Chapter 154: He Doesn't Break the Law, You Break the Law
Chen Xiao and Princess De were frying melon seeds and steaming pork jerky in the kitchen of the compound, and a post guard came to find Chen Xiao.
"Mrs. Chen, Lord Feng, please come over and ask."
"Lord Feng looking for me?" Chen Xiao was puzzled.
Twenty minutes ago, County Lieutenant Feng and County Cheng Su heard that the flying cavalry guard had come to Nanzhong County, so they put down the business at hand and came over immediately.
Flying Cavalry guards generally do not greet the local yamen when performing tasks, unless the task requires the cooperation of the local yamen. Yang Zhao's task is to protect the grandson, as long as they protect the grandson, they don't need to branch the yamen, and the yamen has no right to intervene. However, as a local official, I heard that the flying cavalry guard was coming, and the commander came in person, so he naturally wanted to come to pay a visit. It's a matter of etiquette.
After meeting Yang Zhao, County Lieutenant Feng asked Fang Yu about what happened at the Xinglong Inn at noon today.
The two injured men, after taking care of their injuries at the hospital, went to the county government to file a complaint. They accused Chen Xiao of maliciously hurting people and demanded that Chen Xiao be severely punished and compensated for the silver.
County Lieutenant Feng sent someone to the Xinglong Inn to understand the situation, what these two people complained about was indeed the truth, they just accidentally broke into the toilet, and one of them broke his wrist and the other broke his leg.
Before, County Lieutenant Feng was dealing with this matter in the county office, and he was about to summon Chen Xiao, and the following people came to report: The commander of the flying cavalry guard has personally led the guards to Nanzhong County.
After meeting Yang Zhao, County Lieutenant Feng asked Fang Yu. Fang Yu's statement was different from others, he said that the two wanted to mistreat his wife, and his mother punished him. At that time, there were only the two men, Chen Xiao, and Fang Yu, who arrived at the first time, and the guys in the inn didn't know the actual situation, they just saw what happened later.
For the sake of "justice", County Lieutenant Feng wanted to ask Chen Xiao face to face: What did those two do to her?
As for Chen Xiao's ability to break people's leg bones with one fist, in the previous matter of Cai Lian and others, Chen Xiao had broken other people's leg bones with his fists at that time, and County Lieutenant Feng did not doubt her ability to beat people.
The pork jerky was steaming in the steaming drawer, and Chen Xiao was slowly stir-frying the spiced melon seeds. Princess De didn't know what County Lieutenant Feng wanted Chen Xiao to ask in the past, so she took the spatula and let Chen Xiao go over.
On the side of the independent courtyard, Yang Zhao listened to the conversation between Lieutenant Feng and Fang Yu, and was surprised that Chen Niangzi actually had such a divine power - she could use her fists to break people's leg bones, which ordinary men couldn't do.
Chen Xiao is here. Several people stood in the courtyard.
Lieutenant Feng said, "Chen, what happened to you at the Xinglong Inn at noon today, those two bitter masters have come to the yamen to complain. They accuse you of maliciously hurting others, and ask the magistrate to punish you severely, and demand compensation for the money. Just now, your husband said that it was because those two people insulted you that you shot and injured people. I ask you, how did they insult you?"
Chen Xiao's face flushed slightly. said that he was stared at by the other party when he released his hand, and said, "Don't cover it, let me see." In that angry situation, she could describe what had happened to her, but after she had calmed down, she was a little speechless. Because although she tried her best to cover it at that time, the other party should have seen it when she first came in.
Fang Yu said for her: "At that time, my lady was relieving her hands in the latrine, and one of the men broke into the latrine and shamelessly stared at her to relieve herself, which caused the conflict."
County Lieutenant Feng said to Fang Yu: "You weren't there at the time, I want to listen to her say it herself." What the hell have happened to you?" County Lieutenant Feng looked at Chen Xiao.
Chen Xiao bit her lip and decided to tell the truth, although it would embarrass her, but it could prove that she was acting in self-defense.
Hearing Chen Xiao describe what happened, County Lieutenant Feng was silent for a moment and said, "They are indeed wrong, but you will not beat people like that. In this way, you compensate each other for sixty taels of silver, and the Chen family will be beaten again, and the matter will be settled."
Fang Yudao: "Why do you want to compensate and be punished? It's not a pity for that kind of person to die."
County Lieutenant Feng said with a heavy face: "The royal law is not determined by you. Hurting people without a reason can be punished with flogging or exile. For the sake of Mrs. Chen's extenuating circumstances, this official sentenced you to compensation and flogging, which is already an open net." Flogging is a slap in the face.
Peeping at people taking a bath or going to the toilet is not a crime, at most it is a moral issue. However, Chen Xiao injured someone, and she broke the law.
The anger that had already subsided
, which rose again in Chen Xiao's heart. The little county lord drugged her, the hooligans broke into the toilet, where did she find someone to reason? She has to bear it in the end!
In fact, this matter can be turned into a big thing and a small thing, in this ancient society, many things can be solved with silver. As long as the county lieutenant Feng proposes to negotiate, let the two sides settle with compensation, and the other party withdraws the complaint, the matter will be settled. However, County Lieutenant Feng looked impartial and didn't want to negotiate with them at all.
"How many boards do you have to hit?" Chen Xiao asked.
"Twenty."
Chen Xiao didn't hear much, and said to Fang Yu, "You go and take the board for me." It just so happens that she is also angry with Fang Yu.
Fang Yu wanted to say: Why should you be beaten by the board! Of course, what he questioned was that County Lieutenant Feng ordered the board to be beaten, not that he didn't want to be punished for Chen Xiao. However, he was worried that Chen Xiao would misunderstand when he said it, so he didn't say it.
Lieutenant Feng said, "You must be punished by yourself."
Chen Xiao frowned: Do you really want to go to the board?
Fang Yu said: "I injured people, if you want to beat me, hit me."
In fact, he didn't want to be beaten by the board, but seeing that Chen Xiao was angry with himself, wouldn't it be twenty boards, and after the fight, he might be able to exchange Chen Xiao's distress and sympathy.
While a few people were talking, Taisun came out of the house and said to County Lieutenant Feng, "Chen Xiaoxiao is Gu's righteous sister, whoever dares to beat her is tantamount to beating Gu."
His sentence surprised everyone present. Except for Luo Qing, who supported his grandson.
"Your Highness......" Lieutenant Feng was embarrassed. The righteous sister is not a real sister, and the Chen family is still a grass people.
If the royal family and nobles break the law, the legal punishment is different, because there is a principle of "nobleness". In other words, the prince is not guilty of the same crime as the common people, or even not guilty.
Taisun said, "Those two dared to peep at Gu's righteous sister, and they should be sentenced to death. There is more than enough to die."
County Lieutenant Feng's face was ugly. He originally wanted to use this matter to knock Xia Yu, but he didn't expect Taisun to help Chen so much - he knew that Chen was not Taisun's sister, at least before Taisun said this, she wasn't.
Chen Xiao looked at his grandson gratefully. She felt that she hadn't flattered her grandson much, so why did he recognize herself as a righteous sister? Is it to help her pretend to talk, or is it ......? Chen Xiao felt that Taisun was just pretending.
Fang Yu also looked at Taisun, and then at Luo Qing beside him. Luo Qing raised his eyebrows at Fang Yu.
Understood, it was Luo Qing who asked the grandson to come forward.
Alas, it's so hard to be a commoner! A little thing, County Lieutenant Feng wants to be "iron-faced and selfless", and he is powerless to refute it.
Of course, it is not completely powerless to refute. It's just that Fang Yu wants to win Chen Xiao's sympathy, and the matter between the two of them is not over yet, so he just uses this matter to make a "bitter plan".