novelraw Chapter 215 So what if you slept with a man!
Chapter 215 So what if you slept with a man!
Chapter 215 So what if you slept with a man!
Gu Mei's sudden outburst caused the situation to spiral out of control instantly!
Zhu Laosan felt sorry for his wife, so he kicked her directly, knocking Gu Mei to the ground.
Grandma Zhu cried out in surprise and quickly squatted down to check if Gu Mei was injured.
"Cough cough cough!" Yan coughed painfully, clutching her neck.
Once she had recovered, she rushed straight to Gu Mei, pinned her to the ground, and slapped Gu Mei across the face four times.
"You slut who's desperate for a man! You willingly climbed into my son's bed! You've slept with all the men, now what are you pretending to be pitiful for! Bah! You're a piece of trash! You're worthless now!"
"Third son's wife!" Old Mrs. Zhu was both shocked and furious. How could she say such a thing in the street?!
If word gets out, Mei will be too ashamed to face anyone. Would that make her look good?!
Old Mrs. Zhu was furious and reached out to pull Yan Shi away.
Gu Mei, who was pinned to the ground, waved her hands wildly, her sharp nails scratching Yan's face, causing Yan to scream and cover her face with her hands.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Old Lady Zhu dragged her aside, preventing her from continuing to press down on Gu Mei and beat her.
Gu Mei scrambled to her feet, wanting to go forward and slap Yan a few times to return the slaps she had just received!
But Zhu Laosan kept staring at her with a gloomy expression, which frightened Gu Mei so much that she dared not go forward. She could only hide behind Zhu Laotai, hoping to instigate Zhu Laotai to take action.
"Grandma! Beat her! Beat this old whore to death! She's full of evil intentions! She's a jinx to her husband and children! Even if you don't beat her to death, you should divorce her!"
With Zhu Laosan around, Zhu Laotai didn't dare to lay a hand on her, but during the struggle with Yan Shi, she still secretly pinched Yan Shi hard a few times.
Yan was in excruciating pain and turned to scold Zhu Laosan: "What are your two eyeballs for?! Can't you see your mother is pinching me!"
Seeing her son being scolded, Old Mrs. Zhu was displeased and directly started a fight: "Is this how your Yan family raises daughters? Talking back to her mother-in-law and hitting her, and yelling at her own husband in the street, your Yan family really has good upbringing!"
Zhu Laosan still favored his wife. Seeing that his mother was really going to fight, he immediately separated the two of them and protected Yan Shi behind him.
"Mom! What are you doing making a scene in the street? Look at all these people surrounding us, they're treating us like monkeys!"
"Pah! It's your wife's fault for being treated like a monkey! Was she even speaking human language just now? Is she trying to arrange a marriage or make an enemy?"
Old Mrs. Zhu tapped her son's forehead, resenting that he was being controlled by Yan Shi!
Yan disagreed with this statement and wanted to argue further, but when she noticed the surrounding people pointing and whispering about her, her face immediately turned red.
I'm so angry at that little vixen Gu Mei that I've lost my mind!
This isn't home, so why did you blurt out those curses in a moment of madness?
Yan secretly regretted her actions and began to act submissively and subservient to Zhu Laosan.
When Old Lady Zhu saw her like this, she understood immediately: her lost mind had returned, and she realized that she had said the wrong thing.
The street is not a place to scold people. I'll punish Yan Shi when we get back. Right now, I need to appease my granddaughter.
When Gu Mei is concerned about saving face, she is extremely particular.
But if you're willing to risk everything and lose all sense of pride, you'll dare to do anything and say anything.
Just like now, she kept a cold face, ignoring the people around her, and didn't care at all about the malicious pointing and whispering.
His sinister gaze was fixed on Yan Shi, and he started shouting in the street.
"You wicked old whore! Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? You're just planning to have your son sleep with me before the wedding, then pin the blame on me, hoping to save on the dowry and, ideally, get me to hand over my dowry money to you!"
At this point, Gu Mei spat at her: "Pah! What are you daydreaming about! Auntie, I have so much dowry money, so what if I sleep with your son?"
"I'm telling you! This marriage is off! I'm not marrying! Tomorrow I'll take my money and wander around the village, picking any man I want! You really think your sickly son is a treasure? Bah! A spineless coward, utterly useless!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar!
Old Mrs. Zhu's face turned ashen, and Zhu Laosan's heart sank.
Yan didn't believe this. In her mind, if a girl slept with a man, she would either marry him or hang herself!
How can someone just pat their butt and act like nothing happened, then turn around and go find another man?
Yan felt that Gu Mei was trying to save face for herself, and she cursed, "You filthy slut! Who would want to marry someone like you! Stop trying to make yourself look good! Right now, besides my son, no one else will marry you!"
"According to you, does that mean all widows in the world can't get married?"
Madam Yan was taken aback: "A widow can certainly remarry..."
"If a widow can remarry, why can't I? Am I not even as good as a widow?" Gu Mei scoffed, then turned and walked away.
"Mei'er!" Old Mrs. Zhu's face turned pale. "Where are you going?"
"That old harlot is convinced that no man will marry me except her son? I'll go find one and show her!"
Gu Mei said without turning her head, and walked further and further away.
Old Mrs. Zhu was so angry that her vision blurred. She turned around and glared fiercely at Yan Shi: "Are you satisfied now? You ruined a perfectly good marriage. Now you've got what you wanted?"
Without Mei-ya, there's only Shou's sickly body. I want to see which girl will bring a dowry of money to marry into the family!
"Once you and the third brother are too old to work and can no longer earn money, with You Shou's health, will he be able to support himself? If it really comes to that, the first person You Shou will hate will be you!"
After scolding her, Old Lady Zhu turned around and chased after Gu Mei, looking anxious.
Yan's face turned ashen. She didn't want to admit that her mother-in-law was right, but her mind was involuntarily racing with calculations as she listened to her mother-in-law's words.
After all the calculations, her mother-in-law was right.
For You Shou, his poor health was his biggest weakness. He couldn't even marry a girl with a dowry, let alone a family with no dowry at all.
With such a dowry of over ten taels of silver, Gu Mei's marriage is indeed a rare and desirable match!
Yan gritted her teeth: "Let's follow them. I'll kneel down and apologize to Mei!"
She was blinded by money, forgot that Gu Mei hadn't married into the family yet, and misjudged Gu Mei as a person.
I thought that letting Gu Mei sleep with my son would give me leverage over her, but I never expected that this girl would act like a prostitute in a brothel. She sleeps with him without a care for her reputation!
Zhu Laosan sighed: "You are her mother-in-law. If you kneel before her, will she still respect you in the future?"
"She hasn't married into the family yet. For the sake of my son, I'll tolerate it for now. Once she's married in..." Madam Yan's eyes were filled with malice, clearly holding a grudge.
“You can endure it, but not in this way. When you see that girl later, just bring up your son, and she will soften her heart.”
Yan knew what those words meant. She responded softly and hurried forward.
Zhu Laosan followed closely behind, fearing that the two sides would quarrel again after meeting.
Once the Zhu family members had all left, the onlookers quickly dispersed as well.
But they remembered everything the Zhu family had said to Gu Mei and quickly spread it around, making it more and more outrageous!
……
Gu Tang was unaware that after she left, the Zhu family members had fallen out—or rather, Gu Mei had fallen out with the Zhu family. After leaving the city, she headed west, where there was a grove of locust trees.
North of the locust grove is a large depression with a few scattered graves and piles of bones.
This depression is a mass grave, where corpses are dumped almost every day.
Gu Tang took out a gas mask and put it on to prevent inhaling any unpleasant odors.
The gas mask was a free gift when she received a package of poisons; it can filter out any harmful gases.
She first wandered around the mass grave, found a suitable hiding place, and then found a place to set up a trap. Then she took out a hoe and started digging a pit.
The detonation method of poison gas bombs is similar to that of landmines: dig a pit, bury it, and then set up a pull cord.
Once someone touches the trigger, the poison gas grenade will instantly spray out poison gas at an extremely high speed and height, usually around two meters.
She didn't bury all ten modified poison gas bombs in the ground; she only buried five, forming a semicircle. All the fuses were connected together, so if one was touched, the other four would detonate as well.
After planting the poison gas bomb, Gu Tang moved away from the area, removed her gas mask, and waited for Ah Gou to return.
Everyone in Bei'an City knows about this mass grave, and so does Ah Gou.
After waiting for about half an hour, Gu Tang saw a person walking towards her on the road in the distance.
She didn't say anything, and only when the person got closer did she realize that it was Ah Gou.
Gu Tang had been looking at the system panel and calculating the time. The person's round trip would take a full hour and a half. Was that too fast?
"Who did you give the letter to?" Gu Tang asked, wanting to confirm.
"It was given to Old Mrs. Cheng."
"you sure?"
“I’m sure. I captured a servant from the Cheng family and had her lead me to the person. I didn’t make a mistake; she looks exactly like the old lady who appeared outside Changqing Gate that day.”
Gu Tang breathed a sigh of relief.
Ah Gou glanced at her cautiously, then suddenly approached her with a mysterious expression.
"I saw a very thick aura of resentment above the Cheng residence. The masters of the Cheng residence all had their hands stained with resentment to some extent..."
Gu Tang glanced at him: "Didn't you lose your magical abilities? How come you can see ghostly resentment again now?"
"These eyes of mine are natural; they can detect resentment and are connected to my soul. I'm just being reborn in a different body, so they won't affect my eyes."
Gu Tang was a little envious, but she quickly straightened her back.
She's not bad either; compared to others, she at least has one more advantage!
Ah Gou continued, "We can rob a family like the Cheng family..."
Gu Tang's eyes lit up. Steal them?!
"...After we rob them, we'll distribute half of the silver to charity, and you can keep the other half for yourself. The Cheng family is magnificent and lives a life of luxury; even half of it will be enough for you to live comfortably for the rest of your life."
As Ah Gou spoke, he secretly observed her expression.
Knowing she likes money, she should be happy to have such a large fortune coming her way, right?
The servant's code of conduct includes this sentence: Think what your master thinks, and be anxious about what your master is anxious about.
Knowing that his master liked money, he thought of what his master thought and was anxious about what his master was anxious about, so he set his sights on the Cheng family.
That family on the left and right has committed many evil deeds. They are not afraid of damaging their karma by robbing them. They can then distribute half of the money to do good deeds, which can offset some of their karmic obstacles and accumulate some merit.
With merits bestowed upon them, their future will naturally be even smoother.
"The Cheng mansion is so big, it's not easy to rob it. I don't know martial arts, and if I rely on myself... wait! I have poison gas!" Gu Tang remembered her poison gas.
"I'll modify a few poison gas bombs for you. Just take them and throw them at the Cheng family's house, and they'll all be knocked unconscious!"
Ah Gou knew she had a sign-in system; she had brought it out of the underworld's treasure vault.
Gu Tang's plan was very simple and crude, but it must be said that with enough sedatives, her method was quite effective.
Ah Gou quickly considered the options and concluded that the method was feasible: "When should we make our move?"
When to take action?
Gu Tang grinned, clearly impatient: "Strike while the iron is hot, let's do it tonight!"
She originally planned to take Ah Gou back to the village after the transaction was completed, and then come back after things calmed down.
Now that Ah Gou has stirred up his robbery thoughts, Gu Tang is eager to pull off this big heist before returning to the village!
After pulling off this heist, she could become incredibly wealthy!
The master and servant discussed the matter and patiently waited in the locust grove for the Cheng family to arrive.
To emphasize the mystery, Gu Tang deliberately chose noon as the time for the transaction.
At noon, at the mass grave outside the city, in this era of feudal superstition, most people really wouldn't dare to keep the appointment.
But the Cheng family wasn't worried. The old lady in the family was obsessed with Taoism, so the house was never short of all sorts of "magical implements" to ward off evil and cleanse impurities.
In their quest to obtain the sacred incense, they disregarded any suspicions of foul play; the old lady in the family was practically driven mad by her desire for it.
As for the 10,000 taels of silver for a single incense stick, that's no big deal. Once we see the person and the incense, we can just kill them and take the incense back. We've done this before.
The extremely confident Cheng family guards, along with a dozen or so specially trained thugs, disguised themselves and dispersed out of the city.
Once outside the city, the group regrouped and headed straight for the mass grave in the locust grove to the west.
They arrived earlier than the agreed time, firstly to avoid the inauspicious time of noon, and secondly because they thought the other party would be waiting for them in advance, so they could catch them off guard.
In the locust grove, Gu Tang chased Ah Gou up a tree, saying that from a higher vantage point he could see further and that he should keep an eye on the surroundings. If there was any danger, he should notify her and she would retreat first!
Not long after, Ah Gou suddenly came down and told her that a group of people were coming this way.
"About fifteen or sixteen, all men, probably sent by the Cheng family."
"Fifteen or sixteen...that's a lot. Can you handle it?"
"It should be possible, right?" Ah Gou wasn't sure either. What if there was a master inside?
Gu Tang rolled her eyes. He's unreliable when it comes to crucial moments!
He took two gas masks out of his system backpack, put one on himself, and handed the other to Ah Gou.
"Wear this and lead them into the mass grave. I've made a semicircle there with dry branches. Lead them in..."