The intense pain on Chen Lao Er's face actually lessened his craving for the hibiscus ointment.
He tried to explain, "It wasn't me, it was the manager of Yaochi. They told me to take you to cause trouble for the Li family, to scare the whole of Xindu, and then the young masters who were locked up in the military camp could come out!"
"He said that Xiao He died because he saved a lot of people! They only gave me two boxes of hibiscus ointment, and I didn't want anything else!"
"It's not my fault, it's really not my fault! I was forced into it!"
"Fine, you say you were forced to kill Xiao He, but what about your mother? What did she ever do to you that you wanted to kill her!" Master Chen stepped forward and kicked Chen Lao Er hard in the stomach.
Chen Lao Er curled up in pain and looked up to see Chen Chuan and Chen Da Laoye standing together. They looked very similar, and people could easily recognize them as brothers.
Only him...
He suddenly flew into a rage, roaring like a wild beast.
"You say the old lady is good to me? How has that old hag been good to me?"
"You are both sons of the Chen family. You two are her biological children. From a young age, you will study and practice martial arts, and then become officials and generals."
“I was born to this concubine, and she has been drugging me since I was a child. I get sick every two or three days. Then she says that I am weak and can only stay at home, bearing the title of the second master, but doing the work of a steward or servant!”
"Doesn't she like acting? Doesn't she want everyone to know that she loves me? Fine, then I'll grant her wish!"
"I want the jade box, I want the hibiscus cream!"
"But the manager of Yaochi said that if you don't cause trouble at Broken Gold Beach, he won't give it to me!"
"Then I have no choice but to give you a push! If the hatred of killing your son isn't enough, then add the hatred of losing your mother!"
At this point, seeing Chen Chuan and Master Chen's faces turn ashen with hatred, he burst into hearty laughter.
"Look at you all, hahaha! Now you know what it feels like to have your own mother killed, right?"
"My mother was killed by that old witch. Don't think she can hide it from everyone!"
"I know everything, I know everything!"
Chen Chuan and Master Chen were speechless. Although Chen Lao Er's words were incoherent, they still understood them.
In just one hour, their understanding was overturned in many ways.
My impression of my filial younger brother is that he is not a sibling from the same mother.
Not only did she kill her son, she also killed her mother!
The loving mother I remember actually did the cruel thing of taking her away and keeping her son, and even deliberately raised her illegitimate son to be useless!
It turns out that in his eyes, the Chen family, which appeared prosperous on the surface, was actually a complete mess behind the scenes...
The rest of the Chen family were also speechless, not knowing what to say.
But Chen Lao Er's craving for a cigarette kicked in, and he couldn't hold back any longer. He rolled around begging for mercy, even grabbing Chen Chuan's trouser leg and yelling that he would pay for the old lady's life if he could just have one more puff of his cigarette...
Everyone looked at his disheveled appearance with a hint of fear in their eyes.
People living like this have no dignity whatsoever; they are no different from livestock.
Hibiscus ointment, how terrible!
Before I knew it, the sky darkened, and fine snowflakes began to fall gently.
Li Lao Er was afraid that his mother and niece, who were watching the commotion, would get cold, so he ordered his men to tie up the old woman and her servant, along with Master Chen, tightly, throw them into the carriage, and send them back to the city.
They were all involved in the Furong Ointment case and were to be beheaded together at Caishikou.
As the carriage drove away, Madam Chen suddenly burst into tears, looking very aggrieved.
Her brother from her maternal family stepped forward and said to Chen Chuan and Master Chen, "Back then, we married my sister into your Chen family because Chen Er was favored and was also the eldest son."
"I never expected that your family would actually substitute a concubine for the legitimate heir; it's truly despicable."
"Now that Chen Er is involved in the case of the Hibiscus Ointment, he will definitely be beheaded, and my sister no longer needs to remain a widow in the Chen family."
“We’ll take her and the child back to her parents’ home and we won’t have any contact with her anymore.”
After saying that, he took his family and dragged Madam Chen away.
It's obvious they've gone back to the city to move!
Madam Chen has been arguing with her second sister-in-law quite a bit lately over accounting issues.
Now, fearing that no one will be watching over it, the family's warehouse has been emptied.
So, she said goodbye to her husband, grabbed her sister-in-law who looked like a melon seed, and hurried back to the city.
For a time, besides Chen Chuan and his group, everyone under the archway was a member of the Li family.
Chen Chuan was silent for a moment, then knelt down and kowtowed heavily!
"Lord Li, everything that happened before was entirely my fault, Chen Chuan's fault! I was blind and foolish!"
"It's because my son died that I had nowhere to vent my anger, so I took it out on your family."
"I, Chen Chuan, am willing to do hard labor for the rest of my life to make up for my mistakes."
“But my mother died unjustly, and my son was murdered; neither of them has been buried yet. Please, Your Excellency, grant me permission to return home for three days to mourn!”
"I will definitely be back in three days!"
Master Chen then knelt down, kowtowed heavily, and said, "Please, Your Excellency, have mercy!"
The rest of the Chen family members also knelt down one after another, shouting in unison, "Please, Your Excellency, have mercy!"
They didn't really care whether the old lady and the young master were properly buried.
All they want is to go home, to have a good meal, and to get a good night's sleep...
Whenever Li Lao Er thought about how they almost crashed into his own house while carrying the coffin that day, and how his niece almost buried a person alive, he wished they had suffered a thousand times worse.
But with so many villagers watching, most of them felt pity for the Chen family's miserable situation. If he refused them outright, it would be somewhat heartless.
He turned to look at his own carriage and saw his mother and niece nodding.
He then said to Chen Chuan, "Logically speaking, the evil deeds committed by your Chen family are difficult to atone for."
"But we should respect the elderly as we would our own parents, and care for the young as we would our own children."
“I also have an elderly mother and children at home. For their sake, I will allow you to go back for three days to handle your funeral arrangements, and then you must return immediately to continue your hard labor.”
"Otherwise, you are ordered to perform hard labor, and if you secretly escape, you will be treated as runaway slaves, and you will be killed if caught!"
Hearing this, many in the Chen family who had harbored ambitions lowered their heads...
Chen Chuan and Master Chen expressed their sincere gratitude and kowtowed again.
Without wasting a moment, they headed straight for the city.
They didn't care how dirty and disheveled their clothes were, or whether they would be ridiculed.
The Chen family is already on the verge of collapse and has become a laughing stock in the entire Xindu. What is there to fear from ridicule?!
The rest of the Chen family members followed suit and left together.
The village chief and the others shook their heads as they watched. Finally, they patted Li Lao Er on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Er did a good job. The Chen family is hateful, but the dead children and the elderly are innocent."
"Let them be laid to rest as soon as possible; it would be a good deed for our family."
Uncle Zhao and the others also took the opportunity to brainwash the surrounding villagers, saying, "See what happened to the Chen family? This is the harm of taking a concubine!"
"If there was only one wife, all the children born would be from the same mother, how could such a disaster have occurred today?"
"You all better live your lives properly, and don't get cocky just because you have a little money, and start having all sorts of shady ideas!"
"Be careful, if you take a concubine today, she might poison your son tomorrow and make her son inherit the family business instead!"
Before the villagers could respond, the village chief angrily picked up his pipe.
"Taking a concubine? Who wants to take a concubine?!"
Served at midnight~~
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