Hou Dong's body was thrown in the middle of the Danyang government office. At this time, Hou Dong's father, Hou Junhao, looked at his son's body, his whole body sluggish, his eyes full of disbelief.
He tremblingly reached out to touch his son's face, but his hand was cold. His son's body was already cold. Hou Junhao looked at his son's naked body with blood-red eyes, filled with anger. More resentment.
"Master Magistrate, are you not afraid that my Hou family will be disappointed if you treat me like this?" Hou Junhao turned to look at Lu Qing, his voice full of questions.
Even though his son was dead, he still suffered such humiliation. His naked body was exposed in public, and many people at the yamen gate were pointing at him. His face was filled with gloating.
He knew that this was the order of the prefect Lu Qing, who wanted his son to die without peace.
"Hou Junhao, are you threatening me... Do you know that if you threaten the court official, I can punish you with a crime of disrespect..." Lu Qing looked at Hou Junhao coldly.
Since he was going to wear a pair of pants with Yunze, he had nothing to worry about. Although he didn't want to offend Hou Junhao, the key issue was that he would either stay in officialdom or not offend him.
Once offended, there is no need to make yourself feel uncomfortable. If you lick your face to flatter yourself, you might even make your own death worse.
Moreover, Lu Qing decided to hug Yunze's thigh, so he didn't mind offending the Hou family to death.
"Threat! Mr. Lu, Xiaomin doesn't dare... Now, my son died in an unknown manner, Xiaomin feels that Mr. Lu should give Xiaomin an explanation." Hou Junhao looked at Lu Qing coldly, his eyes as cold as knives.
He might have been a little afraid of Lu Qing before, but after his son's death, Lu Qing's behavior made him no longer want to pretend. Anyway, there was someone behind him, so he didn't need to be too afraid of Lu Qing.
"I'll give you an explanation! Ha...Hou Junhao, you are so brave. I'm afraid it's your Hou family who should give an explanation! Your Hou family owes Mr. Yun Zeyun an explanation."
"Your son, Houdong, together with the owner of Yueyun Restaurant, wanted to drug Mr. Yun to insult his wife, aunt and god-sister. There are all the witnesses and physical evidence. I came to you because I hope you can give me an explanation. I am not here to be threatened by you. Moreover, you, a lowly citizen, deserve to have me give you an explanation... Today, if you don't give an explanation, I will feel that you and your son are accomplices! I can capture you and torture you severely! Ask Find out!"
Lu Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, with a dangerous light in them. He was considering whether to accuse Hou Junhao directly in this court and put him in jail.
As long as he gets to the prison of Danyang Mansion, Hou Junhao will die how he wants Hou Junhao to die. The best way to kill an enemy like Hou Junhao is to kill him directly.
Otherwise, if you give him a chance, he will definitely bite you half of your life. After all, there is a salt inspector behind this thing, a count.
Although the Salt Supervisor can't control him, he is still from the third level, which is one level higher than him.
In addition, there are also many officials in the Earl of Ping'an's Mansion. If someone were to find someone to confront him, he would be easily killed as a small prefect.
However, Lu Qing was not very scared, because he and Yunze were now wearing the same pants. Compared with the power behind Hou Junhao, Yunze's side is obviously much stronger.
Luo Xunan is the Marquis of Jing'an, and Song Rui is the Prince of Danyang County. This is just a difference in title. You must know that Song Rui is the left prime minister.
From the fact that he handed over his fiefdom to Yunze, we can see how much he values Yunze. If someone really dealt with Yunze, how could Song Rui sit idly by?
The more he thought about it, the more the devil in Lu Qing's heart couldn't be suppressed. There was a voice that kept urging Lu Qing to put Hou Junhao in jail, and then commit suicide out of fear of crime just like he did to the three people of the Zheng family!
Therefore, the way Lu Qing looked at Hou Junhao was obviously becoming more and more dangerous. Hou Junhao was originally full of pride and pride.
But when he met Lu Qing's sinister gaze, he shuddered unconsciously, and his heart felt sudden. He had the urge to turn around and run away.
"Master Lu, where are the witnesses and physical evidence you mentioned... I don't believe that my son would do such a thing!" Hou Junhao suppressed the fear in his heart and said to Lu Qing in a somewhat low-spirited voice.
"Come here, bring the witnesses... the physical evidence..." Lu Qing suppressed the impulse in her heart and said coldly.
Although his idea was crazy, his reason told him that it was better not to be impulsive for the time being. Now he just needs to take care of the Hou family's affairs and leave it to Yunze to handle the Hou family's affairs.
Of course, he had better hope that he would make Hou Junhao miserable, and that Hou Junhao would go to Yunze for revenge. Junhao will definitely die quickly at that time.
With his voice. The yamen officers escorted the shopkeeper of Yueyun Restaurant and the two servants over. There were also wine bottles and the Hehuan powder medicine found from the servants.
"Sir, I'm here... Hou Dong ordered the villain to do all this. There's nothing I can do about it. If the villain doesn't do what Hou Dong said, he will kill my whole family!"
The owner of Yueyun Restaurant was pushed into the lobby. He immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, and put all the blame on Hou Dong. Anyway, there is no proof, he can say whatever he wants!
As for the two servants, of course they couldn't be loyal to the Hou family. They wouldn't be stupid enough to do things for Hou Dong. The yamen's police officers hadn't even tortured them, but just bluffed them a few times, and they had done everything.
As the two servants told the results of Hou Dong's instigation, Hou Junhao almost fell to the ground. He regretted why he didn't get some money to bribe Lu Qing in the first place.
In this case, even if his son dies, the other party can be found innocent. If not, the crime might be placed on Yun Ze.
Speaking of which, it was also his fault that he was carried away by anger. He heard that his son was dead and died miserably. He rushed to the Yamen without understanding the situation.
But who would have thought that he would seek an explanation from Lu Qing out of anger. He was also angry at first, but he would never have thought that Lu Qing's combination of punches would directly make his son the main culprit. Even if you die, you will not be able to live in peace.
What makes him even more angry is that even if he wants to reverse the case now, he is afraid that it will be impossible. Even if he pays more money, it will not help.
Lu Qing seemed to have bitten his son to death. Otherwise, how could he have found all the evidence in one go and tried the case in front of all the people. Obviously don't give him any chance.
"Hou Junhao, what else do you have to say!" Lu Qing looked at Hou Junhao and said coldly.
"Sir, the dog is unjustly accused... Please make the decision..." Hou Junhao heard this and quickly cried out for injustice. Even if there were both witnesses and material evidence, he could not plead guilty on his son's behalf.
Of course, he also knew that what Lu Qing said was true. He was vaguely aware of this matter, and when his son wanted to do it, he did not stop him. The idea was to teach Yunze a lesson and make Yunze uncomfortable at the same time. That's why he didn't let his son give up.
But who would have thought that the final result would be that his son died, and his life was lost because he failed to steal the chicken!
"Hou Junhao, if you cry out for injustice again, I will have reason to suspect that you were also involved in what your son did. Do you want me to put you in jail and interrogate you properly!?"
Lu Qing sneered at Hou Junhao.
His words shocked Hou Junhao. He remembered the look in Lu Qing's eyes that wanted a knife just now, and was suddenly too frightened to speak.
"Come here, Hou Dong is guilty of drugging a woman and raping a woman. There are all the witnesses and material evidence. Now he is found guilty. Since Hou Dong is dead, I now sentence his father, Hou Junhao, to pay compensation of 5,000 taels of silver to the victim, Yunze Wen. The judgment takes effect immediately. , left and right, pull Hou Dong’s body down, when will Hou Junhao pay the compensation, and when will the body be handed over to him!”
Lu Qing slapped the alarm and pronounced the verdict on the spot.
After hearing Lu Qing's verdict, Hou Junhao sat down on the ground, dumbfounded. His son died, and now he still has to pay Yunze five thousand taels of silver.
Five thousand silver is nothing to the Hou family, but the problem is that Lu Qing's judgment is not very harmful, but extremely insulting.
Hou Junhao looked at Lu Qing hatefully and was speechless for a long time. When he saw Lu Qing's increasingly dangerous eyes, he was so frightened that he turned around and walked out.
The son's body cannot be taken away for the time being, as long as the money is used to redeem the body. He knew that if he stayed here any longer, Lu Qing might really send him to prison. By then, will anyone come out alive? Or two things to say.
He had to suffer this loss even if he didn't want to. However, he hated it in his heart. He hated that Lu Qing had become a group with Yunze. He hated Yunze for not only causing him to lose money, but also for taking his son's life.
His son was fine, how could he die? Vaguely, when he heard this, he already knew that Yunze deliberately made his son die in such an embarrassing way.
If his son is allowed to find a woman, even if he takes Hehuan Powder, his son will not die. At most, he will become seriously ill.
"Yunze, I won't let you go. You wait for me, and Lu Qing. Now you actually want to go on a boat with Yunze, so I will sink Yunze's boat first. Then, I will come again. Get rid of you!"
Gritting his teeth, Hou Junhao returned to the Hou Mansion.
As soon as he entered the Hou Mansion, someone came towards him. He saw the housekeeper of his house walking with a middle-aged man. The moment he saw the middle-aged man, Hou Junhao burst into tears.
"Brother-in-law, Junhao has been harmed by others, and Dong'er has also been harmed to death. You have to make the decision for me!" Hou Junhao greeted him. He immediately knelt down and burst into tears.
The middle-aged man in front of him is the uncle of his first wife's natal family. He is also the superior of Danyang Mansion and the Ningzhou Salt Supervisor, who is responsible for the salt channel business in the entire continent.
Of course, each government is responsible for issuing salt sales certificates, while Zhou is responsible for overseeing the salt tax and supervising the management of the salt channel business by each government. In this official position, the power is great or small, and it is also a fat job.
Anyone who wants to do salt business will definitely want to bribe him the most. Of course, he is a petty trader and doesn't have much meat for the other party to eat. Only large-scale salt merchants would find this person.
