Chapter 77: The Final Settlement
Chen Yu looked straight ahead, "My Lord, that is not the case. He let his horse run wildly on the street and almost hurt innocent people. I did this to save people. Besides, I only injured his horse's leg. He killed the horse himself. Many people on the street can testify to this."
Dou Qing chuckled. Who among the common people would dare to go against him? Even if he called people over, they probably wouldn't dare to tell the truth.
He was about to argue when he heard a crisp "click" sound. Xie Tingzhou threw the tea cup lid back onto the cup. This simple action made his legs shake three times.
Xie Tingzhou looked towards Dou Qing. He had just glanced at the horse in front of the inn. The horse did have an injury on its leg, and the angle and force used were just right so as not to break its bones.
The knife wound on the neck was different. The blade was crooked, deep at the top and shallow at the bottom. It was obvious that the force was not enough and the force was released later. If Chen Yu had made the move, the blade would have been clean and beautiful.
Dou Qing didn't dare to argue in front of Xie Tingzhou, and said with his neck stiff, "I gave my beloved horse a quick death because I saw that he was in too much pain. Besides, how could I have hurt an innocent person? Did you see anyone injured?"
"No." Shen Yu replied.
Dou Qing pointed at her and said, "Listen, sir. No one was hurt but he hurt my beloved horse. This is simply lawless."
Chen Yu said: "If you don't hurt the horse, you will hurt others."
Dou Qing sneered, "Did this happen? Who would believe something that didn't happen?"
Chen Yu had seen Dou Qing's roguery before, but at this moment she still wanted to give him two slaps in the face.
"Your Excellency can summon witnesses. Anyone you pick up on the street can prove it." Chen Yu gritted her teeth and said.
She hates this kind of argument the most. Is there anything that can't be solved by fighting? Why do you have to talk nonsense here?
Dou Qing said: "Then why don't you spread it? Regardless of whether I hurt anyone or not, you hurt my horse and caused me to fall. This is an undeniable fact, right?"
The cause and effect of the matter was simple. Liu Fu glanced at the expressionless Buddha.
Xie Tingzhou picked up the tea leaves and said, "Master Liu, you don't need to look at me. Just follow the law."
Since Xie Tingzhou said so, Liu Fu felt a little more confident.
He coughed and said, "I have just heard the whole story. It was just a friction on the street. In my opinion, it has not been determined whether passers-by were injured. It's time..."
"Shi Yu." Shen Yu reminded.
Liu Fu continued
"Although Shi Yu was saving people, it is a fact that the injured horse caused Dou Qing to be injured. You have to pay for his medical expenses. Do you two agree with my judgment?"
Naturally, Shen Yu had no objection, as there was still a lot left compared to the 12,000 taels of silver she had offered to settle the matter privately.
"Shigure agrees."
Dou Qing was still indignant, but he was afraid that Xie Tingzhou would be there and he couldn't show off his second-generation rich "style", so he replied dissatisfiedly: "I agree."
Liu Fu nodded: "In that case, Dou Qing, you should give him the medical expenses as well."
Dou Qing thought, since he couldn't punish him, he might as well extort a large sum of money from him, so he opened his mouth and said, "30,000 taels!"
Liu Fu's gavel was so frightened by Dou Qing's loud mouth that it fell to the ground.
Shen Yu almost made Dou Qing laugh.
What a joke, thirty thousand taels is enough to buy Dou Qing’s life.
Dou Qing was actually feeling happy, so he pretended to be in pain and said, "My injuries don't matter, but the breed of that horse is not ordinary, and it has been with me for many years."
If Chen Yu had offered that price before in order to avoid disaster, now that it had been brought up in the hall, there was absolutely no reason for her to accompany her wife and lose her soldiers. She had plenty of money, but she would not let this bastard get away with it.
Chen Yu sneered, "You might as well go rob. Thirty taels, is that too much? You come from an official family, how can you be like a gangster? You dare to blackmail in court."
"What did you say?" Dou Qing was furious and reached out to grab Chen Yu's collar.
Shen Yu was caught off guard and was pulled by him, revealing half of her snow-white shoulder. She raised her hand and slapped Dou Qing, knocking him to the ground.
He originally wanted to chop off his hand, but when he touched his waist he remembered that he had taken off his sword before going to class.
Dou Qing fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, still standing there in a daze, the stunning scenery he had just glimpsed was still vivid in his mind.
How can a man be so fair and tender? It really makes people itch.
"As far as I know."
Upon hearing the voice, Chen Yu and Dou Qing looked at Xie Tingzhou who had spoken.
The huge water stain on Xie Tingzhou's robe caught her attention instantly. This prince is really something. He could spill so much while drinking tea. There was even water dripping from his fingertips.
Xie Tingzhou first glanced at her, then his cold eyes moved to Dou Qing's face and said coldly: "Your horse is an ordinary foal, only two years old, and it is still a young horse."
Dou Qing opened and closed his jaw, holding his breath in his chest, and for a long time he couldn't utter a word.
Jiang Lianzhi was late, so how could he defeat the Prince of Beilin? Dou Qing could only swallow his anger.
After paying the thirty taels of silver, Dou Qing threw up his sleeves and prepared to leave angrily.
"Wait."
Dou Qing turned around, not understanding what was going on. "What else do you want me to do, my Lord?"
Xie Tingzhou put down his teacup and asked, "Master Liu, what is the crime of riding a horse and injuring someone in the street?"
When Liu Fu heard this, he thought Xie Tingzhou was going to settle the score later.
Riding a horse in the street is not a big deal or a small matter. If no one investigates it, it is a small matter. But if it is investigated, there are laws to follow.
Dou Qing didn't know anything about the law. He just let the horse go. Many people did the same thing. So he said nonchalantly, "It's fine. No one died."
Liu stroked his forehead and thought that it was not such a easy thing to do.
According to the law, riding a horse in the street will result in twenty strokes of the cane. If casualties are caused, the punishment will be detention at the least and exile at the worst.
Before, Xie Tingzhou asked them to follow the law. He thought Xie Tingzhou wanted to give the Jiang family face, but who knew that was just the beginning. They had already planned to make life difficult for Dou Qing.
Liu Fu couldn't help but look at Shi Yu in the hall twice, thinking that Xie Tingzhou was really protective of his people.
Liu Fu gritted his teeth and said, "According to the law, the horse should be allowed to ride twenty horses."
The prefect is not here today, and he is just a chancellor. Not only will he not be able to please Xie Tingzhou, but he will also offend Minister Jiang. He is really caught between a rock and a hard place.
When Dou Qing heard that he was sentenced to twenty lashes, he was so angry that he thought, "This is too much."
In the Dou family's generation, he was the only male like him. His family loved him like the apple of their eye. Not only was he beaten with a stick, he had never even heard a harsh word from them.
The case had just been concluded, but Xie Tingzhou showed no intention of leaving, and it seemed that he wanted to watch the execution.
The bailiffs immediately dragged up a stool, and two bailiffs held Dou Qing's shoulders, one on each side, and pressed him down on the stool.
"Wait!" Dou Qing struggled and shouted at the top of his lungs, "My cousin hasn't come yet. Wait until he comes."
Liu Fu looked at Xie Tingzhou.
Xie Tingzhou said to Shi Yu, "Stand over here and see clearly what the consequences are of riding a horse in the street."
Chen Yu pursed her lips to hold back her smile and stood beside him.
Xie Tingzhou was really a sinister person. He exchanged thirty taels of silver for a beating for Dou Qing. It was really worth it. The revenge of his previous life was avenged in this life.
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