Chapter 478 A Dream of Youth 10
In the end, the Guo family did agree to the divorce, but even if they hadn't, Xie Wangzhi would have forced them to agree. However, the Guo family still stubbornly refused to return the dowry.
After all, these things are enough for their family to marry two or three more wives, so why would they be willing to spend more?
Moreover, the Guo family has more than one son, Guo Dayong. Each family has its own smaller families, and no one is willing to cut off their own flesh to make up for Guo Dayong's losses, so of course they would not agree.
Xie Wangzhi was too lazy to waste words with them, so he ordered his men to tie up Guo Dayong and head to the yamen.
When Guo Lizheng tried to stop him, Xie Wangzhi said, "Lord Lizheng, there are so many people watching, the evidence is conclusive, I will definitely make Guo Dayong confess his crime. As for my sister's dowry, I will definitely get it back."
After saying that, he looked at Guo's mother and father and said, "If you don't have money, you can use land to pay for it. I don't want this land either. I will give it to the Guo family clan as public land. The income from the land will be used to buy writing materials for the children who are studying. This is my way of showing my appreciation."
With just that one sentence, he swayed some of the Guo clan members who were still speaking up for the Guo family to his side. As for Guo Dayong, who was beaten black and blue, no one stopped Xie Wangzhi from beating him up at first.
After all, Xie Wangzhi is Guo Dayong's brother-in-law. It's not uncommon for a brother-in-law to stand up for his sister in the countryside. Every family has sisters and daughters. People like Guo Dayong, who share the same surname, can't stand it.
The Guo family is really bullying people.
The Guo family has many boys, so naturally they get a lot of land. This amount of money can buy a lot of land, and maybe with this land, their children can learn to read a few words and do some arithmetic to find a job.
Seeing that no one was stopping him, and having obtained Xie Yun's divorce papers, Xie Wangzhi no longer wanted to argue with the people here.
Now that he had caught Guo Dayong committing adultery, he simply threw him into the yamen (government office), and no one could argue with him.
If he hadn't been thinking about sending the man to jail, he would have beaten Guo Dayong half to death when he was in the room. He had specially changed into dark-colored, narrow-sleeved clothes before leaving the house, just so that it would be easier to fight.
After all that commotion, by the time they reached the county town, the city gates had just opened. Xie Wangzhi wasn't a stingy person; he bought food for everyone, whether it was people his parents had called to help or some relatives from Guo Village.
Of course, Guo Dayong's family doesn't have any, so you'll have to go hungry.
Therefore, whether it was Guo Lizheng and the other people in Guo Village, or the Xie clan members who rushed over after hearing the news, their impression of Xie Wangzhi improved considerably.
They all felt that there was no need to take such a matter to the authorities. Since everyone was related by marriage to some extent, why make things so ugly? They could just resolve it privately.
There are also ancestral hall rules and family regulations.
If you really pass through the government office and take a trip to that evil place, your life will be ruined.
Even though they were not very knowledgeable, in ancient prisons, those who lived there had insufficient clothing to keep warm and insufficient food to satisfy their hunger and thirst. Their living conditions were like those of beasts, and the prisoners looked like evil ghosts. Prisons were also known as hell.
There is a rumor that "people in prison are like dogs and pigs, not very careful. They don't investigate minor illnesses until they are seriously ill, and only then do they report to the authorities, or even after they die."
That's all. Although the current regime strictly forbids bribery, if you don't bribe in prison, you will be subjected to all sorts of torture by the jailers and guards. Even though the law strictly prohibits the illegal killing of prisoners, prisoners in prison will die in various ways.
Xie Wangzhi insisted on sending Guo Dayong to prison precisely because he knew all the details.
If the Guo family wants to return the dowry, they certainly won't have any more money to bribe the jailers. It's a classic case of using someone else to do your dirty work.
Looking down at the smugness on Xie Qi's face, Xie Wangzhi felt little joy, because "using prison as a marketplace" had shown him the deep corruption within the current bureaucratic system. However, these words were not appropriate to say to Xie Qi at this moment.
Let's wait until the child is a bit older.
Xie Qi was unaware of these things. After returning home, he pulled Xie Ning aside and told her about Xie Wangzhi's heroic deeds.
“I saw that Dad usually just held a book and read books, but I didn’t expect him to be so strong. Guo Dayong had just run to the door when Dad kicked him two miles away! Then Dad rolled up his sleeves and punched him a few times, but Guo Dayong was also very strong.”
After all, they've been doing farm work all year round.
"But there were too many of us, hehe. I only managed to kick a few times in the chaos before Grandma stopped me. She said I was too young to do anything, and that I should just watch carefully. Also..."
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