Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 185 Thirteen Witnesses

Zhou Ping finished shopping in Qianzhou City and returned to Qinghe County. Qianzhou City had no goods to Qinghe County, so Zhou Ping had to return empty-handed.

This round trip consumed two years of his lifespan, but gained eight years of lifespan.

However, the mission from Qinghe County to Qianzhou City does not require walking, which saves time and does not delay Zhou Ping's mission of taking the tunnel.

Going to Qianzhou City once every three months would add a few decades to your life span every year.

"The total value of the goods is more than 5,000 taels, and there is no loss of medicinal materials." Zhou Ping explained the situation of the medicinal materials to He Yunqing and Yan Yi.

He Yunqing's eyes lit up: "It's convenient to have the storage jade. It used to take one and a half months, but now it only takes one month, and there is no damage to the medicinal materials."

Thanks to the storage of spiritual jade, the He family's medicinal materials have no loss. This allows the He family's medicinal materials to be sold at a 40% higher price.

Yan Yi also nodded and said, "Besides, no one on the road knows what your friend does, so it's much safer this way."

"Zhou Ping, I have something to tell you." Yan Yi said seriously.

Zhou Ping originally thought that Yan Yi would talk to him more about "her friends".

Yan Yi gritted her teeth and said, "Mr. Yuan's daughter is dead."

Cemetery.

Mr. Yuan was drinking beside a small grave. His eyes were dull as he drank and burned paper money.

The small grave is only about one foot high, much smaller than the other graves.

Zhou Ping looked at Yuan Gong and sighed. He had already learned from Yan Yi and He Yunqing that Yuan Gong's daughter had been tortured and killed.

Yan Yi only knew that Yuan Gong’s daughter Yuanyuan was murdered by two rich young masters, but He Yunqing knew more because there was a witness who saw Yuan Gong’s daughter being murdered and he was a worker in He’s pharmacy.

When the guy was drunk, he accidentally revealed that there were actually three murderers.

He Yunqing told Zhou Ping that the real culprit was Lu Chang, the son of Lu County Magistrate. However, He Yunqing reminded Zhou Ping not to tell Yuan Gong about this news.

Mr. Yuan was no match for Magistrate Lu.

However, Zhou Ping didn’t know how to comfort people, so he could only sit next to Yuan Gong and drink with him.

"When Yuanyuan was born, I didn't want her, and her mother didn't want her either."

"In today's world, it's already difficult to raise two children, let alone one more."

"Her mother went to Jinhua Temple to inquire about the baby's gender, and the temple said it was a boy, so we decided to keep her."

"In this world, girls are not only a loss-making commodity, but also difficult to raise."

"Later, her mother injured her waist while doing housework while she was pregnant with her. She was born prematurely and we all thought she would not survive."

"Her mother even secretly threw her into a mass grave."

"I brought her back and spent ten taels of silver to get an elixir from Uncle Bo. Only then did Yuanyuan come back to life."

Mr. Yuan was drinking and reminiscing about the past.

"Later, she learned to walk, although she was still wobbly, but when she saw me, she could always walk steadily and run into my arms smoothly."

"Later on, she would call me daddy."

"Zhou Ping, do you understand? Raising a daughter is completely different from raising a son."

"I really want to hold it in my hand for fear of it dropping, and hold it in water for fear of it melting."

"Later, when she grew up, she was able to help her mother with some chores. Although she wasn't very good at it, she always looked like she was trying hard."

"I don't have any expectations for her. I don't want her to marry into a wealthy family. I just hope she can grow up smoothly and find an ordinary person. I don't ask her to bring anything to me, but I just hope she doesn't have to suffer so much."

By the end of his speech, Mr. Yuan had broken down into tears.

"The government has closed the case, and the families of the two young men have given us two hundred taels of silver as compensation."

When Mr. Yuan talked about compensation, a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

"But I know it won't be that simple!"

"There are rumors among the villagers that those two guys are just scapegoats, and the real murderer is someone else!"

"It's strange that Captain Leng killed two teenagers. These two teenagers came from prominent families. Captain Leng didn't need to offend these two families just to catch the criminals."

"The children of these two families have been bullying people for a long time. They have a history of forcing people to death, but they were paid off and the families of the victims also chose to keep quiet."

Mr. Yuan paused and said, "So I know that what the villagers said is right. The real murderer is not these two, but another person."

After Yuan Gong finished speaking, he took another sip of wine, and his whole demeanor changed drastically.

Zhou Ping could feel that Yuan Gong had become stronger.

"Zhou Ping, I'm already at the eighth rank!"

"When I wanted to kill the real murderer, my martial arts cultivation reached the ninth level."

When Yuan Gong said this, his aura weakened again. His eyes darkened. He became decadent again.

"But the mother knew what I was thinking. She cried all night and tried to persuade me. She didn't want me to take revenge."

"We lost a daughter, but we still have two sons."

"The living need to live, and our little family can't stand the turmoil."

"I became a coward at that moment. I was afraid. I was afraid that even if I killed the murderer, the murderer's family would still retaliate against us."

"They were like a giant and I was just a small ant. They could just move their fingers and I would not know how I died or how my children died."

Yuan Gong was silent for a while, his eyes darkened: "What's funny is that my martial arts cultivation has once again broken through to the eighth level. It turns out that being able to endure is also a martial art!"

Zhou Ping felt some ripples in his heart as he listened to what Yuan Gong said.

A cultivator's breakthrough in cultivation does not rely solely on spiritual energy.

It doesn’t mean that the more spiritual energy you have, the higher your cultivation level will be.

The breakthrough of cultivation in this world is somewhat idealistic. A drastic change in mentality will lead to an improvement in cultivation.

"The improvement of cultivation is just like the Sharingan. Whenever there are drastic mood swings, the cultivation level will be improved." Zhou Ping has a deeper understanding of the cultivation system.

"Yuanyuan, I'm sorry, Daddy is sorry for you." Mr. Yuan cried and drank, and gradually fell into a deep sleep.

After Yuan Gong fell asleep, Zhou Ping did not leave, but stayed by his side.

The demon in Zhou Ping's hand was ready to move.

In the end, the demon in Zhou Ping's hand calmed down, but the ghost bride came out of Zhou Ping's body.

After a while, the ghost bride returned, still holding two residual souls in the ghost baby's hands.

Now the ghost bride's cultivation has reached the seventh level, and the ghost baby's cultivation has reached the ninth level.

Although their cultivation is not high, due to the Ghost King Art, their combat power far exceeds that of ordinary evil ghosts.

The ghost bride pulled out the remaining souls of the two young men who raped Yuan Gong's daughter.

The souls of ordinary people will dissipate after seven days, and some obsessive ghosts will not dissipate until forty-nine days. Only those with particularly strong obsessions will become ghosts.

The demon swallowed the two boys.

These two young men, one is the son of a gambler, the other is the son of a local salt merchant. Their wealth is only slightly larger than that of the He family.

Because he is a boy, he is spoiled more at home.

The two had been together since they were young. At such a young age, they were addicted to all kinds of vices, including eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. They had even stoned beggars to death and bullied and killed teenagers of the same age.

Ever since Magistrate Lu's son arrived in Qinghe County, the three of them have become like-minded, combining power and money to become lawless in Qinghe County.

He had a long history of abusing cats and dogs, had killed several people in secret, and had also raped several young girls.

It's just that because Lu Chang has a father and the other two are rich, many people can only endure being bullied. In Qinghe County, three people are the sky.

Zhou Ping carefully read the last day in the two boys' memories several times.

The incident happened in a narrow alley. Yuanyuan was buying some vegetables on the street and was on her way home when she was seen by three teenagers.

When the three men saw this, they coaxed her into a narrow alley.

In the narrow alley, the road chief bullied Yuanyuan, while the other two teenagers stood on both sides to keep watch.

Yuanyuan's cry for help did attract a few people, but after seeing the three teenagers, they all left in shame.

"Thirteen people, there are thirteen eyewitnesses in total." After Zhou Ping searched the memories of the two teenagers, he knew that there were thirteen eyewitnesses.

But none of the thirteen eyewitnesses dared to speak out.

"The Chen family in the west of the city, the Li family in the east of the city, and the Li family that sells fish in the north of the city"

Zhou Ping mentioned the thirteen witnesses, and then looked at the ghost bride. The man and the ghost were bound by a contract, so they knew what the other was thinking.

The ghost bride's body split into four and then disappeared into the night.

Chen family in the west of the city.

A strong man was drinking and a woman beside him was pouring wine for him.

The strong man was drinking and singing a little tune.

"Old man, is it true that Magistrate Lu's son killed Mr. Yuan's daughter?"

"Yes! I saw it with my own eyes. Otherwise, why do you think Captain Leng gave us ten taels of silver? It was hush money!"

"It's a pity for Yuanyuan, she is still so young. Old man, what do you think we should do?"

"What do you want? Go and be a witness for Mr. Yuan? Think about your daughter, think about your son. We only have a pancake shop. If we offend the county magistrate, do you think we can still run the shop?"

"I just think, what if this happens to us and no one helps us?"

"It happened to us? That would be a good thing if it happened to us. Didn't you see that the Yuan family received 200 taels of silver as compensation? A stinky girl in exchange for 200 taels of silver, isn't that worth it?"

The old man was a little drunk and suddenly saw a little girl. He thought she was his daughter.

"Old lady, why is the girl still awake? What are you standing there looking at?"

The old woman looked at the direction the old man pointed, confused. How could there be anyone there? "No one!?"

The old man didn't believe it, and he said angrily: "You old woman, your eyes are blurry, please take a closer look."

The old woman looked in the direction the old man was pointing, and this time she saw a little girl with a pale face and tears of blood in her eyes.

"Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen, I died such a miserable death." wailed the female ghost.

The old man sobered up instantly. He looked at "Yuanyuan" tremblingly, his mouth trembling and he didn't know what to say.

"Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen, I died so tragically."

The old man and the old woman did not sleep that night. Yuanyuan did not attack them, but just wailed beside them all night.

The same scene happened in more than a dozen households in Qinghe County.

That night, some families in Qinghe County stayed awake all night.

the next day.

Mr. Yuan slowly woke up and saw Zhou Ping.

"Thank you, brother. You actually kept watch all night." said Yuan Gong.

Zhou Ping just sighed: "Let's go, my sister-in-law may be waiting for you at home."

Mr. Yuan nodded slightly, his red eyes looked at his daughter Yuanyuan's grave again, and finally he was reluctant to leave.

The two left the tomb and returned to Yuan Gong's home.

Thirteen people had already gathered at the door of Mr. Yuan's house.

These thirteen people were eyewitnesses of Yuanyuan’s death. They all had dark circles under their eyes, obviously because they did not sleep well.

Thirteen people saw Mr. Yuan.

"Mr. Yuan, we can testify for you that he is the son of Magistrate Lu. He is the son of Magistrate Lu."

"Yes, yes, it was him. He was the one who killed Yuanyuan. All thirteen of us can testify to that."

Thirteen people all spoke up, vying to be witnesses for Mr. Yuan.

Mr. Yuan was a little confused and stunned. He knew who the real murderer was, but he knew that the witnesses would not testify for him, so he gave up the idea.

But now that these people were standing in front of him, he felt confident again.

"Yuanyuan, Dad will avenge you!"

Qinghe County, county government office.

There were two women beside Lu Chang's small body. His face was a little pale, obviously due to excessive indulgence.

These days, County Magistrate Lu asked him to stay in the county government office and avoid the limelight.

Lu Chang had nothing to do, so he asked his servants to find two women from the Jiaofangsi.

"It's boring. They are all fallen women." Lu Chang looked at the women around him. "That little girl is still young, but why does she have to struggle? If she doesn't struggle, I can still go to play with her often, or even give her some money."

Lu Chang likes young girls, he thinks they are purer and cleaner.

"I've been hiding for a few days. I should be fine now. It's a pity that my two younger brothers died, but it doesn't matter. As long as I'm here, the Wild Dog Gang will be here, and I can still recruit younger brothers."

"Last time I saw a girl who was about my age, but she was pretty. I can go look for her." Lu Chang licked his lips and was about to go out.

Wang Cheng and Captain Leng came to Lu Chang.

"Lengtou, you're here at the right time. Send two people to go out with me, and then call those rich kids in the county. I want to go out and have fun!" Lu Chang made arrangements for Captain Leng.

Lu Chang doesn't like Wangcheng.

Although Wang Cheng listened to Lu Chang, he was unwilling to do many things, such as finding a woman.

Captain Leng is still the best. Captain Leng takes Wang Cheng to eat, drink, gamble and have sex, and also introduces him to some beautiful girls.

Lu Chang prefers the cold captain.

Moreover, in order to help Lu Chang solve the problem, Leng the Captain decisively killed the two accomplices and made them take the blame. This ability to do things made Lu Chang like Leng the Captain very much.

The head constable smiled and said, "Master, I'm afraid you can't get out now. Engineer Yuan is bringing a dozen witnesses to sue you!"

Lu Chang was stunned: "What, is that guy mentally ill? Didn't he already take the money? And didn't he get the witnesses?"

Wang Cheng said with a dark face: "Master Lu, when we get to the court later, don't say so much. Just keep refusing to admit it!"

Although Wang Cheng did not like Lu Chang's actions, he was the son of Lu County Magistrate after all, so Wang Cheng wanted to protect Lu Chang and told him some ways to deal with the situation in court later.

Engineer Yuan brought a dozen witnesses to Magistrate Gao, and the entire Qinghe County had come to watch the fun, so even Magistrate Lu had no choice but to hold the court.

Of course, Wang Cheng and Captain Leng also have a response strategy, and they will just refuse to admit it when the time comes.

"Master, just refuse to admit it when the time comes."

"Besides, you are young, only eleven years old. Under the laws of the Wei Dynasty, even if you killed a little girl, you won't be sentenced too severely."

Wang Cheng explained again.

The road chief yawned, still a little impatient. "I know, I know, hurry up, I still need to go out and play. Lengtou, make arrangements, after the class is over, then arrange for someone to take me to find something fun."

(End of this chapter)