PFC Chapter 498: Going to jail
Chapter 498: Going to jail
"Your Excellency, please understand. We have no choice!"
"Yes, yes, it's all the fault of the Wu Hongren brothers!"
"..."
The Wu men all argued at the top of their voices, as if anyone who said they were slow would be punished.
Their arguments lasted for a long time before they stopped when Lu Tianming raised his hand to stop them.
In fact, even if this incident is reported to the county government, these men who came to fight will not be arrested. At most, they will be fined and handed over to the government.
Even, it may just be a verbal criticism.
But everyone in the team still has to live in Baoshan Town, and it would not be a good thing to offend all the large number of Wu men.
After Lu Tianming figured it out, he continued:
“I know that coming here to fight is not everyone’s intention.
We are not bad people. If Wu Hongren and the other two had not forced us, we would not have taken up knives to protect ourselves.
This is what hurts you, I hope you can understand."
When the Wu men heard this, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they just said that they understood and did not blame them.
Seeing this, Lu Tianming continued:
“Since everyone understands, when we go to the county to file a lawsuit, we will explain the situation to the county magistrate.
I believe that once the adults know the truth, they will handle it appropriately."
Upon hearing this, the Wu men ignored their pain and just expressed their gratitude.
Among them, someone noticed that the atmosphere had improved and asked cautiously:
"Sir, I wonder if people like us who were deceived will end up in jail?"
Lu Tianming did not give a clear answer, but only said that it was up to the county magistrate to make the decision.
However, it shouldn't be a big problem.
After hearing this, the Wu men breathed a sigh of relief.
As for the Wu Hongren brothers who were still begging for mercy, Lu Tianming and others ignored them.
Many of the Wu family's men were seriously injured.
Seeing that the matter was almost resolved, Lu Tianming released all the Wu men except the two Wu Hongren brothers and Widow Zhou.
Those Wu men didn't expect that they would let them go. After expressing their gratitude, they supported each other and went home.
Widow Zhou didn't expect that she would be left behind with Wu Hongren and his brother, and she was completely panicked.
She first admitted her mistake and then begged for mercy.
Li Rui thought she was too noisy, so he took a knife and threatened her a few times. Widow Zhou then covered her mouth and kept quiet.
At this time, the injured people in the team had their wounds treated, and they used the medicine specially prepared by Lu Qingqing, which contained a small amount of space water.
Seeing that Wu Hongren and his brother had lost too much blood, Lu Tianming was afraid that if he just left them there, he would see two corpses tomorrow morning.
So he asked Lu Shu and a few others to help them treat their wounds, or at least stop the bleeding.
Just as Lu Shuhe was about to use the medicine Lu Qingqing had taken out earlier, she snatched it away and took out another one.
"Shuhe brother, use this on both of them!"
Lu Shuhe remembered that the medicine was indeed effective and nodded in understanding.
He turned around, picked up some ordinary medicine, and simply stopped the bleeding for the two people.
Lu Qingqing naturally didn't want to waste the medicine mixed with space water on these two people.
On the other side, Lu Tianming calmed down the craftsmen who were still a little panicked.
Then, after arranging the guards, they went to rest.
Early the next morning, Lu Tianming left Lu Shuhe to watch the team continue working.
He brought a few men with him, and brought along two witnesses, troupe leader Zhao and troupe leader Sanqing.
They took Wu Hongren and his brother and Widow Zhou and drove to Yining County.
Lu Qingqing didn't go with them today and stayed in the team.
The main thing is that in the past two days, women from the village have come to sell silk.
After everyone had breakfast, the men from the village who came to help felt that the atmosphere was a little off.
Here, the main thing is that the craftsmen's expressions were a little evasive.
The fear that he unconsciously revealed when he saw the people in the team was too obvious.
Seeing this, Lu Shuhe didn't do anything.
There is no other way to deal with this kind of thing. Just spend more time with each other and everything will be fine.
In the morning, the construction work on the entire site was in full swing.
In the county town, things between Lu Tianming and County Magistrate Yao were also going smoothly.
Not to mention that they prepared complete testimonies from witnesses, the county magistrate had already known about Lu Tianming and his group.
Although their official positions are not yet determined, being able to work under King Huai is more popular than him, a county magistrate who is sent from outside the capital.
The county magistrate wanted to befriend the two men, so he increased the original punishment a little.
And the direction of punishment tends to be imprisonment.
Now, the Wu Hongren brothers are really going to jail!
When the two heard that they were sentenced to five years, they both wailed loudly.
Afterwards, he was beaten with a few sticks by the county magistrate for disturbing the court.
Now, the two of them calmed down.
Next to her, Widow Zhou wanted to protest her injustice when she heard that she was going to be sentenced to three months.
But when they saw that the two men had been beaten with a stick, they became quiet.
After learning about this, Xu Wenshan couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Wu Hongren seemed to be doing fine, but why didn't he listen to my advice and insisted on seeking death?
Now that the matter was brought to the attention of the county magistrate, not only was the man arrested, but he also lost his position as village head.
When the matter was settled, the county magistrate sent someone to Baoshan Town to appoint a new village head.
Because Xu Wenshan had been in charge of Baoshan Town affairs before, he took the initiative to ask his superiors to take on this job.
After this incident, Lu Tianming and Yao County Magistrate and others did not go back.
Counting the days, they will set off for the provincial capital tomorrow.
Xu Wenshan, Shang Mingzhi and Mr. Qi had all helped them before, so this time they took the opportunity to treat them to a meal.
In addition to exchanging feelings with each other, Lu Tianming also wanted Xu Wenshan to help look after the people in the team.
After dinner, Lu Tianming and his companions said goodbye to the two men and returned to Baoshan Town with Xu Wenshan and a row of yamen runners.
It was already afternoon when we rushed back to Baoshan Town.
Xu Wenshan intended to help Lu Tianming and his group establish their authority, so he called all the Wu men who had committed crimes yesterday to the open space at the village entrance.
The villagers always love to watch the fun, and this time it involves Village Chief Wu.
Families with other surnames had been bullied by him for a long time.
At this moment, everyone called their friends to come and watch the fun.
Soon, a large group of people gathered around.
Seeing that most people had arrived, Xu Wenshan first announced the verdicts on Wu Hongren, Wu Hongliang and Widow Zhou.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar at the scene, followed by cheers.
When Wu Hongren was the village head, he always favored the Wu clan members and oppressed other people with different surnames.
The villagers have suffered from him for a long time!
Only the relatives of Wu Hongren and Wu Hongliang had anger and unwillingness on their lowered faces.
Wu Hongren's two sons were lazy and didn't go with them yesterday, so they escaped the disaster.