This group of people moved through the mountains as if they were in an empty place, traveling more than 200 miles a day!
Let's leave that aside for now and talk about Dingshui Village, where Village Chief Li called another meeting.
"What were we talking about in today's meeting?"
"I don't know, I didn't hear anything about it before."
"Don't you have someone in your family working at the village committee? I wonder what the village chief called us to talk about?"
"I really don't know..."
Below the platform of the ancestral hall, the crowd was buzzing with discussion.
Village Chief Li looked around and, seeing that almost everyone had arrived, said, "Everyone, please be quiet." He pressed his hands down, "I called you here today mainly to discuss two things!"
The people below quickly quieted down, all staring at him expectantly.
Village Chief Li said, "I'm sure everyone has heard about Lu Yancai's wife these past two days, right?"
Upon hearing this, the crowd erupted in uproar once again.
"Pah! Don't even mention that wicked woman, she almost killed us!"
"That's right, she even dared to let that person from Xiqiang go, completely disregarding our lives. She deserves to be arrested and imprisoned!"
"What did the village chief say? Did Ma really go to jail?"
With this question raised, everyone's attention once again focused on Village Chief Li.
Village Chief Li had no temper with these people anymore. Every time he spoke, they would gossip below, and he was used to it.
"Yes, what I'm going to talk about today is the fate of the Ma family!" Village Chief Li said sternly. "Do you know how the laws of our Great Yue deal with people like this?"
"Of course we don't know! Village chief, stop keeping us in suspense and tell us already!" someone shouted from below.
Village Chief Li glared at the person who spoke, "You sons of bitches shut up, I've already said everything!"
The people below immediately fell silent, and those who liked to stir up trouble touched their noses guiltily.
"Madam Ma was sentenced to death by hanging for releasing two serious criminals, but she was spared the death penalty because the two criminals were caught in time. However, she was spared the death penalty but not the punishment. Lord Wei exiled her to a mine in the border town to do hard labor..."
His words left the villagers sighing and looking at each other in bewilderment.
Lu Yancai and Lu Tianbao lowered their heads, understanding why Village Chief Li had brought this up in public.
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