The flower hall of the He Mansion was brightly lit, and Feng and He Qianli hurriedly came in, and saw He Xiancheng and Song sitting on the top with serious expressions.

He Qianli stepped forward and asked, "Brother, what's going on?" Why do you have to call us late at night? ”

After speaking, he noticed Feng Tong, the head of the Feng family, who was sitting on the side, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Why is my uncle also here?" ”

Feng Tong just smiled and didn't speak.

He Xiancheng raised his eyes, looked at He Qianli and said, "I'm afraid you will ask the third brother and sister about this." ”

When Feng Shi saw Feng Tong in the hall, the corners of his eyes jumped, and now when he heard He Xiancheng say this, his heart was even more flustered, and he blurted out: "How do I know what you're going to do, brother?" My mother's brother has just come to me tonight on urgent business, why was he stopped here again? ”

"Looking for you?" He Xiancheng asked, "But looking for you to borrow money for emergencies?" ”

With that, he took out the package he had taken from Feng Tong earlier and unfolded it on the table, and the huge amount of flying money coupons was dazzling.

Feng Shi was stunned for a moment, raised his chin, and said, "So what?" Something happened to my mother's family, and I urgently needed money for emergencies. Could it be that this is the case, and you still need to inform my brother that he can't do it? ”

The servant woman shouted at her before, and He Qianli was next to her, so she didn't have time to talk about the loan, so she only whispered to her that He Xiancheng found out about her taking money to her mother's family.

It's just a matter of taking some money for my mother's family to turn around, and it's not a big deal. On the master's side, she will explain to him later.

He Xiancheng lowered his face coldly, and said in a condensed voice: "Borrowing money to help your mother's family, this is the matter of your three-room husband and wife, so naturally you don't need to inform me." It's just that you don't know where you got your money? ”

Feng Shi panicked, but still said stiffly: "What do you mean?" Can't I be considerate? ”

He Qianli was also confused at this time, and he didn't know about his wife privately giving money to his mother's brother. Now, listening to what Brother means, is there still a problem with this money?

He turned his head to look at Feng and asked, "How did you get this money?" Have you touched the property? ”

Feng's whole person jumped and said, "How come? How could I possibly touch something in the middle of the road? ”

The Song family sorted out the accounts so clearly and looked at them so strictly, she couldn't move even if she wanted to.

"And where did the money come from?" He Qianli asked in a low voice.

The two are husband and wife, although he doesn't know how much body Feng has, but he also saw it just now, those few flying coins can be exchanged, not to mention tens of thousands of dollars, and it is definitely not something that his wife can take out at will.

Feng lowered his head and remained silent.

He Xiancheng said: "Don't you dare to say, this money is because you used the name of He Mansion to find people in the market outside to lend, or did you collect ten percent of the monthly interest?" ”

"This ...... Really? He Qianli looked at Feng.

In the previous dynasties, all the big families made profits by lending money and collecting interest, but the ancestors of the He family were deeply affected by it, so they set a family rule, and no one in the He clan was allowed to lend.

In the period of Emperor Wai of the previous dynasty, the reason why the imperial court regime accelerated its collapse was that there were also private loans, which further made the people miserable.

The Great Zhou Gaozu was born as a military general in the former dynasty, and after the incident, he led his subordinates to fight the world, and he saw many low-level people suffering from loans, and he hated the rich and wealthy of the Wang clan for lending money and collecting interest.

He once decreed that "private loans shall not be subject to more than three cents per month." It also comprehensively stipulates the conclusion of interest-bearing loan contracts, interest prohibitions, performance methods and guarantee obligations.

Later, the household department of the imperial court presided over the implementation of the Changping Law, and set up Changping positions under the prefectures and counties, specifically to provide loans to the people who needed low-level loans, and the monthly profit was not more than one cent.

At this point, the prevalence of private lending has gradually faded.

Although there are also wealthy businessmen and gentry who have joined forces with people in the market to lend high sums of money, they are all people who are in urgent need of large sums of money and cannot wait for the government's approval, but this kind of behavior is only a minority. Today's big families are hindered by fame, and they rarely do it.

He Qianli asked Feng again: "Did you really go to lend money privately?" ”

Feng had no choice, since He Xiancheng said so, thinking that everything had been ascertained, she had no choice but to nod her head.

He Qianli was so angry that his beard trembled, and he pointed at Feng Shi and said, "You...... You're ......."

The rules of the He family, Feng is not ignorant.

"No one of his clan shall borrow money for personal gain. Anyone who violates this rule shall be punished with forty lashes. ”

Although Feng is not a child of the He family, but marrying into the He family, she is a member of the He family, although she is a first offender, but this punishment of forty flogging cannot be escaped.

He Qianli sighed helplessly, then leaned over and saluted He Xiancheng and said, "Brother, the Feng family is a woman after all, and her body is weak and can't stand it. She did this because I was too careless and didn't notice it. This law, please allow me to collect it on my behalf. ”

Feng's eyes widened: "Lord Lang! ”

She pounced forward and knelt on the ground, "Brother, you are the head of the He family, you are impartial, I have nothing to say." Since I have violated this family rule, the punishment will be borne by me, and it has nothing to do with the lord of my family. ”

He Qianli shouted in a low voice: "Shut up! ”

"Lord Lang!"

"If you don't teach your wife, your husband will be wrong, and I should bear this punishment." He Qianli looked at He Xiancheng, "Brother, if you want to practice the family law, let's start now." ”

With that, he lifted his robe and knelt down.

He Xiancheng nodded and said, "You are a little responsible." Even so, I will not be relentless. ”

The utensils of He's Shijia method are a specially woven rattan, the color of the whole body is dark red and shiny, and it is as thick as a child's arm, and it is enough to be chilling to look at it in the hand, let alone smoke it on the body.

He Xiancheng waved the rattan, and then fell fiercely, and the sound of breaking the air accompanied by the sound of the rattan pumping on the flesh and skin clearly reached everyone's ears.

He Qianli couldn't help but snort.

Feng Shi on the side was even more red in his eyes, and tears fell down his eyes.

Feng Tong, who was sitting next to him, also moved his ass uneasily.

The He family has a family law, and he has no way to deal with it as an outsider. Although this incident started because he asked Feng for money, he didn't know where the money came from.

The so-called family ugliness should not be publicized, what does the eldest man of the He family mean by leaving him here and not saying anything, and letting him, an outsider, watch him apply family law to his brothers?

The sound of rattan hitting his body was one after another, and He Qianli's back was already dripping with blood, soaked through his clothes.

He clenched his teeth, his face twitching with pain and patience, but even so, he still let out a painful snort in his throat from time to time.

Feng was crying silently.

"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty!"

When the last whip fell, He Qianli could no longer support it and fell.

"Lord Lang!" Feng Shi was frightened and hurriedly pounced on him to help him.