Chapter 190: Chapter 190: Fight
Translator: 549690339
“The older generation didn’t support many, fearing that their descendants would start to emulate Qiao Xiaomai.
But now that the County Magistrate had issued an order, even if they didn’t support it, they had no choice but to remain silent, watching as the younger generation around them accused the Sun Family on the stage.
These accusations naturally reached the ears of the Sun Family.
A son severing ties with his mother was unprecedented in Anping Village.
No, not just in Anping Village – in her several decades of life, this was a first.
At this moment, the ridicule from the crowd felt like nails, each one piercing her body, causing her to bleed.
But this was not the most painful part.
The most painful part was what Sun Junyan had to face next. Her darling son, who had never suffered like this before!
She gritted her teeth, glaring fiercely at Tong Tiehu, wishing she could rush him and bite him.
Tong Tiehu completely ignored her furious gaze, signaling slightly to Tong Sanlang.
Tong Sanlang bent down, pressed twice on the back of Sun Junyan’s neck, and Sun Junyan quickly regained consciousness.
Seeing this, Tong Tiehu immediately ordered his men to start.
Sun Junyan, at first confused, saw four men approaching him, holding tools in their hands, he suddenly remembered his predicament and immediately shouted, “1 don’t believe it, I don’t believe it! I want to see the County Magistrate!”
It was Qiao Xiaomai and Qiao Changshun who were unfilial, why was he the one being punished!
Tong Tiehu snorted, “Daring to question the County Magistrate’s judgment, add ten more strokes. Enough prattle, start.”
At his words, the four men immediately surrounded Sun Junyan. Three held him down on a bench, leaving the fourth man, who was holding a stick, to ruthlessly strike his buttocks.
Normally, the villagers respected Sun Junyan, the scholar. But now that the County Magistrate had ordered it, Sun Junyan had no hope of overturning the order.
So, they put their full strength into it. Strike.
Sun Junyan, who had been spoiled by his mother since childhood, rarely worked in the fields, let alone suffered this kind of punishment.
Moreover, being punished before a public crowd, being watched by all those he looked down upon.
At this moment, the double humiliation of physical and mental pain made him wish he were dead, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
But obviously, there were no such cracks in the threshing field. He could only endure this double pain.
At first, feeling humiliated, he gritted his teeth and endured. But the stick landing on his buttocks hurt more each time. After a few blows, he couldn’t bear it anymore and started screaming.
Horrific howls echoed throughout the threshing field.
The dignity and self-esteem of a scholar were utterly trampled upon.
After today, his aloof and arrogant demeanor displayed in front of the villagers of Anping Village would no longer exist.
In the eyes of the villagers of Anping Village, he was no longer the scholar with a promising future, but a beast who forced his mother to kneel for the sake of his own career.
Sun’s mother stood aside, crying and wanting to charge at the few men, but she was held back by two women.
Qiao Qinghe stood nearby with his head bowed, his face showing no pride for raising such a beast of a son.
Qiao Changfu and his brothers hid among the crowd below, not daring to show their faces.
Sun Junyan was their hope. However, at a time like this, with Tong Tiehu executing the order on behalf of the County Magistrate, who dared to interrupt?
So, Sun Junyan was subjected to a full sixty strokes. By the end, the clothes on his buttocks were soaked in blood, and he was on the verge of unconsciousness.
He, a weak scholar, couldn’t endure such severe punishment.
However, the punishment was not finished. Tong Tiehu ordered two men to drag him around for a public humiliation.
First, they circled around Anping Village, then they went around the main streets, making sure everyone saw the miserable state of Sun Junyan.
By the time the public humiliation was finished, Sun Junyan had fainted, bloody all over..