After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 451: Collective punishment for disaster victims

This was not the end. The news that Wu Xingnan had taken away half of the Wu family's wealth without telling his family spread.

The whole neighborhood was shocked.

"This Wu Xingnan is really cruel. A married girl actually took away half of her parents' money, and he took it away when her parents were in trouble. It's like robbery. He is really cruel."

"It was all taught by Old Wu. And since I grew up in Old Wu's family, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive if I'm not cruel."

"Why can't she survive? The Wu family treated Wu Xingnan very well, but the one who was treated badly was the eldest granddaughter Wu Xingdi. She was sold to a paralyzed old man as a second wife at a young age, and her life was ruined!"

"If you ask me, this is the retribution for the evil Wu family. They sold their eldest granddaughter cheaply, bullied others, and harmed young girls, and now they are stabbed in the back by their second granddaughter who treated them sincerely and well."

"That's right." The villagers agreed.

But the Wu family’s retribution is more than just this?

There is also Wu Xingzu who has lost his ears, and the power that has been accumulated for decades.

"Hahaha, half of the family property was lost in an instant. I'm afraid the Wu family is on their last legs. Not to mention Wu Xingzong, even the Wu Er and his wife will have to go find Wu Xingnan to make a scene." Some people gloated and couldn't wait to see the Wu family members fighting each other.

"But Wu Xingnan has already gone to Tianmang Mansion with Young Master Yan Er. Wu Er and his men still have work to do in the city. Can they give up the good work in the city and go to Tianmang Mansion?"

"Even if Wu Er's family goes there, they won't get any good results. They will probably be beaten up by the Yan family. Wu Xingnan is now a wife of the Yan family."

Speaking of Second Young Master Yan, the villagers talked about Fourth Old Master Wu again: "What do you think, after Fourth Old Master Wu has served his sentence, can he continue his relationship with Second Young Master Yan?"

Someone replied: "As long as you have the will, the relationship can be continued. Even if you can't enter the Yan Mansion, you can still be the second young master Yan's concubine."

Ha, Old Madam Guan couldn't hold it back any longer and burst out laughing... The people in this town love to get together and gossip every day, and what they say is getting more and more outrageous.

As expected, rumors are more ferocious than tigers. If you see an earthworm at the entrance of the village, the rumor spreads to the end of the village and you will find a snake as big as a bucket.

The clerk was very worried, and with a stern face, he said in a tone of teaching a child: "Grandma, don't listen to what is not proper. Rumors harm people and confuse people. Grandma should not listen to them."

She shouldn't have disguised herself as a peasant woman and come over to listen.

Mrs. Guan was startled when she heard her grandson's voice: "You scared me to death, little bastard."

"The clerk is here!" someone shouted, and the villagers who had gathered together to gossip stood up, scattered, and ran in all directions. Soon they disappeared.

Guan Shuli: "..."

Madam Guan pointed at him and said, "You are such a vicious monster that you scared all the villagers away."

"What evil spirit? I don't recognize him. I just like to lecture them and talk about criminal law. That's right."

Madam Guan: "The villagers are so impatient to see you, isn't that right? You should reflect on yourself. If you can't reflect on yourself, don't come to see me."

After saying this, he hurried to the house at the town entrance, fearing that he would be caught by his grandson and lectured.

Seeing this, You Xing, who was secretly protecting Madam Guan, hurried to catch up... Why was he so far away from the old lady? Because the old lady was afraid that he would interfere with her listening to gossip, so she drove him away.

Seeing his grandmother acting like such a naughty old child, Guan Shuli shook his head helplessly and quickened his pace to catch up with her.

After a while, Madam Guan got angry and turned around to glare at him: "Why are you following me? Do you have to give me a lecture before you stop? Is there anyone who treats his grandson like this?"

The clerk felt wronged, raised the document in his hand and said, "Grandma, I am going to the town entrance to post the document from the county government."

We are just on the same path. I don't mean to lecture you. Just keep your mind at ease.

After hearing this, Mrs. Guan felt relieved and asked curiously, "What document is it? Let me see it."

The corners of Guan Shuli's mouth twitched unnaturally: "Grandma, not only are you gossiping more and more, you are also speaking more and more like country dialect."

Madam Guan glared at him: "What country dialect, what official language? It's all our Great Wei dialect... Show the document to Grandmother."

The clerk gave her the document.

Old Madam Guan frowned and sighed, saying, "Grandma doesn't care about other places, but you have to take good care of Taifeng Town. Don't let anyone take advantage of the content of the documents to deliberately bully the disaster victims."

The document stated that because the sisters Huang Xianniang, who were disaster victims, committed a serious crime, the supervision period for the disaster victims was extended to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.

After living there for five years and having been investigated and found to have committed no crime within the five years, the settled disaster victims can be released from surveillance and relocated.

During these five years, if any villagers reported a disaster, the settled victims had to cooperate with the government's investigation.

If the investigation is true, the punishment may be a fine at the least, expulsion from the place at the worst, or even cancellation of the household registration and making it a government slave.

Old Madam Guan was a little annoyed... This was a collective punishment for all the victims who had settled down there, but the other victims had not committed any crime.

Moreover, Huang Xianniang and her sisters were victims. They were victimized first and then decided to resist and committed the crime of murder.

"Grandma, you are obsessed." Guan the clerk patted Madam Guan lightly to bring her back to her senses.

After hearing this, Madam Guan became even more angry: "Yes, yes, yes, I am obsessed with appearances, I have no concentration, you are powerful, the mundane world is nothing to you. But I am your grandmother, I can scold you."

"..." Guan Shuli was convinced and could only coax Madam Guan for a while like coaxing a child before he went to post the documents.

Dangdang Dangdang!

The gong sounds.

The villagers had already noticed something was wrong with the grandparents and grandchildren, and when they heard the gong ringing, they hurried over to listen.

The clerk read the document three times, then frowned and said loudly, "You can monitor whether the refugees have committed any crime, but if someone reports a refugee intentionally or without evidence, it will be considered a false accusation and the government will punish them severely!"

Old Lady Guan, who was among the crowd, shouted, "What kind of severe punishment is this? If you don't explain it clearly, how will the villagers know?"

"..." The clerk calmed down and continued, "The lighter punishment is fines and caning, the heavier punishment is hard labor, and the worst punishment is exile or beheading!"

Although these are not written in the document, if a false report causes serious injury or death to someone, the reporter will indeed be sentenced.

Phew, that's serious!

After hearing this, the villagers were terrified and said hurriedly, "Don't worry, clerk. We won't make a false accusation without evidence!"

The clerk nodded, took out a piece of paper and pen, wrote down what he wanted to say on the paper, and stuck it next to the document.

Upon seeing this, Old Madam Guan nodded with satisfaction… The old grandson does a good job, and most of the folks here are also pretty good.

After the clerk finished his work, he came over and said, "Grandma, please go home and rest."

Don't hang around outside looking for gossip.

Madam Guan did not move, but asked him, "Has anyone bought the Wu family's house and land?"

The clerk shook his head: "No one has made an offer yet. They all think it's unlucky."

The Wu family’s house is too dirty, and everyone is afraid that after buying the Wu family’s house, something bad will happen in the family.

Madam Guan said, "Then you can help grandma buy it... It's not easy for people in the town to get water. After you buy it, the Wu family's well will belong to the Si Li Fang, and people in the town will no longer have to spend money to buy water."

The Wu family of Shuijing makes a living by selling well water to folks in the town.

"Okay." The clerk agreed.

The villagers who were nearby were surprised and delighted after hearing this. They could not wait any longer and said to Madam Guan, "Madam, you are so kind. Please accept my humble greetings!"

"Please accept my humble obeisance!"

The villagers bowed and expressed their gratitude.

Old Madam Guan felt embarrassed. After saying a few polite words, she hurried back to her house, thinking to herself... next time I disguise myself, I have to ask Nanny Chen to make it more realistic, so that the folks in the town won't recognize me and she won't be able to listen to gossip up close.

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