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1.8% General's Charming Wife Is Too Beautiful / Chapter 18: Straight To The Heart

Chapter 18: Straight To The Heart

Editor: Henyee Translations

From the moment she started to speak, the entire house fell silent.

Liu Cheng's mother began to tremble violently, trying to pull her hand back. Those who were watching felt as if there was a very scary person sitting behind the curtain.

She wanted to stop Liu Sanniang from continuing further.

However, with her eyes closed, Liu Sanniang did not stop because of her struggle.

"You conceived eight times, but you only gave birth to one son. You loved him like your life. You protected him as he grew up. The son was your hope. The son grew up, but the family was destitute and could not get a wife. Your husband blamed you for being incompetent. You had no choice. You scrimped and saved some silver and bought a fool from a human trafficker to be your son's wife."

"The fool will do anything for a bite of food. You can finally relax and let her do all the dirty work."

"Your son despises his stupid wife. He beats her and scolds her. He doesn't treat her as a human. You clap your hands, telling your son to hit her harder and that a good wife comes out of beating."

"The fool is getting more and more obedient. She's trying her best to please each and every one of you."

"Your husband gave the fool a piece of malt candy out of pity. When you saw it, you beat her up ruthlessly. You said, 'You bitch, you seduced a man and I'll beat you to death.' The fool was pregnant then and that beating caused her to miscarry."

"Later, she's pregnant again. She's so thin, and her face is so ugly. You dislike her even more. Sometimes you give her leftovers, sometimes you don't. One day, your son comes to you and says he doesn't want the fool anymore and likes another girl."

"But if you don't have money, how can your son marry another girl? You decide to use the fool's life smartly. Before she gave birth, you were worried that she wouldn't die. You even fed her abortion medicine. The medicine… The rest of the medicine is buried in your backyard vegetable field."

Liu Sanniang was a little choked up. She had never seen such a ruthless person. She felt terrible. Even if all this had nothing to do with her, what she sensed made her feel painful. She really wanted to go back to that time to give the stupid wife a steamed bun.

Liu Sanniang let go and took a deep breath.

As for Liu Cheng's mother, she was already sweating profusely, her eyes filled with fear and resentment. "I didn't kill that fool. No, I didn't do such a thing!"

Liu Cheng's mother tried her best to deny it, but what she said was completely untrue. Naturally, no one believed her.

This was because when Liu Sanniang said that she had sensed it, Liu Cheng's mother was very terrified and in disbelief.

Zhu Zongyang, who was observing her, recorded everything in detail.

Wei Shilai was also extremely shocked. After the telepathy session ended, he quickly regained his composure and instructed Lin Zheng. "Go to their vegetable garden and dig it up. See if there is any medicine buried under it. If there is, bring it back and get a doctor to examine it."

It would take a long time for the medicine to degrade and disappear into the soil.

Lin Zheng nodded. "Yes."

He went out, still with doubts in his mind.

When Liu Cheng's mother heard that the constable was going to the vegetable garden to dig up the medicine, her legs went limp and she knelt down. Her behavior undoubtedly proved that what Liu Sanniang had said was true.

Wei Shilai looked at Liu Cheng with an eagle-like gaze. Liu Cheng was already unable to control his emotions. His eyes darted around and he kept swallowing his saliva. These were all signs of panic.

Wei Shilai raised his hand and let the officers bring Liu Cheng's father to his seat.

After what happened to Liu Cheng's mother, Liu Cheng's father was naturally terrified by the unknown person sitting behind the curtain, who had the ability to read people's minds.

However, no matter how much he resisted, he could not beat the young and strong officers. His wrist was grabbed and put into the curtain.

Liu Sanniang placed her finger on it.

"Your name is Liu Laogen. You're an incompetent man. You don't farm in the spring, don't work in the summer, and don't work in the autumn. In the winter, you either sleep or drink. Outside, you are a coward. At home, you beat your wife until she kneels and begs for mercy."

"You have no ability, but you blame your wife for being incompetent and buying your son a fool as wife. What can a fool do? She won't say anything if she's bullied. You often tease her. Although she is a fool, she's young and better-looking than your old wife. Slowly, you start to lust for her."

"You don't feel any guilt watching your stupid daughter-in-law get beaten up. She doesn't look good at all when she loses weight. It's annoying to see her. If it weren't for the fact that she can give birth, she would have been chased out long ago. When you find out about their plan, not only do you not stop them, you even happily plot together and wait for her to give birth. You frame a family and then falsely accuse them to get money. A hundred taels! You can stay in the casino for half a month with that amount."

Liu Sanniang let go. Her face was already a little pale, and she quickly took a sip of water from her teacup.

Liu Cheng's father, Liu Laogen, was so scared that he almost peed in his pants. His face was livid. "This is nonsense. Your Lordship, this is slander."

Zhu Zongyang's hand trembled as he held the brush. This family was simply too evil.

The father was bad, the mother was bad, and the son was bad.

The only innocent one, the fool, was dead.

The last one was Liu Cheng. He was already sweating profusely. He wanted to break free, but he could not.

The officers grabbed him tightly. No matter how unwilling Liu Cheng was, he was still pressed on his seat and his hand was put into the curtain.

As for Liu Cheng's mother and father, they had already broken down completely and stopped resisting.

Looking at Liu Cheng's hand, Liu Sanniang took a deep breath. Liu Cheng was the key. She needed to exert all her energy to read his mind, even if it might cause her to faint.

All she needed to do was tell Magistrate Wei everything she sensed. She would leave the investigation to Magistrate Wei. She was sure that Liu Cheng had left some evidence behind.

She placed a finger on Liu Cheng's hand and closed her eyes.

She felt a force gathering around her. She saw a lot and started to speak. "Your name is Liu Cheng. You're the only son. You're lazy and exactly like your father. You are a coward outside, but when you return home, you're the overlord of the family."

"Your mother listens to everything you say. Your stupid wife knows your position in the family. She tries to please you, but you hit her and kick her. You step on her shoulders and watch her grovel and that makes you happy. From that, you derive endless pleasure."


Chapter 19: Finding Evidence

Editor: Henyee Translations

When Liu Sanniang spoke, everyone in the room fell silent. Wei Shilai was focused on observing Liu Cheng.

Zhu Zongyang kept taking notes, afraid that he would miss even the smallest detail.

Liu Cheng trembled and said weakly, "Stop it, stop it."

Liu Sanniang did not pay heed to him.

"You like a woman, but you can't afford to marry that woman because her family requested a betrothal gift of dozens of taels. Your cousin, Liu Shun, gives you an idea and asks you to do this. He even helps you choose a scapegoat and that is the Liu family from Willow street. Everything goes as you expect. On the night the fool gives birth, you go to call Madam Wei. When Madam Wei hears your request, she follows you home without hesitation. You lie that you are going to find a midwife. In fact, you don't go at all."

"The fool is given the abortion medicine before Madam Wei comes over. It has been a few days since she ate anything. Instead of hiring a doctor to save your wife, you guys take the initiative and slap Madam Wei twice. Liu Laogen gets someone to send Madam Wei to the government. You and your mother are about to cremate the fool's corpse, but the plan gets disrupted by the Liu family's sudden arrival."

"You're panicking because you can't cremate the fool's body. If the coroner gets the results of the autopsy, not only will you not get a penny for compensation, you'll also be punished for killing someone. You're not a kind person to begin with. You've already planned that if the matter is exposed, you'll drag your cousin Liu Shun down with you and say that he instigated it."

"Liu Shun is a scholar and is aiming to be an official. He's worlds apart from you. You envy him, so you decided to go all out. If you don't get anything out of it, he won't either."

"But three nights ago, Liu Shun met up with you and told you that there's a way to turn things around."

Liu Sanniang was very tired, but she still continued. "The way suggested by him is to burn down the mortuary. At first, you don't dare to do it, but Liu Shun said that if you don't do it, the girl you want to marry can only marry someone else as a concubine. She might be humiliated to death. You're determined to save her from her misery."

"The next day, you go to a small town far away from Yong County. That's another county. In the village of Qingshui County, you find several farmers and buy a few barrels of oil. You also bring five kilograms of top-grade strong spirits from a tavern in Qingshui County. You hide the oil barrels behind an abandoned temple outside the city. This is a small temple where the nearby villagers worship the Mountain God. You bury the spirits not far from the temple."

Liu Sanniang paused. She felt that her mind was really empty and in immense pain. The scene in her mind was already a little blurry.

She bit the tip of her tongue. Slowly, the blood and pain woke her up.

"Last night, you went out early. When you went out, the town guard asked for the reason. You said that a relative in the countryside died and you were going to attend the funeral. You also mentioned that you wouldn't be back tonight."

"You first put the spirits outside the mortuary. After knocking on the door, you went into hiding. When the guards came out and saw the spirits, they thought that someone had sent it to them as a treat. The two of them drank it and soon passed out."

"You didn't dare to harm living people. After you brought the two of them out, you poured oil on the entire mortuary and lit it on fire, burning the place down. You couldn't bear to throw away the wine that the two guards didn't finish drinking. You brought it home. The jar is… under your bed. The clothes from that night were thrown near the temple…"

After saying this, Liu Sanniang felt her vision go dark and she fainted.

At the last moment, she thought to herself. 'So there is a limit to this ability that God gave me.'

Wei Shilai's expression was extremely solemn.

Zhu Zongyang was also very serious. "Sir, through facial expression analysis, all of this is true."

Liu Cheng was not punished yet, but he was so weak that he could not even sit up straight.

Wei Shilai ordered coldly. "Someone, go and check the jar under his bed, the clothes near the temple, and the evidence of him buying spirits and oil."

"Sir, what about them?"

Looking at Liu Cheng and his family, Magistrate Wei didn't expect that a family of cowards would commit such an atrocity.

Wei Shilai smiled coldly and said, "They're all prime suspects. Lock them up."

Liu Cheng curled up into a ball and stuttered. "S-Sir, I'm innocent…"

Officer Zhou lifted Liu Cheng up. "His Lordship never maligned a good person. Of course, we won't let a bad person off!"

Liu Cheng's mother was already crying. "No, I don't want to go to jail. I bought that fool. How I deal with her is my business. You have no right to arrest our family. That fool is just our livestock!"

Wei Shilai was furious. "Take them away!"

In Wei Shilai's opinion, it was intolerable for a person to be called an animal and killed wantonly.

"Your Lordship, what should we do with this Liu Shun?"

Zhu Zongyang asked. Liu Sanniang did not say that Liu Shun was directly involved in this case, but it was Liu Shun who came up with the idea. From this, it could be seen that he was not a good person.

Wei Shilai frowned. He heard that Liu Shun was a scholar, so he was even more indignant. Shouldn't scholars know what morals were?

However, it would probably not be easy to deal with Liu Shun without evidence.

After Liu Cheng was taken away, Wei Shilai opened the curtain. Seeing that Liu Sanniang had already fainted, he immediately said, "Someone, Miss Liu has fainted."

Liu Sanniang was quickly carried to the backyard by the servants.

Mrs. Wei was alarmed and came to ask. "Husband, which family is this girl from?"

Wei Shilai was already in his forties and was about to enter his fifties. All his life, he had only married and loved only one woman. Now that he was concerned about a pretty girl, Mrs. Wei could not help but be a little concerned.

Could it be that she was old and her husband was tired of looking at her?

Magistrate Wei did not know that Mrs. Wei was thinking so much. He explained kindly. "Don't tell anyone. This girl is a psychic. She just helped me solve a big case and then fainted."

The first thing Mrs. Wei thought of was the fire at the mortuary.

She looked at her husband. His back was straight and his eyes were honest. There was nothing unusual about him. Standing there, he was like a pine tree. Mrs. Wei smiled. "I see. Don't worry, Husband. I will take good care of her."

Wei Shilai smiled and bowed. "I'm relieved to hear that."

In a daze, Liu Sanniang felt like she had been fed some medicine.

With this touch, she heard the servant girl's thoughts. "This girl is really beautiful. Is Master going to take in a concubine? Sigh, if that's the case, I'm afraid Madam won't be able to see Master in the future."


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