She was tired from walking and just wanted to get home quickly to drink some water and rest, lying on the bed for a while. As Shen Heng walked quickly towards Xie's house, she noticed that the eyes of the people around her were all on her, their eyes full of pity, contempt, and disdain.
"This woman is so pitiful. She was forced to marry into the Xie family. Her life is ruined."
"The Shen family is a philanthropic family, but their reputation has been dragged down by this daughter."
"That's right."
What do you mean by being dragged down by her daughter? Shen Heng frowned. It should be that the Shen family failed to protect their daughter and ruined her.
I heard someone around me say, "By the way, didn't the clan discuss letting the murderer and his family live outside the city? Why haven't they left yet?"
"It will probably be in the next few days."
"Hurry up and drive this family away. It brings bad luck to see them."
"His eldest brother was killed by a giant beast in the mountains several years ago, and even now, not a single remains have been found. This is retribution."
"Xie Jian's mother ran away from home because she couldn't stand her father's brutality. This family was rotten from the very beginning."
Chen Heng discovered that the people who said these words were all members of the Xie clan. She had some impression of them, but she couldn't tell who they were. Her attention was focused on the place outside the city.
Although the Da Cong Dynasty was centered on imperial power, due to its vast territory and large population, it decentralized power, that is, "imperial power does not extend below the county level, only clans are below the county level, and clans are all self-governing." The power of clans was very great.
If the Xie family were really forced to live outside the city, they would definitely not be able to resist.
This is too much. That is Xie Jian’s own home. Doesn’t he have the right to live in his own home?
Chen Heng suddenly remembered that one of the inscriptions on the traitor's tombstone was about slaughtering the entire family. Looking at the Xie clan members walking by, she felt a complicated feeling when she thought that each of them would fall in a pool of blood in the future.
Just as she was immersed in her own thoughts, she looked up and found that she had arrived at the door of Xie's house. Then she heard Xie Min's childish voice coming from the yard: "He beat me until I bled, why couldn't I push him away?"
"Your wound is just a skin break. This is our Hu Bao's new clothes. The fabric alone was shipped from the ancient capital. We hired the best tailor in Nanming County to make it. And you tore it. Can you afford to pay for it?" The woman said in a domineering voice: "If you can't pay, I will report it to the police."
When Shen Heng entered the house, she saw a fat woman with a child in the yard, pointing and scolding little Xie Min.
The child beside the fat woman, whom she called Hu Bao, was about the same age as Xie Min. He became interested when he heard about the report to the police and made a face at Xie Min: "If you don't pay me, I'll have you jailed and executed like your grandfather."
"My grandfather was wronged." Xie Min said loudly, holding back tears.
"Your grandfather is a murderer." Although Hu Bao was young, the disgust on his face was deeply influenced by the adults: "Your father was bitten to death by a giant insect. It's retribution."
"My grandfather is not a murderer, and my father is still alive, he just disappeared." Xie Min said as he was about to take the tiger-killing treasure.
"Look at this fatherless kid trying to hit someone." The fat woman saw this and was about to yell outside for everyone to come and see when she saw Shen Heng come in: "Oh, isn't this Xie Jian's wife? For the sake of the kind-hearted Shen, you should pay her a hundred coins, otherwise you won't be able to get away with this."
Chen Heng gasped. A hundred coins was a month's living expenses for ordinary people.
A hundred coins? Xia's face turned pale. Although she felt sorry for her son being bullied, she knew that making a big fuss would not benefit their family. She lowered her head and said to her son, "Min'er, apologize to Hu Bao."
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