Chapter 228: 228. Chapter 228: Evidence is Conclusive

228. Chapter 228: Evidence is Conclusive

The mother and daughter walked out of the crowd, facing everyone's gaze.

"Why, Li Shoude, now that things have come to this, do you still want to pretend?" Jiang Wei folded her arms and looked down at him. "If it weren't for your guidance and secret help, how would Yun Ying know which family in our village had a daughter, and how could she successfully abduct these children?"

"It, it was you who did it!!" Li Shoude reacted instantly upon seeing Jiang Wei.

But the next second, he showed a rather aggrieved expression and accused, "Jiang Shi, I am your former elder brother after all, and I have no grudges against you. Why do you want to frame me like this!"

"Frame?" Jiang Wei tilted her head and looked at him coldly. "Li Shoude, people do things, heaven watches. Three feet above the head, there are gods. You have done so many insane things, aren't you afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night!"

"Hmph, I won't argue with a woman like you!" Li Shoude simply turned his head and faced the crowd. "Don't believe her words! I, Li Shoude, truly knew nothing about what Yun Ying did! I can swear by my future career and prospects. If I really did it, I, Li Shoude, will never be able to pass the imperial examination in this life!"

Everyone was originally a bit suspicious, but upon hearing Li Shoude swear by his career, and even making such a vicious oath, they began to waver.

Once a person is pushed to the brink, they can say anything.

Seeing the suspicion on everyone's faces gradually disappear, Li Shoude hurriedly added, "Everyone, use your brains and think. If I really did this, why would my father still sell the family fields to help me raise money to study in the state? Wouldn't it be better for me to use the money from abducting children to go directly to the state?"

He spoke eloquently and reasonably.

The villagers gradually believed him.

"Hey, Li Shoude, it's not that I'm lecturing you, but why do you bring just anyone home? That Yun Ying doesn't look like a good thing at all. She's not from our village and has no feelings for us. For money, she can do anything harmful."

"Yes, yes, yes, Auntie is right to lecture me." Li Shoude nodded repeatedly, his face full of humility. "I will definitely take her back and teach her a good lesson for everyone..."

Seeing that everyone was gradually being fooled by Li Shoude, Jiang Wei gave her daughter a look.

People like Li Shoude simply don't shed tears until they see the coffin.

Jiang Xiaoxiao immediately understood, and while everyone wasn't paying attention, she quietly walked toward the dying Yun Ying on the side.

Li Shoude had used lethal force; Yun Ying's forehead was covered in blood from those few smashes, her eyes were rolling back, and she was almost fainting. Let alone letting her speak to expose Li Shoude's lies, she didn't even have the strength to breathe now.

Jiang Xiaoxiao stood with her back to the crowd, and under the guise of helping Yun Ying up, she pressed her fingers to the corner of her mouth, and a few drops of ability water mixed with blood flowed into her mouth.

Yun Ying swallowed silently a few times.

Her unfocused and confused eyes gradually regained focus.

She seemed to realize something, pushed Jiang Xiaoxiao away, and then pounced on Li Shoude like a madwoman, tearing and fighting.

"Ah ah ah Li Shoude, I'll fight you to the death!!"

"You clearly participated in all of this, and you actually pushed me out alone to suffer!!"

"If I don't have a good time, don't think you will either! Don't think you can take that money and live happily alone!"

Yun Ying didn't know where she got the strength; covered in blood, she alone knocked Li Shoude to the ground and pressed on his face, tearing and scratching.

Li Shoude's face was instantly covered in countless bloodstains.

But he was still arguing: "Everyone, don't believe this madwoman's words! She has already gone crazy; she is framing me and wants to drag me into the water!"

Everyone looked at this scene, completely stunned.

However, just at this moment, an even bigger thunderbolt appeared.

"Li Shoude, she is a madwoman who wants to frame you, then what about me?"

Zhao Ergou supported the limping Sun Shi and walked out slowly from the crowd.

Li Shoude, who was being pressed to the ground and torn by Yun Ying, almost had his eyes split upon seeing Sun Shi.

His eyes were full of disbelief and terror.

Sun Shi's head was wrapped in thick gauze, still seeping blood, and her clothes were dirty, covered in mud, apparently not having had time to change.

She walked forward step by step, extremely slowly, but every step was heavy and steady, as if stepping heavily on Li Shoude's heart, so heavy that he could hardly breathe.

Sun Shi arrived in front of Li Shoude, faced his terrified gaze, took out the burnt blue rag from her bosom, and used almost all her strength to throw it hard at both of their faces.

Seeing this rag, not only Li Shoude was stunned, but even Yun Ying, who was tearing at Li Shoude, was scared into a daze.

"You say this matter has nothing to do with you, then this piece of cloth is enough to prove what you two did!" Sun Shi's hoarse voice sounded like it contained grit and mud, making people panic.

Zhao Ergou also stood out and said, "Last night, I went up the mountain to pick up the remaining half-stack of firewood, and on the way back, I saw Li Shoude knock Sun Shi unconscious and bury her alive... presumably to cover up the evidence."

Everyone's gaze followed Zhao Ergou's words and fell on the blue rag.

At this moment, what else did they not understand.

The Li Zheng's face was livid with anger.

"Li Shoude—" He took a deep breath, but couldn't suppress the anger in his heart. "You disregarded human ethics, acted insanely, and did such wrong things. Now that things have come to this, with both human witnesses and material evidence, what else do you have to argue about!"

"My son! How could you do such a wrong thing!"

Just then, Li Family Old Man rushed out crying, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to everyone. "I beg everyone to spare him. Shoude didn't mean it. He, he must have had no choice in doing these things. He must have been bewitched by this woman Yun Ying..."

"He had no choice? He didn't mean it?" Guihua Shen was full of tears and gritted her teeth. "Li Family Old Man, then was my daughter abducted and sold by them also voluntary? It's a shame you can say such things! You raised such an insane son, your Li family will never die well!!"

Following Guihua Shen's accusations, everyone's gaze toward Li Family Old Man became incomparably disgusted.

"Li Shoude did such harmful things, and you still plead for him. Your Old Li family is truly not human!"

Zhou Shu'er was even angrier; he rushed forward, pushed Yun Ying away, grabbed Li Shoude by the collar, and punched him in the face one by one: "Li Shoude, oh Li Shoude, how did Yuhe Village treat you poorly? For money, you actually helped outsiders abduct the children in the village! I'll beat you to death, you traitor!!"

"You, you actually dare to hit me!" Li Shoude struggled, wanting to fight back.

But he was a weak scholar who hadn't done much farm work for years, so naturally, he couldn't resist Zhou Shu'er, a rural man.

After a few hits, he was beaten until his face was bruised and his nose was bleeding.

Li Family Old Man was heartbroken and pounced on Zhou Shu'er, tearing at him. "Let go of my son! He is a scholar! You actually dare to hit him!!" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 229 =====