"Take it!"

As soon as Wei Chen waved his hand, Shen Congxing immediately agreed, and brought two generals to step forward with ropes to tie Zhu Manniang up.

Zhu Manniang, a female streamer, really started to move, where was the opponent of these strong men, she was pressed to the ground in two clicks, unable to move.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhu Manniang immediately cried loudly: "Erlang, Erlang!" Help, Erro! ”

Seeing this, Shen Congxing's face showed hesitation, and he turned his head to look at Wei Chen on the side.

No matter what, this Zhu Manniang was also Gu Tingye's pillow person, maybe Gu Tingye still has a trace of old feelings for her, if Gu Tingye hears her cry for help and comes out to let them go, it will be really difficult.

"Noise! Plugged her mouth! ”

Wei Chen's expression was cold, and he was categorical.

Shen Congxing nodded and took the order, asked his subordinates to break Zhu Manniang's mouth, and found a dusty cloth ball and stuffed it into Zhu Manniang's mouth.

"Woo~~"

Zhu Manniang's mouth was blocked, and she could only let out an unwilling whining, and for a while, the air around her was a lot clearer.

Wei Chen glanced at Zhu Manniang, who was kneeling on the ground with a cloak, and raised his chin to signal Shen Congxing: "Take it back first, and put it in the state prison to be detained." ”

"Yes!"

Shen Congxing hugged his fists at Wei Chen, and immediately asked two of his subordinates to lift Zhu Manniang from the ground. Although Zhu Manniang struggled desperately, it was only in vain after all.

Just when Zhu Manniang was almost in despair, a slightly tired voice came from the depths of the alley: "That's it, let her go......"

Gu Tingye walked out of the alley with heavy steps, raised his eyes to look at Zhu Manniang not far away, and had mixed feelings in his heart.

Except for a few people such as Sheng Changbai, Chang Mama, Wei Chen, etc., Zhu Manniang is already the closest person to Gu Tingye.

After all, Zhu Manniang has been following Gu Tingye all these years, and she also gave birth to a daughter for Gu Tingye, and she has a lot of weight in Gu Tingye's heart.

It is precisely because of this that when Gu Tingye knew Zhu Manniang's true face, he would receive such a big blow.

A dignified and upright man, after this incident, not only his face was gloomy, but even his body seemed to have become a little more awkward.

But even though Gu Tingye hated Zhu Manniang's shameless betrayal in his heart, when he heard Zhu Manniang's terrible cry, he couldn't help but soften his heart.

After all, Zhu Manniang has been with him for so many years, raising a kitten and a puppy will give birth to feelings, not to mention that Zhu Manniang is still Sister Rong's biological mother.

Gu Tingye slowly walked in front of Wei Chen and Shen Congxing, and sighed faintly: "Xingyun, old Shen, a little ugly, let you laugh." Let her go, as long as she doesn't appear in front of me again......"

When Zhu Manniang heard Gu Tingye's words, she suddenly felt like she had been amnestied, her mouth was blocked by the cloth and she couldn't speak, so she could only nod vigorously.

seems to be assuring Gu Tingye that as long as Gu Tingye can let her go, she will definitely get away in the future and never hinder Gu Tingye's eyes again.

It's just that what Zhu Manniang didn't expect was that the person concerned, Gu Tingye, did feel compassion and wanted to let her go, but Wei Chen, who was a bystander, didn't think so.

"Family ugly? Zhong Huai, are you thinking too simply, Zhu Manniang is committing a felony! ”

Wei Chen frowned, looked at Gu Tingye, and said in a deep voice: "The Great Zhou Criminal System? The Law of Thieves and Thieves has clouds: his entourage and maid steal the owner's property, and the stolen goods are full of ten times, and they are executed; less than ten texts, twenty canes, three years of service; ......, the following is consistent, and the sentencing will be decided! (For the sake of calculation, copper coins are always equal to one tael of silver in this book)

Gu Tingye himself is responsible for the security of Yuzhou, and the most familiar is the law of thieves and thieves, hearing Wei Chen's words, he immediately recalled that this is the relevant law in the Great Zhou Criminal System about the theft of the master's property by the slaves at home.

Wei Chen suddenly mentioned this law at this time, obviously targeting Zhu Manniang.

Zhu Manniang is an outer chamber from a lowly background, and in terms of etiquette, her status is no different from that of a slave, which is exactly the case with this rule.

According to the law of the Great Zhou, if a slave steals ten taels of silver from stealing the property of his master's house, he shall be punished with death.

And Zhu Manniang relied on pawning and selling the jewelry and antiques in Gu Tingye's courtyard and the fields and shops, and the stolen money was no less than 1,000 taels of silver, and it was not an exaggeration to execute a hundred times.

As soon as he thought of this, Gu Tingye couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise, could it be that Weichen didn't want to let go of Zhu Manniang?

"Xingyun, what are you?"

"Zhong Huai!"

Without waiting for Gu Tingye to open his mouth to ask, Wei Chen stretched out his hand and pressed down, interrupting: "You and I have been friends for many years, and we are like brothers, I have always known that you miss the old relationship, but you should also know what kind of person I Wei Chen is!" Now I am the governor of Yuzhou, and my duty lies, no matter who violates the national law in Yuzhou, I will treat everyone equally and enforce the law impartially! ”

Wei Chen's words were reasonable and well-founded, making Gu Tingye speechless.

Wei Chen is right, Zhu Manniang is not only his outer room, but also the people of the Great Zhou, she secretly stole the property of the master's family, and has already violated the law of the country.

Even if Gu Tingye was merciful and let go of Zhu Manniang for a while, there was still the law of the Great Zhou waiting for her.

You must know that when Wei Chen first arrived in Yuzhou, he relied on his fair and strict judgments again and again to win the reputation of "Wei Qingtian", and established his prestige in Yuzhou, so that the people of Yuzhou were happy and convinced.

If Wei Chen released Zhu Manniang in Gu Tingye's face today, once this matter spreads, what will the people of Yuzhou think?

Gu Tingye put himself in Wei Chen's shoes and thought about it, and also felt that Wei Chen really had no reason to let go of Zhu Manniang.

Speaking of which, arresting thieves should have been Gu Tingye's business, but Gu Tingye put his likes and dislikes above national law, and compared with Wei Chen's tall image of serving the public, he was simply a superior judgment.

As soon as he thought of this, Gu Tingye couldn't help but feel ashamed of himself, and felt shameless to face Wei Chen, so he lowered his head and stepped aside.

Seeing that the last hope was also shattered, Zhu Manniang's eyes gradually turned from pleading to despair, and finally stared back at Gu Tingye with great resentment, and she didn't know what she was saying.

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However, Gu Tingye was indifferent to this, just stopped where he was, and silently watched Shen Congxing and the others escort Zhu Manniang away.

It wasn't until Zhu Manniang and his party disappeared from sight that Gu Tingye turned around and hugged his fist towards Wei Chen: "Xingyun, thank you for today's incident." ”

Wei Chen smiled and waved his hand: "It's just a gesture, as long as you don't blame me for being unkind." ”

"How so?" Gu Tingye hurriedly said: "Xingyun, you have exposed the true face of this thief woman for me, I thank you too late!" By the way, what to do with that Zhu Dachun? ”

Wei Chen said with a smile: "He is an accomplice, so naturally he must also be taken into custody pending trial." However, he also made a small contribution, so he left him a small life and let him go to the northwest to repair the city wall for the border army soldiers! ”

When Gu Tingye heard this, he thought of Zhu Manniang's fate, and couldn't help but be a little stunned: "Xingyun, do you really want to execute Zhu Manniang?" ”

"The law is unforgiving!" Wei Chen did not hesitate at all, and said categorically: "Zhong Huai, it's not that I want her to die, but that the law of the country wants her to die!" ”

Five days later.

Yuzhou Zhizhou Weichen Shengtang interrogated Zhu Manniang, with all the human and material evidence, this was originally an iron case, but the criminal Zhu Manniang refused to confess, and even once made a lot of nonsense, disturbing the court.

Wei Chen was immediately furious and ordered someone to punish him with a cane, but Zhu Manniang died after a few canes, and he died.

According to the laws of the Great Zhou, the magistrate did not have the power to directly execute a person, and the death penalty list had to be submitted to the imperial court for approval before it could be carried out.

However, caning was a common method used by local magistrates to punish prisoners.

Zhu Manniang died unexpectedly on the way to be tortured with canes, and she can only blame her own bad life.

The matter is closed.