The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 376: justice
Chapter 376 Justice
“County Lady, Eunuch, and Mr. Zhou!” The clan leader greeted them with a smile, then hurriedly called the servants to bring chairs and tea to Quan Yu, Mr. Zhou, and Bai Jinzhi.
When the clan descendants saw their ancestor, they all cried and begged their grandfathers and the clan leader for help, complaining about how they were suffering in prison and how the food in prison was not fit for human consumption.
On the contrary, Bai Qingjie, who could not tolerate any injustice, was forced to kneel there without saying a word.
Bai Qiyun was worried about his son and wanted to go up to see him, but he could see that his father had a stern face and was standing behind the patriarch, suppressing his worries and clutching his clothes tightly.
Bai Jinzhi used a cold, playful and contemptuous look to sweep over the worried faces of the clan members who wanted to step forward but did not dare to, so they could only stand behind the clan leader with red eyes. He turned to Lord Zhou and said, “My eldest sister should be here soon. Lord Zhou, please wait a moment.”
“My Lady, you are so polite! So polite!” Lord Zhou bowed to Bai Jinzhi repeatedly.
The brothel’s mother hurriedly got off the carriage with the mute girl and stood at the entrance of the Bai family’s ancestral hall, shouting: “Master Zhou! Master Zhou… I heard that the princess is looking for a mute girl. I just bought this girl yesterday. She is mute and can’t speak. Can you see if she is this one!”
“How dare a prostitute stand in front of my Bai family’s ancestral hall!” Bai Qiyun couldn’t help but get angry.
Lord Zhou hurriedly waved his hand and asked the bailiff to pull the brothel mother away. After all, this was the ancestral hall of the Princess Zhenguo’s family.
Bai Jinzhi didn’t mind at all and walked out. Quanyu also hurried to follow Bai Jinzhi. Lord Zhou had just sat down on the chair when he saw Quanyu leaving, so he quickly stood up and followed.
Bai Jinzhi had met the mute mother and was very concerned about her safety.
She stepped forward and looked at the little girl who was standing next to the brothel mother, shrinking her hands and feet and looking at her with fear in her eyes. The little girl was washed cleanly, and it was obvious that someone had temporarily put on clothes made of ill-fitting material.
“Fourth Miss, is it her?” Shen Qingzhu asked Bai Jinzhi.
Bai Jinzhi shook his head: “This is not the mute girl.”
The brothel madam felt sorry but also relieved. This girl had just been sent here and was disobedient. She had been beaten twice and her body was covered with wounds. If this was the mute girl the princess was looking for, she would definitely take revenge on her after seeing the wounds on her body.
Soon, someone shouted outside the gate of the ancestral hall: “Four carriages, the Princess Zhenguo is here.”
Bai Jinzhi turned his head to look in the direction the carriage was coming from.
Soon the carriage stopped outside the crowd, and Chuntao helped Bai Qingyan get off the carriage. The surroundings immediately fell silent, and the people looked at the legendary princess who was the guardian of the country, with awe, fear, or curiosity.
“Eldest sister…” Bai Jinzhi stepped forward and said to Bai Qingyan, “Only one person brought a little girl who couldn’t speak, but she wasn’t a mute girl!”
Bai Jinzhi pointed at the brothel mother. Her eyes fell on the girl who was shaking all over. She then looked at the flattering brothel mother and said, “Send someone to ask the mother how much silver it would cost to keep the child in the ancestral home.”
“Yes!” Shen Qingzhu nodded.
“Mute girl!” Bai Jinzhi was shocked as she looked at the mute girl bending over and coming out of the carriage, and breathed a sigh of relief, “Thank God! It turns out that my elder sister has found the mute girl!”
“Princess…” Quan Yu bowed with a smile.
“Princess!” Lord Zhou followed Quan Yu closely and bowed to Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan said to Quan Yu, “Eunuch Quan Yu has worked hard to send people out to look for the mute girl. Now that she has been found, please ask Eunuch Quan Yu to send everyone back!”
“Yes!” Quan Yu responded.
“Let’s go!” Bai Qingyan took the mute mother’s hand and walked towards the ancestral hall.
The clan leader led the elders to the door to greet them and followed behind Bai Qingyan.
As soon as the Bai clan members entered, the clan leader ordered the six doors of the ancestral hall to be closed. However, Bai Qingyan said, “No need to close the doors. Open them… We can sit in the courtyard of the ancestral hall and talk about things. It’s okay. Let our ancestors and the people watch us here!”
Bai Qingyan sat down on the chair that Quanyu had brought, and his eyes swept over the clan leader and other elders who were still standing in the courtyard, as well as the clan descendants who were being held down by the yamen runners, and he slowly spoke: “Then let’s start, starting with the clan leader’s grandson, Bai Qingjie. We’ll go through each one by one to see what mistakes they made and how to compensate the victims… After we’ve compensated the victims, we’ll talk about how to punish them.”
After dealing with these clan descendants, the next step is to deal with the other members of the clan, and finally… the clan leader.
Originally, Bai Qingyan wanted to clean up those corrupt clan members, and then use the power of the prince and herself as a princess to force the clan leader to give up his position. But now that she has the ancient account books in her hands, she doesn’t need to use power to force… The clan members are afraid that they will no longer allow him to be the clan leader.
The clan descendant who was drunk and pushed the mute girl into the river was so frightened when he saw the mute girl standing next to Bai Qingyan that he shuddered all over and looked up at his grandfather, the Fifth Master, for help.
Bai Qingping was supported by a servant. He looked at Bai Qingyan, whose face was cold and indifferent and whose eyes were deep and unfathomable. He clenched his fists, as if he saw the King of Zhenguo and the Duke of Zhenguo Bai Qishan, whom he once admired so much.
Most of the people in the Bai family are naturally proud, even the women in the Bai family are the same.
County Magistrate Zhou took out Bai Qingjie’s crime book which was on the top and began to read it…
Forced buying and selling, seizing people’s ancestral property, bullying men and women, not counting the overt acts that killed Bai Qingjie, he was also involved in two other deaths. One was trampled to death while riding a horse, and the other was pushed to death from a brothel when he was fighting for a woman!
These are all things done by Bai Qingjie, and the evidence is solid.
“Is the victim here?” Bai Qingyan asked.
On paper, there should be seven victims, but only five showed up. As for the other two, I don’t know whether they had been bullied to the point where no one was around, or they just didn’t believe that Bai Qingyan would handle the case impartially.
The clan leader had known for a long time that he would have to repay and compensate the victims today, and he had all the clan members prepared. He turned around and signaled Bai Qiyun.
Bai Qiyun was so angry that his teeth were itching, and he had no choice but to step forward and pay back what he owed and compensate for what he could.
What a huge sum of money! Bai Qiyun’s heart was bleeding.
The gray-haired victim got the house deed and land deed of his ancestral home, and cried excitedly, and kowtowed in the direction of Bai Qingyan: “Thank you, princess! Thank you, princess! I didn’t think I could get it back today. I thought… I thought the princess was just pretending, and my son didn’t want to come. I didn’t expect to really get it back! Really… got it back! Thank you, princess! I will remember your great kindness for the rest of my life.”
Bai Qingyan stood up and dodged the old man’s greeting, saying, “It was Bai Qingjie who made the mistake first. As the daughter of the Bai family, Bai Qingyan is ashamed and does not deserve a thank you from the old man.”
“Sir Zhou, next…” Bai Qingyan said.
Lord Zhou would recite the crimes of a clan descendant, and the victim would come forward to ask for compensation or to return the property to the original owner.
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