Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1447

Chapter 1447: Chapter 1442: Admiration

Even though he was not hiding anything from the Zhou Dynasty court, he was dissatisfied with these minions of the Zhou Dynasty, but after all, they were not Dongyi people; they were his own compatriots.

The butcher, already bewildered, was taken away by the government officer, and as soon as the officer left, the patrons in the tavern hurriedly fled from this place of trouble, leaving behind a mess in the tavern and a shop assistant staring at the bloodstains on the ground, not knowing what to do.

That night, the officer arrested the scholar discussing the matter of the King of Hancheng in the tavern, and the news of the butcher intending to go to the Dongyi Kingdom to reclaim the King of Hancheng’s corpse quickly spread, distorted beyond recognition.

Some said that those scholars were merely dissatisfied with the Emperor of Zhou’s disregard for the King of Hancheng who sacrificed himself for the people, and were caught after having drinks and complaining a few words in the tavern, then imprisoned.

The butcher was further accused of saying he would go to the Dongyi Kingdom to retrieve the King of Hancheng’s body after drinking. The officers feared provoking a war with the Dongyi and being reprimanded by the court and emperor, forcibly arresting the butcher, who, in the scuffle, stabbed the officer to death, and now has been imprisoned as well.

Later, news came that the officer was not dead, saying the butcher, in fact an experienced hand, though it seemed a deadly attack with blood surging, ultimately did not harm a vital part of the officer, barely keeping him alive.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and those familiar with the butcher knew he was a righteous man. Now that the officer was alive, the butcher’s life was reassured too.

Privately, many coastal people began cursing the Zhou Dynasty court and the emperor for being worthless.

But unexpectedly, the next day, the butcher died in prison.

It was heard that the butcher’s wife spent silver, pulled strings, and finally managed to enter the jail to see her husband, discovering him covered in wounds, and upon closer look, he was already breathless.

The woman, a fierce character herself, seeing her husband without breath, immediately wanted to leave the jail and head directly to beat the grievance drum.

The four scholars imprisoned with the butcher hurriedly called out to the crying woman: "Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law! Don’t blindly go and beat the grievance drum like this; doing so won’t stir up anything. These officials protect each other, and you may inadvertently drag your family down with it! You could end up trapped in this too!"

"Mother..." The butcher’s daughter sobbed uncontrollably, "These gentlemen are right! In seeking justice for father, I’m not afraid to die... But mother, if we’re gone, then what about little sister and grandfather and grandmother? Little sister is still young... Grandfather and grandmother are getting old!"

The woman was already in extreme pain and despair, barely standing held by her thirteen or fourteen-year-old daughter. "Your father was the sky to us! The sky has fallen; I can’t care about it all now! If I can’t seek justice for your father, I’ll dash myself against the rocks at the county office!"

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