The more Meng Yongfu thought about it, the more he felt that the problem lay with the baby left behind by the Meng couple.

He understood the principle of eradicating the root of the problem.

However, this was his first time killing someone. After the incident, he fell seriously ill when he returned home. When he arrived at Zhengjia Village, the Zheng family's house and land had already been seized by the Zheng clan, and the little baby left behind by the Zheng couple had also disappeared.

To avoid arousing suspicion, he dared not search openly, but could only search secretly. He searched for two or three months, covering almost the entire area around the Zheng family, but he could not find anyone. So the matter had to be dropped.

After all, the little child wasn't at the scene of the incident and was only three or four years old; he might have been snatched away by wild wolves in the mountains long ago.

Seeing his almost manic expression, Su Hua's almond-shaped eyes darted around. "What little baby? Could it be that the Zheng couple still have bloodlines in the world?"

I had no idea that Master Meng was such a soft-hearted man; he could kill an unborn baby, yet he let a little child escape!

"What do you mean by that?" Upon hearing this, the man's hard-won confidence vanished, replaced by suspicion and uncertainty in his eyes.

"You don't recognize the Zheng family's little child! Then how do you know about the Zheng couple? Could it really be a ghost visiting you in a dream...?"

"Who knows?" Su Hua smiled noncommittally. "Perhaps it really is a ghost appearing in my dream."

"What ghosts in dreams? It's all fake! The vengeful ghosts are fake, the King of Hell is fake, those ghost soldiers are all fake, even the underworld is fake. You made all this up to lure me into this trap!" The man rushed toward Su Hua with a crazed look on his face, but his feet were already shackled, and he could only take two steps before he could go no further.

His expression gradually turned mad. "Su Hua! It's all your fault! If you hadn't interfered, this matter would have been buried underground with the Zheng family's bones, never to see the light of day again."

Why! Why do you insist on opposing the Meng family?

Three years! A full three years! I toiled for over a thousand days and nights, finally managing to have a few good days, and now you've ruined them all!

You and the Zheng family are all the same, you all deserve to die, you should just die already...

"Insolence!" Qingdai shouted coldly, flicked her wide sleeves, and threw a small pebble straight at the man's mouth.

"If you keep spewing such foul language, I don't mind tearing your mouth off before you go to the county government office."

Meng Yongfu couldn't avoid it in time, and by the time he realized what was happening, his two front teeth, mixed with blood, had already fallen to the ground.

The man's manic expression faltered for a moment, then his eyes filled with hatred. "Where did this brat come from? How dare you hit me! I'm going to the county office to sue you! I'll make sure you're in jail until you die..."

Seeing his eccentric appearance, the villagers all took a step back.

Meng Fu was so anxious that he was covered in cold sweat.

She quickly grabbed him, "Father, this isn't the time to worry about these things! Tell the officers that I knew nothing about you killing the Zheng family members! I'm so young, I don't want to go to jail..."

Distracted, Meng Yongfu calmed down a bit, but looking at his son who was only concerned about himself, a sense of sorrow suddenly arose in his heart.

The person he pampered and spoiled for seventeen years turned out to be such a person!

When faced with a life-or-death situation, he showed no concern or worry for his father, only thinking about whether he would go to jail.

But he only has one son. If something were to happen to him, he would truly be childless and without descendants. After his death, there would be no one to collect his body and offer incense.

The man had no choice but to grit his teeth and plead with the constable Xu, "Sir, I was the one who orchestrated the Zheng couple's affair. My son knew nothing about it. Please release him."

Xu, the yamen runner, gestured with his hand, "There's no need to say anything more. Whether it's related or not is not up to you or us. Everything has to wait until the county magistrate has investigated before a conclusion is reached."

After saying that, he ignored him and bid farewell to Su Hua. Then he ordered his men to escort the man to the village entrance.

Meng Yongfu was pushed and shoved as he walked out the door.

Looking back at the blue brick house and the girl standing calmly in the middle of the courtyard, a feeling of resentment welled up in his heart again.

She hurriedly grabbed the door frame, "Su Hua, tell me, who exactly told you about the Zheng family's affairs?"

Tell me, please tell me... at least... at least let me leave in peace.

With witnesses and physical evidence, he will have no chance of survival this time he goes to the county government.

But he was truly unwilling to accept it.

He knew that killing to seize the property was wrong. After killing the Zheng couple, he had hardly slept well for the past three years.

The noodle shop was forced to close down due to the pressure from the Su family restaurant, and the land he bought and the money he had saved were all gambled away by his son. He had already suffered retribution.

He didn't want to dwell on it anymore. He just wanted to wait until his injuries were fully healed before starting over in a county where no one knew him. He had already thought of a place and was even looking for a spot to set up his stall.

But just at this crucial moment, Su Hua exposed the Zheng family's affairs, and all his plans were ruined overnight.

When they took shelter from the rain in the dilapidated temple three years ago, there was no fourth person present. So how could they have been exposed three years later?

He couldn't die in peace if he didn't know the reason behind it.