Chapter 58: Twenty Whips Each
Wang hugged Xia Qingping tightly. Xia Qingping's face was flushed red. He was unconscious due to fever and might even twitch a few times.
Xia Xing'er ignored his gaze and said leisurely, "This child must have caught a cold last night, causing a fever and convulsions. If you don't believe me, just find a doctor and he will tell you whether what I said is true or not."
"It's not because of eating the chicken butt we gave you!"
When Xia Chengsheng heard his daughter say this, there was nothing he didn't understand.
"You idiot! Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. How could you be so cruel? Your own child is so badly burned, but you don't care about getting him medical help. Instead, you're trying to use the child to extort money from us and ask for favors?"
He became more and more angry as he spoke, and picked up the stick beside him and hit Xia Chengwen twice.
"Our child felt sorry for your son and kindly gave him a chicken butt to eat, but he was actually slandered. It's really unrewarding for kindness. You deserve not to have any chicken butt to eat!"
The people in the hospital were also shocked by Xia Chengwen's shamelessness. They had to stay away from such people in the future, otherwise they might be blackmailed by him one day.
My family is not as stubborn as the Xia family, but I feel sorry for the child.
I don’t know what sins I committed in my previous life to have such parents!
Xia Chengwen stiffened his neck and continued to argue, "Even if it was caused by a cold, so what? If it wasn't for the fact that you cooked meat and the aroma drifted over to us, the child would have run out and caught a cold, and then eaten your food, how could he have had a fever and become unconscious!"
You won’t cry until you see the coffin!
Xia Xing'er said coldly, "Alright, let's call a doctor. Let's see when the child caught a cold and whether it was caused by eating chicken butt. Anyway, the child is already in this state, so we must see a doctor."
Xia Chengsheng also agreed with his daughter's words: "Let's call a doctor and check the child quickly. Don't let the fever make him stupid. This will also prove our innocence."
Xia Chengwen was not willing to call a doctor. He knew his son's condition better than anyone else, and if the doctor came, everything would be exposed.
No, you must not call a doctor!
Xia Xing'er knew exactly what Xia Chengwen was thinking. She looked at him with amusement and said, "Why are you so reluctant to see a doctor? Don't you want to treat your son's illness?"
"If the doctor is sure that your son's condition is caused by eating our food, we will have to compensate him. Don't you want compensation? Or are you feeling guilty?"
As soon as Xia Xing'er finished her last sentence, Xia Chengwen's expression changed immediately! Wasn't it because Xia Xing'er had said it right? He was indeed feeling guilty.
The more guilty she felt, the more she had to pretend, and she could only cover it up by raising her voice: "What nonsense are you talking about, you abandoned woman? He is my biological son, my only son. How can I not feel sorry for him? How can I harm him?"
Xia Xing'er just said that casually, but she didn't expect Xia Chengwen to react so strongly. This is really intriguing. And Wang, from the beginning until now, just hugged the child and cried, without saying a word.
Given how much Wang values her son, in the past, she would have gone to see a doctor without anyone reminding her.
This is just her guess now, and the specific situation needs further investigation.
"We're asking to see a doctor. You're not going to stop us from finding one, are you? The longer we delay, the worse your son's condition will get. What if... your son dies accidentally? Will we be the ones to blame then?"
Xia Xing'er can cure Xia Qingping's illness by taking out some spiritual spring water or rejuvenation pills from the space.
Knowing that they were trying to blackmail her, they definitely didn't want her to cure him, and she didn't want to waste her things on this heartless family.
The best thing to do now is to find a doctor.
Xia Chengwen didn't expect that Xia Chengsheng's family, who had always suffered losses in silence, would now play by their own rules.
In the past, in such a situation, they would definitely spend money to avoid disaster. If they wanted to blame someone, they should blame Xia Xing'er, the evil star, for not playing by the rules and ruining his good fortune.
And she guessed all his thoughts, which was really poisonous.
He looked at Liu Dameng for help. Now he could only place all his hopes on this official.
Liu Dameng had just accepted a full fifty taels of silver from Xia Chengwen. Although he knew that Xia Chengwen was trying to blackmail Xia Chengsheng and the others, he would still side with Xia Chengwen, because he was a capable person.
What's more, he also wanted to taste Xia Xing'er. How could he let go of such a good opportunity?
So he chimed in, "Have you all forgotten your current identities? You still think you're a marquis or princess? You're just exiles now. Do I need to explain to you what an exile is?"
"You still want to see a doctor? Don't you think it's ridiculous?"
After all the ridicule, he felt much more cheerful and continued, "Whatever the doctor says, whatever needs to be said, is up to us. If I say this matter has something to do with you, then it has something to do with you!"
"Exiles are prohibited from fighting each other. You knowingly broke the law and dared to do it in front of me. What else are you afraid of?"
Xia Chengwen felt that with Liu Dameng in charge, his situation was stable and all the beatings he had suffered before were worth it.
Seeing Xia Chengsheng and the others as angry as hippos, he could only hold it in, not to mention how proud he was.
"Sir, people like them should be whipped. If they don't get a beating, they won't learn their lesson. You're beating them for their own good. They need to remember your kindness."
"After the fight, I have to make them pay me some silver, and they have to give me the donkey cart as compensation. My son is in such a state now that he definitely can't walk and can only take a car. Thank you for your hard work, I will give you half of the silver when the time comes!"
Anyone who lived in the dormitory was watching the fun, and they were also jealous of Xia Chengsheng's family.
They were all exiled prisoners, so why did they live so well, eat so well, have their chains and shackles removed, and even ride in donkey carts?
The Xia family members were especially worse. They felt that it was all Xia Chengsheng's family that had implicated them. They were happy to watch the show when they saw Xia Chengsheng's family suffer a setback.
Some even thought that if Xia Chengwen could get benefits today, they could follow his example later.
The Xia family saw and remembered everyone's malice.
Xia Chengsheng looked directly at Liu Dameng and said, "Then what do you want to do?"
"What else can we do? Of course we will punish them. Those who cause trouble will receive twenty lashes each, close relatives will receive ten lashes each, you and your three grandchildren will receive twenty lashes each, and everyone else will receive ten lashes. If anyone refuses to obey, they will receive an additional ten lashes."
Liu Dameng looked at Xia Xing'er unscrupulously. The more he looked at her, the more itchy he became. He wanted to pounce on her immediately.
"But there's still room for maneuver. As long as you're willing to give me a good time, then everything can be negotiated."
"Your three nephews are still young. I don't know if they'll survive after twenty lashes."
He reached out to touch Xia Xing'er's face and said, "You have such a beautiful face and fair skin. It would be bad if you got a scar."
"If you make me feel good a few more times, I'll spare your whole family, otherwise..."
Liu Dameng snorted coldly: "Not only will you be whipped, but you will also have to pay Xia Chengwen two thousand taels of silver as compensation, and you have to compensate them for this donkey cart as well."
Liu Dameng didn't think that Xia Chengsheng's family would refuse.
He had done this kind of thing many times when escorting prisoners in the past.
Those people were not high-ranking officials before, but they offered themselves to him for fun, and those men didn't dare to say a word.
He was not afraid that Xia Xing'er would disagree. As long as her two sisters-in-law and brother wanted to save their son, they would definitely push her out.
After all, it wouldn't cost Xia Xing'er her life. It would just mean sleeping with the officer to save the lives of her three nephews. They would definitely know what was more important.
Besides, Xia Xing'er is a divorced woman, not a virgin, so it is a blessing for her to be slept with by him.
Liu Dameng thought it was a sure thing, but he didn't expect to hit a wall this time.
The entire Xia family glared at him and clenched their fists.
The two sisters-in-law of the Xia family looked at him with fiery eyes.
Xia Chengsheng angrily retorted, "Why don't you just take a piss and look at yourself? You're still dreaming of touching my daughter. Do you think you're worthy?"
Zhuge Pei held a rolling pin in his hand and said angrily: "Let me see whether your whip is stronger or my rolling pin is faster."
"If you ever look at my sister with that disgusting look again, I'll gouge your eyes out and stomp on them like light bulbs!"
Xia Qingfeng walked up to Xia Xing'er and faced Liu Dameng directly!
The Xia family, young and old, surrounded Xia Xing'er, looking like they were ready to fight at any time.
Xia Chengwen was anxious: "Officer, you can't let them go. We haven't received the compensation yet. Just think about it, that's a lot of money. With that money, you can find any woman you want!"
No, he absolutely cannot let that woman Xia Xing'er follow Liu Dameng, otherwise he will lose everything and gain nothing, and he will even have to pay out fifty taels of silver.
Although he hated Xia Chengsheng's family, to be honest, Xia Xing'er was really beautiful. There was no woman in the entire exile team who could compare to her.
If it were him, he would probably die under the peony flowers and be a romantic ghost. How could he let go of such a beauty so easily?
At that time, Xia Xing'er would use the officials to punish them. It was horrible to think about it and it was unacceptable.
"Officer..."
Xia Chengwen wanted to persuade Liu Dameng again, but Liu Dameng had just suffered a loss at the hands of Xia Chengsheng's family and had nowhere to vent his anger. He also wanted to teach him how to do things, but his uncle could not tolerate his aunt: "What's the matter? I need you to teach me how to do things!"
Xia Chengwen was not that stubborn, but he did not dare to offend Liu Dameng for fear of being whipped.
Liu Dameng had never been treated so humiliatingly by anyone. Ever since he became an escort officer, the exiles and their relatives all respected him, praised him, and put his words first.
"You're so shameless! Today I'm going to start with these three brats. Let's see what you can do to me!"
Liu Dameng shook his wrist violently, and the whip came out like a poisonous snake coming out of a hole, rushing towards Xia Ziyu's tender face with a whistling sound.
Xia Ziyu was shocked, and a hint of fear flashed in the little guy's eyes, but he did not retreat at all.
Xia Xing'er was right behind Xia Ziyu. At this critical moment, Xia Xing'er flashed and pulled Xia Ziyu back.
As swift as a cheetah hunting, her seemingly soft and boneless hands accurately grabbed the whip that Liu Damenghui was throwing at her.
The whip tail vibrated violently in the air, making a "pa pa" sound, which formed a sharp contrast with Xia Xing'er's tightly clenched hands, as if it was a fierce confrontation between two forces.
Her face flushed slightly due to the exertion, and her eyes flashed with a cold light as she met Liu Dameng's eyes full of disdain and rage.
Xia Xing'er's hand locked onto the whip like an iron clamp, and the whip that was originally whistling towards her suddenly stopped a few inches in front of her palm.
Her eyes were as sharp as torches, staring directly at Liu Dameng. Liu Dameng shrank back when he saw her eyes.
"You, dare..." Liu Dameng roared angrily for a while, and felt an unprecedented force coming from the end of the whip, which made his wrist hurt.
He was shocked and tried to use more force to take back the whip, but found that the seemingly slender arm was as unshakable as a rock.
"You are openly defying the police. This is a serious crime. Even if I kill you all today, it is only natural!"
In fact, he was already very scared in his heart. He clearly felt that the other party was much stronger than him and could kill him at any time.
Xia Xing'er just said "Oh" and let go of the whip. She used her internal strength to whip Liu Dameng's eyes directly.
With a cry of "Ah", Liu Dameng threw away the whip in his hand, cupped his hands, and his eyes jumped wildly.
The Xia family felt relieved. Liu Dameng's eyes were so disgusting that they had long wanted to dig out those dead fish eyes.
Xia Xing'er did what they dared not do!
Everyone else in the yard was frightened by Xia Xing'er's move. They were all trying to figure out if they had offended this family. This woman was really cruel.
Dong shrank her neck in the crowd. She was actually a little glad that Xia Xing'er still showed mercy to her.
He patted his chest and said, "Fortunately, she didn't jump out to cause trouble, otherwise the whip would have been swung on me today."
Her frail body couldn't bear it. Didn't you see that blood was flowing out from between the officer's fingers? It showed how cruel he was.
This officer's eyes must be worn out.
Xia Chengwen was so scared that his legs were shaking, and a foul-smelling liquid was flowing down between his legs.
Xia Xing'er spoke slowly, as if nothing had happened: "We are exiled prisoners and are not eligible to hire a doctor. I wonder if you, an official, are eligible to hire a doctor?"
“Ahhhh, my eyes, my eyes, you bitch, I’m going to kill you, you bitch, ahhh…”
Liu Dameng was running around like a madman, and everyone in the yard was scared and stayed away from him.
They were all frightened by his appearance.
Zhang San and Wang Xiaoer went to the county magistrate to get the stamp early in the morning and just arrived at the door of the post station.
Then a young policeman ran out in a hurry and almost bumped into them.
Zhang San firmly grasped his arm and asked, "Why are you running so fast? Is there a ghost chasing you?"
The young officer Xu Da steadied his pace and said anxiously, "That...that boss, that girl from the Xia family blinded...blind Liu Dameng's eyes!"
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