Walking into a cesspit, the best evil widow wants to stand up

After begging Old Zhao, several people looked at Hong Gu sideways and found that she was calm and composed, watching coldly and silently beside them, and they suddenly felt guilty.

"His eldest aunt, I promised you that I would take good care of mother in the future. Please save the second brother and the others for mother's sake!" Qu was hysterical and squeezed out two tears.

"Second sister-in-law is right! His eldest aunt, please show some mercy. Please save your brother this time for the sake of your mother." Mrs. Hong nodded rapidly and then wiped away her tears.

Hong Gu kept Shen Ping's teachings in mind and said she would persuade them, but she did not agree immediately. The anxious sisters-in-law were like ants on a hot pan.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Hong Gu softened her attitude, because she could see that the old lady was getting anxious, and she didn't want her to die all of a sudden.

Hong Gu pretended to be reluctant and said, "I have said before, I will try to plead with the county magistrate, if it doesn't work, there is nothing I can do!

But I warn you, if you dare to treat me badly again, I won't let you go so easily." Hong Gu gritted her teeth.

"If they dare to do it again, I will be the first to destroy them!" Dadong narrowed his eyes and said grimly.

The Ou family members shuddered. Normally, this brother-in-law looked quite honest, but they didn't expect that he had such a sinister side.

"No, no, we won't dare to do it again!" Qu waved his hands repeatedly.

Afterwards, the sisters-in-law followed Hong Gu and her husband out of the door, got on the carriage, and rushed to the county government office.

When they arrived at the county government office, Hong Gu stuffed a few dozen coins into the officials at the door and asked them to inform them.

Soon, Captain Li came out and took them to the court, where Lord Zhang was sitting.

"Sir, this is the eldest sister of the Yang brothers. She wants to plead for her younger brothers and now says she's here to withdraw the lawsuit." Captain Li reported to Lord Zhang in the court.

"Bring these brothers up!" Lord Zhang looked at Qu and the others coldly.

Soon, the bailiffs brought Yang Laoer and others up.

After being incarcerated for less than three days, the Yang brothers looked unkempt and 10 years older, with their hair turning grey and beards growing out, looking scruffy.

"Boss, boss, are you okay?" Qu grabbed Yang Laoer and cried.

Hong and Liu also ran towards their husbands. Suddenly, the whole hall burst into tears.

"Bang!" Lord Zhang slammed the gavel angrily, his eyes wide open: "How dare you, the unruly people, disturb the court. Do you know your crime?"

Several people were startled and quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly: "Sir, we admit our guilt."

Master Zhang slammed the gavel again and shouted, "Yang Lao Er, Yang Hong, your eldest sister said that you brothers abused our mother. Is this true?"

The brothers looked at each other, not daring to cry out that they were innocent, but also not daring to admit it.

When Mr. Zhang saw it, he immediately understood and slammed the gavel again: "Yang Lao Er, Yang Lao San, Yang Lao Si, you guys abused my mother and you don't repent~"

The Yang brothers knelt on the ground, sweating profusely in the middle of winter, shaking like sieves, and almost couldn't kneel any longer.

Before Master Zhang finished speaking, several people begged for mercy: "Master, please spare our lives! We know we are wrong."

"Aunt, we really know we were wrong!" Several people from the Qu family knelt down and begged Hong Gu for mercy.

Hong Gu bowed to Master Zhang and said, "Master, I think they know they are wrong. Why not give them a chance? If they really go to jail, my nephews and nieces will be without a father, the family will be without a pillar, and I will have no one to take care of me."

Lord Zhang remembered that Shen Ping mentioned this in his letter. The main purpose was to scare these brothers so that they would support their mother in the future.

After hearing what Hong Gu said, Master Zhang immediately went down the stairs and warned the brothers that if it weren't for the eldest sister pleading for them, it would not be so easy to talk to them.

And asked them to promise to treat me well in the future, and so on. Finally, Lord Zhang pretended to let them off the hook and said, "The death penalty can be spared, but the living punishment cannot be escaped. Each of you will be beaten with 20 sticks. If you do this again in the future, you will be beheaded."

Each of the Yang brothers was beaten with 20 boards, leaving their skin torn and their flesh shed, crying for their parents.

Although the Qu family members felt distressed, they knew that this was already the lightest punishment.

After the beating, Captain Li shouted to withdraw the court.

Their buttocks were beaten to pieces and blood. Yang Laoer and his two brothers groaned in pain, and his sisters-in-law were at a loss as to what to do.

After all, they were her own brothers. No matter what resentment Hong Gu had at the moment, her anger disappeared when she saw her brothers being beaten so miserably.

Hong Gu knew that after being beaten so badly, she must take medicine. The injury could be serious or minor, and if not treated properly, it could really be fatal.

Hong Gu asked Dadong to go out and rent an ox cart, negotiated the price, gave the money to the driver in advance, and carried the brothers onto the ox cart.

Hong Gu took out two taels of silver and handed them to Ou, telling them to use the money to go to Fu Shou Tang to find a doctor and buy some medicine.

"Hey! We got it!" Qu quickly took the silver.

"You must remember what I said today. If I find out that you treat me badly again, you know the consequences~" Hong Gu stopped there.

"Don't worry, aunt. Thank you so much!" Mrs. Hong nodded repeatedly.

Although she was also angry in her heart, she knew that if her aunt had not reported the case, her head of the family would not have been arrested. But now she was angry but dared not speak out.

She had figured out that this elder sister-in-law might know Lord Zhang, otherwise Lord Zhang would not have done this elder sister-in-law a favor. She was afraid that if things went wrong, the head of the family would go to jail again.

Seeing the bullock cart go away, Hong Gu withdrew her gaze. After this beating, she believed that they would not dare to abuse her again.

Mr. Zhang came out, looked at Dadong and his wife and said, "Please give my regards to your wives!"

Dadong and his wife realized at this moment that Lord Zhang had walked out without them noticing, and they hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Lord Zhang, thank you so much for today!"

"What are you thanking me for?"

Lord Zhang raised his voice with a righteous look on his face, saying, "As a parent official, of course, I should make decisions for the people. If an official does not make decisions for the people, he might as well go home and grow sweet potatoes. I despise those who are disrespectful in my life. If it were not for Madam Shen, I would not let them off easily this time."

After listening to what Lord Zhang said, Hong Gu finally believed that the lady really was thinking about her and worrying about her affairs.

Thinking about how she had wrongly blamed the lady, Hong Gu couldn't help but feel filled with guilt.

No matter what, this is the best outcome now. After all, I work for the Zhang family. It is unreasonable for me to want to bring my mother here. It is normal for my wife to disagree.

Now, my sister-in-law and her husband have also agreed to take care of me. This is the best outcome.

"Master Zhang, we'll take our leave first!" Hong Gu bowed.

Dadong also clasped his hands together and said goodbye to Lord Zhang. The couple got on the carriage and drove back to Kaoshan Village.