Chen Tong pronounced the sentence on the spot, and Ah Diao was sentenced to 20 canes, imprisoned for half a year, and forced to labor with an iron neck for half a year, and Xu Zhao was exiled to Qi'an, Xinzhou, 3,000 miles away, for one year, with a whip of 50 spines, and was temporarily sent to the prison, which was implemented seven days later.

No matter how he pleaded with Lin and Ziying, Chen Tong was ruthless, and the official immediately approached to put on the flail and put on the lock, Xu Zhao broke free of the servant, drank Chen Tong, and said with tears in his eyes: "Brother Chen! The big exam is coming, please help the dogs one or two. He knelt down and bowed, and hurriedly helped him up to Lin and said, "Dad... Why do you have to be like this..."At the juncture when it is difficult to protect himself, Xu Zhao still thinks about the fame of Xiao'er's career, and he feels a little more heartfelt to Lin, maybe at this moment he can better understand his father's good intentions.

Chen Tong didn't answer, with a slow wave of his hand, the official dragged Xu Zhao down the hall, and several people in the hall then chased him out, helpless, never expected Chen Tong to be so ruthless, and the small people had no other way to appeal, so they could only watch Xu Zhao being put in prison. Xiang Lin had a splitting headache and anxiety after returning home, as if there was a deep fear and helplessness, he didn't expect things to be so serious.

When Chen Xiu heard that his father had sentenced Xu Zhao to a serious crime, he couldn't hold back the worry in his heart all of a sudden, after all, he and Xiang Lin Qing were the same siblings, how could they bear to ignore it and turn a blind eye. After calculating his rhetoric, Chen Xiuzhuang had the courage to meet his father.

"Zhuo'er, you don't feel at ease studying poetry, what are you going to hang out here." Chen Tong paced back and forth, looking preoccupied, and seemed to have difficult things to disturb his heart. Chen Xiu swallowed deeply, lowered his head and lowered his eyebrows and said, "Dad, I heard that you put Xu.. Master Xu has been arrested..."Chen Tong suddenly stared at him and asked, "What, do you want to intercede for him?" Chen Xiu replied with a stiff smile: "Dad, I.. I just think that Master Xu didn't kill anyone, isn't the crime of exile a bit too heavy, it's really hard to convince the public. ”

Chen Tong's face turned pale, as if he was angry, and said, "Are you accusing me of being unfair in my judgment?" The corners of Chen Xiu's mouth were dry, he wiped his forehead with his sleeves, and said: "Rong'er is straightforward, although exile has existed since ancient times, and the Qin and Han dynasties have also been included in the penal system, but this dynasty has not included this kind of punishment in the main punishment. Trouble on the body. Chen Tong was shocked and frightened when he heard this, where did he think that Chen Xiu would know this, and it was precisely for this reason that he was concerned.

Chen Tong gritted his teeth in anger, unable to speak for a long time, Chen Xiu felt his father's anger, and was stunned and didn't dare to move. Chen Tong scolded: "Okay, you rabbit cub, you don't concentrate on studying the Four Books and Five Classics, and where did you steal the laws of this dynasty from here, and this time you come to blackmail your father again, but it's the opposite." As he spoke, he was about to look for a wooden stick, Chen Xiu saw that the situation was not good, and he regressed and wanted to leave, but the angry Chen Tong smashed the tea cup over with his hand, and Chen Xiu screamed and ran away.

"I'm.." Chen Tong's mouth kept chattering, and it took a long time for him to get angry. Chen Xiu's fuss, Chen Tong was even more uneasy, he was not worried that someone would complain to Taishou, because they were already wearing a pair of pants, and no one could get rid of the blame, it seemed that there was another reason.

Later in the evening, Chen Jian was reading in the study, he was still afraid of annoying his father, but Chen Tong broke into the room in a daze, so frightened that he almost got under the bookcase, and saw that his father was not holding a stick in his hand, so he calmed down a little. Chen Tong looked around and said: "My son is dedicated to learning, and he even knows the laws of the dynasty clearly, and I am ashamed to be a father." Chen Xiu said with a smile: "Where does my father speak, you are a dignified county magistrate, so you naturally know the laws of our Nanliang better than me." ”

Chen Tongyan: "You are right, punishing Xu Zhao for the crime of exile is a bit too heavy, and the reason why my father made the crime heavier and ordered it to be carried out again in seven days is because he has other plans." Chen Xiu was surprised: "Father's conviction is just to scare Master Xu? Chen Tong smiled: "Yes and no." Chen Xiu was puzzled, he couldn't understand what kind of medicine his father was selling in this gourd, and asked the reason, but Chen Tong avoided it.

"Zhuo'er, do you know that there is another punishment in the dynasty?" Chen Xiu frowned and asked, "What punishment?" Chen Tong nodded and said slowly: "Redemption." Chen Xiuzhi suddenly realized when he heard this, and said: "The child knows that this punishment, no matter whether the crime is light or serious, whether it is life or death, whether it is expensive or cheap, it can be redeemed." Chen Tong said with a smile: "Dad knows that you are friendly with Xiang Lin, you go and advise him, now the only way to redeem himself can save his father from the crime of exile." Chen Xiu pondered for a moment and exclaimed: "How can my father be like this..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Tong glanced at him, and said with heavy eyebrows: "You still don't have to ask too much about the inner situation, the time is urgent, it is better for you to inform Xiang Lin as soon as possible, so as not to miss the opportunity." After leaving, Chen Xiu couldn't think of a way to do both, and then hurried to Xu's mansion.

Chen Xiu went straight to the point and told him bluntly, but he was very embarrassed, after all, his father used such a despicable means to treat his best friend's father, and he promised to try his best to dissuade his father Chen Tong from being lenient. Xiang Lin understood deeply, but he also made a difficulty, without further ado, he and Sanjiu immediately rushed to the county jail to discuss with his father Xu Zhao in person about the method of salvation and redemption.

"Dad, this is the only way to be exempt from the crime of exile." Xiang Lin frowned, and his heart hurt like a sting when he spoke. In just a few days, Chen Tong's temples were all white, his face was as haggard as a wilderness, and his eyes were as desperate as an abyss.

He staggered a few steps, as if he didn't want to say anything with a straight face, and sighed with his back: "Taught by the ancestors, when he was young, he was ambitious, he was dedicated to his career and fame, and he was loved by the prime minister. Later, in order to protect the family business of the ancestors, the future of the child, he bowed his head and begged for mercy, but the people's hearts were not ancient, and it was difficult everywhere. This time, he was hated by the villain, and he was imprisoned in shame, and he was sad. Xu Zhao was full of emotion, and sorrow came from it. He knelt down to Lin and said, "Dad, the matter has come to this, you should put saving your life first." Xu Zhao laughed bitterly a few times, and said slowly: "That's it... Xiang'er, just do what you say. ”

After saying goodbye to Lin, he went straight to find Chen Tong, but Chen Tong couldn't see it, and instructed Chen Xiu to meet him after instructing him. Chen Xiu embarrassedly informed him of the law of redemption, and agreed with a short sigh to Lin Chang. In order to help Xiang Lin, Chen Xiu had the courage to bargain with his father, and only then did he appropriately reduce some of the ransom.

Xu Zhao was convicted of a felony and imprisoned, not only was the people in the Xu Mansion panicked, but even Ziying felt compassion, although she couldn't forget Xu Zhao's resentful eyes, heart-wrenching words, and all kinds of means to drive herself out of the house, but she was such an extremely kind woman, who could forgive all people, all things, and even the vicissitudes of the whole world.

The next day, Ziying went to visit the prison alone, Xu Zhaotie didn't know what he was thinking about with a blue face, and when he saw her, he was stunned, got up and asked, "What are you doing?!" Are you here to see the old man's joke?! Ziying put down the wine and food, and said respectfully: "Since the little woman was displaced here, and the old man took her to stay in the house, the little woman picked up a thin life, the old man has a great favor to me, and this time I am in trouble, how can the little woman gloat." ”

Chen Tong turned his back and said: "It's rare to see a woman like you in the world, don't you have a trace of resentment towards you like the old man used to treat you?" Ziying said: "Hate and hate, resentment and resentment, when is the time for resentment and retribution, the little woman may have resented the master, but now she has no such heart." ”

Xu Zhao asked again: "Do you want to know why the old man drove you away again and again?" Ziying frowned, and then asked the reason, which she had never been able to understand.

Xu Zhao took a deep breath and said: "When the north and the south are divided today, Liang and Wei are their own dynasties, although there have been no wars and disputes in recent years, but the people of the two dynasties are incompatible, hate each other, and those who enter the enemy country are either hanged and arrested, or they are slaves, and there are a few people who can survive." Er is a Wei person of the Northern Dynasty, if the old man takes you in and does not become a slave, and is accused of the government by the villain, then my Xu family will suffer the big crime of being beheaded all over the house. ”

Ziying was frightened when she heard this, and the scene of the first conversation with Xiang Lin appeared in her mind, Xiang Lin suddenly frowned when she heard that she was from Yuzhou in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and she was afraid that she would not stay in the house after telling her bluntly, so she warned her not to speak up in front of others about her life experience.

Feng Ziying said: "The little girl was born in the wilderness, she doesn't understand the laws of the court, and the old man's heartfelt words make the little girl embarrassed, and she must be careful in the future." Xu Zhao turned around and said: "I know that you and Xiang'er are in love, if this hinders his career, I'm afraid you can't bear it." Ziying's eyes were lonely, worried, and she left without responding.

In the end, the Xu family ransomed Xu Zhao out of prison with 1,000 acres of tenant land, 2,000 taels of gold baht, and 5,000 horses of silk. Where did Xu Zhao think that Chen Tong was so insatiable, almost taking up most of the family resources, the heartbroken Xu Zhao was angry and depressed, and he couldn't afford to be seriously ill in two days, the tea and rice were hard to swallow, dry cough and blood, and the red sores all over the body were itchy and difficult to disappear.

Xiang Lin invited all the doctors, tried a hundred kinds of prescriptions, but only to treat the surface, difficult to heal its roots, although it can alleviate the disease of the body, but can not cure the disease in the heart, every time the red sores disappear, Xu Zhao again thought about the lost family inheritance, and then he was angry, and the red sores spread all over the body.

Xu's mother guarded the bedside day and night, comforting him thousands of times, Xu Zhao was still unforgettable, he really couldn't swallow this breath, but there was nothing he could do. It has been more than five days since he asked Lin Chasanjiu to ask for Liang Yong, but he was not as lucky as last time.

Fireworks in March, a spring day when thousands of flowers are blooming, how can Liang Yong settle down to stay in Wusheng, maybe at this time he is swinging a boat, drinking wine, playing in the mountains, and drunk on the Yuhuo River.