Chapter 159

Chapter 159: Bad State

Mu Yi’s statement surprised everybody . The two old people from the village were at a loss . They knew the story of the Kang Clan . Since the young master had died, the old woman and the young lady were the only ones remaining . They were pitiful women . Now, the old woman was the last member of the Kang Clan .

Xue Wu wasn’t too surprised . He frowned though . The housekeeper fell and landed on his bottom when he heard . Cui Xiang looked like a withered flower . The old woman, the last member of the Kang Clan, was staring at Mu Yi . She couldn’t contradict him and it was upsetting .

“Do you want to die or do you want to live?” said Mu Yi to Cui Xiang .

“I…” Cui Xiang started, glancing at the old woman .

“If you want to die, nobody can stop you from dying . If you want to live, then tell the truth . I promise you, nobody will be able to do anything to you . When everything is over, I can even give you some money so you can go far away,” said Mu Yi .

He just looked at her . He knew his proposition was very tempting .

“Scumbag…” the old woman said .

Mu Yi glanced at her coldly . The old woman’s body stiffened . She couldn’t open her mouth anymore . None of the words she wanted to say came out anymore . It was the first time she really looked scared of Mu Yi .

“Speak . That’s the only opportunity you’ll have . You know what kind of person the old woman is . A moment ago, you led the way and took me here . She won’t let you off,” said Mu Yi .

Mu Yi’s words felt like a hammer to her brain . She thought of how the old woman treated her . Her expression became determined and she nodded .

“I’ll speak,” she said .

Mu Yi smiled . Even though he had many ways of making her talk, nothing was better than making her speak willingly . The old woman behind everything would be more upset this way . Doing things this way was even more efficient than attacking and killing the old woman . This kind of pain was even worse than physical pain .

“Don’t say anything!” shouted the housekeeper .

The old woman couldn’t say anything . She was still under Mu Yi’s power . Mu Yi didn’t need to do anything now . Xue Wu walked over to the housekeeper and kicked him .

“You little piece of shit, silence!” Xue Wu said .

“Don’t worry, if you tell me the truth, I’ll protect you,” Xue Wu said turning to Cui Xiang .

Cui Xiang felt more relieved and sure of her decision . In her eyes, Xue Wu was stronger than Mu Yi . Mu Yi was just a Taoist priest .

“Actually, the second young master hounded her to death,” said Cui Xiang .

The housekeeper and the old woman finally gave up .

“We’re doomed . We’re doomed,” said the housekeeper with a blank stare .

“Second young master? There’s a second young master in the Kang Clan?” asked Zhao Quan .

He was curious . He was from the same village . He had never heard of a second young master in the Kang Clan .

“The second young master’s family name isn’t Kang . The old woman had sex with another man in the past and gave birth to him . He was raised outside of the clan . After the first young master died, the old woman made the second young master come back to the clan . She intended to announce that he was an adopted son . She wanted him to be the heir of the Kang Clan and to inherit the real estate from the clan . Yesterday evening, he got incredibly drunk and sexually assaulted the young lady . In the end, she preferred dying to getting raped . She bit her tongue off to commit suicide . ”

“After he hounded her to death, the old woman came to me . At first she wanted to hide what had happened and just say she had found the corpse . The housekeeper told her that a guest, a Taoist priest, had come to the clan to spend the night . He suggested accusing him . That way a monument would have even be erected in the young lady’s honor because she died protecting her chastity . The Kang Clan would have obtained rewards as well,” said Cui Xiang .

She gave all the details . She harbored a grudge against the old woman anyway .

“How shameless!”

“Absurd!”

Zhao Quan and the other old man were furious . The old woman was really despicable . Not only had she had an illegitimate son outside but she had also had that illegitimate son come back . Her daughter-in-law had died because of him . On top of all that, she hoped to be rewarded .

Putting her in a pig’s cage and drowning her wouldn’t have been an exaggerated punishment based on her crimes . (translator’s note: common form of punishment in clans against female adulterers) After Cui Xiang finished speaking, the old woman and the housekeeper’s faces were as white as sheets of paper . They looked miserable .

“Where’s the second young master?” asked Mu Yi .

“In the old woman’s room . There’s a secret room behind the bookcase,” said Cui Xiang .

“Go and get him, then bring him here,” said Xue Wu to the few investigators .

Even though they were outside, they had heard everything . Chastity was something extremely important . The old woman’s behavior was considered atrocious . She had even tried to accuse someone else of the crime, that was particularly shameless .

This time, it was Mu Yi . If it had been someone else, an ordinary person, they would have been killed already . Zhao Quan and the other old man apologized . Xue Wu looked at Mu Yi with admiration . Nobody cared about the old woman and the housekeeper anymore . They could just die . They were in trouble now that Cui Xiang had told the truth .

“Release me . Who told you to capture me?!” they heard someone after a short time .

Two investigators arrived . They were holding a fat young man . The two investigators kicked him in the leg . The fat young man shouted and fell to his knees . He didn’t understand what was happening so he looked at the old woman .

“Mom! Save me!” said the fat young man .

“Alright, the mother and son are together . They won’t feel lonely,” said Mu Yi indifferently .

“No! Don’t kill me!” shouted the fat young man .

He started crying and sniffling . He was a piece of trash . It was pathetic .

“If you had to take care of them, what would you do?” asked Mu Yi .

“The old woman would be put in a pig’s cage and drowned in a lake . The young one would be beheaded,” said Xue Wu straightforwardly .

When the second young master heard him, his cheeks flushed . He was devastated .

“Too troublesome,” said Mu Yi shaking his head and gazing into the distance .

“I told you, I will avenge your death . Initially, I intended to make them die slowly but now I think I will send them to you immediately . You won’t be lonely on the way to the underworld that way and you’ll be able to get your revenge too,” said Mu Yi .

No one spoke a word . Cui Xiang, the old woman and the housekeeper all looked afraid . Xue Wu sensed a coldness in the air . The old man next to him shuddered .

“No, I don’t want to die,” shouted the old woman .

“Don’t come here, I’ll kill you, you filthy woman!” The old woman shouted .

“I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you!” She shouted .

“She went insane . Good,” said Mu Yi with a nod .

“Can I borrow a blade?” Mu Yi said to Xue Wu .

He wanted to kill the old woman and the others .

“Master, can I bring them back to the yamen? They will be punished there . I promise,” said Xue Wu .

He was an investigator . He couldn’t let Mu Yi kill people like that . That wouldn’t be professional . No matter how despicable the people were, it was better to bring them back to the yamen . He had to let the County Magistrate take care of them .

“Too convenient for them!” said Mu Yi shaking his head .

Mu Yi raised his hand . Xue Wu’s knife rose up in the air on it’s own and moved towards Mu Yi’s hand . He didn’t kill the others immediately .

“If you kill those two, I’ll let you live,” said Mu Yi to the second young master .

“Really?” said the second young master .

He looked like a drowning man clutching at a straw . He stared at Mu Yi impatiently .

“Of course,” said Mu Yi nodding .

“Alright, alright, I’ll kill them,” said the second young master .

Without any hesitation he took the knife . He raised it up as he walked towards the housekeeper .

“If you weren’t here, it wouldn’t have happened that way . Die!” The second young master said .

He stabbed the housekeeper in the neck . The housekeeper didn’t have any time to dodge the blow . He could only die . Blood splashed onto the second young master’s face . He walked to his mother next . There was no emotion in his eyes .

“Mom, you’ve gone mad anyway . You’ll be better off dead . Even better, I’ll stay alive if you die . In the future, I’ll burn incense for you every year,” he said .

The second young master raised the knife and stabbed his mother . He killed two people without hesitating . The people around him were astonished . They couldn’t imagine how selfish one had to be to do such a thing . He was a monster .

“I killed them . Can I leave now?” said the second young master .

He sounded nervous and his face was covered with blood .