Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 131 - 126 Lady Du_2

Chapter 131: Chapter 126 Lady Du_2

Since then, their master-servant relationship had become even closer.

He also instructed Huang Tie to go to the county town tomorrow to buy thank-you gifts for Butler Wong’s family and Xie Huzi’s House. The great favor of Shopkeeper Cui and Old Master Zhang would be repaid later, as it was not something that could be compensated with just a few gifts.

Qian Yixiu discussed with Qian Sangui, "Husband, we can no longer tolerate the Xu family; we must find a way to deal with them. Otherwise, they might bite us when we least expect it, and that would be terrifying."

Qian Sangui said through gritted teeth, "It’s time to deal with them. I have already thought of a plan; this time, we have to eliminate the Xu family no matter what. We don’t need to get directly involved; they still have three lives on their hands. We just need to spend some more money, let those three families go to the County Government Office to beat the drums and file a complaint, and hire someone to draft their petitions properly. Huang Tie will pay someone to stir things up and make a big scene... Such cruel and utterly wicked people will not be let go by the Master County Magistrate."

They agreed to have Huang Tie take care of this in two days. Tomorrow the house needed to buy more provisions, and the day after, they would host several banquets, inviting all those who came to the house and whoever had helped, to have a good meal.

However, before they could implement the plan to punish Yama Raja Xu, an incident that shocked Xishan County and even the entire Ji’an Province had occurred.

Two days later, Qian’s third wife was hosting guests, having invited over a dozen tables. Unable to fit everyone inside, they had placed several more tables in the courtyard.

While everyone was enjoying their drinks, Shopkeeper Cui sent someone with news. The case had been decided; Xu Fuzi, stubborn to the end, refused to confess and had died under torture without withstanding severe punishment. The other thieves placed all the blame on Xu Fuzi, claiming that because the Qian family had offended the Xu family, Xu Fuzi had hired them to teach the Qian family a lesson and, in passing, to extort some money. Since they had not succeeded in their crimes and had also sustained serious injuries, the Master County Magistrate sentenced them to only two years in prison.

Although it was despicable how someone behind the scenes had killed Xu Fuzi and dumped all the blame on him, everyone in the Qian family, as well as people from the neighboring villages, were happy about his death. He was a scourge who deserved to die.

The guests drank even more freely now.

The next day, just past noon, Qian Manchuan suddenly came to announce a startling event: Xu Fuzi’s mother, Lady Du, had killed the drunken Yama Raja Xu and Boss Xu last night, and now both the constables and coroners from the Yamen were at the Xu Family Courtyard.

Upon hearing this, Qian Sangui sent Qian Hua and Huang Tie to Darong Village to find out what had happened.

In the afternoon, they returned and reported that the scene was horrifying, with blood everywhere. Yama Raja Xu and Boss Xu, father and son, had been stripped naked, stabbed in the neck, and their abdomens cut open, all clearly done with the butchering technique they usually employed on pigs, using a pig-slaughtering knife.

The constables escorted Lady Du to Xishan County Town, and more than half of Darong Village’s residents came out to plead on behalf of Lady Du, recounting how Yama Raja Xu and his son had committed heinous acts, taken several lives, and had humiliated Lady Du, among other things. They asked the Master County Magistrate for a lenient judgment and promised that when Lady Du’s trial came, they would all testify on her behalf...

On the day of Lady Du’s interrogation, not only had most of Darong Village’s residents gone to the Yamen to listen to the trial, but some of Huaxi Village’s residents and the families of several women killed by Yama Raja Xu were also there, crowding the courtroom. They pleaded on behalf of Lady Du, listing the crimes of the Xu father and son.

For a while, this most disregarded woman became the person most talked about in the streets and alleys of Xishan County Town.

Upon examination by the midwife, Lady Du’s body was covered with layers of scars, both old and new, a sight that was haunting and heart-wrenching.

Moreover, Lady Du had gone mad. She kept saying she knew how to butcher pigs now, and that she had slaughtered two big fat pigs, so she could earn money to raise her son, and take him away from that den of wolves...

It brought a handful of sympathetic tears to those who heard it.

Sir Yang, the Master County Magistrate, declared her innocent and released her on the spot.

Lady Du was escorted back to Darong Village by several women from her own village and returned to the Xu family’s home. Soon, people saw her running around barefoot and disheveled, clutching a pillow and alternately laughing and saying, "Fuzi, Fuzi, mother has finally taken you out... Hahaha, it’s wonderful, mother has learned to butcher pigs too, and can support you now... Let’s leave that den of wolves far behind, where they can’t find you..."

People finally understood why other women who entered the Xu family’s courtyard didn’t survive for more than a few years while Lady Du had lived there for sixteen years. It was for her son—she had endured humiliation and hatred for so long. Alas, Xu Fuzi had also been turned into a beast by Yama Raja Xu and his son, a tragic waste of her deep maternal love.