Jinghong Tower

Having said that, He Ran knew that even if there were express provisions in the law, it would still be very difficult to implement them.

Even in her era, domestic violence was still a serious social problem.

As for wives who have been domestically abused, even if some of them report the case, the case is often unable to be filed due to insufficient evidence.

Even if there is evidence, as long as no one is killed, the punishment received by the perpetrator is not severe and cannot offset the physical and mental damage done to the victim.

But He Ran still hopes that the arrival of her little butterfly can make some changes within her ability in this society where men are superior to women.

After returning to the administrative office, she began to make changes to the original criminal laws. In the next few days, He Ran was immersed in the work of revising the laws.

Xiaoli reported the follow-up of that incident to her.

It turns out that the Zhou family's Qibao was originally from Zhoujiapu. If the Zhou family had not divided the Zhouchi branch into clans back then, they could barely be regarded as relatives of the emperor.

Zhou Wu, the grandfather of Zhou Qibao, came to Jinyang fifty or sixty years ago. At that time, he still had some money, so he bought a shop and built a house.

Zhou Wu had three sons, who were known as naughty children when they were in Zhoujiapu. At that time, they were under the control of the clan and they did not dare to make mistakes.

When they arrived in Jinyang, without the restraint of the clan, the three sons became wild horses. After Zhou Wu's death, they became even more lawless.

These three are the fathers of Qibao of the Zhou family, and Qibao of the Zhou family are cousins.

This week's Qibao and their father have been the top tyrants in the southwest corner for these years. They also have a group of gangsters who bully men and women and collect protection fees. In the past, when King Jin was still there, some people had applied for official positions, but they When he said that his surname was Zhou, people in the yamen began to fight with each other, but in the end the matter was settled.

He Ran thought of Zhoujiapu. The Zhou family in Zhoujiapu did not even have officials. In recent years, their lives were not as good as those of ordinary people. However, they also had thousands of families in Fan County as their backers. The things that the Seventeenth Grandpa did could be easily mentioned. One thing was enough for him to drink a pot, but he could not be finally convicted until he and his daughter-in-law were tied into the ancestral hall and his own son was shamed and left alone.

It can be seen that although the Zhou family in Zhoujiapu has long been isolated from the royal family, they still enjoy privileges to a certain extent in the eyes of the people and even local officials.

This reminded He Ran of the Eight Banners disciples in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Even if he lost all his property and was very poor, even if the emperor didn't know who he was, he could still be arrogant and bossy in the yamen.

Qibao of the Zhou family always said that he was a relative of the emperor when he met everyone. He Ran didn't believe that King Jin didn't know. King Jin didn't care or didn't care, but He Ran didn't want to spoil them.

She said to Xiaoli: "Tell Zhong Yi that the Zhou family's Qibao matter must be investigated strictly."

She thought for a while and then said to Xiaoli: "Tell His Highness Prince Zhao about this as well."

Xiaoli couldn't tell what Zhong Yi's reaction was, because this person's expression was expressionless.

But King Xiao Zhao's reaction was all written on his face.

King Xiao Zhao became anxious when he heard this. Isn't this person named Zhou causing trouble for him?
He doesn't recognize those scoundrels as relatives!
He also wanted to live in peace.

"Miss Xiaoli, please tell my sister that we must severely punish these villains who are causing trouble in our hometown. We must not be lenient. Even if they are from the Zhou family, we will never tolerate them."

He Ran was quite satisfied with King Xiao Zhao's answer.

As for Zhong Yi's handling, He Ran left it alone.

He Ran just knew that it was right to leave this kind of matter involving the emperor's relatives to Jin Yiwei, but she didn't know that Zhong Yi's reaction to this matter was beyond her imagination.

Zhong Yi was so angry that he actually investigated for thirty years and found out all the evil things the Zhou family had done over the years, and also found a large number of witnesses. Zhou Dabao's wife was not bought, but taken by force.

The woman's husband was also an old resident in the southwest corner. He opened a small shop at home and later married a daughter-in-law. As soon as the new daughter-in-law came in, she was targeted by Zhou Dabao. They beat the man half to death and forced him to use a After selling the shop for two taels of silver, he originally wanted to buy his wife for another tael of silver, but the man refused to sell her. Zhou Dabao pretended to let them go, but tied up the man's wife and raped him in front of the man. That poor old woman.

The son had no choice but to agree to sell his wife

This is why Zhou Dabao claimed that his wife was bought.

The woman and Zhou Dabao were not officially married. After she was brought to the Zhou family, it didn't take long for Zhou Dabao's novelty to wear off, and the woman became a common plaything for the men of the Zhou family.

Everyone in the southwest corner knew about this. The woman tried to run away several times, but she was caught by the Zhou family and beaten half to death every time.

After Zhong Yi checked to the end, he found more than a dozen lives, and there were as many as fifteen of them with witnesses. The Zhou family had killed at least fifteen people, not to mention those without witnesses or material evidence.

A few days later, the ten members of the Zhou family, the seven treasures of the Zhou family, and their respective fathers were all sentenced to execution.

The execution ground was located in an open space at the southwest corner of the street, and Zhong Yi personally supervised the execution.

Moreover, Zhong Yi also asked someone to post a notice saying that if anyone from the Zhou clan pretends to be a relative of the emperor in the future, they will be killed without mercy.

For the same notice, Zhong Yi also sent Jin Yiwei to Pingyang, posted a copy to the Zhou family fort, and asked the Zhou clan chief and elders to read it to the clan members in person.

He Ran was stunned for a moment when he heard that Zhong Yi posted the notice on Zhoujiabao.

She had never thought of posting this kind of notice in Zhoujiabao, but Zhong Yi actually thought of it?
This Zhongyi seems a little weird.

However, He Ran did not delve into Zhong Yi's weirdness, so she received two letters.

One letter was the news that Jinling Jinghong Tower was burned down;

There was another letter from Xiaokui. Xiaokui told her in the letter that Xiugu, whom she had not contacted for many years, suddenly wrote to her. In the letter, Xiugu asked her to beware of He Ran because He Ran was a liar and, Xiugu also told Xiaokui that He Jinghong would never accept a disciple, so the fact that He Ran was He Jinghong's disciple was nonsense.

After reading these two letters, He Ran didn't say anything for a long time.

The letter made it very clear that the Jinghong Tower in Jinling was burned down under the order of Min Lan. When it was burned down, there was a lot of crying outside the Jinghong Tower, and the reputation of Min Lan and the little emperor quickly fell to the bottom because of this incident.

He Ran's face was as deep as water. Jinling Jinghong Tower was designed by her with great effort and was her most satisfying work.

That evil woman Min Lan actually burned down her building.

But Xiaokui's letter made her dumbfounded.

Xiu Gu is still so extreme.

At that time, the relationship between Xiugu and Li Jinxiu was very bad. She tried to mediate it twice, but then she didn't bother to take care of it anymore.

Later, she disappeared, and Xiugu went south, and she never had any contact with Li Jinxiu and the others.