Chapter 1021
: Xun Lao Sues Kang Liwen
Chapter 1021: Xun Lao Sues Kang Liwen
Although people no longer scold Kang Liwen at every turn, when the news of Kang Rong's death reached Taifeng Town, the villagers were shocked and angry.
Many people cried.
After all, many folks in the town knew Kang Rong. Such a young and lively person died suddenly, and was forced to death for doing good deeds. Who wouldn't be sad?
Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin cried, held a roadside memorial service for Kang Rong, and ate vegetarian food for 27 days to comfort Kang Rong's soul in heaven.
After the Qin family took the lead, every household in the county town offered sacrifices to Kang Rong on the roadside... Those with good financial conditions would offer at least three animals as sacrifices; poor families would also build a fire on the roadside, offer a few handfuls of soybeans, and worship.
Qi Tianshi, Captain Wang of the Imperial Guard, the wife of County Magistrate Kang, Old Master Xun and a large group of students, a group of wealthy masters, and young men from Lingnan such as Master Chen Shijiu, rushed to the capital to hold a grand funeral for Kang Yong.
Many people who were not relatives or friends mourned Kang Rong, and Kang Rong's funeral was grand but not extravagant.
Kang Rongniang said, "Brother Rong opened his own warehouse to donate grain to fight the enemy. He certainly wouldn't want to see his funeral be too expensive. Everything should be simple."
Mr. Kang and other relatives of the Kang family, as well as powerful families such as Wen, Zheng, and Yan, refused to agree and insisted on holding a grand ceremony.
Madam Kang Shiliu also said, "Brother Rong is now a righteous man in the world. Countless celebrities will come to pay tribute to him. His funeral cannot be too shabby."
Then he said generously, "If you are worried about the money, my family will pay for the funeral!"
Spending money to hold funerals for heroes across the world will spread your reputation and pave a broad path to success for your descendants.
Haha, the damn old woman hasn't changed at all, the abacus beads are flying on people's faces.
Kang Yongniang simply replied, "If Aunt Sixteen's family is well off, please donate the money to the Wei army to help fight the enemy."
This one sentence almost choked Old Lady Kang Shiliu to death. She wanted to continue talking, but Kang Yongniang called the female guard sent by Madam Sun.
The female guards carried Old Madam Kang Shiliu out of Wuyuan.
Old Madam Kang Shiliu was furious, but she didn't dare to lose her temper... Now her children and grandchildren all blame her for not being able to see straight. On the night Kang Rong committed suicide, she tried to force Kang Li to change her confession, and was caught in the act by Madam Sun, which ruined the family's reputation.
Her children and grandchildren threatened her that if she didn't repair her relationship with Kang Li, they would send her to a farm to live out her retirement!
Old Lady Kang Shiliu was afraid, so before Kang Yong was buried, she kept playing the trick of inflicting pain on herself, hoping to use Kang Yong's death to gain some benefits for her children and grandchildren, so that they would know that she was still useful.
Unfortunately, Kang Yong's funeral was personally handled by General Liang, Mr. Jing, and Qi Tianshi. Even Kang Li's side was accompanied and cared for by female relatives such as Madam Sun, Madam Zheng Tongpan's wife, Madam Xue, and Madam Li. After Madam Kang Shiliu was carried out of Wu Garden, she did not get to see Kang Li until Kang Yong was buried.
Kang Rong's burial place was not in the Kang family cemetery, but in an imperial cemetery on the outskirts of the capital.
Most of the people buried in this imperial cemetery are those who sacrificed their lives for the country. Many military officers from Tianmang Prefecture are buried here.
The Kang family didn't know whether to cry or laugh... Being buried in such an imperial cemetery was a kind of honor for the Kang family.
However, Kang Rong's death was inextricably linked to Kang Liwen. When outsiders heard that Kang Rong's grave was not in the Kang family cemetery, they would definitely think of Kang Liwen's poor treatment of his legitimate son.
Every time this kind of scandal is brought to mind, the Kang family will be embarrassed... Damn it, just expel Kang Liwen from the family!
From then on, if the Kang family wanted to visit Kang Rong’s grave, they had to go to the government office to get a document before they could enter the Huangzhuang cemetery to pay homage.
Tsk, what the hell is this?!
The Kang family members were filled with mixed feelings... During Kang Rong's funeral, they endured the ordeal as if they were being tortured, constantly feeling that everyone was talking behind their backs. What was even more infuriating was that after Kang Rong's funeral, Madam Kang Li and Yan Xiaosi stayed at Wuyuan Garden, refusing to return to the Kang family no matter how much they were invited.
She wanted to use her virtue as a woman to pressure Kang Li, but Madam Sun had always lived with Kang Li in the same courtyard.
Mrs. Sun was so pushy that she even said, "Even though Mr. Yong's mother lives in Wuyuan with me by her side, you bother her three times a day. If she really goes back to the Kang family, who knows what she'll be like. I'm afraid she'll even hang herself!"
Hiss, this old feudal lord speaks so cruelly.
After the words of hanging were made, the Kang family did not dare to persuade Kang Li to go home every day. They only sent women of the same generation with their younger generations to give Kang Li and her son some small gifts every other day, and said the most reliable and important words of relatives, in the hope of warming Kang Li's heart and asking Kang Li and her son to return to the Kang family quickly and stop slapping the Kang family in the face.
But Kang and Li were heartless and didn't care about their relatives or family at all. They took root in Wuyuan, waiting for the day when Kang Rong's murder and the extinction of his family line would be vindicated.
After Kang Yong was buried, Old Man Xun, claiming to be Kang Yong's master, sued Kang Liwen and Aunt Min to the government office.
In this world, a son suing his father and a wife suing her husband are both considered to be heinous crimes. But when a master's master sues his disciple's father and concubine, that is the natural thing for a kind elder to seek justice for the younger generation!
This lawsuit inspired people's enthusiasm. People from the literati came out to support it. The supporters and cheerleaders were so huge that they blocked the street where the provincial government office was located.
Therefore, on the day he was accused, Kang Liwen was thrown into the prison of the Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office.
But this case is not easy to judge... Mainly because Kang Liwen is Kang Rong's biological father, so any way of sentencing him would be a bit inappropriate.
Kang Liwen was indeed kept in the dark by Aunt Min. He didn't know that the nuts she brought back for Kang Rong that year contained a deadly poison.
But six years ago, the incident of Kang Rong being murdered and leaving his family extinct had broken out in Kang Liwen's house. Kang Liwen quickly killed Song Shi Niang to suppress the scandal. And after this incident, he still favored his concubine and neglected his wife and treated his legitimate son poorly. There was both human and material evidence for this.
Among the witnesses was Kang Liwen and Aunt Min’s most beloved son, Young Master Kang San.
Young Master Kang San could no longer bear the punishment and cried out some truths he had overheard.
He also claimed in court: "Although filial piety is said to be above all else, ever since I can remember, it was my elder brother, Rong, who taught me to read and write... Even now, in my dreams, I still see my elder brother holding me, holding my hand, calling me his third brother, and teaching me how to write. Woo woo woo."
"There's not much I can do for you, Big Brother. I can only speak the truth. I don't dare disappoint you again... For the rest of my life, I will take you as my goal and complete your unfinished ambitions!"
Bang bang bang!
Lord Yan's gavel was about to crack: "Witness, don't say any more nonsense!"
As expected of Aunt Min's offspring, he even uses dead people in court. But Young Master Kang is only thirteen years old. It's terrible that he is so unscrupulous at such a young age.
"Yes, I'm sorry, wuwuwu." After apologizing, Young Master Kang San fell to the ground and cried softly. What a great acting skill.
Aunt Min was very relieved when she learned what Young Master Kang San said in court... She had taught him that when you reach a dead end, you must do the opposite to find a way out again.
He learned very well.
As long as San'er acts well-behaved and clever all his life, praises, cries, and reminisces about his elder brother Kang Rong whenever he meets someone, San'er can take advantage of Kang Rong's fame and get endless benefits.
Aunt Min is really a waste of her talent. She should go to the palace to fight. Kang Liwen's backyard is not worthy of her.