Of course, Madam Gu did not disappear without a trace. At this moment, she was kneeling on the floor tiles in the side courtyard, slapping herself repeatedly, cursing as she did so: "I am a slut, I shouldn't have bullied Miss Song!"
When the black gold attacked, she was already terrified, her legs were so weak she couldn't even walk.
However, even if she wanted to leave, she couldn't.
Yunniang stood with her hands on her hips, pointed at her nose and scolded: "Everyone says that a mother's kindness and a son's filial piety should come first, but a mother's kindness should come first."
You keep calling my daughter a slut, you don't act like an elder at all.
Besides, they weren't even born from the same mother; even the father was born through a cesarean section. She's not even the girl's biological aunt, yet she dares to shamelessly come knocking on our door looking for her! I spit on her!
Little Gu was scolded until her face turned red and her veins bulged. She was known for her sharp tongue in Xiaoshi Village and, together with Old Gu and her mother-in-law, became the village bullies, dominating the village and acting lawlessly.
But life has gotten worse day by day over the past year.
As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down; when a dog is drowning, everyone beats it with sticks. The women in the village also united to fight back against the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Every day, the relentless barrage of attacks goes on from morning till night; even the dogs walking by urinate in front of her front door.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's arrogance was completely extinguished. Old Mrs. Gu suffered a stroke and was paralyzed in bed, while Young Mrs. Gu also became more submissive.
Now, even when Yun Niangzi scolded her, she didn't dare to refute. She only stopped slapping her and said in a trembling voice, "No matter what, Song Liyun is still a girl of our Song family. Her grandmother is seriously ill, and there is no one left in the main house, so she has to go back to attend the funeral."
"Going to a funeral?" Yun Niangzi sneered: "Your mother-in-law died, and you neither kept vigil nor wore mourning clothes, leaving the dead body behind and running around, just to grab your granddaughter to go back and send off the coffin."
"Is it because everyone in your Song family is dead, with no one left to break bowls and wave banners, that you have to ask their grandchildren to go back before you can leave?"
Realizing she had misspoke, Madam Gu quickly added, "He's not dead yet. He just wants the child to go back to see his grandmother one last time and to see her off in her final days, so that the family can prosper in the future..."
Before she could finish speaking, Yunniang spat in her face.
"Pah! You wish them well, but while they're alive, you'll find ways to abuse them. When they die and become ghosts, they'll be evil ghosts too. Do you really think that everyone in the world is smart, and everyone else is a fool?"
Although Yun Niangzi rarely goes out, she is not truly weak or easily bullied, especially when facing this second aunt of the Song family.
Unlike Han Ming and other careless men.
Lady Yun felt sorry for the two brothers and would often ask them in detail about their past lives.
From Song Liyun's words, she heard about the abuse that the Gu family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had inflicted on the two of them.
Thinking of Xiao An's body, which was weaker than that of normal children, and Da Ping's disabled leg, she, as a mother who had lost her own son, really wanted to tear that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law apart alive.
Now that this woman has come to her doorstep, how could she let her go so easily?
Slapping someone is a minor matter; if she weren't afraid of causing trouble for the Song family, she would definitely chop the person up with a knife.
Little Gu really brought trouble upon herself.
Knowing that someone was coming to Baolin Residence to cause trouble, Han Ming was worried that if things got out of hand, Black Gold would run away and frighten people, so he arranged for Yun Niangzi to guard it in a side courtyard.
Only Yun Niangzi could control the violent and terrifying black money.
The fighting outside was fierce, and Black Gold had begun to go berserk, so Madam Gu led three men into the side courtyard.
At this moment, Madam Gu was both scared and in pain, and even felt like dying.
She knelt on the ground, too afraid to move. The dark, gaping monster was squatting beside her, occasionally baring its claws and sharp teeth in a show of defiance.
Madam Gu felt that if she made a move, she would be treated like that hanger-on in Master Xue's household, with her face torn off.
So she could only slap herself repeatedly until her face swelled up like a pig's head.
It was only after Song Lao Er shouted and yelled that someone saved her.
Chief Constable Jiang was on official business, and in principle, he should have notified the local government before making an arrest.
He barged into a private residence and deserved to be beaten.
Han Ming and Song Zhenping simply said: We don't know them, we don't know them, we don't understand them!
Luo Baihu also defended himself by saying "ignorance is no excuse," and thus the matter of assaulting the officials was suppressed.
Even the most important matters must be handled according to procedures.
As a result, the entire group was immediately packed up by Luo Baihu and handed over to Jiang Feng of Qili County.
Meanwhile, someone rode a fast horse to the prefectural city to find Song Liyun.
Everything resumed to be handled officially. Constable Jiang handed over the relevant information to the Qili County government and requested their cooperation in the case. Song Zhenping and others were also taken away and temporarily sent to prison.
In the back courtyard of the county government office, Jiang Feng was opening the files of Songfeng County and looking at them carefully.
Luo Baihu sat there with an air of authority, gulping down tea from the teapot.
"Tell me, this person is already a military household member, yet Songfeng County still dares to issue an arrest warrant. In my opinion, you should just ignore it and see if they dare to come and arrest him!"
Jiang Feng didn't bother arguing with a rough man who only knew how to brandish weapons.
Government officials are scholars, while soldiers are warriors.
These people with muscles in their heads can't imagine: a scholar kills without a knife.
He simply put down the file and said calmly, "What is Songfeng County? You should consider Pingyang Prefecture."
Songfeng County and Qili County are far apart, but administratively they both belong to Pingyang Prefecture.
If Qili County easily refuses Songfeng County's request for assistance, Songfeng County can hand the case over to Pingyang Prefecture for handling.
Handing over the initiative to others is not a good thing for the Song family.
"Then what are you going to do?" Luo Baihu asked anxiously.
He had already read the case file sent by Songfeng County, which stated that Song Lao Er's house had been mysteriously burglarized, and suspected that Song Zhenping had colluded with thieves to commit the crime.
In addition, there was a contract of indenture, worth fifty taels of silver... Song Liyun was worth fifty taels of silver!
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