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When the Uncle Biao and Susu heard Xiaowan say that, they knew that they could not stop him. They said that he wanted to personally send the Xiaowan back to the village, so when Da Qing came, the Xiaowan would not move.

Halfway there, he saw that his wife was still on her way, so he picked her up.

It was still the first time that Madam Zhou sat in a carriage. She looked around curiously and asked the Xiaowan: "It's too late, are you really going to marry the Manager Ling?"

Xiaowan nodded lightly: "The betrothal gift has already been set."

When he arrived at the's house, he saw Xiaowan enter. There were villagers watching at the side, and when he looked back, they saw how domineering Uncle Biao was. They all quickly ran away.

The Uncle Biao was still worried, he said to the Xiaowan: "If you have anything to say, run. If you can't get to the inn, you can just go to the town's infirmary."

Xiaowan's eyebrows curved up as she smiled, "Uncle, don't worry, although the villagers are not good, they aren't bad either. Rest assured, when my father comes back, I'll go back. "

"Big sister, big sister …"

Before Xiaowan even said goodbye, Wen Bao and Wen Juan came out of the house crying.

The two of them were both disheveled, crying until their eyes were red and swollen. They held her as they spoke incoherently, causing Xiaowan to sigh and bring them to wash their faces.

The Uncle Biao helped to scoop up two vats of water and started a fire. He found the millet and cooked porridge, and under the constant urging of the Xiaowan, he felt uneasy and left.

Xiaowan sat at the side watching them. Someone called out to her from outside, and when she stepped out the door she saw that the Aunt Wang next door was sitting in front of her house.

Her forehead was wrapped in layers of cloth, upon hearing that her head was bloodied, she opened her mouth to speak, but her voice was hoarse. She pulled on Xiaowan's sleeves, begging her to come to the Village Chief's gate to beg for mercy.

"If I don't go, then there's no use." Xiaowan hardened her heart and said, "Aunt, that woman has let my father down. I'll go and plead for mercy, then I'll also let my father down. I came back to take care of Wen Bao. I didn't care about him when my father came back. "

Aunt Wang cried. "This shameless bastard has caused me so much trouble. How can my son marry a wife, and how can my daughter marry out …"

She continued to cry, her voice hoarse and still crying, her eyes suddenly lit up as she grabbed onto Xiaowan's hand and said, "Silver, where's your one hundred taels of silver? Xiaowan, can you dig it out for her and give it to the village head?"

Xiaowan shook her head: "How would I know where she was hiding? Furthermore, she would rather be shameless than want her life, than give up her money.

Lady Wang stared at Xiaowan in a daze. This little girl was usually beaten and scolded, but it seemed like she had such an idea in her mind.

"Aunt Wang, I am sorry only." The Xiaowan said, "I knew they were fighting, I didn't dare to say it …"

How could the Aunt Wang not know about this? She could only blame the Madam Xu for being too despicable and for scolding him to the point that there was nothing left of him.

She wanted to drag Xiaowan out to the fields to plead for the guards. At least they would give her some saliva to eat, but Xiaowan refused it no matter what. She said that she did not want to see such a filthy scene.

When she finally got rid of them, Xiaowan entered the room and saw that her two siblings had already finished eating and had fallen asleep on the brick bed.

After she cleaned up the wok and bowl, she could still hear Aunt Wang's crying from next door. Although this kind of punishment was cruel, children were not allowed to see it in the village, and at least it would not scare them. However, Wen Bao and the others, who were in the village later on, could not even raise their heads among their peers.

If something like this were to happen in someone else's house, the Xiaowan would definitely sympathize with the woman who was tied up on the ground. It would be fine to just kill her after a beating, but there was no need to humiliate others like that.

But she really couldn't sympathize with her own family. She hadn't read a book and didn't know how to use the word 'avenging with virtue', but she understood this logic, she couldn't sympathize with the Madam Xu at all. She pitied her stepmother, and so she let down her own mother who had been born with her life.

If one was idle, it was hard not to miss people thousands of miles away. The tavern had things to do, her family also had things to do, the young lady that was waiting to be married smiled foolishly, could this be considered fate?

At the moment, Ling Chaofeng and the Aunt Zhang had already rushed to the capital, and it just so happened that the Emperor was about to pass down an order to settle this case. However, they caught a few maids and cooks in their Prime Minister's Estate but did not touch the Mrs. Bi.

When Ershan returned from the yamen, he saw Ling Chaofeng standing in front of the hall waiting for him when he entered the door. He lowered his head, raised it, and lowered it again.

"How is it?" Ling Chaofeng went straight to the point, "When will you be able to resume your original duties?"

"I have been reinstated, but am temporarily idle at home …" Ershan replied, "As for that matter, they did not use torture or force anyone to confess. They captured a few people and locked them up in the prison, planning on wasting their time like this."

"So from the very beginning, you charged in with your sword in order to shake the Prime Minister's Estate?" Ling Chaofeng asked, "So you can make the Mrs. Bi surrender?"

saw that his brother knew what he was thinking and immediately felt comforted. Although he had not been in the government office for a long time, he had already understood the profound meaning behind it. If he were to formally arrest him from the yamen, the Grand Councilor Counselor-in-chief Bi would have countless of ways to cover this matter up.

The only thing he could do was to make a big fuss and alert the emperor, but in the end … Still.

He knew that if the Emperor wanted peace in this world, it was the most important thing for such a trivial matter to disturb the peace between the officials of the court or for him to stir up a certain force. The Emperor's governance of the imperial government was based on balance, followed by right and wrong. Only when the world was at peace and didn't affect anyone would there be right and wrong.

"The world is clear, and the imperial court is not completely dark. However, the sun could not shine in this corner, so the emperor chose to ignore this." Ershan laughed desolately, "Brother, that woman killed my mother, and now she has also killed my child. In the end, you can't even give a single justice to Lian Yi, nor can you give a single justice to your heavenly mother. "

Ling Chaofeng walked up and patted him on the shoulder, and said calmly: "From the moment you decide to step onto the path of a official, you will have to shoulder this helplessness every step of the way, or leave it behind, distance yourself from the path of a official, or carry it on your shoulders, and go do many more meaningful things for more people."

"But my child, and Lian Yi …" Ershan's eyes turned blood-red. In front of his brother, he was about to cry.

"There will be a way. Don't worry." Ling Chaofeng said, "Go and pack up, come with me to visit Lord Tang."

Ershan's eyes bloomed with hope as he nodded his head vigorously.

Ling Chaofeng said: "You must also understand in your heart how you and your siblings should face this matter. Ershan, if you were to become the capital city official, you might have to live here for half a lifetime.

After the two of them finished speaking, they went back to the inner courtyard and saw the Aunt Zhang making some soup and were feeding it to Lian Yi.

Lian Yi had always been strong, and had experienced so many hardships. She was not afraid even if she died, but she could not take this blow.

It was not only the pain of losing a child, but when all the good and virtue were exchanged for the evil in the world, it was as if the faith that was held in life had collapsed, as if living for so long in this life was wrong.

Ershan walked into the room and took the bowl and chopsticks from Aunt Zhang, but when Lian Yi saw him, she couldn't eat anymore. She threw herself into her husband's embrace and cried, crying sorrowfully.

When the Aunt Zhang left, she saw Ling Chaofeng standing outside the door, sighing: "A storm is brewing and you're all here, this child better not be able to get by."

An hour later, Lian Yi fell asleep under Ershan's consoling. He changed her clothes and followed her big brother into the Lord Tang's Palace.

The Lord Tang was one of the top officials in the capital. The manor was tightly guarded, and even the respectable nobles and dukes would not easily be unable to enter through the gate. However, Ling Chaofeng and Ershan easily entered.

On the contrary, it was extremely simple. The elder stood under the roof to welcome them and smiled leisurely at Ling Chaofeng: "I knew it, when you came to find me, you would definitely not have any good news. You sure are lucky. At the end of last year, I thought that you were sick and that you were going to abandon my old partner. "

They had entered the room to discuss and research on how to resolve the situation this time. Naturally, what Ling Chaofeng and Ershan wanted was only the murderer's method.

Thousands of miles away, Qingling Village's lynching still continued, but today, the sun was scorching hot, and in the early spring, people were waving their fan, the villagers said that the heavens had released their might, wanting to bask the dogs in the sun and kill them.'s family was so anxious, they had to take their breaths a few times.

In the afternoon, the scorching sun had scattered, dark clouds gathered, and a light drizzle fell. Xiaowan saw that Aunt Wang was sitting on her donkey cart as she went out, and seemed to be looking for reinforcements.

Although Wen Bao and Wen Juan did not see their mother's miserable state, they still knew what had happened. When they woke up, they would cry, and they wouldn't listen to their mother cry at all.

When dusk arrived, the rain had stopped and Xiaowan was splashing water on the ground in the courtyard. Suddenly, there was a commotion outside and the Wang Family's donkey cart came from the field. When it arrived at the gate, everyone carried a person in, and someone shouted at her, "Xiaowan, bring your mother back."

Xiaowan ran out to see, and her head was revealed using a straw mat as a cover, as if she was dead. The people at the side said: "Quickly drag him back, there's still one breath left, she's not dead."

He didn't know who Aunt Wang went to beg from, but the Village Chief finally showed mercy and released him after three days of being under the sun. The naked woman rolled on the ground, scaring the Xiaowan so much that he hurriedly took off his own clothes and covered her up. Wen Bao and Wen Juan ran out to see, only to be scolded by her.

In the end, he begged the people in the village to help him carry Madam Xu in.

Wen Bao and Wen Juan were crying in a corner, making Xiaowan feel a headache. It was the first time in her life she had yelled at them, "If you continue to cry, I'll tie you up and take you to the fields."