Chapter 173 - 173 As Obedient As A Dog
173 As Obedient As A Dog
Old Master Lin panicked and avoided eye contact. “Officer, it was really just an accident.”
Bao Zhaoshan looked at Gu Zhongxun. “Doctor Gu, what do you think?”
Gu Zhongxun looked at the wound again and judged, “The degree of rupture is beyond normal impact. It’s not an accident.”
Lin Chenghai’s expression instantly changed.
Bao Zhaoshan said to the remaining officials, “Bring them all to the government office.”
Old Master Lin realized that if he didn’t tell the truth now, they would really be interrogated at the government office. He hurriedly begged, “Officer, it was an accident. It was really an accident.”
Bao Zhaoshan’s eyes darkened. “What accident is it? Hurry up and tell me the truth!”
Old Master Lin looked at his dejected son and then at the dense crowd of villagers outside. Suddenly, he seemed to have aged a few years. He said helplessly, “His father accidentally killed him.”
If the father wanted the child to die, the child had to die.
Old Master Lin thought that nothing would happen even if he told Bao Zhaoshan. Little did he know that in order to increase the kingdom’s population and prevent commoners from drowning baby girls, Ling Kingdom had already changed its law. If a father killed his son, according to the law, he would still have to pay with his life.
Bao Zhaoshan looked at Lin Chenghai. “What did he hit his son with?”
Lin Chenghai said nothing. Regret had drowned him.
Old Master Lin said in pain, “He hit him with a rolling pin.”
Bao Zhaoshan held out his hand. “Bring me the rolling pin.”
Old Master Lin glanced at Old Madam Lin, who went into the kitchen and handed a thick rolling pin to Bao Zhaoshan.
Bao Zhaoshan looked at it carefully. The rolling pin was made of ebony and was very sturdy. Lin Chenghai had used it to kill his son, and there were still traces of blood on it.
The details of the case were already very clear. Bao Zhaoshan pointed at Lin Chenghai and said, “Tie him up first!”
Lin Chenghai looked up in shock. “Why are you arresting me?”
Old Master and Madam Lin were even more panicked than Lin Chenghai. “Officer, why did you capture my son! It was just an accident!”
Bao Zhaoshan said coldly, “The law has been changed. Those who kill their own children will be severely punished.”
Lin Chenghai collapsed to the ground and hurriedly denied, “I didn’t kill my son.” He pointed at Old Master and Madam Lin and said, “They’re talking nonsense! It’s all their nonsense!”
He roared at Old Master and Madam Lin. Bao Zhaoshan looked at him coldly. “When the Lord comes, he will make his judgement.”
“The rest of you are not to act on your own. Wait for the Lord to interrogate you.”
Old Master and Madam Lin kept muttering in fear, “How can this be, how can this be…”
They had already lost their eldest grandson. Nothing should happen to their son.
Old Master and Madam Lin lowered their heads to discuss. Their gazes landed on their dazed eldest daughter-in-law. Suddenly, they had an idea.
Old Madam Lin approached Li Hongmei and said, “Hongmei, I know you’re sad, but you have to look forward. As long as Chenghai is fine, you will definitely have another son.”
Li Hongmei looked up blankly, as if a drowning person had caught the last straw. “Is that so?”
Old Madam Lin continued to probe, “Yes, as long as Chenghai is fine, you will definitely give birth to a fat son for our Lin family.”
Li Hongmei cried and threw herself into Old Madam Lin’s arms. “Then what about my Yao’er! What should I do!”
After Old Madam Lin comforted her and Li Hongmei stabilized her emotions, she said, “Hongmei, our family has treated you well. If Chenghai goes to jail, it’ll be over. No one will farm our land anymore. Help him and tell the officials that you accidentally hurt Yao’er, okay? You’re Yao’er’s biological mother and it was an accident. As long as we don’t pursue the matter, you’ll be released soon. That way, our entire family will be fine.”
The entire family would be fine!?
Her own son was dead, but she still had to go to jail for Lin Chenghai! And she would be allowing him to be with that little b*tch!
Dream on!
Li Hongmei’s emotions, which had just stabilized, suddenly erupted like a volcano. She pushed Old Madam Lin to the ground and roared, “You’re all beasts! Lin Chenghai killed my son! You still want me to take the blame! Beasts! Bastards! You deserve to die without descendants!”
Old Master Lin flew into a rage out of humiliation and slapped her face. “Shut up!”
Li Hongmei rushed up to Old Master Lin like a lunatic and beat him up. Old Master Lin was caught off guard. When Li Hongmei was pulled away by the officials, his face was already covered in scratches.
When she saw Wang Mingyue, who was clean and still with her bulging stomach, she wanted to beat her up.
Old Madam Lin, who had been speaking gently just now, immediately warned her with a fierce gaze, “If you dare to touch Mingyue, I’ll pawn you off to the brothel to receive customers!”
Selling one’s wife and daughter to be other people’s wives and concubines was a violation of the law. However, the punishment for selling a wife was only 50 strokes of the plank. The punishment for a daughter was even less. It was only 30 strokes of the plank. The cost was completely more beneficial than harmful. Therefore, many people still did it.
Li Hongmei smiled miserably and struggled even harder. Her fierce gaze seemed as if she wanted to fight Wang Mingyue to her death. “B*tch! She’s pregnant with a bastard. I don’t know how many people have slept with her, but you still treat her as a treasure! Pfft!”
Wang Mingyue was enraged. She pointed at Li Hongmei and scolded, “You deserve retribution for not accumulating merit with your words!”
Li Hongmei couldn’t hit her, so she roared at her and spat. “Bah, bah, bah…”
Wang Mingyue and her spat at each other. She felt that it was not enough and took off her embroidered shoes. Before she could throw them out, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach.
She held her stomach and moaned, “It hurts… It hurts…”
Old Madam Lin looked over nervously and saw a pool of red blood at Wang Mingyue’s feet.
The villagers of Lintian Village who were watching at the wall had never seen such an exciting show. They exclaimed excitedly, “Quick, call a doctor. Someone is going to die again!”
Doctor Li was not good at gynecology, so he did not move. Fortunately, Gu Zhongxun was here. Everyone shouted, and Gu Zhongxun hurriedly rushed over.
Old Master Lin and the bound Lin Chenghai both said to him anxiously, “Doctor, you must save the child!”
After Gu Zhongxun’s acupuncture, the child was saved. If the child was not taken care of, there was a high chance of miscarriage.
In addition, because of Wang Mingyue’s physique, it was very likely that she would have a difficult labor.
When Old Madam Lin found out that Wang Mingyue might have a difficult labor, she looked at Li Hongmei like she was her mortal enemy.
Yang Gongbing finally came. After interrogating everyone, he immediately captured Lin Chenghai. This was because he had killed his own son. If nothing went wrong, he would have to serve a life of hard labor even if it was not the death penalty.
This show went on and on and it was even more exciting towards the end.
When Qingfeng returned to report to Bai Wutong, Bai Wutong was stunned.
She couldn’t help but sigh. “No wonder they say you don’t enter the same family unless you are the same kind of person.”
Although they were just watching the show, the ridiculous thing that Lin Chenghai’s family had done made all the villagers of Lintian Village feel ashamed.
In particular, the fruits had not been sold and they had lost a large sum of money. The atmosphere in the village was heavy.
At Little Cat’s house.
Tao Yinzhen boiled some brown rice porridge and filled two bowls. As for the rest, she scooped up half a bowl and placed it aside. She also prepared a plate of salted vegetables and a plate of cold cucumber.
She scooped an egg from the pot and shouted for Little Cat who was chopping pig grass to eat. She picked up half a bowl of brown rice porridge and walked into the side room.
Ren Shuixing, who was lying on the bed, was about to faint from hunger. When he saw Tao Yinzhen carrying the porridge over, he immediately smiled ingratiatingly. “Wife~”
Who would have thought that a man who did not treat his wife and children as humans would be as obedient as a dog one day?