Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 150 Confession

"Young Master Lu San said, as long as he accomplishes this task, he’ll be rewarded with ten taels of silver as compensation.

Ten taels of silver! Not long ago, when he was thrown into the prison at the government office, his family had to borrow five taels of silver to pay the fine and get him out. Now his home was so poor it clinked, but as long as he got the job done, everything would get better.

As Lu Dezhu was daydreaming about the good days to come after he completed the task, he suddenly saw someone riding a tall horse charging towards him. He was so terrified that he froze, forgetting to even shout. Just when he thought he was about to be trampled to death, that person suddenly grabbed his collar and lifted him straight up, riding the fast horse back in the direction they came from.

The horse galloped at great speed, and Lu Dezhu was scared out of his wits. He wanted to struggle but was afraid that any sudden movement would cause him to fall and be trampled to death by the horse. He wanted to curse the one holding him, but he was too frightened to speak and could only let out cries of ’ah ah ah’.

Qin San Lang was young but possessed astonishing arm strength. With one hand he held the reins, and with the other, he lifted Lu Dezhu without any effort. Clamping his legs tight around the horse’s belly, he controlled the horse. After galloping on the main road for a while, they turned into a small path and reached a secluded grassland. Then with a bang, he threw Lu Dezhu into the grass.

He’an Prefecture wasn’t truly the south, just close to it. It was still cold now. The so-called grassland didn’t have much grass growing, just some grass buds, and the ground was covered with mud and broken stones. When Lu Dezhu was thrown like that, half of his face was injured, and half his body began to ache.

"Ah~" Lu Dezhu screamed in agony, curled up on the ground, and it took him a while to recover. When he lifted his head to look at the person who had thrown him, he was shocked: "You you you, you’re that kid from the Qin family!"

Qin San Lang nodded: "Indeed, it’s me."

Lu Dezhu immediately became arrogant: "Good for you, brat, daring to throw me around. I’m going to the county government to report you right now and have you eating prison food!"

Saying so, he got up and started to run towards the county.

Bang!

Qin San Lang kicked him in the stomach, knocking him down, his fists, hard as iron and stone, pounding down on Lu Dezhu.

Bang bang bang, Lu Dezhu was beaten until he screamed miserably, and instinctively begged for mercy: "Spare my life, spare my life... Qin family’s youngster, please stop, please stop... ah~"

Qin San Lang did not stop, instead, he punched Lu Dezhu’s cheek, causing it to swell up and one tooth flew right out of his mouth, blood streaming from the corner of his lips.

Seeing blood and Qin San Lang showing no sign of stopping, Lu Dezhu was truly terrified and cried for mercy: "Elder Qin, Elder Qin, spare my life, I dare not approach this matter with the Lu Family to seize your house again, please stop."

If he didn’t stop, he really would be beaten to death.

Qin San Lang still did not stop. Instead, he continued to punch Lu Dezhu’s face a few times, then smashed a fierce punch into his stomach, and finally stopped.

Lu Dezhu thought he was going to be beaten to death, but when Qin San Lang suddenly stopped, he felt an immense relief as if he just narrowly escaped a huge disaster.

"Wuwuwu..." Lu Dezhu cried out in pain, the crying even carried a sense of grievance.

Qin San Lang looked down high above at Lu Dezhu, saying: "Remember the pain I just inflicted on you. Your life has been spared. I’m a fugitive who has seen countless dead along the way. Your life is truly nothing in my eyes. If you want to live a decent life, you better behave. Otherwise, your family might suddenly find you missing one day."

He spoke in a tone so calm it sent chills, terrifying Lu Dezhu half to death. This kid really wanted to... kill him!

Lu Dezhu was shaking like a leaf, and as he looked around, this was a deserted path, with grass and trees on both sides, and a little farther was a mountain. If Qin San Lang killed him and threw his body into the ravine, who would know how he died?

Lu Dezhu became more terrified as he thought about it, so scared that he wet his pants.

Qin San Lang frowned, a hint of disgust flashing in his eyes. After a moment, he untied the rope from his waist, grabbed Lu Dezhu’s hands and feet, tied them together so he couldn’t move.

Lu Dezhu thought Qin San Lang was about to drag him to bury in the mountains, scared enough to roll up his eyes, nearly fainting to death. Eventually, he steadied himself and cried out, "Elder Qin, spare me, please spare me! I’ll never dare again, don’t kill me, wuwuwu..."

He was just over forty years old this year, with at least a decade more to live. He did not want to die yet.

Qin San Lang firmly gripped his wrist and warned, "Shut up."

He then sat down on the ground, took out a small bamboo tube from his waist, grabbed a brush from the cloth bag, and unfurled a roll of yellow paper on his knees, asking, "Speak, what evil deeds have you done? And what have you done for Lu Laosan?"

Qin San Lang looked at Lu Dezhu with a smile and said, "If you dare not speak, or only confess to insignificant things, you know the consequences."

Lu Dezhu saw Qin San Lang’s smile, thought of his earlier words and the ferocity of his beating, and involuntarily blurted out, "I’ll speak, I’ll speak."

Then, he spilled every evil deed he had done in his life.

Qin San Lang knew that a person like Lu Dezhu could not be clean, and must have done many wicked things in his life. However, he did not expect Lu Dezhu to be so shamelessly vile, to have committed several detestable major crimes.

Twenty-five years ago, when Lu Dezhu was just fifteen, he thought about getting married, but his family had no money, so he stole a cow from Village Chief He’s house.

In Great Chu, horses are military supplies, and oxen are the main labor for farming. The price of both types of livestock is higher than that of a person, and stealing an ox is punishable by exile.

Fifteen years ago, Lu Dezhu committed an even more heinous crime by raping a girl from a neighboring village.

The girl’s family dared not publicize it and could only swallow this dark loss, hastily marrying her off far away.

Upon hearing these things, Qin San Lang got so angry that his veins were throbbing, and he beat Lu Dezhu again viciously until he was gasping for air, almost passing out.

After the beating, Qin San Lang got more information about the bad deeds Lu Dezhu had done for the Lu Family.

But the Lu Family was shrewd, and Old Master Lu had already cleaned up any loose ends, clearing his own name, leaving only traces of Lu Dezhu and his gang that couldn’t threaten Old Master Lu at all.

Without evidence, and with County Magistrate Zou protecting them, Qin San Lang could not send the Lu Family to prison.

But Lu Dezhu could not escape his fate.

Qin San Lang recorded all the evidence of Lu Dezhu’s confessions and finally spread the confession in front of Lu Dezhu, saying, "If you want to live, press your handprint here."

Seeing this, what else could Lu Dezhu not understand? Enduring the severe pain all over his body, he begged, "Elder Qin, please spare me this once! I deserve to die, I’m a scum, I shouldn’t have let greed blind me and trouble your families. Please spare me, I am already just over forty, I might only live another ten or eight years. If I catch some severe illness, maybe I won’t even last three to five years. Pretend you don’t know anything and let me out, don’t send me to the authorities. If I go in, at the very least I’ll be sentenced to exile."

Qin San Lang looked at him and only said one sentence, "Do you want to die now, or go to jail? Choose one."