Chapter 23: Killing the Chicken to Frighten the Monkeys 3 (Two Chapters in One)
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After hearing Zhou Jin's questioning, Old Man Zhou hadn't figured out how to speak. Zhou Wangye, who had been lying on the ground for a long time, was bleeding from Zheng's beating. He held his palm, which was pierced by Zhou Yu's stab, and cried out in pain...
"Dad! He's talking nonsense. That brat had already recognized us, so he killed us. Not only him, but even that damned girl Zhou Yu knew about it. It was that damned girl who stabbed my son's hand. Not only did she pierce my hand, she even called me Second Uncle to my face..."
Zhou Wangye shouted, pointing with his uninjured hand at Zhou Yu, who was nestled in Zheng's arms, and said...
Everyone...
"Who stabbed you? That skinny little girl, as thin as a stick?" Yamen officer Song looked at Zhou Yu standing beside him with his hands behind his back and asked Zhou Wangye, "And she stabbed your hand while calling you Second Uncle?!"
What a mess this is, it sounds so unbelievable...
Unexpectedly, Zhou Wangye nodded hysterically...
"Yes, that's her. Not only did she stab me, she almost killed Qian. She frightened Qian so much that she fainted..."
Song Yayi...
Looking at Zhou Wangye's bloody head, I wondered if he had been beaten to a pulp. Was he crazy?
He believed Zhou Jin's claim that he had recognized them long ago and had deliberately beaten them into such a state, but his sister, a little girl in her teens, not only stabbed his hand, but also nearly killed his wife? How could that be possible?
Not only did he not believe it, but also the Zhou elders and the others did not believe it. Zhou Ruiquan even skipped over his words and asked directly:
"Don't tell me who hurt you first. Just tell me why you guys came to the place where Zheng's mother and the others lived in the middle of the night with sticks in your hands?
Don't tell me that Black Mirror got lost wandering around in the middle of the night?!"
Zhou Wangye...
What else could he say? He was caught red-handed.
When Mr. Zhou saw this, he cursed the man as a waste in his heart and hurriedly pretended to blame him but actually reminded him:
"You unfilial son, could it be that your wife is jealous of the food in the third room and is instigating you to come here and steal things?"
These idiots were caught in the act by Zhou Jin, and the runner Song was alerted. Old Master Zhou felt that the matter would not end well in the current situation, and the only option now was to put the blame on Qian!
So after Mr. Zhou reminded his son, he pretended to be filled with righteous indignation and said to Mr. Zhou and the others:
"My brothers, you may not know that this vicious woman has always been at odds with the Zheng family. A few days ago, she was publicly ridiculed by Jin'er and his siblings, and she felt humiliated. She has long held a grudge against Jin'er and his mother.
I've troubled them several times before, and I warned her several times about this. But I didn't expect this evil woman not only didn't listen, but she also instigated Wang Ye and the others to commit this late-night theft... It really, really... has brought shame to our Zhou family!"
Zhou Jin and his sister...
I really have to admire their cheap grandfather. He was able to come up with this idea in such a short time and put all the blame on the Qian family with just a few words!
Even so, Qian's crime was serious! Especially with the yamen runner Song present, this was both theft and injury...
Although they felt that Qian deserved what she got for her crimes, the brother and sister had a deeper understanding of Mr. Zhou's cruelty!
"Dad! But..." Zhou Wangye now realized what his father was going to do, but after all, he and Qian had been married for almost twenty years, and he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable!
"But what?! Do you still want to protect that vicious woman?!" Old Master Zhou glared at him fiercely!
Zhou Wangye immediately became timid.
"No, no, my son knows he was wrong! I shouldn't have listened to Qian, that vicious woman's instigation, and just, just came here to steal things!"
Zhou Wangzu, who was standing by, saw that Zhou Wangye had put all the blame on his wife, and saw that his wife, who was helping her mother over, kept winking at him, so he also hurriedly said:
"Father, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so blinded by greed and listened to Qian's instigation. But, we came here only to steal some food from Brother Jin's house. We absolutely didn't intend to hurt anyone... Please, Father, no, please, the officials and all the elders, please understand!"
After saying that, he actually kowtowed to the yamen runner Song and the elder Zhou...
Song Yayi looked at them with disdain, thinking to himself, what kind of people are this family? When something goes wrong, they just blame it on the women. How cowardly! But since Lord Zhou didn't say anything, he didn't say anything either.
"Uncle, you can't just say whatever you want. You said you were just here to steal things, but I remember Zhou Huan took advantage of me when I was sound asleep and hit me directly on the head with the stick!"
Zhou Jin, who was standing by, would not let them turn black into white in just a few words. He picked up the stick that Zhou Huan had thrown on the ground and pointed at the crack on it and said:
"If you don't believe me, just look at this crack. How could it have been made without great force? If the kid hadn't been alert and taken the beating, he would have been dead!"
Zhou Ge Lao and the others took Zhou Jin's hand to look at the stick he was holding, and pointed at the cracks on the stick and asked Zhou Wangzu,
"How can you say that?"
"I, I," Zhou Wangzu stuttered, and suddenly saw Zhou Huan beside him, and immediately said:
"It's all Brother Huan'er! Brother Huan did it! That guy has a personal grudge against Brother Jin and has always disliked Brother Jin. He must want to kill Brother Jin. I, I didn't know anything about it!"
Zhou Huan…saw everyone's gaze turned towards him, especially that of the yamen runner Song, who was looking at him with a sinister gaze, as if he was about to whip him. He was so frightened that his whole body was shaking like a sieve, and he couldn't utter a word…
"Huan'er also listened to his mother's instigation. Otherwise, how could a child like him have any ideas?!"
Seeing that getting a daughter-in-law was not enough, he might also get a son, so Zhou Wangye hurriedly spoke up and urged Zhou Huan,
"Brother Huan, come on, tell me, did your mother teach you that?!"
Zhou Huan… Although he didn’t want to admit that he wanted to kill Zhou Jin, he also didn’t want to say that it was his mother who did it! Fearful and terrified, he couldn’t help but burst into tears.
"Shut up!" Song Yayi was troubled by his crying. He thought to himself, they are both children of the Zhou family, so why is there such a big gap between this kid and Zhou Jin?
After hearing this, Zhou Huan stopped crying immediately. She stopped crying too quickly and couldn't help but hiccuping!
"Go wake up Qian and see what she has to say!"
Song, the yamen runner, was too lazy to deal with this family of cowards any longer. He just wanted to find out who the mastermind was so that he could go back to sleep. So he gave his yamen runners an order.
Li Mao, who was behind him, looked around after hearing this and saw a ceramic jar of boiled water that had been left to dry at Zhou Jin's house last night. He picked it up and poured it on Qian's face. Qian was shocked by the cold water, shivered, and woke up.
Before she understood what was happening, she heard the yamen runner Song ask her if it was her idea that they came to Zhou Jin's camp to steal and commit crimes last night, and instigated Zhou Huan to kill Zhou Jin. Just as Qian was about to retort, the cold words of Mr. Zhou came over first.
"Qian! You are so bold! Not only did you instigate my son, you also corrupted my grandson. Huan'er is so young, and you asked him to kill someone. How can you bear it?! Do you want to kill your own son?"
Hearing what Mr. Zhou said, Qian didn't dare to refute him, because she knew that Mr. Zhou was threatening her with her son's life!
Looking at her son squatting on the ground sobbing with his hands in his arms, and then looking at Zhou Wangye who had been avoiding her gaze, Qian immediately knew that this matter had been put on her head...
She also understood the meaning behind Mr. Zhou's words. Either they would share the blame, but he would never forgive them afterward! Or, if she took the blame, he might even help her save his son.
If she chose the first option, neither she nor her mother would survive. She knew her father-in-law's methods. If he said he wanted them to die, he would definitely kill them.
But if she chose the second option... Qian Shi was very unwilling...
"Wuwu...Mother...my son is in so much pain, please save him..."
Qian was hesitating when she heard Zhou Huan crying. She looked at her son who was crying breathlessly, and then looked at Zhou Wangye who didn't even dare to look at her.
Qian suddenly laughed, looked at her son again, took a deep breath, and admitted to Zheng, whose eyes were red with anger,
"Haha, it was indeed me who did it. I wanted to take all your things and get rid of your son as soon as possible. It was all my instructions! Haha..."
"I believe I have never offended you. Why are you so vicious and want to harm my son?" Zheng's eyes turned red with anger as she questioned angrily.
"Hahaha,"
As if Zheng's question was very funny, Qian's face, covered in blood, began to tremble with laughter.
"You certainly haven't offended me, but I just can't stand seeing you acting so nonchalant! Hahaha, Zheng! You're a widow, shouldn't you be gloomy all day? How can you still live a carefree life? How can you still have your parents' support? How can you still have your son to save you even if you were captured by bandits? Why?!"
Qian laughed at the end, but couldn't help but roar again.
Haha, why didn't she have any of these! Why did her husband stay with Zheng, whom she always missed, and beat and scolded her, usually being too lazy to even pay her a perfunctory visit? Why didn't anyone from her family come to visit her since she was exiled...
"Why?! Tell me why!"
Not far from Zhou Jin's camp, Zhou Ge Lao's nephew's wife, Bai, suddenly rushed over, pointed at Qian and sneered:
"Just because you are so greedy and never satisfied! Just because you only know how to hate those who have and laugh at those who don't!
"Zheng, don't pay any attention to this lunatic! There's no point in reasoning with someone like her! As long as she thinks you're better than her, she'll hate you and want to harm you. She doesn't need any reason at all!"
It has to be said that Bai, the childhood friend who had fought with Qian all her life, understood her better than anyone else and pointed out Qian's distorted psychology incisively.
"Haha, Bai Fengju! What are you so proud of? You're just like that bitch Zheng. You're just a widow whose husband died. You don't even have a warm bed at night. How are you any better than me? You come here to show off to me..."
When Qian saw Bai, she immediately directed all her anger towards her.
"Alright! Since Qian has admitted that she was the mastermind, let the yamen runner Song take charge and make the final decision!"
Lord Zhou, who was standing by, felt that Zhou Ruifu's family had brought disgrace to the Zhou clan. Seeing Qian's vulgar scolding, he was afraid that his nephew's wife would suffer, so he couldn't help but interrupt Qian in a biased manner.
Song Yashi had long been impatient, and seeing that Zhou Jin was fine, he wanted to quickly end the matter. When he saw Zhou Ge Lao open his mouth, he pretended to push him away.
"This is a matter of your clan, so why don't you guys take charge and make the decision?"
Whether it was Old Master Zhou or the Qian family, they all naturally felt that it would be better to let the clan decide this matter instead of going through the yamen runner Song. Upon hearing this, they all looked towards Lord Zhou with hope...
But Lord Zhou did not want to interfere. He felt that since the Qian family had done something that injured and killed people, they should be punished accordingly. Otherwise, it would be unfair to Zheng's mother and others. So he told the runner Song not to worry about him and just to act according to the rules.
"Originally, I shouldn't be interfering in your family's affairs, but the Qian family has indeed broken the rules for exiled prisoners. If I don't intervene, all the prisoners in this team will follow their example, stealing, injuring people, and causing trouble. Then, I'm afraid that the escorting officers will also be unable to sleep peacefully every night like the Zhou family kid!"
After hearing this, the yamen runner Song did not refuse. He smiled and said to the few people, "I'm sorry." He looked at the Qian family and sneered, then loudly ordered his men to come down:
"Come here! Kill Qian, the mastermind, with a stick! Each of the other accomplices will receive fifty strokes of the cane! Fight right here, light the torches, and let these prisoners see clearly. They'll know the consequences of being a prisoner who disobeys the rules!"
hiss!
Elder Zhou and the rest of the clan were shocked upon hearing the sentence handed down by Sergeant Song. They hadn't expected Sergeant Song to impose such a severe punishment. But then they thought, it was the Qians who had attempted to kill first. If it weren't for Zhou Jin's quick thinking, they would have been dead by now. Since ancient times, killing someone means paying with one's life, and the Qians deserved it!
After Song the yamen runner finished speaking, his yamen runners took action. They first lit dozens of torches, illuminating the area around Zhou Jin's camp as bright as day. Then they called all the exiled prisoners to stand in a circle and watch the execution. Then they pushed Qian and Zhou Wangzu to the center of the circle and started beating them with sticks!
When Qian heard that the yamen runner Song was going to beat her to death with a stick, she became afraid and stopped laughing wildly. She was so frightened that her legs and feet became weak. When the yamen runners pulled her away, she finally remembered to change her mind. She just cried out that it was unfair, but the yamen runners blocked her mouth with a smelly rag, pressed her to the ground and started beating her!
After a while, he was breathing out more than breathing in, and after being beaten with a hundred or so boards, he died!
Zhou Wangzu and the others were also beaten badly. After each of them was beaten with fifty boards, except for Zhou Wangzu who was still in good physical condition and conscious, the rest of them fainted.
This bloody execution process frightened everyone watching into silence, and several timid women fainted from fear.
Some people who had secretly planned to attack Zhou Jin's family, when they saw the fate of the Qian family members, secretly thanked themselves for being slow in taking action, otherwise they would be the ones dying!
From then on, he avoided Zhou Jin whenever he saw her and never dared to set his sights on their family again.
Song, the yamen runner, watched the execution with a yawn. Seeing that the prisoners who were watching the execution had become obedient after this beating to scare the monkeys, he was very satisfied with the result. He ordered Mr. Zhou to get his family away quickly and then planned to go back to take a nap.
"Hey, Brother Song, please wait a moment. I haven't returned the dagger and hatchet you borrowed from me yet!"
Zhou Jin chased after him happily, and in front of hundreds of prisoners and Mr. Zhou's family, he handed the hatchet and dagger that Song the yamen runner had lent him to Song the yamen runner.
Today, several members of the Qian family were either dead or injured. The relationship between the third branch and Old Man Zhou's family has been completely broken off. That family will probably hate them from now on.
In that case, he doesn't need to be polite anymore. If they want to hate, then he will make them dare not hate!
Not only them, he also wanted to make sure that no prisoners exiled in this camp would dare to target their family again!
Therefore, he not only wanted people to see his ruthlessness, but also had to wave the banner of Song Yayi!
When Song Yamen heard Zhou Jin calling him, he stopped in his tracks. He didn't mind Zhou Jin using him to intimidate everyone, and he patted his shoulder very cooperatively. He scanned the crowd around him and said with a smile:
"Keep it for yourself! If you run into that fool again next time, just kill him. If anything goes wrong, I'll cover for you!"
Everyone...
The blind men from the Qian family are still lying here. Who would dare to mess with this brat in the future?!
Zhou Jin...
How valuable is that perfume bottle he gave me? I should have given him a mineral water bottle instead!
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