Li Erlang followed the yamen runners to the prison, where many thieves were imprisoned in the dark and damp cells.

Li Erlang followed the officer into the prison, where a foul smell of corruption hit him in the face.

Seeing the officers coming into the cell, many people ran to the prison door and shouted, "It's unfair, sir!"

The cries that came one after another made people's scalps numb. The jailer whipped them a few times before they quieted down.

The yamen runner took Li Erlang to the innermost cell and stopped.

At this time, Liu Zhong was sitting on the ground with chains on his hands and feet. He didn't wake up until he saw the person standing in front of the door. He staggered to the door and shook it desperately, shouting: "I didn't kill anyone, I didn't kill anyone!"

The jailer, annoyed by his yelling, whipped him and cursed, "How many people in this prison admit their guilt? You'd better behave yourself. If you keep making noise, I'll whip you to death!"

After being whipped, Liu Zhong no longer dared to go crazy. He curled up and collapsed.

The prison door opened with a loud noise. Liu Zhong raised his head and saw Li Erlang walking towards him with eyes full of resentment.

He said viciously to the person in front of him, "You are satisfied with harming me like this?"

Li Erlang was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and handed the divorce letter to the yamen runner: "Trouble!"

The yamen runner politely took the divorce agreement, walked up to Liu Zhong, took his hand, cut a cut on it, and pressed it on the divorce agreement.

The bright red bloodstains were very glaring on the white paper.

Liu Zhong watched helplessly as he pressed his fingerprints on the divorce papers.

He struggled desperately, but to no avail.

I am just a weak scholar, how can I resist the yamen runners who are used to doing rough work.

The bailiff handed the divorce agreement with fingerprints to Li Erlang, and the two of them left the cell together.

Liu Zhong looked at Li Erlang, who had never even looked at him, and was shaking with anger. How could he have ended up in such a situation?

When Li Erlang walked out of the cell, he saw a woman crying at the gate of the county government office.

Hearing the voice, Liu Zhong knew without even looking that the crying woman was Zhang.

It turned out that when Clan Leader Liu returned to the village, he happened to meet Zhang who was standing at the intersection looking around. Not seeing his son, Zhang hurriedly asked Clan Leader Liu where his son was.

Clan leader Liu was very angry, but he suppressed his anger and told Zhang about Liu Zhong being taken away by the government office.

When Zhang heard the clan leader say this, she felt like she was struck by lightning.

She didn't bother to think too much and went straight to the county government office.

It was obvious that Zhang was used to being bossy, and when she couldn't see her son, she started to throw a tantrum at the gate of the county government office.

He was eventually caught by the police and beaten with twenty sticks in front of the county government office in public as a warning to others.

Li Erlang had no intention of watching Zhang's miserable plight. He just wanted to go home early and hand the divorce letter to his sister.

After returning home, Li Erlang gave the divorce letter to his younger sister, who cried with joy.

The dark clouds hanging over the Li family finally dissipated.

In the evening, Mrs. Wu prepared a large table of food, and everyone gathered together except for the eldest cousin who was not there.

Today, Mrs. Wu was not as stingy as usual and took out all her treasures.

The table was piled with food, and the whole family sat around it, happily eating the reunion dinner.

Dayong couldn't help feeling sad when he saw such a happy family. His parents were gone, and he hadn't found his sister's home yet.

Li Yan noticed the boy's depressed mood and whispered in his ear, "Don't worry, my uncle will be back soon, and I'll ask him for help! I'll definitely send you to your sister's house!"

When the boy heard Li Yan say this, he felt both happy and sad.

These days of wandering made him understand a lot of things. He missed his sister, the only relative in the world, and was worried that he would bring trouble to his sister.

He doesn't know how his sister is doing at her brother-in-law's house?