Naturally, the owner of the suffering did not do anything, and cursed: "You are the ones who set the fire! Don't think we don't know that the one in your family is called Monkey. He told himself when he was drinking before that he set the fire and said you gave it to him." He has ten taels of silver and promises to give him a maid from the family as his wife!"
Is there such a thing?
This is not a trivial matter that can be settled privately.
Cheng Jingzhou immediately ordered Song Bingdao to take people to Du's house to pick up someone. In addition to the thin monkey, his wife must also be brought to the county government.
Master Du couldn't sit still at this moment. He winked hurriedly towards the door. His attendant also understood and ran home quickly.
But if he wants to go back and deal with the aftermath, it depends on whether Cheng Jingzhou is happy or not.
Cheng Jingzhou looked over and Master Wu rushed out quickly.
With him here, how can this villain be allowed to escape?
The Du family's cases came one after another, but everyone was dumbfounded.
There are more and more people watching outside, and now they just want to see how the county prince will end up.
Mr. Du's mind was spinning rapidly at the moment. No matter what, he couldn't let his eldest son go in.
Other things are easy to say, but was it his son who raped the girl himself, or was it someone else?
No matter what, the servants have to take the blame.
In fact, Cheng Jingzhou also understood that it was simply impossible for him to punish Du Zhixing severely in this kind of case.
Not to mention that Mr. Du will stand out, but that people like them will definitely be prepared for this.
It's just that today I caught up with this group of sufferers, so I gave myself such an opportunity.
Sure enough, even if there is a witness, where is the physical evidence in the arson case now?
The final result was just to let the thin monkey and the housekeeper take the blame.
As for the girl who was snatched away, she was found in the Du family. Although life in the Du family is not very good now, at least she is still alive.
Therefore, if no one was killed, it would be impossible for Du Zhixing to be crushed to death due to this incident.
In the end, all three cases were decided.
If Sun Er's ancestral property is wanted back by him, the county government will immediately arrange for him to transfer the property and register it. In addition, Du Zhixing will have to pay another 100 taels for various losses.
The reason why the compensation was so high was firstly because he injured his two sons, and also because he had indeed caused losses to the restaurant.
One hundred taels sounds like a lot, but to the Du family, it is just a small thing.
Sun Er accepted the compensation calmly because there was no actual evidence to prove that Du Zhixing did it, so in the end he just convicted the housekeeper.
The same goes for the next two cases, both of which were paid by the Du family. Not only that, the housekeeper, Shouhou and a boy next to Du Zhixing were all sentenced to six years in prison. Before that, they were also sentenced to twenty canes.
Such a punishment is already very severe.
Although Du Zhixing was not directly involved, Cheng Jingzhou still punished him for his lack of control. He was also punished with twenty canes and seven days in prison.
This result is already very light.
At least, considering the evil things Du Zhixing did, this punishment was very light.
Mr. Du also knows that such a result is already the best.
Fortunately, he didn't have to risk his life, so the servants were very discerning.
Now he just looks forward to going home as soon as possible. With such a useless son, he really doesn't dare to come out to see anyone again.
Du Zhixing was beaten with twenty sticks in public and later imprisoned.
Of course, the county government will also arrange for people to give them medicine, so no more people can die.
The Du family also specially invited a doctor to give him medicine in the cell, which saved the county government a lot of trouble.
Du Zhixing cursed, obviously unconvinced.
After Cheng Jingzhou found out, he wasn't angry at all. Instead, he smiled and said, "If he still doesn't repent, then I'll see what kind of monster he can make!"
Xie Xiuqi was also quite moved. How could a good Jinshi master teach such an ineffective thing?
Does your family really lack a shop or a yard?
It's a shame they can even think of setting fire to a house!
Fortunately, no one was killed, but the second elder of Kuzhu's family also passed away not long after the incident. It should be said that it was inseparable from the fire.
But without evidence, what else can they do?
The Du family is willing to lose money, and at least it can solve the current difficulties of these families first, which is already good.
As for the family that lost their house, they initially clamored that they only wanted a house, but later Mr. Du simply gave them a small yard in the county, which was even bigger than their original house. Some, also newer.
Even so, the Du family still had to compensate the host's family another thirty taels of silver.
Because in the past few years, people have lost their houses and have been living a homeless life. Can you understand this?
The most troublesome thing is the lost daughter.
Although the girl was still dressed as an unmarried girl in the Du family, she had actually been taken over by Du Zhixing. Just because of her humble background, she had been living as a maid in the house.
Now that she has been rescued, her whereabouts have become a thorny issue.
If you go home, you will definitely be attacked by rumors. I am afraid that in a few days, there will be another lonely grave in the world.
But it was obvious that he could no longer stay in the Du family.
Du Zhixing argued that he didn't know anything and only thought it was his maid, so he dragged her to bed. There was no way to expose this argument, so there seemed to be no other way except asking the Du family to pay the money.
In the end, it was Cheng Jingzhou who spoke, asking the household to cooperate with their family to move out their household registration as soon as possible and find them a quiet place to start over.
As for this young lady, externally it can only be said that her husband died and she came back to join her mother's family after being childless.
This will not delay her future marriage.
With such an arrangement, the host's family was naturally satisfied.
Cheng Jingzhou also put a lot of thought into the placement of this family.
When they settled in again, Cheng Jingzhou simply suggested that they all change their names, so as to avoid any trouble in the future.
It is very kind for a county official to consider the people in such detail.
The three cases handled in one day were all related to the Du family. Not to mention the Du family, even Cheng Jingzhou was suspicious.
"How could it be such a coincidence? These people are not from the same village, but they came to complain together as if they had made an appointment. What might Guobao see?"
Xie Rongzhao also felt that this incident was too coincidental.
"I think either Mr. Du has offended someone, or his children have offended someone. Husband, I think we have to make it clear to Mr. Du now. Don't let him think that we are deliberately targeting him."
