Chapter 227: 227. Chapter 227: Li Shoude Kills His Wife

227. Chapter 227: Li Shoude Kills His Wife

The bright moon was in the sky, and the evening breeze was blowing.

The deeper the night, the brighter the moon.

In just a moment, a silvery-white frost-like light sprinkled over Yuhe Village.

Sun Shi secretly slipped out of the Li family in the middle of the night and ran along the village path toward a certain place.

On the way, she looked back frequently with unease.

She always felt someone was secretly following behind her.

But when she looked back, there was no one there.

It was probably because she was too nervous...

Sun Shi comforted herself silently, then quickened her pace, all the way to the foot of the mountain in Yuhe Village.

She arrived at a hidden corner at the foot of the mountain, squatted down, and began to dig the soil with her hands. In a short while, she dug out a piece of burnt blue rag.

Seeing that this rag was still there, the heavy stone in Sun Shi's heart finally landed.

She had to thank Li Family Old Woman for forcing her to work in the kitchen every day.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have discovered this blue rag that had been thrown into the stove and half-burned.

She had secretly hidden it away.

Then, taking the opportunity to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, she buried this rag at the foot of the mountain.

Unexpectedly, this rag really had a day where it would be useful.

Yun Ying, oh Yun Ying, with this rag as evidence, let's see how you can argue!

Sun Shi sneered, quickly stuffed the rag into her bosom, then stood up, preparing to go home.

Of course, she wouldn't make this rag public; that wouldn't benefit her.

Li Shoude and Yun Ying, these two scumbags, had sold so many little girls and must have made a lot of money. Taking a few dozen taels to buy the rag in her hand shouldn't make them feel heartache.

With this money, she could take Feng Yatou and run away smoothly, and have something to rely on for her future life.

However, as soon as she turned around, she faced a gloomy face.

Sun Shi was startled, and a scream almost escaped her lips.

Fortunately, she suppressed it in time.

Li Shoude's face was so gloomy it seemed like water was about to drip from it.

"Mother of my children, it's the middle of the night, why aren't you sleeping well and running out?"

While speaking, his gaze fell straight on Sun Shi's chest.

"No, nothing!" Sun Shi covered her chest with some guilt. "You, you are the one, why are you secretly following me!"

"I..." Li Shoude stood with his hands behind his back, his fingers holding a large stone tightening inch by inch, his voice devoid of any emotion. "I came out to look for Yun Ying. She hasn't been home, and I'm very worried."

Naturally, he wasn't worried about Yun Ying's safety.

Rather, he was afraid Yun Ying would run away.

"Hmph, you're worried about her, why are you coming to find me!" Sun Shi couldn't help but feel anger surge in her heart upon hearing this, and she pushed Li Shoude away and walked off.

Li Shoude stumbled from her push, but he wasn't angry, just asked with a gloomy face, "Mother of my children, let me ask you one more time, why did you come out in the middle of the night."

"What I came out for is none of your business!" Sun Shi said without looking back.

She walked forward angrily, as if she found even looking at Li Shoude unlucky.

However, just as she was walking forward stubbornly, a large stone was smashed hard against the back of her head from behind.

Sun Shi's eyes rolled back, and she only had time to look at Li Shoude's ruthless and cruel gaze before she completely lost consciousness.

A night breeze blew, gradually blowing away the lingering smell of blood in the air.

Under the shade of a quiet tree somewhere.

Li Shoude added two kicks, stomping the soil under his feet until it was completely solid and flat, and the bloodstains around were also covered firmly by him with soil, as if nothing had happened.

When leaving, he still looked back at the tree one last time.

That tree was tall and lush, and even the moonlight couldn't reach it.

Just sleep forever underneath, and slowly rot in the soil with those leaves...

Li Shoude withdrew his gaze and walked away without looking back.

Not long after he left, behind a tree not far away.

Zhao Ergou's hand, which had been tightly covering his mouth, slowly loosened.

He gasped for breath twice, his whole body slumped to the ground, and beside him lay half a pile of half-bundled firewood.

But soon, he regained his composure, his feet trembling as he walked to the tree...

The next day, the sky was bright.

The village was in an uproar.

People in the village rushed toward the big locust tree in the village.

"What's going on? What happened?" Zhao Dasao was originally going to work at the Jiang family, but when she saw this scene upon stepping out, she couldn't help but pull a woman in the village to ask.

"It's the new daughter-in-law of the Lao Li family. She's been hung under the big locust tree in the village..." The woman said a few words in a hurry, then rushed to follow the crowd.

"Mother, let's go over and take a look." Chunya said with great interest.

Zhao Dasao was originally not interested; she was thinking about the work Jiang Wei had arranged for her, but when she heard that the person hung under the big locust tree was Yun Ying, and that it was someone from the Lao Li family, she nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go take a look."

When the mother and daughter arrived under the big locust tree, there were already many people surrounding it, and almost half the village had come.

Yun Ying was hung under the tree by a thick hemp rope, crying with snot and tears.

"Woooo... don't kill me... I, I won't dare to abduct the children in the village anymore... woooo... spare my life..."

She spoke while crying, her words intermittent.

But every villager present understood the meaning of her words.

Everyone's face showed an expression of disbelief.

In contrast, Li Shoude, who had rushed over, changed his face instantly upon hearing these words.

Guihua Shen rushed forward like a madwoman, punching and kicking Yun Ying: "It's you! It really was you! Where did you sell my daughter! Tell me! Who did you sell Er Niu to!!"

"Huang, Huang family..." Yun Ying trembled as she spat out two words.

The Li Zheng stood out, his face serious: "Besides you, who else was involved in this matter!"

"Also, also..." Yun Ying had just opened her mouth when Li Shoude suddenly rushed up, grabbed Yun Ying's hair, and smashed her head against the cold, hard mud ground.

"Bitch! Did my Li family treat you poorly? You actually dared to hide this from us and do such a rebellious thing! How did our Yuhe Village treat you poorly! You actually dared to help outsiders abduct the children in our village!"

After Li Shoude finished scolding, without waiting for anyone to speak, he knelt in front of the Li Zheng with a thud and said righteously: "Li Zheng, it was I, Li Shoude, who was blind to bring back such a vicious and lowly creature. This is all my fault! Please allow me to take this bitch away and let her pay for those children with her life!"

The Li Zheng's gaze was deep, and he didn't speak.

He looked at Li Shoude, who was kneeling on the ground and blaming himself, and then looked at Yun Ying, who had been smashed until she was dizzy and could no longer speak, and his brows furrowed even deeper.

Just as he was about to speak, Jiang Wei's clapping sound rang out in the crowd.

"A good show! Truly a good show."

"Li Shoude, if you don't go to a theater troupe to act, I feel it's a waste of talent." (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 228 =====