Red Dust Daqian

Does Daqian still have this crime of "attempted murder"? Ouyang Changzong thought that since Zhou Sen had hurt his son, how could he let him go easily? He had to be punished at least. At least Zhou Sen's leg had to be broken.

Zhou Sen, who had only one leg, would not give in. Since there was an "attempted murder", Zhou Sen argued that he was acting in "legitimate defense" to prevent himself from being hurt. "It was Ouyang Zongxin who wanted to hurt me, and I had no choice but to do it."

Zhu Deling was in a headache. He didn't expect that the case was closed, but it was still so troublesome. If Princess Wanning was not here, he would not blink an eye at the execution, not to mention the attempted murder. But now it's different. Princess Wanning is behind the screen, and Princess Wanning is obviously biased towards Zhou Sen. What should he do? If he lets him go directly, Ouyang Changzong will definitely make trouble for him in the later period.

At the critical moment, the omnipotent chief guard of Princess Wanning came out from behind the screen again and whispered something to the governor.

The governor Zhu Deling was a little embarrassed, but the princess had already spoken, so he had no choice but to tell the chief secretary Ouyang Changzong: "According to the Daqian Order, those who unintentionally injure others but do not cause death can be punished with silver to offset the crime. This case is subject to this regulation, and the silver can be compensated according to the extent of the injury to Master Ouyang."

Upon hearing what Zhu Deling said, Ouyang Changzong was almost so angry that he vomited blood. The princess was biased towards Zhou Sen and she didn't even hide it.

Zhu Deling was a little embarrassed, so he handed it over to his advisor Ma Piwen to handle it according to the princess's wishes. Ma Piwen didn't dare to offend the chief secretary Ouyang Changzong, but the governor had given the order, so he took out the clockwork and read it out awkwardly: "Taoist Chang Mumu, the wounded man was not killed or disabled. According to the Daqian law, in addition to compensating for medical expenses, lost wages, etc., you must pay an additional 10 taels of silver as a consolation."

Ma Piwen asked Doctor Sun awkwardly, how much is the medical fee? Sun Sizhen replied calmly, "2 taels of silver." Finally, he asked Ouyang Changshi, how much is the appropriate compensation for Ouyang Zongxin's lost work? Ma Piwen didn't know how he asked this question, but after hearing it, Ouyang Zongxin was so angry that he almost died.

Seeing that Ouyang Changzong did not reply, Master Ma Piwen also expressed helplessness and did not know where to start. At this moment, Zhou Sen acted quite generously and said to everyone: "Don't give him 10 taels or 2 taels, count him as 20 taels. I am willing to pay him 10 times, directly pay Master Ouyang 200 taels of silver as a token of condolence." While speaking, Zhou Sen signaled his sister Xiangcao to bring 200 taels of silver.

Ouyang Changzong glared at Zhou Sen, as if he wanted to bite and tear Zhou Sen to pieces. Zhou Sen ignored him and directly handed over 200 taels of silver to Ouyang Changzong. Ouyang Changzong felt greatly humiliated and would never accept it. Zhou Sen had no choice but to hand over the silver directly to the court and let the government office pass it on.

Just like that, Zhou Sen was released in court due to insufficient evidence. Seeing that Zhou Sen had escaped the crisis of death, Xiangcao, Shen Qianrou, and Shen Yueer were all moved to tears.

Although those who were interested had guessed the relationship between Zhou Sen and Qianmutang, after all, the relationship had not been truly exposed. After Zhou Sen expressed his gratitude to Shen Qianrou, Shen Yueer, and Zhao Tiezhu, he returned to the inn with Xiangcao.

Zhou Sen wanted to express his gratitude to the princess in person, but was turned away by the princess. When the princess left, she took the old doctor Sun Sizhen with her.

The governor's office returned to peace, leaving only the governor, the chief secretary, the legal advisor and other officials sitting in the hall with a bewildered look on their faces. Ouyang Changzong, who seemed to be hit by the trial process of this case, looked at the governor Zhu Deling angrily. He was quite resentful of his former colleagues' defection.

In order to quickly end this embarrassing situation, the governor Zhu Deling took the initiative to persuade Ouyang Changzong: "Brother Ouyang, this is not the time to be angry. The most urgent task is to catch the real murderer and not let him go unpunished. I suggest that you return to Ouyang Mansion as soon as possible to prevent the murderer from escaping."

Inside the Princess's Courtyard: The old doctor Sun Sizhen once again kneeled down to Princess Wanning. Princess Wanning walked up to Doctor Sun and personally helped him up, and asked with concern: "Doctor Sun, I haven't seen you for many years. I didn't expect to meet you in Jiangxia Prefecture one day. Why did Doctor Sun come to Jiangxia Prefecture?" Doctor Sun hesitated to speak, and finally said to Princess Wanning: "When I was in Kyoto, I was accidentally involved in an old case. The case is not something a doctor like me can bear, so I had to retire and return to my hometown, and retired to Jiangxia Prefecture..."

Inside the residence of Ouyang Changshi: Changshi Ouyang Changzong directly transferred soldiers and servants from the governor's office to surround his residence, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. Seeing that someone surrounded the residence, the ladies and sons of the Changshi residence were not calm. In Jiangxia Prefecture, I'm afraid that few people dare to mess with the people of the Changshi residence. Even if the governor Zhu Deling wanted to move the Changshi residence, he had to consider whether he had such a strong backer. He wanted to come out and reprimand the thieves for being so bold and reckless. When he went out, he saw that it was his own master who surrounded the Changshi residence. He couldn't help wondering if the master was confused because of the excessive grief over the death of his son.

There are many ladies and sons in the Changshi Mansion. Most of them are scheming against each other and are not close to each other. When the legitimate son died, I am afraid that few people would sincerely mourn except the legitimate wife. Ouyang Changzong explained to the ladies the reason for the siege of the mansion. The person who murdered Ouyang Zongxin was not Taoist Zhang Mumu, but someone in the mansion. The ladies began their superb performance, filled with righteous indignation, accusing each other, suspecting, reporting, biting each other, and even some of them started fighting.

Ouyang Changzong, who was already somewhat exhausted, could not help but feel worried and resentful when he saw these random thoughts. Regardless of the consequences, Ouyang Changzong ordered that all 287 people in Changshi's mansion, including his wife, daughters, and illegitimate sons, be immediately gathered in the mansion. They were investigated without mercy, which made Ouyang Changzong's wife, concubines, and children complain that Ouyang Changzong was ruthless.

You don't know until you investigate. Once you investigate, you will find that the real culprit was not found, but all the shameful things that the Ouyang family had done were uncovered.

No one expected that one day someone would search the Changshi Mansion. Because the search came too suddenly, many people did not have time to hide or clean up the traces of their dirty deeds and were directly discovered.

The fifth woman, who had never been seen before, had an affair with a concubine's son when the eldest son of the Ouyang family had just died and the family was in a mess and no one was paying attention. They had a passionate fight in the woodshed and were accidentally seen by a yamen official while they were fighting.

Ouyang Changzong was so furious when his son cheated on him and was caught on the spot by the yamen runners that he vomited blood.