coobybook Chapter 262 Daliang Law
Chapter 262 Daliang Law
Liuzhu's body was no longer in shape, and its flesh was rotten and broken, so Liuyao only brought back a bag of bones.
His throat suddenly became choked and Zhao Fangyun was so sad that he couldn't speak.
She suddenly hated herself, hating why she couldn't be as brave as Liuzhu, why she couldn't resist when Song Yuan took Liuzhu away? If Song Yuan had the guts, he would kill them all and see if the Zhao family would redress their grievances!
Why didn't she do that then?
The moment Zhao Fangyun choked up, a myriad of thoughts ran through his mind.
Liu Yao, who was standing next to him, slowly held Zhao Fangyun in his arms, and imitated Liu Zhu's gesture, patting Zhao Fangyun's back again and again.
She spoke in a clear tone, continuing with what Zhao Fangyun said.
"The maid Liuyao, along with Liuzhu, is the personal maidservant of the Fifth Lady. Because I am the youngest, the other sisters, including the young lady, usually dote on me."
"Sister Liuzhu was beaten thirty-seven times by Song Yuan to protect me. She was humiliated to death and suffered all kinds of torture during her lifetime. After her death, she was thrown into the lotus pond by Song Yuan's servants. This maid saw it with her own eyes."
"Song Yuan has evil intentions and used sweet words to deceive the Zhao family. Since the girl married into the Song family, she has had a hard time. Song Yuan beats her at every turn. There is not a single maid in the yard who is not injured."
"After Sister Liuzhu left, Song Yuan used the excuse that I had disturbed the girl's sleep and took me to the yard where Sister Liuzhu was imprisoned."
"I have been punished in the same way as Sister Liuzhu. I am a living witness. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to... check on me."
Liu Yao revealed her own scars, and everyone looked at her with different expressions, some even stared at her and laughed.
Some people sympathized with the master and servant for encountering such a villain, while others fantasized about her and Liuzhu’s dark past.
Liu Yao doesn't care.
Her innocence is unimportant compared to Sister Liuzhu's life.
In the court, two thin women snuggled up to each other.
Song Yuan tried to interrupt several times, but Zhao Fangyu quietly knocked on the teacup. With a crisp sound, the yamen runner quickly blocked Song Yuan's mouth with the silk handkerchief.
The complaint written overnight stated everything clearly. Jingzhao Yin asked Song Yuan a few more questions. Not long after, Song Yuan's mother rushed in crying and hugged Song Yuan with tears streaming down her face:
"My son, I pity you for having to marry into this relationship. The officials are protecting each other. How can you clear your name?"
The old lady of the Song family hugged Song Yuan and cried, as if Song Yuan had been convicted and was about to be executed in court!
People are always soft-hearted towards the old, weak and disabled.
The old lady was sure of this, and she hugged Song Yuan and cried, tossing and turning. Her meaning was simply that the Zhao family had many connections in the officialdom, and they wanted to kill Song Yuan unjustly.
Zhao Fangyun was shaking with anger, but in the court, there were rules and regulations, and she could not be aggressive, otherwise the slap she had received before would be wasted.
She bit the tip of her tongue, the pain made her wake up, her stomach ached, but it was much better than before.
It was as if the baby in her belly had really grown sensible and behaved better.
Zhao Fangyu watched the discussions of the people outside coming into the inner hall, saying that the Zhao family must be extremely powerful because they have a princess.
We often hear things like the Zhao family once produced a Minister of Revenue and a lean camel is bigger than a horse.
Zhao Fangyu's eyes were slightly deep, and his dark pupils were like two balls of black jade, emitting bits of cold light.
"I didn't know that Jingzhao Yin could actually order people to rush into the court when hearing a case."
Upon hearing this, Jingzhao Yin felt his back tighten.
When Jingzhao Yin tried the case, there were laws prohibiting such behavior.
But there is still humanity outside the law, so generally speaking, the yamen runners would just pretend not to see such scenes.
But Zhao Fangyu was familiar with the law and naturally knew the loopholes in it.
The black jade eyes stared straight at Jingzhao Yin, and just one look made Jingzhao Yin break out in a cold sweat.
It was really strange. How could a woman have such power and know such a small rule?
Zhao Fangyu lowered his eyes to look at the mother and son of the Song family crying on the ground, and sneered: "What kind of poor family can't afford to support the eldest daughter of my Zhao family, so you blame her for all kinds of faults?"
"You have troubled my sister many times in the mansion, and even killed my sister's dowry without telling her. The deeds of these people are in the hands of my Zhao family. How did the old lady kill them and sell them off?"
"My fifth sister was taught by a famous teacher. When she was young, she was taught by the same teacher as the current Concubine Dan. I just want to ask you, which of the seven grounds for divorce did she break? How could a seven-foot-tall man like Song Yuan beat a weak woman who was several years younger than him when she was pregnant?"
Zhao Fangyun had not violated any of the seven grounds for divorce.
After hearing what Zhao Fangyu said, everyone fell silent.
Yes, what did Zhao Fangyun do?
Song Yuan had so many concubines, he drank wine, visited brothels, gambled and beat people. What bad things had he not done?
Zhao Fangyun even gave birth to a child for such a man...
Zhao Fangyu said this specifically for the people to hear. Every word he said was heard clearly by the people, and some smart people had already noticed something strange.
"No matter how many faults she has, it is not an excuse for a seven-foot-tall man like Song Yuan to tie up his wife in public!"
Officials are the most particular about respectability. They believe in not airing family disgrace in public, and they have the habit of swallowing their anger and settling the score later.
Zhao Fangyu didn't like that. She liked to take revenge immediately.
"How can you be a good mother who can raise a son like this?"
As soon as her red lips touched, she spat out four words that made the blood of the mother and son of the Song family run cold.
"A raccoon dog of the same kind."
Some people did not understand the meaning of "birds of a feather", so Chunshao explained it to them.
The Song family's reputation was already average, and now it was like the membrane inside an egg, which was completely peeled off the moment the truth was revealed.
Zhao Fangyu sat back in the armchair, the hem of her quebracho blue skirt sparkling so brightly that it was blinding.
She actually seldom wears such a color, but when she does, she looks so gorgeous and beautiful that one cannot bear to look directly at it.
The old lady of the Song family wanted to eat Zhao Fangyu alive, but she was afraid of her power and had to continue kneeling beside Song Yuan.
"I just want to ask you, which one did my fifth sister break?"
"Is he childless? Is he jealous? Or has he ever spoken badly? Is he unfilial to his elders?"
"As long as there is one thing, you just need to produce evidence. If you can't, it means that the entire Song family is bullying a weak woman who is pregnant with your Song family's flesh and blood."
"A country gentleman married a girl from an official family but didn't cherish her. Could it be that he wanted to force my sister to death so that he could use her dowry to marry another woman?"
"Daliang law never explained what crime a husband committed for beating his wife, but it did stipulate that if a person beats another person without reason, he would be punished with thirty strokes of the cane for minor injuries, ten years in prison for major injuries, and if the injury caused death, he would be required to pay with his life."