My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

Seeing the Lu family's gates close, Old Lady Wang was extremely anxious. All the rewards the officials had brought back had ended up in the Lu family's pockets.

This won't do; those belong to the Wang family.

But because of the official's authority, she didn't dare to make a scene, and in the end, she could only blame her resentment and dissatisfaction on her second daughter-in-law.

He cursed and scolded Gao Lan, saying that she was never home and that his son would divorce her sooner or later.

The villagers had all dispersed, but she didn't want to leave, so she waited outside the Lu family's courtyard.

Wang Xiaofeng was filled with regret, feeling that he had failed to serve in the military. If he had, he might have become a seventh-rank official.

He's much smarter than Wang Erniu.

Thinking to himself, he began to complain about Xiao Heshi, saying it was all his fault for stopping him. If she hadn't stopped him from serving in the military, he might be a higher-ranking official than Wang Erniu now.

Upon hearing her youngest son's words, Old Lady Wang forgot to scold Gao Lan and started scolding Xiao He Shi instead.

Little He couldn't stand this injustice, and immediately started arguing with the two of them, saying that it wasn't just her who stopped them, but the Wang family elders also sided with him.

If it weren't for the old couple's favoritism, Wang Erniu wouldn't have been able to enlist in the military so easily!

The Wang family members, like actors in a play, argued and blamed each other outside the Lu family's courtyard.

Many villagers who had left turned back to watch the spectacle.

However, the Lu family had no time to watch the Wang family's commotion right now.

Once inside the house, away from the villagers' gaze, Gu Chunzhi knelt down and recounted in detail what happened on the way home with her grandchildren that day.

When Li Mingrui heard that someone was planning to abduct them on the official road in broad daylight, he was initially worried for them.

When he heard that the tiger he kept had slaughtered those people without leaving a single survivor, he thought to himself, "Wonderful! No wonder they're General Ji's family. Not a single one of them is a coward."

When they heard that the Lu family knew to leave one person alive to be taken home for interrogation and to understand the whole story, they were even more impressed, realizing that the Lu family was no ordinary family.

He said, "Where is he? I want to see him."

"In the woodshed." Gu Chunzhi led Li Mingrui to the woodshed to see Ma Er.

Inside the woodshed, Tianrui lay down by the front door like a docile big dog.

It had keen hearing and had long since developed intelligence. It had secretly observed the group of people long before Gu Chunzhi tearfully told Li Mingrui her story.

It didn't sense any malice from Li Mingrui and the others, so even though it had heard the commotion outside, it didn't go out.

Upon seeing Li Mingrui and the others, knowing they were there to interrogate Ma Er, it obediently made way for them.

Looking at the docile tiger, Li Mingrui was once again deeply moved and couldn't help but exclaim, "What kind of tiger is this? It can actually understand human speech? It's truly amazing!"

Hearing someone praise her tiger, Gu Chunzhi felt proud and said, "My daughter-in-law brought it home. It was so small, so she brought it home to raise."

Back then, we were still fleeing famine, and this little tiger hadn't even opened its eyes yet! At first, we were all afraid we wouldn't be able to raise it, but I don't know what my daughter-in-law came up with, but she actually managed to keep the tiger alive.

"It's probably because it's always lived with us that this tiger can understand human speech; it's incredibly well-behaved. We were so lucky to have Tianrui that day, otherwise, we would have been in serious trouble."

Li Mingrui said, "You even gave it a name? Tianrui?"

"Yes, my daughter-in-law named it."

When Gu Chunzhi talked about Ji Yunshuang, she had a whole lot of good things to say. She praised Ji Yunshuang endlessly before remembering that she had brought an official to interrogate criminals. She hurriedly apologized to Li Mingrui, feeling embarrassed.

Li Mingrui quickly said it was nothing.

After all, having another channel to learn about Ji Yunshuang is a great gain for him.

Whether it's Ji Yunshuang's own talent or the way her young master values ​​her, it's clear that she has a bright future ahead of her.

It would be good for him to learn more about her preferences.

Gu Chunzhi used to be very afraid of officials, but Li Mingrui's amiable manner gave her a completely new understanding of them.

But Lu Yanqi always felt that Li Mingrui and his group treated their family members exceptionally well.

Logically speaking, even if his second uncle became a seventh-rank official, it would only be a minor official in the army.

If a minor official like him received a reward, the army would generally not send someone specifically to deliver the reward to his home.

Not to mention the officials' attitude, which was clearly somewhat obsequious.

Their positions in the military clearly appeared to be quite high. It was impossible for them to curry favor with a mere seventh-rank official.

There must be something else going on that made this official so obsequious to his family. Not only did he offer to help with their personal affairs, but he was also willing to listen to his grandmother's casual chatter.

What's the matter?

Lu Yanqi frowned, deep in thought. Meanwhile, Li Mingrui finished his casual conversation with Gu Chunzhi and began interrogating Ma Er.

Ma Er has been living in constant fear these past few days, terrified that the Lu family will feed him to the tigers.

When he saw the officials arrive, he was overjoyed, as if he had seen a savior. He told them everything that Wei Yuqi had asked him to do, and said that he would definitely testify properly in court and honestly confess his crimes.

After all, if he were to go to court for trial, he might have to perform heavy labor, but there would still be a glimmer of hope. But in the Lu family, there was not even a glimmer of hope.

Since Li Mingrui has done the Lu family a favor and is going to help them handle this matter, then of course he should handle it well.

He didn't tell the Lu family to go to the yamen to seek justice, but instead brought Ma Er directly to Prince Rui.

When Prince Rui heard that Lady Dong had been arrested and that Wei Yuqi was still unrepentant and had sent men to kill the Lu family, he was furious and immediately ordered Wei Yuqi to be arrested and interrogated.

With Ma Er's testimony, Wei Yuqi had no way to deny it and quickly admitted to the mistake he had made.

Upon returning to Hongdu, Wei Zhentian was immediately summoned to the Prince's Palace.

Prince Rui threw Wei Yuqi's confession, in which he admitted to his crimes, in front of him, saying, "Take a look for yourself."

Wei Zhentian was stunned when he read the confession.

He hadn't expected that Wei Yuqi would cause such a big commotion in just a few days. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Prince Rui, saying, "It is my fault for failing to properly educate my son. Please punish me, Your Highness!"

"Chengde, you are also fighting on the front lines. You should understand that the last thing we should do is to discourage the soldiers on the front lines, right?"

Prince Rui said, "The Lu family has an orphan and a widow, yet three of them are on the battlefield serving the country. While they are serving the country on the front lines, your son, relying on his power and influence, sent people to kidnap and kill their elderly mother and young children. You say this has reached their ears; how do you expect them to feel?"

He addressed Wei Zhenfang by his courtesy name, which still sounded affectionate. But Wei Zhenfang understood that the prince was angry. Otherwise, he wouldn't have spoken to him so earnestly.

Even his position as a general...

Whether they can still hold their positions is hard to say.