Chapter 298

Therefore.

Xun Baishui had a very good first impression of Jia Hui.

It seems that the face-obsessed ones are not just his sister and nieces.

He is the same.

He hurriedly stood up from his seat and bowed deeply to Jia Hui: "This subordinate pays respects to Vice Minister Jia!".

【315】 Sending you a performance record, Lord Xun, sentence Gu Gu Gu Tingye to hard labor.

He was performing the salute of a subordinate to a superior.

This is etiquette.

There is nothing wrong with it.

After all, he is only a third-rank official, in front of Jia Hui, who is at most a second-rank civil official.

The difference is far.

A higher-ranking official can crush people!

Jia Hui is crushing him by two ranks!

In front of Jia Hui, he has no capital to be arrogant.

Therefore, being respectful is a normal move.

"Hmm, greetings, Jingzhao Governor Xun."

Jia Hui responded with a faint smile.

He had no ill feelings toward this Xun Baishui.

If the other party is sensible, then naturally it is a happy ending for all.

Otherwise, he is an opponent.

Such a capable person, if he cannot be subdued or become a friend, then he must be struck down with one blow!

Seeing Jia Hui's good attitude, Xun Baishui breathed a sigh of relief.

Jia Hui's prestige is currently well-known.

In fact, Xun Baishui was also a bit intimidated in his heart.

After all, his sister is not the Empress now, and he himself is not the Chief Grand Secretary.

Xun Baishui wanted to have a good relationship with Jia Hui, but right now, business was more important 20.

Xun Baishui, who had a sharp eye, looked at Gu Gu Gu Tingye, who had been caught and was bruised and swollen.

Then he asked Jia Hui: "What is this?"

Jia Hui said faintly: "This person was drunk on the street."

Hearing this.

Xun Baishui and the others all knew that the words were definitely not finished.

If it were just drunkenness.

It would not be enough to be caught and beaten.

"Then, after this person saw this official, he actually dared to block the way and curse at me."

"At that time, at least a hundred people saw and heard it."

"So I caught him and brought him here!"

Speaking to the end, Jia Hui smiled and said: "Sending you a performance record, Lord Xun."

Xun Baishui: "..."

Sending a performance record, then I really have to thank you!

He looked at Gu Yankai, who was about to kill someone, on the side.

He had a headache; this was asking him to offend a Marquis!

The matter was not complicated.

He knew it was the truth just by looking at Gu Gu Gu Tingye's resentful and speechless expression.

"Jia Hui, shouldn't you be cursed, you scoundrel? You snatched someone else's wife, you are just trash."

Facing this person who had made him lose face in public and locked him in a dark room for several days since they last parted, Gu Gu Gu Tingye, who was in his rebellious period, was extremely hateful and annoyed.

It was mainly because his mentality had exploded today!

After leaving the Gu family, he felt that every time he saw someone looking at him, it was with the most mocking and humiliating eyes!

He felt that the green hat on his head was as green and substantial as could be!

Just as Jia Hui was passing by, he, who was drunk and planning to find his "old flame" Head Courtesan Wei, immediately rushed up angrily and cursed at Jia Hui.

Hearing that in front of everyone.

He still dared to curse!

Jia Hui smiled.

He would not be broken by such a childish act of his.

Except for Gu Yankai, whose expression changed.

Xiao Xiao Xiao Qinshi and the others were gloating.

"You rebellious son!"

Gu Yankai was truly going to be angered to death by his rebellious son today!

Angrily, he went up and viciously slapped Gu Gu Gu Tingye!

"Slap!"

The sound was loud!

However, Jia Hui's group, as well as Xun Baishui, were all watching coldly.

His private punishment could not manage anything.

Xun Baishui knew very well.

Today was destined not to end well!

He finally saw it!

Jia Hui is a person who seeks revenge for the slightest grievance!

You offend me, and I will destroy you!

Dare to join forces to ruin the reputation of me and my woman's family?

I will first make all of you lose your reputation!

Now you dare to touch my people?

Then I will also quickly come to catch your people!

It can be seen from the newspaper that the Gu family is a mess.

In fact, even if Gu Gu Gu Tingye had not cursed Jia Hui and been caught on the spot today.

Xun Baishui would absolutely have a hundred reasons to believe.

Jia Hui would find more handles later!

And Jia Hui catching people was intentional.

After all, although he is not a person from the Ministry of Justice.

He is a person from the Five City Guard.

It stands to reason that Jia Hui actually has law enforcement power.

But he insisted on bringing people here.

It was to treat them as they treated others.

As for himself, he might just be implicated by Gu Yankai and the others, not targeted.

Thinking through the joints, knowing that he was bound to offend one side.

And according to the information currently mastered.

Jia Hui's strength is stronger, and no handles can be found.

Therefore, Xun Baishui's gaze toward Gu Gu Gu Tingye cooled down, and he said coldly: "According to the 'Thief Law', the sentence is six years of hard labor!"

Gu Yankai and the others were even more shocked after hearing this!

The people of the Yuan family were also terrified!

In fact, the matter of "cursing officials" has occurred repeatedly in ancient history.

Because the imperial court's management mechanism needs to rely on officials at all levels, such as public ministers and grassroots petty officials, to maintain it.

Therefore, if measures are not taken to restrain the common people, and they are allowed to insult and slander imperial officials, the grassroots cadres who govern the country for the imperial court will be unable to carry out their work normally.

To strengthen the protection of officials, emperors of all dynasties began to promulgate laws protecting the human rights of officials as early as the Han Dynasty.

The "Thief Law" mentioned by Xun Baishui here is a regulation continued from the Han Dynasty.

It stipulates that anyone who beats or insults officials due to county business shall be subjected to "endurance punishment" for those who insult or beat officials.

This endurance punishment is more of a mental punishment for the prisoner.

The content of the punishment is very simple: it is to shave off the eyebrows and beard of the person's face, in this way to make the criminal suffer humiliation!

You must know that the common people in Chinese history, unlike modern people, have always valued the decency of appearance and the norms of moral ethics.

Therefore, shaving off hair or tattooing the face damages a person's appearance, will seriously destroy widely accepted etiquette norms, damage personal reputation and image, and make people lose their reputation, so endurance punishment was a very serious punishment in ancient times.

The above is just one of the punishments for ordinary low-level officials below the fifth rank!

Hearing Xun Baishui's words.

Gu Gu Gu Tingye, who was unlearned and unskilled, did not even know what hard labor was.

Xun Baishui became increasingly displeased with this person.

Even if other reasons are not mentioned.

He had no good impression of this person at all from the first impression.

Therefore.

However, he is an official.

Naturally, he must let the other party know what crime he committed and what the consequences are.

Only then can he serve as a warning to others.

He continued to explain coldly: "According to the law, if commoners beat or insult high-ranking officials of the rank or above, or if petty officials beat or insult high-ranking officials of the fifth rank or above due to official business, they are sentenced to 'hard labor'."

"If the person who beats or insults high-ranking officials is a female family member, she must be tattooed on her face and conscripted as a convict to pound rice."

"You are a man, so after being tattooed on your face, you will be sent to repair the city wall and do more strenuous physical labor."

"Besides repairing the city wall, it also includes labor in the fields, handicraft labor, etc.!"

【316】 Gu Gu Gu Tingye collapses and begs for mercy, the Marquis of Ningyuan is forced to smile.

"Six, six years!"

Hearing these.

Gu Gu Gu Tingye, who was originally arrogant.

And unconcerned, trembled violently all over!

His face instantly turned pale!

The drunkenness was scared away!

Repairing the city wall for six years, is there any life left?

He actually has to be thankful.

His life might be saved.

If his body is not too poor.

Originally, this punishment, whether it was pounding rice or repairing the city wall, both methods of punishment had no time limit, meaning that those sentenced to hard labor had to pay the price of lifelong penal servitude for their extreme behavior.

It is better now.

"Hard labor" has been changed to a fixed-term imprisonment of 6 years.

Although the punishment has been reduced.

But for ordinary people.

Such a sentence is still too painful for ancient people, a weight that life cannot bear.

And this is not just a form of bitter punishment.

It also includes mental punishment.

Did I mention shaving eyebrows and beards before?

This time it is even more ruthless.

Those serving hard labor must also be tattooed on their faces first!

After eyebrows and beards are shaved off.

At least they can grow back.

Just hide at home for three to five months.

Tattooing the face is miserable.

Tattooing the face is also called tattooing punishment, which is one of the five punishments!

It is the longest-running corporal punishment in China's five thousand years.

Modern people Love Love Like tattoos as a trend, but ancient people would think you are a lunatic or an idiot.

There is no rule on which character to tattoo on the face.

It depends on what crime you are tattooed for.

Gu Gu Gu Tingye's case belongs to the crime of cursing, that is, the crime of verbal abuse!

Therefore, he will be cruelly tattooed with the two characters for "verbal abuse crime".

He will never be able to wash it off in his life.

In this life, not only will he become a person mocked by everyone, but he will also have no chance to be an official again, and there is basically no hope of being a soldier.

For Gu Gu Gu Tingye, it is basically social death, no better than Brother Brother Ouyang Xu, who was forced to commit suicide by Jia Hui, and even worse!

After all, at that time, although Brother Brother Ouyang Xu's reputation and money path were ruined.

But if he hid in a quiet small place, he could still live peacefully as a commoner without people knowing.

But after Gu Gu Gu Tingye is tattooed on his face, no matter where he goes, everyone can see the tattooed characters on his face.

Therefore, he can only hide at home for the rest of his life.

Even so, the servants will definitely mock him for a lifetime.

There is no dignity to speak of.

At this moment, Gu Gu Gu Tingye finally knows fear!

He looked at his father, Gu Yankai, who had just beaten him.

He really didn't want to ask for help.

But at this moment, he finally couldn't hold on, and said tremblingly: "Father, save me!"

As he spoke, tears flowed down.

Gu Yankai, who was originally extremely angry and wanted to ignore this rebellious son who caused trouble, saw this.

His heart softened again!

He sighed in his heart.

Gu Yankai smiled and said good things to Xun Baishui: "Lord Xun, let's speak aside."

Then he hurriedly stepped forward to pull Xun Baishui, wanting to leave the courtroom.

However, Xun Baishui was unwilling.

They only went to a corner nearby.

Gu Yankai said in a low voice: "It shouldn't be Love Love Like this, can you forgive my little son, he is still a child."

With his back to Jia Hui and the others, he hurriedly took out a stack of silver notes from his bosom.

Estimating there were several thousand taels!

It was not a small amount.

He intended to play the human favor card and bribery.

The classic "he is still a child"!