Chapter 40: Like Tofu Pudding
Lu Chengjing didn't hear what these people were arguing about at all. He lowered his eyes and stared at the hem of Shang Wan's skirt in a trance. When he was suddenly called, he looked up with a bit of confusion in his eyes.
Last night's clothes were dirty and wrinkled. Shang Wan didn't want to let her vase down, so she quietly took out a moon-white robe from the space, pretending that it was dug out from the house before the rain yesterday, and asked Lu Chengjing to change into it.
Lu Chengjing was good-looking to begin with, and he was wearing a moon-white suit with his black hair loosely tied behind his head. He had an elegant and refined temperament, and looked like a banished immortal who had descended to earth.
As soon as he showed up today after changing his clothes, he caught the eyes of many young wives and girls. Even some men were puzzled, thinking that it was a good thing that Mr. Lu was married, otherwise, with Mr. Lu as a beautiful woman, how could the girls in the village look at them?
Shang Wan found Lu Chengjing's bewildered expression rather endearing. She leaned close to Lu Chengjing's ear and whispered back what Shen Qi and Old Man Luo had said.
Before she could finish her words, Lu Chengjing's ears turned red again.
Shang Wan smiled secretly, it was really fun to tease this guy.
"The law states that those who obstruct officials in their investigations may be sentenced to caning or imprisonment for minor offenses, or beheading, hanging, or lingchi for serious offenses, depending on the severity of the offense."
Lu Chengjing spoke in a gentle tone, but when the word "Lingchi" came out, everyone's heart trembled, and a layer of white sweat appeared on their arms.
The Luo family was even more frightened. Luo Da and Luo Er turned to look at Luo Lao, waiting for him to speak.
Old Man Luo's gaze shifted between Shen Qi and Lu Chengjing. "Lu Xiucai, are you serious?"
"The law can be checked." Lu Chengjing's calm black eyes looked at him steadily, "Uncle Luo, are you really going to sacrifice your entire family for a useless son?"
Old Man Luo had a sullen face, his teeth clenched, and the struggle and hesitation in his eyes were clearly visible.
Wang reached out and pinched her son. Da Pang felt the pain and screamed at the top of his voice, "Grandpa, Grandpa, I don't want to go to jail, I don't want to be beaten!"
When the two children of the Luo family heard that Big Fatty was crying, they also opened their mouths and cried.
Fourth Uncle always bullies them. They don’t like Fourth Uncle and don’t want to help him get beaten.
Hearing the cries of the three children, Old Man Luo froze and the hesitation in his eyes disappeared a lot.
"Dad, I can pay for the life of the fourth child, but the children are still young." Luo Da knelt down in front of Luo Laodi. The tall man's eyes never turned red when he was injured, but now he burst into tears.
Dad said that the fourth child was the product of mother's life, and that he and the second child were protecting the fourth child to protect mother. He listened to this, and no matter what bad things the fourth child did, he never said a harsh word to him.
But his children don’t owe the fourth child anything!
Luo Lao closed his eyes and turned to look at Luo Er. "Luo Er, what about you?"
Luo Er immediately knelt down and said with his neck stiff, "Dad, I'm the same as my elder brother."
Father Luo looked at his two daughters-in-law again, "What about you?"
Liu immediately pulled the two children to kneel down and said, "I will obey my husband."
"My daughter-in-law too." Wang also pulled the child to kneel down.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Old Man Luo's dry lips moved twice, and finally a deep sigh escaped from his lips.
Qinniang, I can’t keep the fourth child.
The body that had been barely straightened hunched over, and Old Man Luo walked to the side tremblingly to make way for Luo Si who was struggling to grab him.
"Dad! Dad! I don't want to go to jail, I don't want to go to jail!" Luo Si crawled over and grabbed the corner of Luo Laodi's clothes, tears streaming down his face. "My mother sacrificed her life for me, Dad! Think about Mom, think about Mom, Dad!"
Luo Si shouted "Dad" until his voice broke. Old Man Luo clenched his fists tightly but did not even look down at him.
"You useless thing! You murderer!" Luo Si was furious. "You caused my mother to lose her life! Now you want to kill me? I won't let you succeed. I'm going to kill you. I...ah!"
Luo Da kicked him away, and the last bit of affection he had for his younger brother was wiped out.
"Rebellious... rebellious son!" Old Man Luo was so angry that he couldn't breathe, and his face gradually turned blue and purple. Luo Er hurried forward and carried the man on his back, shouting for Doctor Yuan to help while running, without even looking at Luo Si who was on the ground.
No matter how deep the brotherhood is, it will be worn out day by day. If his father had not been alive, Luo Er would have long wanted to stop caring about his younger brother.
Luo Si knew that his family no longer cared about him, so he quickly crawled towards Shang Wan, "Madam Shang, lady, please save me, I won't dare to do it again!"
Before he could crawl in front of Shang Wan, Shan Dajun stepped on him and said, "You regret it now, but what did you do before? Don't pollute Madam Shang's eyes with your shabby appearance."
Luo Si was tied up like a caterpillar with hemp ropes, and his mouth was blocked, so he couldn't make any sound.
The villagers sent Shen Qi and the other man to the village entrance. The horses they rode were eating grass leisurely.
Liu Hu and Luo Si were thrown onto the horses' backs. The villagers watched them ride away before turning back.
Everyone had walked away, but Xiaohuan stood there without moving, watching the two riders getting farther and farther away.
Shang Wan reached out and patted her, "What are you thinking about?"
"Sister, what will the sentence be?" Xiao Huan raised her hand to wipe away the tears that suddenly welled up in her eyes and sniffed. "And that Chen San, will he be arrested too?"
"These two have committed many crimes, but no one reported them before. Now that they have been arrested, Lord An will not give them a light sentence. At the very least, they will be exiled." Shang Wan said, "As for Chen San, he died yesterday."
"Dead?" Xiaohuan's eyes widened in surprise. "How did he die?"
Shang Wan said, "A rock fell and hit his head, splitting it open. I heard his brains were splattered all over the floor, like tofu pudding."
Xiaohuan couldn't help but turn around and vomit. She could never look at tofu pudding directly again.
"Okay, forget about the uncomfortable things." Shang Wan put his arm around Xiao Huan's shoulders and led them towards the village. His voice was gentle, "There are not many things a person can remember in a lifetime. Don't waste your brain capacity."
Although she didn't understand what "brain capacity" meant, Xiaohuan guessed it was similar to memory. She smiled and said, "I know Sister will definitely remember Brother-in-law."
Shang Wan nodded in agreement. It would be hard not to remember a face like that, right?
"Sister, there won't be any more earthquakes, right?"
"How can you say for sure? But there won't be a major earthquake in the short term. At most there will be some aftershocks."
Xiaohuan sighed, "The house collapsed, where are we going to live in the future?"
"It's collapsed, so it is." Shang Wan glanced at the cracked ground not far away and said casually, "Think positively, we don't have to tear down the house ourselves when we build a new one. It saves a lot of trouble and labor costs."
Xiaohuan: That seems to be the case.
However, "Sister, we don't have enough money to build a new house."
"It will be available soon." Shang Wan curled the corners of his lips.
Xiaohuan turned to look at her. Why did she feel that her sister was in a particularly good mood today?
Xiaohuan was not wrong. Shang Wan was indeed in a very good mood today because she woke up this morning to find that her supernatural powers had been quietly upgraded.
However, what made her happy was not the upgrade of her superpowers, but the fact that as her superpowers upgraded, an acre of spiritual field appeared in the space.
The spiritual field, that is her capital to walk sideways in the end times.
Now that we have spiritual fields, how far can silver be?
(End of this chapter)
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