Chapter 120 The Culprit

For Kang Lun, Su Lingxi is like the moon in the sky, out of reach.

But now, Su Lingxi does not mention marriage for the time being. If he can seize the opportunity and stand out in both the imperial examination and the palace examination, the gap between him and Su Lingxi will be narrowed.

Along the way, Kang Lun's steps became lighter. Finally, his hard work in studying has more meaning.

However, Xie Yicheng's steps became heavier as he walked. The leading team has reported that a stone mountain has suddenly appeared in the open space ahead, and there are more than a dozen people trapped inside.

So, Su Lingxi did not lie.

He asked anxiously, "Have you found Wang Chunming?"

His subordinate shook his head, "Not yet, but we found tiger footprints near the stone mountain, and a severed hand with several gold rings on it."

Xie Yicheng's feet softened, it was all over, Wang Chunming died under his rule. His grandfather Wang Miao was the Minister of the Central Secretariat, but there was no such position in this dynasty, so he was the most powerful official besides Grand Tutor Xie and Prime Minister Pei.

Wang Chunming's father, Wang Duozi, was the Minister of Works. Just looking at this name, you can tell how much the Wang family wanted an heir. If Wang Chunming was gone, he would not be able to keep this black gauze hat.

Xie Yicheng didn't care about the difficult mountain road or the tigers on the mountain. He stumbled to the scene. When he saw the bodies under the boulders, he couldn't help but vomit.

The bodies were huge, and even ten strong men couldn't lift them. But they were stacked up in a regular pattern. The people under the boulders all had painful expressions, as if they were slowly dying of pain.

Xie Yicheng searched for Wang Chunming on the mountain again, but unfortunately he only found clothes torn by claws, a jade pendant on his body, and a few bones with blood stains.

When the Wang family got the news, they rushed to the mountain immediately. Wang Miao cried and almost fainted while holding his severed hand. Wang Duozi's eyes were red. He grabbed Xie Yicheng by the collar and scolded him: "How do you manage the place? How come there are tigers around the capital?"

Xie Yicheng was speechless. Although this place belongs to the capital, it is remote and is a hunting ground for aristocratic families. Isn't it normal to have wild beasts? Besides, no one put a knife on Wang Chunming's neck and asked him to bring the girl here.

To be honest, he felt that Wang Chunming deserved to die, but he only dared to think about it.

Xie Yicheng whispered, "Lord Wang, according to Miss Su's confession, it was Master Wang who bribed an expert and deliberately drove Miss Su's carriage here, wanting to marry Miss Su. He brought more than a dozen followers with him. Who could have thought that such a thing would happen.

Those followers died miserably and in strange circumstances. People who saw it said all kinds of things. I have already given a death order, not allowing them to make random guesses and discussions."

Xie Yicheng did give this death order, but he also sent his confidants down the mountain to create public opinion. Now the common people know that Wang Chunming, the number one evildoer in the capital, was punished by God, and he and his followers all died in Fuhu Mountain on the outskirts of the capital.

As for how he died, the stories were more bizarre than the last. The most popular one was that he met a fairy and was attracted by her beauty. The fairy summoned a huge rock to crush his followers to death and cut Wang Chunming's skin and bones, leaving no intact body.

The Wang family did not give up and spent a huge amount of money to hire people to conduct a carpet search of Fuhu Mountain. Except for the basic bloodstains and Wang Chunming's clothing fragments, nothing else was found. However, when they had to go down the mountain, they vaguely saw a spotted tiger and heard the tiger roar.

Wang Duozi gritted his teeth in anger. When they were searching, the tiger seemed to be invisible. Now it roared, was it provoking them?

He said like crazy: "Go up the mountain and search. I will not stop until I kill the tiger."

Unfortunately, the Wang family searched for three days and three nights, but did not find a single hair of the tiger. The Wang family's tens of thousands of taels of silver were wasted. What

was infuriating was that as soon as the people went down the mountain, the tiger would roar behind them again. After this, no one dared to go up the mountain. They said that the tiger was warning everyone that Wang Chunming's death was a punishment from heaven. If they went up the mountain again to avenge Wang Chunming, they would be the ones to die.

Now, the Wang family has announced that there will be a reward of 1,000 taels of gold for killing the tiger in Fuhu Mountain, but no one dares to claim it.

What was even more tragic was that when Wang Chunming was buried, not a single official came to pay his respects. They all thought that Wang Chunming had done many evil things, angered the heavens, and was cursed by them. They were all very unlucky, and they were afraid that bad luck would befall them.

Wang Duozi's hair turned white overnight, and when he stood with his father, he looked like a brother.

The Wang family's hundreds of years of foundation was now going to be destroyed in his hands, and there would be no one to inherit it. Some people would say that if he had a big family and a big fortune, he could just marry a few concubines and have another child.

Only Wang Duozi's wife knew that this was simply a fantasy. Wang Duozi was already incapable of walking when he was in his twenties, and now he had been seeking medical treatment for more than 20 years, but there was no improvement at all.

I thought Wang Chunming was different from my grandfather and father. He was lustful and his family didn't discipline him. They just bought a yard and took in all the women who had sex with Wang Chunming. If they got pregnant, they would keep them.

But Wang Chunming had harmed dozens of women, but none of them got pregnant. Wang Chunming was a man who liked new things and hated old things. He would throw them away after using them. Once the Wang family found out that the women had their periods, they would sweep them out of the house and threaten them not to tell anyone about the Wang family. The Wang

family indulged Wang Chunming and didn't discipline his servants. Those worthless women who were lucky enough to be kicked out could still go home.

Most of them were taken back by Wang Chunming's followers. After being tortured enough, they were either sold to brothels or bought as maids. It can be said that none of Wang Chunming and his lackeys were left unharmed.

Xiaohong saw the strong black energy on them, so she acted on behalf of heaven and eliminated harm for the people, and killed them all.

The Wang family was powerful, and Wang Chunming specifically targeted those small people without backgrounds, and Mrs. Wang did her best to clean up the mess for him. Therefore, his affairs were only circulated among the people, and no one from the aristocratic families cared about it because it was none of their business.

But once the incident happened, those dignitaries suddenly had a sense of morality and justice, and they all drew a clear line with the Wang family, accusing the Wang family of not educating their children well. No wonder the family had only one son for nine generations and no descendants.

Looking at the deserted mourning shed, thinking about Wang Chunming's torn body, with only a severed hand in the coffin, and no one coming to see him off, Old Lady Wang and Mrs. Wang cried their hearts out.

Wang Miao covered his chest and cursed: "Why are you crying? It's all your fault that you were too arrogant to him. You cleaned up his ass every day, and you developed a character that didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was. That's why he committed such a big sin and died without a complete body."

Old Lady Wang was furious: "Now you blame me for being arrogant to him. Who reminded me to keep those girls in captivity? When their family members came to the door, who ordered the servants to beat them half to death and then drive them away? You are the culprit who killed Chunming."

The family blamed each other and quarreled. A servant came to report: "Someone came to pay tribute to the young master!"