Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 969: My Family Are Street Vendors

Ming Shaoqing ordered that Lai Zhi and the people from the Old Gu Family must not live to see the sunrise. Thus, Magistrate Gu, Deputy Magistrate Tang, and Elder Tang arrived at the execution ground at three quarters past the hour of the rabbit (5:45 AM). After another 30 minutes of preparations and verifying identities, they commanded: "Execute!"

At the order, the executioners each downed a bowl of strong liquor, raised their large knives high, and with several swift cuts, beheaded Lai Zhi and the others.

Magistrate Gu, seeing the demise of the Old Gu Family group, let out a sigh of relief. Thank God, these madmen were finally dead.

He thought about the recent days when the Old Gu Family had given him severe headaches and cursed them again in his mind.

Deputy Magistrate Tang felt the same, cursing the Old Gu Family to the point of being drenched in dog blood.

"No need to hastily collect the corpses; leave their bodies here. The prison guards of Da Li Temple still have to verify the count." Having said this, Magistrate Gu left first to return to the office.

He had to quickly go back, clean up, and rid himself of the bad luck.

"Understood." Elder Tang responded, staying behind to handle the aftermath with Squad Leader Zhang and the prison chief.

As for Gu Youlu and Qian Guangzong, they were spared from coming to the execution ground due to their venereal disease and were directly poisoned to death.

Only when the poison took effect did Gu Youlu and the others realize they had been sentenced to death... They widened their eyes, hardly daring to believe they would be poisoned to death just for being implicated?

However, this was the intention of Ming Shaoqing.

Ming Shaoqing appreciated the talents of Gu Jin’an and wished to recruit this rising star into the Ming Family Party for their own use. Thus, he simply helped Gu Jin’an eliminate the Old Gu Family, causing all this trouble to die away.

If it weren’t for this reason, the people of the Old Gu Family wouldn’t have died so quickly. At the very least, Gu Dagu and the others would have been fully exploited, sent to do hard labor, or sold for silver.

The prison guards of Da Li Temple arrived before the hour of the dragon (7 AM) to examine the corpses, and after confirming the deaths of Lai Zhi, Granny Gu, and the people from the Old Gu Family, they left satisfied.

However, they asked about Mrs. Zhou’s situation: "Is it true that she hated the Old Gu Family thoroughly? Is her son Bao’er healthy?"

Ming Shaoqing always did things thoroughly, so it was best if all the people of the Old Gu Family were killed.

Magistrate Gu said: "Before the house was sealed, Mrs. Zhou took her son to the Daoist Temple and, under the guarantee of the temple master of Small Qingming Temple and Old Mrs. Yu, divorced Qian Chengcai." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Magistrate Gu saw the prison guard’s concern and added, "Mrs. Zhou deeply hated the Old Gu Family and the Qian Family. She swore she would not let her son know of the existence of the Old Gu Family and the Qian Family. She has already changed her son’s surname to Zhou, and her son is no longer part of the Qian Family."

The temple master of Small Qingming Temple and Old Mrs. Yu were reputable people in He’an Prefecture. With their help, Magistrate Gu quickly ruled on Mrs. Zhou’s and Qian Chengcai’s divorce and provided her and her son with new household registration.

Upon hearing this, the prison guard nodded and said: "That’s good."

With Gu Jin’an’s ability, he doesn’t need to fear Mrs. Zhou’s son coming to seek revenge once he grows up. If he lacks even this little ability to protect himself, he would truly disappoint Ming Shaoqing’s expectations.

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The citizens of He’an Prefecture only found out that Lord Lai and the people from the Old Gu Family had been beheaded when the Second Young Master Lai went to retrieve Lord Lai’s body. The whole prefecture city was in an uproar.

"Have you heard, Granny Gu and Lord Lai have been beheaded!"

"What? They’ve been beheaded? Really?"

"Of course it’s true. The Second Young Master Lai went with a coffin to the execution ground to collect the bodies, could it be fake?"

Someone nearby chimed in: "I heard from the night soil collectors this morning that Granny Gu and Lord Lai were beheaded while holding each other. Ah, the affection was so deep that even Boss Tu, who was doing the beheading, was moved to tears!"

"Ah, pffft, where did you hear such rumors? I heard that Lord Lai absolutely hated Granny Gu. How could he have died holding her? Moreover, the condemned are tied up during execution; how could they hold each other?"

"Hey, you don’t believe it? It was seen with his own eyes by Liu Yexiang. He wouldn’t lie!"

Liu Yexiang is Father Liu from the north of the city, who was nicknamed Liu Yexiang because he collected the night soil. The city’s residents gave him this nickname.

Yao Youqian thought Father Liu had been wronged. He was with Father Liu collecting night soil in the north of the city, and they had never even been to the execution ground. How could he have seen Lord Lai and the others being beheaded?

However, Yao Youqian didn’t have time to explain this and instead dragged Lv Bai along, pulling him toward the main gate of the government office: "Hurry up, stop dawdling. If you miss the time, you’ll have to spend half a day here tomorrow making it up."

Lv Bai was both angry and ashamed, crying with tears: "Don’t drag me, I, I..."

"What do you mean ’I’? Are you trying to renege on your debt? A real man should be bold and accountable; if you lost, you lost. If you’re afraid of embarrassment, don’t bet with Brother Gu." Yao Youqian, being tall and sturdy from helping his family with labor since childhood, dragged Lv Bai all the way to the government office.

But he didn’t approach too close to the government office, stopping at a vacant spot three zhang away from the government gate, pointing to the spot beside him: "Stand here, start shouting."

Then he took out a small note from his sleeve pocket and read from it: "I am of humble origin, my family are small vendors, shout it just like that."

Lv Bai covered his face, sobbing, unable to dare to speak ... It was too shameful. If he shouted here for a day, he would lose all his pride.

"Today the magistrate is hosting a banquet for the successful students... If I shout here, how can I show my face for the rest of my life?" Lv Bai thought more and more hopelessly, almost bursting into tears.

But Yao Youqian wasn’t going to pity him; he took out a rolling pin, directly hitting Lv Bai’s back, and angrily said: "Start shouting, don’t think about reneging on your bet, I’ll waste you!"

He also didn’t want Lv Bai to be so humiliated, but Brother Gu said, if they didn’t give Lv Bai a strong dose of medicine, he’d never break through his pride, continuing to be sensitive about his origin.

"Where there is no destruction, there can be no new life. Most of the prefecture citizens have gone to the execution ground to watch the collection of bodies. Quickly shout, or when they finish, they’ll come to watch you." Yao Youqian reminded Lv Bai: "You know how gossip-loving the citizens of He’an Prefecture are. If you don’t hurry and finish, they’ll watch you like a monkey, creating all sorts of frightening rumors."

Yao Youqian looked Lv Bai up and down, grinning mischievously: "Someone like you, a fair-faced man with effeminate airs, will certainly be rumored to be an Immortal Lord."

Yao Youqian was still concerned about Lv Bai’s reputation, so his words saying "Immortal Lord" were not loud, but Lv Bai jumped up as if his tail had been stepped on and said: "Shut up! I’m not, I like..."

Yao Youqian: "You prefer girls, right. I know, but the citizens of the prefecture don’t know."

Lv Bai was also afraid that terrible rumors about himself would spread. Seeing Yao Youqian standing guard with a rolling pin, he realized he couldn’t escape, thus he could only close his eyes and say: "I am of humble origin, my family are small vendors~"

With a bang, Yao Youqian hit Lv Bai’s leg with a stick, scolding him: "Shout properly! Haven’t you eaten? You sound like you’re dying."