In the Changlu County Government Office, the result of the trial conducted by General Zhu Tingfang of Mingwei that day was spread throughout the city through hundreds of mouths.
Among the six families, it was not only the three from the Qi family who were sentenced to immediate execution because of their various misdeeds. There were also two others, all of whom were involved in murders. As for the others, they were sentenced to either caning or exile to Liaodong, a total of seventeen people.
From the master of the house, the young master of the family, to the accountant, the manager, and the exiles, Zhu Tingfang would sentence all of them in one day as long as he could get solid evidence and witness testimony within a few days.
On the surface, the charge of colluding with the eldest prince to the point of causing the rebellion of innocent people did not occupy a very prominent position either in the words passed down by word of mouth or in the notice posted on the wall of the county government office.
However, apart from the majority of the people who applauded, the smart people who were able to be patient and think about it all knew that the reason why Zhu Tingfang punished a group of criminals severely this time and did not hesitate to dig up old accounts that many people did not care about at all was because these wealthy families foolishly colluded with the eldest prince who was only interested in making money and caused that shocking case!
A bunch of peasants have already occupied the palace. How can this be tolerated? Even if the eldest prince changed his words and claimed that Xian Yunhe and others were "righteous people", Changlu County Magistrate Xu Cheng was a corrupt official, and the Jiang family and other families were traitors, he changed his words when he found out that he had escaped. Besides, people have to believe this!
Of course, although Zhu Tingfang planned to execute five people, it did not mean that he could immediately send these five people to the execution ground to serve as a warning to the public. He still had to report to the court and wait for the Dali Temple to review the case. The Dali Temple reported back and the emperor made the final decision. In other words, these five people could live a few more days. Those who were exiled to Liaodong were also not executed.
On the contrary, none of those sentenced to caning escaped the round cane. Mr. Jiang was "lucky" enough to get half of the 40 canes because his filial son, Mr. Jiang, pleaded for him. The remaining 40 were shared by his three sons. The rest of them were beaten as much as they deserved. Not to mention that they had no filial sons willing to take the beatings on their behalf, even if they did, they would have been placed under house arrest.
If it was a trial on a normal day, only some idle people would be interested in watching the excitement outside, but today, many people did not care about doing odd jobs, farming, or even eating lunch, and stayed outside to watch all the cases being tried one by one until sunset. They heard the arrogant guys being dragged to the platform one by one, and crying for their parents after being beaten with the stick. Many people even forgot about the guilt, and the only feeling they had was pleasure!
Among them, the happiest person was Xiao Huasheng. Zhang Shou was originally behind the screen in the court, and he hid behind Zhang Shou. When Zhang Shou went out to deal with the matter between Young Master Jiang and Young Master Qi, Zhu Tingfang set up a chair for him to listen in the court after he came back. The box behind the screen became his exclusive box. When he heard something exciting, he was so excited that he even had to cover his mouth.
He was afraid that he would laugh out loud because of excessive excitement.
Because of this, after the trial was finally over in the evening, Xiao Huasheng wanted to find someone to share his experience with. Although he thought Zhang Shou was a good person, he was an official appointed by the court after all; Miss Zhu was also a good person, but there was a difference between men and women, and she was too good at teasing people; as for young masters like Zhu Er and Zhang Chen, he was not like his uncle, who always kept a distance from them.