At this moment, Pei Liang was hunched over, his once well-fitting long robe hanging down, revealing his thin skin and bones underneath.
"It's that bitch! It's that bitch! My son wouldn't be dead if it weren't for her!"
"I will use her corpse as an eternal flame! I will make sure this bitch never rests in peace!"
"Hahahaha! Hahahaha!"
Pei Liang was laughing! Laughing maniacally! Just like Pei Shaoji that day.
Suddenly, Pei Liang turned his head and stared intently at Mu Zi'an, like a wild beast.
"Do you know how I turned her into wax?"
"I tied her up tightly! Then I drove steel nails into her joints so she couldn't move!"
"What good will it do if she's in pain and cries out?"
"Finally, they pried open her mouth and poured the scalding hot wax directly inside!"
"That taste! Tsk tsk tsk~"
"It must be worse than death."
Pei Liang revealed a perverted smile as he vividly described the beastly acts he had committed.
Mu Zian clenched his fists, his eyes filled with an overwhelming coldness.
The old woman following behind Mu Zi'an collapsed to the ground.
She couldn't believe that the woman kneeling in the cubicle, being turned into wax, was her own daughter.
"Ling'er! My poor Ling'er!"
"It's all my fault! It's all my fault! I shouldn't have let you come to the Pei family!"
The old woman cried out, and two lines of bloody tears streamed down her face.
It was only at this moment that Mu Zian realized that he was not living in a peaceful and civilized era!
This is a backward and ignorant barbaric era disguised as civilization!
In the eyes of these powerful and wealthy families, human life is no different from that of pigs and dogs on the roadside!
Pei Liang smiled as he looked at Mu Zi'an's frosty face and slowly straightened his chest.
"She got a good deal by trading a maid for my son's life."
“I will build her a grand tomb, so that the candle in her mouth will never go out. This will comfort my son’s spirit in heaven.”
As he spoke, Pei Liang asked in a seemingly provocative manner.
"Does the Duke of Zhenguo still want to take this corpse away?"
Mu Zian remained silent, but simply took a step forward!
An endless killing intent enveloped the entire mourning hall!
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Countless members of the Pei family, dressed in mourning clothes, stepped forward to form a human wall in front of the coffin.
"What does the Duke of Zhenguo want to do?"
"Do you want my elder brother to never find peace even after death?"
"That's right! My Pei family is a scholarly family! A prominent clan in Dali! How dare you, a duke, insult my Pei family!"
"My father is the current Grand Master of Ceremonies!"
"My brother is a Hanlin Academician! We are all scholars! We reside in the Imperial Academy!"
"I refuse to believe you can kill us all today!"
All the Pei family disciples present glared angrily!
In their eyes, Mu Zi'an was trying to take this opportunity to cause a scene at the funeral hall and disgrace his family!
There was not a trace of guilt or discomfort in turning living people into wax!
Perhaps in their eyes, maids and servants were not considered human beings, but merely part of their assets.
At this moment, Mu Zian's anger had been suppressed to the extreme!
But at that very moment! A shout came from outside the Pei family's gate.
"The magistrate of Qinghe County has arrived!"
The next moment, the people gathered at the entrance of the Pei family mansion were violently driven away!
Then a middle-aged man in a light green official robe walked into the mourning hall, surrounded by yamen runners.
Upon seeing Mu Zian, the magistrate of Qinghe County feigned panic and stepped forward to bow and greet him.
"Your humble servant, Chen Yuanbai, Magistrate of Qinghe County, pays respects to the Duke of Zhenguo!"
Mu Zian did not speak.
The magistrate of Qinghe County is clearly in cahoots with the Pei family.
Seeing that Mu Zian ignored him, Chen Yuanbai was not angry, but continued to speak.
"Today is the funeral of the third young master of the Pei family. As the saying goes, the dead should be respected. I beg the Duke of Zhenguo to give me some face and not cause any trouble."
When people are speechless to the extreme, they can actually laugh.
Mu Zian looked at Chen Yuanbai in front of him and asked in a cold voice.
"You think it's the Duke of our country causing trouble?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yuanbai looked around. Outside the door were a large crowd of onlookers, while inside, countless Pei family disciples formed a human wall in front of the coffin.
Chen Yuanbai feigned a puzzled expression, as if asking Mu Zian, "Isn't that right?"
Upon seeing this, Zhao Yun angrily rebuked him.
"You are the local officials! How can you stand by and watch your people be turned into living wax figures!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yuanbai showed a horrified expression.
“This official dares not speak nonsense! I, Chen, have served as an official in Qinghe County for more than ten years, and I have always acted in accordance with the law without any negligence. You cannot slander my innocence for no reason.”
Zhao Yun was furious upon hearing this and pointed at the cubicle, shouting at it.
"Are you blind?"
Chen Yuanbai looked in the direction Zhao Yun was pointing, and then looked shocked.
He then turned to Pei Liang, who was standing beside the coffin, and asked.
"Oh dear! What's going on, Patriarch Pei?"
Pei Liang smiled upon hearing this.
“This vile woman killed my son, so naturally I will make her pay with her life.”
"Besides, this wretched woman is a private slave of my Pei family. Her life and death are entirely up to me. What business is it of anyone else's?"
After saying that, Pei Liang revealed a mocking smile.
"Bring the slave contract here for the magistrate to review."
The next moment, a servant handed a document to Chen Yuanbai.
After carefully reading the document, Chen Yuanbai turned to Mu Zian and said.
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