CHAPTER 83: CHAPTER 83: PEI SHU’ER, WHY AREN’T YOU A BODHISATTVA ANYMORE?

Pei Shu’er blinked innocently and mouthed, "I didn’t do it on purpose."

Then she thought of writing, realizing the light was bad.

Tang Zan took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and, as if unable to bear it any longer, pried open Pei Shu’er’s hand.

At this moment, the thief was already next to the wheelbarrow, about to rummage through Pei Shu’er’s belongings.

Pei Shu’er shouted, "There’s a thief."

Her people woke up immediately, and the thief, regardless of what he caught, immediately grabbed it and tried to run.

Tang Zan’s gaze turned cold, and he used stones to knock down several thieves, making them fall onto the snow, eating dirt.

Pei Shu’er walked over and stomped down hard on one person’s back.

The person immediately howled in pain, then raised his head, knelt, and bowed to Pei Shu’er, begging for mercy.

"Miss Pei, please spare me."

Upon hearing "Miss Pei," Tang Zan’s eyes grew darker as he directly stepped and broke one of this person’s ribs.

Even though he and Pei Shu’er hadn’t completed the wedding, the third household had all acknowledged Pei Shu’er’s identity; should this person not address Pei Shu’er as Mrs. Tang?

These people called Pei Shu’er "Miss Pei," as if he were a mud figure without a temper?

He had tolerated this form of address all these days, and now this person had hit the nail on the head.

Pei Shu’er raised an eyebrow.

Tang Zan, this violent person!

While thinking this, she also showed no mercy, stomping hard on the person beneath her foot.

Two more ribs were broken.

She then asked, "Causing trouble for our third household, are you tired of living?"

The person said nothing, but Pei Shu’er noticed the clothes looked familiar. She pulled on the person’s collar to see, and wasn’t it indeed Li Fugui.

And there were those who previously didn’t want to return the quilts.

She found it amusing.

Seeing Lu Qing not intervening, she took matters into her own hands.

In terms of fighting, Zhang Chao, Ma He, and Li Zhuang were the skilled ones.

Liu Di was sinister, causing injuries without visible wounds, and stuffing people with cloth so they couldn’t utter a sound.

The thieves who came to steal were soon left breathless from the beating.

Mrs. Li, seeing this, feared her son would be beaten to death and hurriedly ran over to plead for mercy.

Tears and snot covered her face, prepared to the fullest.

But as soon as she rushed to Pei Shu’er’s side, Pei Shu’er slapped her onto the rock.

"When it was time to discipline him, you were lazy about it. Now, caught stealing and being beaten, you come to plead. If the government officers weren’t watching, even beating him to death would be considered light."

After saying this, Pei Shu’er hit Li Fugui a few more times.

Li Fugui could no longer cry in the end, his entire body was in pain, and he couldn’t even tell where it hurt more.

These thieves were brought before the government officer by Tang Zan and Pei Shu’er.

When Lu Qing saw these people, he was instantly displeased that there were still people causing trouble at this time.

"How much did these people steal from you?"

Pei Shu’er said, "All our money is gone, stolen by them, approximately fifteen hundred liang."

The government officer followed Pei Shu’er to the wheelbarrow and saw that, sure enough, the more valuable items were all gone.

The officer had been watching earlier; aside from these few people, no one else was seen approaching Pei Shu’er’s wheelbarrow.

So was it really stolen by these people?

The officers immediately whipped a few people, wanting them to confess, but they all cried pitifully, claiming to have seen nothing.

But Pei Shu’er’s silver coin was indeed gone; everyone had always seen Pei Shu’er putting it inside.

Some who were initially eyeing those packages gave up their thoughts.

No money; did they plan to eye empty packages?

In the end, Li Fugui and others were shackled with dozens of jins of chains, along with additional locks.

"When they reach the place of exile, we’ll escort them to the Gulan Military Camp for execution; with this amount, they can forget about keeping their hands."

"After the execution, they’ll be assigned as slaves in the military camp."

Going as slaves to the camp meant certain death, still cannon fodder without hands.

Upon hearing this, Li Fugui and others were scared to death.

They knelt on the ground, pleading with Lu Qing and his group, but seeing them unmoved, they crawled on their knees to Pei Shu’er and Tang Zan.

"Miss Pei, Young Master, please spare us this once, we will dare not again."

Mrs. Li was also among the guilty, and she knelt to plead with Pei Shu’er.

"Miss Pei, I know you’re compassionate, just spare us this time, you surely can’t bear to see us end so tragically, we’re all one family after all."

Pei Shu’er laughed, "Firstly, you and Li Fugui are merely servants of the Prince Mansion, trying to get close is over the top. Secondly, we are repaying grievances directly and merits with merits, I don’t feel we’ve done wrong."

Mrs. Li tried to clutch Pei Shu’er’s clothes to plead.

Pei Shu’er stepped back, her face smiling but her eyes cold as ice without emotion.

"You’ve stolen all the belongings we have for exile, and when we reach Gulan Mountain we can only wait to die. You’ve taken our lives, how can we easily spare you."

If Pei Shu’er didn’t have space, and if she wasn’t so vigilant, their belongings would surely be stolen.

Moreover, Pei Shu’er felt that even if she spared Li Fugui and others this time, it would create a great enmity, and with their narrow-mindedness, they would surely seek to trouble her in various ways.

Rather than that, it’s better to crush them at this chance.

Saving the trouble of dealing with it later.

After handling everything here, Pei Shu’er and Tang Zan returned.

Tang Zan gave Pei Shu’er a sidelong glance, mischievously leaning close to her.

He bent down slightly, very close to her, his icy fragrance enveloping Pei Shu’er.

He teased, "Pei Shu’er, learning quite fast, aren’t you? What, no longer a Bodhisattva?"

Pei Shu’er knew Tang Zan was mocking her, as she had previously told him not to kill.

But after playing the villain this time, she felt that being a villain is indeed satisfying.

People like Li Fugui really are less a scourge if they die one.

So she couldn’t be bothered to bicker with Tang Zan.

Pei Shu’er went back and cozied up in her warm bed.

Others, even if they also had thoughts about the third household’s belongings, dared not act, fearing both Tang Zan and Pei Shu’er.

This fierce couple was simply too formidable.

The next day when they woke up, they had reached a plain area, which was the place of exile.

The government officers escorted the exiles to the exile land, telling Pei Shu’er and others to handle the wheelbarrows and the huge package.

After all, it was too conspicuous.

If they did nothing, Pei Shu’er and her group would be targeted by the criminals previously exiled there and the officers.

This place, besides enemies, also had some natives. Due to harsh conditions, these people were all fierce.

Pei Shu’er had people push a few wheelbarrows with the large package away, and after everyone left, she stored all these items into her space.

Other exiles still gazed wistfully at where Pei Shu’er had discarded the items, planning to grab them once they arrived, as those would be theirs.

Unfortunately, their plan fell through.