Song Laosan's expression changed. He finally realized that General Guan was probably trying to confirm that he had killed his daughter by bringing this up.
"So what if I am? She obstructed official business and didn't know what was good for her. Shouldn't she die? Even if I was born and raised in Datian Village, I should still distinguish between public and private matters and not let local sentiments affect the implementation of policies from above."
Qiao Lian'er raised an eyebrow slightly. After ten years in the army, where he had been involved in scheming and intrigue, Song Laosan had also learned to be so shrewd.
His two responses were both cunning.
“Father-in-law, as you know, I am always strict, no weaker than General Chu, and I am always merciful when I should not be.”
General Guan neither agreed nor disagreed.
"Those two look like ordinary villagers, so why do you want to arrest them?"
"They are the Qiao family. They offended me during the last tax collection. Today, when I led my men to collect taxes, I encountered them on the road. They even uttered nonsense and insulted the general. Since they showed no remorse, I had to take them back to the camp and lock them in the dungeon as a punishment for the Qiao family."
"Take the stuff out of their mouths," General Guan said.
Song Laosan quickly intervened, saying, "Father-in-law, there's no need for that. They're just two villagers. Leave it to Yuanyi. I'll teach them a lesson. You don't need to go through all that trouble."
General Guan snorted, his tone filled with contempt and a hint of disgust.
This attitude startled Song Laosan, who had no choice but to instruct the soldiers to comply.
With the cloth removed from their mouths, Qiao Laosan and Qiao Yunni breathed a sigh of relief.
"Untie them," General Guan said.
They untied the two of them, and the untied ropes were covered in blood.
Exhausted by the sudden loss of strength, Qiao Yunni took two steps forward and collapsed to her knees.
She raised her head and stared intently at Song Laosan, her eyes filled with hatred.
"Song Laosan, I have already divorced from the Song family, why won't you let me go? Why do you insist on killing me and exterminating me completely?"
"Will you only be at ease if I die?"
"You really want to erase your past? Don't you know that as long as you don't intentionally cause trouble for me, what does your business have to do with me?"
Just now, after General Guan questioned Song Laosan, Qiao Yunni had already guessed Qiao Lian'er's purpose in coming here.
Lian'er must have known she had been captured and brought here, so she went all out, tearing away Song Laosan's last fig leaf.
If the Qiao family is bad, then Song Laosan shouldn't expect anything good either.
Song Laosan felt uneasy under that gaze, but he still reprimanded her harshly: "You woman, what nonsense are you spouting? How dare you question this general so aggressively? Have you thought about the consequences?"
Qiao Yunni didn't want to continue entangled with Song Laosan, so she knelt down and walked towards General Guan, kowtowing heavily.
"General Guan, I believe you already know something. Song Yuanyi has not told a single truth. Instead, he has turned the tables on us. There is no point in me saying anything more to him. I will now tell you why Song Laosan has become so desperate that he is determined to take the lives of my Qiao family."
General Guan raised his hand: "I'll ask you a question, you just answer it."
The little girl has already said everything she needed to say; what he wants is further confirmation.
Song Laosan trembled with fear. He felt his world collapsing and his proud life about to be dragged into the abyss.
No, he absolutely cannot allow that to happen.
“Father-in-law, this woman is insane and doesn’t even know what she’s saying. Her words should not be taken seriously.”
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