"Hey... have you heard? That Lu the Third who married into the He family originally thought this connection would help the He family lead the Lu family to wealth and glory. Who could have known that a few days ago, Lu the Third was fooling around with a woman outside and got caught red-handed by the He family?"
"That's explosive! But if I were Lu the Third, I'd definitely look for women outside too... Miss He is so massive that if she sat down on me, she'd take my life, and she's hideous to boot... By the way, what are they watching over there? Could the He family be publicly executing someone? Let's go take a look."
Twenty years ago.
At the entrance to the He residence in Danyang City, District Seven.
A naked man and woman were trapped at the entrance to the He residence. The words "adulterer" and "slut" had been branded onto their bodies, drawing a large crowd of onlookers.
The man was named Lu Ding, the very Lu the Third everyone had been discussing. The woman was naturally the one he had found outside.
The He family held an extremely high position in the city. Since they had given advance notice, the government offices turned a blind eye.
The execution was so painful that the woman could not hold back and confessed the entire story of her affair with Lu Ding. The two had already been involved before Lu Ding married into the He family, and they even had a son together.
In the end, Lu Ding and the woman were burned alive.
Who could have known that the illegitimate son Lu Ding had entrusted to someone else would actually run to the execution site? He pushed through the crowd and wailed in front of his