Divorced by her husband's family and rejected by her own! She defiantly turned her life around

In the village.

The constables arrested the village chief first. When the village chief saw a few people in the village, he told them to take the constables to arrest someone. Some of the bolder villagers followed from a distance to watch the commotion, while the less timid ones hid at home to listen to the commotion, afraid of getting involved.

The village chief led his men to Liu Qingshan's house first. The door was closed. The village chief went up and knocked, "Liu Qingshan, the officials are here. Come out quickly." The courtyard was quiet, without a sound.

The constables shouted, "If you don't open the door, we're going to break in!"

The courtyard was still quiet. The yamen runners ordered their men to kick down the door. This door had been kicked down once before, and the second one was not very sturdy. In just a few moments, the yamen runners kicked the door down. With a loud bang, the door fell to the ground, and dust flew up. Two yamen runners immediately rushed inside.

Old Master Liu feigned illness and deafness, and shakily walked out. "Gentlemen, what brings you here? Are you here to see this old man?"

The village chief said, "They've come to arrest Qingshan. Hand over Qingshan now or you'll suffer."

Grandpa Liu pretended not to hear and deliberately interrupted, "Ah~ what did you say!"

The village chief shouted from the courtyard, "Liu Qingshan, come out quickly, don't let the officials do it themselves." He knew the consequences of these officials doing it themselves, so he didn't care about the consequences and just wanted to give them a good beating first.

Liu Qingshan hid in the cellar, trembling with fear. The constables lost patience and went straight into the house to search it, driving everyone out. Liu Dahu was also dragged out and thrown into the yard, where he sat on the ground howling in pain.

Liu Daniu and his family quickly stepped forward and stood there obediently. The constable, thinking Liu Daniu was Liu Qingshan, walked up to him and said, "You are Liu Qingshan!"

Liu Daniu was so frightened that he wet his pants and stammered, unable to utter a single word. Ma Qiao'er and the other children were also terrified and stood frozen in shock.

"Sir, he is not Liu Qingshan. His name is Liu Daniu, and he is Liu Qingshan's uncle," the village chief said truthfully.

The constable shouted, which frightened the children so much that they burst into tears, crying, "I don't want to die! Don't kill me! My father is in the cellar!"

"Take us to the cellar quickly," the constable said, pointing to the child.

Huang Lanhua blocked the way of the yamen runners, saying, "You can't go, you can't take my son away. I've already lost one son, I can't lose Qingshan too."

The constable kicked the man over and ran straight to the backyard. Liu Qingshan, hearing the commotion upstairs, was already paralyzed with fear.

The constable opened the cellar door and went down the stairs. The cellar was really big. He picked up Liu Qingshan, who looked like a dead pig, from the ground, led the men out of the cellar, and threw him on the ground.

The pain made Liu Qingshan grimace, and without a word, the constable kicked him several times, causing Liu Qingshan's body to curl up like a shrimp. The constable then tied him up and took him away.

Liu Qingshan turned to look at Master Liu and Huang Lanhua, "Grandpa, Mother, please save me, please save me."

Huang Lanhua knelt down in front of Master Liu, pleading, "Father, please think of something to save Qingshan. He's my only son, and he's your most beloved grandson."

Annoyed by his nagging, Master Liu said, "Stop howling, let me think about this." He sat on a stone stool in the courtyard, smoking and pondering.

Shuigen left the village chief's house and quickly told his family about it. Gousheng frowned immediately upon hearing this. The Liu family had heard about it in the county town. Could it be that they had reported it to the authorities?

Now that the officials have arrived, there's no escaping it. He doesn't want to go to jail. What should he do with his money? He worked so hard to earn it and hasn't even spent it yet!

He absolutely couldn't let them find the silver and take it away. He couldn't earn that much silver even if he worked his whole life. What was the point of staying in this dilapidated house? As long as he had money, he could have any home, woman, or child anywhere. His expression changed repeatedly.

"You all stay home and wait, I'm going out to check on things."

He didn't head towards the front door, but went to the backyard. "Dad, where are you going?"

"I need to use the restroom first."

When Gousheng got to the outhouse, he quickly started digging, dug out the stuff, and stuffed it into his pocket. When he got to the front yard, he said, "I'm going out. You guys close the door."

"Dad, be careful."

Gousheng went out and looked around. Seeing that there was no one there, he quietly ran towards the mountains. It was still early, and once he got around the mountains, he would be safe in another village.

When the constables arrived at Gousheng's house, Shuigen knew that hiding was not an option, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and open the door, taking all the men in the house away. The constables counted the number of men: 5.

"Why is one person missing?"

"My dad just went out."

The constable ordered Shuigen to take him to the village to look for the person, but after searching around, he still couldn't find him. The constable then ordered the village chief to call over all the villagers who had come out to watch the commotion and ask them if they had seen Gousheng.

A child said, "Grandpa Village Chief, I saw Grandpa Gousheng heading towards the other side of the mountain." Upon hearing this, the yamen runner realized that the man had run away!

Tang Dianshi roared angrily, "You still dare to flee in fear of punishment! Your crime will be compounded!"

Soon, the constables escorted all the men from each household to the big willow tree in the village. Many of them had bruises on their faces. "Sir, these unruly people actually dared to resist. The people in this village are so wicked, no wonder they dare to rob in broad daylight."

And this old bastard, calling himself some kind of elder of the Liu clan, saying they were just disciplining their clansmen, pshaw! They didn't break any laws, so why arrest him?

"Seven people are dissatisfied and eight are indignant, as if we officials are arresting people arbitrarily."

Uncle Liu stood in the crowd. His mouth, which already had few teeth, was now reduced to just the top and bottom teeth after being slapped twice.

The sixth uncle's sons and grandsons knelt on the ground, pleading, "Please, Your Honor, have mercy! My father and grandfather are old, and we are willing to take the blame for them."

The families of the arrested villagers also knelt down and begged for mercy, "Sir, we know we were wrong. We were all misled by Liu Qingshan and did wrong things. We are willing to compensate Liu Dawang's family and return their belongings."

"Please, sir, have mercy on us, for we have already lost our loved ones."

The villagers' cries echoed over Liujia Village, adding insult to injury. Their desperate wails were heartbreaking to hear.

Tang Dianshi stood in the crowd, looking down at the ignorant villagers. He felt that they were both hateful and pitiful. They were all poor, and if they hadn't been poor, they wouldn't have ended up like this. They were also greedy, and if they hadn't been greedy, they wouldn't have suffered this disaster.

He cleared his throat. "It's no use talking to me. I'm just following orders to arrest people. Whether you've committed a crime or not, the court has its own laws, and the magistrate will decide."

However, this clerk can give you a chance to redeem yourself, and also give your village a chance. As long as you capture the escaped Gou Sheng and bring him to justice, the accomplice can be treated leniently.

The village chief saw an opportunity. He thought that he was an accomplice, but he had just mishandled the situation. He looked for his family members in the crowd, but he couldn't find them and didn't know what they had been doing.

He said to the villagers, "Men of the village, hurry up and go to the back mountain to look for the person. Once you find him, send him to the county government immediately."

Go and tell the clan chief about this, and let them take charge of the village's affairs.

Upon hearing this, the villagers realized, "That's right! How could we have forgotten our clan chief? Back then, we were blinded by Liu Qingshan's lies and misled by Uncle Liu's favoritism. We lost our reason. If we had listened to the clan chief back then, we would have only lost some money and wouldn't be in this mess today."

At Tang Dianshi's command, the yamen runners led dozens of men on their way. There were too many people, so they had to escort them to the town first and then hire a carriage to go to the county seat.

"Sir, that old man will probably die before he even reaches town."

Tang Dianshi glanced at his sixth uncle and had his family help him to the town.