who is it?
Wang Fugui turned around suddenly and saw Liang Fengyang leading someone in.
Liang Fengyang glanced at Wang Fugui, ignored him, walked quickly towards Gu Zhengchen, raised his hands and said with a smile: "Gu Juren, the old lady has invited you several times, so today I have been specially sent to invite you personally."
Gu Zhengchen returned the gift with his hands in hand.
"This must be Gu Juren's court. It's rude for Liang to come to the door in a hurry without a greeting." Liang Fengyang walked towards the sad Gu family, exchanged a few words, then turned around and told the following servants: "Don't give me your hand yet. take it out!"
The servant quickly delivered a wooden box.
Liang Fengyang raised his hand and opened the wooden box. There were ten strings of copper coins lying quietly inside, one of which had a slightly smaller number.
Gu Zhengchen narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling a little horrified.
If I thought correctly, the number of copper coins in this wooden box must be nine guans, seven coins and eighty coins!
Liang Fengyang looked at Gu Zhengchen with a bit of pride in his eyes.
Gu Zhengchen, Gu Zhengchen, you think you only owe the Wang family six thousand dollars, but you have ignored the matter of borrowing debt to obtain interest.
Thinking that you are smart and sure of victory, but looking down on your opponent's methods, the result is that you will be overturned and you will end up in a doomed situation!
After all, you are still too young and don’t know the dangers of the world and the evil people’s hearts!
Gu Zhengchen shook his head bitterly, moved the corners of his mouth slightly, and sighed: "It seems that Mr. Liang has seen through everything a long time ago."
Liang Fengyang laughed loudly and said cheerfully: "Not really, at least my father didn't see through what method you used to take away a sum of money from Rich Master Sun."
Gu Zhengchen smiled helplessly. The drama of being kicked out by Rich Master Sun could not be hidden at that time, but not now.
"Why do the Liang family want to help Gu Zhengchen?"
Zhao Yaowen couldn't believe it.
Gu Zhengchen had no value and could not bring benefits to the Liang family. Why would someone like Liang Fengyang come to help him personally?
Zhao Ya'er also couldn't accept it and murmured to herself: "How could this happen?"
Isn't he just a poor man who has lost his official career? Why would anyone give so much money to help him?
Could it be that my father was wrong?
Could it be that I shouldn't force him to destroy the marriage contract?
A sense of sadness surged up to the tip of his nose.
The county magistrate Li Yi was a little surprised when he saw Liang Fengyang coming in person. The relationship between Gu Zhengchen and the Liang family was much closer than he thought, but when did Gu Zhengchen become attached to the Liang family?
Wang Fugui had a ferocious look on his face. He originally thought that six ounces of money would be able to stump Gu Zhengchen, but he happened to spend enough money. He thought that after taking the profit, the Gu family would be in dire straits, but another Liang family appeared!
"Mr. Liang, are you targeting the Wang family?"
Wang Fugui stared at Liang Fengyang and asked coldly.
Liang Fengyang spat lightly and looked at Wang Fugui nonchalantly: "Mr. Wang is joking. It is always custom to bring some souvenirs to the door. The Liang family follows the custom, so why is it targeting the Wang family."
Wang Fugui gritted his teeth secretly, whose souvenir contained copper coins!
Gu Zhengchen took the wooden box, cast a grateful look at Liang Fengyang, and said calmly: "I borrowed the right, and I will pay it back soon."
Liang Fengyang just smiled and did not speak.
Gu Zhengchen handed the wooden box to Wang Fugui: "So, is the debt cleared?"
Wang Fugui's eyes fluttered, and he reluctantly took the wooden box, without arranging the counting in the counting house. He gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, very good! From today on, the debts of the Gu family and the Wang family will be settled! But, Gu Zhengchen, our matter is over. , but your business is not over yet!”
Gu Zhengchen frowned: "What do you mean?"
Wang Fugui snorted coldly, turned sideways and shouted to the crowd: "Jin County Cheng!"
The crowd at the door suddenly parted.
Gu Zhengchen looked intently and saw a middle-aged man in a green robe striding towards him, with a pair of orioles embroidered on the patchwork of his clothes, followed by two officials in blue robes.
"Eighth Grade County Magistrate!"
Gu Zhengchen realized in a blink of an eye that this was because Gu Zhengchen regretted his marriage to Zhao Yaer.
The county magistrate, Jin Dache, scratched his short and sparse beard, looked at Gu Zhengchen, and smiled: "Gu Juren, according to the court law, voluntarily repudiated the engagement and was punished by fifty whippings. Now I will punish him according to the law. Please understand, come on." Ah, find a bench and hold him down!"
Yan Bin looked at Li Yi and blinked, full of doubts. What that means is: If you didn't press this matter, why are there still people disobeying?
The county magistrate Li Yi did not expect that Wang Fugui would persuade the county magistrate to bring people here. It would be difficult for him to intercede in front of everyone. After all, repenting of the engagement violated secular agreements and court laws.
A bench was found, and two officials grabbed Gu Zhengchen and pressed it down without any explanation.
A Zaoli official held a thorn stick in his hand. The thorn stick was three feet and five inches long. The diameter of the big head was 2/7 (one minute is about 0.33 centimeters), and the diameter of the small head was 1/7. The Zaoli held the big end and aimed at Gu Zhengchen's buttocks with the small head.
Wang Fugui gave Zaoli a stern look, which meant hitting him hard! Wang Youcheng laughed loudly, Gu Zhengchen, you too have today!
"Wait a moment!"
Gu Zhengchen shouted!
The county magistrate, Jin Ducha, stepped forward and said to Gu Zhengchen, who was pressing down on the stool: "If you have anything to say, it's not too late to talk about it after finishing the call."
"What if it's redemption?"
Gu Zhengchen stared at Jin Xian Cheng.
The smile that just appeared on Jin Xian Cheng's face suddenly solidified. He raised his hand to signal the official to let go, and said to Gu Zhengchen who stood up, "Do you want to redeem your sentence?"
"That's right!"
Gu Zhengchen didn't want to be exposed to fifty thorns. This thing was much harsher than a ruler. The palm of his hand would hurt for a long time even if the ruler hit him. If he was exposed to fifty thorns, he would probably have to lie on the bed for a month!
If you don’t want to be beaten, there is only one way, and that is to redeem your punishment!
Atonement means atonement with property.
Redemption began in ancient times, "Shang Shu Shun Dian" states: "Gold is used as redemption."
There has been a system of atonement in all dynasties, ranging from the death penalty to rods and floggings.
The amount of ransom and the property used were different in different dynasties. For example, gold was used in the Western Han Dynasty, fine silk was used in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and copper was used in the Sui, Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties.
At that time, Sima Qian also thought about redeeming his punishment, but "his family was poor and bribes were not enough to redeem himself", so he was castrated.
Lao Zhu supported the atonement. In fact, the Ming Dynasty's atonement system was far more complete than any other dynasty.
In the early Ming Dynasty, there were two main ways to redeem punishment:
First, substituting servitude for punishment is actually servitude.
In less than two years, a large number of officials will go to Fengyang to report and undergo labor reform...
The second is to make them deposit money and avoid their crimes.
It's simple, pay with one hand and get away with it with the other.
Of course, the atonement also depends on the target, such as Lao Hu, Lao Li, and those surnamed Lan. These are not applicable to the atonement. Even if redemption is applicable, there is probably no chance. The whole family went in hand in hand, the property was confiscated, and no one can redeem it. There is no money to redeem...
According to the laws of the early Ming Dynasty, the penalty for death was thirty-six taels, the crime of exile was twenty-four taels, and the punishment for fifty punishments was three taels and five cents.
Because the Liang family temporarily paid off the debt on behalf of the Gu family, Gu Zhengchen still had enough copper coins in his hand, so he painfully took out three pieces of five coins. The county prime minister weighed the copper coins and nodded with a smile: "In that case, then... Forgive me, I'm looking after you. I can't help myself and I've offended many people. Please forgive me and take my leave."
Wang Fugui looked at the leaving Jin County Prime Minister and Zao Li, and stamped his feet angrily. This guy took money and did nothing!
"let's go!"
No matter how unwilling Wang Fugui is, he has no way to stay here.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Wang Fugui who turned to leave, and shouted in a deep voice: "Mr. Wang, our business is not over yet, is it inappropriate to just walk back like this?"
"Gu Zhengchen, what do you want to do?"
Wang Fugui turned back angrily.
Gu Zhengchen sat on the bench and said loudly: "I want to take back everything my family has lost!"
