Lu Guodong, far from hastily bowing his head to admit his errors, relied on his connection as a relative by marriage of the Yang family and ordered his servants to beat those men to death. A fierce brawl erupted, and somehow Lu Guodong's legs were broken, rendering him completely crippled.
Insulting a respectable woman in Yongchang Town was punishable by fifty heavy strokes, but considering Lu Guodong's serious injuries, Magistrate Zhou exempted him from corporal punishment. Naturally, the woman's family was no longer held responsible.
Madam Jia, wailing and shouting that those people should pay with their lives, was sternly reprimanded by Marquis Xuanping, and she was so frightened that she dared not make any more fuss.
After examining Lu Guodong's injuries, Yang Mengchen was confident she could heal him, but she chose not to.
Doctor Luo and Yang Cheng'an, among others, also kept silent
