Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Old Master Sheng lowered his head and waved to the two brothers Sheng Nuo and Sheng Xuan.

At this time, the women who came back with them all cried softly.

"Oh, what's there to cry about? After committing such a serious crime, they were able to come back safely. Not only did they save their lives, but they also got their houses and land. This is really lucky. But now this family is crying like this, what do they want to do?" The people around and those who came to watch the fun couldn't help but say.

At this time, someone responded, "Why are you crying? You are used to the life of a wife or a young lady, and you don't want to live like this in the future..."

"This family has been exploiting the common people in Hejian County. Now that they have come to Shengjia Village, they are thinking of exploiting Xiaolan's family... They just saw that Xiaolan's family is living a good life now, so they want to get something for nothing and live a free life... I have never seen such a shameless person..."

"Mr. Sheng Xuan was appointed by the emperor himself, and his son passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. If the emperor knew that they were hosting corrupt officials, wouldn't he be angry? These people came back with bad intentions, and they just wanted to harm others..."

Amid the laughter of the crowd, the crying stopped abruptly. Sheng Nuo and Sheng Kai walked into the village and headed towards their old house under the watch of the crowd.

Mr. Sheng and Mrs. Cui were welcomed into Xiaolan's house. When Mr. Sheng saw the eldest and second sons leaving dejectedly, he did not insist and asked Sheng Xuan to welcome them in.

This was not the first time the old couple came back to Xiaolan's house. The last time Shengxuan and Xiaolan took the old couple and Chunhua out of prison, they also came here. They entered the front hall and asked Mr. Sheng and Cui to sit on the kang. Xiaolan's family bowed to the old couple again. The two maids Xiaoqing and Xiaolu brought hot tea, and then everyone took their seats.

Silence, no one spoke at first.

Mr. Sheng looked down at the teacup in front of him, as if he wanted to see a flower in it. After a while, he reached out his hand, picked up the teacup, and took a sip. Then, he began to cough violently, as if he wanted to cough out his heart, liver, and lungs.

Sheng Xuan heard the noise and slowly raised his head. Seeing that the old man's face had turned red due to coughing, his brows furrowed.

"Xiaoxi, come here quickly." Xiaolan shouted outside quickly.

Xiaoxi had just come back from outside with Xiaowen and was pulling the carriage to the farm to park it. At this moment, he heard Xiaolan's call, and followed Xiaoqing and Xiaolu into the house.

"Xiaoxi, come and give the old man a massage. Xiaoqing, bring him another cup of tea." Xiaolan ordered hurriedly.

"No, no, cough cough cough... I'm fine, no need to make such a fuss..." Old Master Sheng waved his hands quickly, and then the coughing gradually stopped.

Seeing that the old man was much better, Xiaolan waved her hand and asked Xiaoxi, Xiaoqing and Xiaolu to go down.

After this episode, the room returned to silence. Xiaolan couldn't help but secretly glance at Cui. Cui was particularly quiet today, so quiet that she felt it was abnormal. Except for the time when she was a little excited when she first saw Sheng Xuan, she was always very quiet. Even when Mr. Sheng coughed like that, she didn't even raise her eyelids. You know, according to Xiaolan Cui's understanding, Cui has always regarded Mr. Sheng as her heaven and has always put him first.

"Third brother," Grandpa Sheng spoke at this time, "Don't resent your father. You have to understand that being a father is not easy... Elderly people hope that their children will live well, and hope that the strong can help the weak... Now that I am old, I have suffered again. My mind is still in a mess, and I am not so thorough in considering things... Please bear with me..."

After Mr. Sheng finished speaking these words with a stutter, his eyes became red again.

Mr. Sheng suffered a great blow this time. Before, he would not cry easily.

"Dad, you've suffered a lot." Sheng Xuan said, "Dad, have the things they did also implicated you two?"

"Alas, I have lived a clean life in my life, but now, now..." Mr. Sheng choked up and couldn't continue.

"Grandpa, you have suffered a lot. Normally, the elderly in the family will not be involved... Grandpa, is everything over there cleared up now?" Xiaowen asked.

In fact, Xiao Lan also wanted to ask this. Her family had read the notice over there. It was very serious. Moreover, Hejian County sent people to interrogate them. What crime were Sheng Xuan and Sheng Kai convicted of? How did they get away? Xiao Lan wanted to know urgently.

"Chunhua, my poor Chunhua..." Xiao Lan didn't wait for the old man's reply, but Cui Shi started crying again...

"Chunhua, it's us who are sorry for you, it's your mother who is sorry for you..." Cui slapped her thighs loudly, crying and shouting, "Chunhua, my Chunhua..."

"Dad, Mom, what's going on?" Sheng Xuan asked, "What happened to Chunhua? Why is there still Chunhua's matter? Her uncle and second uncle are in trouble, how can Chunhua be involved? Didn't Chunhua get married? She is now a member of the old Zheng family?"

Mr. Sheng sighed.

"It's all my fault that I forced her, my good daughter. She killed my good daughter for those conscienceless bastards..."

"No one expected things to turn out like this..." Mr. Sheng sighed.

From Mrs. Cui's wailing and Mr. Sheng's sighing, Xiao Lan finally understood the whole story.

Since Sheng Nuo had the support of the Zheng family, he gradually gained power and began to abuse his power in Hejian County. As a result, his crime was exposed and no one in his family escaped. From Mr. Sheng and Cui to Daya, everyone was thrown into prison.

When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; when the wall falls, everyone pushes it. Seeing the county magistrate fall, those who usually respect and flatter them suddenly changed their expressions and presented evidence of Sheng Nuo and Sheng Kai's crimes.

Sheng Nuo and Sheng Kai were interrogated every day, and the male members of the family, Sheng Hong and Sheng Yuan, were not spared either. They were all tortured and beaten with sticks.