Chapter 1788: Chapter 1788: Suicide

Sixth Aunt Qian got inspired by County Captain Tang, and she also pinned all the blame on the deceased. Anyway, the task Qin San Lang gave her was to testify against the Qian Family, Bian Family, and County Captain Tang. He never said she couldn’t exonerate herself, right?

What do you mean, right? You crafty Old Devout Woman, you are quite shrewd!

Wen Rong’s eyes were gloomy as he glared at Sixth Aunt Qian, wanting to tear her apart. He pointed at her, saying, "General, don’t be fooled by the nonsense of this Old Devout Woman. She’s a procuress who helped Qian Qiwen lure pretty girls, abducting them to sell their bodies, harming many girls. She deserves to die!"

Sixth Aunt Qian may not have abducted their siblings, but she was no good. He wanted her dead.

"Are you Wen Rong? The younger brother of Wen Qiong?" General Ge asked, flipping through the case files, inspecting the record of Wen Qiong being kidnapped, ruined, and finally dying from a miscarriage and sickness.

After reading, General Ge was also furious due to Wen Qiong’s young age and the terrible misfortunes she suffered.

Looking over Sixth Aunt Qian’s case file, it was confirmed this Old Devout Woman indeed helped Qian Qiwen and others in abducting girls. Angry, he said, "Come, drag this Old Devout Woman down and flog her with thirty military rods!"

Thirty military rods?

"No, General, this old woman will be beaten to death!" Sixth Aunt Qian, cunning as ever, quickly thought of a plan to save herself: "General, this old woman knows where the families of those abducted children are. Spare this old woman’s life, let the old woman make amends for her crimes by helping find the parents of those abducted children!"

Vice General Ma said, "Old Ge, there are over a hundred abducted children near Lishui Village. Why not keep Ms. Qian for now, and after finding those children’s families, it’s not too late to kill her."

Upon hearing this, Sixth Aunt Qian did not feel fear but rather joyfully said, "This General speaks rightly; let the old woman stay a while, help the children find their families, and then it won’t be too late to kill me. By then, the old woman will be quiet and die honestly!"

Heh, with so many children, wouldn’t it take two or three years to find their families?

She could drag it on for three to five years, which would be quite a few days of good living.

General Ge agreed, but Sixth Aunt Qian still suffered the punishment of nail removal.

Which involved pulling out all her fingernails, a punishment that wouldn’t kill but was very painful. Sixth Aunt Qian fainted from the pain, dragged back to continue confinement.

On this day, General Ge spent all his time interrogating criminals, witnesses, checking evidence, and after confirming there were no issues, he directly ordered: "Tang Zhongzhou kept private soldiers, plotted to annex Gaoshui County’s houses and lands, harmed passing merchants, privately detained and coerced Gaoshui County’s residents, resulting in the death of good register civilians, and land left uncultivated... Punished for multiple crimes, tomorrow be dragged to Gaoshui County town, beheaded before the county government to warn the public! The eldest son of the Tang Family shares the same crime, sentenced to beheading! The rest of the Tang Family shall be entered into the ranks of slaves."

Since ancient times, the legitimate eldest son was highly valued, seen as the heir of the family. Thus, when the family head committed crimes, the legitimate eldest son would share the same punishment.

"Company Commander Jia and Company Commander Qian violated military law, immediate execution to uphold military discipline!"

"Chou Manwu, as the garrison commander of Gaoshui County, was stupid and ignorant, exploited, turning Gaoshui County into a breeding ground for evil deeds, deserved execution. Considering his merits in resisting enemies, one arm shall be severed, his military officer title revoked, and he returns to the fields!"

Wen Rong heard this, his eyes red with anger, feeling the judgments were unfair. Chou Manwu should die, but he couldn’t shout out; Zhang Zhong kept him in check, squeezing his shoulder, whispering, "If you dare cause a scene, the master will surely not keep you."

Upon hearing this, Wen Rong calmed down.

He saw Qin San Lang’s abilities and wanted to follow him, learn skills to revitalize the Wen Family in the future, so now he was very afraid of offending Qin San Lang.

After interrogating these people, General Ge did not rest, immediately ordering the beheading of Company Commander Jia and Company Commander Qian outside the camp!

"Execute!" General Ge commanded.

The execution soldiers immediately drew their swords, aiming for the necks of Company Commander Jia and Company Commander Qian.

Crack, crack!

Their heads fell to the ground, dying especially swiftly.

Qin San Lang lowered his brows, it seems General Xu feared the dispatch team sent by Emperor Jingyuan. To avoid implicating himself, he needed swift action to settle Gaoshui County’s affairs.

Qiu Troop Commander was unlikely to survive.

"Ah!" Qiu Troop Commander screamed, his left hand severed, blood spurting, fainting from the pain.

"Quickly bandage Qiu Troop Commander’s wound." Company Commander Xiao Yue received the news, immediately rushed from the county town, but when he arrived, Qiu Troop Commander’s crimes were already determined.

Qiu Troop Commander previously instructed him, no matter the punishment he received, not to act impulsively, not to ruin his own future for this criminal.

Only then did Company Commander Xiao Yue painfully watch Qiu Troop Commander’s arm being severed.

The military doctor immediately came to bandage Qiu Troop Commander’s wound, but this type of wound was difficult to handle. It took an hour, with the sky dark, to properly bandage it.

Qin San Lang saw Qiu Troop Commander wouldn’t survive, even with the excellent effectiveness of the hemostatic root, he didn’t take it out, only let Qiu Troop Commander use the military doctor’s medicine, to avoid issues later, making it unclear.

"Take this eyesore to the camp for holding; if he survives, let him crawl back to his hometown." General Ge spoke heartlessly, Company Commander Xiao Yue as if receiving great relief, hurriedly led soldiers to carry the unconscious Qiu Troop Commander to the previous camp.

Qin San Lang then hosted Vice General Ma and General Ge, both were exhausted from the day, only after Qin San Lang had dinner did he return to their respective camps to rest.

Qin San Lang originally intended to vacate the green brick house for them to stay, but General Ge said, "We’re only staying one night, sleeping in the camp is sufficient."

They had to rush to the county town tomorrow, to Lishui Village, look around, question those affected civilians, and once the Bian Family members were escorted to the county town, they also needed to interrogate the Bian Family members, wouldn’t stay long in Gu Family Village.

However, General Ge asked Qin San Lang one question: "You made a significant contribution again, what reward do you desire, speak out."

And said, "Speak boldly; as long as you say it, it’s highly likely you’ll get it."

Qin San Lang was initially shocked, frowned, then asked with slight joy, "General, really anything as a reward?"

General Ge nodded, "Yes, this is instructed by General Xu, ask Vice General Ma if you don’t believe."

"Vice General Ma, is it true?" Qin San Lang asked Vice General Ma again.

Vice General Ma nodded, laughing, "Indeed, it’s said by the Great General, but you kid shouldn’t ask for too much, make some requests that are easy to fulfill."

It was clear Vice General Ma was partial to Qin San Lang; otherwise, he wouldn’t have reminded him.

Qin San Lang: "I wish to buy the land and houses of the entire Gu Family Village and the ownerless land of Lin Family Slope for my wife at a low price, can I?"

He said with some embarrassment, "I know buying all the land and houses of Gu Family Village is against the rules. But the sixth year of Emperor Jingyuan’s reign is now seven years ago, only three more years to the ten-year period. My wife fears Gu Family Village will be bought by others, so she wants to buy it first."

"If villagers return in the future, the villagers’ plots can be returned to them, lest they come back from afar without a place to settle."

General Ge heard this and frowned, "Only this request?"

Since he was asked, Qin San Lang didn’t hold back, added, "It’d be better if we could buy some county town properties at a low price. Gaoshui County is my father-in-law’s hometown, the father-in-law’s family always wanted to own property in the county town, but they were poor before, couldn’t afford it."

General Ge agreed: "Sure, I’ll give you a very low price."

"Thank you, General!" Qin San Lang was very pleased, cupped his hands in thanks.

General Ge talked with Qin San Lang for over an hour, saw this kid was indeed quite honest, felt relieved... the task given by General Xu was completed halfway.

After sending them back to their camp, Qin San Lang turned and went back.

While General Ge returned to his camp, he didn’t sleep soundly; upon hearing Qiu Troop Commander woke up, he went to see him, hinted... if you really wish to repay my favor, then take your own life.

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