Jiang Xiaoxiao and her mother did not go to the county government office, but through word of mouth, they roughly knew the outcome of the child abduction and trafficking case.

In the lobby, the majestic governor interrogated Li Shoude and found out that in addition to collaborating with the Huang family to kidnap and sell children, he also committed the serious crime of cheating in the imperial examination!

When the onlookers heard that Li Shoude actually committed the serious crime of cheating in the imperial examination, they were shocked and speechless.

This is a serious crime that requires beheading. How dare Li Shoude do it!

So, in front of tens of thousands of people, the governor personally made a verdict - according to Dayin law, Li Shoude had cheated in the imperial examination, and was sentenced to autumn and winter, and the death penalty at the end of October.

As soon as the verdict was announced, Mr. Li fainted on the spot.

As for Yun Ying, she committed the crime of kidnapping and trafficking children in collaboration with the Huang family. Although she was not killed, she was still punished with twenty pieces of bread and demoted to a slave.

Slave status can be said to be the lowest class in the ancient world. It is passed down from generation to generation and cannot be changed. It is not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, cannot be an official, is not allowed to purchase land and property, cannot marry ordinary people, has no freedom in life, and becomes the servitude of others for life after life.

The result of such a trial is simply worse than death for Yunying.

"...Then, to which family was Yunying sold as a slave?" Jiang Xiaoxiao asked curiously.

In the soap shop, Xiao Linzi, who had gone to the county government office to watch the whole process, was pulled by Jiang Xiaoxiao and asked endless questions when he came back.

At this time, his mouth was dry as he spoke. He hurriedly picked up the tea cup and drank a large sip of tea to moisten his thirsty throat. Then he continued: "She was not sold. Her contract of sale was stolen by Li." Bought it home.”

What?
Yunying was bought by the Li family? !
Jiang Xiaoxiao was stunned when he learned the result, a little unbelievable.

Impossible, would the Li family be so kind?
"I heard that it was the Li family who stuffed dozens of taels of silver into the county government office. They originally wanted to build a relationship to rescue Li Shoude, but unexpectedly, Li Shoude was directly sentenced to death, and the government officials who received the money were too embarrassed to take it for nothing. For money, I gave them Yunying’s selling contract as compensation..."

After hearing the whole story, Jiang Xiaoxiao almost couldn't hold back her laughter.

Haha... Thirty acres of land were exchanged for a slave deed... Old Li's family was filled with regret.

Yunying was demoted to slave status, and her identity information in the government files was already slave status. No matter where she went, she would only be a slave for the rest of her life.

For a slave who could never be reborn, the deed of sale was worth at most three taels of silver.

And the Li family's thirty acres of land is worth sixty taels of silver.

……

When Mr. Li returned to the village, he brought back two people.

One is Li Jinfeng, who was acquitted.

The other one is Yunying.

However, Yunying was carried back by two government officials.

She was spanked twenty times, and the flesh on her butt and back was almost broken. She was so delicate and frail that she could not bear this punishment. After the spanking, she fainted from the pain and fell unconscious.

The two good government officials did their best and helped carry it back.

After arriving at Li's house, the two government officials threw the person to the ground and left without looking back.

Before everyone in the Li family could react, they saw Mr. Li, who had followed them all the way back, as if he had exhausted all his strength. His legs went weak, his eyes rolled, and he fainted again.

"Old man!!"

Old Mrs. Li hurriedly rushed forward, pinching her and slapping her face, finally waking her up, but Mr. Li sat there as if he was stupid, dumbfounded, looking exhausted and pale, as if all of a sudden He seems to have aged by more than ten years.

"Old man, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me..." Mrs. Li started to cry with her loud voice.

"My son...is gone..." Mr. Li murmured, "...Shou De...is gone..."

He kept repeating this sentence, crying bitterly as he spoke. Mrs. Li also cried.

The two cried together.

Li Shoucai watched from the side, indifferent.

Li Shoude's verdict had already spread throughout the village, and everyone in the village was celebrating. Only his yard was filled with unlucky cries... But these had nothing to do with him. All he wanted to know now was, where were the sixty taels of silver?

Li Shoucai stepped forward, squatted down, ignored Mr. Li who was crying heartbrokenly, stretched out his hand to him, and asked word by word: "Dad, where is the money?"

If the eldest brother is not rescued, the sixty taels of silver should be returned.

Mr. Li's crying stopped abruptly.

He subconsciously glanced at Yun Ying who had fainted on the ground, then curled up the corner of his mouth and cried even more sadly...

Seeing this, Li Shoucai still didn't understand anything.

The money is gone.

Not a cent left.

Li Shoucai's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and his fists were clenched tightly.

The next second, he suddenly reached out his hand, grabbed Mr. Li's hair, and slammed it to the ground.

There was a "bang" and blood flowed all over the ground.

The entire small courtyard fell silent.

Old Mrs. Li's cries were stuck in her throat.

As if he couldn't see everything around him, Li Shoucai pulled up Mr. Li's head and said sullenly: "Dad, tell me, am I your biological child?"

Mr. Li was hit so dizzy that his head was covered in blood, and his scalp was painfully pulled. The blood flowed down his forehead and into his eyes, blurring his vision.

You can vaguely see the cruel and sinister look on the face of the person in front of you. The expression of hatred towards him seems to be not his son, but the evil spirit seeking his life...

Mr. Li's whole body was shaking uncontrollably, and even his lips were trembling. He said tremblingly: "Son, I, I..."

Li Shoucai didn't wait for him to finish speaking. He pulled his head and smashed it on the ground again. As he smashed it, he couldn't help shouting hysterically: "Tell me! Am I your son? Why do you give so much to your elder brother?" Benefits, but I have nothing! What is wrong with me! So much money has been thrown at him! What should I do? Am I not your son? "

Several members of the Li family looked at Li Shoucai, who seemed to be crazy, and they all froze in place.

But no one dared to come forward. Everyone in the courtyard was silent. No one dared to stand up and say a word for Mr. Li.

Mr. Li's screams quickly resounded through the entire yard and reached the village.

Many people in the village heard the screams, but everyone looked indifferent.

Aunt Guihua, dressed in coarse linen clothes, stood in the crowd and only cast a cold look in the direction of the Li family.

Everyone doesn't care about what happens inside.

The screams continued until evening.

Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't know about this matter.

Tonight, she and her mother lived in a shop in the town, so she didn't know anything about what happened in Yuhe Village. (End of chapter)

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