Chapter 409: self-inflicted

Chapter 409 It’s your own fault

Gu Jinli glanced at her, raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth, turned to look at Village Chief He and said: "Village Chief, you must have seen clearly that this family does not want to repent and wants to slander Qi's cousin to the end. Such a family, you always Do you still dare to keep them in the village?"

Gu Jinli allowed He Cuier and his family to cause trouble, with the intention of driving them out of the village.

This family is so disgusting. If we let them go this time, they will make trouble again next time. In this case, let's just make it happen in one step.

Village Chief He was heartbroken. Xiaoyu girl was indeed a cruel person, she actually had such an idea.

Gu Jinli saw the shocked expressions of the village chief He and the elders of the He family, knowing that they still couldn't bear to drive He Cuier's family out of the village.

Gu Jinli looked at Gu Jinan.

Gu Jinan stood up and said: "Village chief, there is an article in Dachu's criminal law. Anyone who intentionally wrongfully accuses others will be punished by cutting out their tongues once it is found out. This criminal law is a joint punishment, and people of the same clan will also be implicated. Every household will be fined a silver Five hundred coins, as a warning to others."

Gu Jinan smiled as warmly as the wind: "My family is familiar with the matter of reporting to officials. It doesn't matter if we report it again. The only thing is that the village chief and uncles will be implicated. Brother An will first apologize to you. "

In ancient times, clan ties were so important that it was not easy for the He family to drive the He Cui'er family out of the village for the sake of justice for people with other surnames. Only by using criminal law to suppress them will the He family agree.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the He family present were surprised and said: "Penalty, is there such a provision in the criminal law? Oh, you can't report it to the official. Brother An, this is all the fault of the He Dashu family and has nothing to do with us."

Although five hundred cents is not much, it can cause such a stir that the whole family is fined by the government. This reputation is not good.

Victor He has been the village chief for decades and knows some of the criminal laws of Dachu. He seems to have heard of this one, but no one in Qingfu Town has ever violated it. He has almost forgotten this criminal law.

He Cui'er's family trembled with fear when they heard this, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Gu An, don't lie to us just because you have studied for a few days. What kind of punishment is tongue cutting? What kind of punishment is this?" Why haven’t you heard of it?”

Gu Jinan smiled and replied: "It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it, it's not important, as long as the adults in the county know that there is this criminal law."

 What I want is that you know?

 What I want is for you to be punished!

He Cui'er's family was severely choked, but they were all illiterate and could not read a word of Chinese characters, let alone any criminal law.

Village Chief He always thought about the friendship between the same clan and gave He Dashu a chance: "Dashu, your family is at fault for what happened today. Quickly apologize to the Qi family and the Mo family, and then compensate the two families for a few taels." Silver, write a letter of guarantee, and this matter will be over, otherwise, I won’t be able to help you!”

Mother He Cuier immediately shouted: "What? Not only do you need to apologize, but you also need to compensate us in money or a few taels? How poor is our family? Chief, you are killing our family. If we don't compensate, our family will lose their lives." That’s right, I won’t give you a penny!”

She pointed at Mo Qinzi and said: "The girl from the Mo family is thinking about Qi Kangping in her heart, and she can't count what she said. Brother Qi Jiaping just hugged my Cui'er and ruined my Cui'er's innocence. The Qi family must give him a generous punishment." The betrothal gift is to marry my Cui’er into the family in all her glory!”

Village Chief He was very angry when he saw that He Cuier was unrepentant... Protecting such a clan member would only bring trouble to the clan, so it would be better to expel her.

Seeing that Village Chief He looked tired, Gu Jinli guessed that he no longer had any hope for He Cuier's family, so he said: "Mo Qinzi's words can't be counted? Yes, it doesn't matter. Anyway, I saw your He Cuier plotting against the Qi family's cousin." Mo Qinzi is not the only one, I will call you a few more people and we will confront each other." As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Gensheng and Lu Hefu walked in with several Lu family members.

Lu Gensheng said: "Today at noon, my family and He Fu's family went to sell wheat. When we returned to the village at noon, we happened to see He Cuier jumping into the pond and shouting for help. The noise was so loud that we were all stunned at the time."

"However, everyone knows about the pond in the village. In order to prevent people from drowning, the pond was not dug deep, and it was even shallower near the shore. She could not drown at all. We were surprised why she shouted for help. After listening for a while, I finally came to my senses, He Cuier wanted to plot against Brother Qi Jiaping."

"We originally wanted to come out to help, but before we got there, the girl from the Mo family came and taught He Cuier a lesson." Lu Gensheng pointed at Lu Hefu and said, "Hefu has good eyesight, and what he sees is real. Brother Qi Jiaping glanced into the pond, but he didn't even go to the edge of the pond. How could he hold He Cuier up and save him? That's nonsense."

Lu Hefu nodded and said: "Brother Qi Jiaping stayed far away and did not get close to the pond. He left quickly. Seeing that his plan failed, He Cuier climbed out of the pond and returned home. We thought this matter was over. Who would have thought that He Cuier's family would be so shameless, and they would make up nonsense and accuse people of things that are not true at all? It's really eye-opening to see how well they can do this."

They will come over to testify. In the afternoon, Wang Yongfu went to the village to find someone to ask about what happened at noon, and happened to ask the two of them. With the intention of making good friends with the Gu family, they told what they saw without hiding anything.

However, He Cuier's family had not come to cause trouble at that time, and Wang Yongfu did not say anything about asking them to testify.

But just before it was time to make tea, Wang Yongfu ran to them again and asked them to testify. They came over quickly.

After hearing this, Mother He Cuier said angrily: "You guys are lying. My Cuier did not plot against brother Qi Jiaping. He accidentally fell into the water and was saved by brother Qi Jiaping!"

Lu Hefu said: "What we said is the truth, not a word is false. If you feel that we have wronged your family, we can report it to the official and go to the Yamen to confront you."

 Lu Hefu's words were sonorous and powerful, without any hint of guilt. On the other hand, He Cuier's mother was a little timid after being said.

 A few of the He family members who still had hope for He Cuier's family shook their heads after hearing this. Such a family really couldn't be kept.

Village Chief He is also tired. Now that the Gu family has witnesses, the He Cuier family can't make any excuses.

 He asked Gu Jinli: "Little Yu girl, what are you going to do?"

Gu Jinli grinned: "You'd better ask Third Grandpa."

The Third Grandpa said: "Village Chief, it's not that we want to embarrass your He family. In fact, there is rat droppings in the He family. If you don't get rid of this, your He family's reputation will be ruined in the future... However, it is not clear that it is the He family's business." Son, if the He family doesn't deal with it, we will report it to the official."

Village Chief He already understood what Third Grandpa meant. He would either report it to the officials or drive He Cuier and his family out of the village.

Village Chief He thought for a moment and said to the third grandfather: "Brother Gu, there is no need to report this matter to the official. You can give me one night to talk to the clan about this matter... You are right, we cannot let anyone One rat droppings spoiled the whole pot of porridge."

 (End of this chapter)