Chapter 71: Sisters Meet

How could Clan Leader Gu, a man who is near death, not see through the truth?

The whole story of this matter is probably that Song Dalang hired a murderer to harm Su Wan, and suffered retribution as a result.

“Don’t worry, justice is in the hearts of the people. If Su Wan and your mother were wronged, I will give them justice.” As soon as Clan Leader Gu’s words came out, Song Manfu said unhappily, “Clan Leader, you are the leader of a clan, and you should be fair in handling affairs. Madam Jiang has not admitted that Dalang hired a killer…”

Clan Leader Gu raised his hand to interrupt Song Manfu’s words, “Yesterday at the hour of Xu, I saw Song Dalang leave the village at the village entrance. He walked to the Qingfeng Mountain section, and it must have been pitch dark at that time.

These two people witnessed Su Wan and Liu Guixiang harming Song Dalang, you all don’t know each other, how did Song Dalang remember these two faces before he passed out? And how did he find them to testify?”

Song Manfu was choked up and speechless.

This loophole cannot be explained away.

Song Dalang’s teeth were chattering, the muscles on his cheeks were trembling, he wanted to deny it, but he was afraid that he would really be taken to the government office.

Just based on that piece of paper, he would be in jail, and he wouldn’t be able to avoid a beating.

Like a rooster being strangled, Song Dalang couldn’t jump up, nor could he shout.

Madam Jiang lips were moving, still wanting to argue a few words.

Clan Leader Gu snorted coldly, “Madam Jiang, you have lost your virtue as a woman, fifty lashes, and kneel in the ancestral hall for three days.”

“Clan Leader, I am the wife of the village head, you can’t treat me like this… uh uh…” Madam Jiang’s mouth was covered by a young man, and Aunt Wang took out a rotten rag from somewhere and handed it to the young man.

The young man directly stuffed the rag into Madam Jiang’s mouth, twisted her hands behind her back, tied them up with a belt, and kicked towards Madam Jiang’s knee.

Madam Jiang fell to her knees with a thud, layers of anger surged from within her. Her eyes were full of bloodshot veins, and she glared fiercely at Clan Leader Gu.

“Slap——”

A whip was drawn on Madam Jiang, the barbs on the whip pierced into the flesh, tearing out a bloodstain, and instantly dyed the clothes on her back red.

Madam Jiang let out a miserable scream, with her eyes almost bulging out. Before she could recover, the next whip came over.

The barbs on the whip, as if nailed into her bones, gouged out all the flesh and blood, and she was in unbearable pain.

The villagers shivered, covering their eyes and dared not watch.

Song Manfu stared at Madam Jiang who was about to faint, each whip seemed to be drawn on his face, and he lost all his face.

He had complaints against Song Dalang and Madam Jiang in his heart.

There is more than enough failure, but not enough success.

Song Manfu swung his sleeve and went home with a stiff face.

Song Dalang heard the sound of the whip swinging, accompanied by Madam Jiang’s piercing scream, fear deeply penetrated into his soul, even his soul began to tremble.

He squeezed a word out of his teeth: “Go!”

He lifted the two young men and turned around to go to Song’s house.

“Go where?” Gu Huaizhi’s eyes swept over Song Dalang like a cold knife in a snowy night, met with Mo Yuan and Mo Chen at the door, and hooked the corner of his lips: “You are very dissatisfied, you should feel wronged? We are neighbors, it’s not good to let you be wronged. You still have to go to the government office, if you come back safe and sound, it means you didn’t hire a murderer to kill Wanwan.”

“No! I won’t go! My mother has already been punished, even if I am vindicated, it has no meaning… ah… what are you doing? Let me go! Let me go quickly!”

The veins on Song Dalang’s forehead bulged, his hands banged on the door panel, his angry and frightened eyes stared at Mo Yuan and Mo Chen, wishing he could pounce on them and bite off their necks!

But his legs were disabled, and he was powerless.

Mo Yuan and Mo Chen kept walking, stomping towards the courtyard door. Suddenly, their steps paused, and they lightly swept over the two thugs.

The two brothers were chilled in their hearts, dared not to act rashly, and obediently followed.

Clan Leader Gu disagreed, “Huaizhi, spare people where you can.”

Song Dalang went to the government office, nine out of ten he wouldn’t come out.

He might even have to take a beating.

Gu Huaizhi’s long and narrow eyes were clear and pure, like a green mountain and flowing water, lofty and far-reaching. He seemed not to understand Clan Leader Gu’s words, his long eyebrows furrowed, “Clan Leader, if we repay resentment with virtue, how should we repay virtue?”

He smiled slightly, as refreshing and moist as the moonlight and breeze, and coughed a few times, “He brought it upon himself.”

Clan Leader Gu sighed.

“Clan Leader, the fifty lashes are over,” the young man reported.

Several people looked over, Madam Jiang was on the verge of death, lying on the ground, and her back was bloody and fleshy.

The sharp thorns on Madam Jiang’s body were pulled out by this beating, she blinked weakly at Clan Leader Gu for help.

Clan Leader Gu turned a blind eye, instructed the two young men, “Take her to the ancestral hall, let her endure for three days, then let her out.”

He paused, and added, “No food is allowed to be sent, let her reflect well.”

Madam Jiang fainted from the stimulation of these words.

Clan Leader Gu glanced at the Gu family, didn’t say much in the end, and left with the villagers.

Mother Gu saw a pool of blood on the ground and spat out: “Bad luck!”

She picked up an iron shovel, carried two dustpans, shoveled the bloody mud into the dustpans, picked it up with a pole, and left.

Su Wan thought of Mo Yuan and Mo Chen she had just seen, who were squatting at the door all the time, looking like they were in the same gang with the thugs, but the performance of the thugs was not like that, the two brothers were obviously very afraid of Mo Yuan and Mo Chen.

She glanced at Gu Huaizhi, whose expression was light. He coughed in a low voice, his cheekbones were tinged with a thin layer of red, exuding an indescribable charm, as if he was a gorgeous man-eating flower hiding a deadly poison.

Su Wan chuckled, thinking her idea was absurd.

With such a powerful person as Gu Huaizhi, would his family still be poor?

“I’m going to make breakfast.” Su Wan decided to thank Qi Guang for his life-saving grace when he came to find her.

Her good mood only lasted for a few moments, she frowned and said with a bitter face: “There are still a thousand bottles of wound medicine that haven’t been made, and the delivery deadline is coming soon, and there is a shortage of medicine bottles, we need to order two thousand more.”

As she was muttering, she went into the room to comb her hair, and suddenly saw a handkerchief placed next to the pillow.

Su Wan walked over in confusion and picked it up, the handkerchief was wrapped around a polished plum blossom hairpin, the top few plum blossoms were carved lifelike, showing the craftsmanship.

She was stunned, the handkerchief had a faint scent of herbs left on it, it was self-evident who sent it.

Especially seeing the foot of the bed burned to ashes, and there was still a little bit of mugwort that had not been burned, the memories of last night slowly returned.

It wasn’t a dream, Gu Huaizhi had been in her room and even lit mugwort for her to repel mosquitoes?

Su Wan touched the hairpin, put it on her head with a backhand, and her mood inexplicably brightened.

Forget it, adults don’t remember the past, seeing Gu Huaizhi’s sincerity, she temporarily forgave him, and decided to give him an extra poached egg for breakfast!

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Song Dalang was imprisoned for intentional homicide.

The Song family became even more low-key.

Su Wan ran back and forth between the medical hall and the restaurant, and also stayed in town at night.

Three days passed, she finally finished making all three thousand bottles of wound medicine, and let someone send a message to Zhao Wei to come to the medical hall to get the medicine.

She instructed Doctor Zhou, “Zhao Wei gave fifty taels of silver, you contact him to settle the final payment. I haven’t been back to the Gu family for a few days, so I’ll go back and take a look first.”

“Alright, you haven’t slept much these days, take a good rest for a few days.” Doctor Zhou took out a food box and stuffed it into Su Wan’s hand, “Eat something on the road.”

Su Wan was not polite, she took the food box and got on the carriage to Xinghua Village.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of Xinghua Village, Su Wan got off the carriage, and saw another agarwood carriage in front, low-key but luxurious.

At this time, a maid came down from the carriage, helping a beautiful young woman to come down gracefully.

Su Mixue noticed the gaze looking at her, she turned her head to look. Surprise flashed in her eyes, and a soft smile bloomed on her lips: “Sister.”