Chapter 287 Execution
Chapter 287 Execution
The next morning, Ruan Qingqing ate breakfast in the pavilion next to the martial arts training ground as usual. She chewed slowly, but her eyes were looking at one place thoughtfully, motionless.
Yue Linlang served carefully at the side.
"Linlang, go have breakfast yourself! I don't have anything to do here for now."
"Master, I'll wait until you finish eating before I go." Yue Linlang looked as if Ruan Qingqing would run away if she was not watching.
Ruan Qingqing thought for a moment and said, "Then please help me call Cauliflower over!"
Upon hearing her instructions for the task, Yue Linlang's heart, which had been hanging in the balance all night, finally settled down.
"Okay! I'll go call someone right away."
While Yue Linlang went to call for help, Zhuge Hong, Chi Jianyu and Zhao Quan, who was in charge of the security of the City Lord's Mansion, were all tied up and walked to the martial arts training ground spontaneously.
The people from the Criminal Court followed closely behind, and other onlookers gathered around one after another. The group of children were even asked to watch the execution from the side.
"We acted without consulting the Master and almost injured the Master's ungrateful ministers. We are being punished here. I hope you will take this as a warning and not follow in our footsteps!"
Zhuge Hong said loudly.
"I hope you will take this as a warning and don't follow in our footsteps!"
Chi Jianyu and Zhao Quan also spoke loudly.
"Execute!" Yuan Zhenping, the head of the Criminal Court, shouted.
Immediately, someone placed three benches in front of Zhuge Hong and the other three, and asked them to lie down on them. Then, the burly men holding sticks started to beat them hard.
Twenty sticks hit the flesh, and even though the three of them had martial arts background, they were still beaten until blood flowed.
Ruan Qingqing pursed her lips and looked in the direction of the martial arts training ground, her eyes hard to tell whether she was happy or angry.
"Caihua meets the city lord!"
Her thoughts were interrupted by Cauliflower who came over to pay her a visit.
"No need to be polite. I heard that you are diligent and studious here, and you are highly appreciated by everyone."
Caihua knelt down in fear, "It's all thanks to everyone's kindness!"
"Don't be nervous. I heard that you were good at growing crops. Do you want to continue to develop in this area? Since you are diligent and studious, you should not limit yourself to the stove." Ruan Qingqing looked at her and asked.
Caihua gritted her teeth and said, "As long as I am not allowed to go back to my previous husband's family, I will do whatever the city lord asks me to do!"
Ruan Qingqing stood up and paced a few steps in the pavilion.
"Since I saved you from the fire pit, how could I push you into it again? This world is very harsh to us women. Are you willing to work hard with me and use our own intelligence, wisdom and hard work to gain a place for us women in this world?"
Cauliflower Head suddenly raised his head and his eyes widened.
"City Lord... I... I have never been to school, let alone read. Can I do this?"
"Are you willing to try it? Although the process will be a bit difficult." Ruan Qingqing asked.
"I do!" Caihua nodded hurriedly. "It wasn't until I arrived at the City Lord's Mansion that I realized that people have different ways of living. I used to think that if I worked harder, someone would be grateful, respect me, and cherish me..."
As she spoke, she could not help crying. "When I was at my parents' home, I was treated as a laborer even though I was a girl. After I got married, I was treated like an ox or a horse even though I was a woman. If I didn't satisfy them, they would curse me or beat me up... I never want to live the life I used to live, where I didn't know when it would end.
Whatever the city lord needs me to do, I will do it even if it costs my life. Caihua is grateful to the city lord for letting me be a real person for a few days!"
"Even though I have helped you along, your future will still depend on your own efforts and choices. I have a farming technique that I want to teach you. It may be difficult and hard to learn. But once you learn it, with this technique, those who want to bully you or look down on you will have to think twice! Do you want to learn?"
"Thank you, Lord City Lord, for your cultivation!" Caihua kowtowed to Ruan Qingqing.
"I have only one request, that you cannot use this technology to become rich and do things that go against your conscience in the future!" Ruan Qingqing said in a serious tone.
Cauliflower shook her head vigorously, "That's impossible! How can I do something that goes against my conscience?"
Ruan Qingqing nodded, "I'll tell Yue Linlang later that you should stay with me from tomorrow on!"
"Thank you City Lord!"
"Go down!"
After Ruan Qingqing finished one thing, she looked at the martial arts training ground which was bustling with people again, and rethought in her mind how she should get along with Zhuge Hong and others.
Maybe things are not as bad as you think, but you still need to be vigilant and take precautions. A person's strength cannot only be reflected in his specialties, but also in his ability to plan ahead!
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