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

Yu Feng was jolted by the cold water and shivered all over. When he opened his eyes, the lights were on and he saw a group of people around him. He knew that he had been arrested.

How was he captured? Oh, right, he was knocked unconscious in the woods. Who knocked him out? And how did they get captured? They're all a bunch of useless trash, they can't even beat a few women.

"Yu Feng, you've been arrested. What do you have to say?"

"I have nothing to say. The victor is king and the loser is villain. I've gotten to where I am today because you forced me. If you hadn't forced me, I wouldn't have resorted to this."

"How dare you say we forced you? You're the one who's being unreasonable. I'm just upholding justice as the village head."

You shouldn't have brought these people here to cause trouble for the villagers, and you definitely shouldn't have treated Zaohua with such despicable means. You have no principles and no bottom line in your actions.

It seems you were born a bad seed; I definitely won't let you off this time.

In April, I'll send them all to the authorities first thing tomorrow morning.

"No, you can't send me to the authorities. As long as you release me, our grudges will be settled. From now on, we'll go our separate ways and have nothing to do with each other again."

"If you hand me over to the authorities, who will take care of my elderly mother? She'll likely face certain death, and that's the life you owe her."

Liu Siyue stepped forward. "You dare threaten us?" She took the stick from Qingwu and lashed it hard at Yu Feng, making him writhe on the ground in pain.

The thugs had initially wanted to plead for their release, but now they were too afraid; the women in this family were too ruthless, and they couldn't afford to mess with them.

"In April, tie these people up and lock them in your empty house. Tomorrow morning, they will be sent to the county government."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Uncle Village Chief, and thank you to all the villagers." Everyone dispersed and went home to sleep.

"Master, there are three more carriages in the grove outside the village. Let's bring them back and use them ourselves."

"Alright, go and bring him back."

Lightly dancing, gently swaying, lightly hovering, the three of them drove the carriage back from the village.

Three more carriages appeared all at once, and there wasn't enough room in the courtyard, so they had to be placed in Zao Hua's old house, which now belongs to Liu Siyue.

The village chief arrived early the next morning. "April, when are we leaving?"

"Breakfast is being prepared at home. We'll leave after we finish eating."

You and my second uncle are going together this time, so I won't go.

Why aren't you going? Can your second uncle and I go?

Should we hire a lawyer? If we beat the drum, we'll get a beating.

Liu Siyue only remembered this matter later. Suing a court is really troublesome. You either have to spend money or get beaten up. Poor people really can't afford to go to court.

"Uncle Village Chief, how about this, I'll have Qingye go with you."

Liu Siyue called out, and Qingye immediately walked in, "Master."

"In a little while, you, my second uncle, and the village chief will go to the county town together, take two horse-drawn carriages, and send those people to the county government office."

"Go to Huichuntang first and ask the manager to invite Zhang Songshi to write our complaint. Then send the complaint to the county government."

"Uncle Village Chief, you can rest assured now. As long as we hire a lawyer, he will handle everything for us."

"Okay, okay, you can arrange it."

But we don't know how to drive a horse-drawn carriage!

"Let Qingye drive one car, and my second uncle drive another, that'll do."

"Dawang, can you drive a horse-drawn carriage?"

"Yes, the maids at home taught them; they've all learned how to drive a horse-drawn carriage."

"You guys are really amazing, you can even drive a horse-drawn carriage now," the village chief said with great envy.

Liu Siyue noticed the envy in his eyes. "If Uncle Village Chief wants to learn, my second uncle can teach you when he has time in the future."

"Okay, okay, Da Wang, you'll have to teach me then."

"No problem, I'll teach you when everyone has time."

After having breakfast, the village chief and Liu Dawang went to the county town.

Upon arriving at Huichuntang in the county town, Qingye went in to find Manager Wang. Manager Wang, seeing that the visitor was Qingye, Liu Siyue's maid, spoke very politely, "It's been a long time since I've seen your mistress. I wonder how she's been lately?"

"Thank you for your concern, sir. My master is doing well. I have something I would like to trouble you with today."

"Oh, what is it?"

"Last night a thief broke into our master's house to steal things. We caught him and he's now being taken to the county government. We'd like to ask the manager to help us introduce us to lawyer Zhang."

"That's no problem, I'll have Dewey take you. What kind of thief would dare to steal things in the countryside?"

"It's a long story. A man who had been driven out of the village colluded with thugs from the county town to steal things from the village and even tried to hurt people."

"This is deliberate retaliation and must be severely punished."

"This person is extremely arrogant and even dares to threaten our master."

Manager Wang led Qingye to the lobby of the clinic. "Du Wei, take Qingye to see Lawyer Zhang."

"Yes, shopkeeper."

"Graceful maiden, please!"

When they arrived, Zhang, the lawyer, was not at home. Zhang's wife immediately sent a servant to look for him.

Madam Zhang served them tea and asked them to wait while they drank it.

Fifteen minutes later, Zhang Songshi returned, explained his purpose in a low voice, and recounted what had happened.

Lawyer Zhang immediately began writing the complaint, asking, "Take a look, is this as it seems?"

"Qingye read it through from beginning to end, and it is indeed true, without any discrepancy."

Lawyer Zhang took the petition, blew the ink to dry it, and then followed Qingye to Huichun Hall. "Sir, Village Chief, Lawyer Zhang has been invited, and the petition has been written."

Lawyer Zhang cupped his hands in greeting to the two men, and Liu Dawang quickly returned the gesture, saying, "I'll have to trouble Lawyer Zhang again this time."

"No trouble at all, no trouble at all. This is my livelihood, so how can it be troublesome? Here is the written complaint. Please take a look."

The village chief took it and looked at it with Liu Dawang. Liu Dawang didn't know many words, so he just listened to the village chief talking.

As expected of a lawyer, look how beautiful his handwriting is. This petition is well-organized, logical, and supported by evidence. No one can find fault with it.

"Judge Zhang, we're all ready. May we go?"

"Alright, let me check on those petty thieves first."

She gently lifted the carriage curtain to show him that the men were bound hand and foot and thrown into the carriage, unable to move.

Let's go!

Upon arriving at the county government office, Zhang, the lawyer, told them to wait while he went to submit his petition. The guard at the gate, recognizing Zhang, asked, "Lawyer Zhang, have you taken on another case today?"

"Yes, please inform them." Lawyer Zhang slipped 20 coins to the bailiff, who beamed with joy. "Please wait a moment, I'll go in and file a report right away."

A moment later, a bailiff came out and said, "Zhang, please come with me."

Lawyer Zhang handed the complaint to his clerk, who, after reading it, took it inside and told the magistrate, "Your Honor, the aggrieved party in this complaint is Liu Dawang from Liujia Village. You previously presided over another case involving his family."

"This is a burglary case. The complaint states that they not only intended to steal property, but also to harm the woman and threaten the victim's family."

Su Yimin smiled. Since it was Liu Siyue's case, he would immediately hold court and do her a favor so that she could develop new planting methods to increase grain production and allow him to make new contributions.

Su Yimin sat upright in the hall, slammed his hand on the wooden board, and said, "Bring in the criminal." The trial began.

……

The court hearing ended in less than an hour, and the six men were asked to sign and affix their fingerprints to a confession.

Su Yimin began to pronounce the sentence, sending all six men to work in the mines for 10 years.

The six men were stunned. How could the sentence be so severe? It was just theft, at most six months in prison, and they could be released after that. If someone pulled strings and spent some money, they could be out in less than six months.

Sending them to mine for 10 years is practically the same as taking their lives. Do you think they'd even come back alive? They might disagree, but they dared not argue.