The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

Upon hearing the crying and commotion stop, Wang Huanhua dared not utter another sound, but secretly glanced at Li Jiang.

Li Jiang feigned composure, standing up as if indignant, pointing at Li Zhe: "Li Zhe, what are your intentions? Have I, your own uncle, ever wronged you in the slightest? Why are you trying to smear me like this? I, Li Jiang, will say it here today: if you don't produce evidence, I..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jiang pretended to have suffered a great blow and stumbled backward, his mouth agape. Li Lin hurriedly went forward to support him.

"Father, you can't get hurt! Our whole family depends on you!"

Yin Baicai had to admire the acting skills of the Li Jiang family; they were all acting masters, each one of them acting as if it were real.

If I didn't know what kind of people they were, I would have been completely deceived.

Hearing what Li Jiang said, the villagers began to waver again. "Hey, we can't have wronged Li Jiang. We all know him well from the same village. We all know what kind of person he is. Don't you all agree?"

"Yes, if you ask me, Li Jiang is kind-hearted. He raised the two Li brothers all by himself, and now they're all like this..." As he spoke, he looked Li Zhe up and down.

Yin Baicai couldn't hold back any longer and immediately stood up: "Bullshit! Are you all blind? If Li Jiang really treated Li Zhe and his brother well, why didn't I see Li Lin working with them before? Li Jiang says he raises them like his own sons, but are your own sons starving and cold?"

Yin Baicai's words immediately brought back memories for many people. Upon hearing Yin Baicai say this, they all remembered that they rarely saw Li Lin working when they were young. It was always Li Zhe and his brother who were busy from morning till night. The young man was so thin that he was skin and bones.

Zhang Cui also stepped forward, scoffing, "You blind fools, your eyes are all filled with shit. You only see Wang Huanhua and her husband putting on an act, but the ones who are really suffering are Li Zhe and his brother."

Zhang Cui continued, "Pah! This Li Jiang has the face of a good person. He said his elder brother and sister-in-law saved him, but this is how he treats their son. Doesn't he care if he's woken up by nightmares in the middle of the night?"

The crowd began to murmur, "It really is...on the other hand, thinking about it more carefully..."

Wang Huanhua stood up like an angry old hen and roared, "Zhang Cui, you're talking nonsense! It's none of your business as an outsider to interfere in the affairs of the Li family. You didn't take money from that little bitch Yin Baicai, did you?"

Hearing Wang Huanhua curse Yin Baicai, Li Zhe could no longer contain his anger and kicked Wang Huanhua, saying, "You're asking for death, daring to curse my husband."

Everyone was stunned by Li Zhe's kick. Wang Huanhua, who had been kicked quite a distance, clutched her chest and shouted, "Murder... Li Zhe killed someone—"

Seeing that the situation was escalating, the villagers had already summoned the village chief. Huang Zhong, supported by Li Hui, hurried towards Li Jiang's house.

Huang Zhong shouted, "What are you all doing? Is this any way to behave? Don't you have anything better to do?" After saying that, he coughed rapidly.

Li Hui quickly patted him on the back to help him catch his breath, saying, "The old man told you to smoke less tobacco, but you didn't listen. Now look what's happened."

Seeing the village chief arrive, Wang Huanhua seemed to have found her pillar of support. She threw a tantrum and cried, "Village chief, you have to stand up for me! Everyone saw Li Zhe kick me, waaaah..."

It was clear how hard Li Zhe had kicked her; Wang Huanhua was crying so hard she could barely breathe.

The village chief stood in front of Li Zhe: "Li Er, I know that our Peach Blossom Village has wronged you because of your brother's matter, but why did you come here? Besides, Wang Huanhua is your aunt. How dare you lay a hand on her?"

Li Zhe remained silent, but Yin Baicai spoke up: "A poisonous woman who poisoned her own nephew's wife is not worthy of the title."

Upon hearing this, Huang Zhong hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"

The villagers all told him the crimes that Gang Lizhe had accused Li Jiang's family of. He looked at Li Jiang in shock and asked, "Li Jiang, is what you said true or false?"

Just as Li Jiang was about to retort, a carriage drove into Peach Blossom Village.

Jiang Su and He Qi jumped down from the carriage and hurriedly bowed to Li Zhe: "The old master has captured him."

Li Zhe: "Bring him here, let's see what Li Jiang has to say in his defense."

He Qi grabbed Liu Dashan, who was bound hand and foot, from the carriage and threw him to the ground.

Li Jiang could no longer maintain his composure, and looked at Liu Dashan on the ground with a gloomy expression.

Li Zhe coldly pursed his lips: "Li Jiang, do you recognize this person? This is Liu Dashan, who conspired with you to murder my parents. It's been quite a search for me."

Li Jiang immediately denied it: "I don't know him, I don't know this person. Li Zhe, don't slander me. I have always respected my elder brothers, how could I..."

"Shut up! You are not worthy to mention your father and the others." Li Zhe hurriedly interrupted Li Jiang. He couldn't understand how there could be such a shameless person in the world who could take lives and still say such insincere things.

He felt ashamed to have such a close uncle, and it was fortunate that his father always remembered him.

Li Jiang tried to argue, but He Qi simply untied the cloth strip binding Liu Dashan's mouth.

Liu Dashan hurriedly said to Li Zhe, "Spare me, it was all Li Jiang who made me do it, and he even gave me a lot of money."

Li Jiang strode over, "Shut up! You're talking nonsense! What evidence do you have? Are you colluding with that ingrate Li Zhe to frame me? Don't you know I, Li Jiang, am a kind-hearted person? How could I possibly kill my own brother?"

Liu Dashan laughed loudly: "Hahaha... You, Li Jiang, are kind-hearted. You can fool yourself. You didn't hold back when you killed your older brother. I still remember your vicious face when you and I threw him off the cliff!"

Li Jiang: "You're talking nonsense... Don't believe him, everyone. He's crazy. Li Zhe hired him to frame me."

The villagers were terrified by Li Jiang's erratic behavior. He was nothing like his usual self; it was all a facade.

Seeing that Li Jiang was still denying it, Li Zhe sneered, "Take out the things and let's see what Li Jiang has to say."

He Qi took out something from his pocket. "Boss, this is a jade that I got from Liu Dashan. It has your and your brother's names engraved on it."

When the jade was brought out, everyone in the village who knew about it was in an uproar. They had seen this before; it was said to be a treasure that Li He had acquired when he was a peddler in his youth. He had even had the names of his two sons engraved on it, saying it was their family heirloom.

However, the jade wasn't of high quality and wasn't worth much money, but for the villagers, it was still a rare find. Therefore, many people in the village had seen it before.

Huang Zhong glanced at the jade in He Qi's hand and knew it belonged to Li He; he had seen it before.

After He Qi took out the jade, Li Jiang collapsed to the ground, his face ashen. It was all over.

He initially thought the jade had fallen off the cliff along with it, but little did he know that Liu Dashan had a backup plan.

Li Zhe said, "Then let's talk about how you poisoned my sister-in-law. Don't try to deny it; you can't escape."

Wang Huanhua felt as if the sky had fallen. Li Jiang had never told her that he was the one who killed her older brother and sister-in-law.

But every time he was rescued from the thieves, he would have a dream at night, muttering something to himself.