Chapter 434: Chapter 434 Venting Anger Chapter 434: Chapter 434 Venting Anger The play had reached a point where there truly was nothing left to watch.
Gu Ya let Su Yunjin go, and she didn’t plan to stay any longer to watch the spectacle. Since Wan Ruyan and Gu Changshun were going to be immersed in the pig cage, she nodded at Gu Ya and followed him as they squeezed their way out of the crowd.
As the husband and wife, Gu Ya and Su Yunjin, decided to leave, no one in the crowd paid them any attention, except for Mrs. Zhang, who watched them with clenched teeth and seething anger.
Today’s events had made Mrs. Zhang’s hatred for Su Yunjin itch unbearably.
If it hadn’t been for Su Yunjin fanning the flames in front of the Magistrate, Mrs. Zhang felt certain the punishment for her son, Gu Changshun, would not have been so severe.
Once Mrs. An understood the true nature of the incident, she felt disgraced by her eldest grandson, Gu Changshun, believing he had tarnished the Gu Family’s reputation completely.
And then there was Wan Ruyan!
Mrs. An couldn’t fathom why Wan Ruyan would harbor such schemes towards her son during this visit?
Not only did Su Yunjin cure Gu Ya’s legs, but she also helped Gu Chengxiang with his medicine. Mrs. An was sincerely pleased with her daughter-in-law. The thought of a rift or a breakup between her son and daughter-in-law because of Wan Ruyan scared her.
Feeling relieved, Mrs. An thought it fortunate that the matter had been exposed early on.
After such an incident, Wan Ruyan would no longer have the chance to ruin the relationship between her son and daughter-in-law. Wan Ruyan, not wanting to be caged, trembled in fright, while Gu Hengniang wanted to help her younger sister-in-law but couldn’t, only able to stand there in desperation.
Once the Magistrate had decided on the punishment for Wan Ruyan and Gu Changshun, he quickly had several burly men from the village bind Gu Changshun and put him into the pig cage first, planning to dip him in the water later. Since Wan Ruyan was a woman, and considering her status, the Magistrate did not let men bind her but specially arranged for a few sturdy women to do so.
They bound Wan Ruyan.
Remembering the previous escape of Gu Changshun, the Magistrate, to prevent another escape attempt, had several tall men watch over everything carefully.
Gu Changshun would have no chance to escape this time.
Some of the crowd who had come for the spectacle, like Gu Ya and Su Yunjin, left for their homes while others stayed on to witness the immersion punishment.
They followed to see Gu Changshun and Wan Ruyan being caged and sunk.
Gu Changshun and Wan Ruyan were each placed in separate pig cages, with men carrying Gu Changshun’s cage and women carrying Wan Ruyan’s.
Gu Hengniang, anxious about her younger sister-in-law, followed her to the site of the punishment, “Yanyan, don’t be afraid. Big sister-in-law is here with you. Don’t be scared.”
“Get away from me! Your pretense is infuriating. It’s all because of you, all because of your Gu Family, that I’m in this mess!” Wan Ruyan, having lost all dignity, lashed out at Gu Hengniang.
Furious, she took all her anger out on Gu Hengniang.
When had Wan Ruyan ever suffered such humiliation in her life? First, she was nearly taken advantage of by that bastard Gu Changshun, and now, she was about to be dipped in the pig cage.
The mere thought of being immersed in such cold water filled Wan Ruyan with fear.
And what she found completely intolerable was having to share the pig cage with that bastard Gu Changshun.