The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 796 - 169: I Did It_2

Chapter 796: Chapter 169: I Did It_2

"Thinking of pinning Pei Wensheng’s death on us? Hmph!" Pei Qian snorted in anger and immediately had someone spread the news that indeed, someone might be playing the ghost to conceal their true intentions. After all, Pei Wensheng died while Pei Zongli and Qian Wanxiu were together, and it was when Qian Wanxiu was about to mount the mule that Pei Wensheng fell and drowned in the well.

Daring to blame the guilt of Pei Wensheng’s death on them and tarnish their name, they couldn’t expect her to be polite!

With such news being disseminated, the people suddenly realized that Pei Wensheng indeed drowned in the well when Pei Zongli and Qian Wanxiu went to retrieve him. Was his death the claim of a vengeful ghost, or was it deliberate?

If it was truly deliberate, then it was too horrifying. Pei Wensheng was their own flesh and blood; even if they had to disown a relative for justice, they couldn’t lay a hand on their son!

Then some people analyzed it rationally—turning out like that, Pei Wensheng was nothing but a burden and disgrace to Old Pei’s House. If he were dead, not only would there be one less burden, but they could also frame Sister Peiqin and her brothers. Don’t believe it? The talk of vengeful ghosts claiming lives has been suppressed by rumors saying that Pei Wensheng was killed by someone playing the ghost, right!?

When Qian Changdong saw how quickly they counterattacked and even slandered Qian Wanxiu for killing her own son, he thought it downright insane!

"A tiger wouldn’t eat its young; how could anyone believe such rumors!?"

And believe it or not, although people were reluctant to believe it, the majority couldn’t help but want to believe the more incredible the story, the more it spread. If Pei Wensheng could smother his own brother, then they killing their own son to protect their reputation and frame Sister Peiqin and her brothers with a "two birds with one stone" scheme was not beyond belief!

With the precedent of Pei Wensheng killing his brother, it was no longer surprising for Pei Zongli and Qian Wanxiu to kill their child.

Within two days, news of Lady Chen’s death by suicide had spread.

Qian Wanxiu stood up with a gasp, "Pei Qin!" She gnashed her teeth and her face turned ferocious with venomous hatred.

Qian Changdong panicked inside but quickly calmed down. As expected, she had an ace up her sleeve—Lady Chen was dead. But she wasn’t about to let them pin the blame on them! He was well-prepared too! The people he sent to protect Lady Chen had already been instructed that if Lady Chen died, it was Sister Peiqin who had hired someone to kill her and framed them!

As for Lady Chen’s death, no one hated more than Pei Wenli. Just two more years, and he could enter the examinations again, his name could be on the golden list. Just two years. But now his mother was killed at this time; observing three years of mourning would ruin his future as well! It was Pei Wensheng who had done it, who had already made his mother mute from poison, and he had not pursued the matter, yet now he had struck again, not giving his mother a chance to live.

Pei Wenli, gripped by rage and hatred, wrote a letter to the Capital Jingcheng, determined to find out who killed his mother and ruined his future, to ensure they would not die a good death!

Upon receiving the news, Jiang Benxin immediately dispatched government officers and arrest officers to investigate the cause of Lady Chen’s death and bring back the corpse. Her death was connected to Pei Wenjie’s case and followed soon after Pei Wensheng’s death, a likely related chain of events linked to the case.

In plainclothes, the government officers quietly surrounded Pei Zongli’s House, monitoring their every move.

Qian Changdong remained composed and unmoving.

Only Pei Zongli sent someone to Back Mountain Village to spread the news of Lady Chen’s suicide.

As soon as the news reached the village, it caused an uproar. Lady Chen committed suicide? Those who knew her didn’t believe she would kill herself. Tormented by the vengeful ghost, losing all her hair, blind, and turned mute, perhaps others might not withstand it and would commit suicide, but not Lady Chen! She had taken her private Silver Coin to follow Pei Wenli to Capital Jingcheng for treatment and to live a good life — how could she possibly commit suicide!?

The person who killed her must surely be from the Second concubine of Pei! After Old Master Qian’s visit to bury Pei Wensheng, Lady Chen inexplicably became mute, and now that she was about to go to Capital Jingcheng, she died just after stepping out— if he didn’t do it, then who did!?

Upon hearing the news, Lady Zhu erupted in curses at the front door, "You conscienceless little wretches! You vicious and cruel little devils! You kill someone and try to pin it on others, pah! Keep dreaming! It was you who killed Lady Chen and framed others! Don’t think that with money and power, you can kill and escape judgment! After killing one, you continue to kill others, Heaven will definitely not spare you! You damned little brutes, vile offspring! You’re doomed to a wretched death, sure to face retribution!"

She also berated the villagers for gossiping and pointing fingers, "It was those little wretches who did it, yet you dare to spout nonsense and slander!? She killed Wenjie, played the ghost to kill Wensheng, in one fell swoop taking my two grandsons, and now she has killed my eldest daughter-in-law. Sinister and evil little devil, she will not die a good death sooner or later! If you continue to slander, you too will not die a good death!"