The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

The village chief pushed open the courtyard gate and went in first, wanting to see what Li Jiang was up to.

As soon as they entered, they bumped into Li Jiang in the courtyard.

When everyone saw Li Jiang, who looked rosy-cheeked and was leisurely chopping grass in the yard, they realized he was nothing like what Wang Huanhua had described—bedridden and lifeless.

The village chief's face darkened: "Wang Huanhua, is this the bedridden, terminally ill Lijiang you were talking about?"

Upon hearing the village chief's words, Li Jiang knew that his plan had been exposed. He had only instructed Wang Huanhua to find medicine from the "righteous" families in the village, and these people would naturally help her make a scene at Li Zhe's place.

She can just sit back and stir things up.

Even if Li Zhe doesn't pay after this commotion, it will still ruin his reputation in the village. If he angers the villagers, it would be even better if they were driven out of the village.

That stupid woman Wang Huanhua can't even handle this small matter properly, yet she let Huang Zhong and his men break into her house.

Li Jiang put on a fake smile: "Village chief, everyone's here, please sit down. I've been sick for a long time, and there's no one to do the housework, so I'm just helping out."

Huang Zhong understood perfectly well that even though he had brought the villagers to see it, this old fox was still pretending.

The village chief said bluntly, "We won't sit down. Your wife has been making a scene at Li's house time and time again, saying that he beat you so badly that you can't get out of bed. I don't think that's the case. Should we go and invite a doctor to take a look?"

When Li Jiang saw the village chief responding to his words, his heart sank. "That old geezer."

Even though he's half-buried in the ground, he's still so upright.

Li Jiang smiled kindly: "How could that be? It's all because this stupid woman is talking nonsense. Besides, Li Zhe is my nephew whom I raised myself. Even if he attacked me, I would still hold it against him."

Li Jiang's words confirmed that Li Zhe had personally hit him and that he didn't hold it against him.

The people following behind the village chief whispered, "That bully Li really hit his uncle..."

The village chief spoke frankly: "Li Jiang, I won't beat around the bush with you. You said Li Zhe hit you, then find a doctor to come and see him. If you don't, then this is not Li Zhe's fault. Everyone in the village knows that your relationship as uncle and nephew is strained. Maybe you deliberately caused trouble for Li Zhe."

The villagers started stirring things up: "Uncle Li, what are you afraid of? Since Li Zhe hit you, let's find a doctor to take a look, and he can pay for the medicine."

Li Jiang dared not call a doctor to see him. Li Zhe had only tripped him and there was nothing wrong with him at all. If he really called a doctor, he would be exposed.

No matter what he says then, the villagers won't believe him, so how can he drive Li Zhe out of the village?

"Look at what you're saying. Li Zhe is my nephew. This matter is over and done with. How can I blame him? It's all my fault. If my older brother and the others hadn't saved me, Xiao Zhe and his brother wouldn't have been left all alone."

Everyone in the village knows about this. Back then, Li He and his wife encountered bandits with Li Jiang. In order to let Li Jiang escape, they were both killed by the bandits.

Therefore, Li Jiang took the young Li Zhe brothers under his wing and raised them.

Li Jiang's statement earned him even more favor from the villagers.

Li Jiang is truly kind-hearted. It must have been no easy feat for him to raise the son of his deceased elder brother and sister-in-law!

When Li Zhe heard Li Jiang mention his deceased parents, his expression darkened. How dare Li Jiang bring them up? His father and mother had believed Li Jiang and gone to the prefectural city with him to buy goods to sell.

In the end, only Li Jiang returned. He and his elder brother were aware of what had happened, and there must have been something fishy going on.

Nearly twenty years have passed, and even if I spend a lot of manpower to investigate, I can't find any information about this matter.

But one thing is certain: the deaths of his parents were inextricably linked to Li Jiang.

I will definitely get to the bottom of everything.

Village Chief: "Li Jiang, tell me honestly whether Li Zhe hit you or not. This is a big deal! If he did, I'll stand up for you. If he didn't, you're just trying to smear Li Zhe, and you need to make that clear."

Seeing that the village chief wasn't buying it, Li Jiang felt a chill in his heart.

The villagers also pricked up their ears, wanting to know whether Li Zhe had actually attacked Li Jiang.

Li Zhe coldly watched what Li Jiang would say. He hadn't hit him; he was just too lazy to bother with the rumors his family was spreading in the village.

Anyway, he wouldn't be staying in Peach Blossom Village for long. Once he finished his business, he would take Yin Baicai and Xiao Mo with him back to the border.

That was his territory, and he didn't care what the villagers said about him.

The main problem is that Li Jiang is becoming increasingly cunning; he even dared to cause trouble in front of Cai Ge'er.

When the villagers saw that Li Jiang couldn't give a clear explanation, they began to doubt that Li Zhe had hit him.

That's human nature; at the slightest hint, people tend to misunderstand.

Could it be that Li Jiang caused all this trouble just to make Li Zhe pay money?

After all, Li Zhe has made quite a bit of money; I heard he sold the deer he hunted last time for several dozen taels of silver.

When the village chief saw that Li Jiang was silent, he understood that Li Jiang's family had caused all of this.

They wanted to use the same old trick again to make the villagers stop associating with Li Zhe.

Just like we did with the Li family before.

Whenever I think of Village Chief Li Qian, I think of that hardworking young man who was ostracized by the villagers and ultimately lost his life for the safety of the village chief.

He ordered the villagers not to talk about it, for the sake of the village's reputation.

After all, many villagers stood by and did nothing to help, and if the matter were investigated, he himself would also be considered a murderer who caused Li Qian's death.

I wish I hadn't approached him.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Li Jiang said, "I already said that this matter is over and no one should mention it again."

The village chief saw that Li Jiang dared not admit it, and even if he forced him, he would not say it.

He only said to those who had been instigated by Wang Huanhua to cause trouble at Li Zhe's house in the first place: "Think about your own actions in the future, and don't let others use you as pawns."

After saying that, he patted Li Zhe on the shoulder and left.

Li Zhe glanced at Li Jiang and followed the village chief away.

The villagers who had come along looked at each other.

No one understood what the village chief meant.

Watching Huang Zhong's departing figure, Li Jiang felt extremely resentful. That old bastard had finally exposed everything.

After realizing what had happened, the villagers looked at Li Jiang and then at Wang Huanhua, and then left together.

They realized that the village chief's last words were tantamount to stating that the story of Li Zhe beating Li Jiang was a hoax.

They were all deceived by Li Jiang's family.

Those who left Li Jiang's house began to whisper among themselves: "Why would Li Jiang frame his own nephew? Didn't he say he treated Li Zhe and his brother like his own sons?"

"You still haven't figured it out? It must be for money. It must be because Li Zhe didn't give him money to spend that he came up with this trick."

"As expected, the old fox is shrewder; he ruined his own nephew's reputation for money."

"Don't you even realize how rich this bully Li is! Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to afford to renovate such a large house for Ke!"

"That's true. I heard that it cost a lot of money just to buy the land from Zhu Laosan's family!"

After everyone in the village had left, Li Jiang kicked over a half-chopped basket of chicken feed on the ground.

Liu Xiaolian, who was hiding in the house, and Wang Huanhua, who was standing at the gate of the courtyard, were both so frightened that they dared not breathe.

Li Jiang gave Wang Huanhua a cold look, then went into the inner room and slammed the door shut.

Wang Huanhua shrank her neck and silently picked up the scattered chicken grass.

Liu Xiaolian hurriedly closed the bedroom window.

My father-in-law's expression was truly terrifying.