Chapter 305: The Sinful Nun Reveals False Compassion (Part 2)
Miaoyu usually loves cleanliness, so how could she bear to have her body stained with so much dirt?
Naturally, the patchwork clothes were replaced as soon as possible.
But then again, even for Jia Baoyu, it was the first time that he saw Miaoyu dressed like a secular person.
Especially since the ready-made clothes she bought temporarily were a little small and could only barely cover the real material, making her originally extraordinary temperament suddenly become brighter and more charming to the extreme.
It is this strong contrast that adds a different flavor to her already beautiful face.
It would have been fine for others, but when Baoyu saw that she looked pale and timid, and not at all like her usual carefree self, he immediately fell into his old habit of sympathizing with her and went up to her with concern, saying, "My dear sister, were you frightened just now?"
He stamped his feet again and said, "If I had known this disaster would happen, I would have hurried a few steps to protect you and get through it together!"
Although Miaoyu was still frightened , she smiled when she heard his sincere words and said, "Since it is a disaster, how can it be easily avoided?"
Jia Baoyu was about to exchange a few words with her, but Wei Ruolan at the side couldn't wait any longer and urged her loudly: "Miss Miaoyu, please expose the true colors of these shrews!"
As he said this, he glanced at Sun Shaozong with disdain and sneered, "It will save Sun Zhizhong from being suspicious and pretending to be a great judge!"
Miaoyu was a little hesitant when she saw the two female jailers looking so miserable, but when she heard Wei Ruolan urging her, she hardened her heart.
" Lord "
She met Sun Shaozong's scrutinizing gaze, raised her head firmly, and said with her cherry lips slightly parted : "Miaoyu is willing to swear in the name of Buddha that every word I say today is true!"
"Before I went to the house arrest, they would wash Wisdom's body every few days. But since I asked them to wash Wisdom's body, they would not do it again unless they were paid enough money!"
"After that, these women often used sweet words to ask for bribes, and when they were not satisfied with something, they would use foul language and make sarcastic remarks..."
“It’s unfair!”
When the two jailers heard this, they immediately cried out: "Who are we, with our status, how dare we speak foul language to the young nun? This is truly a huge injustice!"
Miaoyu glanced at the two of them, her tone becoming increasingly cold: "How big of a difference is there between making indirect accusations and directly insulting them?"
"Let's not talk about these past events. When I visited the prison today, because I only gave half a string of copper coins, you all gathered together and said some mean things, totally ignoring the behavior of that wise and kind nun. That's how the following events happened!"
At this point, she said indignantly, "Although Zhishan wanted to commit violence at first, she was quickly restrained. But you guys refused to give in and rushed over to kick and beat her!"
"I clearly told you to stop immediately, but you just kept taking it out on her until... until the blood in her belly..."
At this point, she couldn't help but recall the scene where Zhishan carried the fetus, which was the color of steamed pork with rice flour but covered with dirt, pus and blood, and forced it into her arms. For a moment, she felt her stomach churning.
Miaoyu hurriedly chanted a few Buddhist chants to calm her mind, and then she said in a sad voice: "Although Zhishan fell into the devil's way out of confusion, the baby in her belly is so innocent? It didn't even have the chance to see this world, and then... then..."
Seeing her weeping, Jia Baoyu changed his stance and said loudly without hesitation, "They are a bunch of cunning women. If they are not severely punished, how can we talk about the law?"
"how?"
Wei Ruolan looked at Sun Shaozong provocatively and sneered, "After hearing what Miss Miaoyu said, does Sun Zhizhong still want to protect them?!"
Without waiting for Sun Shaozong's response, he ordered arrogantly: "Come here, bring me these two..."
"Wait a minute!"
Unexpectedly, Sun Shaozong shouted "Wait a minute" again.
This time, not only Wei Ruolan looked unhappy, but Jia Baoyu and Miaoyu also looked puzzled.
"how?"
Wei Ruolan asked aggressively, "Does Sun Zhizhong really want to excuse them?!"
"Second brother, why do you have to..."
Baoyu also looked as if he wanted to say something but was hesitant.
Faced with all these, Sun Shaozong still had a calm expression and asked Cheng Rixing beside him casually: "Master Cheng, is there a clear stipulation in the Great Zhou law that the jailer must clean the prisoner's body every few days?"
"Reply to Dong Weng, no!"
"No?"
Sun Shaozong turned his gaze back to Miaoyu and sneered, "So, these vulgar and greedy women you mentioned were also kind-hearted and took the initiative to clean the body of Zhihui'er?"
"I heard that Buddhist disciples pay the most attention to guiding people to be good, but you successfully aroused their greed and destroyed their kindness with a few pieces of silver - this Buddhist Dharma is really a wonderful learning!"
When Miaoyu heard this, she showed some embarrassment on her face. She had just used this incident as an example to prove the greed of those jailers, but she never thought that Sun Shaozong would use it to attack her in the blink of an eye and pointed out that she was the root cause of this greed!
In fact, she knew in her heart that using money to bribe others was not the right way.
But if Miaoyu really had to do it herself and clean up other people's feces and urine as taught in the Buddhist scriptures, she would rather die than do that.
That's why she subconsciously attributed all this to the greed of the jailers.
Now that Sun Shaozong had pointed it out, he was immediately speechless.
Fortunately, she was not alone at the moment. Wei Ruolan immediately stood up and refuted: "Let's not talk about that. They neglected their duties and abused lynching, resulting in the death of Zhi Shan'er. It can't be false, right ?!"
"Of course it's not fake."
Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "I have never said that they are not guilty - but are they the only ones who caused today's failure?"
"If Zhi Shan'er had been locked up in the cell, how could he have had the chance to intentionally hurt someone? And how could he..."
"Lord Sun!"
Sun Shaozong was talking nonstop on the steps, but Miaoyu couldn't help herself and protested in a delicate voice: "Don't forget, you approved this matter in the first place!"
"I approved it? Haha..."
Sun Shaozong laughed, then frowned and asked, "Tell me, how did I approve it?"
"You clearly asked me to draft a petition and submit it to the Criminal Law Department for a final decision..."
Miaoyu was indignant at first, but when she said the words "will make a final decision later", her momentum had already declined to the bottom - she didn't think much about it at the time, but now thinking about it carefully, these words didn't actually mean that she would definitely agree to it.
"ha……"
Sun Shaozong gave a fake smile and said with a burning gaze: "I originally wanted to consider it and see if it is feasible, but I did not promise to approve it!"
"Besides, I have never seen this proposal, and I don't know who approved it!"
At this point, he suddenly raised his voice and said angrily: "You are an outsider, so it is understandable that you don't know the severity of the crime! But this person, as an official of the Criminal Law Department, treats the national law as a joke. He is the real culprit behind this case!"
"President Wei!"
He turned his gaze to Wei Ruolan and said righteously, "Since you are determined to investigate this case thoroughly, remember to find this person and punish him severely along with these jailers!"
“I…I…”
Wei Ruolan's pretty face was as red as a pig's liver at this moment, but she didn't know how to refute.
Miaoyu, however, saw that he was about to be implicated, and hurriedly puffed out her chest and said, "I wrote this petition, and the person who approved it was also out of kindness. If you really want to investigate, just punish me!"
Sun Shaozong watched the game in silence for a while, then shook his head and sighed, "The biggest problem with your proposal is that you don't take these prisoners into consideration equally."
"Just imagine, you've caused them so much extra trouble, but the money you're paying them is getting less and less, how could they not complain?"
"You were able to protect three crazy and crazy nuns in every possible way, but how come you don't have any consideration for these jailers?"
"After all, you are just acting on your own preference. It has nothing to do with 'compassion'!"
