Li Chutian was respectable at home but humble outside. If it weren't for Li Linsheng, he would never have dared to shout like this in the Ma family.

When the old lady of the Ma family heard Li Chutian's words, her old face twitched a few times, showing some surprise.

"What do you mean by deliberately marrying the wrong person? That's not true..." The old lady refused to admit it at all.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t admit it, as long as others believe it! When Ma Chengtin came to my house before, he seemed to be looking for my daughter, but in reality, he was looking for Yao’s daughter. They had been in contact for a long time and were nothing but adulterers!” Li Chutian became more and more angry as he spoke. “If my son can get out, our two families will be even, and I will marry my daughter off as soon as possible so she won’t be an eyesore. But if my son suffers, then… your family won’t have a good time either!”

This was the first time he had ever shown such backbone, and after speaking, he felt a sense of satisfaction.

Working at that post station, he was surrounded by people of higher status than himself. He bowed and scraped every day, never daring to show the slightest disrespect.

If they didn't have leverage over us, they wouldn't dare to be so aggressive.

He had discussed it with Zhou, and the Ma family, being the kind of family they were concerned about, feared damage to their reputation.

Take the Yao family, for example. They had been pestering the Ma family to take responsibility every day. In order to keep the peace, didn't the Ma family still send the old lady to the Yao family to make up for the betrothal gifts? Of course, outwardly, Captain Ma had always been against it.

Everyone knows that he couldn't argue with the old lady, nor could he go against his son, so he angrily returned to the military camp and stopped caring about these matters...

Captain Ma was good at dealing with people. In the end, he gained a reputation for keeping his promises and being filial, without suffering any loss!

Grandma Ma looked at Li Chutian with disgust, but since this matter concerned her children and grandchildren, she could not give up outright. In the end, she could only say, "I will send someone to the yamen to sound them out. If your son is innocent, my family will do its best. But if he really colludes with the bandits, then there is nothing we can do."

“Okay!” Li Chutian quickly agreed.

Li Chutian got his wish and felt a great weight lifted from his heart.

Meanwhile, at the Yicheng County government office.

Li Linsheng's voice was hoarse from shouting, and he kept crying out that he was innocent.

They even implicated Li Shu, revealing that they had known about the news in advance.

However, this claim was not credible, because Li Shu had lived in this government office for quite some time before, and everyone from the county magistrate to the jailer had some impression of her.

That was a poor girl.

Moreover, the government also sent people to investigate the Li family and the surrounding area, and they had different accounts.

When questioned by the yamen officials, Li Shu appeared ignorant and panicked, while Zhou Shi and Li Linsheng gave the same answer: as the parties involved, their words were not credible, so the attitude of the neighbors was very important.

The neighbors can all testify that although Li Shu is a bit eccentric and not good at getting along with people, he has not interacted with any outsiders for the past ten years.

She has gone out recently, but it's out of necessity, because neither Zhou nor Li's Aman are kind people, and she can't rest and recover in peace... so she can only go out to find some peace and quiet.

The neighbors also provided some old stories about how Li Linsheng and his two siblings framed Ah Li.

Seven parts truth, three parts falsehood; the more people spread nonsense, the more exaggerated the news becomes.

Moreover, Zhou's claims about "outsiders and friends" and "stealing tung oil" were completely refuted. Li Shu's house was spotless, with no evidence whatsoever.

These testimonies were of limited use. What truly convicted Li Linsheng were the surviving bandits. The three of them were remarkably consistent: they initially denied everything, but after being tortured, they immediately revealed the identities of three accomplices. Two of the accomplices had already escaped, leaving Li Linsheng as the remaining one.

In addition, the government and the Qian family had received advance notice...

The charge of Li Linsheng colluding with the enemy is an undeniable fact.

Although the Ma family had a respectable reputation, they couldn't control everything once they arrived in Yicheng, and naturally, they were powerless to change the outcome.

……

Li Shu didn't rush to collect the money from Qian Guancai's house, fearing that the old man Qian would forcibly drag him to the yamen to receive "rewards".

She is in the suburbs.

At this moment, the person impersonating a servant of the Ma family is crying and pleading in front of Ma Chengting.

"Young Master, you should go home quickly! That Li Chutian has come to our door again and made the old lady faint!" Li Shu said with his head down. "I heard from the steward that Li Chutian found out about you getting the bridal sedan chair mixed up with the one you sent. He's using this to get our old lady to save his son who's a traitor!"

She wasn't just making things up, because Li Chutian was currently like a headless fly, running to the Ma family almost every day.

Ma Chengting was the apple of the Ma family's eye, and the old lady didn't tell him about this, for fear that he would get angry and cause trouble.

Therefore, Ma Chengting is still enjoying the happiness of his newlywed life, taking Yao Aning shopping and horse racing every day.

Li Shu did not come rashly; she had observed the rules of the Ma family's servants beforehand.

The Ma family is a large household with many servants, and Ma Chengting may not be able to recognize them all.

As long as her news is big enough, Ma Chengting won't pay attention to her unfamiliar face.

"The Li family knows?!" Ma Chengting was also startled, turning to look at Yao Aning. "I've told you to remind your mother not to be too ostentatious, but she never listens! This Li Chutian, who used to be a dog that didn't bite, has now learned to bark!"

"What should we do? If Grandmother can't save Li Linsheng, will the Li family make you remarry Ali?" Yao Aning was also a little nervous.

“No, the Li family has a member who colludes with bandits. Even if Grandmother is willing, my father will never let Ah Li into the family again.” Ma Chengting immediately rejected the idea. “However, our family’s reputation will probably be ruined… If I had known it would turn out like this, I really shouldn’t have chosen to exchange wives. I should have just broken off the engagement!”

"Forget it, I'll go home and check first!" Ma Chengting said angrily.

Li Chutian, how dare he threaten his grandmother!

If anything were to happen to his grandmother, he would tear Li Chutian to pieces!

After filing his complaint, Li Shu found an opportunity to slip away again.

Ma Chengting is an arrogant person. He is young but proud and domineering. He only allows himself to decide other people's lives and does not allow others to disobey him. Now that he knows that the Li family is so ignorant, he will definitely be furious.

That night, Li Chutian was still asleep when he dreamt that his son was beheaded. He was so frightened that he woke up with a start.

However, when he opened his eyes, he found that there were strangers in the room!

The other person was wearing drab gray clothes, and half of their face was covered.

In the darkness, he couldn't make out the shape of those eyes. The only thing that struck him was the blade pressed against his neck.

Cold and hard.

"If you dare to threaten the old lady at the Ma family again, I'll kill your whole family!" Li Shu said in a low, gruff voice. After speaking, he slashed the other person's arm with a knife. "Got it?"

"..." Li Chutian's face contorted in pain, but he dared not cry out.

Zhou, who was next to him, was still asleep and hadn't woken up.

After scaring the man, Li Shu rushed out the door, closing it behind him, and put the bloodstained knife into his spatial storage.

She could simply kill the person, but that would leave too much blood, and it would be strange to leave no trace at all, and besides...

Li Chutian is the original owner's biological father. She used the original owner's body to directly kill people, which seems a bit perverted.

Therefore, he needs to find a different way to die.

Li Chutian didn't dare to chase after them at all, so Li Shu immediately went back to his house and went to sleep.

About half an hour later, Li Chutian ran out to call a doctor while clutching his arm. Zhou's screams after seeing blood woke up everyone in the alley.

Hearing the couple's commotion, Li Shu felt relieved.

She believed that for the foreseeable future, Li Chutian would not be thinking about selling her or getting her married.

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