Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

Gu Dafu, upon hearing these words, finally calmed down a bit, but soon he began to slap himself hard again, drawing blood from his mouth with the ferocity of his hits.

Gu Dagui hurriedly grabbed his hand, holding him back and saying, "Brother, what are you doing? Don't frighten us."

Gu Dafu cried out, "It's all my fault, all my fault, it was I who was blind to arrange Sister Mei's marriage with the Wan Family. If I had not agreed to this marriage, Sister Mei wouldn't have been killed by that bastard of the Wan Family."

Gu Dagui said, "How can you blame yourself, it's the Wan Family that are too deceiving."

The Wan Family always appeared amiable and frugal in front of them, but who could have imagined the Wan Family were such beasts? Not a single good person among them.

Besides, Sister Mei herself had taken a liking to the marriage proposal. Even though the family disagreed initially, she had created quite a fuss over it.

Upon hearing this, Gu Dexing also fiercely slapped himself. If it wasn't for his disdain towards Chang Errui and that he had taken Sister Mei to get on the Wan Family's mule cart, the marriage wouldn't have happened.

Gu Dagui glanced at Gu Dexing and said nothing. This child was stubborn and had to endure some hardships to understand right from wrong, so that he could grow up properly. If he spoiled him further, his brother truly wouldn't be able to live with himself.

Gu Dashan, seeing Gu Dexing like this, just sighed and said to him, "Brother Xing, come, let's go to my house for a while, your father needs to get to the county government to find a mule cart."

Among the families here, only his family owned a mule cart.

Gu Dexing, crying, nodded, though he felt he should not be too ill-mannered and forced a smile at Gu Dashan, one uglier than crying.

Gu Dashan patted his shoulder and said, "Let's go."

After arriving home, Gu Dashan went straight to the shed at the back yard to harness the mule cart, and Gu Dexing, seemingly more conscientious than before and previously reluctant to do such tasks, followed to help.

Gu Jinli knew Gu Dashan had returned, opened the main house doors and waited; when Gu Dashan drove the mule cart to the front yard, she said to Gu Dexing, "Here, I have a bottle of medicine pills I made myself that can help someone stay calm and not faint. Take it and use it for your dad."

Gu Dexing paused, stepped forward to take the medicine bottle, and said, "Thank you, Xiao Yu... my dad can really use this."

Today father has already fainted twice; if it continues, his body wouldn't withstand it. Gu Jinli's pharmaceutical workshop wasn't for nothing, Gu Dexing believed this medicine could really help his father.

Gu Jinli looked at Gu Dashan and asked, "Dad, where are you going?"

Gu Dashan got off the mule cart and said, "You guessed right earlier; this matter indeed involves Wan Lifang. Now that he has been arrested, your Uncle Dafu wants to go to the county government, and I will drive them there with the mule cart."

He then asked, "How are your sister and Brother Cheng? Is everything okay at home? This evening is chaotic, the adults are all at your Uncle Dafu's house helping out. Make sure to keep the house secured and don't just open the doors to anyone, understand?"

Still, Gu Dashan was not at ease; he thought for a moment and said, "I'll go to your aunt's house first and ask her to come and stay with you tonight."

Without any adult, his heart was uneasy, fearing his own children might end up like Sister Mei.

Gu Jinli said, "Dad, don't go, Aunt and Cousin Le have already come over and are inside with big sister and Brother Cheng."

Gu Daya, along with siblings Gu Jinxiu, came outside and said, "Big brother, don't worry about home, stay with sister-in-law at Uncle Dafu's house and help out peacefully; I'm here with Jinxiu and them, nothing will happen."

Seeing Gu Daya, Gu Dashan felt more at ease and after giving some detailed instructions to Gu Jinli and others, he and Gu Dexing drove off.

After arriving at Gu Dafu's place, they were joined by Gu Dagui, Third Grandpa, Father Luo, Gu Dalin, and Old Kong, and the group headed to the county.

Elder Qin did not join this time; he stayed at the end of the village to be in charge, ready to restrain any villains that might appear.

When Gu Dafu and the others arrived at the county, it was deep into the night. The city gates were already closed, but with Old Kong there and Gu Dafu being the victim, the county soldiers opened the gate for them.

Upon reaching the county government, County Captain Jiang personally met them and said, "Wan Lifang was a coward, and after being tortured, he confessed everything. It turns out this gang is just a bunch of traffickers, specializing in kidnapping girls and selling them to brothels. However, the reason they came to kidnap your daughter seems to be on someone else's order."

"On someone's order? What do you mean by that? My sister Mei is just a young girl; who would she have offended that an evil man would specifically send people to harm her? Lord Jiang, you…"

County Captain Jiang interrupted Gu Dafu: "Don't get agitated yet, let me finish. Yang Laoda and his gang planned to kidnap not just your sister Mei, but all the grown daughters of several families."

County Captain Jiang revealed everything he had learned, leaving Gu Dashan trembling in fear. Thank God, Hui Niang realized it early; otherwise, his two daughters might have also been kidnapped.

Gu Dafu cried upon hearing this, and Gu Dexing, fearing his father would faint again, immediately fed him a pill, chokingly saying, "Dad, don't be like this... I am scared."

Hearing this, Gu Dafu looked at Gu Dexing and hugged him, crying, "Brother Xing, don't be scared... Dad will seek revenge for your sister. I won't just fall like this."

Third Grandpa urgently asked County Captain Jiang, "Brother Jiang, what should we do now? Is it possible to find the evil man who paid for the kidnappings? And who is this evil man?"

County Captain Jiang replied, "Don't worry. Since we know there's an evil person behind this, we naturally need to catch him. As for who it is, I suspect someone from the Zou family."

He had previously suspected that the deaths of Zou Yuzhen and Fan Dabiao were caused by someone else, and now it seemed confirmed.

"But to know exactly who is behind this, we must wait until San Lang and others catch Yang Laoer and start interrogating him to gather some clues."

...

Qin San Lang and his team did not disappoint County Captain Jiang; after chasing for nearly three hours through the night, they finally caught Yang Laoer, who was in disguise, on the road to Daxing Town.

Although disguised, Yang Laoer had killed someone and had been turning around in the mountains for a day and a night, carrying a mingled scent of blood and mossy earth on him.

Qin San Lang and Qin Er Lang, skilled trackers, ran fast, leaving Luo Wu and others behind while successfully capturing Yang Laoer.

Qin San Lang directly tied Yang Laoer to a tree and used a military torture method, forcing from Yang Laoer the location of their contact with the villain behind this.

Yang Laoer, already tortured beyond recognition, was terrified of death, and pleaded with Qin San Lang: "...Don't... don't kill me..."

Under the torchlight, Qin San Lang glanced at Yang Laoer and said, "I told you, as long as you reveal what you know, you could live to reach Tianfu County Government."

However, Qin Er Lang didn't agree. He walked over with long strides, his knife swirling in hand, and with a whoosh, he slit Yang Laoer's throat.

Blood surged out, instantly soaking Yang Laoer's clothes.

Yang Laoer stared at Qin Er Lang, dying with his eyes open in defiance!

Seeing Yang Laoer dead, Qin San Lang, with anger hidden in his eyes, reproached Qin Er Lang, "By killing him like this, how are you going to explain to the officials once we reach the government?"