nycdaug Chapter 118 The Young Master and the Farmhand 25
Chapter 118 The Young Master and the Farmhand 25
Ah Xiang had tears in her eyes and smiled as she watched Liu Yang being beaten. One board after another landed on Liu Yang's thighs. The eye-catching red was the best compensation for her at that moment. She just felt happy and accepted it even if she would be retaliated by the Liu family later.
When Liu Yang's mother saw her son being tortured, she was filled with grief and indignation. She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she actually dodged the layers of guards, sneaked into the hall, pushed away the guards who were enforcing the law, and protected her son.
"You heartless and ungrateful people, if you want to hit my son, hit me first!"
As soon as the eldest aunt rushed forward, the other people in the eldest house also rushed forward and protected the mother and son in the middle: "If you want to hit my mother, hit me first!"
The second uncle sat at the top, looking at Lu Changning with a smile. It seemed as if he was saying, nephew, it's your turn to take action.
This was the first time Lu Changning had seen people vying to be beaten. "For obstructing the trial, according to Liu's law, you are punished with ten sticks! But considering that my aunt is old, since all the brothers and sisters are willing to do it for me, come on, these ten people, each will be punished with eleven sticks, and it will be executed immediately."
The children from the eldest wife's family who were gathered around were stunned. They had bet on the law not to hold everyone responsible, but they didn't expect that the heir of the Liu family would be so disrespectful to the eldest wife's family and actually wanted to fight!
Ten more benches suddenly appeared in the hall, and ten children lined up in a row, accepting the shock brought to them by the clan rules.
The aunt, who had been so arrogant just now, was now held down by two big men. She no longer had the arrogance she had just had and stared tearfully at the court in front of her where people were screaming.
Second uncle felt relieved. After what happened today, it would be easier to judge his future cases.
Lu Changning also felt better. He was glad that he brought so many people with him today, otherwise he wouldn't be able to finish the fight.
Listening to the shouts around her, Ah Xiang kowtowed to Mr. Liu Er: "Thank you, sir, for giving me justice." After that, she turned around and kowtowed to Lu Changning: "Thank you for your help."
Lu Changning went up to help the man up and said, "It was my Liu family who was wrong to cause you such great harm. You can ask the court doctor to treat the wound on your face later. I believe they will be able to treat it. Live a good life in the future without worrying about retaliation. The Discipline Pavilion is right here. Anyone who has grievances can come and report it. The Discipline Pavilion will never let a criminal go unpunished."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone cheered.
But someone asked: "Young Master, if it wasn't the Liu family who committed the crime, can we come and report it?"
Lu Changning smiled kindly and gently: "Of course, as long as you are in Jinchuan, you can come and report the case. Our Liu family will definitely help mediate and give everyone a satisfactory answer."
The handling of this matter immediately received support and response from the general public. Through word of mouth and the deliberate publicity of the Liu family, the reputation of the Discipline Pavilion gradually spread. The iron laws of the Liu family were also publicized. People in other territories were envious and hoped that the strength of the Liu family could spread to their areas and eliminate all the injustices one by one.
After this incident, Lu Changning drank tea with his second uncle.
After a few days of getting along, the second uncle's attitude towards Lu Changning gradually became warmer. For example, now the two of them can chat enthusiastically.
"Your uncle's family hates you and me for this matter. I'm alone and it doesn't matter to me, but you have to be careful to avoid his revenge."
Lu Changning, however, was not worried about this at all: "Uncle should worry about his own family first."
The second uncle was curious: "Why, is the current turmoil in your uncle's family also due to your interference?"
Lu Changning chuckled. He didn't know what image he had in his second uncle's mind at this moment. Why did he suspect his uncle was responsible for everything that happened? "This has nothing to do with me. The current result is all due to my eldest uncle's long-term partiality."
Even though the eldest wife used all kinds of connections, Liu Yang was still sent away. Not only was he sent away, but his uncle and aunt were also punished and put in solitary confinement because they displeased the head of the family.
The eldest wife's family was a family with many children, but they were very partial to each other in terms of resource allocation. Almost all of the family's assets were concentrated on the children of the first wife. As for the other children, they really relied on the family to raise them.
Now that the eldest uncle and aunt were locked up, the children who had been suppressed before finally had a chance to stand out and were frantically accepting tasks. At least, Lu Changning found several good seedlings among the children of the eldest wife. This was also the point that he was most satisfied with.
Now his uncle wants to spare some time to deal with Lu Changning? Haha, can he spare any time? The capable children in the family are busy with family tasks, while the incapable children are fighting for resources. If he wants his uncle to deal with Lu Changning, he may not be able to protect himself.
The second uncle took a sip of tea and said, "Liu Yang has always been a troublemaker since he was young. I didn't expect that he did a good thing this time. Because of this incident, the reputation of the Liu family has spread. I heard that many more people have settled in Jinchuan recently."
Lu Changning added: "Not only that, our recruitment has also been much smoother. After this incident, we were able to gather tens of thousands of people in just a few days. Liu Yang has greatly improved the strength of our Liu family."
"It's gratifying, it's gratifying."
After drinking tea for a while, the second uncle suddenly looked at Lu Changning and said, "I have a case recently. After thinking it over, I have to talk to you about it."
This is a strange thing: "Could it be that someone is suing me?"
The Second Master laughed, "If I were to sue you, I would have taken you to the palace. But this time, I'm suing your brother-in-law. What do you say?"
"Brother-in-law?" Lu Changning finally realized that he had a bunch of relatives in the Yu family. This brother-in-law should be Yu Miao's half-brother. He was the second young master Yu who made his concubine pregnant.
"What crime did he commit that someone would come all the way here to file a complaint?" The Yu family was not close to here. When Yu Miao came to get married, he walked for a long time on the road. What a serious crime did Yu Er commit that someone would come all the way here to file a complaint.
Master Liu took a sip of tea and said, "Ah, it's just a matter between men and women!"
"What? He also raped women?"
Mr. Liu paused, feeling a little embarrassed to say: "Not really." He simply handed the memorial to Lu Changning and asked him to check it himself.
It turns out that this matter is still related to the maid at that time.
When the affair between Yu Er and the maid was exposed, Yu Er risked his life to protect her, and finally the mistress of the Yu family relented and spared the maid and the child in her belly, but did not let her stay in the mansion, and gave her a sum of money to send her away. The child had no intention of staying in the Yu family, and she did not even ask about it, which showed that she did not recognize the child.
When the maid left Yu's house, she was still pregnant, but it was probably too early to tell. Not long after she left, she married a man who made a living by working hard. They soon had children, and the maid gave birth to a boy.
The man treated the maid very well, and the two of them lived a happy life in the eyes of outsiders. Moreover, not long after the birth of the first child, the maid became pregnant with a second child. Not long ago, the maid gave birth to a baby girl. The man was delighted to see the boy and girl, who were as cute as little boys, and he wanted to hold a big banquet to celebrate.
During the dinner that night, the man was so happy that he drank two more cups and had fallen asleep. However, he was worried about his wife and children, so he got up in the middle of the night and wanted to go to his wife's room. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked into his wife's room and opened the door, he ran into the maid and Yu Er having sex.
The man was furious and wanted to fight Yu Er. But Yu Er had been a jerk for so many years and was very good at fighting. How could the man be his opponent? He was gradually defeated.
The maid came over to comfort him. Looking at his beautiful wife and his two children who were woken up and crying, the man had already decided to forget about it. However, Yu Er, this rascal, actually openly shouted at him.
I said everything. It is your blessing to marry my woman, but you are not worthy of her with your appearance. It is your ancestors' great kindness that you can raise my children, so take good care of them. If my son and daughter are harmed in any way, I will kill you.
Only then did the man realize that what happened today was not drunken sex, but there were signs of it long ago. Only then did he realize that the pair of children he had been holding and showing off all day were actually someone else's children.
Yu Er said sarcastically, of course they are my children. Look at your own appearance, how could you give birth to such a lovely pair of children.
The man collapsed. The happy family he had always thought of turned out to be a bubble. He couldn't swallow this breath, so he traveled for several months to come to the Discipline Pavilion to file a complaint.
Even Lu Changning, who had seen many outrageous incidents, couldn't help but say, "How wicked!"
Mr. Liu drank his tea silently and made no comment.