Chapter 119 [VIP]
There were no children in the swaddling clothes, but Huang Yong didn't dare to look at them at all. He was so frightened that he ran around like a headless fly, trying to escape.
However, the person behind him seemed to appear like a ghost, appearing in front of him the next second after being far away.
"Get out of here!" Huang Yong tried to wave Wang Ying away, but the person in front of him disappeared as soon as he reached out his hand.
"Ah!!!" Huang Yong was so frightened that his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground, his genitals bulging with a commotion as he wet himself in fear.
"Yonglang, why did you kill me and our child...?" Wang Ying appeared behind him without him noticing.
Huang Yong was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. "I'm sorry, but my mother was the one who ordered me to beat you. You should go and find her to settle your score!"
Wang Ying stopped in her tracks and asked menacingly, "Why did she tell you to hit me?"
"Because...because...Mother doesn't like you..."
"Nonsense! Since I married into your family, I have worked diligently and conscientiously, been filial to my elders and considerate to my younger brother. What have I done wrong that makes her resent me so much? Tell me!"
"I...I...I don't know..."
"If you don't talk, then pay with your life for my son!" Wang Ying reached out to strangle him, and Huang Yong's eyes rolled back as he completely lost consciousness.
Wang Ying kicked him with her foot, and when there was no response, she quickly called Chen Guang in, "Could you wake him up?"
Chen Guang nodded with a strange expression, then reached out and tapped the man's Fengchi acupoint a few times, and the man on the ground immediately stirred.
Wang Ying quickly told Chen Qingyan to prepare to light the candles on both sides, while she stepped aside, took off her clothes, and put on a paper cow head mask.
The two men, holding iron chains, stood beside Uncle Chen, looking at the person lying on the ground.
Huang Yong opened his eyes when he felt the light, but when he saw that it would have been better not to open them, he was so frightened that he trembled.
"Am I already dead...and have I entered the underworld?"
"You audacious lowly commoner, why don't you kneel before me!" Uncle Chen suddenly shouted, and Huang Yong immediately prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to lift his head.
Do you know your crime?
"I...I don't know..."
"If you do not confess your sins, you will be punished by being sent to the hell of having your tongue pulled out!"
Wang Ying and Chen Qingyan walked towards him carrying iron chains.
"I confess! I beg the judge to spare my life!"
Huang Yong began to recount the wrong things he had done, starting with stealing money from his father when he was a child, and rambling on and on until he got involved with his mother.
Because their relationship was too special, he married Lin Sui in order to cover it up.
After getting married, Ma was often jealous of Lin Sui. In order to appease his mother, he would take his anger out on Lin Sui, and it was common for him to beat and scold her. He never expected that this time he would beat her so badly that she miscarried.
The people standing nearby were stunned. Wang Ying had never expected this reason!
He had seen this kind of relationship on short videos in his previous life, but he only thought it was strange and didn't pay much attention to it. Now that he had experienced it in person, he was so disgusted that he almost threw up his dinner.
Chen Qingyan was in a similar situation, his hand holding the iron chain trembling slightly. No wonder they were so cruel to Lin Sui, it turned out to be for this reason!
After recounting all of this, Huang Yong became mentally unstable, alternating between crying and laughing, muttering, "It was all my mother who seduced me, it has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me! Judge, arrest my mother, don't arrest me..."
Chen Qingyan said, "You and your mother have violated human ethics. Your mother is responsible for 60% of the crime, and you are responsible for 40%. You should never have harmed innocent people. Although you have not yet reached the end of your lifespan, your sins are heinous and you must atone for them to avoid the pain of having your tongue pulled out."
"For example, how can one atone for their sins?"
"Kneel down at Lin Sui's doorstep and tell her the whole story, begging for her forgiveness. Otherwise, the Soul Reaper will come to your house tomorrow to take your soul!"
Huang Yong nodded repeatedly, "As long as you don't kill me, I'll do anything you ask!"
Wang Ying sneered. Killing this scum was too easy; he and his mother should suffer the same pain.
A gust of cold wind blew by, the candlelight flickered twice and went out completely. Huang Yong cried out in panic, then fell to the ground unconscious with a sharp pain in the back of his neck.
Chen Qingyan removed his hood and asked, "What should we do now?"
"Send him back first and let him tell us what happened. If he doesn't, we'll find another way to force him."
*
The next morning, Huang Yong woke up in his own house, lying on the very bed that Lin Sui had slept in when she left.
There was still a lot of blood on the bed, because they hadn't had time to clean it up in their haste to leave.
Huang Yong screamed in terror when he saw the dark blood.
The screams quickly attracted his family. When they opened the door, they found Huang Yong sitting on the floor, screaming wildly and waving his hands frantically, "Don't kill me, don't kill me..."
"Yong'er, where have you been? You scared your mother to death!" When Ma Shi saw her son appear at home unharmed, she excitedly rushed forward and hugged him.
"Get out of my way!" Huang Yong shoved the man to the ground with one arm, then ran away as fast as he could.
Madam Ma fell and couldn't get up for a long time. "Yong'er, what are you doing?"
Huang Yong couldn't hear her at all now; his mind was filled with fear. He had to beg Lin Sui for forgiveness, or he would be sent to the hell of having his tongue pulled out!
The ancients were very superstitious about such things; they believed that evil deeds committed in life would bring retribution in death, and that karma and reincarnation were the way of heaven. The judge had already warned him once; if he didn't listen, even greater punishment awaited him!
Huang Yong stumbled and fell to his knees in front of the Cao family's gate, crying out, "Lin Sui, I'm so sorry, please forgive me!"
Lin Qiu was helping her younger brother drink his medicine when she suddenly heard Huang Yong's voice. Startled, Lin Sui's hand trembled and the medicine bowl fell to the ground.
"He's here, he's here again..." Lin Sui shrank into the quilt, trembling all over.
Lin Qiu was so angry that his teeth itched. He got up, grabbed a shovel, and rushed out. Cao Kun quickly stopped him and said, "Don't rush. My cousin-in-law just sent someone over and said that if Huang Yong comes, don't hit him. Let him say what he wants to say."
"say what?"
Cao Kun whispered a few words in his ear, startling Lin Qiu so much that his eyes widened. "Is this really true?!"
“It’s absolutely true, he said it himself last night.”
Lin Qiu clutched her chest, tears streaming down her face. "No wonder, no wonder they treated Sui'er like that. It's all thanks to my sister-in-law and cousin's help, otherwise we would have been kept in the dark!"
Outside the door, Huang Yong began to recount his story about himself and his mother. His loud voice quickly attracted many neighbors to come and watch the spectacle.
Everyone gathered in a circle, listening in shock. Didn't Madam Ma say yesterday that Lin's son was having an affair with his brother-in-law? How come today it's turned into incest with his own son?
In ancient times, without entertainment, this was truly sensational. Everyone listened with great interest, and the story spread like wildfire. Soon, half the county knew that Huang's second son had an affair with his mother, and that the mother and son had even conspired to cause Lin's young master to miscarry.
Mrs. Ma only heard about this in the afternoon. After hearing it, she was incredulous, ashamed and indignant. When confronted by her eldest son, she repeatedly denied it, but then fainted from exhaustion.
The eldest son went to call a doctor, who spent a long time performing acupuncture to wake him up. However, he had suffered a stroke and was paralyzed on one side of his body, unable to move or even speak clearly.
Such a huge scandal has made the entire Huang family unable to hold their heads high. The eldest daughter-in-law took her two children and went back to her parents' home that very day.
She had long suspected that her mother-in-law and second brother had an unusual relationship, but she had never thought about it before. She never expected it to be this kind of relationship. It was so embarrassing!
After discussing the matter, the other elders of the Huang family felt that the two of them had really disgraced the family, so they decided to remove them from the family genealogy. Ma was also sent back to the country estate where her father lived.
On the day she sent the estate away, Madam Ma begged her eldest son to stay and take care of her. Her eldest son spat at her and left without looking back.
On the other side, Huang Yong went mad, kneeling at the Cao family's door every day, begging for Lin Sui's forgiveness.
Lin Sui naturally couldn't forgive him, so Cao Kun went to the Huang family to discuss getting the person away so as not to be annoyed by them.
Huang Yong's uncle was a reasonable man. He decided to grant the two a divorce, compensate Lin Sui with thirty strings of cash, and return all of her dowry.
The day she left the yamen, Lin Sui looked much more cheerful. Although her face was still pale and her body was weak, her spirits had returned, and she no longer spoke with the same hopelessness as before.
Qingyun held his hand genuinely because she was happy for him.
Everyone hosted a banquet for him at the restaurant to celebrate Lin Sui's escape from suffering and her rebirth.
After this incident, Lin Sui seemed to have suddenly grown up. He walked to Wang Ying and Chen Qingyan's side, slowly knelt down and said, "Cousin and cousin-in-law, please accept my bow."
"No, you mustn't!" Wang Ying quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him up.
“I heard from my elder brother that it was you who helped uncover the Huang family’s dirty deeds. If it weren’t for you, I’m afraid I would never be able to clear my name in this lifetime. I have nothing of value and no other skills, so I thought I would never get married and would serve my sister-in-law from now on, working like a cow or a horse to repay you.”
"What are you saying? We're family, helping you is our duty!"
Li, who was standing nearby, also said, "Yes, Sui'er, don't think too much. You're still young. You'll have plenty of opportunities to find a good family in the future."
Lin Sui shook his head. The doctor had said when he miscarried that day that Huang Yong had hurt his abdominal cavity too badly, and he would probably have difficulty conceiving again.
He no longer pins his hopes on men. He plans to work with his sister-in-law in business, hoping to build a family fortune in the future, support his mother, and help his brother.
Seeing his persistence, Wang Ying said, "If you're willing, come back to the prefectural city with me after the imperial examination to run the shop together. I happen to need a helper."
Lin Sui nodded vigorously, "I'm willing!"
Chen Rong covered her mouth and choked back tears. Seeing the light return in her son's eyes, the old mother's heart finally settled down. Heaven knows how worried she had been that Lin Sui would do something rash.
Wang Ying saved their whole family...
*
After this matter came to an end, Huang Yonghe never saw him again after the divorce. Some people said they saw him once outside the city, and he was unshaven and disheveled, looking like a wild man in a crazy manner.
Ma died on the estate not long after. No one cared how she died, but rumors about her and her son circulated among the people, becoming a topic of conversation.
Wang Ying has been busy looking for a place to live these past few days. She still has more than ten days until the county exam. Staying in an inn is not only expensive but also inconvenient. With so many people around, she is afraid that thieves might take advantage of her.
So he rented a three-courtyard house in the city for a month, which cost less than five strings of cash.
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