As expected, Chu Yan kept his word. In less than an hour, he sent thirty thugs to Shi Chunquin. The leader was Zhao Meng. He would be fully responsible for Shi Chunquin's safety from now on.
"Go, help me arrest all the people on the list in the front yard, and give each person fifty lashes." Shi Chunquin ordered.
Zhao Meng agreed immediately, "Yes, eldest young mistress."
Arresting people is a simple and quick process. After so many days, those people did not expect that Shi Chunfen would really come to settle accounts with them. They were still smiling playfully when they were arrested. It was not until the whip really fell on them that they started crying and begging.
Forgiveness at the Equinox.
Shi Chunfen specially asked someone to move a stool and watched them execute the execution with her own eyes. Just as Chu Ling said before, she should get used to cruelty and her heart would become hardened.
Fifty lashes are not enough to kill anyone, but they can make them unforgettable for the rest of their lives and let the entire Chu family know that their eldest mistress is true to her word, and no one can easily ride on her head.
Halfway through the whipping, Chu Shun rushed over angrily, his face as ugly as he could be, "Stop beating me, tell them to stop beating me!"
No one listened to his orders, because these people were only ordered to follow the equinox.
Shi Chunfen looked at him calmly, with a puzzled expression on his face, "Second uncle, what are you doing?"
Chu Shun stared at her ferociously, "You sent people to beat my people, and you asked me what I was doing?"
Shi Chunfen looked indifferent, "I'm just helping my second uncle to discipline his slaves."
Chu Shun was furious, "Does my slave need your discipline?"
"Who said no?" Shi Chunfen looked at him with a smile, "After all, they promised me personally that they would not torture my cousin, but then they turned around and beat my cousin to pieces. I have to take the place of my second uncle.
Discipline them well, lest outsiders say that Second Uncle's slaves don't understand the rules and can't even keep their word."
These words are full of sarcasm. After all, anyone who is not blind can see whose idea it was to beat Yu Atu. However, Chu Shun cannot refute. Yu Atu has been acquitted. Is he going to admit that he bribed the jailer to beat an innocent person?
of people?
Apart from blaming the matter on his slaves, he could only let Shi Chunequin mock him.
"Do you know that you should keep a line in everything so that we can meet again in the future?" Chu Shun gritted his teeth and glared at her.
Shi Chunfen's eyes darkened, and he said coldly: "It's precisely because I left a thin line that I didn't take their lives. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a pity to kill the slaves who were acting treacherously."
Her voice was not loud, but every word was resounding, making many slaves present tremble.
I didn't expect that even the weakest master of the Chu family would become so mean. They really need to be careful about what they say and do in the future.
As bluffing as the words of the Spring Equinox were, Chu Shun's face was so ugly.
He knew clearly that she was using an excuse to establish his authority, but he still couldn't dampen her spirit. He lost a marriage for no reason and gave Shi Chunfen an excuse to establish his authority. Chu Shun had never been so aggrieved in his life.
"Fight as much as you like!" Chu Shun said angrily: "I don't care!"
As he said that, he threw his hand and walked away on the spot.
Looking at his angry back, Shi Chunfen curled her lips and turned to look at Zhao Meng, "Keep fighting."
After fifty lashes, all the servants were half dead.
Shi Chunfen was too lazy to care about their life and death and directly led his men back to the yard.
Perhaps seeing her changes with his own eyes, even Li Yan now respects her a lot, "Grandma, how do you plan to arrange these thirty thugs?"
Chu Ling is not here, and most of the people in the courtyard are female relatives. It is obviously not suitable to live in the courtyard, but if you live in the original place and it is not convenient to come and go at any time, it is indeed a troublesome thing.
Shi Chunfen thought for a while and said seriously: "Go and invite a team of workers to come over and build a row of houses for them in the open space outside the yard to ensure that they can come whenever they are called."
Nowadays, the situation of the Chu family is not clear, and Chu Shun and Chu Quan are like mad dogs. She would rather spend more money to prevent these two from harming her again.
Li Yan nodded slightly. The move of the Spring Equinox today was both a show of authority and a declaration of war. They still have a long way to go, so being cautious is not a bad thing.
The news of Shi Chunfen's large-scale construction work outside her yard soon reached the old lady's ears. On the one hand, she was pleased that Shi Chunfen had finally made up her mind, and on the other hand, she was amused by her clumsy way. The dignified Chu family
To establish her power, the young mistress asked thirty thugs to embolden her, but Chu Yan still accompanied her to cause trouble.
"Thirty thugs, you are really generous in taking action." The old lady teased.
Chu Yan took a sip of the fragrant tea that Nanny Qing had just poured, and said calmly: "For a coward like her, it would be much easier if a few more thugs could change her nature."
She was afraid that some people would not be able to hold up the wall. Everything had been arranged for her, but she still did not dare to take action.
From the current point of view, the equinox is not hopeless.
"Yes." The old lady nodded in agreement, "You are right."
As long as Shi Chunfen can show off her eldest mistress' demeanor, these external things will indeed be nothing to the Chu family.
Not to mention thirty thugs, even if she had three hundred thugs to follow her all day long, the Chu family could still afford it.
In contrast, Chu Run's matter is much more difficult.
"You asked Chunfen to persuade her, did you want to test her, or did you want to test Chu Run's determination?"
"It's both." Chu Yan said frankly: "No matter whether she can convince Chu Run or not, it will be much easier if she comes forward first and we come forward later."
The old lady smiled slightly, "It sounds like you don't have much confidence in the Spring Equinox?"
Chu Yan was stunned and asked in confusion: "Does mother think she can persuade Arun?"
The old lady closed her eyes, "Just watch."
While the two of them were talking, Shi Chunfen had already arrived at Chu Run's room. They hadn't seen each other for a few days. Chu Run's complexion was obviously much better, and it seemed that the remaining poison in his body had been almost eliminated.
Seeing her appear, Chu Run was obviously surprised and looked at her with a half-smile, "I thought you were very busy today and had no time to do other things."
It seems that the news of her beating those servants has reached Chu Run's ears, much faster than she expected.
"Yes." Shi Chunfen admitted openly: "I am indeed very busy today. I have to deal with a bunch of your father's minions."
She knew that Chu Run was completely disappointed with Chu Shun, so there was no need for her to hide things related to Chu Shun.
Chu Run appreciated her attitude very much, and the smile on his face became a little brighter, "Then you came to see me, is there something important?"
He just asked casually, but unexpectedly Shi Chunfen's expression turned serious, "I heard that you are already selling off your property in Liuzhou?"