Chapter 680 The Song Family’s Punishment
Prince Gongxuan said, "Perhaps it will come down in the next two days. However, I met the county magistrate before and asked him about it. He said that the people of the Song family have bad character and have committed many evil deeds, but according to the law, they cannot be sentenced to death."
However, if it can be proved that Song Hexiu is really the son of Prince Gongxuan, then everyone in the Song family will not be able to escape death.
The sentence for murdering the eldest son and grandson of a meritorious official is different from that for murdering the son of an ordinary citizen.
Song Chuman had obviously thought of this question as well, and asked, "Your Majesty, what will their sentences be?"
Prince Gongxuan said, "The county magistrate said that he, his superiors, and his subordinates had discussed it and felt that letting them die would be too easy for them. Exiling them would probably be just what they wanted. After all, they are no longer able to live as human beings in Qingyu Village, so they might want to move on and start a new life."
"The only way to punish them and torture them is probably hard labor."
"So the county magistrate planned to sentence them to ten years of hard labor near Qingyu Village. They were to build roads, and after the roads were built, they were to dig ponds and so on."
Song Hexiu had read many books, and the books said that people who did hard labor had to get up earlier than chickens every day, could only sleep for two hours a day, and had only one meal a day.
If you move even a little slower, you will be whipped to death by the officers and soldiers.
Don’t even think about wages, as the place you live every day is just an open-air dam.
The officers and soldiers would give them materials and let them build their own huts.
They are given quilts in the summer but only mats in the winter.
The clothes given in summer are all winter clothes, and the clothes given in winter are all summer clothes.
If someone couldn't bear it and died, they would be thrown into a mass grave and their descendants would not be allowed to collect their bodies.
Many people can't even survive a year and are exhausted to death in two or three months.
However, if there was a shortage of people to do hard labor and they fell ill, the officers and soldiers would find someone to treat them.
Before they have recovered, they are forced to do hard labor again. They are not allowed to rest for long, nor are they given any chance to escape, and they suffer greatly.
Song Hexiu sighed, without any sympathy for them, "They brought this upon themselves."
Song Chuman asked: "What about Song Chujin and Song Chuyin? Although they were mortgaged, they are still considered children of the old Song family."
She remembered clearly how the two of them bullied her and Song Chuhuai in the past.
She would be disappointed if she didn't see the miserable state of both of them.
The corner of Shen Tangyu's mouth twitched.
Aman, you...you are so thoughtful, you even thought of their children.
Prince Gongxuan said, "The county magistrate also took the two children into consideration. If they were girls, it would be fine, but they are boys. According to the officers and soldiers' investigation, their reputation is not very good, so they were also included in the selection for hard labor."
"But if they were to serve together in the same place, it would also indirectly help reunite their families. So the government's plan was to separate them, with the children on this side of the river and the adults on the other side, so that they could see each other but not touch each other."
Song Chuman widened her eyes.
This is simply murder and heartbreaking.
Having the adults witness with their own eyes how their children performed hard labor and how they were beaten and scolded by officers and soldiers was like a needle stabbing them in the heart.
Song Hexiu nodded: "This way, they can indeed be punished."
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