During Liu Er's crime, Wang Changfu kept watch on him from the outside, so he was unaware that Wang Zhangshi had died.
It wasn't until Liu Er came out and didn't find Wang Zhangshi that he realized what had happened.
This is also why he decided to kill Liu Da and Liu Er as well.
Wang Changfu and Wang Zhangshi's child was taken care of by an old woman he bought in the city and rented a house. Wang Changfu took the Wang family's silver notes, but not all at once, so the officials thought the Wang family had not suffered any loss.
Apart from the elderly couple, no one else knew how much money they had saved. The money left by Wang Changfu was also consistent with the savings of the villagers in Wangjia Village, so the government did not suspect anything on this point.
The investigation into the old woman and the child was due to the gatekeeper of the mortuary mentioning a stepmother who abused her stepson down the mountain. She wanted a child who looked about the same age, so Wang Changfu had to go and buy one. Coincidentally, the stepson in that stepmother's family was already on the verge of death from abuse. Wang Changfu bought the child, fed him some of the kind of medicine that the Wang family had given him, and the child died.
The stepmother of this family was also clever. She even came to the Wang family to watch the commotion. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was at the mortuary, she secretly went to see her stepson's body. She thought about the relationship between Wang Changfu and the Wang family. Although she didn't understand the situation, she thought of using this to threaten Wang Changfu, hoping to get more money.
The Wang family has so many pigs, chickens, and fields; shouldn't they give her a share? After all, their children died alongside the Wang family.
The truth was finally revealed.
Even though she hadn't eaten lunch, Gu Xin still didn't feel hungry; she just found it a little scary.
She now understands what her parents meant when they said that sometimes it's not the dead that are scary, but the living.
She said this when she was a child in the village. Her uncle used to laugh at her aunt for being afraid of ghosts. She was actually a little afraid too. Then her parents noticed and told Gu Xin that the living are more terrifying than the dead. As long as we have a clear conscience, we don't need to be afraid of any ghosts or monsters.
Now she understands that saying: isn't the living more terrifying than the dead?
Wang Changfu and Liu Er were sentenced to be executed in the autumn, while Liu Da was innocent. Liu Da didn't even know the specific plans of Liu Er and Wang Changfu, and had even advised the two of them. However, after Wang Shunzi left, he learned of the news and was tied up by the two of them until the yamen officials came last night and he was finally untied. Therefore, he was innocent.
As for the Wang family's property, according to the law it should have gone to Wang Shunzi's brother's family. However, Wang Shunzi's brother, despite being seriously ill, came to the yamen and said he didn't want it. He wanted to give it all to the school in Wangjia Village so that all the children in Wangjia Village who couldn't afford to go to school could go to school.
He felt deeply ashamed for having spoiled such an unrighteous and heartless child, and he felt that it was all because Wang Changfu had never been to school.
Lord Qin wanted to say that even educated people can be utterly wicked, and their methods can be far more ruthless than those of uneducated people.
However, he did not say it aloud, but only agreed to Wang Shunzi's brother's request and promised that the yamen would personally supervise the handling of Wang Shunzi's family's property and then send it all to Wangjia Village School.
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Gu Xin walked out of the government office with a heavy heart.
Yesterday the sun was shining brightly, but today the sky has darkened, and she didn't even notice when she went out this morning.
"Boom!"
Thunder rumbled in the sky, and soon after, it started to rain.
"Third Young Master, you haven't left yet?" At this moment, Zheng Qiu came out holding an umbrella.
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