Chapter 11 Encountering Thugs
Chapter Eleven: Encountering a Thug
After applying the medicine, Shen Tang stood up and saw a large patch of blood on Meng Huaiyan's chest. She exclaimed, "What happened?"
He was about to go forward to take a look when Meng Huaiyan stopped him.
"Give me the medicine, I'll take it myself."
His tone was calm and composed, no different from usual, but Shen Tang inexplicably sensed that he was somewhat displeased.
Everything was fine just now, what happened?
Shen Tang was a little puzzled, but didn't ask any further questions.
Shen Tang handed the medicine to Meng Huaiyan, saying it was good that he could apply the medicine himself.
Applying medicine to her back was fine, but she felt a little uncomfortable if it was done face-to-face.
Meng Huaiyan used a handkerchief to clean the bloodstains off his body and then applied ointment to the wound.
With practiced ease and speed, Shen Tang saw that he could apply the medicine himself without any problems, and left with the blood-stained handkerchief.
There is a vegetable garden at the entrance of the courtyard, where some scallions, radishes, and cucumbers are planted.
Liu Yuniang is building trellises for cucumber vines in the vegetable garden.
Shen Tang grew up in the countryside and there was a vegetable garden like this in front of her house.
She often helped her mother with chores.
It feels like so many years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Shen Tang rolled up her sleeves and went to the vegetable garden to help Liu Yuniang.
Liu Yuniang tried to dissuade him a few times, but seeing that Shen Tang insisted, she had no choice but to agree.
Liu Yuniang was somewhat surprised to see that Shen Tang's technique was skillful.
After all, Shen Tang looked like a pampered young lady, but I never expected her to be so skilled at farm work.
Seeing Liu Yuniang's surprised expression, Shen Tang burst into laughter.
I couldn't help but feel a little proud; she knows so much!
They didn't plant many cucumber vines, and the two of them finished quickly.
Shen Tang washed his hands and saw Liu Yuniang catch an old hen in the chicken coop, preparing to stew chicken soup for them at noon to nourish their bodies.
Liu Yuniang held the knife to the chicken's neck for a long time, but didn't dare to actually cut it.
In the past, her husband or son would kill chickens; she had never done it herself and was simply too afraid.
Shen Tang didn't dare to, and suggested, "How about I let... give it a try?"
Shen Tang pointed in the direction of Meng Huaiyan's bedroom.
Liu Yuniang nodded.
Shen Tang went to the bedroom and saw Meng Huaiyan sitting quietly on the edge of the bed.
Somewhat embarrassed, he said, "Your Highness, I need your help."
"What's up?"
"Could you help me kill a chicken..."
"?!"
Meng Huaiyan was surprised and suspicious. Seeing that she was not joking, he had no choice but to follow Shen Tang into the courtyard.
Seeing the chicken that Shen Tang was talking about, whose wings were being held by Liu Yuniang, it seemed to know that danger was approaching and was still desperately flapping and struggling.
Meng Huaiyan sighed inwardly, expressionless, picked up the knife on the table, and gently flicked his wrist towards the chicken's neck.
The knife flashed, and the chicken didn't even have time to crow before it fell straight to the ground.
Fresh blood gushed from his neck.
Liu Yuniang stared in disbelief, and it took her a while to come to her senses before she exclaimed, "Young man, you look so refined, but I never expected you to kill chickens better than Butcher Wang from our village!"
Then he turned to Shen Tang and said, "Your husband is really good. He's good-looking and has a good temper."
Shen Tang chuckled dryly twice. Good temper? You've really misjudged him.
Meng Huaiyan stood to the side, listening to Liu Yuniang's praise, his expression somewhat complicated.
These hands of his have written imperial edicts, interrogated criminals, and even killed people.
Killing a chicken was a first for me.
At this moment, hearing Liu Yuniang praise his chicken-killing skills, he felt a strange sense of absurdity.
Lunch was cooked by Shen Tang, consisting of three dishes and a soup, all simple home-style dishes.
Meng Huaiyan noticed that none of the dishes contained scallions. Only his two personal attendants, Tingsong and Qingyang, knew that he didn't eat scallions; even his parents didn't know.
I never expected that Shen Tang would even notice such a detail.
A strange feeling suddenly rose in Meng Huaiyan's heart, and he couldn't help but look up at Shen Tang.
Shen Tang noticed his gaze: "What's wrong?"
Meng Huaiyan quickly looked away and said nonchalantly, "It's nothing."
Shen Tang muttered to himself, "Why are you looking at me like that? Why are you being so mysterious?"
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Night fell, and all was quiet.
While Shen Tang was sleeping soundly, the dog in the yard suddenly started barking wildly.
Shen Tang was startled awake by the sudden shout. Before she could react, she heard Liu Yuniang scream.
Something's happened!
Shen Tang quickly got out of bed, not even having time to put on her shoes, and rushed straight to Liu Yuniang's bedroom.
In the yard, the dog that had been barking wildly just moments before now lay in a pool of blood, its head covered in blood, its fate unknown.
The door to Liu Yuniang's bedroom was wide open, and inside, a man was committing indecent acts against her.
Shen Tang was greatly alarmed and glanced around the courtyard.
Seeing an unused rolling pin on the windowsill, he quickly ran over, grabbed the rolling pin, and rushed into the bedroom.
Inside the bedroom.
Feng Hu pinned Liu Yuniang down, uttering a string of obscene and vulgar words: "Your husband has been dead for so many years, you must be very lonely at night."
"Do you miss men so much that you can't sleep? I'll satisfy you tonight."
Hearing these words, Liu Yuniang was both shocked and angry, and struggled desperately.
Seeing Liu Yuniang struggling fiercely, Feng Hu restrained her even more forcefully.
He kept uttering lewd words: "Stop struggling. If you submit to me tonight, I guarantee you'll taste the intoxicating pleasure of love between a man and a woman."
"When you get to experience it, you'll be begging me to sleep with you."
As Feng Hu spoke, he reached out to tear off Liu Yuniang's clothes. Liu Yuniang was so frightened by his action that she struggled even more desperately.
However, her strength was far too weak in front of Feng Hu; she couldn't budge him in the slightest.
Liu Yuniang felt only despair and cried loudly. Just as she was about to resign herself to her fate, she suddenly felt the force suppressing her loosen.
Overjoyed, she used both hands and feet to shove Feng Hu away forcefully.
Feng Hu was shoved to the ground by her force and was groaning in pain while clutching his head.
Shen Tang stood inside the house, clutching a rolling pin tightly in her hand. Her face was pale and her body was trembling, clearly quite frightened.
It seems that Shen Tang hit Feng Hu on the head with a rolling pin, which is how she escaped this ordeal.
Fortunately, Shen Tang arrived in time, otherwise... Thinking of this, Liu Yuniang felt a lingering fear.
Feng Hu was a notorious bully in Fengjia Village, a lazy, good-for-nothing scoundrel who indulged in drinking, gambling, and whoring.
Ever since his younger sister caught the eye of the magistrate of Fenglin County, who took her as his thirteenth concubine.
Relying on his connection to the county magistrate's brother-in-law, he acted with even greater impunity and lawlessness in the village.
The villagers couldn't do anything about him and always tried to avoid him whenever possible.
Recently, however, he has been targeting her for some reason, either verbally harassing her or physically touching her.
Tonight, he went even further, actually trying to force himself on her.
After the pain in his head subsided, Feng Hu struggled to his feet, cursing loudly, "That bastard dared to hit me!"
Shen Tang used all her strength when she hit Feng Hu, thinking she could at least knock her unconscious.
Unexpectedly, this person had such a hard head; not only did he not faint, but he was able to stand up in no time.
Feng Hu turned around, cursing and swearing, and looked fiercely towards the door. He saw that the person who attacked him was a beautiful young woman.
His face, which had just been filled with rage, instantly transformed into a lewd grin as he stared lustfully at Shen Tang: "Where did this beautiful lady come from? Let your brother take a look!"
Upon seeing this, Shen Tang felt a chill run down her spine; Feng Hu's appearance was truly terrifying.
She was filled with fear and quickly took a few steps back.
Feng Hu did not stop because of Shen Tang's retreat; on the contrary, he pressed on even more aggressively.
Shen Tang was forced to retreat to the windowsill, with nowhere left to go.
He couldn't help but invoke the laws of the Great Liang Dynasty, trying to make Feng Hu somewhat wary, and scolded, "Do you know that according to the laws of the Great Liang Dynasty, trespassing on private property and raping women is punishable by death? Do you have no respect for the law?!"
She thought Feng Hu would hesitate upon hearing this, but to her surprise, Feng Hu burst into laughter, his laughter filled with disdain and arrogance.
"The law? In Fenglin County, I am the law!"
After saying that, he strode forward without any hesitation and grabbed Shen Tang's wrist.
The force was so great that Shen Tang had no way to break free.
Immediately afterwards, Feng Hu snatched the rolling pin from Shen Tang's hand and tossed it to the ground like trash.
The skin in his hands was fair and delicate, like soft tofu. Feng Hu grinned lewdly. This young girl was truly something else.
Feng Hu rubbed his hands together lewdly and teased, "Little girl, what are you doing wielding knives and sticks? Let your brother show you some fun."
"I guarantee you'll be happy."
As Feng Hu spoke, he took another step closer, and a stench rushed straight towards Shen Tang's face.
The stench was so strong that Shen Tang almost vomited up her dinner.
She gagged a few times and struggled even harder with her hands.
Seeing that Shen Tang was still struggling, Feng Hu tightened his grip.
Shen Tang felt as if her hand was about to break, and couldn't help but groan in pain.
Hearing the cat-like meow, Feng Hu felt a fire ignite within him.
Unable to restrain herself any longer, she reached out to tear off Chen Tang's clothes.
Feng Hu had just reached out his hand when he was suddenly kicked away. His body slammed uncontrollably against the bedpost behind him, and then he fell to the ground with a thud.
He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Feng Hu was in excruciating pain, his mouth and eyes distorted, struggling on the ground.
Meng Huaiyan stood on the windowsill, dressed in black, looking like a demon.
Having been beaten twice tonight, Feng Hu had long lost his patience. He flew into a rage and shouted, "You actually... cough cough... dare to hit me! Do you know who my brother-in-law is?!"
In Liujia Village and the entire Fenglin County, everyone treated Feng Hu with utmost respect.
Now, none of them take him seriously, which makes him even angrier.
Upon hearing this, Meng Huaiyan slowly walked up to Feng Hu, looked down at him, and his face was ashen.
He completely disregarded Feng Hu's words.
Seeing that Meng Huaiyan ignored his words, Feng Hu struggled to get up, determined to teach this arrogant brat a lesson.
But Meng Huaiyan kicked him to the ground.
"You son of a bitch..."
"Bang!" Another kick.
"You son of a bitch, I'll tear you to pieces..."
"Bang!" Another kick.
For every curse Feng Hu uttered, Meng Huaiyan kicked him. Finally, Feng Hu couldn't take it anymore and clung to Meng Huaiyan's leg, weeping and begging for mercy: "Hero...spare...my...life..."
But Meng Huaiyan seemed not to hear his pleas for mercy, his footwork continuing as if he were kicking an object rather than a person.
Seeing that Meng Huaiyan showed no sign of stopping, and that Feng Hu was barely breathing, Shen Tang quickly reached out and grabbed Meng Huaiyan: "Stop!"
"If you keep hitting him, he's about to die!"
Looking at the small hand tugging at his sleeve, Meng Huaiyan felt his anger subside slightly and finally stopped.
He spoke expressionlessly: "Even if you kill them, so what?"
He's really no good, a piece of trash who deserves to die.
Given the power and influence of the Meng family, even if they killed him, no one would dare to plead his innocence.
Shen Tang would not sympathize with someone like Feng Hu in the slightest.
The reason for stopping was not to plead for him, but to protect Liu Yuniang's reputation.
He deserves to die, but he cannot die with Liu Yuniang.
This world is inherently difficult for women.
If the villagers found out that Feng Hu had broken into her house in the middle of the night and died in her bedroom, it would be disastrous.
Shen Tang couldn't even imagine how unbearable the rumors and gossip would be.
Yu Niang is a widow, and no one in the village will stand up for her. In time, gossip will spread like wildfire.
She will likely face only death.
Shen Tang shook Meng Huaiyan, her eyes pleading.
Meng Huaiyan looked down at Shen Tang's eyes, which were large, round, and watery, filled with pleading, making it easy to soften one's heart.
Meng Huaiyan seemed unable to bear it any longer, subtly shifting his gaze and looking down at Feng Hu as if he were a dead man: "Get out of here!"
Feng Hu listened to these words as if they were heavenly music.
Fearing the man might change his mind, she scrambled out of the room.
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