The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 194: No More

Seeing that Lu Zixuan was young but had a rather arrogant tone, and that he spoke with a city accent, the man was afraid that he was a relative of some senior official who had come out to train with him. He did not dare to underestimate him and answered respectfully:

"The child hasn't woken up yet. He did some work at the teacher's house yesterday and is tired. Come, let's go inside and talk."

Lu Zixuan looked around and stopped beating around the bush, and directly stated his purpose.

"No need to come in. I'm from Sijiu City. Someone wrote to Sijiu City, reporting that you two brothers were corrupt, took bribes, and murdered people. We're here to investigate the situation and need your cooperation."

The man's face changed instantly and he stiffened his neck to deny:

"No, absolutely not. It's unjust, absolutely unjust. I'm just a country boy. How could I have the guts to kill for money? It's a pure false accusation, nonsense. I beg the government to help me..."

Lu Zixuan looked into the man's eyes carefully and asked:

"Hmm? Not only murder? But also robbery? Whose wealth? The masses'? The captain's family? Tell me about the incident with the captain's family first."

The man was stunned at first, and hurriedly explained:

"No, there was no money-stealing or murder. I have a very good relationship with our captain. We have been brothers since childhood. You can go to the village and ask. There really was no major conflict. We just had a few arguments."

Lu Zixuan asked curiously:

"Why are you arguing? Are the spoils unevenly divided? Did he take your money? Or does he have something on you? Tell me."

The man didn't expect Lu Zixuan to be so interested in other people's family affairs, and replied hastily:

"We have quarreled twice over some trivial matters at home. Family members can quarrel sometimes, not to mention that we are just neighbors."

Lu Zixuan said casually:

"Tsk, if there's evidence, there's evidence. Why wouldn't you admit it? He's a village leader, and he dared to quarrel with the county magistrate's brother. I won't believe it even if you kill me. Is your brother afraid that he will report you?

People say you guys are fighting over women. Was it his wife or yours?"

The man seemed helpless about Lu Zixuan's unreasonable behavior and could only keep silent.

Lu Zixuan continued to make shocking remarks:

"Well, I thought it was a big deal. It was just that the captain had something on your brother and threatened him, and you had a fight with him over your wife. Is that right?

There's no need to lead him to the county and beat him to death. You guys have made a big deal out of a small matter."

The man widened his eyes, pointed at Lu Zixuan with trembling fingers, and said angrily:

"You...you...you're talking nonsense. When did we have any leverage? We fought because that Li was too bullying."

When Lu Zixuan was about to continue speaking, the policeman who was on guard outside the door ran up to him and whispered something, which greatly encouraged him. He coughed, signaled with his eyes to the shocked policemen to stay where they were and keep an eye on him, and then quickly walked out the door.

"Have you figured it out? Got something important to report? Say it here."

Lu Zixuan followed the captain's father to a more secluded place and asked directly. Seeing that he was still hesitating and unwilling to reveal, Lu Zixuan was too lazy to argue and was about to leave.

"The quarrel between our two families was... was... because of the Zhang family's child..."

Then Lu Zixuan heard a melodramatic and complicated story of grievances and entanglements.

The team leader is named Li Dakuan. Ten years ago, he could not find a wife because his family was too poor, so he looked for matchmakers and acquaintances to introduce him to someone. It just so happened that the eldest son of his neighbor, the Zhang family, who is now the deputy county magistrate, said that he had a female classmate in the next village who was unmarried and could be introduced to Li Dakuan.

The Li family was naturally delighted. After the two met, Li Dakuan was particularly satisfied. He borrowed money from everywhere and was about to propose marriage. However, the girl suddenly changed her mind, saying that her mother had passed away and that she had a younger brother who had just turned thirteen and needed care, so she could not get married for the time being.

In desperation, Li Dakuan went to Zhang Lao Da and asked him for advice. Zhang Lao Da also suggested that Li Dakuan's 15-year-old sister be married in exchange for the girl. This way, both parties would not need a high bride price and could take care of each other's elderly.

After Li Dakuan went home to discuss the matter, everyone agreed except his younger sister who was unwilling to marry a younger and mentally retarded man. So they chose an auspicious day for the two families to get married.

A month later, Li Dakuan received the good news that his wife was pregnant. At the same time, Zhang Lao Da also received the good news that he was getting married. Yes, Zhang Lao Da married into the county magistrate's family as a son-in-law.

Originally, everything was peaceful and they lived their own lives, but Li Dakuan's sister died in her husband's home three years later, which broke their peaceful life.

Li Dakuan already had many complaints against his foolish brother-in-law, who was also his brother-in-law. After hearing that his sister was beaten to death by him, he completely exploded. He broke his brother-in-law's legs despite his wife's attempts to stop him.

Villagers from the neighboring village all came to watch, and from their gossip, Li Dakuan learned that before his wife got married, she and Zhang Lao Da had already reached the stage of discussing marriage, but Zhang Lao Da had been delaying with various excuses.

Before today, everyone thought that she married Zhang Lao Da. Upon hearing this, Li Dakuan's anger instantly reached its limit. He began to suspect his eldest daughter's background. He first went home and beat up his wife, and then ran to Zhang Lao Da's workplace and made a big scene, demanding an explanation from Zhang Lao Da.

Boss Zhang did not deny their relationship. He took Li Dakuan to talk for an afternoon, and the matter was finally settled. However, the relationship between Li Dakuan and his wife was no longer as good as before. Less than ten days after he returned home, someone from the township government came to appoint Li Dakuan as the village chief of Xiangyang Village.

Less than three months later, Zhang Lao Da's younger brother Zhang Lao Er approached Li Dakuan and asked to borrow sperm.

After Old Man Li's explanation, Lu Zixuan finally understood the meaning of borrowing seeds and was shocked.

Zhang Laoer had consulted many doctors and was confirmed to be infertile. In order to pass on the family line and to silence everyone, he had Li Dakuan and Zhang Laoer's wife give birth to a child with the surname Zhang, which was also a way of cuckolding himself.

Perhaps out of revenge, Li Dakuan agreed on the spot, and as expected, Zhang Laoer's wife became pregnant the next month and gave birth to a boy. Because Zhang Laoda was a son-in-law, the child was the only child in the Zhang family and was treasured by the Zhang family.

But at the beginning of last year, when the Li family gave birth to their fourth daughter, Li Dakuan panicked. He concluded that his wife would only give birth to daughters and was afraid that the family's bloodline would be cut off. He found Zhang Laoer and wanted to get his own flesh and blood back, or ask his wife to give birth to a son. Naturally, Zhang Laoer would not agree, and the two families fought several times, leaving each side injured.

Then, Li Dakuan, as a progressive worker, was beaten to death when he went to the county town to report on his work. The Li family suspected that this was a deliberate frame-up by Zhang Lao Da, who had just become the deputy county magistrate. They heard that someone from the province had only dismissed Zhang Lao Da's father-in-law from the position of county magistrate. They were somewhat dissatisfied, but did not dare to complain. They could only follow the method taught by others and continue to write letters of complaint to many units in the city.

Lu Zixuan believed that his psychological bottom line was still relatively low, but this was a marriage exchange and a borrowed seed, which shattered his three views. The shock he had experienced in his two lifetimes combined was not as great as the operations of these two families...