Chapter 378 - Adding fuel to the fire

When they heard Shi Qingluo’s dry cough, Xi Rui and the others exchanged glances and hurriedly led their guards bypassed the front door and rushed in from the side door.

Liang Youxiao snorted coldly. “Who gave you the guts to cause trouble in the county office and beat up an official from the imperial court? ”

Thus, the guards immediately rushed in and started fighting with Xiao Yuanshi’s guards.

Xi Rong came out with more than ten servant girls and they all rushed up to practice their skills.

They had all been trained.

Other than not being on the battlefield and seeing blood, they were quite good.

Together with the 20 guards that Liang Youxiao and Xi Rui had brought, they quickly subdued Ge Chunru’s guards.

Ge Chunru’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Why are you guys here? ”

Why did these nouveau riches come to this place?

At this moment, her excitement to take revenge seemed to have been doused with a bucket of cold water, and her mind also calmed down.

It started with Shi Qingluo and the Xiao family’s people appearing together.

This was very strange.

Now, these nouveau riches had suddenly appeared, as if this was pre-planned.

Something was wrong, something was really wrong.

When Ge Chunyi saw Xi Rui, his eyes shrank.

He was so nervous that he couldn’t help but grab Mdm Niu’s hand.

His voice was sharp. “Xi Rui, what are you doing here? ”

How could he not hate this foppish man for cutting off his leg?

If it wasn’t for the fact that his sister’s men had been subdued, he would’ve had them break Xi Rui’s legs.

Xi Rui glanced at Ge Chunru and her sister. “We’ve been here for a long time! Don’t you know?”

Ge Chunru and her brother were both shocked.

Ge Chunyi did not believe him. “How is that possible? What are you doing in this bitter cold place?”

Xi Rui curled his lips in disdain. “It’s up to you to believe it or not.”

Shi Qingluo crossed her arms and smiled. “I forgot to tell you just now. My husband has been transferred here to be a county magistrate. We have indeed arrived earlier than you.”

She then said to the guards present, “Tie all these people up. Wait for my husband to deal with them. They dared to beat up an official from the Imperial court. They have broken the law. We can’t let this matter off.”

These people not only tied up Xiao Yuanshi’s personal guards and servant girls, but also Ge Chunru and her brother.

Ge Chunru kept struggling. “Shi Qingluo, I’m the wife of the deputy governor. You can’t do this to me.”

Shi Qingluo rolled his eyes at her.

“I slapped your face until it was swollen the last time, but I didn’t see my ex-father-in-law come to me for revenge.

“Now that you’ve brought people to break into the government office, beat up an eighth-ranked government official and your in-laws, broke the law despite knowing the law, it’s even more right for me to arrest you.

“Even if Deputy Governor Xiao is here now, it is still right for us to do it.”

After being slapped several times, Old Lady Xiao stood up with the help of Mdm Wu.

She couldn’t help but walk forward and slap Ge Chunru’s face. “You unfilial b * tch, how dare you hit your in-laws? This time, I’ll make my second son divorce you.

“Otherwise, I’ll go back to the capital and file a complaint.

“He can forget about being a military governor.”

This time, the old lady was so angry that she even hated her second son.

Ge Chunru’s face turned ugly as she grabbed her arm and slapped her twice in public.

She glared at the old lady with eyes full of hatred.

“You forced me to do this. If you didn’t ruin my reputation and send my younger brother to the mines, I wouldn’t have done this.”

The old lady immediately spat on her face.

“Pfft, you little b * tch. You’re not a good person to begin with. You’ve done so many bad things and you still want a good reputation. You’re not worthy of one

“We didn’t harm your brother. It was my second son’s men who instigated Eldest Grandson Xiao to do so.

“So you should go back and settle the score with my second son. He deliberately sent your brother to the mine. Eldest Grandson Xiao only followed his advice.”

She snorted coldly. “If you’re so capable, go and find my second son. What’s the point of bullying us? ”

Shi Qingluo had already told her about this on the way here.

The old lady believed Shi Qingluo’s words.

First of all, her granddaughter-in-law was extremely wicked.

She was very well-informed, so whatever she said should be true.

Secondly, if she was lying, it would be easy to see through it.

Moreover, it was indeed Xiao Yuanshi who had sent them away and suggested this to Eldest Grandson Xiao.

Ge Chunru’s eyes widened. She did not believe her at all.

“You’re lying. Why would the general do that?

“Is there anyone who would throw dirty water on their own son like you?”

At this moment, Ge Chunyi saw his sister’s disbelieving expression and confirmed that his sister did not know about it before.

“Sis, it’s true,” he said.

“I also discovered by accident it was my brother-in-law’s doing to send me to the mine.”

Ge Chunru tilted her head and looked at him in disbelief.

“Are… are you serious?”

Ge Chunyi nodded and sighed.

“Yes, it’s true. I didn’t believe it when I first found out.

“I don’t know how I’ve offended my brother-in-law, but I was just unpleasant to his eyes.

“Or maybe he saw that I’ve become a handicapped, so he made me go to the mine to live and die alone. I’ll freeze to death and not be a burden to you.”

Ge Chunru shook his head at this. “No, he won’t. He won’t do that.

“It’s definitely not him. It can’t be him.”

Although she said this, she couldn’t help but feel sad.

Recalling all that had happened before, she couldn’t help but believe it.

No wonder Xiao Yuanshi had always shirked matters regarding her younger brother.

Without his tacit approval, how could Eldest Grandson Xiao have the courage to do so?

Back in Northern City, if she had not said that she would personally come to pick up her brother, Xiao Yuanshi would have deliberately delayed it.

He only agreed to let her bring her brother back after she begged him so much and wanted to come personally.

How could he do this to her brother? Where was he now?

Ge Chunyi saw his sister shaking her head and saying that it wasn’t Xiao Yuanshi’s doing, and the hatred in his heart grew even deeper.

She actually believed that heartless man and did not believe his words.

He squinted his eyes and said, “Sister, I’m not the only one who knows about this. The old Xiao’s family also knows about it. We have a grudge against each other. We can’t possibly team up to lie to you, right? ”

Shi Qingluo looked at Ge Chunyi and realized that there was no affection in his eyes when he looked at his sister.

Instead, it was cold and even filled with hatred.

It seemed that he had misunderstood Ge Chunru.

From his point of view, Ge Chunru actually believed what everyone else had said, but she just didn’t believe it and was unwilling to accept the truth.

She couldn’t accept the fact that Xiao Yuanshi had treated her brother like that.

This also meant that her position in Xiao Yuanshi’s heart was not as high as she thought.

However, from Ge Chunyi’s point of view, it was because his sister did not believe him but believed the person who harmed him.

That was why he even hated his own sister.

Ge Chunru, this demon who supported her brother, had indeed raised two ingrates.

This was good too.

Such a bad woman should have a taste of her loved ones deserting her.

Back then, she had framed her weak and pitiful mother-in-law and wanted to kill her little husband and his younger siblings.

She deserved her retribution.

Therefore, she didn’t say anything to help Ge Chunru.

She even added fuel to the flame.

“That’s right, it seems that you really love General Xiao. He hurt your brother, and you’re still trying to help him.”