vrcanaries Chapter 431 Reaping the Bitter Fruit
Chapter 431 Reaping the Bitter Fruit
The medicine Gu Xixi used, and the methods Mu Nanzhao employed, were both intended to spare Gu Tiezhu's life.
Only Lü Jing, doing something like this for the first time, might not have been careful and actually knocked Gu Tiezhu to his death.
Gu Xixi was about to bend down to check if he was alive or dead when Mu Nanzhao stopped her.
He kicked twice, turning Gu Tiezhu face up.
After just one glance, Mu Nanzhao said, "He's not dead."
At this moment, Gu Tiezhu opened his eyes, still frowning from the pain.
But when he saw Mu Nanzhao's face, his eyes widened in shock.
Although Gu Tiezhu was despicable and vicious, he was also cowardly.
He felt that women like Gu Xixi and Lü Jing were weaker than him, so he dared to wield a butcher's knife against them.
But when faced with a man like Mu Nanzhao, he naturally felt fear.
In particular, he had suffered a great loss at Mu Nanzhao's hands, and that fear was etched into his memory.
Mu Nanzhao quickly noticed something was wrong and asked, "What did you feed him just now?"
"The person is clearly awake, so why is there no movement?"
Gu Xixi chuckled, "A little medicine to calm him down."
Mu Nanzhao looked intently at Gu Xixi, a hint of a smile in his eyes, "Master's skills have improved."
"It seems that even I won't dare to easily wrong my employer in the future."
Gu Xixi boldly stepped forward, tilting her head up to meet his eyes.
"I'd like to hear how you plan to wrong me."
Mu Nanzhao lowered his head and kissed Gu Xixi's forehead. "Like this."
His lips continued downwards, pecking at the tip of the nose and the lips one by one.
"There's still this."
The moonlight fell, illuminating the meadow.
Their lips touched, and Gu Xixi burst out laughing.
"You really know how to pick a place; you don't even consider the surroundings."
Mu Nanzhao looked at Gu Tiezhu and said with disgust, "Indeed, a disappointment."
"Someone is coming."
Several accompanying bodyguards emerged from the darkness.
They quietly took Gu Tiezhu away and delivered him to the Qingtian County government office overnight.
They will be prosecuted for serious crimes such as highway robbery and attempted murder.
Mu Nanzhao said, "Normally, if you just killed this thing and threw it to the wolves or put it back in their yard, no one would say anything."
"As a result of these kids causing trouble, it's no longer possible to keep it a secret."
"We have to consider public opinion, especially our family's reputation in the village."
"We must go to the yamen (government office) and get a public opinion."
Gu Xixi gazed at him, her eyes full of smiles, "Our family?"
"Then I must thank you for being so considerate of our family."
Gu Xixi originally intended to kill Gu Tiezhu.
With so many children present, she had no choice but to temporarily switch to Plan B, which she had previously told the old doctor.
This drug damages peripheral nerves throughout the body, and the effects are irreversible for life, so there is no antidote.
The person taking the drug will become deaf and mute, paralyzed, yet remain fully conscious.
In other words, Gu Tiezhu will never be able to curse or harm anyone again in his life.
Just like when he pretended to be crazy before, from now on he can stay in that bed with peace of mind.
Like a living dead, waiting to be fed, cleaned, and relieved, awaiting death while fully conscious.
Upon returning home, Mu Nanzhao naturally appeared before the children.
These children were all attending the village school, and they were naturally overjoyed to see Mr. Chen again.
The next day, the whole village knew that Gu Xixi's husband, Mr. Chen, the former headmaster of the village school, had returned.
Mr. Chen was the first teacher to establish the village school, and the villagers all remember his kindness.
Even during the busiest time of the wheat harvest, people would still come to visit.
Meanwhile, Gu Laosan and Liu Shi were searching the entire village for their son.
Gu Tiezhu hasn't gone home since last night.
I asked many people and they all said they hadn't seen it.
In fact, apart from Gu Xixi's family, none of the adults in the village knew where Gu Tiezhu had gone.
Because Stone, Dog, and their other friends had secretly agreed to keep it a secret.
The seriousness of the oath was no less than that of bandits swearing a blood oath.
However, Gu Laosan and Liu Shi's ordeal did not last long.
That afternoon, several yamen runners arrived at the yamen.
As the head of the family, Gu Laosan collapsed to the ground after receiving the arrest warrant for his son and hearing the yamen runner read his confession.
Liu questioned frantically, "My son has been mentally unstable for a long time, how could he do such things!"
"You say he robbed someone on the road and attempted murder, but who did he kill?!"
The constable coldly replied, "Telling you the names of your aggrieved party would only give you a chance for revenge, wouldn't it?"
"Eyewitnesses saw Gu Tiezhu crouching with a knife, indicating premeditation and the presence of a weapon; he is definitely not a madman!"
Magistrate Jiang is indeed reliable; in just half a day, he actually managed to find witnesses besides the victim.
And it wasn't just one person.
They saw Gu Tiezhu wandering along the official road, from Huachidu Village to the Qingtian County area.
It also explicitly states that Gu Tiezhu was seen hiding in the roadside bushes with a machete and a short knife.
Gu Laosan's emotions calmed down a bit as he thought that his son hadn't been beheaded and that he hadn't died without an heir.
"May I ask, sir, when are we permitted to visit him in prison?"
The constable glanced at him. "No need to go."
"We'll send them back to you tomorrow."
Gu Laosan and Liu Shi both thought they had misheard.
The constable said, "Because the victim fought back in self-defense, Gu Tiezhu hit his head and is now paralyzed."
"They were only locked up for one night, and there was poop and pee everywhere. The smell was unbearable..."
“The government office did not provide him with a private room, and no one took care of his food, drink, or toilet needs.”
"So, you should continue to raise your good child yourselves from now on."
After the constable finished speaking, he turned and left.
Liu's eyes rolled back, and she immediately fainted.
On that day, two major events occurred in Huachidu Village: one good and one bad.
Good news! Mr. Chen has finally returned, dispelling the rumors that Gu Xixi intended to marry her cousin, Magistrate Jiang.
Bad news! Yet another person from Huachidu Village has been imprisoned.
However, this one doesn't seem to have been sent in by Gu Xixi.
Moreover, it's rumored that Gu Tiezhu has been feigning madness, but in reality, he's plotting something big.
But his robbery attempt backfired, leaving him paralyzed.
The villagers were terrified when they heard this, but thankfully Gu Tiezhu wasn't targeting any particular family in the village.
Otherwise, he might have actually succeeded.
Everyone felt it was good that this scourge was crippled, so they wouldn't have to worry about him harming people again.
The wheat harvest is complete. It still needs to be threshed and spread out to dry.
Families in Huachidu Village have already begun their celebrations, making noodles and pancakes.
Because after the grain was weighed, each family's income increased significantly compared to previous years, even exceeding the amount Gu Xixi had previously mentioned.
However, those few households that didn't apply the final foliar fertilizer still had a lower yield per acre than others.
They were both happy about the rare increase in production and the bumper harvest, but when everyone discussed the yield per mu, some of them were too ashamed to speak.
Gu Xixi left the village at this time and went to the border with Mu Nanzhao.
They say they're on the same road, but in reality, they just happen to be going the same way.
Mu Nanzhao was going to the military camp to discuss plans for defensive fortifications, while Gu Xixi was inspecting this season's grain harvest.