In this way, Zhang Fangtian and his companions were escorted out of Suyu City!
On the other hand, Mr. Hu thought that the situation had been resolved and it was time for Song Yaoyao and the others to leave.
But after waiting for a long time, the other party showed no intention of leaving, so Mr. Hu asked cautiously:
"Sir, Zhang Fangtian and his men have already settled their debts."
"I know this."
Looking at Mr. Hu's expression, Song Yaoyao knew what he was thinking and said:
"Curious, why haven't we left yet?"
Mr. Hu nodded.
"We have just resolved the issue of Zhang Fangtian and his gang stealing money.
Next, I will settle the score for your blatant bribery of this official."
In an instant, Mr. Hu's face changed. How could he have forgotten this?
When Mr. Hu saw Song Yaoyao's fake smile, he had a bad feeling.
The man in front of me is definitely a black-hearted person, and this situation will not be let off so easily.
Mr. Hu stammered:
"S-Sir..."
"Master Hu, in our Tianfeng country, in addition to being fined and beaten with a stick, bribing an official will also result in tattooing on the criminal's face."
(Tattooing: tattooing a prisoner’s face or other body parts, then covering them with ink or paint to make the tattoo a permanent mark.)
Mr. Hu was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly:
"My Lord, I know I was wrong, and I will never do it again.
Sir, please forgive me!"
Mr. Hu knew that if he was sentenced to tattooing, he and his entire Hu family would be finished!
What Song Yaoyao didn't say is that bribery and corruption can indeed be punished by tattooing, but that is only when the amount is huge.
100 taels of silver is not a large amount, and usually the punishment would be several times the amount, and that’s it.
However, now that the Tianfeng Kingdom has just taken over the Longyuan Kingdom, in order to establish its prestige, it must kill the chicken to scare the monkey!
Song Yaoyao nodded and said:
"Since you have a good attitude in admitting your mistakes, the tattooing can be spared.
But caning and fines were inevitable.
If it's a caning, it's not much, just ten boards; if it's a punishment, it's 30,000 taels of silver."
When Mr. Hu heard the first half of the sentence, he just breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect to hear the next sentence, which was that he would be beaten with a stick.
Why do you want to be spanked again?
He didn't even hear the amount of silver that was later punished.
Mr. Hu immediately became nervous again.
Also, what do you mean by not much? Only ten strokes of the cane?
He couldn't even withstand one blow, let alone ten.
Even if it was a person who practiced martial arts regularly, ten blows would probably kill him, let alone him!
After these ten beatings, he would probably go straight to meet the ancestors of the Hu family.
Mr. Hu was so frightened that his legs went limp:
"Sir, can you use silver to pay for the caning? I really can't bear the board."
"It seems that Mr. Hu is really rich!
Since Mr. Hu has begged me so much, I am not an unreasonable person.
How about this, I'll make it an even number for you: ten lashes of the board will be compensated by 70,000 taels of silver, plus the 30,000 taels of silver that were originally to be punished, the total will be 100,000 taels.
Is this amount a good deal?"
Mr. Hu cursed inwardly: What a good deal! I have never seen anyone so cruel!
But he didn't dare to say it, for fear that if he said one more word, the silver would double.
This kind of thing just happened!
He just said that paying 10 times the amount of silver to Zhang Fangtian and others was a bit too much, but in the end it became 20 times.
He has suffered such a loss before and will not make such a mistake again.
Song Yaoyao looked at Mr. Hu for a long time without saying anything, and said:
"Master Hu, are you dissatisfied?
It seems that the amount of silver I mentioned is still too little. How about adding more?
How much should I think about?
..."
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