In the court, Song Qinglian recounted the whole story of what happened that day in detail, exactly the same as what Xu Dali told his mother Cao.
Tong Bajin and Erlangzi had also learned the same thing from the people from the Ding family. The people were in an uproar. Tong Bajin, following Ding Youtian's instructions, blended into the crowd and shouted at the right moment, "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, but the son of the Tongpan family is not guilty of forcibly abducting a woman in the street? Is the son of the Tongpan family more important than the prince? We refuse to accept this! Let's file a complaint with the emperor in the capital!"
"Complain to the Emperor! We don't accept the consequences!" Erlangzi also shouted.
The Dingzihao members seized the opportunity and responded with a loud voice: "We refuse to accept this! Let's file a complaint with the emperor! Sue him, you son of a bitch!"
Someone took the lead, and the people present, thinking of themselves, raised their arms and responded enthusiastically, shouting: "We refuse to accept! Let's go to the capital to file a complaint with the emperor!"
When the crowd was in high spirits, several yamen runners came forward, escorting the second young master Jiang, who was missing half an arm. One of the smart yamen runners saw that the situation was not good and immediately took a few steps back, fearing that if he followed closely, he would be hit by the fists of the angry people.
When the Second Young Master Jiang entered the yamen, he still had an air of arrogance. Who was his father, Jiang Xiaohe? Even the prefect and the governor dared not give his father some face. His father was a favorite of Prince Yong's men. He had no fear at all before he came.
But when he walked in and saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little panicked, but he immediately calmed down.
A bunch of poor guys can’t turn the world upside down!
He held up his arm, which was wrapped in thick gauze, with one hand, and stood on tiptoe to glance over the people at the court. When he saw the singing woman and her father there, he sneered. What could these poor people do when they saw him coming? Who would dare to touch him?
At the whispered urging of several yamen runners, he walked towards the courtroom and shouted to Lord Yang, "My nephew greets Uncle Yang."
With a bang, Lord Yang slammed the gavel in his hand, "Stop talking nonsense in court. Who is your uncle? Kneel down before me!"
The prefect was furious. The two squads of yamen runners tapped the ground with their fire and water sticks and shouted, "Kneel down!"
"You are a bunch of blind people. My father is the magistrate of your place. Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
Young Master Jiang didn't know that his father was in the back hall listening to what he said and wanted to slap him to death.
What a bastard! Jiang Tongpan was so angry that he walked back and forth with his hands behind his back.
In the court, Lord Yang's face was as gloomy as water. Before he could get angry, Lord He gave a look to the yamen runners in the court. Immediately, several yamen runners rushed forward. One of them kicked the second young master Jiang in the calf, and several others pressed him to the ground.
"What a lunatic! You're so unaware of your imminent death." Lord Yang was so angry that he stood up and left his seat. He rushed over to him and pointed at Song Qinglian and asked, "Let me ask you, did you order your servants to try to rob this girl in the street half a month ago, and also ordered people to beat up her father?"
The Second Young Master Jiang also had a temper. When had he ever been bullied by a yamen runner in his entire life? His temper flared up, and he stiffened his neck and shouted, "So what? It's her good fortune that I've taken a fancy to her. She's just a lowly person. I can rob her, so what? Forget about injuring her father. Even if she's beaten to death, she's as good as a dead dog. What's the big deal?"
He was so confident that he even questioned Lord Yang, "Lord, you and my father serve in the same government office. Why don't you support your nephew but a mere pariah? What's the reason?"
"Boom!" The people were in an uproar. He kept calling him a pariah and a pariah. There were also some brave men among the people. With Tong Bajin, Erlangzi and the people from Dingzihao fanning the flames, several people wanted to rush in and beat him up, but were stopped by the yamen runners.
"You are a bad guy, a big bad guy!" Although Sanniu was young, she hated the guy who bullied others by taking advantage of his power, especially the words he said that if he was beaten to death, he would be like a dead dog. In the past, Meng and Ding Gui and Ding Quan always said this to them, and the demeanor and tone of the Second Young Master Jiang at this time were exactly the same as those of Ding Gui and Ding Quan back then.
The little guy is angry!
She broke free from Jian Ning's hand, ran forward, pointed at his nose and said angrily: "The prince broke the law and is guilty, why are you not guilty? Humph, you are a big bad guy! You are a big dead dog!"
"Right!" Erniu shook off Ding Youtian and ran up. "You're a dead dog, a vicious dog!" She looked up at Lord Yang again. "Uncle, beat his ass up and don't give him any food. See if he behaves the second time. If he doesn't behave, then beat him and don't give him any food."
No one expected that these two little guys would run into the court and cause trouble. The bailiffs were only on guard against the angry people and did not guard against the two of them. When they rushed in, the two silver fox cubs naturally followed them in with their tails dragging.
Guoguo is now the eldest of the four pets and is very responsible. Seeing this, he immediately followed in. Once it moved, how could Baimei be willing to fall behind?
If Jian Ning and Ding Youtian had not followed in and each brought back Erniu and Sanniu, and if several spirit pets had not followed back, Lord Yang really would not have known what to do with these little guys.
Because there were witnesses, and the second son of the Jiang family admitted in court in front of everyone that he had ordered the servants to rob Song Qinglian and injure Old Man Song, Lord Yang sentenced him to fifty lashes of the cane according to the law, tattooed the word "淫" on his forehead, and imprisoned him for six months.
As for Jiang Tongpan, he allowed his son to commit the crime and took revenge on Xu Dali after he voluntarily surrendered himself to the police, seriously injuring Xu Dali. In addition to sentencing him to pay 200 taels of silver, Lord Yang said that he would also report the matter to the court and request the court to remove him from the post of Tongpan.
Finally, Lord Yang sternly declared, "Under this prefecture, let alone the son of a magistrate, even if he were my son, if he broke the law, he would be punished like a commoner, and I will show no mercy!"
The people were in an uproar again, shouting "Yang Qingtian" and kneeling down in large numbers. The shouting was deafening, and Jiang Tongpan's forehead was so red with veins that his teeth were almost broken!
Mr. He, the Tongzhi, remained silent almost throughout the whole process, but he supported Mr. Yang silently with his actions. When Mr. Yang threw the red bamboo stick, he secretly winked at the yamen runner who was carrying out the caning. He had served in the provincial government for a little longer than Mr. Jiang, the yamen runner understood what he meant with just one glance. This was to beat him without any mercy!
Good man, the Second Young Master Jiang had said before that he wanted to kill them, and the yamen runners remembered his words. Once the impeachment memorial from Lord Yang is submitted, it is still uncertain whether his father can keep his position as the Tongpan. If they don't beat them to death, they will be doing themselves a disservice!
The second son of the Jiang family was dragged to the torture bench by the yamen runners like a dead dog. With two "Pooh, Pooh" sounds, the leading yamen runner spat into the palms of his hands, swung the board and hit him on the buttocks.
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