flstandardbreds Chapter 319 Zheng Yan'er is caned
Chapter 319 Zheng Yan'er is caned
"Miss, do you really want to invite the Changning Marquisate?"
Jiang family, Xier looked at the newly drafted invitation and confirmed again.
"Yes, I'll have someone deliver the post tomorrow."
"But you didn't intend to invite the Changning Marquisate before, why did you change your mind now?"
Jiang Suining glanced at Xier, and after a moment of silence, he smiled slowly and said, "To watch the fun. After all, I haven't seen Han Nian'an for a long time."
"Miss, even if the Changning Marquis' Mansion accepted the invitation and was willing to come, they probably wouldn't bring Han Nian'an with them."
After all, the other party was just a concubine, and she had caused such a big scandal before.
“So in addition to this invitation, I also wrote a separate post.”
Jiang Suining picked up the invitation that had been written on the side, which specifically invited Han Nian'an, and handed it to Xier.
"Tell someone to send these two letters together."
Even though the Marquis Changning's Mansion had caused a lot of jokes in the imperial city before, the gossip had passed, and now with the help of the Liu family, the Marquis Changning's Mansion no longer had to worry about money issues and had settled down.
Qin should still be dissatisfied with herself regarding the ice hoarding and marriage proposal. She took the initiative to send an invitation and specifically marked the invitation to Han Nian'an. Her intention to laugh at the joke was clearly visible. In this case, according to Qin's character, she would never dodge or back down and would definitely bring people to come.
A lean camel is bigger than a horse. What's more, the Changning Marquis' Mansion is safe and sound now. As long as her post is regarded as a provocation, Qin will definitely not choose to avoid it.
Xier took the post and quickly made arrangements.
On the second day, the invitations were sent out one after another, and when Jiang Suining was about to go out, Dong Kaijian arrived.
"Boss Dong, have you really thought it through? Are you willing to use the secret recipe as a trade?"
In the lobby, Jiang Suining looked at Dong Kaijian who was sitting down and confirmed again.
Last night, someone who had been secretly monitoring Dong Kaijian's whereabouts came to report that Dong Kaijian had gone to the prison again. It seemed that Zheng Yan'er had completely made him make up his mind.
Dong Kaijian looked haggard, with dark circles under his eyes, and it was obvious that he had not slept the night before.
He was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, I have thought it through. As long as Miss Jiang is willing to go to the government office and express that she will not pursue Yan'er's fault, I am willing to hand over the secret recipe to Miss Jiang."
The matter of the secret recipe was related to ancestral teachings. Yesterday, he really couldn't make up his mind, so he went to the prison to see Yan'er again.
Yan'er begged him desperately, asking him to help her leave the prison no matter what. In this situation, he really couldn't just ignore it.
Of course, he also told Yan'er about Jiang Suining's conditions. Yan'er's words made sense. The so-called secret recipe was a dead thing after all. He couldn't just watch a living person suffer in prison just to keep the secret recipe from being leaked.
Jiang Suining looked at Xier who was standing beside him.
"Since Boss Dong has thought it through, let's sign a contract to indicate this exchange and serve as a certificate to avoid any disputes in the future."
Xier took out the contract that Jiang Suining had just written from her sleeve, handed two copies to Dong Kaijian, and then took out the pen and ink and placed them on the desk next to Dong Kaijian.
Dong Kaijian picked up the pen, but when he looked at the contract in front of him, he felt that the pen in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.
"If you are hesitant, Boss Dong, you can think about it again. This exchange requires mutual consent, and I don't want to force it."
Taking a deep breath, Dong Kaijian wrote his name on the deed and pressed his fingerprint at the same time.
Now that he had made the decision, there was no need to hesitate. After all, he really couldn't abandon Yan'er.
Dong Kaijian simply wiped the ink off his hands and took out the folded paper from his sleeve.
"This is our Dong family's secret recipe for brewing wine."
Xier took it and handed it to Jiang Suining, who opened it and took a look.
"I need some time to verify the authenticity of this secret recipe."
"Miss Jiang can verify it, but brewing wine takes a long time. We can't keep Yan'er in jail forever."
"Boss Dong, no matter how long it takes to brew wine, it shouldn't take three years. If we let him go now, how can we know whether the secret recipe you gave us is real or fake?" Xier spoke immediately.
"I have already given you the secret recipe, it is definitely not fake. This matter concerns Yan'er. Since I have made the decision, I will naturally not fool you with a fake secret recipe." Dong Kaijian's tone was anxious.
Jiang Suining looked at him and said after a moment, "In that case, let's add another clause to the contract. If the winemaking secret recipe is finally proven to be false, the Jiang family has the right to pursue Zheng Yan'er's responsibility again. Also, when Zhanxinglou opens in a few days, I hope to reach a cooperation with Heyunlou and have Heyunlou supply the wine."
"Okay." Dong Kaijian agreed without hesitation.
For him, the secret recipe has already been handed over, so other conditions are nothing.
Seeing that Dong Kaijian agreed readily, Jiang Suining also made additions to the deed neatly, and Dong Kaijian pressed his fingerprints twice on the additions.
After the contract was signed, Jiang Suining and Dong Kaijian went to the yamen together.
Zheng Yan'er was brought back to the court for sentencing.
In the end, Zheng Yan'er was spared three years in prison and sentenced to thirty strokes of the cane instead. At the same time, the forty strokes of the cane stipulated by the law could not be spared, but since the number of strokes was too many, they could be executed on several days.
Zheng Yan'er, who was originally full of confidence and thought that she would finally be safe and sound, was stunned when she heard the verdict.
"Why? I've even given them the secret recipe, why are you still punishing them with a cane? This is not fair!"
"How dare you! You are not allowed to make noise in this court!" Hu Sen's face was grim and he slammed the gavel in front of him heavily.
Zheng Yan'er was frightened and trembled. Although she didn't continue to speak, she was still unwilling and glared at Jiang Suining angrily.
The latter looked at her with a smile on his face, "If you don't want to, why not just call it a day? After all, I'm still happy to see you go to jail."
"You..." Zheng Yan'er choked and swallowed the word "bitch".
She didn't care about the Dong family's secret recipe, but she could never go back to prison.
Dong Kaijian also wanted to plead for Zheng Yan'er again, but was directly rejected by Hu Sen.
Finally, it was decided that he would be punished with forty lashes first, and the remaining thirty lashes could be given three days later.
Zheng Yan'er was dragged down, and when the first board fell, she immediately cried out in pain.
The nails, which were dyed red and had already become mottled and peeling, dug into the torture bench fiercely. At first, he just cried out in pain, but later the sound became sharper and sharper, and extremely piercing.
Dong Kaijian was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, but he could only watch helplessly and could do nothing.
Ten, fifteen, twenty...
thirty……
forty!
Finally, after the forty lashes, Zheng Yan'er was covered in cold sweat and couldn't get up from the torture bench at all.
He used up the last bit of his strength to look at Jiang Suining fiercely, but what he met was only a smiling and playful look from Jiang Suining.
"Does it hurt?"