Chapter 218 The Magistrate's Daughter
Fang Luxue did not give the woman a chance to continue speaking.
"Wu Gousheng, they're calling your sister a slut and spreading rumors that she slept with bandits. Aren't you going to do anything about it?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Gousheng's face darkened.
"What nonsense are you talking about? My sister is innocent, don't spread rumors!"
He glanced around, his gaze settling on Aunt Yang. "It's you, isn't it?"
He pressed Aunt Yang step by step, saying, "When I came back yesterday, I saw you causing trouble at the Chen family's house, and now you're spreading rumors about my sister everywhere. What are you up to?"
Aunt Yang took a few steps back, stepped into a hole, and almost fell.
She paused for a moment, then said with dissatisfaction, "Wu Gousheng, these aren't things we said, they're being spread everywhere. What gives you the right to say it's about me?"
"Don't think I don't know that your family is only trying to curry favor with Wan Qiqi because of her connection to the academy, just so your brother can get into the academy!"
Wu Gousheng was initially in the right, but these words struck a nerve, and his arrogance immediately subsided.
He approached Wan Qiqi without any ulterior motive; he simply admired her, thought she was amazing, and wanted to follow her.
What are you all doing?
Chen Lizheng suddenly appeared, with Chen Yongnian by his side.
The women immediately lowered their heads.
"Um... I have something to do at home, so I'll head back now!"
"Yes, my family is still waiting for the grain I bought, I'll be going now!"
One by one, the women left, and soon only Aunt Yang was left.
She wanted to leave, but Wu Gousheng and Fang Luxue stopped her, preventing her from leaving.
Chen Lizheng's gaze was fixed on the woman wearing a cloak, his expression slightly stiff.
This person looks so familiar, she seems to be the daughter of some official!
When Aunt Yang noticed that Chen Lizheng didn't react much to Fang Luxue, she covered her burning cheeks, her eyes brimming with tears, and feigned weakness, saying, "Lord Lizheng, you must do me justice!"
She took two steps and then collapsed to the ground. "Village head, this woman barged into our village and beat me without saying a word!"
As she spoke, she raised her hand to wipe away her tears.
Chen Yongnian's gaze lingered on Fang Luxue.
Ignoring the reactions of others, he strode up to Fang Luxue, clasped his hands in a respectful greeting, and said, "Greetings, Miss Fang!"
Aunt Yang was completely stunned, as if something had exploded in her mind, and her expression completely lost control.
"She...she...she..."
For a long while, she was unable to utter a complete sentence.
Chen Lizheng suddenly realized what was going on, immediately patted his sleeves, and bowed respectfully to Fang Luxue, "Miss Fang!"
Fang Luxue felt flattered and her mood improved.
She squinted at Aunt Yang and said coldly, "Chen, this person just spoke rudely, calling herself my grandmother. This is insubordination. What should be done with her?"
Chen Li's face darkened, and anger welled up inside him.
He wouldn't dare say such things in private, yet this woman said them in front of so many people, and even let Magistrate Fang's daughter hear them.
If he hadn't handled it properly, he might have even lost his own life!
He bowed and said, "Miss Fang, if there is any punishment, it will be a slap or caning at the lightest, and beheading at the heaviest!"
Aunt Yang was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground.
Fang Luxue remained silent, offering no response to the answer.
Aunt Yang immediately knelt down, crawled to Fang Luxue's side, and kowtowed, saying, "Miss Fang, spare me! Miss Fang, spare me! It's all my fault, please spare me!"
Fang Luxue kicked the person at her feet away in disgust.
Seemingly disgusted, she threw away the cloak that Aunt Yang had touched, revealing a light green long skirt.
“Chen Lizheng, she just slandered Chen Wanshi’s innocence, saying that she was not a virtuous woman and that she wanted to drown her in a pig cage.”
After he said this, Chen Yongnian's face also darkened.
Wu Gousheng added, "I've also heard Aunt Yang say bad things about Sister-in-law Chen several times!"
Chen Lizheng knew that these women were usually talkative, but he didn't expect them to dare to say anything now.
If this isn't rectified, and things really escalate to the point where the county magistrate takes action, I'm afraid even I, the village head, won't be able to sit still in my position!
"Mrs. Lin, you have no way to deny this. Kneel here and punish yourself by slapping yourself two hundred times. You may leave after you're done!"
Aunt Yang's forehead was bruised, but instead of getting relief, she had to endure two hundred more blows, which made her very dissatisfied.
But when faced with the magistrate's daughter, even if she was falsely accused, she had no way to resist.
Fang Luxue frowned and pointed at Wu Gousheng, saying, "You count them, and each one must sound pleasant."
Wu Gousheng looked around, then pointed at himself in confusion, "You mean me?"
"Who else could it be?" Fang Luxue patted Wu Gousheng on the shoulder. "I believe in you!"
Then she said to Chen Lizheng, "This won't have a deterrent effect. After you beat her, tie her up where everyone can see her. That way, we can warn everyone."
She then skipped over to Chen Yongnian's side, "How do I get to your house? Take me there!"
Chen Yongnian was slightly puzzled, not understanding what Fang Luxue wanted to do.
But his intuition told him that Fang Luxue had come for Wan Qiqi.
At this moment, Wan Qiqi's brows furrowed.
To stimulate the little monkey, Sun Yin used acupuncture, making the monkey look like a hedgehog.
Wan Qiqi felt pain just looking at it, but the little monkey didn't utter a sound, only frowning and breaking out in a cold sweat.
Finally, Sun Yin had no choice but to put away the needles and sigh, "I can't do anything about it."
He had used almost all his knowledge, but still couldn't get the little monkey to speak.
At that moment, he felt that he had learned too little and was helpless when faced with difficult problems.
For a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, this is an extremely sad thing.
Sun Yin quickly packed his medicine kit and said, "I have some ancient books at home. I'll study them for a couple of days and I'm sure I can find a solution!"
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