Transmigration: Space-Aided Rise to Power and Prosperity-Chapter 365 - 201 Witness Testimony

"Yang Si Liu, bring the person in!" The Yang Clan Leader shouted towards the door.

Wang Yue immediately turned her head towards the door; she wanted to see who had told the Yang Family.

The villagers outside were witnessing another exciting drama. They all looked around, wanting to see who the witness was.

"Oh my! It’s him? What a damnable sin!"

"Hey! This is even more exciting than the plays!"

"I always knew Wang Yue was no good; those eyes just love to seduce. Honey, you used to speak up for her! Tell me, do you also have something going on with her?"

Outside, the noise was chaotic. Some cursed Wang Yue as shameless; others said the pair were adulterous, nothing good.

Outside the door, there was light, and Gu Chengyi could only see a person of short stature being pulled in by Yang Si Liu.

Wang Yue couldn’t see the person’s face clearly because she was backlit, but the figure was so familiar.

"Guoguo?" Wang Yue looked incredulously at the young man in front of her, her sharp voice seemed to pierce the eardrums.

Gu Chengyu was also somewhat surprised; how could it be Wang Yue’s son?

Wang Yue’s son, named Wang Guo, was already fourteen this year. His fourth brother quit as an apprentice at Lin Wu’s place shortly after; Yang Guo became Lin Wu’s apprentice. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Later, it was heard that Yang Guo couldn’t endure hardship, so he stopped after a year.

After the shock, Wang Yue collapsed to the ground. How could she have imagined it was her own son?

Of course, who else would know? The only one aware of her affairs with men was Guoguo; whether it was Lin Wu or Gu Chengyi visiting, only Guoguo was home.

Their yard was small, and of course, her son would know if someone came. At first, she felt embarrassed.

But later on, seeing her son silent, she thought he didn’t mind, so she no longer worried.

"How could it be you?" Wang Yue began to cry out in despair. She held back tears since she was caught, but now she couldn’t help it.

Yang Guo looked at Mrs. Lv’s appearance, feeling very remorseful. Early this morning, he took the pastries his mother bought and ate them by the gate, because there was a man inside the house, and he didn’t want to stay there.

Unexpectedly, he ran into his grandmother, who saw him eating pastries and furiously scolded them for not sending it to her, and asked where they got the silver to buy pastries.

Of course, he couldn’t answer. When his grandmother saw he wouldn’t tell, she wanted to go to his house to find his mother, but since that man was home, how could he let his grandmother go?

So, he naturally tried to block her. Who knew his grandmother would start suspecting because he was so intent on stopping her?

Coincidentally, his uncle was heading to the fields with his farming tools and was called over by his grandmother, who caught him, covered his mouth, and took him to the old house. Then, a few people rushed into his home and caught his mother.

He was extremely frightened, but then his uncle said something that made him hesitate greatly.

His uncle said Gu Chengyi was a member of the Gu Family, and the Gu Family had silver, so they wanted some benefits.

If they got silver, he would have a share for buying a house in town and getting married; his mother wouldn’t be in trouble, and Gu Chengyi’s brother was a scholar who would protect them.

They just needed his mother to endure temporarily, and they could get a lot of silver. His heart was warmed by hearing this; if they had silver, he and his mother could live well.

By then, if they went to town and bought a house, who would recognize them?

But now, seeing the woman sobbing uncontrollably in front of him, he was frozen; he didn’t know his mother would be beaten like this.

"Mom! I..."

"Guoguo, don’t be afraid! Quickly tell what you know."

The Yang Clan Leader turned his back to Uncle Gu and others, and winked at Yang Guo, reminding him to say what they had agreed on earlier.

But seeing his mother’s miserable appearance, Guoguo couldn’t bring himself to speak.

"Guoguo! Say something! Didn’t you say that Gu Chengyi had been with your mother for three or four years? Why are you silent now at the Gu Family Ancestral Hall?"

Yang impatiently urged the mute Guoguo, angrily saying.

Yang Guo was really frightened; since his father’s death, he’d been living with Wang Yue and rarely appeared in the village.

He was only fourteen; he surely didn’t know how serious the crime of adultery was.

Now, seeing his mother and Gu Chengyi beaten like this, he was scared, not daring to say a word.

Gu Chengyu, on the other hand, felt some pity for Wang Yue; her husband died, she was driven out by her husband’s family, her lover abandoned her, and even her son leaked secrets to her husband’s family. She was, indeed, a pitiful woman.

However, pitiful people often have hateful points; it was all her own doing.

"Yang Clan Leader! I see Yang Guo knows nothing! Isn’t it possible that Yang taught him at home? How would a son possibly leak secrets about his mother? Moreover, I’ve heard that the Yang Family was not kind to them, mother and son. Would he leak secrets to your family?"

Uncle Gu wasn’t speaking up for Wang Yue; if he were Yang Guo, he would surely resent the Yang Family.

After all, when they were driven out, none of the Yang Family members helped him. Now saying he leaked secrets, that’s impossible!

Therefore, Yang Guo’s testimony is untrustworthy; the whole affair with Gu Chengyi over two or three years is surely Yang Family’s framing.

Uncle Gu run it through in his mind; Gu Chengyu sitting there was his confidence. Here at the Gu Family Ancestral Hall, would they still be held by the Yang Family?

"Guoguo was just scared. At home, he spoke clearly to his uncle." The Yang Clan Leader naturally was anxious; if Guoguo didn’t speak, it wouldn’t be easy to swindle silver, let alone make Gu Chengyu agree to their conditions.

"Guoguo! Don’t be afraid, just speak!" The Yang Clan Leader tried to speak in a soothing tone.

Yang Guo saw his mother’s appearance and dared not speak; he started to doubt his uncle’s words, just hearing from villagers outside that his mother was going to be drowned in a pig cage.

Villagers said being drowned in a pig cage meant being placed in a cage, hands and feet tied, stuffed with stones, and then thrown into the river to drown.

He regretted immensely; he shouldn’t have let greed for silver arise. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, wiping his tears.

Gu Chengyu saw Yang Guo unwilling to speak; he thought Yang Guo still had a conscience and might have been tricked by the Yang Family, not realizing the severity of the matter.

Yang Clan Leader was extremely anxious; he kept urging Yang Guo, and his voice grew louder eventually, seeing Gu Chengyu almost out of control.

"Ahem! Yang Clan Leader! You shouldn’t force the boy like this, even I can’t stand it. Yang Guo lost his father; your clan shouldn’t bully such a little boy like this."

Uncle Gu couldn’t stand it either; in their clan, when there were children without fathers or mothers, he always asked clan members to help to their best ability, never bullying them like this.

Yang Clan Leader came to his senses, finally realizing this was inappropriate.

Wang Yue saw her son crying and said nothing; her heart ached as well.

Her son was ultimately too innocent and must have been fooled by the Yang Family. She didn’t blame him; he was still young!

Yang Guo was taken down without saying a word.

At this moment, Gu Chengyu looked at Gu Chengyi; why hadn’t he heard Gu Chengyi speak? This wasn’t like his elder brother’s character!

Unexpectedly, this sudden stop made him realize something was wrong.