diskusbooks Chapter 195 The Fate of Bai Yuzhu
Chapter 195 The Fate of Bai Yuzhu
Xie Ying watched the show calmly, thinking secretly in her heart.
Xie Jia still says that she was abducted by kidnappers and strongly denies eloping, which shows that there is still a trace of rationality left in her subconscious.
Although there are some, there are not many.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be so stupid as to accuse Xu Maochun and say that he was in collusion with the kidnapper.
Colluding with kidnappers and abducting decent women is a serious crime.
With Xie Jia's words, Minister Zhou would definitely investigate Xu Maochun's collusion with the kidnapper. In that case, how could she hide her elopement with Pei Rong?
As expected, Minister Zhou immediately questioned Xu Maochun, "The young lady from the Xie family said that you colluded with the kidnapper to abduct her. Do you admit your guilt?"
Xu Maochun glanced at Xie Jia coldly and said lightly: "I have never done it."
He just used some tricks to make Xie Jia meet Pei Rong and be targeted by Pei Rong.
Chen Fang didn't allow him to marry Bai Yuzhu, and even deliberately married Bai Yuzhu to Xie You. How could he do nothing and let her children get a good marriage?
But he didn't expect that Xie Jia could be so stupid.
Not only was she deceived by Pei Rong, but she even eloped with him in order to marry him.
Now, she jumped out to attack him deliberately, fearing that her elopement with Pei Rong would be known to everyone.
And Xie Xin is also an idiot.
But idiots like them can live a life of luxury just because they were born in Chen Fang's belly.
You don’t have to worry about anything, and you don’t need to fight with anyone.
Xu Maochun suppressed his jealousy and looked at Xie Jia and the others with sarcasm. Even though he knew he was doomed, he felt particularly happy when he saw Chen Fang and Xie Yi in trouble.
Except for the time when he poisoned the groom and took double revenge on him, he hadn't felt so happy for a long time.
Even if he is bound to die this time, at least he will not be on the road alone.
It's just a pity for those two kids.
Xie You, this idiot, actually knew their life stories and deliberately told them in class.
If he had known this, he should have gotten rid of this scourge after Jinrong was born!
Xu Maochun regretted it deeply.
Minister Zhou asked about the details of Xie Jia's kidnapping. Xie Jia directly recited the story that Pei Rong had made up in advance. However, the two of them made up this story just to deal with ordinary people.
Now that she was being interrogated by Minister Zhou, how could Xie Jia, a little girl with an empty head, make up a flawless story?
Soon her words became inconsistent. After being harshly scolded by Minister Zhou, she was so frightened that her legs went weak and she fell to the ground, choking and saying, "I... I was so scared at the time that I can't remember..."
Minister Zhou sent someone to summon Pei Rong.
In fact, he had long guessed that Xie Jia and Pei Rong had eloped, and he had never thought of exposing their scandal.
After all, if the Xie family did not report the elopement to the government, there would be no need for the government to investigate.
But Xie Jia insisted that he was abducted by kidnappers, and said that Xu Maochun was in collusion with the kidnappers. If he did not investigate thoroughly, wouldn't he be derelict in his duty?
Pei Rong was brought over quickly.
He was much smarter than Xie Jia and had thought of a story in advance. Not only was it watertight, but it also didn't implicate Xu Maochun.
He even described the beggar's appearance in detail.
Since the Xie family members didn't admit that the two had eloped, Minister Zhou didn't investigate the matter any further. He just warned Pei Rong a few words and let him go.
After Pei Rong left, Chen Fang and Xie Yun both breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, if the government confirmed that Xie Jia had eloped, they would be completely disgraced.
Xie Jia is now considered useless, but Xie Yun has two daughters besides her.
How can Xie Jia's reputation be ruined?
Bai Yuzhu was unwilling to accept this, but after Xie Jia eloped, all the people who served her were dealt with by the furious Chen Fang. Now, even if she wanted to find someone to ask, she couldn't do it.
Instead, her adultery with Xu Maochun was completely confirmed.
In addition, he let Feicui take the blame, and asked Li Kun to kill Feicui to silence her, and then he committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
Bai Yuzhu was directly sentenced to 100 strokes of the cane and to be executed in the autumn.
Because she was a woman, had been poisoned, and was weak, the one hundred strokes of the cane would not be carried out all at once, but in several sessions. This time, twenty strokes would be given first to avoid beating her to death directly.
Xu Maochun committed adultery with Bai Yuzhu and colluded with bandits to kill Xie Xiu and his group, and also killed two women and framed Xie Xiu.
He deserved death for his crime, but he had other cases on his hands, so Minister Zhou only sentenced him to 200 strokes of the cane for the time being. The rest would have to wait until the other cases were fully investigated before a further sentence could be passed.
Not only that, Liu Ma and Zhenzhu, who assisted the two in committing adultery, will also be punished.
Zhenzhu was sentenced to sixty strokes of the cane, but she was given a break because she was a servant and had no choice.
Like Bai Yuzhu, Madam Liu was sentenced to 100 strokes of the cane and to be executed in the autumn.
Minister Zhou showed some mercy and did not allow anyone to strip Bai Yuzhu of all her clothes.
But she still had to be tortured with her bare bottom.
How could Bai Yuzhu be willing to endure this humiliation?
She wanted to commit suicide, but there was a cloth stuffed in her mouth, so she couldn't bite her tongue to commit suicide. She could only watch herself being dragged away by the yamen runners.
Like Xie Yi, these people were punished outside the ceremonial gate.
Outside the ceremonial gate is an open courtyard, and further outside is the gate of the yamen.
Because there were too many people gathered outside the yamen to watch the excitement, Minister Zhou was worried that something might happen if too many people were crowded together, so he had to open the yard and let the people in to watch the excitement.
So when Xie Yi was beaten with his bare buttocks, he was surrounded by this group of onlookers.
He was so angry that he fainted after receiving just twenty strokes of the cane.
However, the bailiff still beat Xie Yi with fifty boards before notifying the servants of the Xie Mansion to take Xie Yi away.
Now it's the turn of Bai Yuzhu and others.
Seeing that young women like Bai Yuzhu and Zhenzhu were also being beaten, the onlookers couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Bai Yuzhu's face was ashen, and she kept signaling to Xu Maochun with her eyes, begging him to kill her.
Xu Maochun wanted to help her end it, but his whole body was numb and he had no strength at all. Now he could do nothing.
The bailiff first read out the crimes and sentences of several people, and then began the execution.
Soon, several people were pressed on the bench, their pants were pulled off, the board was lifted high, and then dropped heavily.
"what--"
Bai Yuzhu, Madam Liu and Zhenzhu let out shrill screams.
The sound reached the hall, and the eldest princess quickly covered Xie Ying's ears, then looked at Situ Yuan worriedly, fearing that the two children would be frightened.
Xie Ying opened her eyes wide, looking silly and cute as if she didn't understand anything.
But in her heart, she was secretly anticipating: [Next, it will be Chen Fang's turn, right? Once she's sentenced, she'll be cut off from all ties, and have to take back my grandmother's dowry and the Luo family's property. Could that thing the dead old woman wore on her head be my grandmother's relic?]