Blood Weeps for Grievances, Revealing Hypocrisy; Immortals Tremble, Dao Hearts Quake

At the mention of the words "Qian Family," his teeth clenched with an audible grind. "They said my family's fields were near the Ming River, good land, and wanted to buy them at a low price.

That was the foundation I'd traded my life for—the means of survival for my family of three. How could I possibly sell?"

"When I refused, the Qian Family grew angry."

His voice gradually sank, thick with suppressed pain. "They went straight to Wang Bo.

Back then, Wang Bo had an excellent reputation. I thought he was an honest official too.

But who could have known they had long since colluded with each other!

After they found Wang Bo, he joined forces with the Qian Family and pinned some trumped-up charge of 'stealing the Qian Family's property' on me, then threw me into the county yamen's dungeon."

"My wife was frantic. Clutching my register of military merits and carrying the few taels of silver we had at home, she went to the county yamen to beg Wang Bo to clear my name."

At this point, his voice suddenly caught. Both hands clenched the dirt on the ground so tightly that blood seeped between his fingers. "But Wang Bo... that beast!

Seeing that my wife was fair and pretty, he actually joined his underlings in forcibly dragging her into the rear hall..."

The old woman beside him trembled all over as she listened, tears falling like beads from a snapped string. Yet she only gently patted the man's back, unable to say a single word.

"Afterward, Wang Bo even sent word that if I wanted to ransom myself out, I first had to return what I had supposedly stolen from the Qian Family, beg for the Qian Family's forgiveness, and then bring a huge sum of