amaotonovel Chapter 307: Retribution
Chapter 307: Retribution
Zhang He stepped back upon hearing this: "What are you going to do?"
"Of course I'm going to teach you a lesson. You need to know who you can offend and who you can't afford to offend." Shang Ruoyi said in a low voice, "Greet them."
Several guards surrounded the Zhang family.
How could the people brought by Madam Zhang be their opponents? The servants were knocked down as soon as they met, and they didn't attack the women, but Zhang He was beaten badly, with bruises all over his face and no good spots on his body. Madam Zhang wanted to stop him, but she was thrown aside before she could step forward.
"Stop, stop hitting me! Stop hitting me!" Mrs. Zhang shouted, "I want to report to the police! I want to report to the police!"
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.
Lord Qian's voice came over.
"Let me see who wants to report to the police?"
As the door opened, Qian Jin walked in with a group of guards.
"what happened?"
"Sir! Sir! Please help me!" Madam Zhang rushed over and said, "Sir, you must help me! The Li family is lawless. They locked us up in this yard and ordered the guards to beat us in broad daylight! Look at my son's face and the injuries on his body. It's all her!" She pointed at Shang Ruoyi and said, "She ordered the servants to do it."
"Oh?" Lord Qian's eyes fell on Zhang He, who was already lying on the ground. The pain on his body made him groan uncontrollably: "Ouch, ouch, it hurts so much!"
Tsk tsk tsk, this does seem a bit heavy.
Lord Qian looked at Shang Ruoyi. Although he didn't smile, his eyes showed a hint of respect. "Dr. Lingjun, do you have anything to say in defense?"
"Sir, why are you still asking her? The evidence is irrefutable, you should just punish her!" Zhang put her hands on her waist and pointed at the Li family members, "You should arrest this whole family and give them dozens of beatings to see if they dare to be so arrogant again."
Lord Qian frowned. He finally understood why the genius doctor Lingjun beat the Zhang family. Looking at this woman's mouth, if it were him, he would probably want to slap her twice.
"Are you the lord or am I the lord? Will you judge this case or will I?" Lord Qian looked at her with disdain: "Who are you? How dare you be so arrogant in front of me?"
"I am a commoner, a commoner from the Zhang family." She pointed at Zhang He, who was still lying on the ground wailing, and said, "This is my son. He is a scholar!" Madam Zhang said proudly, "My son passed the examination to become a scholar when he was only 20 years old. Who knows, he may even serve as an official in the same court as you in the future!"
WTF?
Scholar?
Passed the examination to become a scholar at the age of 20?
Lord Qian looked at Zhang He with disdain and laughed sarcastically: "Scholar? There are so many scholars in Beiling. Where can I get to know Scholar Zhang or Scholar Wang?"
He was an official in the court and only passed the examination to become a scholar at the age of 20. With such qualifications, he still wanted to be an official in the court?
Even if he became an official in the court, he would probably have to wait for several decades, and he might even reach the age to retire and return home before he even became an official.
Lord Qian's words made everyone around him burst out laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" Mrs. Zhang waved her hands like a shrew: "What's so funny?"
"You go and stand aside. Don't speak privately unless I ask you." Lord Qian picked his ears. Zhang's voice was really too sharp.
The servant placed the jade pendant in his hand.
"Is this the jade pendant that Zhang threw on the ground?"
"That's right." Shang Ruoyi said, "This jade pendant is a priceless warm jade. Now it was broken by Zhang, but she refuses to admit it."
Lord Qian looked at the jade pendant and nodded: "It is indeed a very rare jade. What a pity, what a pity."
pity?
What's the pity?
If I could use this jade pendant to teach the Zhang family a lesson, it would not be a pity at all.
"This, this jade pendant was clearly broken because that little girl didn't hold it properly. Why is it my fault?" Zhang shouted loudly, "Slander! You are slandering me!"
Lord Qian frowned and said, "Did you fall on deaf ears when I said that? Who allowed you to interrupt without my asking? Someone come here!" As soon as Lord Qian finished speaking, a guard stepped forward and slapped him in the face.
Zhang was beaten to the ground. The guards' strength was not comparable to that of a little girl like Shaoyao.
Zhang's face swelled up instantly, and even her ears started buzzing.
Shang Ruoyi snorted coldly: "Mrs. Zhang clearly said that her hand slipped and she didn't hold it firmly, so the warm jade broke. The door was open just now, and the neighbors were all witnesses. What, Mrs. Zhang still wants to deny it?"
“I, I…”
She swallowed and wanted to argue, but the burning pain on her face made her shut her mouth quickly.
"Since the warm jade was broken by the Zhang family, I order the Zhang family to pay compensation according to the price."
Upon hearing this, Zhang fell to her knees. She didn't dare to say anything and could only point at her son on the ground.
Mr. Qian frowned and asked, "Did Mr. Zhang be beaten like this by your Li family?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang glared at everyone in the Li family hatefully.
"good."
"Sir, look! She admitted it! Please help me!" Zhang said loudly, "Sir, please have mercy on my son!"
"Sir Qian, we beat him, we admit that, but actually it was Zhang He who deserved to be beaten." Shang Ruoyi pulled Li Xia Xia forward and said, "Sir, our Li family's legitimate daughter married him a commoner, but the Zhang family was still not satisfied. They took in several concubines before the marriage, and now they even have children. Not only that, the original marriage between the two families was that our Li family's legitimate daughter should be the legitimate wife. Now that the Li family has fallen, they want to change the marriage contract and change the legitimate wife to a concubine. Such an unkind and unjust person, shouldn't he be beaten?"
Seeing the sudden change in the faces of the Zhang family, she continued, "The Zhang family always talks about scholars. I really don't know how such shameless people can have the face to be role models for students all over the world."
Upon hearing this, Lord Qian nodded and said, "What the miracle doctor said is very true."
"My lord, my lord, you are wronged!"
At this moment, the people watching outside the door said, "How dare they cry out that they are innocent."
"A few days ago, the concubine was kneeling at the door of the Zhang family holding her child, saying that she wanted to bring the child back to her ancestral home."
"I saw it, too. The one crying was so pitiful! Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk."
Upon hearing this, Lord Qian frowned and said, "With so many witnesses here, you still dare to lie!"
"Sir, I was just confused for a moment!" Zhang He said.
"So, you admit what you did?"
At this point, he wanted to deny it, but the concubine was crying in the street and so many people saw it, how could he dare to make excuses?
"Humph, you really bring shame to all scholars!" Lord Qian said angrily, "I will report your case to the academy, deprive you of your title of scholar, and forbid you from taking the imperial examinations and becoming an official for the rest of your life!"