Shen Mingchen said in a strange way: "But my mentor has already collected the silver bill."

"If you want to collect the silver notes, the official must report them. I spit out what I ate, and I stole mine and returned it to me. I have to double it!"

Xu Yan said coldly.

Shen Mingchen exclaimed: "I am worthy of being a teacher, I can get it with both fish and bear's paw."

Xu Yan winked at Shen Mingchen and signaled him to remove the cloth bag from Zhou Dafu's head.

Although Shen Mingchen was a little afraid that Zhou Dafu was anxious to jump to the wall and was not good for him, he thought that the three people in the room would work together to deal with a evil servant with his hands and feet, so he walked to Zhou Dafu.

He took a deep breath, leaned down and pulled the cloth bag from Zhou Dafu's head.

In an instant, an image of a vicious servant who was beaten to the point of being blue and swollen from his nose jumped into his eyes.

Xu Yan couldn't help but frown.

The people in the Zhou family are ruthless.

"Take off the rag from his mouth."

Xu Yan said lightly.

Shen Mingchen secretly complained in his heart, what if this evil servant took the opportunity to bite him?

But his mentor was destined, and he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to bite the bullet and look towards Zhou Dafu's mouth.

It was soon enough that Shen Mingchen did not give Zhou Dafu any time to react. The moment he pulled off the rag, he stepped back and stepped back to a safe area.

Xu Yan looked at the Zhou family manager with interest and said leisurely: "How does it feel to be regarded as a scapegoat?"

Zhou Dafu remained silent and did not respond to Xu Yan.

Xu Yan was not in a hurry and said to Shen Mingchen beside him: "According to the Ming Dynasty's law, how should the crime of theft be sentenced?"

Shen Mingchen said loudly, "Anyone who has done theft but cannot obtain wealth shall be flogged fifty, and shall not be stabbed. Those who have obtained wealth shall be considered as one master and the internal organs shall be considered as the crime. Those who are obedient shall be reduced by one level. And the staff shall be reduced by sixty, one or more, one or more, one or more, one or more, one or more, one or more, one or more, one or more, seventy, one hundred, one or more, one or more, one or more, one or more, one or more, one or more, and one or more, one or more, seventy, one hundred, and one or more, one or more, one or more, and three thousand miles away."

The Ming Dynasty law has a relatively clear division of sentencing for theft.

It can be roughly divided into two categories: one is completed and the other is attempted.

According to Zhou Youde's previous characterization of Zhou Dafu, he turned to someone to catch a knife and continue writing a fake manuscript.

Naturally, the punishment should be judged according to the regulations that "Anyone who has done thieves but cannot obtain money will be flogged fifty or exempted from stabbing."

The punishment of the cannon and the gauntlet are essentially similar, and the board used for the cannon is thicker, heavier and larger.

The board used for chew-out should be one size smaller.

But even so, the butt will be broken even if you stop fifty.

Xu Yan looked at Zhou Dafu who was silent and said with a faint smile: "You have to think clearly, it's not a good time to have experienced it for others."

Zhou Dafu also complained secretly when he heard this. He didn't want to be sent to the official anyway. Otherwise, he would have to lose his skin even if he was beaten to death.

"Your Madam Xu also asks you to spare your life. The villain made a big mistake in a moment of confusion and offended Mr. Xu's power. He regrets it. Please let Mr. Xu go to the Internet card side of the villain's sincere repentance and treat the villain as a fart."

With extreme fear, Zhou Dafu finally spoke out, and he tried his best to beg for mercy to hope that Xu Yan could let him go.

But Xu Yan shook his head and said, "This is not a question of whether I am willing to forgive you. It depends on whether you are worthy of your cooperation."

After saying that, Xu Yan winked at Shen Mingchen.

Shen Mingchen understood the truth and said loudly: "The Ming Dynasty law stipulates that crime is reduced by one level. If you can prove that someone else instructs you to steal manuscripts, the punishment can be reduced much."

How could Zhou Dafu not hear this implicit sound?

This is to accuse Zhou Youde of being the mastermind behind the scenes and to convict him!

"Mr. Xu, please spare me. Even if the villain takes advantage of the courage of the ambition, he will not dare to point out the head of the family."

Xu Yan frowned and said, "Why is this? He is so mean and polite. If something happens, you will come out and take the blame, but you will protect him?"

Zhou Dafu sighed and said, "Young Master Xu doesn't know anything. Not only do my family servants like me have their own lives and their wives and children. To be honest, I am the maid of the Zhou family, and the genius son is also a child in the family. The head of the family can determine their life and death. If I accused the head of the family when I passed the court, they would definitely not live the second day."

Seeing that what he said was miserable was not as false, Xu Yan couldn't help but feel moved.

In the Ming Dynasty, the status of servants in wealthy families was extremely complicated. Some signed contracts for selling their bodies, while others signed annual contracts.

The former not only belongs to the master's family, but also to the wife and children, and they are all property of the master's family.

The latter is relatively free, and you can choose to leave or renew the contract when the year's contract is over.

According to Manager Zhou’s description, he must have signed a contract to sell his body.

If this is true, his wife and children's lives are indeed in Zhou Youde's hands.

The Ming Dynasty law once clearly recognized and protected the slave system. No slave son or grandchildren who signed a contract to sell their bodies cannot escape from the lowly family and must rely on the master's family.

If the master's family executes slaves, at most he will pay some money to make up the matter, and the government will turn a blind eye.

Dafu is also a poor person this week.

But a poor person must have something hateful.

Xu Yan's pity for Zhou Dafu did not last long.

Such evil servants dominate the market for tigers and do many dirty things on weekdays.

How many small bookstores were suppressed by the Zhou family and had to swallow their anger, breaking their teeth and swallowing them into their stomachs.

That is, they met Xu Yan. If "Miaofengtang" was opened by ordinary people, after the Zhou family's intimidation, they would be so scared that they had escaped from Hangzhou overnight, right?

Xu Yan shook his head and said, "You have to figure it out. If you don't identify Zhou Youde, you will be the one who is responsible. Even if you are lucky enough to be beaten to death by someone from the yamen, you will be swept out by the Zhou family. At that time, Zhou Youde has no worries, and your wife and children will still be bullied at will, and life and death will be unpredictable... By the way, I almost forgot that according to the Ming Dynasty's laws, I will be sentenced to death. Now I am the only one who can save you. If you agree to identify Zhou Youde in the hall, I will try my best to protect your family."

Xu Yan is naturally testing Zhou Dafu's psychological defense.

Zhou Youde's confidence that Zhou Dafu will not rebel. Zhou Youde's confidence lies in his holding Zhou Dafu's wife and children in his hands.

Then what Xu Yan had to do was to constantly hit Zhou Dafu's most vulnerable place, which eventually caused his psychological defense to collapse. So Xu Yan promised him that he would do his best to protect his wife and children.

This process is repeated and will not be achieved overnight, but it will eventually cause qualitative changes after quantitative accumulation.

Sure enough, Zhou Dafu was not convinced by Xu Yan at this moment, but chose to remain silent.

Xu Yan was not in a hurry, he had time.

He winked at Shen Mingchen, then sat back to the window and savored the tea.

Shen Mingchen did not beat Zhou Dafu, but pulled him aside and put the cloth bag on his head again.

According to Xu Yan's instructions, he would ask Zhou Dafu again every half an hour to constantly destroy his psychological defense.

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Chapter completed!