Huang Ergou was furious at the sight. Looking at Old Master beside him, he saw him sitting there serenely drinking tea, attended by two clerks.
He could no longer contain his anger. Old Master had just embraced his daughter-in-law, and no one had dared utter a word against it. Just like Red Mansion Clan Head Jia Zhen, in his entire household, only Jiao Da had dared speak out.
Yet these two, merely because of some groundless rumors and a slight teacher-student connection, had been denounced in court and sent straight to torture.
"Woof! Woof!" He barked furiously at Old Master.
"What use is your empty barking? Can you obtain justice for them? Now you understand, don't you? This world is like this: evil is good, good is evil, and the distinction between good and evil lies entirely in one's mouth," the old man said leisurely.
Other than Huang Ergou, no one else could hear these words.
What did he mean, in one's mouth? Clearly, it lay in "power"!
Yang Bai and the other had neither power nor influence. They could not pass the xiucai examination and could not receive the protection of Confucianism Power, so naturally they could only be manipulated by others.
Huang Ergou thought resentfully, but could only watch helplessly as the two were tortured.
Before long, neither could endure the torture, and they pressed their seals onto the written confession.
Du Landlord also followed suit and pressed his seal.
"This prefecture hereby passes judgment. Yang Bai and the other committed adultery and are sentenced to death by strangulation, pending execution. The case shall be reported to the Court of Revision tomorrow for verification. Du Landlord's family lacks discipline and has failed to uphold the teachings of the sages, violating ritual propriety. He is fined two hundred and