Chapter 787: Death Is Not Far Away (2)_1
The people of Back Mountain Village, upon learning of Pei Wensheng’s death, immediately came over to tell them, "... The state of his corpse was ghastly, found not far from where Pei Wenjie was buried."
"What did you say!? Wensheng is really dead!?" Lady Zhu, in disbelief, grabbed the person who came to report the news and pressed for answers.
"It’s all over the town; nobody wanted to retrieve the body. It was the Government Officers from the County Government Office who helped fetch it. They had to hook it out, and the body was torn up by the hook! It was horrifying!" said the messenger, shrinking his neck in fear.
Lady Zhu’s face turned pale, "How could this have happened!? Someone must have harmed him, it must be those despicable wretches!"
Old Pei’s form swayed unsteadily, his mouth opened, but he could not utter a word.
"Ahh—aah—it wasn’t me! It wasn’t me! Pei Wensheng did it, he smothered him! It has nothing to do with me! Don’t come looking for me! Don’t come looking for me!" Lady Chen screamed in terror, constantly shouting.
"What nonsense are you spouting, Lady Chen! You’ve gone mad!" Lady Zhu, hearing her screams, turned back to scold and silence her.
But those outside the door had already heard it. In their eyes, Pei Wenjie was smothered to death by Pei Wensheng; the evidence was there, and they even had Zhou Cai take the blame as a scapegoat. Otherwise, why would Pei Wenjie’s spirit seek revenge on Pei Wensheng and Lady Chen? Now, hearing Lady Chen’s screams only served to confirm their suspicions.
Although Pei Wensheng was despised and reluctant to return to the village, he would still follow Pei Zongli and Qian Wanxiu back to Back Mountain Village for the holidays. Seeing such a clean and proper young master, who could be so cruel to smother his younger brother at such a tender age, people thought if he had lived, how many more would he have harmed in the future?
As for Lady Chen, there was much speculation that she wouldn’t live much longer either. Pei Wenjie’s restless spirit had already claimed Pei Wensheng’s life, and she would be next.