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Chapter 340 Reform your past
"Master, listen to me," Xiao uttered a few words with difficulty. She felt the pressure in her chest getting heavier and heavier, as if she was going to suffocate at any time.
She had a slender figure, and Duke Dingguo used all his strength to pinch her neck and lift her up easily.
Xiao stood on tiptoe, her face flushed red, but she still tried her best to speak with the remaining air in her chest.
"What else do you have to say? Junfeng was spoiled by you. If you hadn't helped him clean up the mess time and time again, he would have been so lawless and caused such a big disaster. If you can't handle it well this time, I will kill you."
After saying this, Marquis Dingguo pushed her hard to the ground. Xiao was caught off guard and fell to the ground. Her head hit the table leg with a bang and blood immediately flowed out.
Feeling an unusual pain on his head, Xiao subconsciously touched it with his hand, and found a scarlet red patch on his hand. He immediately fainted.
Looking at Xiao lying on the ground, Marquis Dingguo seemed still unsatisfied. Just as he was about to step forward and kick her a couple more times, a servant suddenly came running over.
When he walked to the door and saw the situation inside the house, he suddenly stopped and was too scared to go in.
"What's the matter? Is there any new news from the county government?" Marquis Dingguo snorted coldly. You are lucky because he seldom hits people because he is concerned about his identity as a marquis.
This Xiao was always jealous of the concubines in the mansion, but he turned a blind eye to it. All the concubines in the mansion had been punished by her. They went to him to complain every day. So he took this opportunity to teach her a lesson.
"My Lord, it's not that something happened at the government office. The prefect sent runners to our house and said that they want to bring all the women brought back by the young master to the court."
The servant's voice became lower and lower, until it was almost inaudible.
"What?" The brows of Marquis Dingguo, which had just relaxed, were frowned again. It was really a misfortune for his family. The title of marquis had been passed down for generations, but why did he give birth to such a prodigal son in his generation?
He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. He felt extremely upset. Since the prefect had sent people to his house to take the man away, it meant that his son had confessed everything.
It seems impossible to not let him take the person away at this time. If this matter is investigated in detail, it is enough to send him to prison for more than ten years.
No, he only has this one legitimate eldest son. Xiao gave birth to three children in total, two girls and one boy. If something happens to him, then the eldest son from a concubine will be the one who inherits the title of marquis, and he will be ridiculed by others.
It looks like he has to go to the government office to see if he can minimize the situation and whether there is any room for maneuver.
Thinking of this, he ordered the servant to send someone to take them to find the women, and at the same time said that he would go to the yamen with the bailiffs.
"Oh, okay, sir." The servant was a little surprised after hearing this, but did not dare to have any questions. He turned around and ran away.
He was still wearing his official uniform. Marquis Dingguo had been in official circles for many years, so he naturally knew that it was not appropriate to wear this uniform at this time.
He returned to his room and changed into ordinary clothes, just as the bailiffs brought all the women out.
As a father, Marquis Dingguo wanted to go to the county government office with him. How could the yamen runners dare to object?
When they followed the bailiff to the gate of the yamen, they were shocked by the huge crowd. It was just a case, why did so many people gather?
As the entrance was too crowded, they had to go in through the back door.
Nie Junfeng was lying on the ground, his buttocks were beaten to pieces. He was wearing a light blue suit today, and the blood on his buttocks had already seeped through.
The lobby was full of people, all wearing pudding-on-pudding clothes, glaring at each other and saying all kinds of faults about Nie Junfeng.
The Marquis of Dingguo was named Nie Huaimin. As soon as he came in, he saw Nie Junfeng on the ground. His pupils shrank suddenly, anger gathered in his eyes, and his face was covered with dark clouds.
He clenched his fists, lowered his head, slowly closed his eyes, and when he raised his eyes again after a moment, everything had returned to normal.
After Li Xiaoxiao let him in, she saw a series of actions clearly. This Marquis Dingguo was not an easy person to deal with, but it didn't matter, because Nie Junfeng had just admitted everything he had done.
Nie Junfeng also realized belatedly that someone was coming. He slowly turned his head and looked back. He saw Nie Huaimin and almost cried on the spot: "Dad, can you save me? They are going to beat me to death."
Even though Nie Huaimin felt heartbroken, he pretended nothing had happened and turned away and stopped looking at him.
He bowed respectfully to the prefect in the court, neither arrogant nor humble, and said sincerely: "Greetings, Your Excellency the Prefect."
"Give Marquis Dingguo a seat." The prefect waved his hand and gave the order. Unexpectedly, Nie Huaimin also came along.
"I dare not. I am just Nie Huaimin, the father of this rebellious son, not a marquis." Marquis Dingguo bent his waist even deeper.
The prefect did not dwell on this matter. As for the purpose of his coming, he naturally knew it well: "The criminal Nie Junfeng has personally admitted that he forcibly married a decent woman and ordered his servants to beat up many people. Do you know about this?"
"Your Excellency, I don't know this. I was busy with government affairs and neglected to discipline my son, which led to his misdeeds. Please forgive me and give my son a chance to reform."
Nie Huaimin had a solemn expression and a low voice. If you didn't know him, you would really think he was a good father.
"There are so many people in this court, who have jointly reported your son. This is absolutely true. The law is not merciful. You understand this principle, right?"
The prefect has always been clear-headed. He deeply detests what Nie Junfeng did and wants to kill him.
"Of course, the child is young, so it's inevitable that he will do stupid things. Now I have brought all these women here, and I will compensate them with a large sum of money."
As Nie Huaimin spoke, he pulled out a handful of silver bills from his bosom. The yamen runner beside him took them and placed them on the prefect's desk.
Looking at the banknotes on the table, the prefect's eyes darkened. Was he trying to settle the matter with money?
This kind of thing was very common in the court. Although what Nie Junfeng did was outrageous to both humans and gods, the amount of silver that Nie Huaimin took out was also quite astonishing, as much as five thousand taels.
If the victims' families wanted money, then Nie Junfeng's sentence would be much lighter.
"This money belongs to Nie Junfeng's family. It's used to compensate you. Can you accept it?" The prefect looked at Li Xiaoxiao who was standing in the front.