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who is the re culprit according to the king?why does he escape punishment
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Answer 1

The merchant ' so father was held responsible for making the wall weak . But he was not living now. So, the merchant was to be punished in place of his father. But he escaped the punishment because he was so things that he could not be executed properly in the stake.

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Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment?

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The merchant’s dead father was held responsible for making the wall weak. But according to the king the rich merchant was the real culprit because he had inherited both sins and riches of his father. He escaped the punishment because he was too thin to fit the stake.