Chapter 85: Watching the Punishment
With Jiang Long's order, Yang Haibo and Li Liang, who were excited, immediately knelt down in response.
When the two of them walked out of the main hall quickly, Lin Ya's delicate little face was filled with a hint of worry.
The intrigue in the wealthy family does not mean that if you are the master, you will definitely be able to take the servant.
Some masters in wealthy families are played by smart and greedy slaves, and the money and antiques in the family are secretly stolen, and they don't know it, and there are some cowardly masters who are even suppressed and bullied by the strong and perverse slaves in their own houses!
It seems that the identity of master and servant is reversed.
did not find out in advance who the backer behind Hu Zhuangtou was, and acted recklessly, in case Mrs. Jing intervened at the instigation of that person, so that she failed to take Hu Zhuangtou down this time, and was lost face by the servants, appearing incompetent, without means, and not strong enough, then Jiang Long's prestige in Jingfu in the future will be greatly reduced.
Jiang Long could see that there was a trace of worry in Lin Ya's eyes, but he didn't say anything.
After a while, there was a burst of confusion and shouting from outside the small courtyard.
"Back to the little young master, Steward Hu's family of eleven, Li Wu, Zhao Sanshou, and Min Pozi have all been taken down!" Li Liang came to restore his life.
"Treasure bottle, has the rain stopped outside?" Jiang Long took a sip from the teacup and moistened his throat.
The vase stretched out its head to look, "It's stopped now, but another dark cloud is drifting over." ”
"Let's go, call everyone in the farm to the little square in the village."
Jiang Long put down his teacup and strode towards the door of the main hall.
"Yes!" Li Liang received the order and quickly retreated to pass the word.
Lin Ya hesitated, but still held Du Juan's arm and followed.
Not counting the mother-in-law, there are 50 Jingfu guards who came with this time, plus there are more than 100 tenant farmers in the farm, and more than 1,000 people have come to the square.
The arrest of Steward Hu and others one after another has alarmed all the tenant farmers in the farm.
At this time, these tenant farmers formed a large circle, and they all looked at Jiang Long standing in front of them in amazement.
I want to see how Jiang Long will deal with Hu Guan.
"From today onwards, Young Master Ben will take over all matters in the farm."
Jiang Long didn't say too much nonsense, nor did he promise that he would let the tenant farmers live a good life in the future, after a simple sentence, he went straight to the point, looked at the Hu steward kneeling in the middle of the square, and asked coldly: "Hu Zhuangtou, are you guilty?" ”
"The little one is not guilty, the little one doesn't know what the little master is talking about."
Steward Hu tied his hands behind his back and knelt in the middle of the small square, although he was terrified in his heart, he was unwilling to tie his hands.
There were more than a dozen people kneeling next to him, and it was the group of people who greeted Jiang Long at the front when he first arrived at the farm.
At this time, when they heard the defense of the Hu steward, they all shouted out one after another.
Jiang Long's face was expressionless, and he didn't argue with Steward Hu, but raised his hand in the direction of Yang Juhua's mother and daughter.
There was no need for him to ask, Yang Juhua just howled and cried, as if she wanted to vent all the grievances she had suffered in the past few years.
At the same time, his knees weakened and he fell to his knees.
Without her opening her mouth, there were already people in the crowd whose eyes were red from this sad cry.
When Xiao Huangya saw her mother crying, she also raised her little face and choked with tears.
The steward, as well as those who followed this person to quibble, were also suppressed by this mournful cry.
"Little yellow girl, don't cry."
Hu Tiewa suddenly broke free of her mother's hand, trotted forward, and helped Xiao Huangya wipe her tears.
Tian's wife turned her head and wiped the tears on her face, followed her youngest son's steps and stepped forward, softly soothing Yang Juhua, "Big sister, don't cry, the little master is still waiting for you to reply." ”
"Woo woo...... "Where can the extremely sad Yang Juhua stop for a while?
Yang Haibo clenched his fists, eager to rush forward and kick the manager a few times to relieve his hatred.
After a while, Yang Juhua opened her mouth intermittently, "Slave maid...... A few years ago, the slave man was arrested and beheaded by the government because he killed a wealthy son, and it didn't take long for the slave to leave the place where he lived before and move here.
When the man of the slave and maid died, the old lady took pity on the slave and the maid and became a widow, and gave her fifty taels of silver.
Came...... When she came to this farm, the slave maid originally wanted to take her daughter and live a good life, but she was ...... But he didn't expect Hu Zhuangtou to see that the slave maid had just come here...... As soon as I came here, I built a house with dirt, and I had some money in my hand, so I had bad intentions! ”
Speaking of this, Yang Juhua looked at Steward Hu with hatred, and her words became smoother, "He first asked Mrs. Min to come to the door to talk to the matchmaker and persuade the slave and maid to remarry, but the slave and maid were unwilling, so he asked Li Wutian to come to the slave's door every day."
The slave maid is a widow, and there are not many things in front of the door, since she came here, she was cautious, even if she asked someone to build a house, she didn't dare to talk to any man, but Li Wu always ran to the slave maid's house, so within a few days, there was ugly and harsh gossip in the farm.
Then Mrs. Min came to the door again as a matchmaker.
The slave and maid still disagreed, not to mention that the slave and maid had no intention of remarrying, even if there was, then Li Wuyi was a laizi who stole chickens and dogs, and the slave and maid could not agree. ”
Li Wu was also tied up and knelt on the ground at this time, and when he heard this, he lowered his head and his face turned red.
"Who knew that in this way, the reputation of the slave and maid was ruined, Hu Zhuangtou was still unwilling, and even let Mrs. Min lie and spread, so that she said that the slave and maid had agreed to remarry Li Wu." Thinking of the past a few years ago, Yang Juhua's face was still pale with anger, "The conscience of heaven and earth, if the slave and maid really nod their heads, they are willing to be thundered by the sky!"
Then the steward ran to the door in person, saying that everything had been spread, and he had to marry him, otherwise the bad reputation of the slave and maid would spread, and it would be to discredit the entire farm.
The slaves and maids were unwilling to live or die, and almost hanged themselves, so they did not dare to force the slaves and maids anymore. ”
Hearing this, a burst of anger rose in Jiang Long's chest.
How important is a woman's reputation in this day and age?
Even rumors can kill people directly!
This is why Yang Juhua thought of her daughter and persevered, otherwise she would have committed suicide if she was weak and couldn't think of it.
The treasure bottle and the jade hairpin gritted their teeth angrily and stomped their feet again and again.
But the steward was still greedy for the money in the slave and maid's house, and when he saw that the slave and maid wanted to plant the land, he bullied the slave and the maid that they could not farm, and gave the most inferior sand tin as a good land to the slave and maid to plant...... In the second year, the slave asked clearly that he didn't want to plant, but he didn't expect that he actually made a fake on the contract written in the first year.
After that, the Hu steward dug ditches and repaired river embankments...... and so on in the name of asking for money from slaves and maids, which can be testified by the peasant households in the village, because the Hu steward asks everyone, and those who have money must give more, and those who have no money will give less.
In the past, it was said that the farm bought cattle, and everyone took turns to use them during spring ploughing, but the money was collected, but they did not see the cattle come back...... Within a few years, all the money in the hands of the slave and maid was deceived by the steward...... Today, the little master said to send a few chickens over, and the steward hated the slave and maid for not agreeing to marry Li Wu, and the daughter of the slave and maid before said a word, so he asked Li Wu and others to catch and kill all the chickens in the slave maid's house, and did not give a penny, poor slave and maid are now relying on raising chickens to lay some eggs, and sell them to live......
As Yang Juhua said things one by one, Hu Guanshi's face became whiter and whiter.
Jiang Long didn't speak, and slowly walked to the front of Steward Hu with his hands behind his back, staring at Steward Hu's eyes.
Steward Hu swallowed his saliva with difficulty, avoiding Jiang Long's gaze, "She, she is unwilling to kill her family's chickens without giving money today, so she spews blood!"
Little master, she doesn't want to bring you the chicken to eat! ”
Jiang Long didn't expect Steward Hu to confess his guilt now, and Yang Juhua couldn't really do anything about Steward Hu when he said it, at most he slapped it on the ground and slapped it on the ground, he looked away and looked at Tian Dazhuang who was standing aside.
Tian Dazhuang immediately knelt down and replied.
Compared with Yang Juhua's personal grievances, what Tian Dazhuang said was enough to kill Hu Guan.
Make fake accounts, increase the rent by yourself, privately make the decision to sell the good land that has been changed to haode to outsiders at a high price, and then buy the number of acres of Sha Tin at a low price, secretly conceal the respective numbers of good land, secondary land, and Sha Tin, and in addition to being greedy for money, Hu Guan actually forced a family of four tenant farmers to death!
The tenant farmer was too honest, and the young man in the family died of illness at an early age, leaving only the old man and the child who were easy to bully, and finally the whole family of four hanged themselves.
Jiang Long's hands were clenched into fists, and his eyes were cold.
"And ......" Speaking of zuihou, Tian Dazhuang seemed to want to say something, but he glanced in the direction of Steward Hu's family, and swallowed it back.
"Hu Zhuangtou, do you still have to quibble now?" Jiang Long stared at Steward Hu's eyes tightly and asked in a cold voice.
Steward Hu knew that the general trend had gone, and his kneeling body kept swinging, and Zuihou could only sacrifice Zuihou's killer weapon at all times, "The small, the small one is Mama Jiang's henchman." ”
After saying this, Steward Hu tried to raise his head, wanting to see a little hope on Jiang Long's expressionless face.
But Jiang Long waved his hand directly, "Come on, implement the Jingfu family law!" ”
"Don't ......," the butler yelled in a hoarse voice.
Yang Haibo had already pounced like a tiger and wolf, grabbed the collar of the butler with one hand, and dragged it straight to the side.
Li Liang found two boards to enforce family law, and asked out loud, "Little master, how many boards do you play?" ”
Yang Haibo spat into the palm of his hand, rubbing his hands, the board with a handle is one zhang long, up to three inches thick, as long as he moves his hands and feet a little, he doesn't need ten boards, he can take the life of the caretaker!
"Die!"
Jiang Long just spit out a word lightly.
There was a buzz, and there was a commotion on the tenant farmer's side.
No one thought that Jiang Long would directly kill Steward Hu!
Even the jade hairpin and the treasure vase, which had been gritting their teeth at the Hu steward before, were also taken aback.
Carefully looked at Jiang Long's face without the slightest emotion, and made sure that he was not joking, but somehow, the second daughter was in awe of Jiang Long.
"Don't, little master spare your life!"
The steward struggled and screamed.
Yang Haibo was stunned, and then suddenly stepped forward and kicked the Hu steward to the ground.
If Jiang Long just let dozens of boards be beaten, then he could only greet the butt of the butler.
It's the rule.
But now the order is to kill him directly, then he can be beaten casually.
Yang Haibo, who raised the board high, and had endless anger in his chest, directly hit the board on the leg of the manager.
Steward Hu wanted to get up and come to Jianglong to beg for mercy, but he was directly knocked down.
Click.
That leg is already broken.
"Ahh The steward rolled and screamed heartbreakingly.
"The little one doesn't dare, I beg the little master to spare my life!"
The surroundings were quiet all at once, and the pins could be heard.
Many of them looked frightened, and most of the women hurriedly took the child who was standing on tiptoe beside them into their arms.
I'm afraid it will scare the child.
Lin Ya held the silk handkerchief tightly in her hand, her palms were sweaty, and she quickly pinned her head, and her delicate body trembled uncontrollably.
At the same time, a thick sadness floated on her face, she had been distressed and cared for back then, and the nurse who was extremely loyal to her was framed by her stepmother to find the cause of the attack, so that the mother-in-law in the house with thick hands and feet was beaten to death with a board!
And let her, who was only a few years old at the time, watch the execution from the side!
The nurse did not cry out as loudly as the butler, and kept begging for mercy.
just crawled quietly on the ground, letting the board fall like raindrops, gritting his teeth, and not saying a word.
When he was dying, he raised his head and looked at her with difficulty.
The dazzling blood stain that overflowed from the corner of the nurse's mouth is still imprinted on her heart.