Chapter 181 Heartache, Divorce

"Of course we should beat him up."

Shen Chu turned her head and glanced at Pei Yuan, "Listen to what he said. I can't vent my anger without beating him up."

"Sixth Brother, let me go, I promise I'll come back after I beat him up."

Pei Yuan looked helpless.

"Didn't you say you were inviting me to a play? How come you have a scene during the intermission?"

Shen Chu chuckled, "My scenes are later, they were added on the spot."

Mainly, I simply can't stand Jiang Hongzhi's disgusting face.

Pei Yuan tapped him with his jade-bone fan, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"Stay put. This is their family matter. Why are you getting involved?"

Could it be that he felt sorry for the girl because he saw her being mistreated?

Shen Chu glanced at Zhang Lan, whose face had turned pale with anger, and nodded.

After all, she was just of marriageable age, her own father had murdered her, bandits had taken advantage of her, and now she had to deal with the sordid affair between her parents.

If this were an ordinary girl, she would have already cried and slit her throat.

It's truly remarkable that Zhang Lan has managed to persevere until now.

Shen Chu sighed and followed Pei Yuan's words, saying, "Yes, it really hurts."

Pei Yuan frowned slightly, feeling inexplicably displeased.

Then she saw that Shen Chu was staring intently at Zhang Lan.

They were even exchanging flirtatious glances!

Pei Yuan's face darkened even more.

Shen Chu didn't notice his expression; she was silently raising her fist to encourage Zhang Lan.

It was unexpected that Jiang Hongzhi would say such shameless things.

But she and Zhang Lan analyzed the possible scenarios yesterday.

When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it.

Receiving an encouraging look from Shen Chu, Zhang Lan took a deep breath and clenched her fist.

The opportunity that Seventh Brother had worked so hard to secure for her was one she was determined to personally tear off Jiang Hongzhi's hypocritical mask and ruin his reputation.

Only in this way can the hatred in her mother's heart be relieved.

Zhang Lan stepped forward and stood in front of Madam Zhang.

"None of you should try to smear my mother. Since he married into the Zhang family, he should abide by the Zhang family's rules."

Now that he has broken the rules, he is no longer worthy of being a member of the Zhang family, and my mother can divorce him.

Jiang's mother glanced at her with disdain and waved Zhang Lan aside.

"You little brat, what business is it of yours to talk about adult matters?"

I am your biological grandmother, and Hongzhi is your biological father.

"How dare you, a junior, speak ill of your elders? Have you forgotten all the proper etiquette and manners you've learned?"

Jiang's mother pushed Zhang Lan aside, put her hands on her hips, and said to Madam Zhang:

"Now that you know everything, I suggest we live in separate rooms from now on."

Chen is the wife my son married into the Jiang family. As for you, you will remain in the Zhang family.

Both Chen and you are legal wives, so I'm burdened with the responsibility of caring for both of you, and my son has to run around between them.

"If you accept this condition, I will acknowledge you and your daughter as members of the Jiang family."

Zhang Lan was amused by Jiang's mother's words, "You're dreaming. You want both ends to be big?"

Jiang Hongzhi frowned and looked at Madam Zhang with a sad expression, saying, "Madam, things have come to this point, and all the blame lies with me."

Ms. Chen was my parents' savior, and she was also deeply devoted to me. She even bore me a son and a daughter. I cannot let her down.

"Please, Madam, have mercy and let them go. I promise they won't bother you again."

After saying that, he gave Chen a wink.

Mrs. Chen quickly dragged her two children to kneel on the ground and pleaded:

"Sister, please, for the sake of my deep love for Jiang Lang and my two children, grant me a proper status."

Zhang Lan was furious with the shameless couple.

She mustered her courage and spat at them fiercely.

"Pah, don't call my mother 'sister,' she doesn't have a younger sister."

She pointed at Jiang Hongzhi, "And you, since you're so forced to compromise, I'll grant your wish."

"Mother, write him a letter of divorce."

Madam Zhang snapped out of her daze and looked coldly at Jiang Hongzhi. "Someone, bring me paper and pen."

The Zhang family steward busily prepared paper and pen and handed them over.

Madam Zhang quickly wrote a letter of divorce, bit her finger to draw blood, and then threw it at Jiang Hongzhi's face.

"We've been married for sixteen years, and I believe I have a clear conscience towards you."

Now that you have betrayed me first, I am divorcing you.

"Jiang Hongzhi, I want you to leave with nothing. You won't get a single penny of the Zhang family's assets."

The divorce letter, a thin piece of paper, slapped Jiang Hongzhi across the face.

Throughout history, only men have divorced their wives; never has a woman divorced her husband.

Madam Zhang was clearly tearing off his face and rubbing it on the ground.

What made him even more unwilling was that he had the Zhang family firmly in his grasp and could not afford to see them destroyed at this moment.

Jiang Hongzhi clutched the letter of divorce, his expression one of utter grief.

"Madam, how can you just give up on our relationship of so many years and abandon me like this?"

I was in the wrong regarding the Chen family matter, but that doesn't warrant you divorcing me.

I think it's obvious that Madam has other plans in mind and is deliberately using this incident to try and get rid of me.

Now that things have come to this, they're even turning around and blaming others.

Madam Zhang sneered, "I will divorce you, not just because you betrayed me."

"And even more so because you are a beast in human form, in order to seize the Zhang family's property, you actually colluded with bandits, had them kill me and Lan'er, and then framed the county magistrate."

Madam Zhang's voice was clear and loud, causing everyone around her to gasp in surprise.

"Really? Jiang Hongzhi is the one colluding with bandits?"

"My God, letting bandits kill your wife and daughter, what's the difference between that and doing it yourself?"

"What a hypocrite!"

"If you have children born to a mistress, you naturally won't care whether Miss Zhang lives or dies."

Jiang Hongzhi's expression changed drastically when Zhang Lan said those words, but he quickly concealed his emotions and looked at Madam Zhang with a wronged expression.

"I know you were captured by bandits and you must have suffered a lot, right?"

The thought of this makes my heart ache, but I really didn't do it.

"Without any evidence, why are you slandering me like this?"

As he spoke, he grabbed Madam Zhang's hand, "Madam, you've really misunderstood me."

Madam Zhang was so disgusted by his shamelessness that she was speechless for a moment.

Zhang Lan sneered, "Even now you still won't admit it. If it weren't for the fact that my mother and I were lucky enough to be saved, we would have been dead by bandits long ago."

This was the explanation that Seventh Brother had come up with for her to protect her reputation.

"You want evidence, right? Here's the evidence."

As soon as Zhang Lan finished speaking, two Flying Eagle Guards escorted Lei Ying over.

The onlookers quickly recognized him.

"This is the bandit leader of Leigongzhai."

"Could it be that the bandits of Leigong Village have been captured?"

When Jiang Hongzhi saw Lei Ying, he was so shocked he almost jumped up.

Lei Gongzhai had been terrorizing Anhua for years, and Lei Ying was very skilled, so how could he have been captured?

Where did Zhang Lan find her helpers?

Before he could even figure it out, Lei Ying was already pinned to the ground, pointing at Jiang Hongzhi and saying:

"He revealed the route of Madam Zhang's cargo to me, so that I could lead men down the mountain to kill Madam Zhang and Miss Zhang."

The people at the scene were so shocked that they didn't know what expression to wear.

I was mainly angry and shocked.

It was infuriating that Jiang Hongzhi, whom everyone praised for his deep affection and loyalty, turned out to be a beast in human form, whose actions were utterly outrageous.

Shockingly, the bandit stronghold that had been rampant in Anhua for over a decade was wiped out overnight.

Did things become peaceful in Anhua after that?

Which hero has come to patrol the mountain?