Chapter 439 He Just Wants to Die
"Where is Yunzhong City Magistrate Li Shouzheng? Are you trying to disobey the order by not accepting it?" The imperial constable outside the yamen shouted.
Li Shouzheng came to his senses and hurried out to receive the order.
Although he was kneeling on the ground, his mind was buzzing.
What did he just say?
He actually said that the Emperor had not taught the Crown Princess well, and wanted to send the Crown Princess to the family temple, and also asked the Emperor to come and reprimand her.
Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead and back.
He didn't hear clearly what the inspector said until he heard the last sentence "dismissed from all positions" and then he came to his senses.
What? Just because he forced women to bind their feet, he should be dismissed from office?
He doesn't accept it!
"I have been an official for twenty years and have worked diligently and conscientiously for Daxia. How could the emperor treat me like this?" He looked at the person in front of him in disbelief.
The people were also somewhat confused. Would one be dismissed from office for binding his feet?
The imperial messenger sneered and repeated what Lu Yanshi had said in the court.
"As an official appointed by the imperial court, you are not doing your job and only care about women's feet. At the very least, you are derelict in your duty. At the most, you have caused many children to die from foot binding and damaged the foundation of Daxia. You are trying to shake the foundation of the country and your crime should be punished. If it weren't for the emperor's mercy, do you think it would be enough to simply dismiss you from office?"
After that, he repeated the newly promulgated decree.
If anyone dares to tie a woman’s feet again, his entire family will be tied up with their feet, and the person will be exiled to the Rakshasa country to grow potatoes.
After hearing this, Li Shouzheng's body went limp and he collapsed to the ground.
Those families who had their children's feet bound immediately regretted it.
I was so lucky that I didn't have time to wrap my feet.
"I'm right. I just want the woman to return to the rear house to take care of her husband and children. There's nothing wrong with me." Li Shouzheng muttered to himself.
The officer ignored him and asked his men to disperse the onlookers before looking at Lu Can.
"Your humble servant..."
"Sir, you are looking for my sister. She is inside." Lu Can interrupted him and pointed inside the yamen.
"Yes." Qin Cha realized that Lu Can didn't want to reveal his identity, so he went to find Lu Li.
Lu Can glanced at Feng Qi and felt relieved when he saw that he didn't say anything.
He shouldn't be wearing any clothes, right?
…
After listening to her father's arrangement for Li Shouzheng, Lu Li was somewhat dissatisfied.
"Is it that simple to dismiss someone from office?"
"Your Majesty, I will follow your instructions on everything else." The imperial servant replied respectfully.
"That's better." Lu Li looked at Li Shouzheng, who was lying on the ground in a rage, and immediately had an idea.
"He likes to bind other people's feet, let him experience it for once."
Li Shouzheng immediately showed a horrified expression.
He is already old, and binding his feet at this age could be fatal.
"Princess, spare my life. Princess, spare my life."
"Didn't you say you wanted to discuss with my father how to educate me? Why did you spare my life?" Lu Li looked at him with blinking eyes.
The officer's eyes stabbed into Li Shouzheng like a knife.
This guy named Li is so brave that he even wants to teach the emperor how to be a father.
"No, that's not what I meant." Li Shouzheng shook his head frantically.
But once Lu Li makes a decision, she will never change it.
She ordered people to invite Mrs. Liu, who was very skilled in foot binding in the city.
When Mrs. Liu heard that she had to bind the feet of the former prefect, she trembled with fear and her hands became unsteady.
"Think it over carefully. If you don't bind his feet, I will bind yours." Lu Li stared at her coldly.
"Yes, I will definitely do it." Mrs. Liu started to operate with trembling hands.
Li Shouzheng's limbs were tied up and his mouth was gagged.
Because his feet had already been shaped and could not be folded like a young child's, they had to break off his four toes and then wrap them up.
Li Shouzheng was knocked unconscious four or five times by the pain.
Every time he fainted, Lu Li would find someone to wake him up.
After all the torture, he couldn't even shed tears and could only gasp for breath.
"Sir, I have done my best. His feet are too big, so this is the only way." Mrs. Liu replied tremblingly.
"Okay. Next, he will do whatever those children with bound feet do. I want you to keep an eye on him, do you understand?" Lu Li spoke again.
"Yes." Mrs. Liu took the job with tears in her eyes.
After Li Shouzheng had his feet wrapped, he rested for a day and was then forced to stand up and walk.
But every step was excruciatingly painful, and blood seeped out, staining the cloth bright red.
The strip of cloth was stuck to the flesh of his feet, and when it was torn off he screamed again.
Mrs. Liu applied medicine on him and wrapped him up again.
She sighed and consoled him, "You will suffer from this kind of pain if you bind your feet. You should rest well, or your feet will not heal for a long time."
Li Shouzheng didn't have the energy to respond to her.
He just wants to die.
It's too painful to live like this.
He suddenly understood why his daughter cried so hard when she had her feet bound.
This kind of sin is truly unbearable for human beings.
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"This kind of person deserves it!" After learning about Li Shouzheng's fate from his ninth sister, Lu Can clapped his hands in joy.
"Yes, you deserve it." Lu Xuan echoed.
"Compared to those little girls, he is already happy enough." Lu Li pinched their faces with one hand.
Yesterday's incident was such a big deal that it was not convenient for them to stay in Yunzhong City any longer.
Lu Li wrote a letter to Qinchai and asked him to take it back to give it to her father, and then took everyone to eat the special food of Yunzhong City.
After the meal, they sent He Qiuhua to the Yunzhong City branch of the Great Xia Tian Industrial Institute of Technology to study. She kowtowed to Lu Li several times in gratitude.
"Miss Lu Jiu, when I achieve success in the future, I will definitely repay you. But where should I go to find you?" He Qiuhua looked at her reluctantly.
"You don't have to repay me. If you meet people who need help and you are able to, just give them a hand like I helped you." Lu Li smiled and waved his hand before getting on the carriage.
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After leaving Yunzhong City and crossing the grassland, they entered the territory before Beiyong.
Lu Li looked at the familiar prairie and couldn't help but sigh.
"I miss Jin Jin a little bit."
The last time she and her father toured here, her father brought Jin Jin out like magic.
This time, in order to avoid attracting attention, she did not bring Jin Jin out.
"Ninth sister, I heard that there was a group of wolves here that obeyed your command at that time. Is it true?" Seeing that she seemed a little sad, Lu Can quickly changed the subject.
"It's true!" When mentioning his heroic deeds, Lu Li immediately smiled proudly and recounted what happened.
It was those wolf brothers who brought her and the foreigners back.
"Wow, that's amazing. Sister Nine, do you think they are still here? Can we still see them?" Lu Can asked with blinking eyes.
"I guess they are gone. After all, the lifespan of a wolf is only a dozen years. I have grown up, and they are probably gone too." Lu Li sighed.
More than a decade has passed, times have changed, and things and people have changed.
Lu Can originally wanted to make his sister happy, but unexpectedly he ended up making her sad.
He was at a loss as to what to do, so he simply got out of the car and went to look for Feng Qi.
This guy wants to be his brother-in-law, so he must have a way to make his sister happy.