Chapter 37
"Divorce, the fourth brother must divorce that Gu family."
In the female prisoner cell, hiding in the crowd, Mrs. Qin watched the whole process of Aunt Shan bullying Gu Ran, but ended up being the one who fell. After returning to the cell, she firmly spoke to Grandma Qin, Grandma Qin San and others.
That Gu family is too cruel and ruthless.
She was so unruly that she fought with a thief like a shrew. Look at her face, what kind of look did she have?
Such a rude woman is not worthy of being the daughter-in-law of her Qin family.
"Of course we have to divorce," Qin San's grandmother immediately agreed. "Mother-in-law, we've already been in trouble with that thief's accomplices, and now she's beaten her so badly. I don't think those bandits will let Gu Erniang go. If our Fourth Uncle doesn't sever ties with her, I'm afraid those bandits will come after our Qin family."
As she spoke, Grandma Qin San's face was filled with fear and trepidation.
Oh my god, that Gu Er Niang is such a vicious character.
Seeing how ruthlessly she beat me to death, I must have offended her a lot the other day. If one day she goes crazy like this, will I still be able to save my life?
"If the fire breaks, will they let us go?" Grandma Qin asked uncertainly.
Ever since Grandpa Qin lost his life saving Grandma Qin, Grandma Qin has been in a bad state of mind. If she hadn't been concerned about her two children, she would have followed Grandpa Qin to the grave long ago.
Witnessing a life-and-death fight at this time actually cheered her up a bit.
"If we cut it off, at least we'll have an excuse to deal with the bandits. Otherwise, when they come looking for revenge, what will our Qin family, in our current state, do we have to fight them?" Mrs. Qin said, "Why should our Qin family suffer for the trouble she caused?"
No one said anything.
"Besides, the fourth brother is quite talented. Whether our Qin family can recover in the future depends on the third brother at home, and the fourth brother for the outside world."
Everyone was silent.
Prime Minister Qin's family also climbed up step by step in this way.
The livelihood of the mansion depends on the mediation of the second house, while the official career outside depends on Qin Xiang, the eldest son of the eldest house, to open up official channels.
Now that Mrs. Qin no longer has the support of her eldest son, Mr. Qin, she can only settle for the second best and place her hopes on Mr. Qin Si, a concubine's son who has some talent.
"If we let the fourth brother drag this evildoer into our family, our Qin family will have no future at all."
"Mother-in-law, please tell us. We will naturally do whatever you say. Is it about Fourth Uncle?"
"Don't worry. When the time is right, I'll bring this up with the third and fourth sons." Mrs. Qin warned, "Listen carefully! From now on, none of you are allowed to have anything to do with that Gu. We absolutely cannot allow her to cause trouble for the Qin family."
The women of the Qin family nodded in agreement.
In the same prison, in a corner, Aunt Mai and Mai Xiang were sitting together, feeling uneasy.
"Mother, is Sister Gu okay?"
When the commotion started outside, Aunt Mai and Mai Xiang were still in the cell. After hearing the noise, they went out to find out what was going on. When they saw that it was Gu Ran being chased and beaten by Aunt Shan, Mai Xiang turned pale with fear and hurriedly pulled Aunt Mai's hand: "Mother, she actually hit Sister Gu, go and save her."
Aunt Mai grabbed Mai Xiang's body as she was leaning out, and held her in her arms to prevent her from moving.
"Fool, that thief is so strong and cruel, we can't help her. If you go out, you will only be beaten. Don't get hurt."
"Mother, if you don't go now, Sister Gu will be beaten to death."
"You can't beat her to death. That thief is a prisoner. Even if she bullies someone, she has to be careful with her strength. She doesn't dare to kill anyone. She has to pay with her life. Just be patient."
This time, he saw that after being forced into a desperate situation, Gu Ran fought back and beat Aunt Shan so hard that she screamed in pain, which made Aunt Mai and Mai Xiang stare in amazement.
But it was not until the police noticed and rushed over that Mai Xiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Gu Ran being taken away by the officers, everyone in the female prisoners' prison was talking about this matter. Some were amazed, some were terrified, and even the air was in turmoil.
"Mother, Sister Gu, will everything be okay?"
Mai Xiang didn't expect that at the beginning she was worried that Sister Gu had been bullied, but in the end she had to worry that Sister Gu would be severely punished by the officials for injuring someone.
"Nothing will happen, it's not like Gu Er Niang was the one who started the trouble." Aunt Mai was also shocked by Gu Ran's ruthlessness later, and it took her a while to come back to her senses.
"If the official is sensible, he should have removed that thief as soon as possible for the safety of us female prisoners."
Chen Jieguan is naturally a sensible person.
Ever since Aunt Shan, Uncle Ying and others went to cause trouble for the Qin family, he had investigated the identities of this group of criminals. After learning that they were bandits, he also mentioned this matter to the escort officer in Zhengzhou.
So along the way, the escort officer kept a close eye on his prisoners, paying special attention to Aunt Shan, Uncle Ying and others. Fortunately, no mistakes were made along the way.
But they did not expect that something would happen in Quzhou City.
But things were a little unexpected. The female prisoner who was originally thought to be at a disadvantage was sitting quietly in the interrogation room, and the female prisoner who was originally thought to be the bully was carried outside and examined by the coroner on duty in the state government. The doctor said that the kneecaps of both legs were broken and she would probably not be able to walk in the future. Even if she could still stand up, she would be a cripple for life.
To become a cripple, you need to spend a lot of money and find a good doctor, otherwise you will become paralyzed.
The coroner shook his head repeatedly, and the officials looked at each other in confusion.
Don’t be too cruel to this criminal woman, Gu, you’ve ruined someone’s life just like that.
When Gu Ran heard that Shan Yi was unable to walk and could not continue to be exiled to Fujian with them, she felt relieved. As for the officials' comments that she was cruel, she did not agree at all.
She is cruel, isn’t Aunt Shan cruel too?
Bandits are not good people to begin with. Robbery is commonplace for them. This mountain lady is so cruel. Who dares to say that she has never killed anyone?
After being caught and exiled, how many people did Aunt Shan bully by relying on her own advantages?
She remembered that the female prisoners said that there were also female prisoners in Yuzhou who were raped to death by Shan Yi and her accomplices. Then why didn't the interrogators say that Shan Yi and her accomplices were cruel?
Chen Jie Guan and others investigated the whole story.
Shan Yi usually offends many people but calls them by name, especially the female prisoners who were bullied by Shan Yi. At this time, they all blamed the crime on Shan Yi. In addition, Shan Yi was the first to attack, and many eyewitnesses confirmed this.
So at the end of the investigation, Gu Ran was not in trouble at all.
No, there are still some.
Judge Chen warned Gu Ran not to act rashly or cause trouble in the future, and that this incident would be recorded in her exile performance.
After arriving at the place of exile, the exile will generally be examined based on his crimes and his performance during the exile, and then the exile's exile location will be determined.
Exiles with minor crimes and good behavior will be placed in places with good environments, while exiles with serious crimes and poor behavior will generally be placed in remote and desolate places with basically the worst environment.
Gu Ran knew this from the original owner's memory, but the problem was, they had come to her door, how could she endure it?
After enduring this time, Aunt Shan felt that she was weak and incompetent, and there would definitely be a next time.
In order to prevent others from taking advantage of her, she had no choice but to show them how tough she was.
As for the harsh place of exile, well, if people die on the way to exile, how can we talk about arriving safely at the place of exile?
So when her body was safe, she didn't care about anything else, she only cared about saving her own life. As for what happened after arriving at the place of exile, since that was a matter for later, she would talk about it later.
After Gu Ran received a lecture, she was sent back to the women's prison without even the doctor, who was a coroner, examining her injuries.
When the female prisoners saw Gu Ran coming back, there was complete silence, and everyone made way for her wherever she walked.
Although everyone was surprised that she could actually fight back against Aunt Shan, some female prisoners who were routinely bullied by Aunt Shan breathed a sigh of relief and perhaps even felt a little grateful, but in such an extreme place as a prison, everyone was more afraid that if Aunt Shan fell, this Gu Er Niang would take the opportunity to cause chaos and become the second Aunt Shan.
Seeing her vicious methods today, everyone felt fearful.
Gu Ran walked to the place where he found himself when he entered the prison and met Pei Liuniang.
"Are you okay?" Pei Liuniang was still holding Gu Ran's prison uniform in her hand. When she saw her come back, she stood up while hugging the prison uniform and looked her up and down.
"It's okay." Gu Ran nodded, took the prison uniform, and then looked at the clothes that had rolled on the ground and become even darker, and sighed.
Well, I could have washed up today, but because of Aunt Shan’s trouble, the hot water was gone when I came back.
These things in prison are all too late, and I have lost the opportunity to take a bath in vain.
By the time we get to Fujian, we'll be pickled and smell bad, right?
Gu Ran lowered his head and sniffed himself, then moved closer to Pei Liuniang and asked her to smell it as well: "Does it stink?"
Pei Liuniang, who had washed herself clean, turned her head to the side awkwardly and stammered, "Not bad."
Gu Ran curled his lips.
"The wound on your face?"
"Let me rub this wound."
Gu Ran took out the bamboo tube he carried with him, luckily there was still some water in it.
She chose a slightly cleaner spot on her cotton prison uniform, tore off a piece, dipped it in water, and wiped the blood off her face with it.
Pei Liuniang watched nervously from the side, until she saw that most of the areas on her face covered in blood were not injured, with only a wound the size of a copper coin on her forehead, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, this was the only obvious external injury Gu Ran had suffered. The other less obvious ones were the scratches on his hands when he fell to the ground. As for the injuries under his clothes, there were many more. His whole body was in pain, but there was no point in saying anything, so Gu Ran just gritted his teeth and endured it.
"Sister Gu, are you okay?" Mai Xiang came over at some point and asked, staring at Gu Ran.
"It's okay." Gu Ran smiled at Mai Xiang.
"This is the ointment given by our villagers..."
When Mai Xiang reached out to hand the ointment to Gu Ran, Pei Liuniang rummaged through her bag and took out a box of ointment and handed it to Gu Ran.
Gu Ran looked at Mai Xiang, then at Pei Liuniang, and caught a glimpse of Aunt Mai, who was packing her bedding nearby but kept glancing over. He pushed the ointment from Mai Xiang's hand back and accepted Pei Liuniang's ointment instead: "Xiangxiang, keep yours. I'll just use Pei Liu's."
"Sister Gu!" Mai Xiang suddenly panicked and asked softly, "Sister Gu, are you angry?"
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