Chapter 2077: Voiding the Deal

Chapter 2077: Voiding the Deal


After the judgment of Ruan's father and son, the matter was far from over.


The next day, constable Jiang, led a group of constables to Ruan's village, demanding that Ruan Hai's wife provide the compensation money for the Cao and Lou families.


Even though Ruan Kewei had offered his own life as compensation to the Cao family, he still needed to pay a portion of the money.


Furthermore, many people had accused Ruan Hai of various wrongdoings over the years. Most of these accusations lacked evidence, but some had proof.


For instance, he had bought land from villagers at prices far below the market rate, and the land deeds clearly showed the transactions.


There was wailing and crying in Ruan Hai's house. Ruan Hai's wife had fainted once upon hearing the verdict yesterday, and today, seeing the officials arrive, she fainted again.


Ruan's eldest and second sons reluctantly paid the compensation, but they failed to notice the hesitant and indifferent expressions on their wives' faces.


Afterward, Ruan Hai's family lived in chaos for a long time. Their house gradually fell into disrepair, and eventually, the two brothers separated households, selling the large house they had lived in and acquiring smaller ones.


However, these were stories for another time.


At this moment, the villagers of Ruan's village gathered at Ruan Hai's house, watching the officials busy themselves.


Several clan elders wore worried expressions, their faces looking extremely unpleasant.


"What should we do now?"


"Ruan Hai and Ruan Kewei have committed such serious wrongdoings. Setting aside the rest, we must expel them from the clan." The family tree of their Ruan clan could not bear such a stain.


The other clan elders nodded, and the villagers had no objections.


"Our village must select a new village head. Later, let each household's head of the family come to the ancestral hall. We need to choose the village head as soon as possible."


Some non-Ruan family members from the village heard this and couldn't help but roll their eyes. Go to the ancestral hall for the selection? They weren't allowed inside the Ruan family's ancestral hall, so wouldn't the village head still be chosen from among their Ruan clan members?


However, all of this was within expectations. After all, most of the villagers in the village were from the Ruan clan.


As they were discussing, a few children suddenly ran over. "County Princess is here, Lady Lu is here."


The clan elders were taken aback. "At this critical moment, why is County Princess here again?"


"I don't know. Let's go and see."


Shu Yu went to Ruan Chengqian's house. She walked slowly, and just as the carriage stopped at Ruan's house, several clan elders accompanied by many villagers approached.


The leading clan elder was known as Third Master. He was around seventy-three years old, quite elderly, but he seemed to be in good health. He didn't lag behind in walking, even with the support of a cane.


He was helped by the younger generation in his clan to take a few steps forward and was the first to speak. "Greetings, County Princess. We wonder why County Princess has come today. Do you have any orders?"


Shu Yu smiled and said, "I'm here to discuss the matter of planting sunflowers. We talked to many villagers about it a few days ago, and everything was about to be finalized. However, a murder case occurred, which interrupted our plans. What I didn't expect was that this incident would involve Village Chief Ruan."


She sighed, "With the situation as it is now, it seems this deal will have to be voided."