Upon hearing this, Madam Fan fainted from fright.
After being woken up, Madam Fan burst into tears, crying, "What will I do about my son? What will I do? Waaaaah..."
Yuan Yajing, heavily pregnant, went over to comfort Fan Shi. Fan Shi used to think that Yuan Yajing was rich, so she was kind to her, hoping to get some money from her.
Now that Yuan Weimin is about to be beheaded, and she herself has been implicated by the Yuan family, she is in dire straits and can barely save herself. How could she possibly be kind to her?
"Get out of here! You jinx!"
Ignoring the fact that Yuan Yajing was pregnant, he pushed her down.
"Ah...it hurts so much...my child, my child..." Yuan Yajing lay on the ground, clutching her stomach and wailing in pain.
Soon, Yuan Yajing started bleeding.
Lin Shikang coldly watched Yuan Yajing clutching her stomach and screaming in pain, remaining motionless.
Yuan Yajing burst into tears, only then realizing what kind of person she had married!
Rumors circulated that Lin Shih-kang was ungrateful, selfish, and cold-hearted; it turns out, the rumors were true...
At this moment, Cen Xiao arrived with his men.
Seeing Cen Xiao's frosty expression, Madam Fan was terrified, wondering if she would be falsely accused of murder.
"I...I..." Fan's legs trembled, and she could not speak clearly.
Cen Xiao instructed the people behind him, "Take her out and find a midwife to help her give birth."
The people below immediately carried Yuan Yajing away.
Cen Xiao's gaze fell on Lin Shikang, and Lin Shikang also looked at Cen Xiao. The air seemed to freeze instantly.
At this moment, Madam Fan knelt down in front of Cen Xiao with a thud: "General, I was blind and I have wronged Yang Cui, but if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been able to marry her, would you?"
Please let us go. The Yuan family's crimes have nothing to do with us. We know nothing about them. I just swindled some money from Yuan Yajing.
I hid all that money under the bed. I'll give it all to you, please let us go..."
When Lin Shikang saw his mother kneeling in front of Yang Cui's current boyfriend, he felt utterly humiliated.
But deep down, he hoped that Cen Xiao would let them off the hook.
"Mother, what are you doing?" Lin Shikang quickly pulled at Madam Fan.
Fan pushed Lin Shikang away, knelt down, her face covered in snot and tears, and repeatedly promised, "I will definitely not cause trouble for Yang Cui in the future. I... I will go back and apologize to her. I will kowtow and apologize. I will set off firecrackers. I will apologize to her in front of everyone..."
Cen Xiao didn't speak, turned and left. Dao San behind him said, "Lord Lin, oh no, you've been dismissed from your post and stripped of your official rank. From now on, you're just an ordinary person, Lin Shikang. You can leave now."
Hearing this, Lin Shikang and his mother were both stunned!
They're free now???
Cen Xiao didn't take the opportunity to kill him!
Dismissal from office and stripping of official titles are nothing compared to life. So when she heard that she could save her life and return to her hometown, she felt that her deceased husband was protecting her and almost cheered.
Lin Shikang, however, felt that things were not so simple.
Although the Yuan family's crimes had nothing to do with him, and he had hardly interfered in county affairs during his time in Ganning, always focusing on developing his strength in a low-key manner, it would have been easy for Cen Xiao to take advantage of the situation to kill him. Yet, he didn't!
He couldn't believe that Cen Xiao would be so magnanimous!
So what does he want to do?
“My son, even though you can’t become an official, I still have money. If we go back to our hometown, we can still live a prosperous life.” Madam Fan wept with joy.
Although life in Ganning was a bit boring, Fan Shi made a lot of money from Yuan Yajing. Her biggest entertainment was making money and taking stock of her assets. She would count money every night before going to sleep.
Now she has not only three hundred taels of silver notes, but also ten gold leaves, two gold bracelets, three gold hairpins, two pearl necklaces, and two pairs of gold earrings, which are worth over a thousand taels in total.
A thousand taels of silver would be enough for them to live a life of luxury in Lin'an Village, and the villagers would probably be very envious of her.
Fan thought to herself with satisfaction, "It would be good if Lin Shikang could become an official, but it doesn't matter if he can't, since he'll have money anyway. After all, becoming an official is all about money."
Lin Shih-kang immediately sensed something was wrong when he heard about going back to his hometown.
Go back? How could he possibly have the face to go back?
To this day, the death of Donkey Egg and the disappearance of Cow Egg are still being kept from their hometown. If they go back, how will they explain it?
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