Someone with sharp eyes noticed that Liang's first daughter-in-law Jiang Jiuyue and her first daughter were also in the car!
Although the curious villagers were a little afraid of the yamen runners, they couldn't help but follow the car from a distance to the Liang family.
Soon, the mule cart arrived at Liang's house, and Zhao Kun politely asked Jiang Jiuyue and his two sisters to get off the car first.
Like other villagers, the Liang family had never seen such a scene before.
Chen Cuihong, who was drying clothes in the yard, ran back to the house, crawling.
"Father! The guards are coming! There are so many of them!"
Just as Chen Cuihong finished speaking, Zhao Kun's voice was heard in the yard.
"Everyone from the Liang family, come out now! If you don't come out, and we catch you, don't blame us for being merciless!"
The people in the two rooms were extremely nervous, but the police said that if they didn't get out, they would be arrested, and it was hard to say how they would get out.
Not long after Zhao Kun finished speaking, all the people from the two branches of the Liang family moved out of their rooms trembling with fear.
As the eldest son in the family, Liang Youchang could not help but ask, "What do you want from us?"
Zhao Kun sneered, "What else? Why would we come all the way to your house to chat?"
Liang Youchang shuddered, "Oh, oh, the officer must have something to talk to us about, but what exactly is it?"
Zhao Kun glanced at his colleague, who immediately understood and went to the main room to bring out two long benches.
Seeing the yamen runners moving the benches, the Liang family members were even more confused. What were they going to do with the benches?
After putting the bench away, Zhao Kun looked at Liang Youchang and Liang Wenchang again, "The county magistrate has ordered that Liang Du deceived the government and be punished with twenty strokes of the cane. His sons Liang Youchang and Liang Wenchang will take the punishment, twenty strokes each!"
Liang Youchang and Liang Wenchang were dumbfounded. Their mother went to sue Jiang Jiuyue but failed and was beaten with a stick instead. And she wanted to let the two brothers be beaten?
"Hey, this, this, sir, what's going on? We have to understand it clearly!"
Zhao Kun sneered, "Your good brother has persuaded your mother to beat the drum to complain, but she failed to sue and was sentenced to 20 strokes of the cane for deceiving the government. The county magistrate is kind-hearted and, considering her advanced age, has let you two brothers take the punishment on her behalf."
After hearing this, Liang Youchang and Liang Wenchang wanted to strangle Liang Jinchang, this idiot who tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice!
Otherwise, if he had not instigated his mother to file a complaint with the authorities, the two brothers would not have received such a beating!
Then, Liang Wenchang quickly realized, "Why are we two brothers getting the beating? Where's Liang Jinchang? Shouldn't he get the beating?"
Jiang Jiuyue took over the conversation coldly, "Liang Jinchang is now lying half-dead in the clinic. Apart from you two, who else in the family can take the punishment for your mother?"
Liang Youchang and Liang Wenchang wanted to say something but were grabbed by the bailiffs and pushed down on the bench.
The two men did not dare to resist the bailiffs and were firmly pressed on the bench and beaten with twenty boards.
The other members of the Liang family stood nearby, not daring to move, watching the two of them being beaten to a pulp.
On the way here, Zhao Kun had said that there was no need to hold back the two men of the Liang family, as they were both used to the underground and were strong and immortal.
Therefore, the yamen runner who was hitting the brother with the stick did not hold back at all, and hit him harder than Du Jinhua, and soon made the two brothers bleed.
After the twenty strokes of the cane, both men's pants were soaked with blood and they could not move at all.
After the yamen runners retreated, Chen Cuihong and Ma Guichun rushed over, crying and checking their injuries.
While she was still crying, Zhao Kun spoke again mercilessly.
"Liang Du was fined fifty taels of silver for the failed attempt to buy and sell people privately, and was also charged with deceiving the government. In addition to you being beaten with twenty sticks, all adult males of the Liang family must perform one year of corvee labor."
After hearing this, Chen Cuihong didn't even care about crying, and asked hurriedly, "All adult men have to serve for 10 years?! Is my son Chengyong going to go too?"
When beating him, the county magistrate said that if he was not married at the age of fifteen, he was not considered an adult, but he did not mention the matter of corvee labor, so Zhao Kun did not say that he was dead. He said that whether Liang Chengyong should perform corvee labor or not, he had to ask the county magistrate before making a decision.
However, it was a done deal that the brothers Liang Youchang and Liang Wenchang, as well as Liang Jinchang who was lying in the hospital, would go to perform corvée labor.
The two were nearly dead from the beating. When they heard the news, they dropped their heads and fainted together.
Chen Cuihong and Ma Guichun started crying again, and the children from the first and second wives also gathered around them and cried as if they were dead.
The yamen runners completed their mission and said goodbye to Jiang Jiuyue and left without caring too much.
Jiang Jiuyue stopped Zhao Kun and gave him some change, "Use this to treat your colleagues to a drink and build a good relationship with them. Maybe I, your master, will need your help in the future."
Zhao Kun would never take the money she gave him. He pushed her hand back and said, "Master, what are you talking about? You have to spend money to treat them to drinks? Don't worry, I will definitely treat you well. If you have any problems in the future, just let me know!"
Jiang Jiuyue shook her head. "You have many colleagues, and this is also a favor for me. I should pay this money. If you don't take it, do you look down on me?"
Zhao Kun quickly shook his head, "No, no, Master, why do you think so? I think I should show my filial piety to you."
Jiang Jiuyue stuffed the silver into his hand and said, "Go ahead. I'll personally treat them to a good meal next time."
Zhao Kun responded, stuffed the silver into his arms, and jumped onto the mule cart, "Master, let's go. I'll come back to practice martial arts with you after my rest!"
Jiang Jiuyue waved at him, "Okay, let's talk about it after you take a rest."
Watching the car go away, Jiang Jiuyue turned back to the yard and looked at the family who were still crying.
"Don't think about the corvée service that year. Think about how you are going to pay the fifty taels of silver that Du Jinhua was fined."
Ma Guichun didn't cry after hearing this, but said angrily, "This is the fault of that bastard Liang Jinchang! He came up with bad ideas and killed our two families!"
Chen Cuihong also cursed, "Liang Jinchang, this black-hearted man! He has harmed our two families like this! Do you want us to pay for this money? Are you going to force us to death?"
Jiang Jiuyue’s thoughts were somewhat consistent with theirs, but not quite.
She thought, since Liang Jinchang dared to bring a woman back and divorce his wife and marry another one, he must be making money outside.
Liang Jinchang should pay the money, but before he pays the fine, she wants Liang Jinchang to divorce and take the property that belongs to her daughter.
As for whether the remaining property for the Liang family would be enough to pay the fine after she divided the property, that was none of her business.
On the other hand, this old nosy Du Jinhua is the best at hiding money. She hides it in piles of clothes and under the wall. It's like a cunning rabbit burrowing in a cave.
It is still unknown how much silver she has hidden. Maybe it is not only enough to pay the fine, but there is also a lot left over.
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