujia Village left behind his elderly mother who was nearly dying of illness, and did not leave her a single copper coin. This is unfilial."
Furthermore, Du Pengzhi committed adultery with a married woman surnamed Wang! This is utter debauchery!
Chu Guan slammed his gavel, "Du Pengzhi! What else do you have to say!"
He couldn't see anything particularly outstanding about Du Pengzhi's face.
I really don't know how Sister Panjiu could have married someone like that.
Du Pengzhi kowtowed repeatedly, pleading his innocence.
"Oh? Your own mother told the people of Dujia Village that you were unfilial and promiscuous. What grievance do you have?" Chu Guan asked coldly.
Du Pengzhi looked at Granny Du with pleading eyes.
Granny Du turned her head away. So many people were listening when she spoke. If she were to openly recant her testimony now, she would still be punished with a beating.
She was determined not to sacrifice anything more for this son!
Du Pengzhi cried; this time, he really cried.
He now truly realized how terribly wrong he had been.
Even his own mother wouldn't help him.
Seeing that he was no longer speaking, Chu Guan picked up a red brush and wrote in large characters, while reciting, "Remove Du Pengzhi's title of Xiucai (a scholar who passed the county-level imperial examination), confiscate his family property, give him twenty strokes of the cane, and exile him to Jizhou!"
Jizhou is not close to Shuzhou; it takes a day and a night to travel northwest to get there.
It was a harsh and cold place, heavily guarded by troops.
Du Pengzhi cried his heart out. Once the words were etched on his face, wealth and glory would no longer matter!
He was so regretful!
He felt both regret and fear. Was this scene today orchestrated by Ye Panjiu?
Could it be that her self-loathing and hatred this morning was real?
The bailiff brought down the board, and he could no longer care about anything else; all that remained was the pain.
He was in so much pain that he didn't have the strength to scream. His eyes rolled back and he passed out.
The constable looked bewildered. "Sir, the person has fainted."
Chu Guan looked at it with dismay and waved his hand, "Drag him away and execute him when he wakes up."
He stood up, flicked his sleeves, and walked to the back.
Seeing this, Granny Du turned and headed towards Du Family Village.
When I got home, I saw that my front door had been sealed off and there were two soldiers guarding it.
She was startled, but stepped forward with a fawning smile, "Gentlemen, you've worked hard. Why is this house sealed off?"
The constable said coldly, "This house was obtained through extortion, so it should naturally be confiscated by the government!"
Granny Du opened her mouth, but couldn't speak.
The constable brandished his stick and shouted, "Don't loiter around here, get out of here!"
Granny Du was so frightened that she jumped back and walked away with her eyes wide open.
At that moment, only two words were on her mind.
retribution.
This is all retribution for the Du family!
Who can we blame?
Of the three members of the Du family, Du E'li's whereabouts are unknown, Du Pengzhi is imprisoned in the Jizhou labor camp, and Du's mother is too old to cause any trouble.
Ye Panjiu felt that this could be considered as avenging the original owner of the body.
After this matter was settled, she went to her own field the next day.
Ye Xiong was following behind a large yellow ox and a curved plow, tilling the land in Old Man Ye's field.
There was no resentment on their faces. There were also four people that Old Man Ye and his wife had hired in Ye Family Village. The group worked together and chatted as they worked.
This is the beauty of the countryside; the connections between people are closer.
"Hey, Pan Jiu's here again. Came to see your uncle do some work for your family?" Ye Xiong spotted her and called out at the top of his lungs.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely cultivate your land exceptionally well; there won't be a single clod of soil left!"
Ye Panjiu smiled and said, "Thank you, Uncle Xiong."
She mainly came to visit Grandpa Ye and Grandma Ye. The old couple couldn't stay idle, so she came to the fields to keep them company.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Sun couldn't stay at home any longer.
There were plenty of people working in the fields, and Old Man Ye and his wife mainly went there to keep an eye on things and lend a hand. The fields were lively, and they chatted there.
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