Smack!
A heavy slap landed on the back of Chen Ergou's head.
"Why did you frame someone else? What did you stand to gain from that?"
The blow left Chen Ergou dazed, and he hurriedly begged for mercy.
"I-I went to steal things from the ancestral hall. When I came out, I happened to run into Lin Xiurou. I was afraid she'd tell someone what I'd done, so-so..."
Smack!
Another slap.
After that slap, Sun Run tied Chen Ergou's mouth shut again.
Once he was done, Sun Run exchanged a glance with Luo Sheng, anger and helplessness in both their eyes.
They had just learned the whole story from Chen Ergou.
Chen Ergou was an idle layabout, with no one to feed but himself.
Recently, however, Chen Ergou had picked up a gambling habit in the neighboring village and squandered what little money he had.
He had also taken anything worth a little money from his home to sell in town.
But even after selling everything he could, he had failed to win back his losses.
So he had set his sights on the Chen Family Ancestral Hall.
Although Chen Family Village was hardly a great clan, the offerings to its ancestors were still quite valuable.
And since the ancestral hall wasn't guarded around the clock, Chen Ergou had found his opportunity.
Unfortunately for him, after stealing the items that night, he had run straight into Lin Xiurou, who was delivering freshly washed clothes to another household.
Lin Xiurou had said nothing at the time, but Chen Ergou hadn't dared assume she had seen nothing.
If the clan elders found out, they would either beat him to death or drive him out of Chen Family Village. He couldn't accept either outcome.
So Chen Ergou had decided to strike first and