Chapter 997 A chaotic night in the capital

Lin Mujia wiped away his tears, raised his hands and shouted, "Fellow villagers, let's go to Kangjiazhuang together and move the grain out of the mountain warehouse to fulfill Mr. Rong's last wish and let the world see the greatness of Mr. Rong's righteous act, as high as a mountain!"

Lin Mujia pointed at the mountain of grain piled up from more than two thousand sacks. Thinking of Kang Rong's body still on the mountain, she couldn't help crying and begged, "General Liang, can you get some white cloth? I know I'm of low birth and unworthy of mourning for Mr. Rong, but I want to see him off!"

"We have white cloth in the warehouse here!" The traveling merchant shouted immediately, looking at General Liang. After seeing that he agreed, he immediately sent the coachman to pick up the goods.

About ten miles outside the gate of each capital city were warehouses for merchants from the north and south, so traveling merchants quickly brought in carts of white cloth.

Lin Mujia, Liang Zhi, the Liang army soldiers, and even General Liang cut pieces of white cloth and wrapped them around their bodies.

He was a general of the second rank and a man with a noble title. He wore mourning for Kang Rong, so how could others dare not follow suit?

In just over a quarter of an hour, all the white cloths were distributed. Under the dim sunset, there were people everywhere wearing white cloths and mourning for Kang Rong.

Aristocratic families such as Kang, Jie, Wen, and Zheng; civil officials such as Lord Yan and Prefect Fei, and even Gu Chengyong were frightened to the point of shivering when they saw this... The death of Kang Yong created such a huge momentum that if they did not follow the trend, they would surely be swallowed up by this momentum!

The situation was so overwhelming that the Kang family had to react. They took some white sackcloth and put it on Kang Liwen: "Kang Jinxian, put on the white sackcloth quickly and cry quickly. Don't talk nonsense, just cry."

Kang Rong is Kang Liwen's eldest son. Throughout history, there has been an example of a father wearing mourning clothes when his eldest son dies, so Kang Liwen had to wear white hemp to express his grief for losing his son.

The Kang family doctor used acupuncture to prick Kang Liwen, and finally made him cry. He finally woke him up and grabbed the Kang family members and said, "Send me back home, quickly!"

Otherwise it will be too late.

clap clap!

A member of the Kang family slapped him twice and cursed, "Why are you coming back? Your eldest son is dead, and you're leaving his body behind and returning home. Do you want to destroy our Kang family and have them kicked out of the family tree?"

He was used by his concubine to poison his legitimate son, and after his son committed suicide for the sake of justice, he abandoned his son's body... This kind of beastly behavior, even if the Kang family ascended the throne and rewrote the history books, there would be literati who wrote unofficial history to record this scandal and pass it on to future generations.

It cannot be cleared, it cannot be cleared at all. Only if Kang Liwen sticks with Kang Rong's body and puts all the blame on the concubine, can the Kang family restore some of its reputation.

"Do you have any evidence of murdering Rong'er left in the mansion?" asked Fourth Master Kang, wishing he could poison Kang Liwen to death.

"No, Rong'er is my eldest son. How could I harm him?" Kang Liwen hastily denied it, saying, "San'er and Xiaowu are still at home. After Kang Li learned of Rong'er's death, she might use her power to kill them..."

clap clap!

Fourth Master Kang couldn't help himself and slapped him twice more, cursing, "Kang Jinxian, are you crazy? Your eldest son is dead, and you're still thinking about the two illegitimate sons born to the murderer?"

If killing was not illegal, he would have chopped Kang Jinxian to pieces right now.

"You are not in a clear mind, so now, you don't have to use your brain, just do what we say, only in this way can we save the Kang family, and save your life and the lives of your illegitimate sons. Is it in vain that you obey our orders?" Fourth Master Kang grabbed Kang Liwen's collar and whispered.

Kang Liwen finally regained consciousness and nodded, then suddenly grabbed Fourth Master Kang's arm and said, "What Rong'er said was all his speculation. He has no evidence... What I found out is the truth. It was Song Shi Niang who harmed him. If we clarify this quickly, our Kang family will be safe."

Upon hearing this, Fourth Master Kang, Second Master Kang, and the Kang family members all closed their eyes. When they opened their eyes again, they all wanted to eat Kang Liwen alive.

"After performing his heroic act, Yong'er committed suicide in public. Before his death, he begged everyone to thoroughly investigate his murder and the extinction of his family line... His Majesty will definitely order a thorough investigation. Do you think that the death of Songshi Niang alone can resolve this case? Don't dream, unless..."

Your dear father should die to atone for his sin!

Yes, Kang Jinxian’s greatest use is to commit suicide now and go with Kang Rong, so that this mess will be over.

After all, the father paid with his life for his son, what else does the world want from the Kang family?

Hahahaha, what a great idea.

Mr. Kang Si was so angry that he pulled out a dagger and wanted to kill Kang Liwen with a knife.

It’s a pity that the Liang family army is not useless.

General Liang's personal guards had been watching them the whole time. Seeing something was amiss, they charged forward, knocking down several members of the Kang family. They grabbed Fourth Master Kang's hand and shouted, "General, this is bad! The Kang family wants to kill Kang Liwen to silence him!"

After eavesdropping for a while, I didn't hear any clues from the Kang family, but since I caught a Kang family member trying to kill Kang Liwen, it was worth the wait.

Fourth Master Kang was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and shouted, "Nonsense! We didn't intend to kill Kang Jinxian. It was Kang Jinxian who said he felt guilty towards Rong Ge'er and wanted to write a memorial for him with his own blood!"

"Yes, yes, it was to cut the wrist with a dagger and draw blood to write the eulogy. It wasn't murder. We in the Kang family can all testify to this!"

Mr. Kang was clever for once. He took out a white cloth and spread it on the ground, pretending that the clansmen were accompanying Kang Liwen to write an obituary for Kang Rong.

The personal soldier almost regretted to death... Damn it, he rushed in too early. If he had known earlier, he should have waited until Kang Liwen was stabbed before rushing in.

But General Liang said that Kang Liwen must not be allowed to die... Death settles all debts, Kang Liwen must not take advantage of this!

"Just think of it as you writing a eulogy," General Liang said personally, adding, "But before the case of Mr. Yong's murder and the extinction of his family line is thoroughly investigated, if Kang Liwen dies, even if it was suicide, I will bring your entire Kang clan before the Emperor. I will never let go of the Kang family!"

This, this, this?

How could a great general like you say such a thing? We must unite to fight the enemy, not fight among ourselves. Have you forgotten what the Duke of Yan said?

Lord Yan said, "General Liang, don't worry. The Provincial Administration will send people to guard Kang Liwen, Aunt Min and the others. They will never let them succeed in committing suicide!"

Upon hearing this, Prefect Fei made the promise.

Gu Chengyong had no choice but to shout along.

After hearing this, the Kang family members could only promise: "Please rest assured, we will take good care of Kang Jinxian and will not let him commit suicide!"

Boom boom boom!

"Fellow villagers, let's go with us to Kangjiazhuangzi, move food, and fulfill Mr. Rong's last wish!" Lin Mujia and his porter brothers shouted and ran towards Kangjiazhuangzi.

Behind them were not only groups of farmers, groups of merchants, the Liang family army, government officials, students from the local martial arts hall, but also people from the capital city who had rushed over after hearing the news.

It was a huge group of people, at least nearly 10,000 people, and the torches they lit formed a dragon of fire.

This time, the martial artists and assassins of Kangjia Village did not dare to stop them. After hearing the news, they abandoned the village and fled, allowing people from all sides to enter the village's mountain warehouse and move food.

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In the capital city, Kang Liwen's house was also filled with crying and noise.

Concubine Min, wrapped in white linen, attempted to hang herself but failed, but was rescued. She knelt on the ground and said to the soldiers who had arrived at the second gate of the mansion: "I am innocent. I did not harm Young Master Rong, and I have never come into contact with any poisonous substance. I am innocent, wuwuwu!"