As soon as the words were spoken, the whole hall fell into silence.
The old woman's cloudy eyes widened in shock at first, then she reacted, her expression froze, and finally she howled loudly to cover up her guilty conscience. Typically I'm older, I'm louder, I make sense, I can mess around.
The people watching were also caught up in Shen Tang's logic and couldn't recover from it for a long time. They looked at each other in confusion. They always felt that what he said made sense, but they couldn't explain why. If they hadn't been silenced by Shen Tang, they would have been chatting for a while.
The daughter-in-law of any family is not allowed to work
Touch the knife, needle, and thread.
but
If pregnant women touch these, the fetus will be deformed.
So, is it to touch or not to touch?
If pregnant women don’t touch it, who will do these jobs?
Should I ask my mother-in-law and husband to serve tea and water? Then I think about it again. I have never heard of any other women in the family being treated like this when they are pregnant. The child is born fine, so he can still do the work.
Shen Tang ignored the old woman's true feelings.
"Why, you can't give me an explanation. Didn't you swear that the child looked like this was caused by Widow Zhuo? But do you have evidence that the child was injured that time, not you and your son? It was only hurt by intimidating pregnant women. If there are pregnant women, you really can't touch these things." , you, mother and son, have evil intentions and harm your daughter-in-law and grandchildren. If you come across them, you are falsely accusing Widow Zhuo."
He also asked Gu Chi, "Looking at the tide, what is the crime of false accusation?"
Although Gu Chi's understanding in this area is not as proficient as Kang Shi's, he still has some basic knowledge.
He bowed and spoke slowly.
"If we follow the old law, we will sit down on false accusations."
"what for"
Because a group of onlookers below were stretching their ears to listen carefully, Gu Chi could only explain it in a simple and easy-to-understand manner.
"If it is verified that it is indeed the old woman's family who fabricated the facts and falsely accused Widow Zhuo, the person who was falsely accused will be sentenced. That is, the old woman's family falsely accused Widow Zhuo of murdering her only grandson. According to the law, the old woman's family must be punished for the crime of murder."
And what's the consequences of murdering others?
Illiterate people who cannot read or write in Chinese also know that one life is worth one life.
The old woman's face turned pale.
Widow Zhuo had not yet recovered from this reversal, but she knew that she and her daughter were safe, and she couldn't help crying with joy.
Shen Tang asked again, "This is the old law, what about the new law?"
Gu Chi said, "Depending on the seriousness of the case, the lighter punishment may be thirty sticks, paraded in the streets for seven days, and one year of torture; the more severe punishments may be one hundred sticks, five or seven years of torture."
All the people watching took a deep breath.
When Shen Tang saw this, he snorted coldly.
To deal with feudal superstition, earnest explanations are useless. People don't know what science is. Only magic can defeat magic. Only by defeating them in their logic can they truly have a long memory.
The old woman had been so frightened by the conversation between Shen Tang and Gu Chi that her face turned pale, her whole body was shaking like chaff, and she did not dare to howl any more.
He glared hard at his daughter-in-law from the corner of his eye.
The little woman trembled at her glare and hesitated, "Yes, but the civilian woman did feel pain at that time."
Shen Tang was speechless, "You were about to give birth at that time, and the child's movements were abnormal. This argument cannot be sustained."
The little woman was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead.
As soon as the child landed, she felt terrified when she saw his terrifying appearance. Her first reaction was to worry that her mother-in-law and husband would blame her.
She was so scared.
The child crawled out of her belly and something happened. How could she escape? This was the lifeblood of her mother-in-law and her husband.
If she admits to this crime, her miserable life will be ruined. When she was frightened and uneasy, her mother-in-law said that taboo with a ferocious expression. She was like a drowning person holding on to a wooden stake. She didn't want to harm anyone, but she didn't want to die. He half-heartedly admitted the charges against Widow Zhuo.
The more my mother-in-law said, the more she began to believe it.
Carefully recall that Widow Zhuo was indeed a slut. My husband is burly, strong and honest, he works more and complains less, and his young wife secretly likes him. It is unreasonable for Widow Zhuo, who has been in drought for many years, to harm her son just to seduce her husband.
Even though I wronged Widow Zhuo
But flies don't bite seamless eggs. Widow Zhuo herself takes care of herself. How could these misunderstandings arise?
Who knew that things would turn out like this.
According to Lord Shen, he will be tortured with a rod to pound rice.
He said in a crying voice, "If the children of civilian women were not harmed by Widow Zhuo, why would they be born with such weird looks?"
Cowardly, she struggled unwillingly.
Shen Tang said, "This is related to many factors. Maybe some of your ancestors were like this, or maybe you worked too hard when you were pregnant and didn't eat enough. To put it simply, you ate too bad. Think about it, the child It must be absorbed from the mother's body to grow up smoothly. If you are not doing well, how can your child be well? In short, this matter has nothing to do with Widow Zhuo."
Widow Zhuo is fine.
But the old woman's family of three has a big problem.
If we don't cure them, how can we curb this evil trend of fabricating and framed accusations? If the person sitting here today is not Shen Tang, but anyone who believes in this taboo, the fate of Widow Zhuo and her daughter will be good or not, but they will be forced to death.
We must set an example ruthlessly
"Since it is your first offense, I originally wanted to give you a lighter punishment, but if you succeed in falsely accusing me, Widow Zhuo will have no other choice but to die to prove her will. This is a living human life. Without a severe punishment, it is not enough to serve as a warning to the public."
Shen Tang took a heavy breath.
"Old woman, since you are old, I will spare you the punishment of twenty sticks. You only need to be punished with ten sticks, three years of grinding rice, and seven days of public display."
"As for you"
Shen Tang looked at the little woman.
"I feel that you have given birth less than a month ago and are weak, so I will spare you the punishment of thirty sticks, three years of pounding rice, and seven days of public display."
Finally, he looked at the man who had remained silent.
"As an adult male in the family, you are unable to distinguish right from wrong. You allowed your old mother to maliciously and falsely accuse innocent people without stopping you. You almost killed an innocent person. It is really a heinous crime. Your mother and wife were spared the fifty lashes. You will be punished." Yes. I sentence you to fifty canes, three years in prison, and seven days in public."
The old woman's son and the young woman's husband vaguely knew the seriousness of the matter before Shen Tang opened his mouth to impose the punishment, but he did not dare to say a word. However, he could not help but feel a little hatred towards the old mother, daughter-in-law and even the innocent son in his heart.
I hate my old mother's overbearing strength.
I hate my wife’s incompetence and cowardice.
I hate that my son is a deformed monster and that he is embarrassed.
But when he heard Shen Tang's penalty, he was instantly dumbfounded.
Finally, he stopped keeping silent. He opened his mouth and shouted that he was being unfairly punished and sentenced to fifty with a cane and three years in prison. This was not to kill him.
The old woman and the little woman were also frightened.
A bigger reaction than hearing his own penalty.
Everyone was wailing as if the sky was falling and the earth was falling.
Under the speechless expressions of Gu Chi and others, Shen Tang gave the family of three the treatment of silence and silence, and the world instantly became peaceful. Shen Tang turned around and asked Gu Chi, "Is the sentence serious?"
She cannot decide this matter alone, lest the sentence be too light or too heavy. Gu Chi wrote down the final verdict.
He smiled and said, "Just right."
It is light and heavy and full of humanistic care, fully considerate of the age of the old woman and the body of the young woman, which is very good.
Even if Kang Shi comes, the sentencing will be very different.
Shen Tang looked at the common people below again and said sincerely, "A kind word will warm you for three winters, but a bad word will hurt you for six months. I hope you will remember this and remember that words can kill people invisible."
The moment her voice fell, the young scholar and Qishan raised their heads in tacit understanding, and saw auspicious clouds and rays of light gathering above their heads.
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