Jiao Guozha was under pressure in prison, but He Xianya successfully seduced him. The two cooperated with each other tacitly, leading shopkeeper Zhou to admit blackmail and resist official duties. He Xianya continued to threaten: "Pang Yu was injured on the spot and vomited blood. He is still difficult to recover. The three people in Tongcheng
The doctor can testify that the injuries are severe enough that Zhou Yongtian should be hanged."
Shopkeeper Zhou never imagined that he could lose his life. He lay on the ground and just cried. Zhou Yueru said to his father with red eyes: "Let me tell you first, if you admit to blackmail, it will not only be an injurious way to make amends, they will all
It’s an animal that eats people without spitting out their bones.”
Mr. Li has been here for a long time, so he has naturally seen a lot of the tricks of litigators. He Xianya classified the matter as a serious criminal offense and was not within the scope of Shen Mingting's mediation.
But since they came to Shenming Pavilion, they naturally didn't want to go to court. These methods were all tactics to intimidate the defendant. To get the death penalty first, they had to make the prisoner docile before asking for money.
In fact, He Xianya and others were absolutely unwilling to sentence Zhou Yongtian to death by hanging, not even with the rod.
Because the county government only has the power to whip people, and the cane crime needs to be reviewed by the Anqing Prefecture. If you want to be hanged, then you have to go to the government, divide the patrol, press the inspection department, and review the Ministry of Punishments. The county government has no autonomy. When there are too many handling steps, shopkeeper Zhou will be fine.
If they lose everything, He Xianya and others can get a few taels of silver.
Of course, Mr. Li would not say it clearly. In this case, Pang Yu's side was obviously the stronger one, and Mr. Li would never put himself on the opposite side of the strong one.
Seeing the appearance of the Zhou family and his daughter, he knew that the heat was almost over, so he asked Pang Yu: "Since the Zhou family admitted that they were beating people, Brother Pang, you are the one who suffered the consequences. If the Zhou family pays for the money, would you be willing to spare Zhou Yongtian and settle the lawsuit?"
tell."
Seeing Zhou's daughter crying, Pang Yu felt relieved again for no reason. She pretended to hesitate and said: "I have a pure and kind character, so I will certainly forgive you if you can, but this is a heinous crime and everyone in Tongcheng knows about it.
If I own the land and then harm others, others will say that as a slave, I cannot enforce the law impartially, causing harm to the world, and I will be in trouble."
Seeing Pang Yu pretending to be decent, Mr. Li felt extremely contemptuous in his heart. He was well aware of Pang Yu's notorious reputation. After hearing the words "pure and good character", he couldn't help coughing and said, "Zhou Yongtian has learned this lesson. In the future,
I don't dare to do evil even if I think about it. If I end it by then, I can write it down in the book of good and evil, and everyone can see the reason.
In this way, the people will naturally understand Pang Ge'er and show mercy to others, and the people will say that Pang Ge'er is generous."
Pang Yu nodded weakly and said: "I am a good person, since Mr. Wu said so, I will give Mr. Wu a favor.
It’s just that the medicine for the injury costs a lot, so I have no choice but to withdraw the lawsuit if the compensation is reasonable.”
Mr. Li said: "Brother Pang, tell me the number."
Pang Yu winked at He Xianya and signaled to him. He Xianya still looked polite and polite. He put away the folding fan and said: "Mr. Wu, the compensation is divided into two categories. One is the soup and medicine expenses and care expenses, and the other is the lost work expenses."
, Third time, Pang Geer injured his head. It didn’t appear to be serious at first sight, but I couldn’t tell what was going on inside, and the doctor couldn’t guarantee it. In case the injury recurs in the future, I still need someone to rely on.
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Pang Yu looked at He Xianya with great admiration. This man was elegant and personable, but he tended to do bad things. The two temperaments were mixed in him. He looked very much like some financial consultants that Pang Yu had worked with in the past. Pang Yu naturally
I feel more intimate with this familiar feeling.
Zhou Yueru on the other hand tilted his head and bit his lips tightly. He didn't know what he was thinking. He was probably angry with his father.
He Xianya presented a few slips of paper to Mr. Li and continued, "Here are the prescriptions prescribed by the doctor in those days. A total of ten medicines were prescribed, and the price was twenty-one taels of silver. Because Pang Yu had a serious head injury, he was most afraid.
If the wind enters, you still need to take medicine to treat it, at least thirty more pills, and the cost of the decoction is eighty-four taels.
I couldn't get out of bed a few days ago, so I asked someone to take care of me, so I spent two taels.
Let’s add up to eighty-six taels first.”
Shopkeeper Zhou's hands started to shake. More than eighty taels of silver was already a huge sum of money, and ordinary people would definitely not be able to afford it.
Zhou Yueru didn't even look at the prescription list. She knew that these people were from the public sector, and she didn't understand the prescriptions. They just said a hundred taels, and she couldn't refute it for a while.
"Let's talk about the labor and food banknotes. Brother Pang has been at home for a few days now. Naturally, the hostel will deduct his labor and food banknotes for this month. It's hard to say how much more money will be deducted later. Let's set the price at five taels for the time being.
Finally, as for what I will rely on in the future, Pang Geer is still a young man, and he has been slapped by you. He has been talking nonsense these days, and everyone in the neighborhood knows about it.
Many people said that Brother Pang was beaten, was beaten..." He Xianya coughed dryly and looked at Pang Yu to stop talking. Pang Yu raised his head and added without any care, "They all said that I was beaten stupid."
After saying that, he put his head on the table again.
Zhou Yueru lowered her eyebrows and said coldly, "It seems like you weren't stupid before."
He Xianya ignored her and continued: "My mind is a little stupid. In the future, when I work in the yamen, the Shangguan will definitely not want Pang Geer. Even if I make a living in the family shop, I will definitely not be able to make a living for decades. Well, if I still have to
With people taking care of you, a mere amount of money is better than nothing. It’s really unbearable to think about how a good person becomes like this.”
Jiao Guozhao also sighed, and He Xianya squeezed out half a tear to wet his eyes. Being able to do this was the limit of his feelings for Brother Pang. He put it on with some gestures. He always watched him perform sincerely.
, and also sighed in amusement.
Shopkeeper Zhou had already been tortured by them in prison. He had just admitted that blackmail should not be beaten. At this time, he was completely led by He Xianya. He just wanted to leave the cell as soon as possible and said in a low voice to He Xianya, "This
Sir, there is no need to list them item by item, just tell me the number, how much is the total?"
"Two hundred and fifty taels!"
"ah!"
Shopkeeper Zhou and Pang Yu screamed at the same time. Shopkeeper Zhou fell down. He Xianya didn't know what Pang Yu's name was.
Pang Yu raised his hand and waved, "I'll be generous and reduce it by one tael, so it's two hundred and forty-nine taels."
Shopkeeper Zhou said with a mournful face, "You won't be able to get so much money even if you kill me."
Pang Yu saw that Zhou Yueru was still keeping a straight face, and after thinking about it, she teased: "Shopkeeper Zhou, I haven't even finished the two hundred taels with you. To tell you the truth, my mother-in-law came to my house early this morning and said it was me.
I have a head injury and I have to break off the engagement with my family. The trouble has become known to the neighbors and my wife has lost my wife. I haven’t asked you to compensate me yet.
How about you give me your daughter as a concubine and I'll give you a discount of one hundred taels."
Jiao Guozhao laughed lewdly at the side, and he was familiar with Pang Yu's behavior.
Zhou Yueru said angrily, "If I want to be beautiful to you, I won't marry someone like you even if I kill you."
Shopkeeper Zhou cried, "Master Pang Cha, if I could get two hundred taels of silver, why would I bother to leave my hometown and come to Nanzhili to seek a way to survive? I can't get so much anyway. I just ask Brother Pang to be kind and spare our father."
Women can give the Zhou family a way to survive."
"Dad, don't ask him..." Zhou Yueru patted his father's shoulder, tears streaming down his face as he spoke, "They are asking for an exorbitant price. We won't talk to them anymore. We will go to court with him and seek justice from our parents."
, there is no reason for my daughter not to believe it.”
Jiao Guozhao laughed and said, "That's great. Brothers, when you take the prisoner back to prison, you have to keep an eye on him.
Let me tell you, Guzhi County has been promoted to another place, and Mr. Yang of Susong County is now acting as the county magistrate. There is a backlog of lawsuits, and there are very few lawsuits. As for your case, it may be out in two or three months."
When shopkeeper Zhou heard that he was going to be taken back to prison and live there for two or three months, there was no way he could still survive. He tightly grabbed Pang Yu's trouser leg. No matter how hard Zhou Yueru pulled it up, he couldn't get it up. He said to Pang Yu with tears streaming down his face, "Master Pang Cha,...
Please don't send me back. I'm willing to give you money, but if you fry me and remove my bones, you really don't have two hundred taels. Even if you sell out all the goods in the shop, you can only raise eighty or ninety taels of silver. Please forgive me first.
Later."
After hearing this, Pang Yu knew Shopkeeper Zhou's trump card. What he said under such circumstances should be quite credible.
Eighty-nine taels was also within the acceptable range, a bit more than the initial estimate of fifty-sixty taels. His injuries were no longer serious anyway.
The old man there came to Zhou Yueru and said, "Women of the Zhou family, what the father-in-law said just now is the truth. The Chengfa office used to file lawsuits 369 times, with two or three lawsuits being brought to court each time, but now it is
I don’t know how much I can release. Mr. Yang acts as the magistrate of Tongcheng, but he is the magistrate of Susong. He is also in charge of money and food when he comes. I am afraid that he will have little time to hear the trial. There is already a lot of queues in front of him, and he has been going there for two or three months.
I told you earlier.
Therefore, it is more cost-effective to settle the matter at Shen Ming Pavilion at this time than to wait for the trial.
Furthermore, if your father hurts someone's head and everyone sees it, there is no reason to win the lawsuit in court. If you hurt someone with something else, you will not only pay for the money, but also at least fifty sticks. If you are unlucky, you will fall.
It’s not like I have no personal wealth, and most of my old age has been buried in the earth. I will never lie to a little girl like you.”
Zhou Yueru was even more embarrassed after hearing this. In the Ming Dynasty, the yamen issued complaints on schedule. Except for major cases of robbery and murder, other lawsuits had to be scheduled. In the early Ming Dynasty, the people were simple and simple, and there were only a few cases a year.
Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, people's customs have become less ancient. More and more people are filing lawsuits everywhere, and they often have to wait for a long time. Her father was tortured into this kind of behavior after being imprisoned for a few days. After two or three months, he was half as good as before.
Their lives were all good, but later on they said they were trying to beat them up, but the person they had offended was the yamen servant, so they would definitely not win the lawsuit, and the person who wanted to beat them up would not fight to death, so they lost their mind for a while.