Chapter 119 - Trust and Good news! (1/2)

Chapter 119: Trust and Good news!

Seeing Lin Yuelan’s surprised look, Jiang Zhennan said in a somewhat stunned manner, “This country’s Law of Filial Piety has too iving birth to therow up, these sah to ask thes from their abandoned children

“This is a common occurrence all over the country Many shameless parents have forced their children to co into the river

“Theofficial of the Iive his brother and nephew official positions and to hand over hisOtherwise, they would report hieous was that his parents had used this high-ranking official’s position to accept a large number of bribes

“The official was reported by his political eneated and found out that his parents had been doing it behind his back According to the law, he had to bear all the bla official jumped into the river Fortunately, he was discovered in time and was saved

“However, he had to bear ten years of imprisonment, but the Emperor took pity on him and spared him from prison He even allowed him to continue to hold an official position, but he could only receive 30 of his salary to support his farateful to the Emperor

“However, this official’s parents were one Thus, they threatened their son with the law again They de him to court

“The official was thus forced to deo, he was found to have not only embezzled the money of the victims in disaster relief areas but also from the military

“When this matter was reported, he had already embezzled at least ten million taels of silver in just a short three years The ery that he sentenced the official to decapitation

“Before the official died, he said famously, ‘to be clean, I am unfilial; to be filial, I have to be dirty!’

“The official wanted to be a good and honest public servant to the Emperor, but he had no choice but to serve his parents The law forced him to obey his parents unconditionally, or he’d be sent to court

“Therefore, he only had two choices He could choose not to be an incorruptible official, but he would be sued by his own parents If he wanted to be a filial son, he couldn’t be an honest and good official

“The E his words

“They immediately tracked down the whereabouts of the ten million taels of silver Later, they found the ten million taels of silver in his family’s basement The inspector checked the account book and found that not a single tael wasThey also found another account book in a box

“The account book had a complete record of the source of the silver The account book also had a e left for the emperor