nashuaworldcup Chapter 129 Prison
Chapter 129 Prison
The two sisters-in-law of the Zhou family kept their heads down and dared not speak. Grandpa Zhou looked at their reactions and seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly shouted:
"Do you two know this too?"
The two men lowered their heads even lower, and Grandpa Zhou suddenly realized.
"No wonder, I said such a good marriage, but you insisted on giving it to Ning Ge'er. I really thought you were thinking about Ning Ge'er, but I didn't expect that what you arranged for Ning Ge'er was a death warrant!"
Aunt Zhou seemed unconvinced. She whispered back, "He is destined to bring misfortune to his parents. He will harm anyone he marries. It's better for him to do good deeds and help me..."
Before Aunt Zhou could finish her words, Grandma Zhou grabbed her neck.
"You are unfaithful, unfilial, and unrighteous creatures. Our Zhou family married a bunch of unlucky people like you, and you are the real unlucky ones for our father and mother!"
Seeing that Grandma Zhou was about to strangle Aunt Zhou to death, the bailiff stepped forward to separate the two. The county magistrate also slammed the gavel a few times and scolded them: "How can you make noise and cause trouble in the court!"
Aunt Zhou escaped death and hurriedly hid aside. At this time, a yamen runner ran in with two packages in his hands. The two sisters-in-law of the Zhou family widened their eyes and recognized that it was the silver they had hidden at home.
The county magistrate opened the package and saw that it was indeed filled with silver.
"We have all the evidence, Zhou brothers, do you have anything else to say?"
Zhou Ping and Zhou An fell into a semi-comatose state and were unable to speak, so the county magistrate signaled to pour the water on them to wake them up.
The freezing water splashed on their faces, and Zhou Ping and Zhou An shivered from the cold. They opened their eyes and saw their stolen money in front of them.
The two men were caught red-handed and confessed their guilt without any suspense.
The county magistrate expressed his satisfaction. Although working overtime was annoying, fortunately the case was well organized and the physical evidence was complete, so it could be handled quickly.
Although human life was involved, the "victim" was still alive, and the county magistrate only sentenced the mastermind Feng Shichang to three years in prison and compensated the victim Zhou Ning with three hundred taels of silver.
As for the accomplices Zhou Ping and Zhou An, they were also sentenced to three years in prison, but they did not have to pay any money, only the stolen money was confiscated.
After finishing his work, the county magistrate ran to the back court and reported the news to Gu Fengyue.
Song Chunlin was also sitting aside, and seemed dissatisfied with the verdict.
Gu Fengyue smiled and rubbed his head: "Don't be angry, it's New Year's Day, just think of it as a good luck."
Song Chunlin dodged his claws, angry, but soon relaxed.
"Forget it. After all, they are my sister-in-law's relatives. If I do something too drastic, my sister-in-law will be embarrassed."
Gu Fengyue smiled, it was amazing that he could think of this.
The county magistrate standing by smiled and warned himself in his heart: Never mess with the Song family, because the entire Yongyi Marquis Mansion is behind them!
The Zhou family had a completely bad New Year. When Grandpa Zhou and Grandma Zhou came back from the county government office, the story of Zhou Ping and Zhou An had already spread throughout the village. Even several surrounding villages knew about the good deeds done by the two Zhou brothers.
Aunt Wang ran over and hugged Zhou Ning and cried loudly.
"My poor Ning, why is your life so miserable?"
Zhou Ning burst into tears when he heard this. Although he did not go to the county government office, he already knew the whole story from the villagers.
When Aunt Wang told him that Zhou Ping and Zhou Ning wanted to kill him, Zhou Ning still held out a glimmer of hope for the two of them, hoping that they would consider their blood relationship and not do such a ruthless thing.
But when the truth came out, Zhou Ning had to admit that sometimes blood ties were not a very important relationship.
His two uncles would sell him for one hundred taels of silver. Even when they knew that the other party only wanted him to be buried with them, the first thing they thought of was to increase the price!
How greedy must a person be to not care about the life and death of his loved ones just for money.
It was probably because of the relationship with the Marquis' Mansion. Although it was New Year's Day, the efficiency was very high. The silver compensation from the Feng family to Zhou Ning was delivered the next day.
Zhou Ning was not interested. When he thought about the origin of the silver, he suddenly felt sick.
Aunt Wang persuaded him, "They owe you this. Who dared to take advantage of you? Just keep it. If you really don't want to see it, you can donate it to the Charity Bureau or go to the Taoist temple to add incense. As a human being, why should you be so hard on money?"
After this incident, the Feng family and the Zhou family were severely damaged. The head of the Feng family was imprisoned, and only the elderly, the weak, women and children were left at home. The identity of the young man was also exposed, and all kinds of rumors were spread for a while.
However, the boy did not react much. He ate and drank as usual, and even found time to handle his brother's funeral. When Feng Shichang was alive, he took in many concubines and kept several mistresses outside. Of course, these people were all infertile without exception. The boy of the Feng family simply gave each of them a sum of money to get rid of them. He also sold the Feng family's shop and left with his mother.
It was already after the New Year when Song Chunlin found out about this matter. He could understand the boy's determination a little. Imagine a person who has to replace another person to live from childhood to adulthood, and his biological father PUAs him from time to time. After his brother died, he was still blamed by his biological father. It is said that the boy does not even have his own name until now, because Feng Shichang has never acknowledged the existence of this child. In his heart, only Feng Dalang is his child.
It's better to leave. Only by leaving him can I live as my own person, which is also a good thing.
As for the Zhou family, both the first and second rooms were quiet during the Chinese New Year. It was said that the two old people in the Zhou family fell ill as soon as they came back, and remained bedridden during the Chinese New Year. Zhou Ning brought gifts to visit them, but did not enter the house. Instead, he put down the gifts and left.
Aunt Zhou looked much more haggard. When she saw Zhou Ning coming, she ignored him. Instead, the children from the Zhou family's eldest wife hated Zhou Ning to the core.
Zhou Jia's daughter even bluntly accused Zhou Ning of being heartless and ungrateful for sending her own uncle to jail.
Zhou Ning let Zhou Daya scold him with a cold face. When she had scolded him enough, Zhou Ning stepped forward and slapped her hard on the face.
Zhou Daya covered her cheek and looked at Zhou Ning in disbelief.
"You...you actually dared to hit me! How dare you hit me!"
"Pa!" Another slap hit Zhou Daya's face. Zhou Ning looked at her cheek with satisfaction. Hmm, it was symmetrical and looked very beautiful.
"I'll hit you if you want. Why? You're the only one allowed to curse and swear, but I'm not allowed to fight back?"
Zhou Ning glared at Aunt Zhou who was trying to stand up for his daughter. He said word by word, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you up too. Don't act like an elder to me. When you want to sell me off to be buried with others, you are no longer my relatives."
After saying that, Zhou Ning took a step forward and gently patted Zhou Daya's face: "Remember this pain, this is the punishment for your bad mouth. If you talk nonsense again next time, I will tear your mouth apart!"
After saying those harsh words, Zhou Ning left the Zhou family's old house in a good mood. Standing at the door of the old house, he let out a deep breath. He knew that he would never set foot here again in the future.
Unlike the quietness of the Zhou and Feng families, the Song family was extremely happy during the New Year this year. Grandpa Song and Grandma Song finally put their minds to rest, and their grandson had just gotten engaged and would be able to marry him off in the spring. In addition, Song Qin's belly was getting bigger, and the doctor said that the fetus was fine and the due date was in early April. Next year would be full of happy events one after another. How could they not be happy?
Grandpa Song can already imagine the lively scene of the whole family gathering together during the Chinese New Year next year. If Song Chunsheng can be more capable, he might be able to hold his great-grandson next year.
If Song Chunsheng knew his grandfather had this idea, his face would probably be so hot that it would burn like a boiled egg.
Not long after the Chinese New Year, Gu Fengyue packed up and notified Song Dazhuang that he could leave at any time.
Song Chunlin was the first to raise his paw and say he wanted to go along. Song Dazhuang thought of his son's magical space and readily agreed.
Amao Song symbolically prepared some dry food for the two of them, and casually packed two pieces of clothes, and the father and son set out on a journey to find their uncle.
Song Chunlin thought that it was Gu Fengyue's guards who led the way, but when he arrived at the place, he saw that it was Gu Fengyue who led the team.
Song Chunlin approached Gu Fengyue in surprise and said, "Why are you leading the way? Didn't you say you took on a new job recently and didn't have time to leave the capital?"
Facing the chattering boy, Gu Fengyue gently touched the top of his head and said, "My new job is to take you to find Song Dahe."
The second brother exclaimed: "Wow, really?"
Gu Fengyue nodded: "Of course it's true." Then she greeted Song Dazhuang.
Song Dazhuang stared at the big hand on his son's head with displeasure and snorted coldly, and then the other party retracted his claws.
Looking at his ignorant son, Song Dazhuang shook his head helplessly. Forget it, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Anyway, Song Chunlin hasn't figured it out yet. Maybe Song Chunlin just simply treats Gu Fengyue as his brother?
He felt much better thinking of this, and got on the carriage with his light package.
Gu Fengyue did not bring anyone else along this trip because he believed in his own and Song Chunlin's abilities. If anything troublesome happened, he probably wouldn't need Song Chunlin and could handle it by himself.
Among the three, Song Dazhuang had the lowest martial arts value, but he didn't know it. As the only adult, the two kids listened to him obediently all the way. They went east when he told them to go east and went west when he told them to go west. They were very obedient.
On the first day of their departure, the three of them drove the carriage all the way to the neighboring Meizhou. Meizhou was in the opposite direction of Langya. The roads in Langya were rugged and mountainous, but the roads in Meizhou were much easier to travel. Most of the road was flat, and the carriage moved very fast.
The carriage of the Marquis' Mansion had been modified. Song Chunlin contributed springs, and the carriage craftsmen immediately installed the springs on the carriage. As a result, there were fewer bumps along the way, and Song Chunlin no longer felt dizzy from the carriage, but was just shaken to the point of being drowsy.
When they arrived at the post station, the moon was already above the willows. The three of them had dinner in the room. Song Chunlin took out three box lunches directly from the space. Song Dazhuang originally wanted to remind Song Chunlin that there were outsiders present, but Gu Fengyue did not show any surprise, as if it was normal for Song Chunlin to take out several hot meals out of thin air.
Song Dazhuang suppressed his doubts and finished his meal. After the three of them were full, Song Chunlin took back the leftover lunch boxes and urged the two to rest quickly.
Even though Song Dazhuang was full of doubts, he did not ask in front of outsiders. He simply turned a blind eye and lay down on the bed beside him and went to sleep.
The room in the inn was not big. Song Dazhuang and Gu Fengyue slept on the bed, and Song Chunlin slept alone on the couch next to them.
Song Chunlin had a good sleep in the car during the day and was not sleepy at night. He took this opportunity to enter the space and started to organize supplies again.
He had already sorted out all the supplies he had collected in his previous life. Now he was sorting out the fruits and grains that Dabao had collected, as well as the various medicinal herbs and delicacies he had picked in the mountains.
He dried some of the wild delicacies and put the rest in a space to keep them fresh so that he could take them out whenever he wanted to eat them. As for the medicinal materials, Song Chunlin tried to sort them out according to what was written in the book and then carried out simple preparation. These were the most laborious tasks. Not only were they physically demanding, but they were also delicate. If there was even the slightest difference, the medicinal materials would be ruined.
After working for most of the night, Song Chunlin had only cleaned up the medicinal herbs. Looking at the good things all over the mountains and fields in the distance, Song Chunlin felt for the first time that having too many things was quite melancholy.
"How long will it take to clean up this mess?" Song Chunlin muttered to himself. Why not open a pharmacy? No, whose pharmacy only sells these precious medicinal materials? If he dares to open one, he must have people who dare to buy it. They often sell hundred-year-old wild ginseng and thousand-year-old snow ganoderma. Who is so rich that they can afford it?
"I don't know what's going on with my uncle. Could it be the legendary amnesia?" Song Chunlin thought about the possibility that his uncle had amnesia. If he really had amnesia, then the plot would be too bloody.
"No." Song Chunlin immediately denied the cliché of amnesia. There were two other people traveling with them. It would be fine if one of them lost his memory, but could the other two also lose their memory?
Since they were given the task of escorting the Grand Marshal out of the city, they must be the royal guards. From ancient times to the present, soldiers have been the most loyal, especially those who have reached the level of royal guards. The deputy general would not have entrusted such an important task as escorting the Grand Marshal out of the city to someone he did not trust. Since they could gain the deputy general's trust, these people must have been carefully selected.
Song Chunlin had never met Song Daha, but from the Song family's usual behavior, it was not difficult to see that the Song family had a good family tradition. Song Daha was able to join the army for his brother, so he would never be a treacherous person. The people sent by Gu Fengyun did not say what their current situation was, they only said that they were not doing well, and did not say anything else.
At this moment, Song Chunlin could only pray secretly in his heart. Song Dahao and the others were at most injured and unable to move. He just hoped that they would not suffer too much, otherwise he was afraid that Song Dazhuang would not be able to bear it.