Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 711: Numerous Obstacles - The Ending of Mo Yongxi (4)_1

Chapter 711: Chapter 711: Numerous Obstacles - The Ending of Mo Yongxi (4)_1

Mo Yan, who was serving dishes to the little ones of the Han Family, heard the commotion outside and stood up. She excused herself to the women and hurried out. Witnessing Old Man Mo, Mo Yongfu, and his son kneeling on the ground and the unrecognizable Mo Hong’s family lying on the door plank looking neither human nor ghost, she was so furious that she clenched her teeth.

Had it not been for the distinguished guests in the main hall, making a scene would have looked bad, she would have thrown them out long ago.

Mo Qingze, sitting on his chair, unmoved, stared at the three people crying pitifully on the ground. His normally gentle face was exceptionally grim, "What are you doing?"

Seeing that Mo Qingze was willing to speak, Old Man Mo, trying to take an inch after being given a yard, shuffled closer on his knees and clutched onto Mo Qingze’s legs, crying profusely, "Qingze, your cousin has done something wrong to you all, it’s my fault for not teaching her properly. If you want to punish someone, punish me, I won’t complain at all. I just ask you to spare her this time, she’s still young, you can’t just ruin her like this..."

Old Man Mo’s tearful account described how pitiful Mo Yongxi was after the Government had captured her for her failed attempt to harm the Mo Family. He completely distorted the facts, painting Mo Yongxi as young and ignorant, which led to her mistakes, and he implicitly and explicitly accused the Mo Family of bullying by using their position; otherwise, Mo Yongxi’s punishment wouldn’t have been so severe.

As it turned out, the day Mo Yongxi failed in her malicious attempt, she was caught red-handed by Mo Yan, who brought the matter to the Government Office with a formal accusation. The leading government officer returned to the Government Office with the witness and immediately reported the incident to the Jingzhao Yin. As Mo Yan was recently titled a County Lord, when she accused someone, the Jingzhao Yin naturally couldn’t take it lightly. Besides, Mo Yongxi’s evidence of her misdeed was irrefutable, leading to her swift arrest and imprisonment in the dungeons.

Just a few days ago, Mo Yongxi was publicly tried in court. Under overwhelming evidence, she was severely punished and quickly confessed to the crimes against the Mo Family; subsequently, she was sentenced to ten years of labor in the mines. If she behaved well in the mines, she could return home after ten years.

Such a punishment was considered fair as Jingzhao Yin did not issue a harsher sentence due to Mo Yan’s status as County Lord. However, for a woman like Mo Yongxi to be sent to the mine—a place daunting to men—let alone ten years, she might not survive even a year...

Hearing the fate of Mo Yongxi, Mo Yan, who had been silent from the start, showed neither satisfaction nor hatred on her face.

In the beginning, she was fed up with Mo Yongxi repeatedly causing trouble for her family, so she schemed to have Mo Yongxi marry Young Master Fang, who had a preference for men. Had Mo Yongxi been willing to live peacefully in the Fang Family, they might have felt guilty and eventually fetched a child from distant relatives or their clan for her to raise, ensuring her future life wouldn’t be too difficult.

Yet, even after marriage, Mo Yongxi remained restless and continued to frame her family. That’s when Mo Yan realized that only by thoroughly beating down Mo Yongxi could she prevent her from constantly seeking to harm others. Hence, she filed a lawsuit against Mo Yongxi at the Government Office.

Afterward, as she guarded against the Lin Family and her household was busy, she had forgotten about the matter. If it hadn’t been for Old Man Mo and his family making a scene, she wouldn’t even have known that Mo Yongxi’s sentence was already passed and that in a few days, she would be escorted to the mines three hundred li away.

"Ah Ze, for the sake of shared blood and kinship, please spare your cousin. Even if I, your cousin, have to replace her, I beg you!" Mo Yongfu said despondently, banging his head on the ground with a loud thump. In no time, his forehead turned black and blue, mixing with tears, making him look all the more pitiable.

"Uh-uh-uh... want... happy... happy..." Mo Hong’s family, lying stiff on the door plank unable to even move her neck, struggled to speak, seemingly pleading for Mo Yongxi’s behalf.

Spectators saw her graying hair tangled, resembling a bird’s nest. Her face was covered with a layer of soot, and her chest was smeared with black stains—strangely emanating a fishy stench despite the cold winter weather.

Her emaciated frame, clearly uncared for after paralysis, had led to this sordid condition. Her two cloudy eyes strained to focus on Mo Qingze while she labored to speak words that only she could understand.

Anyone else bearing such a pitiful state might elicit a sympathetic tear from onlookers, but for Mo Hong’s family, most people simply thought she reaped what she sowed. Only a few with extremely soft hearts felt a bit of pity for her, but even they wouldn’t agree that the Mo Family should accede to their unreasonable demands.

Witnessing this scene, those in the know inwardly cursed the Mo family father and son for being too excessive, showing up to create trouble on a celebratory day. Those unaware looked at Mo Qingze skeptically, unable to believe that he could be such a cold-hearted person who forced his elders to kneel, but the scene before their eyes made them doubt his character.

"Ziyu, what’s going on here?" An elderly man with graying hair stood up from the head table, looked sternly at Mo Qingze, and asked.

Even though his student had successfully become a Scholar and completed his studies, he graduated from Changshan Academy. If he hadn’t witnessed the incident today, it might have been different, but seeing it unfold before him, as an Instructor of Changshan Academy and Ziyu’s former teacher, he couldn’t turn a blind eye lest the reputation of Changshan Academy be tarnished.

Hearing his teacher’s inquiry, Mo Qingze’s expression softened somewhat as he respectfully replied, "Responding to my teacher, these three individuals were my uncle, aunt, and cousin. However, at the beginning of this year, I severed all ties with them!"

Following that, Mo Qingze briefly recounted the years of favor and grudges with Lao Mo’s House. With neighbors present as witnesses, he trusted his teacher would not be deceived by the three people. He understood his teacher’s question was meant to ascertain the truth and wasn’t a sign of true suspicion towards him. Still, if he didn’t clarify the situation, that might change...