Yes, Li Jinfeng was utterly speechless. The government office he had placed his hopes in had given him the most disappointing answer possible. What could he say?
"But..." Li Yinfeng's lips still trembled slightly. "But burning that man to death really was..."
"Cruel!" Liu Kai supplied.
Seeing the younger generation in the hall all discussing the matter while the four elders seated above remained silent, Zhang Cai was somewhat better off. Though he was older, he had spent his life in Guo Village. The villagers' grudges were all out in the open; more often than not, there was nothing but gossip and idle talk. There was rarely any real hands-on violence, let alone so many people venting their fury on one person and burning him alive. For a moment, he found it difficult to accept as well.
Old Shopkeeper Li and Old Shopkeeper Yu were rather different. They had lived in Lu Town and had seen no small amount of petty wickedness in their daily lives. Underhanded methods were not uncommon in business dealings either.
Especially after Old Shopkeeper Li's family had nearly been wiped out by bandits, his outlook had quietly changed. When it came to evildoers like this, he only feared that evil had not been eradicated thoroughly enough. Old Shopkeeper Yu was much the same.
Of course, both men had wanted the man in black to receive the punishment he deserved, but neither had ever imagined that today's outcome would be this.
Yet they had forgotten one thing: what exactly was this "punishment he deserved"?
The two looked at Zhang Cai's expression and were about to speak when they heard Zhang Xiaohua cough below, clearing his throat as though he were about to say something. At once, they exchanged a glance and turned to look at him.