Chapter 48

This is ancient times, where charges like unfilial behavior or illicit affairs are often dealt with directly within the village, bypassing the official yamen altogether. And the yamen would mostly turn a blind eye. Of course, some bailiffs would deliberately intervene, using the threat of a murder-for-private-settlement charge to extort bribes and benefits.

Qi Shanshan was having a peaceful confinement period, and Nanny Wei did not specifically mention Wei Zi's situation to her. Qi Shanshan simply assumed Wei Zi was still locked up in her own room facing introspection. Little did she know that Liu Yunyang had punished Wei Zi with heavy board beatings and locked her in the firewood room, giving her only one meal and one bowl of water a day, just enough to keep her from dying.

Lei Bao took it, examined it closely, and found that this was indeed a freshly formed piece of Heavenly Mystery Ore, with the traces and aura of soil and stone still preserved right in the center.

Huo Xingning was filled with confusion and inner turmoil. After bringing her father back to the villa, she had been entirely preoccupied with treating his gunshot wounds, completely failing to think about checking the contents of his backpack. By the time she finally snapped back to reality and rushed from the kitchen back to her room, Liang Ruizing had already taken the backpack and fled without a trace.

"Yanzhi, I'm ready, let's go!" A delicate voice suddenly broke into the conversation, causing Qin Yinshuang's expression to freeze.

Xu Xun's complexion turned somewhat pale. Like a flower beaten by wind and rain, she appeared pitiful, withered, and lifeless.

"Old Han, did you bring us here just to listen to this—just a dream?" The senior police officer looked at Han Zhenyu in disbelief.

Would Zhu Li not remember? Naturally, he would. Perhaps it was simply that she no longer held that sense of novelty for him, or perhaps he had simply shifted this pampering and affection onto someone else.

Right now, various academies had arrived in the capital for the competition, so the Mingdu Grand Restaurant was naturally packed to capacity.

I pulled the blanket over my entire body, forced a heavy stretch, and then closed my eyes, preparing to fall into a comfortable sleep. Tyrant Zhang, however, was in deep distress—after all, that was his cousin. He first trembled all over, and then burst into tears. He cried for more than ten minutes straight until, perhaps exhausted from weeping, he was finally able to fall asleep.

When Liu Luxi greeted people, it was always with an icy cold demeanor, completely devoid of warmth. In terms of social conduct and interpersonal relations, she fell far short of Liu Tianpeng.

Seeing that Imperial Physician Xie had difficulty moving, He Mengjiao also offered, "Uncle Xie, let Mengjiao apply some hemostatic herbs for you!" Hearing this, Imperial Physician Xie felt somewhat embarrassed, but seeing the utter sincerity on He Mengjiao's face, he no longer declined.

That being said, the moment Abu appeared, Xu He and the others remained extremely vigilant.

Yuxuan could no longer be left in anxiety. Seeking Truth sat up, adjusted his breath, concentrated his mind to suppress the surging irritation in his heart, and thought quietly for a while before activating the telepathic illusion. Only when his gaze became clear and resolute did he urge the spiritual nature of the telepathic fruit.

Once the Heaven-Overturning Seal was unleashed, who could rival its might? The Buddhist incantations were instantly crushed into fine powder on the spot, dissipating directly into thin air.

Perhaps if she spoke the truth, Jingshan would not survive. Even though Jingshan was an unblessed child, she was still her mother's flesh and blood, and her mother could not bear to see her die.

Seeing Huifeng finish his wine, and with Xue Atan and An Jingsi continuously eating their food, Zhou Chen figured there was certainly nothing wrong with the wine and dishes. He thus picked up his wine cup and drank a cup with complete peace of mind.

Li Bin noticed that the purple-robed man's hands turned purple in the blink of an eye, with a faint layer of thin purple mist seemingly shimmering across his skin.

Zhai Ling was more than a full cycle older than Li Bin, yet he was only thirty-six or seven years old. For a martial arts expert of this realm, he could be considered quite young.

"Hmph!" A cold snort suddenly echoed from outside the door, and Chu Yunluo and Jun Yeqing both glanced toward the glass window of the office.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Luo Tong rose to his feet, still unaware of what Li Seimin had summoned him for. Time had been too pressing, and Fang Xuanling hadn't even had the opportunity to explain.

Tang Xuejing could not help but feel that the service in these restaurants of the Imperial Capital was somewhat subpar; when a figure like President Jun came to dine at a restaurant, there wasn't even a private room available.

Mere rounds apart, the great saber of Yan Liang, who had charged forward on horseback, crossed paths in mid-air with Lü Bu's painted halberd! That ferocious strike from Yan Liang was effortlessly blocked by Lü Bu.

The more Ye Xiao spoke like this, the more guilty and self-reproachful Sister Liang felt as she looked at his lowered head, making her feel increasingly uneasy.

It was unclear what was said on the other end of the line, but Yun Liuli's face turned ashen. She hurriedly hung up the phone, informed the director that she needed to take a leave of absence for the day, and left the film set.

Zhao Ning walked over with a sinking expression, because the matter the other party was talking about seemed... something she herself had apparently encountered before.

There was still the barrier of Konno Yoshio, a mainstream SME figure, standing between himself and the girls of Nogakizaka46, leaving him to just watch helplessly without being able to do a damn thing.

The concert was set to begin the following night, and tickets for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra were extremely sought-after. Even with his immense wealth, it would be difficult for him to scrape together two tickets on such short notice.

As soon as a crate of fifty iron pots was carried up, they were instantly sold out. The chamber of commerce employees could not even carry them fast enough to keep up with the sales pace, forcing the venue management to temporarily reassign two additional staff members from elsewhere to help transport the goods.

That same night, Lin Xi invited Cheng Yao out for dinner. Shen Yizhou's agreement to see Cheng Yao was already a concession.

"That's right! The Dromu Pharmaceutical Group, including the Dromu family, has now become nothing more than a burden to our Sakura Nation! Why should we stay aligned with them?"

The man's hand slid down to the small of her back, applying slight pressure, prompting her to shift forward and press even more intimately against him.

In the end, her gaze fell upon Zhang Huan with an entirely different attitude—she said nothing at all, merely rolling her eyes directly.

Yet Dai Mubai also understood that if he directly refused, his prestige would be completely swept into the dust, and his image in the eyes of the soldiers would transform from a heroic prince into a cowardly deserter, a fate far worse than death.

Feng Xingxing kicked a person sprawling to the ground with a single strike, tapping a few times on Xiao Jinjin's body with the folding fan in her hand to seal the meridians circulating his spiritual energy.

There was no way Sun Miaomia would actually come; in case Zhao Jiaying failed to show up, wouldn't she have made the trip for nothing? Right now, she was in the middle of a facial SPA, and her sheet mask hadn't even been peeled off yet.

To compensate the delegations of doctors from various municipal districts, the organizers reluctantly gifted a brand-new medical device to each municipal doctor delegation.