Su Tai continued, "Do you know? When Xiong Kai got into trouble, Mrs. Mo was already pregnant. When the child was born, she found out it was a girl, so she threw the baby away without saying anything. She told everyone that the child died at birth.
If it were you, and you finally returned home alive, only to see your mother and young son being treated so badly, and your young daughter being abandoned, wouldn't you go crazy?
Xiong Kai was not a good person to begin with. If he had not been in jail and learned a lesson, he would have slaughtered Mo Shi on the spot. How could he let her slander others with empty words? "
After hearing what Su Tai said, everyone started to point fingers at Mo Chunxiang.
Mo Chunxiang kept her head down, her hands clenched tightly under her long sleeves, and she didn't even feel her nails digging deep into her flesh.
Su Tai achieved her goal, and walked to Shen Yi with her head held high.
Mo Chunxiang suddenly raised her head and accused Su Tai with tears in her eyes, "I have already taken the initiative to withdraw from the Shen family's marriage and let you marry Shen Yi as you wished. Why do you keep biting me? Do you have to force me to death to be happy?"
"What's going on?" The onlookers were extremely shocked. In all their years, this was the first time they had seen such a love-hate drama that was more exciting than an opera. They had to open their eyes and ears and watch and listen carefully.
Su Tai blinked hard, pointed at herself and asked Shen Yi, "Is she talking about me?"
Chen Yi took Su Tai into his arms, and then protected her behind him. He looked at Mo Laotian with disgust, "Mo Laotian, I used to call you Uncle Mo, but now, you don't deserve it! I didn't want to talk about those old things. Since you can't discipline your own daughter, let's talk about it in front of the county magistrate, and I can also seek justice for what happened back then!"
Mo Laotian was shocked and immediately softened his tone, "Chen Yi, Chunxiang has been beaten by Xiong Kai for such a long time, her mind is not clear, don't bother with her, our family is already like this, can you please stop bothering with us?"
Shen Yi laughed angrily, "You are pitiful? Is my wife not pitiful for being slandered by the Mo family? Mo Laotian! My father died to save you guys. He volunteered to save people, and I have nothing to say, but you are treacherous and go back on your word. What qualifications do you have to ask me for pity?
It was you who took the initiative to come to my house and arrange a marriage with my mother in order to repay my father for saving her life. But Mrs. Mo despised me, Shen Yi, as an unlucky person and insisted on breaking off the engagement. You took the initiative to come to my house to break off the engagement, right?"
Mo Laotian opened his mouth, speechless. Seeing his reaction, others immediately knew that what Shen Yi said was the truth, and they looked down on Mo Chunxiang even more.
Mo Chunxiang cried in grievance, "I was young and ignorant, so I was deceived by Xiong Kai. I didn't mean it!"
"Whether you are sincere or not has nothing to do with me!" Shen Yi decisively distanced himself from the matter, only looking at Mo Laotian, and continued: "Xiong Kai has been involved with the Mo family for a long time, and he even broke off the marriage with the Su family for your daughter. My father-in-law couldn't bear to see me ruin the marriage, and my father also saved him, so he married his daughter to me. My wife and I have never owed anyone anything when we got married.
Who the hell is Mo Shi? How dare she throw dirty water on my wife?"
"That's right! I've seen many shameless women, but this is the first time I've seen such a shameless one! It's like a knife cutting your butt, it really opened my eyes!"
The angry people pointed fingers at Mo Chunxiang and wanted to throw stones at her.
Seeing that Chen Yi was really heartless and ungrateful to her, and only had Su Tai in his eyes, Mo Chunxiang hated him to the extreme, "Okay! In that case, I'll just die cleanly and that'll be my repayment to you!"
Mo Chunxiang resolutely hit the pillar, but fortunately the yamen runners stopped her in time. Although her head was bleeding, she did not die.
When her eyes were blurry, she kept looking in the direction of Shen Yi, and murmured, "If I hadn't broken off the engagement, would you have loved me like this?"
Chen Yi pursed his lips tightly, his expression cold, "There is no if in this world, my wife is only Su Tai, and it can only be Su Tai!"
Mo Chunxiang got one thing wrong. It was not that Su Tai must be with Chen Yi, but that Chen Yi must be with Su Tai!
The light in Mo Chunxiang's eyes quickly dimmed.
Mo Laotian and Guan cried heartbreakingly, and the three of them were taken away by the yamen runners.
This farce finally ended with the three members of the Mo family leaving the stage, but Shen Yi was determined not to change his words. He immediately asked the yamen runners to report safety to Shenjiazhuang, and he and Su Tai lived obediently in the backyard of the county government office.
The couple seemed very calm, but their relatives and friends who cared about them were extremely anxious.
Based on what Mo Laotian had said, everyone mobilized a group of villagers to inquire around, and they actually managed to find out some clues.
Two days later, Liu Tiechui brought a group of villagers to the county government office and personally reported the situation to the county magistrate.
"Sir, these two villagers reported that on February 20th, they saw an old man in tattered clothes carrying a large sack and walking towards the Daxun River. The old man also had a shovel and an axe tied around his waist."
The county magistrate's face changed slightly, and he immediately asked the yamen runners to call Mo Laotian over for identification.
Mo Laotian almost fainted from fright. His family was kept in the county town for the past few days and could not go back. It was not the first time that he regretted slandering Chen Yi. Now he was called over by the county magistrate again. He was worried that he would end up losing more than he gained, and that he would be wrongly accused of being a murderer. He could not hold it back any longer.
The two villagers stared at Mo Laotian's pale face for a long time and shook their heads.
"Sir, it's not him. That man looks older than him. At least he has more white hair than him. He's a bit more muscular, and his clothes aren't as good as his."
The county magistrate and Liu Tiechui looked at each other.
Only a god can tell what the other person looks like with this description!
The county magistrate looked unhappy. Lu Tong consoled him after knowing this: "Don't worry, sir. At least we have a suspect now. There are not many strong old men. If nothing works, we can ask in each village. We will always be able to find out something."
This is the only feasible method now.
Just as the county magistrate was about to send the runners out, he saw the lawyer rushing in to report, "Sir, Ma Xingteng from the Ma family in Moshi Town came to report that his stepmother Sang had died."
The county magistrate was overwhelmed. "Why is there another death? How did he die?"
The master was somewhat speechless. "Sir, the cause of death must be strange, otherwise Ma Xingteng would not have reported it to the police. You should go and take a look!"
Liu Tiechui hurriedly said, "Sir, Ma Xingteng is my brother-in-law. I'll go with you to take a look."
"Walk!"
A group of people arrived outside the county government office.
Ma Xingteng saluted with a pale face.
The county magistrate asked solemnly, "Ma Xingteng, how did your stepmother die?"
Ma Xingteng calmed down after seeing Liu Tiechui and quickly explained the situation. "Since my brother died on the battlefield, my stepmother has gone crazy. My father locked her in the yard and wouldn't let her out. But she still made a lot of noise and even the neighbors could hear her. It was no use keeping her like this, so we had no choice but to send her back to her hometown in Fufeng Township." (End of this chapter)
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