"Let me tell you, Miao Hongye, this is all because Qi Weiwu and Du Qincai are vicious and deliberately framed Gu Sanniu! Because after Gu Sanniu was old enough to remember things, he once saw Qi Weiwu and Du Qincai having an affair. That's why they cruelly made my son, my only son, bear the fate of a jinx!"
Even though they pinned the blame for the old hunter's death, the drowning of the village children, and the death of the old man who gave Gu San Niu steamed buns on him, I didn't utter a sound and let them do as they pleased! Because I was too useless!
But Gu Sanniu is my son, my only son in all my life. So when I learned that the imperial court was conscripting soldiers, I urged Gu Sanniu to join the army. Dying on the battlefield is cleaner than dying amidst everyone's spittle.
Moreover, once he enters the military camp, as long as he doesn't reveal that he's a jinx, no one will know, and he won't be pointed at or cursed! He can live a normal life. If possible, he should never come back in this lifetime, whether he lives or dies!
But that kid wouldn't listen and came back anyway! I thought he'd come back and give Du Qincai and the others a good beating, get his revenge! But instead of getting revenge, he got bullied by Du Qincai! If it weren't for Rong Dong'an's family kindly taking him in, he probably wouldn't even have a place to stay!!
Rong Sheng: "..."
Rong clan members: "..."
Onlookers: "..."
Zuo Li and others: "..."
So how did Gu Changqing, who is so useless, survive until now?
Incompetent and spineless! Despicable! A coward...
If he had resisted even a little, things wouldn't have turned out this way, and Gu Sanniu would definitely have grown up healthy.
His father wouldn't have died so young, and his sister wouldn't have been beaten to death.
Zuo Li shook his head, his gaze falling on the clerk beside him. Seeing the clerk nod, indicating that he would record their conversation, Zuo Li picked up the gavel and slammed it down heavily. Then the bailiffs struck their stern batons to quell the situation. Afterwards, the bailiffs separated Miao Hongye and Gu Changqing, preventing them from fighting anymore.
Having reached this point, Zuo Li believed that Qi Weiwu and Miao Hongye would no longer be as arrogant as before, because they were now completely under Miao Hongye's control.
Miao Hongye and the others were too exhausted to fight back. They had been beaten until their heads looked like pigs, and they were completely drained of their strength. How could they possibly make a scene?!
So Zuo Li struck the gavel again and slowly said, "Gu Changqing, is everything you just said true?"
Gu Changqing was stunned for a moment when he heard Zuo Li's words, but he quickly came to his senses. He lost control of himself and revealed the past in court and in front of everyone.
He glanced weakly at Du Qincai and Qi Weiwu to the side, and seeing the murderous glint in their eyes, Gu Changqing was so frightened that he almost collapsed to the ground.
Especially when he received Miao Hongye's eyes that seemed to want to tear him to pieces, he became even more terrified, as if he were kneeling on the guillotine, with a sharp blade about to fall and cut off his head.
But things had already come to this point, and it would be no use if he continued to be a coward and a coward, because the county magistrate would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen. But he was even more afraid that Qi Weiwu and Miao Hongye would punish him severely afterward and even break up his family. So Gu Changqing slowly shrank back after he had just poked his head out.
Seeing Gu Changqing like this, Zuo Li's face darkened. He slammed the gavel again, his tone sharp and serious, "Gu Changqing, I ask you, is everything you just said true?"
"This humble subject...this humble subject..." Gu Changqing stammered, not daring to utter a single word.
Rotten wood cannot be carved!
Zuo Li was so angry he almost blew his nose and glared. If it weren't for the need to completely clear Gu Sanniu's name, he would have rushed down and angrily cursed Gu Changqing for being such a good-for-nothing.
"Gu Changqing, how did your father die? How did your sister die? Why are Gu Daniu and Gu Erniu Qi Weiwu's sons? Why have you endured this for so many years? How did your third son, Gu Sanniu, get labeled a jinx? Why have you, Gu Changqing, been a coward for so many years? How did Du Qincai turn the Gu family upside down?"
You should know better than anyone else why you were so fierce when you were cursing Miao Hongye, but didn't dare to say a word when I asked you a question? Do you have a clear conscience? Do you have a clear conscience towards your deceased father and sister? Do you have a clear conscience towards Gu Sanniu and the humiliation your family has suffered at the hands of Du Qincai for so many years?
"Gu Changqing, if you're a man, a man who wants to see evildoers get what they deserve, then tell me everything that happened back then! Don't worry, with me here, no one can harm you! Not even Miao Hongye, those bandits from Miao Village!"
Because Prince Yi has already dispatched troops to suppress the bandits in Miao Village, the fighting should have already broken out by now!
Hearing the magistrate say this, Gu Changqing felt a little less uneasy, but only a little: "Your Excellency...this humble subject..."
He desperately wanted to tell the truth, but he just couldn't bring himself to say it.
This made Zuo Li even more unhappy with Gu Changqing's incompetence. Not only Gu Changqing, but everyone present looked down on Gu Changqing.
The opportunity was presented to them, yet they failed to seize it.
What a piece of rotten wood!
"Gu Changqing, you're truly useless! The county magistrate himself said that with him here, no one can harm you. He's backing you up! And yet you're still stammering and refusing to tell the truth! Don't you want the bad guys to get the punishment they deserve, so the dead can rest in peace?"
"Gu Changqing, you just hit Miao Hongye. Do you think Miao Hongye and Qi Weiwu will let you off the hook if you don't tell them? You're dreaming! Rather than being bullied by Miao Hongye and the others, you should tell them everything. That way, they will be punished, and your family will be at peace! Gu Changqing, stop standing there and tell us! Tell us!"
"..."
Everyone urged Gu Changqing to tell the truth.
Miao Hongye, Qi Weiwu, Du Qincai, and the rest of the Gu family all looked at Gu Changqing with disdain, utterly despising his incompetence.
It seems to be saying: Gu Changqing, you're really useless, but you did the right thing. You really shouldn't have said it, because if you had, your fate would have been even more miserable, your family would have been implicated, and the graves of your deceased father and sister would have been dug up because of you...
Gu Changqing, if you don't dare to speak, then shut your mouth! Otherwise, I'll make you pay, and I'll torture you to death in the days to come!
Gu Changqing, my father is a bandit. If you talk nonsense, I'll have my father kill you!
Gu Changqing suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an abyss, his heart filled with fear and worry, leaving him unable to move forward or backward.
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