The county magistrate took the banknote and handed it to Ning Zilin in front of Fang Zhen: "Master Ning, this is your soap. The banknote is now yours!"
The county magistrate's smile was as warm as spring, but Ning Zilin was by no means ignorant. He immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, sir, for your impartial work and for eliminating harm for the people! Bai Liu will immediately order a blue sky plaque to give to you. Thank you, sir, for upholding justice!"
County Magistrate Luo Duocheng immediately showed a hint of pride on his face, but quickly suppressed it.
Several county magistrates around here are serving the people, but so far no one has heard of receiving the Blue Sky Plaque. He is afraid that he will be the first person to receive this plaque.
Just because this blue sky plaque is not something that ordinary people can afford to make, Ning Zilin's action immediately made Luo Duocheng very happy.
I couldn't help but think that the head of the Ning family really knows what's good for him!
"Come here, take Fang Zhen to jail! Imprison him. If anyone comes to redeem him, they have to pay a hundred taels of silver, otherwise they will go to jail!"
Fang Zhen's face relaxed when he heard that he would only go to jail. He was thinking that as long as he could keep the courtyard, Liu Sanhong would not abandon him easily.
But the county magistrate issued another order: "Investigate the small courtyard Fang Zhen owned from selling soap in Shuihe Town. Confiscate it and make it the property of the county government! Seal it off immediately!"
Fang Zhen's face immediately turned pale: "No! County Magistrate! No!"
But the county magistrate just rolled his eyes and said, "Don't think that I won't know anything just because you've concealed it from me. I have a clear record of everyone's background here!
Come, give Fang Zhen twenty lashes! Take him away and execute him!
"Magister Luo, how could you do this to me! I've told you everything!" Fang Zhen immediately cried out in pain.
"Give me a good beating! Do you think I'm right to steal soap and sell it?"
Luo Duocheng immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "Master Ning, is Fang Zhen's case considered closed?"
"Thank you, Magistrate Luo! I'll take my leave!" Ning Zilin immediately glanced at Fang Zhen before walking away.
Bai Liu said, "Master, would you like to spend some money to make Fang Zhen suffer a little in prison?"
"No need. I, Ning Zilin, have always been upright and honest in my actions. I don't care about those despicable means!"
Bai Liu immediately bowed and said, "Yes, Master. I am so stupid!"
"Let's go back to Yixiang Pavilion!" Ning Zilin got on the carriage and left quietly, while Bai Liu instructed Xiao Si to design the Qingtian plaque.
"County Magistrate Luo, I just learned that Patriarch Ning has indeed sent someone to order the Blue Sky Plaque."
Luo Duocheng immediately touched his chin with joy. With a slight mustache, he said happily, "Keep a close eye on Fang Zhen and see if anyone comes to redeem him!"
"Yes, Lord Luo!" The young guard immediately bowed and retreated.
Fang Baihan, from the Fang family of Ningxiahe Village, was loading a truck outside Shuihe Town when someone familiar with him ran over and said, "Old Fang, go redeem your grandson quickly, or he'll be sent to the border to do hard labor if you don't redeem him in a few days!"
Fang Baihan was immediately surprised and asked, "Fang Zhen is working as a waiter in a restaurant, why would he want to be redeemed? Explain clearly."
"How could Fang Zhen be a waiter? He went to Yixiang Pavilion to work as a hauler, but he had the audacity to steal soap from Yixiang Pavilion and sell it privately. He's now in the county jail. I just saw him get beaten with twenty boards! His bottom is all red!"
Fang Baihan immediately tied up the ox cart and said, "Don't lie to me! I'll go check it out now!"
Although the Qingye Kingdom is now living in peace within its borders, there are many wounded soldiers on the border. If a criminal like Fang Zhen is not redeemed within a few days, his fate will be to be sent to the border to do hard labor, and his life or death will be at the mercy of fate.
Fang Baihan immediately ran to the county government office.
The guard told Fang Baihan that he would have to pay at least one hundred taels of silver to redeem him, which frightened Fang Baihan so much that he fell backwards.
"So much? Where can I borrow such a large amount of silver?" Fang Baihan immediately squatted outside the county government office.
The young guard said, "Go away! If you don't have the silver, Fang Zhen will just have to wait to be sent away!"
At this time, Ning Zhenyu, the old man, immediately stepped forward and said, "Brother Fang, are you in this county government office?"
Fang Baihan immediately said in distress, "Brother Ning, if it weren't for my grandson stealing your soap and selling it, he wouldn't have been caught. Now he's been beaten with twenty sticks. If he isn't redeemed with a hundred taels of silver, he might have to be sent away in a few days. Then, I'm afraid that my grandfather and grandson will never see each other again, and I'm afraid the Fang family will be extinct!"
Fang Baihan's tears immediately flowed down his face.
"Fang Zhen has learned his lesson. Here, you can use this hundred taels of silver first. I will go back and teach Ning Zilin a lesson for not helping me when he needs help. Fang Zhen is a good boy who I watched grow up. He just took the wrong path for a while. I believe he will change for the better in the future!"
Ning Zhenyu immediately stuffed a hundred-liang silver note into Fang Baihan's arms and said, "Go and redeem him!"
Ning Zhenyu immediately walked away. Fang Baihan looked at the banknotes in his arms and immediately knelt in Ning Zhenyu's direction and said, "Thank you, Brother Ning, for saving my family!"
Ning Zhenyu immediately shook his head. If Ning Zilin hadn't secretly given him a hundred taels of silver and asked him to guard here, Fang Zhen would definitely have been sent away.
It was also because Ning Zilin took into consideration the fact that Fang Zhen and he grew up together that he showed some leniency and taught him a lesson while saving him at the same time.
Ning Zilin was in Yixiang Pavilion. Ge Yuyuan immediately handed him a cup of tea and asked, "Husband, are you going to let Fang Zhen go just like that?"
"After all, we are from the same village and grew up together. Don't go too far. Just let him remember this lesson."
Ning Zilin said so.
"My husband is really open-minded. If it were me, I would make Fang Zhen kneel down and kowtow to admit his mistake!" Ge Yuyuan pouted, which immediately made Ning Zilin feel uneasy.
"Bai Liu, close the door!" Ning Zilin ordered immediately.
"My husband, you are doing this in broad daylight~hmm~!" Ge Yuyuan's moaning voice could be heard faintly in the study.
Bai Liu immediately knew what was going on and hid outside the courtyard gate.
That is, not too close to the study, nor too far away, so that you can hear the instructions of the head of the family.
Fukukoji Temple
Ning Xiaotang and all the ladies who came to burn incense were kneeling in the main hall to listen to the chanting. Ning Xiaotang felt her eyelids getting heavy. She had never imagined that one could fall asleep while kneeling.
Liu Lanqing saw that her daughter had fallen asleep, shook her head secretly, and nodded to Quanyue.
Quanyue immediately understood what the Third Madam meant, and Quanyue carried Ning Xiaotang out of the hall.
I just came out and there was no sound of people chanting: "Hey! Why am I walking?"
Ning Xiaotang immediately said in confusion.
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