Chapter 2922: The Son's Responsibility for the Father (5 more chapters for the reward from the book friend "Murongqingqing")
Bai Shan checked and confirmed that Sun San was indeed mistakenly arrested, so he released him. However, before releasing him, he gave him a beating for stealing chickens and vegetables and admonished him, "Be honest and upright. If you do such sneaky and immoral things in the future, it will not only be a few beatings. Small things will add up to a lot, and this county will send you to prison to reunite with your brothers."
Sun San was startled and said quickly, "I won't dare to do it again, never again..."
Bai Shan asked Chen Danong again, and after comprehensive consideration, he fined the Sun family and asked them to compensate the Chen family with some property.
Sun San had no objection at all and agreed with tears in his eyes.
He wanted to go home right now. As long as he could leave the prison and the county government office, he would do anything.
After hitting the board, Bai Shan looked outside and asked, "Is anyone from the Sun family here?"
If not, he would have to send the county government to send the person back.
As soon as he finished speaking, an old man squeezed in from behind the crowd. He was hunched over and tried hard to squeeze in. When everyone heard that he was a member of the Sun family, they tried to make room for him and let him in.
Old man Sun walked forward with his back hunched, and knelt down before entering the hall. After kneeling, he realized something was wrong, so he immediately crawled over the threshold on his knees and kowtowed to Bai Shan.
Bai Shan looked at him silently, his eyes moving from his gray hair to his wrinkled face, and then to his cracked hands...
Old Man Sun was also in the lobby for the first time. He was a little nervous. He didn't even raise his head, but leaned against the ground and said stumblingly, "Please spare me, sir. No, sir, please spare me. I, a commoner, am his father."
Bai Shan carefully recalled the situation of the Sun family that Village Chief Sun had mentioned, stood up and walked to Old Man Sun, reached out to help him up, looked him up and down, then lowered his eyes to look at Sun San who was still holding his waist with his hands.
Bai Shan sighed and said, "Mr. Sun, I'd better let you take care of such an unfilial descendant."
Sun San was so scared that he fell to the ground with a thud and immediately looked up at his father.
Old man Sun was also terrified and immediately knelt on the ground, "Sir, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life."
The scholar from Qingzhou couldn't help but shout, "Father, what's the point of such an unfilial son coming here? Just let the adults sentence him to a grave act of unfilial piety and throw him in jail."
Sun San was so scared that he hugged his father's legs and looked up and shouted, "Dad——"
The crowd couldn't help but say, "He doesn't look like your father, but more like your grandfather. It's because of unfilial descendants like you that he ages so quickly."
"If a son is not well educated, it's the fault of his father. If you ask me, this father-in-law is not innocent either. He can't teach his son. He might as well have drowned him directly after he was born."
Bai Shan frowned upon hearing this and looked at the speaker, asking, "Brother, do you have the ability to see the future? You can actually tell whether a child will be filial or unfilial as soon as they're born?"
The other party choked.
Bai Shan then said to the frightened Sun Laozhang, "But they are right. If a son is not well educated, it is the fault of the father. You failed to raise your children well, and let them become a disaster to the village. It is indeed your fault. The people are outraged. I will punish you with five strokes of the cane."
The crowd suddenly fell silent.
Bai Shan added, "But considering you are old and frail, let your son take over. It is common sense for a son to take the place of his father."
So Sun San, who had just been beaten with a stick, was beaten with five more sticks.
Sun San burst into tears and cried out, "Sir, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong. I will definitely reform myself and be filial to my father. I will never let my father make the same mistake again."
Bai Shan nodded approvingly. "You are quite clever, indeed. It is what you deserve. But that is for the future. The punishment now is for the past. If you do the same mistake again in the future and your father can't teach you well, you can come back and do it for him."
Sun San howled in pain and swore that he would never do that again.
After beating him with a stick, Bai Shan asked Old Man Sun to sign and take Sun San away.
Old Man Sun was still a little scared, but he couldn't help asking, "Sir, my youngest son."
Bai Shan said: "This county will judge according to the law. Even if he only stole a chicken and a pot, it is still robbery, not to mention that he also injured someone."
The morals in their area are not good and must be changed. The best way is to use severe punishments to let them know what they can and cannot do.
Bai Shan asked someone to take the next one away.
Several scholars from Qingzhou looked at each other, squeezed out of the crowd, and their hair crowns were almost messed up.
"This County Magistrate Bai is truly the legendary brave and righteous man. This trial was brilliant. From now on, those who are unfilial will have to watch their backs."
"I didn't think much of Beihai County before, but now it seems like a complete mess. Within just a few miles, there are nearly a hundred people doing such shady things."
"Is it because remote and impoverished areas are too poor that unruly people emerge?"
"Bullshit! Xiaoliu Village doesn't look wealthy, so why haven't we seen anyone like this in their village? It's clearly a problem with local customs, and the village head should be held primarily responsible."
"County Magistrate Bai should share Brother Cui's opinion. Didn't you see that five village heads have been sitting in the hall since the day the case was heard? I find it quite amusing to watch them wipe the sweat from their foreheads every day."
"This County Magistrate Bai is young, but he's quite interesting."
"It's because he's young that he's interesting. People like County Magistrate Lu, although smart and capable, are really boring."
"He can't be considered smart and capable when there's a den of bandits like this hidden under his rule and the people's livelihood and customs are so deplorable."
"Hey, Brother Cui, you're being biased. Although I never thought there was such a den of bandits hidden in Beihai County, things have indeed improved a lot since County Magistrate Lu took over. Before, there weren't even a third of the people on the streets here."
"Yes, although County Magistrate Lu didn't find the same problems as in Dajing Village, we can't deny him for that reason."
"So, do you want to try the county exam? I heard that the governor is holding the county exam not only to select people to take the exam in the capital, but also to recruit officials for the counties. I think Beihai County is a good choice."
"Too poor, huh?"
"But the county magistrate is good. County Magistrate Bai has such status and background, and he has such courage and talent. If I can follow him, even if I can't have a bright future, I can still make a career. Brother Cui, are you going?"
Brother Cui pondered, "Then I can't apply to be a clerk, I have to apply to be a legal advisor."
"County Magistrate Bai doesn't want a legal advisor."
A female voice interrupted, extinguishing everyone's enthusiasm like a bucket of cold water. Everyone turned their heads and asked, "How did you know?"
Zhou Man said, "That's what he said. The county magistrate already has the chief clerk and the secretaries. There are people to do the paperwork, so why do we need to summon another legal advisor?"
The lawyer has to pay his own wages.
Brother Cui frowned and said, "Master, you can be a staff member."
Zhou Man said: "I can give him some reference."
Brother Cui couldn't help but feel anxious. "Master Zhou, there are still many advantages to having a staff. If Master Bai doesn't like some of the memorials he wrote, the staff can do it for him."
Zhou Man: "How do you know I'm Lord Zhou?"
Brother Cui: "...You've made it so clear. Who doesn't know that you're close to Lord Bai? Who else do you have besides Lord Zhou? And not to mention Beihai County, there's no other woman as graceful as you in the entire Qingzhou City."
Zhou Man became happy when he heard him say that, while several scholars beside him stared at him with their eyes wide open, with an expression of disbelief on their faces. They didn't expect you to be such a person, Brother Cui.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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