The Hidden Immortal Chapter 24: Don't Bully My Mother

"My Lord, the Lin family still has one daughter. A few years ago, she coincidentally ca to the county office to report a severance of kinship and was demoted to the lowest social class."

The man in light armor sat upright in the main hall of the county office, took the file from his subordinate's hand, and glanced at it.

He then snorted, "For an unfilial person, just a hundred heavy strokes of the cane is considered light."

"Should we arrest her and bring her back?" the subordinate asked.

The man in light armor pondered for a mont and said, "Forget it. It's just this one person, it should be a coincidence. There's no need to cause extra trouble."

The subordinate nodded and said, "Such an unfilial daughter actually picked up a life because of this. I don't know whether to say Heaven took pity, or if it was blind."

For a ti, all the people in Pingshui Town scrambled to sever their ties with the Lin family.

Even more people took rotten cabbages and stones and threw them at the Lin family.

Whether you were a relative within the five generations of mourning or the main branch of the Lin family, smashing was the right thing to do!

The Lin family, which was originally highly respected in Pingshui Town, was now like a rat crossing the street, with everyone shouting to beat them.

At this ti, soone finally thought of Lin Qiaoxi.

Soone with bad intentions ran to the county office to inform on her.

As a result, they were given thirty heavy strokes of the cane, suffering so much they wished they were dead.

Although the man in light armor disliked Lin Qiaoxi reporting a severance of kinship, it was, after all, signed and sealed in the county office's files, complying with the laws of the Kingdom of Jing.

You running over to inform now, aren't you intentionally trying to get soone killed?

When Lin Qiaoxi severed her kinship, she was but a sixteen-year-old girl, with no grudges or enmities.

With such vicious intentions, beating you with thirty heavy strokes of the cane as a punishnt is not excessive at all.

Originally, soone wanted to conveniently report Zhang Sanchun as well, but seeing this situation, how could they dare to speak out of turn.

The trendous changes in Pingshui Town quickly spread to Pinecone Village.

Upon learning of this matter, Lin Qiaoxi's face turned deathly pale, and she was terrified and uneasy.

She was afraid of dying, and even more afraid of implicating her husband and son.

The villagers all avoided her and kept their distance; no one dared to approach the Zhang family's house.

Li Tianjian's wife clamored that Lin Qiaoxi was a disaster, and might even implicate the entire Pinecone Village into getting their heads chopped off.

Fortunately, the news that the informant received thirty heavy strokes of the cane also spread very quickly.

Li Shoutian personally visited her door and gave her a scolding.

"She has long since reported a severance of kinship and is no longer a mber of the Lin family. Where would an unprovoked disaster co from? With your loose tongue, you can't hurt the Zhang Sanchun couple, but you ruin the reputation of our Li family for nothing!"

"If word gets out, people will only say that our Li family kicks people when they are down! Eldest Brother, control your wife, don't let her run her mouth anymore!"

"Otherwise, I will report to the county office, and you will also have to suffer the cane!"

Li Shoutian had a steady personality. Over the years, he rarely lost his temper at his own family.

This ti he was also frightened. After all, although he wasn't a mber of the Lin family, the road in Pinecone Village was built under Lin Xianzong's orders, and he even took out two thousand taels of silver.

Back then, they cheered and danced for this, but now they didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse, so he could only use the scolding to vent the fear in his heart.

Li Tianjian's wife knew she was in the wrong. She muttered a few sentences but didn't dare to talk back.

Only after Li Shoutian left did she lose her temper at Li Tianjian, "You useless coward, seeing your own wife being bullied, how co you can't even squeeze out a single fart!"

Li Tianjian said with a dark face, "Just say a few words less. Are you really not afraid of suffering the cane? Thirty heavy strokes of the cane, can you endure it!"

His wife shrank her neck, but still muttered, "How does Zhang Sanchun have such a good fate? If she hadn't left the Lin family a few years ago, I'm afraid she would also have to be exiled right now."

Li Tianjian echoed, "You still have the nerve to say that. Back then, you laughed at his wife for being unfilial and stupid. Preferring to marry a farr and be demoted to the lowest social class, rather than going to the Prefect's family to enjoy a life of ease."

"Now you see, right? She has great fortune and a great fate! If she had really married the son of the Prefect, how would she still have her life now?"

The great cri of executing nine familial exterminations was not sothing everyone could encounter.

This was the first ti the people of Pinecone Village witnessed the annihilation of a large family with their own eyes.

Several hundred people, so many heads, all fell to the ground just because of one Lin Xianzong.

And Lin Xianzong's greed was even beyond others' imagination.

Over three million taels of silver, how did he dare?

It wasn't until this ti that the common people knew why the shops near the Lin family residence could be sold at sky-high prices.

Those shops were all under the nas of the Lin family's direct descendants.

The ones further away belonged to the collateral branches.

The extra silver from the sales was used to give benefits to Lord Lin and the Lin family.

Buying and selling back and forth, in reality, the silver all went into the pockets of the Lin family mbers.

Otherwise, a shop worth thirty thousand taels might not even be sold for three hundred taels.

Back when he returned to his hotown to visit relatives, he donated two thousand taels of silver, and who knows how many people were moved to bitter tears.

Lord Lin was so frugal, reluctant to change his official uniform even when it was washed white. These taels of silver were probably his entire family fortune.

Thinking about it now, it's truly laughable to death.

When Li Shoutian arrived at the Zhang family's house, he saw Lin Qiaoxi lowering her head and shedding tears, while Zhang Sanchun was scratching his head at a loss beside her.

Zhang Anxiu was holding Huan'er and playing outside the courtyard. The child was ignorant and innocent, only knowing that his aunt had an exceptionally good temper today and didn't get angry even when he pulled her hair.

"Anxiu, playing, huh," Li Shoutian took the initiative to greet.

Zhang Anxiu looked up at him, and then looked at the courtyard.

She naturally understood what Li Shoutian ca to do, so she pouted towards the courtyard and said, "Brother Xun is also inside."

Li Shoutian gave an "En", and when passing by Huan'er, he reached out and patted his head.

This child had a big head, and his hair was even more frighteningly abundant, so thick that one hand couldn't even grasp it all.

Huan'er grinned at Li Shoutian and called out in a soft, sticky voice, "Hello, Grandpa Village Chief."

Li Shoutian felt a warmth in his heart hearing this. Fortunately, Heaven opened its eyes and didn't implicate innocent people.

"Good child."

Entering the courtyard, Chu Xun looked up, "Village Chief."

Li Shoutian nodded slightly and asked, "Is everything alright at ho?"

These words were purely superfluous; wasn't everything laid out right before their eyes?

However, this was just an opening remark. Li Shoutian walked over and said in a low voice, "I've asked soone to inquire. The lords from the Ministry of Justice won't pursue matters here, so everyone can rest assured."

Chu Xun gave an "En", "You've gone to a lot of trouble."

"We are all people from our own village, there's no trouble to speak of." Li Shoutian looked at Lin Qiaoxi again and comforted her, "It's inconvenient for to say much about your family's affairs. In short... try to look past it. At any rate, you still kept your life, which can be considered leaving sothing for the Lin family..."

Li Shoutian shut his mouth before finishing his sentence, wanting to give himself a slap.

What nonsense was he talking about? Lin Qiaoxi was surnad Lin, but she was no longer a mber of the Lin family.

Truly, he who talks too much is bound to err!

Lin Qiaoxi raised her hand to wipe away her tears and thanked Li Shoutian.

She naturally understood reason. Even if she had resentnt in her heart, thinking about it now, her relatives were all dragged away to be beheaded.

Especially her mother who loved her dearly. She originally thought that in a few years, when the family was doing better and Huan'er had grown up, she would take him to secretly see her.

Who could have thought that before the child had even grown up, such a huge incident would occur.

The child wishes to support them, but the parents are no longer there.

Li Shoutian went over and pulled Zhang Sanchun, saying in a low voice, "You should say sothing."

Zhang Sanchun was sowhat at a loss. He racked his brains for a long ti, and finally, his upper and lower thick lips touched together, squeezing out three words.

"Don't bla yourself."

Hearing these three words, Lin Qiaoxi burst into bitter tears.

She imdiately knelt on the ground and kowtowed towards the direction of Pingshui Town.

"Your daughter is unfilial!"

Unable to fulfill her filial duties before them in life, and even after their deaths, she didn't dare to go claim their corpses.

For the inherently kind-hearted Lin Qiaoxi, this was the most painful thing.

Huan'er, who was still playing outside the courtyard, heard the crying and hurriedly ran into the courtyard.

Seeing Lin Qiaoxi kneeling on the ground, he didn't know what happened, but only ran over quickly.

While hugging his mother, he glared angrily at the others, "Don't bully my mother!"

A small body, but great courage.

Zhang Anxiu leaned against the courtyard door. Seeing this scene, she also couldn't help but wipe away tears.

Zhang Shigen had been dead for many years, but she had never forgotten him.

It also made her think of her mother who passed away early. So many years had passed, and she didn't know if she had reincarnated into a good family.

[End of Chapter]