At the beginning of the Great Qin State, the rule of law attached great importance to the spirit of the social contract, and all signed contracts had strict restrictions on both parties in the terms.

Breach of contract? Yes, as long as you follow the contract you signed at the beginning.

So far, there is also a yamen in the imperial court that specializes in accepting contract disputes, called the Contract Division, but the Great Qin has been established for thousands of years, the local arrogance is strong, and the gentry from all walks of life continue to break the rules, and the Contract Department has already existed in name only.

However, the spirit of the contract is still there, and there are corresponding provisions for the signing of contracts, especially the contracts signed with the government, which are formulated in accordance with the standards set by the Contract Division.

Of course, most of the time, this kind of contract is useless, so much so that many people forget that the signing of a contract to enjoy rights is accompanied by the fulfillment of obligations.

It's not that the servants of the Lu Mansion don't know that their unauthorized departure will cause a breach of contract, but the long-formed thinking habits have made most of them forget about this stubble, and the few who remember it also think that there is the support of the Zhao family behind them, and they don't need to care about this contract at all, no matter how big the contract is, is it bigger than the Zhao family?

But now, Lu Yuan made it clear that the carriage and horses wanted to hold them accountable for breach of contract, and everyone was immediately dumbfounded.

Steward Lu sneered at the people in the courtyard, and with a wave of his hand, a group of servants surrounded the servants, and Steward Lu said expressionlessly: "Everyone, according to the laws of Great Qin, if you do not fulfill the breach of contract clause, you will be sentenced to three years in prison. ”

Steward Lu's words became the last straw that overwhelmed the servants, and the eyes of many servants were cast on the last middle-aged man in the crowd at the same time, and at this time, the middle-aged man's eyes were a little panicked.

"Zhao San, Lord Lu wants to hold us accountable for breach of contract, what should we do now?"

"Zhao San, you dare to harm me!"

"Zhao San, the matter was bewitched by you, and the idea was made by you, and now Lord Lu wants the big guy to lose money, and you pay for this money!"

"That is, since you let everyone break away from the Lu Mansion, you naturally knew the consequences a long time ago, and now that Lord Lu has let the big guy lose money, you must have prepared the money. ”

"Zhao San, I asked you before, what should we do if the Lu Mansion investigates our liability for breach of contract? You said that the Zhao family is in charge of everything, and now that the Lu Mansion is holding us accountable, what about the Zhao family?"

"That's it, you said that Lord Lu offended the Zhao family and didn't stay in Xinyang for long, and also said that the Zhao family asked the big guy to leave the Lu Mansion and give Lord Lu a little color to see, what should I do now?

"......" Where can Zhao San say anything, he is just a side branch of the Zhao family from a distant side, and he can't fight with the Zhao family's own clan, and even Zhao San himself suspects that if he doesn't happen to be surnamed Zhao, there will be no Zhao family to find him this time and let him fan the flames in the Lu Mansion.

With so many people testifying, Lu Yuan and the others naturally saw this thief-eyed guy in the crowd, Lu Yuan pointed at Zhao San and asked, "What is the origin of this Zhao San?"

Steward Lu frowned and said: "This is a guy in the house, he always claims to be a distant side branch of the Zhao family on weekdays, and the people in the original mansion bragged about him and treated him as a joke, but I never thought that he was really a member of the Zhao family." ”

"There is a Zhao family mixed in the mansion, you don't know, how did you do it!" Lu Yuan snorted, it's just a guy, if it's an important position such as an account housekeeper, then I don't know how much damage this person will bring to the Lu Mansion.

Steward Lu smiled bitterly, how did he know that this Zhao San would really be the Zhao family, and he couldn't be surnamed Zhao to be the Zhao family, right?

Wang Mang said at this time: "I guess this person is just a pawn of the Zhao family, if it is really the Zhao family, how can it be exposed so simply." ”

"It's the pole, it's the pole. The housekeeper nodded hurriedly, and Lu Yuan glared at the housekeeper fiercely.

Wang Mang raised his eyebrows and said, "According to the laws of Great Qin, what is the crime of purposefully inciting the people to gather to make trouble?"

Judging by the degree of gathering crowds to make trouble, a small scene like the one in front of me should be beaten 20 boards according to the law and served hard labor for half a year. Lu Yuan was extremely familiar with the Great Qin Law and blurted out.

"Butler, don't bring anyone to fight yet!" Wang Mang looked at the housekeeper.

Steward Lu's eyes lit up, and as soon as he beckoned, a group of people immediately swarmed up, and slipped out of the crowd Zhao San, Zhao San looked at the fierce officials around him, and shouted: "What do you want to do? Behind me is the Nanyang Zhao family!"

The officials here are basically not locals, they were temporarily transferred by Lu Yuan from the county soldiers, and the local officials Lu Yuan shouted all of them, otherwise Lu Yuan could not guarantee that everyone was of the same mind as him, and it would be a big joke if there was a backlash at the end.

The Zhao family is also thunderous for these officials, but after all, they are not locals, and they are not afraid of the Zhao family, anyway, it is the county commander's order, what is the matter, there is a county order to carry it, although they are dressed in the clothes of the officials, they are actually big-headed soldiers, and it is a big deal to change places to be soldiers.

No matter how Zhao San screamed and threatened, these officials did nothing, and as for the other servants, they wanted to snatch Zhao San back, but as soon as the surrounding officials flashed their weapons, the fire was immediately extinguished, and the words "the people do not fight with the officials" are also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Zhao San, according to the laws of Great Qin, those who incite people to gather to make trouble should be beaten with twenty boards and serve hard labor for half a year!" Steward Lu sneered, waved his hand at the surrounding officials, and said, "Give me a beat!"

"No, I'm the Zhao family, you can't beat me!"

"The Zhao family will not let you go!"

"Lord Lu, Grandpa Lu, I was wrong, the little one was wrong, I beg the adults to let the little ones go!"

Zhao San's face was blue, with his small body, the twenty boards didn't want him half his life, not to mention the half a year of hard labor in the back.

But no matter how Zhao San screamed, the officials didn't listen to him, two stout officials lifted Zhao Sanyi, pressed him to the ground, pulled his pants, and exposed two petals of white meat, and then two officials held killing sticks, one left and one right, each spitting, raising the stick, and hitting down.

Bang Bang Bang!

Oops!

The sound of sticks hitting the flesh and skin, mixed with Zhao San's screams, was heard endlessly in the courtyard, Wang Mang and the others looked at all this expressionlessly, and the servants in the courtyard who were also watching all this turned pale one by one, and a few timid people even fell to the ground, and the whole person was stupid!

"My lord, the twenty boards are finished!" a servant smiled and arched his hand at Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan glanced at Zhao San, who had already fainted, and sneered: "Drag this person down, and when he wakes up, he will be sent directly to the hard labor camp to serve hard labor." ”

"Yes, sir. The official nodded hurriedly, and said with a smile: "Do you want to explain to the hard labor camp and give this kid a hard meal." ”

"You look at it. Lu Yuan was noncommittal, then looked at the servants in the courtyard again, and said: "Leave a few people, take care of these people, do things according to the letter of appointment, those who pay the money can leave, and those who dare to escape will be killed directly!"

"Yes. The officials nodded with a smile.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I heard that there are some profiteers in the market who have recently bullied the market and committed illegal things, and today this official will be the master of the people and punish these profiteers.