Chapter 45: Compensation_1
Before long, Lizheng indeed sent someone to summon Jiang Sanlang to the village hall for questioning.
Jiang Dalang went with his third younger brother, leaving his second brother behind to look after Yingbao and Dalu.
The village hall was where Lizheng and the Xiang Zhi worked, and today it would serve as the place where the culprits would be interrogated. Lizheng was in charge of the process.
It was already evening, and lanterns were hung high in the courtyard of the village hall. Several torches were also set up around, illuminating the entire courtyard.
Quite a few people crouched against the courtyard wall. They were the guarantors of the three culprits, amounting to twenty or thirty in total.
For several guarantors who were too old, their sons took their places to receive the punishment, each being beaten with twenty planks.
As the village men were limited in number, they had to take turns administering the punishment.