Chapter 1411: Chapter 1411: Count Yourself Lucky

"My lord, my lord, don’t beat me, I’ll confess everything!" Lin Guangtong was timid by nature. Seeing Ms. Lin Su beaten so miserably, he didn’t even wait for County Magistrate Zheng to interrogate him and immediately spilled all the schemes of his household.

Lin Yueyun really had lost her virginity. She had set her sights on the Magistrate Shi’s son and wanted to climb up the social ladder. Although she did succeed in getting him into bed, the Shi Family was a Magistrate’s household, and Young Master Shi was already betrothed. His fiancée’s family was a high-ranking official’s household in the Capital—how could they possibly break off the engagement and marry Lin Yueyun?

So when Young Master Shi woke up from the drug, he was so enraged he nearly killed Lin Yueyun, and was only stopped by the hurriedly arriving Madam Shi.

Madam Shi gave the Lin Family two choices: they were never to mention this matter again, and they were to marry off Lin Yueyun as soon as possible—or they could not blame the Shi Family for being ruthless.

The Lin Family were as tough as old leather and still wanted to make trouble. But the very next night, Elder Lin, who was sleeping soundly in a concubine’s room, suddenly had one of his legs smashed.

This was him sleeping in his own home, and someone actually entered the house and smashed his leg!

On the table in the room, there was a slip of paper, with four words written on it: "Take care of yourself."

Elder Lin was not stupid. He knew this was a warning from the Magistrate Shi’s household. He was frightened, had the servants drag in Ms. Lin Su and beat her, cursing, "You slut, you were the one who said that as long as we turned raw rice into cooked rice, the Magistrate Shi, for the sake of his career and reputation, would definitely give in. Even if Sister Yun couldn’t be the official wife, she could at least be a secondary wife. And now? The Magistrate Shi’s family wants to destroy the entire Lin Family!"

Ms. Lin Su cried, "Old Master, my idea is bound to work. What happened tonight is just the Shi Family testing us. As long as we put on a posture of fish dead and net torn, the Magistrate Shi will definitely compromise and grandly take our Sister Yun through the door!"

Elder Lin was utterly stunned. "You still want to fight the Magistrate’s family to the bitter end? Ms. Lin Su, do you have a brain at all?"

Elder Lin was furious beyond measure. If his leg hadn’t been broken, he’d have rushed off the bed and throttled Ms. Lin Su to death. "Beat her, beat her hard for me!"

The Shi Family had already entered his home and broken his leg, and Ms. Lin Su still showed no remorse. This was trying to get the entire Lin Family killed.

Ms. Lin Su was pinned down by the old maids and beaten, but as she was after all the Lin Family’s main wife, the Lin Family’s women did not dare hit too hard, so after the beating Ms. Lin Su was still able to bring Lin Yueyun to the Shang Family.

At first Ms. Lin Su had not wanted to come, but suddenly rumors spread throughout Linhe Prefecture that Lin Yueyun was a shameless hussy who had seduced an official’s son of her own accord and had been defiled.

The Lin Family’s shops and Manor were also suddenly investigated.

Elder Lin was so furious that he wanted to repudiate Ms. Lin Su.

Just then, the Shang Family sent an invitation to the Lin Family about Shang Xiudan’s betrothal to the Gu Family. When Ms. Lin Su learned that this Gu Family was the original family of Gu Jin’an, the second Small Three-Yuan Scholar of Jianghuai, she brought Lin Yueyun over.

But Ms. Lin Su still refused to repent. She had always looked down on the Shang Family, and now was even more overbearing, to the point of committing today’s outrage and being dragged here jointly by the Gu Family and Shang Family to file a complaint.

"The two of them even discussed that if Gu Jin’an’s house didn’t agree to the marriage, they’d drug him and cook the raw rice into cooked rice again." Lin Guangtong poured everything out like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.

In truth, Ms. Lin Su was quite shrewd. By arranging the matter in advance and outside, the Gu Family could hardly go combing the grass afterward looking for bloodstains, and in this way she could cover up the fact that Lin Yueyun was no longer a virgin.

County Magistrate Zheng clicked his tongue in shock. "Utterly disgusting, simply a den of jackals, wolves, snakes, and rats!"

Young Master Dou could no longer hold back. He rushed forward, snatched the board from the Government Official, and gave Lin Guangtong a savage beating.

Bang, bang, bang!

Young Master Dou showed no mercy, raining blows on Lin Guangtong. "Heartless cur, a base merchant household dares to scheme against the Gu Family, dares to ruin Miss Gu’s reputation! I, your father, will beat you dogs to death so you stop disgracing us merchants!"

County Magistrate Zheng: "..."

Base merchant household? Are you insulting your own family?

Lin Guangtong’s back burned with searing pain. He wailed, "Ah, ah, ah! Don’t hit me, don’t hit me, wuu wuu wuu..."

But Young Master Dou didn’t listen at all and beat him until he fainted.

"Tch, useless thing, a few blows and he’s out." Young Master Dou called for Doctor Wu. "You old gentleman, needle him awake, and I’ll give him another round."

"All right." Doctor Wu was also utterly disgusted with the Lin Family. He stepped forward and gave Lin Guangtong another round of acupuncture. When Lin Guangtong woke up, he simply said, "Go ahead and beat him."

Young Master Dou was not polite. He raised the board and continued to strike.

County Magistrate Zheng: "..."

County Magistrate Fang: "..."

Gu Jin’an still had some sense. After Young Master Dou had hit a few times, he spoke up to stop him. "Enough. We still need him alive to sign and confess."

"Tch, count yourself lucky!" Young Master Dou spat at Lin Guangtong, stomped on him once, and finally stopped.

The court clerk had already written down everything Lin Guangtong said and, on orders, brought it for Lin Guangtong to sign and seal.

Having witnessed the ruthlessness of the Gu Family and Young Master Dou, Lin Guangtong was terrified he’d die right there in the public court. He hastily signed and confessed.

After reading the list of crimes, County Magistrate Zheng was very satisfied. He put the testimony away as evidence in this case, then looked toward Ms. Lin Su. Seeing that she had already fainted from the beating, he immediately asked Doctor Wu to save her.

Doctor Wu’s medical skills were superb; he quickly revived Ms. Lin Su.

"Wronged, I’ve been wronged~" Ms. Lin Su woke up still shouting injustice, scaring Lin Guangtong into yelling, "My dear mother, stop crying injustice! Hurry up and admit it, or you really will be beaten to death!"

Gu Jin’an said, "Ms. Lin Su, your son has already confessed. The government office also holds evidence of your abuse of Ms. Lin Shang. Add to that your scheming against the Magistrate Shi’s family—one count after another, enough to have you executed twice. If you don’t want to die, you’d better take care of yourself!"

Ms. Lin Su shivered at his words, recalling how the Magistrate Shi’s people had entered her house and broken her husband’s leg, recalling Elder Lin’s warnings to her. After pondering for a moment, she finally cried, "This civilian woman confesses, wuu wuu wuu..."

County Magistrate Zheng snorted coldly. "Don’t think you’re the least bit wronged. With the evidence so ironclad, if you refuse to confess, your crimes will only be increased."

Hearing this, Ms. Lin Su had no choice but to recount once more how she had schemed against the Gu Family and abused Shang Xiuyu.

Village Chief Shang and the others, after listening, burst into tears again, cursing, "Poisonous woman, how could you be so cruel!"

She had actually cut open Sister Yu’s belly while she was in confinement after losing the child... What kind of beast could be that vicious?!

Sister Yu’s mother, Ms. Zhang, fainted from crying again. Shang Laoer was also full of regret and at this moment truly wished Sister Yu would divorce Lin Guangtong.

"Come, have her sign and seal." After his fury subsided, County Magistrate Zheng ordered Ms. Lin Su to sign and confess.

"Yes." The court clerk and Government Officials immediately stepped forward, grabbed Ms. Lin Su’s hand, and made her sign and confess.

However, the matter was not over yet.

Gu Jin’an took out a confession he had written himself and said to County Magistrate Zheng, "My lord, Ms. Lin Su has sullied my sisters’ chastity. Please have her press her handprint on this confession so my family can keep it as evidence to shut the mouths of gossipers in future."

People were harsh on women and would not tolerate the slightest stain. The Gu Family’s wish to keep evidence was only natural. County Magistrate Zheng agreed. "Very well, have Ms. Lin Su press her handprint."

Gu Jin’an said, "Many thanks, my lord."

Ms. Lin Su pressed her handprint once more and was even forced by Gu Jin’an to read the words on the confession aloud before he finally let it go.

The old maid from the government office who had examined Lin Yueyun had already come out and reported, "My lord, Lin Yueyun is no longer a virgin!"

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