The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 346 Going to Xiangning County
The case in Xiangning County was brought to the apex court, so the series of procedures were much faster than those of other cases.

As soon as the emperor made his verdict, the Ministry of Justice immediately sent the case file back to the original place.

However, in early February, everyone in Daming Prefecture knew about the verdict on Liu Baode and Chen Qi. The verdict was even more severe than that sentenced by Lord Yan. Liu Baode was sentenced to be torn into pieces by five horses, and Chen Qi was sentenced to be beheaded.

The people of Xiangning County, who had suffered greatly from this, were so excited that they were as happy as if it were New Year's Day. They all shouted "Long live the verdict", saying that Liu Baode and Chen Qi got what they deserved.

It was not only the people of Xiangning who cursed Liu Baode and Chen Qi, but also their own family members.

Especially Chen Qi's clansmen, they really cursed Chen Qi. Originally, it had nothing to do with them, and Chen Qi could have been beheaded, but now, they are also going to be exiled!
The people didn't care how much the relatives and clansmen of the two men gnashed their teeth. Once the execution date was set, they waited excitedly. On that day, they would see with their own eyes how the black-hearted Liu Baode and the evil Chen Qi died!

Liu Baode in prison was filled with remorse when he learned of the verdict. He had to die anyway. Being torn apart by five horses or beheaded were both death sentences, but his children and grandchildren would also be beheaded. If he was exiled, at least he would have a chance to survive, right?
And wives and daughters.
But no matter how much he regretted it, things had already come to this point and there was no chance to start over.

In Xiahe Village, Wu Ping and his seven companions, who had received their execution dates, also came to Shi Liu to ask for leave.

Shi Liu knew that they would be able to concentrate on their work after seeing their enemies executed, so there was no reason for them to do so. As she also wanted to go to Xiangning County, she decided to go with them.

Ever since he knew that his granddaughter was nearly bullied by a lecher on the night of the Lantern Festival, Old Man Li would always ask his granddaughter to bring enough people with her every time she went out, even if it was just to Dafengji.

Knowing that she was going to Xiangning County, which was so far away and a place she had never been to before, she was even more worried. She kept asking her to bring more people with her, and even wished she would take all the guards at home with her.

Shi Liu was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry, knowing that her grandfather was worried about her. "Don't worry, Grandpa. Although this is my first time going back, the herbal medicine restaurant in Xiangning County has been open for almost a year. I will have a place to stay. Besides, Wu Ping and his friends are familiar with Xiangning County. With the seven of them, plus Hu Zhen, Zuo Cheng, and Liang Zheng, it will be enough."

Old Man Li thought that Hu Zhen and the other two were following them, and that in broad daylight, even if there were scoundrels, they would not be a match for the three of them, so he felt relieved.

But after Old Yuan's granddaughter said she wanted to go to Xiangning County, her right eyelid started twitching. The left eyelid twitched for good fortune, the right eyelid twitched for disaster.

Old Yuan was really worried, "Shi Liu, can you bring a few more people?"

She couldn't let her granddaughter not go, so she could only ask her to bring more people with her so that there would be more people to protect her if something happened.

Then again, maybe it was just her eyelid twitching and she was twitching in the wrong direction.

Shi Liu did not go against her grandmother and agreed immediately, telling the old lady not to worry, saying it would only require bringing a few more people and would not cost much.

But when the journey started, Shi Liu sat in the carriage and looked at the group of people surrounding her. If someone didn't know, they would think it was some important person traveling. It was really a bit socially awkward.

Fortunately, she was sitting inside the car and no one could see her.

Xiangning County borders Dacheng Prefecture, and you can go there by water or by land. It is faster to go there by water from the prefecture, but starting from Xiahe Village, going by land is not much worse than by water and is more convenient.

So the group traveled by land.

We set out early in the morning. The weather was not too bad and there was no need to avoid the sun at noon, so we entered a small town called Jiangjin in the evening.

Jiangjin Town is under the jurisdiction of Cong'an County. It borders Luoshui County on the left and Xiangning County on the right.

It is less than half a day's journey from Wujia Village. Wu Ping and others used to work in Jiangjin Town and are familiar with the place.

Therefore, under Wu Cheng's guidance, the group stayed in an inn. After dinner and washing up, everyone was tired after a day's journey, so they rested early.

Shi Liu fell asleep after soaking the pillow until dawn. When she woke up, Fu Dong had already brought her hot water for her to wash.

After breakfast and some rest, the group continued on their journey.

Near noon, the group arrived at Wujia Village. Shi Liu lifted the car curtain and looked at the deserted village covered with weeds. From the ruins, one could see that this was once a peaceful village. The houses were close to each other and nestled together, like relatives holding hands.

It was the first time for Shi Liu to see such a crowded village. In their village, although there were houses with walls next to each other, there was usually a separate area between several houses, so there was always some space for distribution.

Unlike Wujia Village, there are not many households in total, and they are all connected in a circle, so you can see the end from the beginning.

They live too close, really. If we hold a village meeting, there's no need to beat drums or gongs. All we need to do is shout and everyone will hear it.

At the big market ahead, Wu Ping and his companions had already bought some incense and candles, planning to go in when passing by to pay respect to their relatives and inform them of the fate of their enemies Liu Baode and Chen Qi.

Now they had reached the entrance of the village. Wu Ping came up to Shi Liu and said, "Miss, it's a mess inside. Please wait for a while at the entrance of the village. I'll be right back."

Pomegranate nodded and let them go.

Wu Ping and his companions immediately picked up their things and went to the village.

This village has become a ruin. When they came back last time, they left their footprints, which are still clear now. But in addition to the traces of their presence, there seems to be traces of others who have set foot there -

Wu Jin, who had the best eyesight and was the most alert, changed his expression slightly, "Brother Ping——"

Wu Ping's expression also changed. He didn't mention what he was thinking for the moment. He just said, "Let's go worship first."

Several people ignored these unusual traces and continued forward. When they reached the end of the village, they found that the graves of their relatives seemed to have been turned over.

At this point, several people's faces looked extremely ugly.

Who would be happy if their relatives’ graves were disturbed?
After calmly burning the paper money, Wu Cheng couldn't wait to ask, "Brother Ping, could it be that they are here to find us?"

Wu Ping pursed his lips tightly, unsure, but with no better suspects—

At first, he told the truth out of the thought of not feeling guilty. He thought that when the day came when they would go to court, if Liu Baode mentioned the reason of the Five Zang Secret Records but they did not mention it here, wouldn't it arouse suspicion that there was something wrong?
Most people wouldn’t know that.

But he didn't expect that after so many years, those people still didn't give up.

It was still dormant so deep that it would pounce at the slightest sound of wind—

The Chao Kingdom has been gone for nearly a hundred years. Today, the Jin Dynasty is peaceful and prosperous. It is not easy for them to do what they want to do.

Taking a deep breath, Wu Ping made a decision.