Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 130 - 126 Lady Du_1

Chapter 130: Chapter 126 Lady Du_1

Qian Ergui was furious, thinking that his mother had fallen ill because of the nonsense spoken by Lady Tang, who hadn’t even bothered to come over to care for the sick. He hurried home, dragged Lady Tang off the bed, and gave her a beating.

Lady Tang cried out for her parents and flattered him profusely, then followed Qian Ergui to the third bedroom to attend to the illness.

In the afternoon, Wang Lizheng and dozens of villagers returned. Accompanying them was a bullock cart driven by Huang Tie. On the cart lay Qian Sangui, with Wang Lizheng and Qian Yeejin sitting beside him.

Upon reaching the village, Qian Sangui sat up and bowed his hands to Wang Lizheng and the other men, "Great kindness cannot be thanked in words. Another day, my family will host a great feast, and I invite all of you to come over to my house for a drink."

The people dispersed to their homes, and the bullock cart continued westward.

As the cart approached the western entrance of the village and saw the large courtyard in the distance, Qian Sangui’s tears flowed freely. He was still alive and had come back. He had only been gone for one night, but such terrible things had happened. If it weren’t for his children’s quick thinking, if not for the help from White Wolf, Dashan, and Monkey Brother, even if he could have made it back alive, he didn’t know what might have become of his home.

Upon returning home, Qian Sangui was helped into a room in the eastern wing where Old woman Qian was lying in bed. Seeing the old lady’s pale and lifeless face as she lay there, unable to move, just weeping at the sight of him, he was overwhelmed with sorrow and climbed onto her, crying uncontrollably.

While crying, he called out, "I have been unfilial, letting you suffer..."

Qian Yeejin, Qian Dagui, Lady Wang, Lady Wu, and others all cried along with him.

Outside, Qian Yixiu listened to Qian Hua and Huang Tie talk about the trip to the county town. On their way to the county town, Qian Sangui and the others happened to come across Huang Tie and Qian Manchuan driving back to the village. Huang Tie knew the leading government official, so he asked him to take care of Qian Sangui, and then he hurriedly went to find Shopkeeper Cui for help.

After hearing the news, Shopkeeper Cui rushed to find Master County Magistrate Sir Yang and leveraged connections to investigate the person who had accused the Old Brother Pastry Shop.

Wong Ping also found the people at Song Grains Store to help with the investigation.

With Sir Yang’s intervention, although Qian Sangui was imprisoned, someone was specifically reassigned to protect him. Apart from the shock and fear, he didn’t suffer too much; he even had food at meal times.

They also found the ruffian who had falsely accused Old Brother Pastry Shop of putting arsenic in its pastries. Surprisingly, he was found sleeping with a woman in a brothel. Sir Yang interrogated the thug overnight. At first, he was defiant, but after a round of spanking, he admitted that he falsely accused them because he was short of money and wanted to extort some.

With the thug’s confession, Qian Sangui and the others were released without charge. Since the city gates were already closed by them, and Qian Sangui was not in good health, they went straight to Baohe Hall.

Qian Yixiu angrily said, "There must be someone behind this trying to mess with our family, why didn’t they investigate?"

Qian Hua whispered, "They did. The one who ordered the arrest was Sir Jin, the county’s ranking official. But he said he was only following procedure since there was a report against us, and he would naturally order the arrest."

Huang Tie added quietly, "This Sir Jin likes to patronize actresses and particularly fancies beautiful young ladies. It is said that he has over a dozen concubines at home, along with many mistresses and casual affairs... He has relatives who are high-ranking officials in the provincial capital, and since Master County Magistrate is newly appointed in Xishan County, so..."

Upon hearing this, Qian Yixiu had a clearer understanding and believed that Shopkeeper Cui and Qian Sangui must have had their suspicions. It was definitely that Sir Jin, influenced by his lust after listening to the Xu family, who orchestrated this entire drama. But because he had powerful backers and there was no direct evidence, they could do nothing to him. Besides, Master County Magistrate wouldn’t risk offending Sir Jin just for the sake of a rural family’s issue.

"What about Xu Fuzi and those thieves?" Qian Yixiu asked.

"They have been detained. We will have to wait a few days more for the interrogation results," said Qian Hua.

"Shopkeeper Cui and Sir Yang have rendered great assistance to our family; we will certainly remember it in our hearts. Especially Sir Yang, what are his preferences? How should our family express gratitude?" Qian Yixiu asked Huang Tie.

Huang Tie smiled and said, "Xiu Jiejie needn’t worry too much. Sir Yang was doing a favor for Shopkeeper Cui, and Shopkeeper Cui knows what to do."

That evening, Qian Dagui and Qian Ergui, among others, returned home. Old woman Qian couldn’t move and was temporarily staying in the third room. It was agreed that the three houses would take turns attending to the sick each night. Tonight was the turn of the main house, and Lady Xu stayed behind to sleep with the old lady.

The Qian Sangui family again expressed gratitude to Qian Hua Family and Huang Tie, who had shared their misfortune. Especially Qian Xiaoyu, although in the end she didn’t replace Cheng Yue, she was still willing to step forward and help when needed.

Qian Sangui instructed Lady Wu to reward each of them with two small silver ingots, and gave Qian Xiaoyu four.