The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

The village chief looked at him as he stepped forward, his face grim, and said, "Did you do this to Liu Laosan?"

The villagers were in an uproar. "No way, it was Liu Laosan who did it. He seems so honest and upright, how could he do something like this?"

"As the saying goes, you can know a person's face but not their heart! He himself has come forward, so it's possible that he was the one who did it."

Seeing that everyone had misunderstood him, Liu Laosan hurriedly explained, "Village, village chief... I didn't do it, but... I saw with my own eyes who did it."

Tian Xiaoqiang was startled. No way, how could anyone have seen it? It was already past midnight, and everyone in the village was fast asleep. Could Liu Laosan be bluffing him?

The village chief asked, "Really? Who is it? Point it out quickly!"

Just as Tian Xiaoqiang feared, Liu Laosan pointed in the direction he was standing.

Fatty Wen blocked Tian Xiaoqiang from behind. Seeing Liu Laosan pointing at him, he hurriedly said, "No... I didn't do it."

Fatty Wen's mother also stepped forward and said, "It definitely wasn't my son who did it. You must have seen wrong."

Liu Laosan shouted, "Fatty, move aside. I'm referring to Tian Xiaoqiang who's hiding behind you."

Fatty Wen quickly dodged, and sure enough, Tian Xiaoqiang was hiding behind him!

Tian Xiaoqiang's expression changed, thinking: Liu Laosan must be talking nonsense, he has no evidence.

He quickly regained his composure and said, "Liu Laosan, you're framing me! All I did was steal a couple of vegetables from your field. Why are you blaming me for this?"

Seeing Tian Xiaoqiang's nonchalant attitude, Liu Laosan sneered, "Is that so? You say I have no evidence? Then I'll show you."

Liu Laosan said to the villagers, "Yesterday, when I got up to pee in the middle of the night, I saw a figure flash past my yard. I thought it was a thief, so I secretly followed him. After all, Cai Ge'er's house was robbed last time, and I wanted to see which house the thief was planning to rob."

“I followed behind him and saw that man carrying a hoe came to the village entrance, dug up the waterwheel that the village chief and Cai Ge’er had installed yesterday, and threw it into the well.”

"By the moonlight, I saw the blue birthmark on that person's face. It's Tian Xiaoqiang's grandson. If you don't believe me, you can fish the things out of the well and take a look."

Tian Xiaoqiang could no longer maintain his composure, and large drops of sweat streamed down his forehead.

He shouted, "Liu Laosan, you're framing me!"

The villagers immediately understood that it was a foregone conclusion that Tian Xiaoqiang had done it.

The village chief shouted, "The people over there, grab Tian Xiaoqiang! Once he's pulled out of the water, everything will be clear."

Wen Pangzi, who was standing next to Tian Xiaoqiang, and a village man quickly grabbed Tian Xiaoqiang and pinned him to the ground.

Some people use ropes with iron hooks to retrieve the wooden wheel from the well.

Sure enough, a short while later, the things that Tian Xiaoqiang had thrown in the night before appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Hey! It really is inside. It really was Tian Hunzi who did it."

"Of course it's true, the evidence is right here."

Tian Xiaoqiang glared at Liu Laosan through gritted teeth. It was all that meddlesome bastard's fault. Why did he have to go to the toilet at that time?

Seeing that all the evidence had been found, the village chief said to Tian Xiaoqiang, "What else do you have to say in your defense? The facts are right in front of you. It was one thing to break into Cai Ge'er's house and steal things last time, but now you're destroying things in the village. Do you want the village to suffer?"

“Our Peach Blossom Village was already the poorest village in the surrounding area. This was done to make it easier for the village to fetch water, but instead of contributing to the village, you did this kind of thing.”

“According to the village rules, anyone who intentionally damages village property should be given fifty strokes of the cane. Tian Xiaoqiang will now take you to the ancestral hall to be punished in front of the whole village.”

Upon hearing this, Tian Xiaoqiang realized that the injury from the last beating hadn't fully healed yet!

If he were to receive another fifty strokes, he feared he would be on his way to the underworld.

He began to beg for mercy: "Village chief, I know I was wrong. Please don't hit me. I'll do whatever you ask. Everyone in the village, I was really wrong. Please help me plead with the village chief!"

The village chief said directly, "Haven't you learned your lesson from last time? If I let you off this time, the villagers will follow suit and treat our Peach Blossom Village rules as mere decorations! How am I supposed to manage the villagers then?"

In ancient times, the village chief was the highest-ranking official in the village, and he had full authority to make decisions about the affairs of the village.

Village Chief Huang was known throughout the village for his incorruptibility, so how could he possibly let Tian Xiaoqiang off the hook? He pointed at a few men in the village and said, "You guys fix the wooden pulley here as Brother Cai said, and you guys drag Tian Xiaoqiang to the ancestral hall."

Afterwards, some villagers who had come to watch the commotion went to the ancestral hall in twos and threes, leaving only the few people the village chief had instructed to stay behind, and Li Zhe and his two companions.

Before leaving, Tang Xiaoyan gave Yin Baicai a fierce look.

You wait, you rascal, Li Zhe will only ever be mine.

Yin Baicai had a feeling of being targeted by a venomous snake, but the feeling disappeared after the crowd dispersed.

Liu Laosan asked the bewildered Yin Baicai, "Brother Cai, come over here and give me some pointers. How do you install this thing?"

"Okay, here we come."

Seeing that everything was alright, Li Zhe was about to carry Li Mo home.

Just then, Li Mo woke up, rubbed his eyes, and realized he was sleeping in bed. How did he end up outside?

Suddenly he saw Yin Baicai's figure and struggled to get down from Li Zhe's arms.

Li Zhe put him down, and he ran towards Yin Baicai.

It clung to Yin Baicai's leg like a little tail, watching curiously as Yin Baicai taught the villagers how to install a fixed pulley.

Seeing that Yin Baicai was busy, Li Zhe thought he should go back and start cooking the porridge first.

Judging from Yin Baicai's appearance, he probably didn't eat breakfast either. I'll boil him two more eggs later.

I do look a little heavier than before. My chin isn't as sharp as it used to be.

The farce is also unfolding at the ancestral hall.

Tian Xiaoqiang struggled continuously, and the village men were unable to break free for the time being.

Village Chief Huang: "Go get a rope and tie him up. I don't believe he can break free."

Tian Xiaoqiang, who was tied to the wooden stool, was now completely unable to move.

This time, the village chief found a thinner village man to beat him. He naturally thought that if it were a strong man, Tian Xiaoqiang would probably be half dead again.

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Tian Xiaoqiang kept cursing the village chief: "Huang Zhong, you old bastard, you're half-buried in the ground and you're still so ruthless. If you don't kill me today, I will definitely get my revenge."

"You people of Peach Blossom Village deserve to die... Ah—"

They all deserve to die—

Soon Tian Xiaoqiang ran out of energy to continue cursing, and finally passed out after being beaten more than thirty times.

Some soft-hearted women began to plead with the village chief: "Village chief, please don't hit him anymore, this scoundrel has already fainted."

"Yes! Please forgive him this time!"

The village chief stood with his hands behind his back and said, "Keep fighting. Without rules, there can be no order."

No one knew what to say, and Tian Xiaoqiang was eventually dragged back by the villagers.

The village chief even had someone bring medicine from his house to apply to Tian Xiaoqiang's wounds.