Chapter 585 This Family That Eats Human Flesh
Although some things were salvaged, the casualties were far more severe.
Moreover, this man-made disaster has caused extremely heavy losses to Tianfeng Trading Company!
Upon receiving the news that night, Li Qingluo appeared to leave in a hurry, but in order to catch Zongzheng Wuheng and expose his true colors, he did not return in person immediately.
Only Zheng Mama was allowed to enter the city to stabilize the situation.
Zongzheng Wuheng is now dead, but the anger in Li Qingluo's heart has not only not dissipated, but has become stronger and stronger.
"That bastard!"
"It's too good for him to die!"
He didn't care about money or valuables, but these living human lives were less than weeds or ants in his eyes.
Li Qingluo, who had just returned to Huaxie Restaurant from Wangzhen Tower, was flipping through the booklet when she angrily slammed her hand on the table.
The table was wobbly and almost collapsed.
Granny Zheng quickly came up to support her, saying, "Don't be angry, young lady."
"He has committed so many evil deeds, he will go to hell in the underworld."
"They don't even deserve to be reborn as animals!"
Li Qingluo felt a little better after recalling her past visit to the underworld.
The accounts are impossible to settle.
Where are they?
"Have all the injured and the families of the deceased been comforted?"
"Granny, you must tell them personally that no matter what the consequences, Wangzhenlou will never shirk its responsibility."
"The compensation should be more than what is stipulated by law, and should be ten times the annual amount."
"If it needs treatment, we'll treat it no matter the cost, as long as the doctor doesn't give up."
"Even after they recover, we'll still take those who can come back, and for those who can't come back to work, we'll give them enough money to settle them for the rest of their lives."
"Let them not worry about the consultation fees, and just focus on getting their injuries treated."
"Someone in the family has died... Granny, you must give them more to comfort them."
As Li Qingluo was speaking, a commotion arose downstairs.
Sparrow came in from outside: "Miss, it's that dead Chun'er... his family has come to make trouble again."
Li Qingluo was puzzled: "Making a scene?"
"Another commotion?"
"What exactly is going on?"
"Is this Chun'er the maid who usually serves tea and water to the second manager?"
Granny Zheng quickly explained, "Yes, young lady, it is this Chun'er."
“Yesterday, as soon as Chun’er died, his family made a scene.”
"The whole family, young and old, were throwing a tantrum at the door, all dressed in mourning clothes!"
"They said that Wangzhenlou had killed their eldest daughter. They had raised her for sixteen or seventeen years and finally found her a good match. She was supposed to become the wife of a top scholar, but now she was burned alive, ruining two families."
"At that time, you hadn't returned yet, nor had you given any instructions, but this old servant had already compensated them with a considerable amount of silver."
"If you calculate it, it's not far from the amount you mentioned, young lady. It's already a huge fortune for their family."
"This is more than Chun'er's wages for a lifetime. Even if they marry Chun'er off, they won't get even a tenth of the bride price."
"Now they're relentlessly causing trouble for us. It would be a pity if someone died, but this family doesn't seem to be truly grieving for Chun'er."
"In my opinion, human greed is insatiable. They're treating their own daughter like a bloodsucker, and now they want to get rich by relying on our Wangzhenlou!"
Que'er agreed with Granny Zheng: "Miss, we can't let them keep holding onto us and give us as much as they want."
"What about the families of the other dead employees who follow suit? Will our Wangzhenlou ever be finished?"
Li Qingluo's expression darkened: "What's worse, seeing that their family has received more silver, they become envious and jealous, and directly kill their family members who could have survived—"
Li Qingluo didn't finish her sentence.
But both Que'er and Granny Zheng turned pale upon hearing this.
"This...this is too ruthless!"
Sparrow found it unbelievable.
"Do such families really exist in this world?"
Granny Zheng, used to such things, said: "In this world, the least valuable thing is human life."
"If a family has finally managed to turn their lives around and never have to worry about food or clothing again, and the death of one member would be a burden to the family... how many wouldn't choose the greater benefit?"
"What's worse, what if some foolish person chooses to commit suicide so that their family can have a better life?"
The sparrows dared not speak.
I feel that the evil and folly of human nature have been fully exposed by this incident.
Li Qingluo: "It seems I was wrong."
"Their desires are insatiable; I cannot feed them too much."
"Ten times the compensation is a touchstone of humanity for them."
"What's more valuable is human life."
Having thought it through, Li Qingluo quickly stood up: "Let's go, let me see for myself this family that eats the flesh of the living dead."
Since Wangzhenlou was burned down, Li Qingluo is currently handling the matter at Huaxie Restaurant.
Chun'er's family was also causing trouble outside the Flower Pavilion Restaurant.
On the way downstairs, Li Qingluo asked some more questions about Chun'er.
What I'm most curious about is how Chun'er became the wife of the top scholar.
Granny Zheng said, "This old servant has investigated. Chun'er was betrothed when she was young. The betrothed was her cousin, with whom she grew up."
"This cousin of mine studied from a young age, and he actually passed the imperial examination at the age of fourteen. He was definitely a scholar."
"But perhaps due to arrogance, several years have passed and he is still only a scholar."
"He's nineteen now, and he's not even a successful candidate in the provincial examinations yet. He's miles away from becoming the top scholar."
“It’s not that I look down on him, but I’ve heard that this cousin spends his days drinking and having fun, making friends through literature, and not studying properly. The marriage between these two families should have been settled long ago, but the groom’s family has long since looked down on Chun’er, so it’s been delayed until Chun’er is almost seventeen and still not married.”
"Chun'er's family is still smug and thinks they've found a good match. They spread the news everywhere, which has led the groom's family to humiliate Chun'er openly and secretly at Wangzhen Tower several times."
“Poor Chun’er started working at the age of twelve. Even though her cousin looked down on her for being unpresentable, she still dared to go home and complain to her parents. I heard that she didn’t get a single penny of the wages she earned; it all went to his family for food and drink.”
"Now that I'm dead, they'll still use my name to cause a ruckus in this world."
Li Qingluo's expression grew colder as she listened.
Soon, she saw Chun'er and her family at the entrance of the Flower Pavilion Restaurant.
It really is a big family.
Chun'er's grandparents, parents, one older sister, three younger sisters, and two younger brothers all came.
The youngest brother is only four or five years old.
Confused and bewildered, I was held down by my parents, listening to the adults wailing and lamenting.
"My perfectly good girl, I came to work for your family, and was burned alive—"
"She's not even seventeen yet, and in a few months she'll be marrying her cousin, whom she's admired since childhood."
“My future son-in-law is a scholar, and he might even become the top scholar in the imperial examinations. My Chun’er should have had endless blessings, but now she has nothing—”
"I want my daughter, I want my Chun'er—"
"You all need to stay with my Chun'er, stay with my living, breathing girl!!"
Chun'er's mother sat on the ground, patting her legs and repeatedly crying out these words to all the onlookers.
Li Qinglu glanced at Sha Qi and Sha Ba, who had come out with him today, on either side of the door.
They immediately went down the steps to Chun'er's family and pressed down on Chun'er's grandparents.
"What...what are you going to do?"
"Does having money give you the right to bully others?"
"No matter how great you are, you're just merchants, and merchants' dogs!"
"You're not even as good as us ordinary folks, and you still want to kill someone in broad daylight in front of everyone?"
The old man trembled and shouted in terror, bewildered as if he didn't know what was going to happen to him.
Li Qinglu sneered: "I merely had my guards help you two elderly people up."
"How did it become murder?"
"And the elderly, they are human beings, not dogs."
"If you want to act like an animal, no one will stop you, but if you talk nonsense, we lowly merchants can't tolerate it."
After saying that, she waved her hand and said, "Bring them chairs and let them sit down. We'll settle this matter slowly in front of the whole city."
"If anything happens to these two old people, our Wangzhenlou will be completely ensnared by this family."
Li Qingluo immediately launched into a barrage of military tactics and courtesies, leaving Chun'er's family completely taken aback.
But Chun'er's mother quickly realized what was going on.
"Are you cursing my in-laws to die?"
“Well, look, everyone—the people from Wangzhenlou and Huaxie Restaurant not only harmed my daughter, but now they’re even cursing my parents-in-law to die.”
"How wicked they are!"
Sparrow couldn't help but let out a soft hiss: "Enough!"
"Shut up!"
"This is our boss, you have no right to shout here!"
"Otherwise, we won't be polite."
Chun'er's father also raised his head and retorted, "What do you mean by being impolite? Are you going to kill our whole family?"
"Come on, come on."
"Since our whole family is here now, you might as well kill us all in front of the entire city."
"That way, no one will bother you anymore!"
Li Qingluo: "Shameless."
Chun'er's parents exchanged a glance. "Rogue? She actually called us rogues?"
"Is there no justice left?! We just wanted to seek justice for our daughter who died tragically, and we were threatened with our lives and insulted as scoundrels!"
"Is it really true that in this world, money can rule and people can treat the lives of others as worthless as straw dogs?"
"Just because you have money doesn't mean you're all that. Does having money shut us up, who just want justice for our daughter?"
Li Qingluo: "What if I don't have money!"
"Could you give us fifty taels of silver yesterday as compensation to pay for Chun'er's burial?"
She raised her voice, and the murderous aura emanating from her body seemed to twist into a chilling aura, pressing down heavily on Chun'er's family invisibly.
The pressure was so intense that Chun'er's parents could hardly breathe, and their hearts trembled involuntarily.
Upon hearing this, everyone around erupted in an uproar.
"What?"
"Fifty taels?"
"so much?"
"Such a large sum of money, why are they still causing trouble?"
"Impossible, right? Who would give so much compensation when someone who works for them dies?"
"Is that girl some kind of precious treasure, worth that much?"
Upon hearing this, Chun'er's family jumped up nervously and excitedly to explain.
"How is that possible!"
"It's only thirty taels, don't listen to their nonsense!"
"There's definitely no fifty taels of silver!"
Upon hearing this, Li Qingluo couldn't help but laugh.
"So thirty taels is such a small amount for you."
Chun'er's family then realized that they had been tricked by her!
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