As Zhou Yu and the others were at a loss, a figure hurried into the Chang'an County Government. Upon seeing him, Zhou Yu felt as if he had seen a savior and immediately ran up to him, grabbing his arm and saying, "Father, save me!"
He knew the terror of the punishment rod, and with ninety strikes, he might not die but would certainly be half dead.
The middle-aged man who had rushed into the county government glared at him fiercely, ignored him, and instead forcefully shook off his hand. He walked over to County Captain Wang, apologized, and said, "Lord Wang, I am truly sorry. Zhou here has failed to discipline his child properly, causing you trouble. Lord Wang, please do not consider my position; pass whatever judgment you see fit. I will take them back later and punish them severely myself!"
Although the Minister of Transportation was of the fifth rank, equal to that of the Chang'an County Magistrate, he was very polite in front of the seventh-rank County Magistrate Wang.
