Chapter 1102

The case file was retrieved quickly.

Chen Guanlou began to read through it, and the criminal content within was truly breathtaking.

The prisoner, Hu Laoer, was unremarkable in appearance and short in stature. He was a painter and also a lifelong bachelor.

In fact, in his situation, if he couldn't find a wife in the capital, he could go to a remote countryside, spend a little money, and marry anyone he pleased.

But he relied on his own skills and ability to earn money, so his requirements were quite high, and he was unwilling to settle.

However, the case file recorded one detail: his mother was blind in one eye and had a strange, dark temperament. This was likely the main reason he had remained a bachelor all along.

In early spring, the proprietor of the Peach Blossom Garden outside the city hired a group of craftsmen to repair the residence, and Hu Laoer, as a painter, was among them.

By the time the peach blossoms were in full bloom in the third month, the work was not yet finished, so the craftsmen remained in the Peach Blossom Garden to continue working.

At the same time, the Peach Blossom Garden opened on schedule. They simply used a fence to separate the residence under maintenance from the garden used for outings and entertaining guests.

The Peach Blossom Garden outside the city had a great reputation; every third month for spring outings, it would welcome wave after wave of noble guests. Especially the young men and women, in the prime of their youth, would gather in the garden, their hearts stirred by spring, facilitating one pair of lovers after another.

Therefore, the world said there were peach immortals in the garden. If one could successfully find a match in the Peach Blossom Garden, their marriage would surely be blissful, with many children and a lifetime of happiness.

Whether the men believed it or not, he didn't know, but the young ladies in their chambers certainly believed it implicitly. Even if they didn't believe it, they would still come to the Peach Blossom Garden every third month to join in the fun.

The victim was one of the young ladies who had come to the Peach Blossom Garden for an outing and flower viewing this year.

The young lady's surname was Yang, and she was the second eldest in her family. Her ancestors had risen to power through merit, but their luck had been poor; they hadn't managed to secure a hereditary title and only received a grace that would expire after five generations.

By the generation of the second Miss Yang's father, it had already been passed down for six generations, and the title was long gone. But after all, the ancestors had merit, so the Yang family still had status in the capital, maintained good relations with major noble families, and even had marriage ties with the imperial clan.

In any case, in official circles, the Yang family was categorized as lackeys of the nobility, and there was no place for them in the civil official group. The Yang family was also happy to be lackeys of the nobility, and their children and grandchildren relied on ancestral protection to thrive in the military camps.

The second Miss Yang was pretty, and her personality wasn't like that of a noble family; it was more like someone from a scholarly household—gentle and soft, treating everyone with courtesy.

She was also just plain unlucky. If one were to talk about the cause of this case, it was precisely because she was too gentle and too kind that she attracted the thief Hu Laoer. If the young lady had been a bit more fierce, like others who despised the poor and loved the rich, she wouldn't have encountered this ordeal.

Chen Guanlou frowned deeply as he looked at the case file.

He walked into the cell and kicked the prisoner Hu Laoer hard.

"Hey, don't play dead. According to the case file records, you confessed afterward, 'Miss Yang was different from other young ladies; she didn't scold me, let alone insult me, and even stopped her servants from beating me. Not only was she polite to me, but she also smiled at me. She looked so beautiful when she smiled! She must have taken a fancy to me; she must have seen my talent. She is destined to be my wife, and the lady I want to marry is her!'"

Damn it, how do you have the face to say such shameless words? Someone treats others with courtesy and gentleness, and because she smiles at you, you think she's interested in you and wants to marry you. Go take a piss and look at yourself; where do you get the confidence to think she took a fancy to you?

Hu Laoer lay on the ground, his face turned to the side, his mouth full of yellow and black teeth, looking incredibly ugly.

He chuckled, his expression quite smug, as if he were reminiscing, "She did take a fancy to me! Otherwise, why would she smile at me? I am unremarkable in appearance, and every noble lady who sees me either despises or insults me, or turns her head away as if she's about to vomit.

Only she was different; she didn't despise me, she even ordered her servants to give me silver, send me back to my room, and she smiled at me. If she didn't take a fancy to me, why would she be good to me alone?

Since she took a fancy to me, I was going to take her home, and we would form a family and live a blissful life. It's all your fault; we were living our little life just fine, so why did you have to come and ruin it? Ah, ah, ah, give me back my wife, give me back my..."

Bang!

Chen Guanlou kicked the man away; he really couldn't listen anymore.

There was actually such a thick-skinned and shameless person in the world.

Such a vicious person!

Compared to Liu Changrong next door, he could be said to be even worse.

The second Miss Yang really had terrible luck.

Just because of her kind nature, she suffered such an unprovoked disaster, being bullied before death and having to bear the infamous reputation of losing her purity after death.

Good people don't live long!

"Your so-called taking her home was taking advantage of her being alone to drug her, bring her home, tie her up, and rape and murder her! A person like you who has been honest your whole life, at such an old age, facing the only person who didn't humiliate you and treated you kindly, you repaid her with such viciousness. It really is that Heaven has no eyes for the second Miss Yang to have met you."

"What do you know! That was the affection between us as a young couple."

"Still a couple?"

Chen Guanlou was so angry that his rage surged.

If the second Miss Yang had a spirit in heaven, she would probably have already turned into a fierce ghost and torn Hu Laoer to pieces.

"Where do you get the face to call yourselves a couple? That is rape; it is a crime."

"The second Miss's purity was given to me, so if we aren't a couple, what are we? You are clearly just jealous, jealous that I married a beautiful bride! You just can't stand to see me living a good life, so you have to come and ruin it..."

Chen Guanlou couldn't listen anymore.

Hu Laoer was facing death, yet he had no remorse at all and was instead smug. He repeatedly recounted the process of ruining the second Miss's purity to show off. If the second Miss had a spirit in heaven, she would not just want him sliced into thousands of pieces; he must be dragged into the eighteenth level of hell to be skinned and have his tendons pulled out.

"A few of you, block his mouth and give him a good lesson for me. As long as you don't beat him to death and ensure he can be clear-headed on the execution ground, beat him hard."

He could now fully understand why the family of the aggrieved party wanted to beat this person into such a state right under the nose of the Six Sects.

It really wasn't enough to vent their anger!

This kind of person is a hardened scoundrel, acting as if he had taken a huge advantage and refusing to repent even in death. Not only did he kill, but he also used words to provoke the family of the aggrieved party.

If he isn't sliced into thousands of pieces and made to taste the feeling of three thousand cuts, it is truly hard to dispel the hatred in their hearts.

And Hu Laoer's mother—this case couldn't be without the shadow of that old hag.

"Hu Laoer, the case file doesn't record it, but where did your knockout drug come from? How were you able to successfully take the second Miss out of the Peach Blossom Garden? Let me guess, your old mother who is blind in half an eye is your accomplice. The knockout drug was also gotten by her, wasn't it?"

Hu Laoer just chuckled blindly, his expression quite smug. It was the arrogant look of someone who thought, "Anyway, I've already slept with the second Miss, she is already my wife, and no one can do anything to me." It made one want to finish him off with a blade, but that would be too easy for him.

"It seems this isn't the first time you and your mother have done this kind of thing. You old bachelor, tell me, exactly how many innocent young ladies have you harmed?"

"Hehe..."

Chen Guanlou:...

His explosive temper—he hadn't been this irritable in a long time.

"Send him to the torture room and give this Hu Laoer a good lesson. He really thinks the Heavenly Prison is a place for a vacation."