Chapter 1890 Compensation for the Other Party's Mother-in-Law
Qi Lie then looked at Granny Fang and Guo Zheng, "Furthermore, Chen Bing has already admitted that the person who saved someone thirty years ago and received the favor should be Fang Caixia. If that's the case, the money given by the other party to repay the favor should rightfully belong to Fang Caixia. Since Fang Caixia and Chen Bing are no longer husband and wife, the money that Chen Bing kept should also be returned to Fang Caixia."
Grandma Fang was taken aback. "Yes, yes, Chen Bing has already admitted to what he did back then."
Although these matters are moral issues and shouldn't land him in jail, the money was indeed transferred by Chen Bing, so it had to be returned to her.
Qi Lie continued, "Within five days, the Chen family must hand over the six hundred taels of silver that belonged to Fang Caixia back then to Fang Caixia."
Six, six hundred taels?
Chen Bing was stunned. If he handed over so much money, and was later sentenced to prison, how would his family bribe the prison warden?
The Chen family could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.
Madam Pan roughly knew how much silver the family had. Over the years, the family's expenses had not been low. Not to mention the food, clothing, and daily necessities for her son and daughter, her son's marriage and the birth of his child a few years ago had also been a huge expense.
The family's only source of income was the general store, but business had been slow since Zhou Tiedong left. In addition, they had to bribe Officer Li and his cronies, which had already depleted their savings.
The family can only come up with three or four hundred taels of silver at the moment.
They also have to compensate Zhou Tiedong. Where would they get so much money? Unless they sell their mansion or shop.
But if they sell these things, how will they live?
However, that wasn't all. Qi Lie added, "Furthermore, Chen Bing just admitted that he colluded with Constable Li to slander Guo Zheng, causing him to suffer from chronic illness for many years. He must compensate Guo Zheng with fifty taels of silver."
While Chen Bing was vaguely confessing his crimes, Qi Lie seized the opportunity to ask him a few questions, including one about Guo Zheng, which Chen Bing also admitted to.
With tears in his eyes, Guo Zheng was overwhelmed with emotion as his years of injustice were finally proven. He immediately kowtowed three times, saying, "Thank you for your wise and discerning judgment."
The Chen family members were speechless at this point. When Zhou Tiedong was imprisoned, Chen Bing demanded compensation from the Zhou family on the grounds that he had stolen.
However, the Zhou family was indeed in dire straits, and could only come up with a maximum of twenty taels of silver, all of which they gave to the Chen family. Chen Bing also made them write IOUs, promising to repay the remaining two hundred and eighty taels gradually.
Now the IOU is obviously invalid, and the twenty taels of silver must be returned, plus an additional fifty taels of compensation.
Here are seventy taels, plus six hundred taels from Granny Fang's side, and fifty taels from Guo Zheng, for a total of seven hundred and twenty taels.
Good heavens, where does the Chen family get so much money?
Pan Shi wished she could bend over, but Pan Laoda's face was ashen. If the Chen family couldn't come up with the money, they would have to "borrow" it from the Pan family. And if it was a loan, they certainly wouldn't pay it back.
Chen Bing looked dejected. All his years of hard work had gone down the drain. He had come to Chenggu County penniless, and now... he was back to square one, no, even worse than before.
He still has to go to jail, but it's unknown how long he'll be there.
Unfortunately, his idea was still too naive. Shu Yu thought, the heaviest blow hadn't even landed yet.
Qi Lie slammed his gavel. "Chen Bing, you colluded with the constables to frame others and embezzled money. It's truly despicable. According to the laws of Da Su, you should be given thirty strokes of the cane and sentenced to two years in prison. But!"
(End of this chapter)
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