In all his years as an official, this was the first time Guo Chongliang had encountered a case where a grandfather sued his grandchildren for being unfilial to their father.
Not to mention that this grandfather is not my biological grandfather.
To be honest, if this person wasn't Mr. Cen, the government wouldn't have accepted this case at all.
When Guo Chongliang saw the people captured by Lu Changdong and his men, including a pregnant woman and a baby, he was overwhelmed.
It seems that even Mr. Cen’s face can’t be saved.
"Let's find a room to lock the person up first." Guo Chongliang rubbed his eyebrows and said.
Cases of unfilial behavior are generally recognized as difficult to handle.
Not to mention that most parents would never report their sons to the government.
Ninety-nine percent of the people who come to complain in the heat of the moment when conflicts arise will regret it.
There was an incident a few years ago in another place where parents sued their son for being unfilial. After the government investigated the facts, they sentenced him to exile. The old couple was dumbfounded.
They thought that at most their son would just be beaten with a stick to teach him a lesson, but who knew he would be exiled.
Not only that, this would almost destroy their grandson's chances of pursuing a career in politics in the future.
Even if the grandchildren achieve good results in the imperial examinations, having such a father is equivalent to being stigmatized from the very beginning.
So the old couple had a big fight in the government office and insisted on withdrawing the lawsuit.
But the yamen has already held a trial and made a judgment, and the official documents have been written and stamped. How could they possibly change it just because they made a fuss?
In that case, where is the authority of the government?
Later I heard that because of this incident, the daughter-in-law and grandchildren hated the old couple to the core.
The old couple watched their son being exiled and then fell ill one after another. They passed away before their son returned.
So Guo Chongliang felt a headache when he heard that it was a case of suing for unfilial piety.
His plan at this time was to lock the man up for a few days to see what the attitudes of Mr. Cen and the man's father were and then decide how to deal with the matter.
Guo Chongliang thought very optimistically that maybe someone would come and take them back soon.
After all, my daughter-in-law just gave birth to a grandson. Which old man can resist it?
The next morning, Guo Chongliang had just arrived at the yamen and hadn't even had a sip of tea when he heard a servant come in to report, "Master, someone from Prince Rui's mansion is here to inquire about the You brothers' case."
"You're here so soon, I said..." Guo Chongliang initially thought that someone from the Cen family had come, and was still thinking that it was just as he expected.
Unexpectedly, the servant emphasized, "Master, someone from Prince Rui's mansion has come. He said Prince Rui wants to know the details of this case."
"Who are you talking about?"
Guo Chongliang didn't need to drink tea at this moment, and woke up immediately from his sleepiness.
But he hasn't even tried the case yet, so how could he know what's going on?
Guo Chongliang put down the teacup in his hand and gave orders repeatedly in a hurry.
"Someone, quickly ask Master Ji to come over and prepare to question the You brothers."
After inviting Tongzhi Ji Weifeng over, the two of them interrogated You Dehai and You Detao separately.
Even though they dared to cause trouble at Youji Restaurant, the two brothers had never been to a government office in their lives, and even the county magistrate had only seen them from afar.
Now, facing the officials in the capital, the two brothers were already terrified. They told everything they were asked, and even rushed to confess even when they were not asked.
Guo Chongliang and Ji Weifeng quickly interrogated everyone clearly. After coming out of the room, they looked at each other and shook their heads.
"These two brothers are really no good!"
It turned out that there was an earthquake in the village, and after the house collapsed, the beam hit You Bin's head and caused him to bleed.
When the two brothers saw this situation, neither of them thought about lifting the beams and rescuing the old man. Instead, they rushed to dig through the ruins of You Bin's room and scrambled to find the box where he kept his money.
The box contained not only the copper coins and small change that You Bin had saved, but most importantly, the silver notes that Mr. Cen had given him for self-defense.
Mr. Cen prepared a total of ten silver notes of fifty taels each for him.
You Bin used two of them on the road to do his duties, and after arriving outside the Great Wall, he used several more to make a living and later to get married, raise children, and see a doctor and get medicine.
There were only two silver notes left in the money box.
After finding the banknotes, the two brothers happily took one each. After dividing the other property and food equally, they each took their wives and children to escape the famine.
You Dehai was driving the family donkey cart with his wife and two children. At the beginning, the days of fleeing famine were relatively easy.
But within a few days, we encountered refugees who stole our cars and food.
You Dehai is not a brother of the Ye family. When he saw someone coming to rob things, he left his wife and children and ran away.
When he ran back after the incident, he found that not only had the donkey cart and the things on the cart been stolen, but his wife's leg had also been broken by the group of people.
If the donkey cart was still there, You Dehai might have had some conscience and taken his wife with him to continue fleeing the famine.
But without the donkey cart, does he have to carry it on his back?
So, when the two children woke up the next day, they were told that their mother had passed away the night before and had been buried.
The two children burst into tears.
But in fact, You Dehai threw the person into the ravine in the second half of the night while the children were asleep.
After this incident, You Dehai continued on his journey with his two children, but they soon ran out of food.
Although he still had the fifty taels of silver in his arms.
But when fleeing from famine, a silver note might not be worth as much as a steamed bun.
So a few days later, You Dehai tricked his daughter out while his son was asleep and exchanged her for a small bag of food.
The father and son walked together for more than ten days.
After the food he had exchanged for his daughter was eaten up, You Dehai turned his attention to his son.
As long as you have money, you can marry another wife and naturally have another son.
After realizing this, You Dehai quickly exchanged his son for food again.
Thanks to the continuous sacrifice of his relatives along the way, You Dehai finally reached Shanhaiguan alive.
As for You Detao and his wife, although they were not as cruel as You Dehai, they were almost the same, exchanging their child for food.
And because they had a daughter before, the couple didn't even hesitate. When they were interrogated, they showed no remorse at all.
Qian felt a little regretful and said, "We actually had some food at the time. If I had known I was pregnant, I wouldn't have used that damn girl to exchange for food. She could have helped me with some work..."
Later, when the two brothers met again, they both knew what had happened, so no one asked about the other's situation in detail, and they got together again.
But in fact, they got together again, not because of any deep brotherly love.
It was because You Detao and his wife had already squandered all the fifty taels of silver.
They coveted the banknotes in You Dehai's pocket.
You Dehai found out You Bin's whereabouts and wanted to drag them along to cause trouble.
I can only say that these two are truly brothers!
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