Under the auspices of the patriarch, Zhou Rensong and his wife were buried in peace. But then, the punishment of Zhou Zheng also began in full swing in the ancestral hall of the clan.

The clan elders hated Zhou Zheng's evil deeds in previous years, one by one, and there was evidence. In the end, they came together and convicted him of ten deadly sins.

The first case is to anger your parents to death, disobedience and unfilial piety, which is a heinous crime! According to the family rules, they should be stoned to death, and the family tree should be cleared, and they should not be buried in the ancestral grave.

In other words, there is no need to look at the other nine crimes, the first article alone has already made him die without a place to be buried.

Zhou Zheng knelt on the ground respectfully, crying bitterly. He only listened carefully to the denunciations and condemnations of the elders of the clan, and did not dare to refute and justify them in the slightest.

Finally, when all the charges had been read and the clansmen's chatter had gradually subsided, and the patriarch had spoken and asked him "what else to say," he raised his head in fear.

"Patriarch grandfather, grandfathers, uncles, uncles, I dare not quibble that I am young and ignorant, and I have made a big mistake. All of this is true, and I admit it. I know that if I don't repent, even if it wasn't this time, my parents would be angry with me sooner or later. I'm damned! I'm sorry for my mom and dad! Whining!

Patriarch Grandpa, I deserve to die! But my grandfather and my father were innocent. This branch of the surname Zhou has always been a single lineage since my grandfather, for the sake of my grandfather and my father who have served the clan for many years, there is only one small request for unfilial children and grandchildren.

Delay me for two years, and when I am an adult at the age of fifteen, I will save a queen for this one, at that time, if you want to kill or chop, it will all depend on the patriarch grandfather!

Patriarch Grandpa, grandfathers, uncles, uncles, you don't want to see my father's vein broken, right? In that case, even if I die, I won't have the face to see my father and mother!

Ask the patriarch and grandfather to be merciful, and ask all the grandfathers, uncles, and uncles to be merciful!

I just wanted to stay behind, and I didn't dare to be greedy for life. I am willing to confiscate all the property of the family and give it all to the clan. Just leave a place for unfilial children and grandchildren!

Ask the patriarch and grandfather to be merciful, and ask all the grandfathers, uncles, and uncles to be merciful! ”

Zhou Zheng's words burst into tears, which moved everyone who was listening.

A clan elder took the lead in speaking to the patriarch, "Old Five, we set up clan rules to punish the former and the latter, to set an example, and so that the descendants of the clan can take the right path and be good people." The fundamental purpose is not to punish, but to enable the people who have made mistakes to change their past wrongs and become new people.

Although Zhou Zheng's sins are unforgivable, he already has a heart of repentance. Moreover, his request is reasonable. You see, is it to give him a chance? ”

Without waiting for the patriarch to speak, another patriarch also said to the patriarch, "Fifth brother, Zhou Zheng's crimes, except for the first one, are all bad and absurd, and there is nothing harmful to nature.

Besides, the first thing that killed his parents was actually not based on real evidence. But Zhou Zheng admitted it bitterly. It can be seen that his heart of repentance is earnest!

Fifth brother, the third uncle is right, we set up family rules to treat diseases and save people. For Zhou Zheng, you might as well open the net to watch the after-effects. ”

The patriarch's words caused everyone to whisper, and many people's opinions changed, and they nodded in approval.

In fact, the most important thing is that Zhou Zheng donated all his family property, which is a lot of income.

Zhou Rensong is the richest man in the county, in addition to thousands of acres of fertile land, there are many shops and real estate. Although, in recent years, Zhou Zheng has been defeated, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and when converted, there are at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver left.

handed over to the clan for confiscation, which means that every family has a share, and everyone can get a share of the money. Therefore, the clansmen's view of Zhou Zheng has changed greatly. I all feel that this child is a prodigal son, and he is finally sensible!

Although, if Zhou Zheng is executed, his family property will eventually be confiscated, but the name is not right, and there is also a suspicion of cunning and robbery. Whenever you mention it, it will become a stain on the clan.

On the contrary, now, as a result of Zhou Zheng's handling of exchanging his family property for his life, everyone feels at ease and happy.

"No!" Seeing that the patriarch began to bow his head slightly, one of the clansmen stood up angrily.

Zhou Zheng raised his eyes and looked, it turned out to be his uncle.

Back then, his grandfather was in a single lineage, but when he was thirty years old, he didn't have an heir, and he couldn't help but panic. At that time, after discussion in the clan, the second son of his grandfather's cousin's family was passed under his grandfather's knees, and he was this uncle.

But the creation makes people, but I don't think that within two years, the eldest son of my grandfather's cousin's family died unexpectedly. The sister-in-law insisted on asking her son to come over. Otherwise, they don't want children, but they must give them half of the family property and let them support their old age.

Of course, the grandfather disagreed, and in a fit of rage, he retreated the child again.

may also respond to the saying that good deeds are rewarded, not long after returning the child, Zhou Zheng's grandmother became pregnant with his father Zhou Rensong.

The grandfather and cousin's family did not live well, and later it completely decayed. The grandparents were kind-hearted and still took good care of the children who had passed away, and let Zhou Rensong treat the child as a brother.

Therefore, since he was born, Zhou Zheng has had this uncle who is not close to him.

But since he was a child, he didn't have a good impression of this uncle. Others don't know, but he knows it. I learned badly, to a large extent, thanks to the intentional care of this uncle.

"The patriarch, the third uncle, the sixth uncle. Zhou Zheng's sin is unforgivable! If this kind of unfilial descendant who has no father or mother is not killed, how can he educate the other children in the clan? What do these children think? It doesn't matter if you beat and scold your parents? Casual mistakes? Or even murder and arson? Anyway, as long as you repent, nothing happens! ”

"Renming, Hugh is talking nonsense!" The sixth uncle was the first to pop out, "Tell me, did Zhou Zheng kill people and set fires?" Why is there no father and no mother? Did he beat his father or scolded his mother? ”

"Not really. But he often contradicted his parents. ”

"You didn't bother your parents when you were a kid? Do you remember, I spanked your ass for your dad! What's wrong? Do you want to be stoned to death too? ”

"Uncle Six, I didn't mean that. I mean, it's that he is usually angry with Rensong, and the root of Rensong's vomiting of blood is that he is angry with this little animal. So this time, Rensong and his family will be angry to death by this little animal. ”

"What about the evidence?"

"Evidence? How did Rensong die? He died while beating this little brute. Everyone knows this. Why hit him? It's not because he hooked up with the Tang family! ”

He pointed at Zhou Zheng and shouted, "Tell me yourself, isn't that so?" ”

Zhou Zheng still had a sincere and frightened expression, but he shook his head firmly.

"What do you mean? Are you going to cheat on whether you admit it? ”

"Uncle, you said that I was not clear with the Tang family, but you saw it with your own eyes?"

These words stunned Zhou Renming. If he dares to say that he saw it with his own eyes, someone will immediately ask, how could he be in Tang's room at that time? When the time comes, he himself can't explain it clearly.

So, he shook his head against his will, "No! But everybody knows that. ”

"Who are you? Who saw it? Besides, Zhou Zheng is still a child and doesn't understand personnel at all, can you believe this kind of thing? "It was the sixth uncle who stood up to help.

Seeing that Zhou Renming was speechless when asked, Zhou Zheng took advantage of the victory to pursue.

"Uncle, you said that my father was angry to death because of this incident, and you also saw it with your own eyes?"

"Nope. But I have witnesses. It's the one who beat you that day. I can bring him over now. ”

"Good. I also have witnesses and am my stewards. He was there the whole time, and he was able to prove that my father's death had nothing to do with it. ”

"Phew! Your housekeeper? That's not all up to you! Have you colluded a long time ago? ”

"Uncle, I'm young, and I have something I want to ask."

"Say!"

"Why should my butler listen to me? Why collude with me? ”

"Listen, how naïve! Your butler, you paid him, how could he not listen to you? ”

"Then my family is also taking our Zhou family's money, why don't you listen to me, but listen to your uncle? Is it because my uncle gave him more money than I did? ”

"Don't talk nonsense! That's because people... There is a sense of justice... That one... I can't get used to being an unfilial person like you! ”

"Uncle, you may not know, that family member, he almost beat me to death! The wound on my head is still there! ”

After speaking, without waiting for Zhou Renming to quibble, he shouted at the patriarch.

"Patriarch Grandpa, I admit that I am an unfilial descendant. But someone made a fuss about my father's death and deliberately framed me, I don't admit this!

They all said that my father was angry with me, but the situation at that time was that the family deliberately wanted to beat me to death! At that time, my father couldn't stop him, so he was in a hurry and unfortunately passed away. The mother also died suddenly because she couldn't bear the great changes of her father's departure.

I thought later that that family member had no grievances with our family, and someone should have instructed him to do so. But until now, no other figure has been found. Unexpectedly, he was hiding in my uncle's house.

This suddenly reminded me of one thing. When I was 10 years old, my father said that if I was stubborn and did not know how to repent until I was 20 years old, after his death, all the property of the family would be given to my great uncle's son, and a note was given to my great uncle.

Patriarch Grandpa, please make the decision for your grandson, it must be the eldest uncle who instructed that family member to beat me to death, and then kill my parents! He will let his son inherit our property! ”

Zhou Zheng cried and complained, which was reasonable. All the people in the ancestral hall stared at Zhou Renming with unkind eyes.

Zhou Renming shouted that he was wronged, but at this time, no one believed him anymore.

He dared to touch the interests of the big guy! It's no wonder if it doesn't cause public outrage!