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"It's an official carriage!"

In the crowd, Wu Cuihua craned her neck and called out in a low voice with great interest.

"Cuihua, I heard that our village head went to town with your niece early this morning. Could it be that they hired this government carriage?"

"Is there any need to say more? Yesterday, the village head clearly stated that the two scoundrels should be confined for seven days. He will make the truth come to light during these seven days, and then it will be clear who is right and who is wrong."

"Could it be that on the very first day, the village head and that girl Yang Xiaoman have already found evidence to convict them?"

The women present surrounded Wu Cuihua in the center, discussing the matter animatedly.

Until the government's carriage slowly drove up to the crowd.

The noisy discussions gradually subsided.

After the carriage passed by the crowd, Wu Cuihua finally breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, and said with a slight glint in her eyes:

"Judging from this, I'm afraid your guess is true."

"Let's go and see. If my niece Xiaoman has really found solid evidence, as her family, I will naturally support her."

At this point, she sighed softly, her tone filled with helplessness.

"My elder brother and sister-in-law must be bewitched by something. It's one thing to covet the third brother's family property, but we're all family, so why would they be so heartless as to lay a hand on their niece who's only a few years old?"

"If they really are colluding with bandits, then we're in big trouble."

Upon hearing this, the women exchanged glances with varying expressions.

After a long while, someone said strangely:

"Cuihua, how come I remember... that day when you divided the family property, you and your eldest brother and sister-in-law were eyeing the third brother's property, saying that since the third brother was dead, the widow and her daughter had no right to inherit the property."

Upon hearing this, Wu Cuihua's face flushed red.

"How can these be the same?"

"You all know your sister-in-law's temperament. Back then, she came to Chengshan and me, demanding that we side with her when dividing the family property in the ancestral hall. How could we dare to refuse?"

"And even if we were to put it another way, Cheng Shan and I were only after money; we would never dare to get involved in murder!"

Seeing Wu Cuihua's angry expression, someone in the crowd tried to smooth things over.

"Ahem, Cuihua is right. From beginning to end, wasn't it all that scoundrel trying to kill off the Yang butcher's family line?"

"Yes, colluding with bandits to murder one's own niece—we've never seen anyone like that in our Yangjia Village before!"

"I was wondering why Xiaoman insisted on severing ties for no reason. We even mentioned before that she was being unreasonable and breaking the long-standing rules of Yangjia Village. But now it seems we were wrong about her."

Hearing the topic change, Wu Cuihua's expression softened slightly, and she coughed lightly, saying:

"Don't just stand there, let's catch up!"

"Whether or not they colluded with bandits is for the government to decide!"

After saying that, she walked at the front and led the way to catch up with the carriage.

The women behind her swarmed after her.

Regardless of the outcome today, it will be the biggest bombshell in Yangjia Village's history!

The horse-drawn carriage traveled slowly along the village road, bumping and jolting.

Yang Xiaoman sat upright, glancing outside every now and then.

Seeing this, Yang Cong'an smiled and shook his head, saying:

"Xiaoman, your mother and Xiaoning, as parties involved in this matter, should be present to testify."

"Before we go to your uncle's house, why don't we pick them up from your house first?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaoman was slightly taken aback, then quickly nodded and said:

"Uncle Village Chief is very thoughtful."

"Needless to say, my mother was tricked out of the Qi family by my uncle, which is why she was kidnapped to Black Wind Mountain."

"Now that we are going to convict them, Aning should naturally point them out in person."

As she spoke, she subconsciously looked at Wang Yan, cupped her hands in greeting, and said:

"Lord Wang, please take a detour."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yan waved his hand with a smile, "That's how investigations are done. The more witnesses you have, the easier it is to convict someone."

Even disregarding Qi Sheng's feelings, just considering Yang Xiaoman's strength at such a young age, how extraordinary will she become in the future?

He would not easily let go of the opportunity to befriend someone with extraordinary talent.

Immediately after Yang Xiaoman gave directions, the driver raised the reins and sped off in a different direction.

Meanwhile, in the courtyard.

Li Xiuyun placed the thick wooden chopping board on the stone table, picked up a piece of cleaned cured meat with her left hand, and began to skillfully cut it into small cubes.

She always knew that her daughter didn't like eating the golden-yellow, fatty cured pork, but if it was diced and mixed into dumpling filling, she would eat it with great relish.

Beside her, Yang Xiaoning rested her chin on her hand, blinked, and exclaimed in surprise:

"Mom, you're amazing."

"Dad and Sister Xiaoman, you probably learned their knife skills from you, didn't you?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuyun stopped wielding the cleaver and chuckled helplessly:

"You little rascal, you know how to please your mother. Your father and Xiaoman's knife skills are far beyond what I can match!"

Yang Xiaoning chuckled and stuck out her tongue, saying:

"Mom, I want to learn butchering skills from my sister too, so I can go out on errands like Dad used to. It'll be so impressive!"

Li Xiuyun ruffled her hair. "You silly child, always thinking about such trivial things. Your sister..."

She had only spoken halfway when she heard rustling sounds coming from outside the courtyard.

Her expression tightened, and she instinctively gripped the kitchen knife in her hand.

After making a "shh" gesture to Yang Xiaoning, he nervously walked towards the courtyard gate.

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Holding a kitchen knife in one hand, she carefully pushed open the courtyard gate.

Upon seeing the two familiar figures at the courtyard gate, Li Xiuyun's eyes widened involuntarily, and she exclaimed in shock:

"Father...Mother, what's going on...?"

At this moment, Yang Laishun was holding his bedding, his face ashen and he was leaning weakly against the courtyard wall. For some reason, there were three shocking bloodstains on his wrinkled face.

Grandma Yang was also holding her bedding, her eyes red-rimmed, with tears glistening in the corners of her eyes.

"Grandpa, Grandma."

Yang Xiaoning followed her mother's footsteps to the courtyard gate and, upon seeing it, instinctively called out softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Laishun trembled and let out a long sigh.

"Third daughter-in-law, your mother and I were blind and failed to recognize your true character."

"If I had known things would turn out this way, I would have rather died than share a room with those two beasts!"

At this point, his expression froze, and his voice choked with emotion:

"Fortunately, I didn't side with them at the ancestral hall that day, otherwise how could I have the face to come and seek refuge with you today..."

Upon hearing the words "seek refuge with," Li Xiuyun's eyes widened in disbelief, and she asked:

"Father, what happened?"

Yang Laishun pursed his chapped lips, glanced subconsciously at the old lady beside him, and then said in a mournful voice:

"Those two beasts insist that it was your mother and I who were biased that day in the ancestral hall, which led to their current predicament."

So they found an excuse to kick us out of the house, so we wouldn't have to see them and get annoyed.