Chapter 039 What is he going to do
By the time the porridge is ready, it is already 9 o'clock.
Just as Shen Heng put away the charcoal fire to keep the porridge warm, Xie Jian walked in.
"Why don't you get some more sleep?"
Xie Jian didn't answer her, but just looked at the charcoal stove coldly.
"Would you like me to serve you a bowl of porridge?" Chen Heng continued to ask.
Only then did Xie Jian nod softly.
Chen Heng served the porridge, brought out some side dishes, and also served herself a bowl.
Xie Jian ate very quietly, making almost no noise. He ate slowly, and even when eating porridge, he would chew it gently a few times before swallowing.
He was surprisingly calm at this moment.
Chen Heng felt that Xie Jian had changed a lot. On the night when Dou Sheng committed the crime, his murderous hatred was extremely obvious, and it was obvious at a glance that he was on the verge of exploding. But in front of Min'er, he remained extremely calm.
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
Chen Heng's first reaction was that something had happened to Min'er, so she stood up and ran out of the kitchen to open the door.
He is a yamen runner.
"My dear lady, the butcher of the Xie family was sentenced to prison for the crime of "mutilation of living beings" and will be hanged in ten days. Although his wife Mei knew about it, but considering that he still has a young child to raise, your Excellency will be lenient with him and only give him 100 strokes of the cane." said the bailiff.
The crime of mutilation? Chen Heng had heard of it before; it was a provision in the Ming Dynasty criminal code that specifically punished the intentional mutilation of children. In a previous life, while watching short videos, netizens had cited Ming Dynasty laws for the lenient sentences given to human traffickers for their heinous crimes. She hadn't expected the Great Cong Dynasty to have such a provision.
"Lord Lu is wise. What about the Xie clan leader?" Chen Heng asked.
"Xie Changgen refused to admit his guilt and instead accused the butcher of framing him. The butcher's son did identify him, but the child was too young to explain many things clearly and was unable to testify."
"So let him go just like that?"
"Of course not. You must trust Master Lu and give him some more time. Goodbye."
After watching the bailiff leave, Shen Heng turned around and saw Xie Jian coming out of the kitchen: "The butcher will be hanged in ten days."
"I heard everything." Xie Jian said coldly.
"Lord Lu said that Xie Changgen will be brought to justice soon."
Xie Jian hummed softly, his mind flashing back to what Xie Changgen had said in court last time: "My niece was taken in by Lord Wei two years ago, and she just had a baby boy. I went to celebrate the full moon last month."
Lord Wei is the prefect of the government office, so it is not easy for Lu Ji'an to punish Xie Changgen.
Just as Shen Heng returned to the kitchen to eat, she heard Xie Jian say, "I'm going to rest for a while."
"Okay." Chen Heng thought that she must have been hungry, so she didn't rest.
Xia woke up at noon, and the first thing she did was to go see her son. Chen Heng dragged her down to eat a bowl of porridge and an egg, and then they hurried to the clinic.
The doctor was already there, and was ordering his apprentice to change Min'er's dressing, while another apprentice was massaging Min'er's elbow while dipping some vegetable oil in it.
When Shen Heng saw Min'er's expression, her heart sank: "Doctor, does Min'er have a fever?"
Seeing her son so lifeless, Mrs. Xia burst into tears again.
The doctor nodded and said, "It's normal for the child's body temperature to rise after such a deep wound. I hope he can pull through."
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