coobybook Chapter 243 Dog bites dog
Chapter 243 Dog bites dog
As the woman was escorted to the county government office by the crowd, the once bustling town seemed to return to tranquility in an instant. However, while everything seemed calm on the surface, who could tell if an even more violent storm was brewing elsewhere?
At this moment, inside the Wu family mansion, bald Wu sat in the main hall with a gloomy expression, listening to the servant breathlessly reporting the news he had just gathered. When he heard the key points, he couldn't help but tremble all over, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead, and his heart was filled with deep fear and anxiety.
Wu Daguangtou frowned and paced back and forth in the spacious main hall.
He racked his brains to think of a response, trying to find a way out of this complicated situation. However, as he thought deeper, he found himself becoming more and more flustered, his mind like a tangled mess, and he couldn't make any sense of it at all.
This feeling of helplessness made him more and more anxious, and an unknown fire rose in his heart.
Meng Wenxiu, standing nearby, was still dressed to the nines, a fawning smile plastered on her heavily made-up face. She had thought this matter could be resolved smoothly and even receive praise from the master, but she hadn't expected to be met with such wrath.
Wu Da Baldhead suddenly stopped, turned around, and glared at Meng Wenxiu with his eyes wide open. His face flushed with anger, his chest heaving violently. Then, without hesitation, he grabbed a delicate teacup at hand and smashed it hard at Meng Wenxiu's feet with all his strength.
There was a crisp "clang" sound, and the teacup instantly shattered into pieces, with fragments flying everywhere. Meng Wenxiu was frightened by this sudden change and screamed in horror: "Ah!"
She instinctively jumped up, trying to avoid the flying porcelain pieces. At the same time, the pearls and jade in her hair collided with each other, making a crisp and pleasant "tinkling" sound.
At this moment, Wu Da Guangtou was like an enraged beast, baring his fangs and claws, roaring at Meng Wenxiu with a ferocious look, "Ignorant and foolish woman! Look at what you've done! Now that things have come to this, how am I supposed to end this?"
His hideous face and furious look immediately frightened Meng Wenxiu so much that she stood there like a wooden chicken.
It took a long time for Meng Wenxiu to recover. Her lips trembled slightly, and she stammered a few times before finally summoning the courage to speak in defense, "Master... my idea had your approval from the beginning..." Before she could finish her words, tears welled up in her eyes like a flood, streaming down her delicate cheeks.
After hearing this, Wu Da Guangtou's anger was instantly ignited to the extreme, and he was shaking with anger.
This ignorant little bitch actually dared to slander him like this, implying that he was the culprit of this stupid thing! How audacious and lawless!
After all, Wu Da Guangtou was a well-known figure, but now he was despised and accused by a vulgar country woman who came out of a remote mountain valley. It was really humiliating and laughable!
This woman has no sense at all. She can't even figure out how to please a man. I really don't know what's the point of keeping her around! The more I thought about it, the angrier I became. The resentment in my heart surged like a tide.
"You are such a stupid and ignorant woman! If this matter gets out and known to others, I, the master, will never let you off easily! Just wait and go back to your shabby parents' home, starve and freeze with them, and wait to die!" Wu Da Guangtou roared angrily, then he swung his sleeves fiercely and turned around to leave.
Seeing this, Meng Wenxiu was horrified, her face pale as a sheet. She knew that if she let Wu Daguantou leave her like this, her future would be completely hopeless. After all, in this huge house, Wu Daguantou was the only tree she could rely on. So, she hurriedly took a step, ran towards Wu Daguantou, and grabbed his sleeve tightly.
Meng Wenxiu's big, watery eyes were filled with tears, like two crystal-clear pearls, slowly sliding down her delicate cheeks. She lowered her head slightly, pretending to be timid, weak, and shy, and pleaded in a coquettish voice, "Master, please calm down. It's all Xiu'er's fault. Xiu'er has admitted her mistake and will never dare to act so willfully again. Please don't abandon Xiu'er..."
Every time she had been so coy and timid, flirting with Wu Da Guangtou in a coquettish voice, the man would immediately become tender and caring, obeying her in every way. This was precisely the secret to her being so favored and maintaining such a stable position among the many wives and concubines of the Wu family over the past six months.
Today she used the same trick again, hoping to arouse Wu Da's affection as usual.
However, things went against her wishes. She had never expected that her face, which had once been considered beautiful and charming, would become like a scribbled work after being covered in thick makeup and tears. It was simply unbearable to look at. At this moment, how could she expect such a grimacing face to evoke even the slightest sympathy from Wu Da Guangtou?
Wu Daguang stared at her sticky and dirty face without blinking, and a look of deep disgust involuntarily appeared on his face.
He mercilessly swung his hand and threw her aside, spitting angrily, "Get out!" After that, he puffed up his big round belly, turned around and left arrogantly, leaving Meng Wenxiu collapsed on the ground, feeling sad.
The atmosphere in the lobby of the county government office was solemn and dignified.
The woman was kneeling alone in the hall, looking up tremblingly at the magistrate sitting in the hall.
Her heart felt as if it were being gripped by an invisible hand, beating violently, and her heart was filled with fear and anxiety. She knew very well that after this ordeal, she was completely finished.
At this moment, there was a sudden crisp "bang" sound, and the magistrate slammed the gavel in his hand.
The sudden sound was like a bolt from the blue, which instantly frightened the woman out of her wits. Her whole body began to tremble involuntarily, and she was like a candle in the wind, shaking constantly, as if she might collapse to the ground at any moment.
"Who is kneeling in the hall? What crime have you committed? Come here quickly!" Only the solemn and cold voice of County Magistrate Xu was heard from above, like a thunderbolt splitting the sky, followed by the crisp sound of the gavel, which made the whole court seem to tremble slightly.
The sudden sound made the woman kneeling below tremble all over, and she shivered like a frightened rabbit.
However, the thought of her parents still being held tightly in the hands of the Wu family and Meng Wenxiu, their fate uncertain, filled her with fear and helplessness, yet she was determined not to easily reveal the mastermind behind the scenes. So, suppressing her inner panic and uneasiness, she racked her brains to fabricate a story to take all the blame, hoping to get away with it and deceive the county magistrate.
She took a deep breath, collected herself, and then slowly spoke, "Your Excellency, my name is Li Rong, and I live in Kunyang Town. I have always admired Mr. Chu so much that I've lost my appetite. That's why I was so possessed today that I stopped his carriage in the street. I have absolutely no intention of blackmailing or harming anyone. It was simply because my admiration for Mr. Chu was so strong that I acted impulsively and made such a serious mistake. Please forgive me, Your Excellency!"
Her words became increasingly fluent and natural, as if this was indeed what had happened. The onlookers, hearing her earnest explanation, instantly believed it and began to whisper and discuss the matter.
At this moment, a cold questioning voice was heard from outside the hall: "Since you admire me so much, why are you so afraid to go to the county government office and let the county magistrate personally verify your identity before selling you to my family as a servant?" The voice seemed to come from the underworld, which made people shudder.
Chu Ning'an hurried into the hall, looking a bit dusty. His steps were a bit hurried, but his posture remained as straight as a pine tree. When he reached the center of the hall, Chu Ning'an bowed deeply to the dignified Magistrate Xu, who sat in the hall. Then he said respectfully, "I have intruded and interrupted your hearing. I have acted recklessly. Please forgive me, sir!"
Magistrate Xu nodded slightly and responded in a serious tone, "Mr. Chu is one of the parties involved in this case. It is natural for him to come to the court to respond. There is no need to be polite. Just stand aside for now." After that, his sharp eyes once again cast towards the people kneeling below, as if he wanted to see some clues from them.
"Bang!" Another crisp and loud sound of the gavel slamming echoed throughout the lobby, and the originally noisy atmosphere instantly became silent.
Magistrate Xu's eyes widened in anger as he shouted, "If anyone dares to deliberately conceal the truth in this case again, don't blame me for severely punishing them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the yamen runners on both sides waved the killing sticks in their hands and shouted in unison: "Wei-wu-" The sound was so loud that it frightened everyone.