Concubine

Chapter 235 Debt Repayment and Spanking

Hearing Wang Ke's screams outside the lobby, Yang Qiuchi's anger subsided a little, and he thought to himself who the hell is this Li Chengming, even a concierge is so arrogant, it's amazing.Turning around, he asked Chang Fu, the follower behind him: "What kind of background does this Li Chengming and Li Yuanwai have?"

Chang Fu originally wanted to prevent Yang Qiuchi from carrying out the sentence, but seeing that Yang Qiuchi's head was smoking with anger, he had already ordered the beating, how could he refute the face of the Grand Master in court, so he didn't say a word.Now when Yang Qiuchi asked, he said cautiously: "Master, this Li Chengming Li Yuanwai came to visit the master with the squires yesterday. He is from Juren, and he has a deep friendship with Mr. Geng Fenggang, the magistrate of Zhenyuan Prefecture, and also has a relationship with Huguang. Mr. Qian also has a relationship, he is a distant relative of Qian Buzheng, and the relationship is very close."

Yang Qiuchi couldn't help laughing. It turned out that his backer was Qian Buzheng, no wonder he was so arrogant. If he hadn't dealt with Qian Buzheng before, he would be shocked to hear that this person's backing was a high-ranking official.

How could Governor Qian have such an arrogant relative?However, maybe it wasn't Qian Buzheng who made this relative Li Chengming and Li Yuanwai arrogant, but the concierge Wang Ke pulled up the banner as a tiger skin, and the toad went on the road - just pretending to be a small off-road jeep.

Yang Qiuchi couldn't remember what this Li Yuanwai looked like. There were too many squires who came yesterday, so he couldn't remember for a while, so he couldn't tell which one was Li Yuanwai and Li Chengming. But beating a dog depends on the owner. Let's find an opportunity to meet Li Chengming alone to see how the master is doing. If he is as arrogant as Wang Ke, then he should be less polite and just teach him a lesson for Chief Minister Qian.

Yang Qiuchi listened to the board being played outside, and took a look at the certificate at the same time, only then remembered that in addition to the board, he also had to be sentenced for divorce.

Of course, both men and women must be present for the divorce decision. However, Master Jin has already told her some common sense about being promoted. According to the Ming Dynasty law, women are not allowed to report serious crimes such as treason, treason, unfilial sons and grandchildren, being killed, and being robbed. The "pleader" for the prosecution can only be presented and appeared in court by the father, brother and grandchildren, which is called "complaint".Although women's rights to respond to lawsuits and testify are not deprived, they are not summoned in actual judicial practice except in murder, theft, and rape cases.

Therefore, Yang Qiuchi could not directly send Li Chengming's niece to attend the court, nor could he send Li Chengming himself to attend the court, because he is a juror and has the right to avoid litigation.

Yang Qiuchi had no choice but to issue a number plate and ask Zaoli to come to Li Yuan's family with a license plate, informing him that he would dissolve his niece's marriage to Wang Ke, the concierge, and ask him to send someone to participate in the lawsuit and hear the verdict.

After the 120 boards were beaten, Wang Ke passed out several times, his buttocks were bloody from beatings, and he didn't even have the strength to cry.The onlookers were talking again, saying that the new county magistrate was really powerful, and even Li Chengming and Li Yuan's family could not miss it.As a result, the common people and slaves looked at Yang Qiuchi with even more awe.

The slaves put Wang Ke in the lobby, put him on the wooden shackles, and prepared to drag him out to show the public after the elder master announced his divorce.At this time, the Zaoli sent out had already passed the housekeeper of Li Chengming's house with a license. The housekeeper's surname was Xiao, he was an old man, he went to the lobby to kowtow to Yang Qiuchi, and said:

"Master Yang, this concierge Wang Ke deceived our master, saying that he was not married. Our master felt sorry for his loneliness, so he kindly married his niece to him as his wife. Unexpectedly, he was already married. Our master heard that Wang Ke actually made such a move. When something happened to Bo Lun, he was very angry, and asked the magistrate to dissolve the marriage between his niece and Wang Ke, and punish him severely. The master has already announced that he will be fired and kicked out of the Li family. From now on, his affairs are not related to ours. The Li family has nothing to do with it."

This was a bit beyond Yang Qiuchi's expectation. It seemed that Li Chengming was not protective of his weaknesses and was quite reasonable.Immediately said: "Wang Ke has a wife and married another. According to the regulations of our "Da Ming Law", the county announced that the marriage between Wang Ke and Li Yuanwai's niece will be dissolved. They will be put under the shackles and displayed to the public for two months."

Li Daniu kowtowed to thank Master Qingtian for his decision.

At this moment, an old woman called out sadly from outside the lobby: "Husband! Husband!" Then several children also cried out in tears: "Father! ~Father!"

Li Daniu turned around and shouted: "Sister! Why are you here!"

It turned out that Wang Ke's original partner had been waiting outside the yamen for the news of his brother Li Daniu's lawsuit. He heard that Wang Ke was beaten 120 times by the county magistrate inside. After all, the husband and wife were deeply affectionate and brought a few children into the yamen. Sure enough, seeing Wang Ke lying on the lobby covered in bruises and wearing a wooden shackle, he called out impatiently.

When Wang Ke learned that he was fired by Li Yuanwai, he was beaten again, and his marriage to Li Yuanwai's niece was dissolved, he was feeling ashamed and ashamed when he heard the lady calling from outside the hall, and couldn't help crying out: " Wife! My son!"

Yang Qiuchi ordered the mother and son to come to the lobby.After Zaoli went out to inform, the old woman rushed up to the hall with several children, supported Wang Ke, stroked his bloody buttocks, and cried bitterly.

Wang Ke saw that he was ungrateful and ungrateful, and had a wife who married another wife, but now his first wife still has deep affection for him, he was ashamed, and couldn't help crying.

Seeing them crying miserably, Yang Qiuchi patted the gavel, stopped their crying, and said: "Wang Ke, you are ruthless to their mother and son, but their mother and son are still righteous to you, don't you know how to repent? "

Wang Ke cried: "The villain is convicted. After the villain goes back, he must correct his mistakes and live a good life with his wife and children. If he commits a crime again, heaven and earth will not tolerate it!"

"Okay!" Yang Qiuchi said with a smile: "Since you have repented completely, I will release you from the shackles to show the public, you can go back with them!"

Wang Ke's wife was overjoyed, she took the child and kowtowed to Yang Qiuchi a few times.

After the slaves removed the wooden shackle from Wang Ke's neck, Li Daniu leaned over to carry Wang Ke on his back, and the old woman and child supported him, and retreated out of the hall.

The case was successfully concluded, and the onlookers praised Yang Qiuchi's reasonable and well-founded handling of the case.

Next came a debt dispute. The plaintiff, Yao Dazhuang, sued the defendant, Zhang Erbao, for owed five copper coins, which were overdue for half a year.

Yang Qiuchi ordered the plaintiff to go to court.

The defendant, Zhang Erbao, was an old farmer in his fifties, as thin as a stick, wearing a pair of straw sandals in the cold weather, covered with mud, with a gray beard, black and gray face, and his eyes seemed to have some cataracts. Clearly, he came up to the hall cautiously, knelt down and kowtowed to the ground.

A farmer with a gray beard kowtowed to him, and Yang Qiuchi couldn't bear it, but now that he was the magistrate of the county, representing the imperial court, he couldn't be polite.However, Yang Qiuchi kept his tone as gentle as possible, and asked, "Zhang Erbao, do you owe the plaintiff Yao Dazhuang any money?"

"Reporting to the master, the old man owed him five pennies with the principal and interest. I couldn't get rid of it at the end of the year before last, so I borrowed it from him. But I'm penniless now, and I really can't afford it. Can I delay it for a while? , When the crops are harvested this year, I will definitely pay back."

Yao Dazhuang shouted: "What? Pay it back after autumn? No way! Pay it back right away!"

"I really have no money. I have no children, my eyes can't see clearly, and I can't do much work in the field. I live on the aid of my neighbors. I really have no money to pay back."

Yao Dazhuang said: "No money? If you don't have money, if you sell your thatched cottage and that rotten field, it will still be worth five cents!"

"I can't sell it. I only have that thatched hut and that piece of land that is barely enough to make ends meet. If I sell it, how can I survive..."

That Yao Dazhuang stared: "None of my business! I just need to get back my five pennies!"

One of the two forced to ask for debts, and the other begged for a slow life.

It seems that this is a simple debt dispute, and it is only natural to pay the debt. However, the debtor has no money to pay, so what should I do?Even now, although the debtor has a house and land, if it is a necessities of life, according to the judicial interpretation, he can apply for seizure, but he cannot apply for enforcement.

Yang Qiuchi patted the gavel: "Okay, stop arguing! Since the defendant has no money to pay back now, if he forcibly sells his house and fields, it will be tantamount to his death. How can this be done? Let's just wait for the defendant to pay him back." Zhang Erbao will repay you after harvesting the crops later. Retire!"

"Yes, my lord..." With Wang Ke's lesson in front of him, Yao Dazhuang didn't dare to talk back, but he hesitated for a while, and said boldly: "The lord is in charge, and the money will be paid back later." Okay, but why...why didn't the old man hit him?"

"What board?" Yang Qiuchi asked with some doubts.

"He didn't pay back the money three months overdue, so of course he has to be punished! Last year I sued him for not paying back the money overdue, and Mr. Jiang from Jiangzhi County gave him a fine."

Yang Qiuchi was even more puzzled, why is there such a saying?Until now, the debtor who has the solvency but deliberately conceals the transfer of property and refuses to execute the court judgment will be detained by the judiciary or even prosecuted for criminal responsibility, but it has never been heard that he must be punished if he has no money.

Yang Qiuchi picked up the case, and saw that Mr. Jin really drafted the verdict that the defendant Zhang Erbao should repay the money after Qiuhou and punish him with a ten-ten beating.

It turns out that the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" indeed stipulates: "For those who have owed private debts for a long time and defaulted on the contract, if they have more than five pennies, if they violate three months, they will receive ten lashes. One more level will be added every month. The crime will be punished by forty lashes."

Since Master Jin wrote this, it must be true. Although Yang Qiuchi was very puzzled, he couldn't help it, so he said: "Let Zhang Erbao pay back the money after Qiuhou, ten ten."

Several Zao slaves came up and wanted to drag Zhang Erbao. Zhang Erbao was probably used to beating, knew the rules, and walked to the platform with a hunched back.Yang Qiuchi couldn't bear it, and after gesturing to the Zaolis to come over, he said in a low voice: "The old man's health is not good, and he has to do it, so just pretend."

The Zaolis nodded knowingly, and came outside the platform. The small bamboo board was lifted high, and it made a whistling sound when it was pulled down, and it crackled when it hit the flesh, but the old man didn't feel much pain.

But this old man doesn't know how to put on a show, so Yao Dazhuang quickly saw the name, ran up to the hall and shouted: "Hey! No! My lord, they didn't really fight! How does this count? You are cheating!"

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