Chapter 541

De Ben nodded, although he was unwilling to admit it, but the fact was just that.

It was Zhang Guilian who teamed up with the outsider Qi Wenshan to harm him!

"Chengze, what are you trying to do?"

De Ben originally thought Chengze knew that it was Zhang Guilian who teamed up with Qi Wenshan to harm him, and he wanted to give Zhang Guilian a good scolding.

He didn't actually expect Chengze to scold Zhang Guilian into waking up; after all these years, if scolding could wake her up, she would have been woken long ago.

Let Chengze vent his anger by scolding her at least.

He wouldn't do anything to Zhang Guilian again!

He never would have imagined that.

When Chengze realized that Zhang Guilian had teamed up with Qi Wenshan to harm his life, he let out a sharp "Qiang!" and drew the self-defense long blade at his waist, striding toward Zhang Guilian.

Seeing this, De Ben jumped in fright, quickly stepped in front of Chengze and said, "Chengze, she is your second aunt; no matter how outrageous she acts, she is still your elder, so just scold her—don't act rashly, otherwise word will get out and everyone will laugh at you!"

"De Ben, don't play the good guy!"

Seeing Chengze draw his long blade and stride toward her, Zhang Guilian was initially panicked, but when she saw De Ben blocking Chengze in front of her, the panic on her face was instantly replaced by arrogance, and she sneered:

"Chengze, if you have the guts, kill me right here—I want to see if you have the courage!"

"Dad, did you hear that? She teamed up with an outsider to harm you, yet she still has the nerve to say this—clearly, she has no remorse at all!"

Chengze glared at Zhang Guilian, his whole body like a man-eating tiger, wishing to devour her alive; he turned to look at the surrounding crowd and said angrily:

"You say, if I kill this venomous woman, word will get out and outsiders will laugh; otherwise, Dad, you ask everyone yourself—if I killed her, would people laugh at me?"

Although Chengze was angry about Zhang Guilian's past actions and kept them in mind, his parents' teachings from childhood had made him understand one principle: to respect his elders.

Even if Zhang Guilian acted outrageously, she is his elder; if he could let it go, he should, and at worst they could simply avoid each other in the future.

He had never even considered killing his own elder!

Originally.

The Du father and son stole his father's Mountain God Token; after being reminded, they knew how important the token was to his father, and although he initially felt murderous toward the Du father and son, he quickly suppressed it.

Otherwise.

How could he possibly have said those words exempting from death but not from punishment in front of the Weixian County Magistrate?

If.

If he had been determined to kill the Du father and son, even if he did so in front of everyone and the Weixian County Magistrate, slaying them on the spot, how could the magistrate possibly blame him just because the Du father and son had offended him?

Even if the Du father and son died, it would have been pointless!

At this moment.

Upon learning that Zhang Guilian had teamed up with an outsider to harm his father, he recalled his father's recent appearance in his mother's dream, saying those words.

If it weren't an emergency and if there were truly no other way, his father wouldn't have let his mother take the whole family fleeing from Zhang Family Village, the farther the better.

Obviously.

At that time his father was already at death's door; thinking of this, Chengze could no longer restrain the killing intent in his heart, and he felt no respect left for Zhang Guilian as an elder.

After all these years of her actions, what deserves even a shred of respect?

Moreover, she dared to commit acts worse than swine and dogs; he had the heart to cut Zhang Guilian into a thousand pieces.

He would never let Zhang Guilian off just because of his father's few words again!

"Chengyong, why are you just standing there? Hurry over and persuade your older brother!"

De Ben struggled to restrain Chengze, knowing that Chengze was likely having his reason consumed by anger, on the verge of losing control, he turned and shouted at Zhang Chengyong behind him:

Out of the corner of his eye he looked at the crowd, wishing they would step forward to advise Chengze, but seeing their demeanor, he knew that at best they wouldn't add fuel to the fire, and expecting them to persuade Chengze was nearly impossible.

Not to mention Zhang Guilian's actions, which have long aroused the dissatisfaction of the entire Zhang Family Village; just saying that his position as Lion Ridge Mountain God is a tremendous boon for the village—if he lost that title, aside from himself, the one who would suffer the most would be Zhang Family Village as well.

The villagers of Zhang Family Village would naturally despise Zhang Guilian for teaming up with an outsider to plot to seize his Lion Ridge Mountain God position.

If it weren't for the fact that she is his sister and he holds back, Zhang Guilian's deeds alone would have been enough for these people to have already drawn their knives and slain her.

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"Persuade? I'd rather kill this venomous woman!"

Zhang Chengyong let out a quiet snort, thinking that if it weren't for his father's grim expression and his fear of angering him, he would have stood up to praise his older brother's good deed, since he didn't want to stop his brother from doing such a great thing, and hastily changed the subject:

"Dad, Mom and my sister-in-law are still at home waiting for news; you don't know, after you said those words, you suddenly vanished from Mom's dream—I don't know how frightened she became."

"Right now she's probably at home, unable to sleep well or sit comfortably; I need to go back first to tell Mom and my sister-in-law that you're all right, so they can rest easy."

"Rest easy?"

Whether it's his mother or his sister-in-law, if they learned of his father's predicament, eight or nine times out of ten they wouldn't be able to sleep; this time he's going back to persuade his mother to come over, have her step forward, and convince De Ben to agree to apply clan law against Zhang Guilian, this venomous woman.

A venomous woman like Zhang Guilian who betrays her own kin—cutting her down with a single blow would already be lenient; but since she is his father's sister, at that point they would have the clan's butcher, who specializes in slaughtering pigs and sheep, give her a swift death, so she wouldn't suffer a lingering demise.

One would think…

His father wouldn't suffer too much!

"Dad, I urge you not to stop me; even if you could stop me for a day, you could never stop me for a lifetime!"

Chengze strained with all his might, but what shocked him was that his father's hands were like iron vises; even with all his strength, he could barely break free from his father's grip, knowing his father had become the Lion Ridge Mountain God, no longer the frail old man of before, his face fierce, glaring at the haughty Zhang Guilian not far away—she didn't look like someone doing evil; rather, she looked like someone who had done a tremendous good deed, and he shouted angrily:

"Dad, unless you kill me, as long as I still have a breath, I will kill this venomous woman!"

De Ben looked at Chengze's angry appearance, and in his peripheral vision he also saw pairs of unfriendly eyes around him; he knew these people were all furious at Zhang Guilian's actions, he sighed slightly, knowing that if he didn't give everyone a satisfactory explanation, even though Zhang Guilian was his own sister, she would have no chance of survival, and he said:

"Rest assured, I will punish Gui Lian properly, so she won't do wrong again!"

(End of chapter)