Rebirth of the little landlady

Chapter 173 Liu Guirong's Final Destination

An Anran burst into tears, "Don't kill my mother, don't..."

What needs to be mentioned is that Su Qiaoqiao didn't rush out, she shrank in place as if she had been frightened, she didn't make a sound, she didn't move a step.

Immediately afterwards, the five children who rushed out kowtowed their heads in unison, it was fierce and violent, and there was a clanging sound, their foreheads were soon bruised, and the next thing, blood flowed from their faces But when they got down, there was a posture of the patriarchs knocking to death if they didn't agree, and the main hall of the Su family compound was miserable for a while.

Such a situation made all those who had friendship with the Su family of Xiejiao Village take action quickly, begging for mercy, reasoning with reason, and stopping them. Among them, what moved the chief of the Su clan most was the loud shout of instruction , "Quick, quick, quick, don't let something happen to Miss Yuan Bao!"

The patriarch was terrified, he punished Liu Guirong so severely, a large part of it was to please Yuan Bao, it would be bad if it was self-defeating, he looked at the five children kneeling on the ground, he originally thought that these belonged to the Su family Child, you must know that Su Qiaoqiao and Yuan Bao are the same age, and the patriarch has never met them before, so it's normal to get confused.

But after a closer look, you can still find the problem, Yuan Bao's clothes are very good, it is not something that a country girl can afford, and there is a maid to take care of her and persuade her, thinking about what Yuan Bao said just now, I can't help but A little confused, logically speaking, Yuan Bao should hate Liu Guirong deeply, why would he plead for Liu Guirong?

To put it bluntly, this greedy person often puts too much emphasis on profit and neglects love. Although Yuan Bao hates Liu Guirong, Liu Guirong is not Su Youwang and has not done any heinous things. Yuan Bao does not hate her.

The most important thing is that Su Chunsheng and Su Qiusheng made a joint decision to recognize their ancestors and return to their clan. If Liu Guirong died because of this, it would be a knot in their hearts that the two brothers would never be able to unravel, and they would never forgive themselves for the rest of their lives , and can no longer face the following three younger siblings.

Thinking of this, Yuan Bao's heart was about to break. Thinking of Su Youwang's excessive behavior back then, Yuan Bao would stop Su Chunsheng from doing something out of line, and even tried his best to give Su Youwang a decent funeral. Among them, protecting Su Chunsheng's personal safety is only one aspect, and it is also afraid that Su Chunsheng will have a heavy psychological burden.

Things have turned into the way it is now. Not only the Su family brothers feel that it is out of control, but even the patriarch feels the same way. However, the patriarch is an old man after all. I have made many decisions, so I quickly calmed down.

The patriarch said righteously, "Su Chunsheng, Su Qiusheng, you are all readers who can read and write, and you also understand the clan rules." Just now at the ceremony, the clan rules were read out, and the brothers Su Chunsheng promised to abide by them unconditionally , "Tell me, you two, my punishment for Liu Guirong's mistakes, is there something that violated the rules and family rules?!" It is said that it is fair and strict, and righteous.

The reality is also like this. Liu Guirong blatantly violated other people's property, which broke the rules and reputation of the clan. The crime was equivalent to robbery, and the amount was huge. Liu Guirong also used the future of his own children as a threat for personal gain. This is murder. The descendants of the Su family, who are neither virtuous, nor kind, nor filial (respecting the ancestors of the Su family), this alone is a capital offense!

Seeing that Brother Su Chunsheng was speechless, the patriarch asked again, "Since I didn't make a mistake in my decision, are you ignoring the clan rules if you openly stop me like this? I still think that I, as the patriarch, should be a matter of your family. Is it a violation of the rules? If I am like this, how can I convince the public?! We, the Su family, can still live a stable life?!"

Su Qiusheng looked at Su Chunsheng with a gray face, and found that Su Chunsheng was trembling all over, but he couldn't say a word. Yuan Bao also discovered the disadvantage of the situation. Before and after, she began to kowtow again, "Mother saved me and raised me. Even if there was something wrong, I can't just watch her die like this. If you want to kill me, kill me first. Let me take the beating for my mother and go for my mother." Die..." Since it didn't make sense, she interceded. She didn't believe it. No matter how powerful the clan was, it was not a member of the clan who dared to kill her so blatantly. Moreover, in the Su family compound and Su family village, she was not a member of the clan. So easy to kill.

Liang Xiumei came forward to stop Yuan Bao, Yuan Bao gave her a wink, Liang Xiumei had been eating and living with Yuan Bao, and she was clever, she immediately understood Yuan Bao's meaning, she stopped blocking Yuan Bao, but looked back My elder sister also knelt down after taking a look, crying bitterly and shouting, "The master can't die, if you want to kill, kill the slaves!"

Immediately afterwards, as soon as she entered the main hall of the courtyard, a crowd fell to her knees. They were all servants of Yuanbao. Even though there were not many servants of Yuanbao on weekdays, it couldn't stop her from having many tenants. Whenever there was an important event, such as today, she would Helpers are temporarily recruited from the village and paid by the day.

Because of the generous wages, the tenants are all fighting for such an opportunity. At this time, the servants serving tea and water in the main hall account for half of all the people. In addition, there are those waiting outside the door. As soon as they cried, the ground was filled with darkness, the momentum was so loud that even the face of the patriarch changed.

When the five children were kneeling and kowtowing, Liu Guirong woke up slowly because of the noise, but she couldn't make a sound, and was frightened so weak that she could only curl up on the ground and cry silently. A ray of light seemed to flash in her heart, making her suddenly cheerful, and the first thing she thought of was the words Aunt Liang said to her, "Madam, I just haven't suffered a big loss!"

Yes, because of Yuan Bao's kindness and tolerance, Liu Guirong became more and more greedy and unscrupulous, and her mind was not smart enough to realize the existence of danger at all. The kindness of the Su family's children in raising them and Yuan Bao's love for the Su family's children have finally come to where they are today, and suffered a big loss at the cost of their lives.

When she saw the children of the Su family and Yuan Bao pleading for her, she had another hope. When she heard the rejection from the head of the Su family, she was ashamed, and she never thought that Yuan Bao could do this for her. Do your best, and at this time, you can personally experience the power that Yuan Bao possesses, and the tolerance for her in the past.

"Hmm!" The patriarch gave a fake cough loudly, indicating that he had something to say, Yuan Bao understood, and raised his hand to move backwards. The servants of Sujia Village were well-trained and immediately silenced, but they didn't get up.

The patriarch said a lot of things again, the main meaning is that Yuan Bao's actions are very touching, and the Su family is not unreasonable. Since Yuan Bao interceded for Liu Guirong like this, they can't just watch Yuan Bao have an accident. Then for the sake of Yuan Bao, Liu Guirong was spared the death penalty, but the death penalty could be waived, but the living crime cannot be waived. The final "sentence was changed" to, "twenty lashes of lashes, execution in public, tour of the village for a hundred days, and expulsion of the family."

There are actually four punishments in total, and Yuan Bao only understood the first one, but he didn't understand that one of these four punishments was more severe than the other, so after listening to it, the first thing Yuan Bao did was Turn back to look at Su Chunsheng, and wait for him to make a decision.

Su Chunsheng only had a vague idea of ​​these punishments, but he was very clear about one thing, that is, this matter could only be won so far, otherwise, other troubles would arise, so he nodded slightly.

Yuan Bao understood, thanked him first, then wiped away his tears and stood up, the Liang sisters hurried forward to support Yuan Bao, went back to the yard, and helped Yuan Bao wash and change clothes and apply medicine.

After Yuan Bao got up, everyone also stood up, and everyone in the main hall breathed a sigh of relief, but Liu Guirong was the one who felt the deepest, she walked around before the gate of hell!
Yuan Bao left, but things in the main hall continued. Orders were issued one after another. Liu Guirong's execution scene was quickly set up, and the notice of watching the execution spread throughout the two villages as quickly as possible. up.

The place of execution was set at the threshing ground in Sujia Village. Because the village had a lot of land, and there were financial resources and manpower at that time, Su Chunsheng built this threshing ground so flat and spacious. Specially formulated clay was used to The big stone roller, pressed and pressed, will not cause problems after hundreds of years. Yuanbao requires everyone to learn horse riding skills, all of which are practiced here.

Basically, every village’s threshing ground is a place for group meetings. During festivals, opera troupes and so on will be invited here, but Su Chunsheng never expected that the Sujia Village he built would be a place for threshing. The first important ceremony held on the field was to punish his own mother. How should I put it, it was like a malicious joke played by fate.

The members of the Su clan, including the patriarch, were very happy. They only saw the scale of the Su family village from a distance, but they did not expect that a village just established by refugees would be so rich. The house, the stone road, and the threshing ground and the granary in the depths of the threshing ground are so dazzling that their eyes are almost drooling, and they can't help but sigh in their hearts, this is a big family. What style!
When Yuan Bao arrived at the threshing ground, the threshing ground was densely packed with people, and almost all men, women, old and young people from Xiejiao Village and Sujia Village were all there. Only then did Yuan Bao understand that the public execution was such a "crowd". I thought it was in front of those people in the main hall!

And that's not all, before the execution, someone took a bronze gong and started announcing Liu Guirong's crimes, knocking and shouting, not one person, but several people took turns, all of them had notes in their hands, He yelled while walking in the crowd, he yelled more than a dozen times in a row, it was necessary for everyone to hear clearly, the matter of Yuan Bao and the Su family, and the various deeds Liu Guirong did were well known to everyone.

After yelling for about half an hour, Liu Guirong was hoisted up high. Seeing Yuan Bao's heart ached, he couldn't sit still, and ran directly to the seat reserved for her, and the children of the Su family They hugged each other and watched Liu Guirong shouting loudly, "Mother, mother——"

The next step is to do it. The weather in early May is already very hot, and I can't even wear jackets, at most two layers of single clothes. Liu Guirong is like this, so when the whip goes down, there will be blood. The first After two lashes, Liu Guirong was already ripped apart. After twenty lashes, Liu Guirong looked like a dilapidated puppet. From the shoulder to the calf, there was not a single piece of good flesh!
Because of being gagged, Liu Guirong couldn't yell out, only tears and blood, as well as excrement and urine from being frightened, dripped down, and this scene became a lingering nightmare for many torture observers .

And this is the purpose of public execution, one is to deter, and the other is to show the strict law and discipline of the clan.

As soon as Liu Guirong was put down, the five children surrounded her. Su Qiaoqiao was still behind, but she really had nowhere to hide, so she had to timidly follow behind. Su Chunsheng didn't care about the dirt and pain on Liu Guirong's body. Hearing the smell, he hugged Liu Guirong in his arms and called out in a hoarse voice, "Mother—" The tears could not be stopped, and so did the other four children including Yuan Bao.

Liu Guirong was still conscious, there was nothing she could do, she actually passed out several times during the execution, but it was so painful that she woke up again, and when she looked at Su Chunsheng with teary eyes, it was I can't utter a single word. One is that her mouth has been blocked for too long, her tongue and articulation are numb and difficult to control, and the other is that she has nothing to say.

After the execution was over, a new problem arose—Liu Guirong had nowhere to go.

"Getting rid of the clan" meant driving Liu Guirong out of places where there were members of the Su clan, so from now on, Liu Guirong could no longer call himself the Su family, nor could he appear in houses under the name of the Su family.

Originally, under such circumstances, Liu Guirong should have returned to the Liu family, but the Liu family had long been frightened and unilaterally announced that they had broken away from Liu Guirong, and their reasons were very good. One was that they could not afford to lose this People, one is that Liu Guirong was the daughter who was sold at the beginning, and from a legal point of view, she has nothing to do with Liu Guirong for a long time.

In fact, what the Liu family did to Liu Guirong was also the common practice of many women who were "excommunicated" and "abandoned". After all, in this era that pays special attention to reputation, no one can afford to lose this person!
Yuan Bao is in a dilemma. Now the two courtyards of the Su family are property under her name, but there are some places for Liu Guirong to live in, but I am afraid that the children of the Su family will not be able to live because of this. Moreover, Liu Guirong is so seriously injured now, is it right? In need of care.

"It's really not possible, let mother live in Sujia Village!" Yuan Bao thought for a while and said, the tenants will always take her in for her sake.

Although Su Chunsheng was exhausted physically and mentally, he still hadn't lost his last sense of reason. He shook his head and denied, "No, I'm afraid this will annoy the patriarch." Originally, he was seeking fair treatment for Yuan Bao. Wouldn't it mean that he was meddling in other people's business by doing this? ?After thinking about it, he said, "It's better to find a family in Xiejiao Village." After all, Xiejiao Village is not owned by Yuanbao or the Su family, and logically speaking, no one can control it.

But they still underestimated the power of this public execution. The villagers in Xiejiao Village were terrified. Seeing Liu Guirong was like seeing the plague. Let alone taking him in, they all ran faster than rabbits. Among them, he doesn't want his villagers to get into trouble. Besides, the main reason is that there is such a person in the village, and his reputation is too bad!

In the end, the Gen family couldn't bear to see the children in trouble, and took in Liu Guirong. Only their family had the affection, was willing to accept, and was able to resist the pressure from Lizheng.

This side sent someone to arrange for Liu Guirong, and Su Chunsheng had to take care of the invited Su clan members over there. It was already noon ([-]:[-] noon) and it was really late for lunch. It's about to come up, the people of the Su clan are full of enthusiasm and feasting. Not only did they do it smoothly, but they also did it beautifully. While collecting money and getting benefits, they gave the Su family a great reputation!

Especially the Patriarch of the Su Clan, he was waiting for a sharp knife to cut the mess and take the entire Su Family Village into his pocket, so at the banquet, he kindly put forward his suggestion, "This time, our Su Family I'm sorry for Miss Yuanbao. Fortunately, Miss Yuanbao has a kind heart. Although she is young, it's hard to find such a woman who values ​​love, righteousness, morality and ability. Quan, why don't you book your marriage, lest you have long nights and dreams!"

This is the reason why Liu Guirong, the eldest son of the Su Clan, is so angry-the use of force is not on the point!
If Liu Guirong was a little smarter, he should hurry up and marry Yuan Bao first, and just to be on the safe side, as long as the engagement is made, the marriage will be arranged immediately. What's wrong with being young? It's just a few years later to consummate the house.

As long as they get married, no matter how much Yuan Bao makes a fuss, it won't be able to get out of the Su family's hands. Isn't all the money and property belong to the Su family?Although it is said that the dowry cannot be used by the husband's family, it doesn't mean that the daughter-in-law can't take it out on her own initiative, right? !
Looking at Yuan Bao's performance today, the feelings for the children of the Su family, especially Su Chunsheng, are not so deep. What's the point of taking out some money? Let's talk about this time. After all, Didn't Yuanbao give the silver to Su's family? !
Liu Guirong's fault was that he hadn't used a marriage certificate to fasten the ingot, and started to make trouble without any scruples at all. Fortunately, he turned things back to the normal track today.

The Su Chunsheng brothers who were originally out of their minds, when they heard the words of the patriarch, their hearts trembled, their senses returned to their brains instantly, and then they were covered in cold sweat. Regardless of their young age, they have been tempered by their family conditions since childhood, and The successive changes and blows they have suffered in the past few years have given them maturity and wit beyond their age, and they are also alert. They immediately understood what the Su clan chief was planning.

(End of this chapter)