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Chapter 688 Punishment
Zhao Renhe said confidently: "This woman is not married, but she is pregnant. She is already eight months old. If her neighbors hadn't reported her, none of us would have known."

"She is eight months pregnant, and you want to burn her to death? This is one dead body and two lives!"

"This woman is an unfaithful woman, she deserves to be executed. Young master, you are a foreigner. Don't meddle in the affairs of our Zhao Family Village."

"The Zhao Family Village matter, if it is a trivial matter, we can ignore it, but this is a matter of human life and death, so I can't ignore it."

"Young Master, even the imperial court doesn't care about our Zhao Family Village's affairs, so why do you have to go through this muddy water?"

"It's a matter of human life, how can it be child's play. Also, since the woman is pregnant, there must be a man involved. If the village chief wants to follow the village rules, does he have to burn that man to death?"

"To be honest, our village does have such a rule that men and women who do not obey the rules are burned to death together, but this Zhao Xiaojuan is unwilling to tell who the man is anyway, so we can only burn her to death .”

"That's strange, Zhao Xiaojuan, why don't you tell who that man is?"

"Sir, don't ask any more questions. Just burn me to death."

"You still have an eight-month-old child in your belly now. This is no longer your problem alone. Why don't you tell his name?"

"Young master, if I say his name, then the village head will burn two people to death. If I don't say it, I will be burned to death alone."

Zhao Renhe said to Guo Qishuai: "My lord, you heard it too. She doesn't want to talk about it, and we don't want to ask more questions. If she is not burned to death at this time, the family members of the person who was burned to death before will probably not agree."

"Have you burned many people to death before?"

"As long as a woman steals someone, no matter who you are, you will be burned to death at the stake. In the past ten years, almost ten people have been burned to death, and Zhao Zijuan is No. 11. Today, if Zhao Xiaojuan is not burned to death, I am afraid Those people didn’t agree either.”

"Burn her, burn her."

Zhao Xiaojuan said: "My lord, I thank you for your kindness, just let me suffer the punishment alone, and you don't need to investigate."

Guo Qishai said: "Girl, if I can save you and your sweetheart, are you willing to tell who that man is?"

Zhao Zijuan said: "It's useless, they won't agree."

Guo Qishui said to Zhao Renhe: "Village Chief Zhao, I would like to ask you to give me half a day and I will help you find that man. What do you think?"

"My lord, I advise you not to bother. All the men in our village have been investigated, and none of them have anything to do with Zhao Xiaojuan. She refuses to say anything. She can only bear this matter."

Zhao Xiaojuan herself said: "My lord, please don't worry about my affairs, I would rather be burned to death by them."

If Zhao Xiaojuan wanted to survive, Guo Qishuai would be able to help, but she wanted to die, which made him a little embarrassed.

"Miss Zhao, if you want to die yourself, others will not stop you, but you have to think about your parents and the child in your belly. The child in your belly is innocent, and now it is still in your belly." What about kicking you in the stomach? If it is burned to death, how can you bear it?"

When Zhao Xiaojuan heard this, she couldn't help but shed tears. She knelt down to Guo Qishuai and said, "My lord, please save the child in my stomach. It is innocent. Let them wait for another two months. After I give birth to the child, they can do whatever they want with me."

"It's not a big deal to have a child without getting married. I can guarantee that you and the child will not die."

"Thank you sir."

The village chief Zhao Renhe sneered and said, "Young master, I advise you to leave Zhaojia Village quickly and don't meddle in other people's business. Otherwise, everyone in Zhaojia Village will not agree."

Many villagers in Zhaojia Village surrounded him, wanting to beat Guo Qishuai. At this moment, Eunuch Zhang stepped forward to rescue him and said, "What do you want to do?"

Zhao Renhe felt that he had a lot of power, so he became more arrogant, saying: "We don't want to do anything, we just want to protect the village rules of our Zhaojia Village, and please leave Zhaojia Village immediately, you are not welcome here."

"No matter how big the village rules are in Zhaojiacun, are they bigger than the laws of the imperial court?"

Zhao Renhe said: "We don't care how big the court's laws are, but we live in the village, so we have to abide by the village rules of our village. You two who are out of town, leave as soon as you have nothing to do."

Eunuch Zhang took out a gold medal, showed it to Zhao Renhe, and said, "This gold medal is a gift from the emperor. No matter how strict your village's rules are, you all have to kneel down when you see this gold medal."

Zhao Renhe was a well-informed man. When he saw the gold medal, he immediately led the whole village to kneel down to Eunuch Zhang.

Zhao Renhe said: "I don't know who is coming from the palace, but please forgive me."

"Get up! Let me tell you, I'm just a humble father-in-law in the palace, but this is the protector of the country. The plague in your village was cured by the public prescription of the protector of the country."

Zhao Renhe was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Oh, this is the benefactor who helped us cure the plague! Everyone, kneel down to Duke Hu, thank him for saving his life."

"Thank you, Lord Protector, for saving your life."

Guo Qishuai asked the villagers to stand up, and said, "Everyone, please, a small matter is insignificant. Today, I passed by here and saw that you are burning people at the stake. I believe that this method is cruel, so I want you to change it." other forms of punishment."

Zhao Renhe said: "Mr. Protector, we have enforced this village rule for hundreds of years, and the imperial court has never asked about it. This sudden change may arouse the anger of the villagers. Also, this village rule has also punished many people. , I’m afraid the families of those people would not agree.”

Guo Qishai said: "It is a very cruel practice to burn pregnant women with fire. I believe that many villagers are not willing to see their relatives executed such a punishment. Of course, bad punishments must be changed."

"However, Lord Protector, if this is changed, there will probably be more women who do not obey women's morals in the future, and this will not be conducive to the future development of our village."

"Whatever crime a woman commits, she will be dealt with according to the punishment, but it depends on the situation. For example, a woman is unwilling, but she has to have a child because of the villain. In such a situation, we should deal with it lightly. Severe punishments will be imposed on those men who commit crimes."

"What if the woman takes the initiative?"

"Then deal with it according to the law. The village rules should be synchronized with the national laws in the future."

"Duke Protector, the current case..."

"I also ask the village chief to give me a day to ask who the man is. When the truth comes out, we can discuss the punishment strategy. I don't know what the village chief wants?"

(End of this chapter)