famous concubine

Chapter 238 Debt Collection (2)
Thinking of this, Dongfang Wu gritted her teeth almost immediately, and angrily refused: "I won't write this letter of guarantee."

"Dongfang Wu, you'd better think about it before you write or not." Huo Ping's dark eyes showed no emotional fluctuations, he just gave her a cold look, but turned his head to show the attitude of asking for advice, and asked : "Clerk, tell me, according to my Dongcheng law, if a slave abuses lynching, if he repents and has a good attitude, how should he be punished?"

The clerk flipped through the thick Dongsheng law on the public case, and after a long while, he seemed to find the legal clause.

He looked at Dongfang Wu with a look of pity in his eyes, then looked at Huo Ping, who was stern and selfless, and said slowly: "My lord, according to my Dongsheng law, if the abuser of lynching repents and has a good attitude, he can be punished lightly." If we only ask for the forgiveness of the sufferer, we can only award compensation and public apology to eliminate the bad social impact caused before."

"However, if the vigilantes repent and behave badly."

When the document said this, he paused for a moment, and said emphatically: "If it is serious, you can award compensation first, and then give the same punishment to the torturer who abused the punishment, so as to achieve the effect of scaring others. It is also used to warn the people that they must never abuse the purpose of lynching. Of course, such cruel punishments as lighting sky lanterns were originally not tolerated by our Dongcheng laws, so there are other punishments that can be substituted by the laws of this country."

When the secretary said this, he lowered his head and flipped through the book, and then continued: "For example, if the torturer is a woman, you can let her ride a wooden donkey; or you can choose to hook the intestines or choose to split the car; the degree of pain these punishments bring to the human body is almost the same as Lighting sky lanterns is the same, but it looks much better than lighting sky lanterns."

Every time the clerk said a word, Dongfang Wu's complexion was like the fallen leaves that were blown away by the cold wind in autumn, layer by layer swaying and floating, and every inch was weak and pale.

"My lord!" Dongfang Wu's face was pale, and even her voice seemed to be floating in the void. She tried her best to focus her eyes on the man who was full of authority, and murmuring her dry lips, said with difficulty: "This letter of guarantee, I'll write, I'll write right away."

Huo Ping squinted at her gray and uncertain face, and a sneer of contempt spread silently from the corner of his mouth.

Paper, inkstone, pen and ink were handed over quickly, and Dongfang Wu wrote down every word according to Huo Ping's meaning with trembling fingertips under Huo Ping's oppressive and breathless eyes; then signed it. , ordered the cinnabar and pressed the fingerprints.

Of the two copies of the letter of guarantee, one of them was kept by Dali Temple; the other was handed over to the suffering master Rouge.

Huo Ping motioned for the document to put away the letter of guarantee, then sipped his tea slowly, looked at the pale Dongfang Wu, and said casually: "Dongfang Wu, you can leave the court now; the official will send someone to follow you back home, let them Take the silver taels to compensate Yang Kai and Yan Zhi. As for the public apology, let’s wait until noon tomorrow, I hope that after a night’s rest, your body will be well by then.”

Dongfang Wu's eyes were slack, she nodded numbly, then turned around and walked out with a limp step by step.

At this moment, Dongfang Yu is very satisfied with this dull and upright Dali Temple Minister Huo Ping.

Huo Ping's decision was unexpected and straightforward, and the method of judging the case was ingenious enough to surprise her.

Afterwards, Huo Ping sent someone back to the mansion with Dongfang Wu. He heard that he would pay 5000 taels of silver. His wife, Ji, who just came back from somewhere, had a dark face and ruthlessly gouged out her precious daughter. , Reluctantly led someone to the accountant to withdraw 5000 taels of silver as compensation.

Dongfang Yu was annoyed by Yan Zhi's injury, she left Dali Temple and returned to the mansion, she didn't even think about being polite to the old madam, she just asked someone to collect the silver and went back to her Lvyi Garden.

But she just walked to the front yard, and someone saw the fresh blue of her dress immediately.

And quickly came out from the inside, cheering and saying: "Oh, Miss Dongfang, you are back home."

"Eunuch Qian?" Dongfang Yu raised his eyebrows in surprise when he saw the person coming, and asked, "Why did Eunuch Qian come to the mansion?" They met in the palace this morning.

"Miss Dongfang, our family came here to proclaim the decree for you, following His Majesty's order." Eunuch Qian held up the scroll and waved at her, but glanced around, then moved slightly closer to her ear, and whispered. The voice quickly said: "Of course, I also gave you a reward by the way."

"Thank you, Eunuch Qian." The girl smiled and bowed to him, then narrowed her eyes in surprise, showing a casual look, and said leisurely: "But the imperial decree? What imperial decree? Could it be His Majesty's whim, give me What is the imperial decree for bestowing marriage?" If this is the case, she doesn't care whether Feng Feifan is the emperor or the emperor's mother, she is not interested in accepting the imperial decree.

"No, no!" Eunuch Qian waved his hands quickly, smiling all over his face, and said, "Is it the imperial edict bestowing on you to be a medical sage, or a first-rank official rank!"

"Cough, the oriental language accepts the decree..." Eunuch Qian straightened his expression, glanced at the dazed girl, unfolded the silk and yellow imperial decree, and slowly began to read each word seriously.

Dongfang Yu twitched the corners of his mouth, bent his legs helplessly, and knelt down with his head bowed.She knelt down and muttered in displeasure: "What decree? First-rank doctor? First-rank doctor? First-rank? Let me go. Doesn't this mean that I have no rank? This is called a reward..."

While she was whispering, Eunuch Qian had already finished reading the imperial decree quickly. Presumably, this eunuch also knew that she hated kneeling on the ground, so even the reading of the imperial edict was very fast.

"Miss Dongfang, thank you for accepting the decree quickly?" Eunuch Qian read the words quickly enough, but he took a closer look and saw that the girl was still kneeling on the ground, her face was absent-minded, and her mind wandered somewhere.

Dongfangyu came back to his senses after hearing the words, and smiled happily, then Shane stood up.

Dongfangyu had nothing against this old eunuch who was loyal to the emperor, so he smiled and invited: "Eunuch Qian, why don't you sit in my yard for a while?"

"Thank you for your kindness, Miss Dongfang. However, our family has to go back to the palace quickly. Your Majesty is waiting for our family to return." Eunuch Qian raised his eyelids, glanced around alertly, and said in a low voice, "Miss Dongfang , This is the list of His Majesty's rewards, and our family specially copied an extra copy for you; now the list is in the hands of the old lady, so you should be more careful."

"Okay, our family is going back to the palace now."

"Eunuch Qian, remember to soak your feet with hot water before going to bed, so that your blood can flow smoothly, and you can sleep well at night." The girl winked at Eunuch Qian mischievously, and smiled slightly: "Well, you go slowly .”

Sending off Eunuch Qian, Dongfangyu walked quickly to Lvyiyuan, where she had been away for a long time. Regarding the reward that Eunuch Qian specially reminded, now she didn't put her mind on the money at all. There are several shops outside, and there are Fengyu every month. She is not short of money at all.

(End of this chapter)