Chapter 161 Dispute over the Division of the Family (3)

"in addition."

Ignoring them, Shen Xiangwan turned to Wei Jinghan and the others and said, "From today on, you are no longer a branch of the Wei family. You can open your own family tree and no longer be controlled by the main family."

It seemed that Shen Xiangwan had expelled them from the Wei family together, but in fact he was making them completely independent. As long as they did not commit suicide, Wei Jingchun and the others would not be able to harass them in the name of legitimate descendants, because from the moment they opened the family tree, they were legitimate descendants.

"Yes."

"No···"

Wei Jingyi and Wei Jinghan were not stupid either. They both clasped their fists and bowed. On the other hand, Wei Jingpeng and Wei Jingchun were in grief, and their roars resounded through the world. Although their family had not given them much help before, the meaning of having a clan and not having a clan was completely different. After being expelled from the Wei family, they really became floating duckweed, with no place to go.

"Sir, this way."

Before Shen Xiangwan put away the family tree, a clear call suddenly sounded from outside the crowd. The onlookers automatically made way for a path, and a guard and several yamen runners came over. Wei Jingchun and the others felt a pang in their hearts, but they didn't care about the discomfort anymore and were about to strike first, but...

"My dear officers, I am Shen Xiangwan. I asked the guards at home to report to the authorities."

However, Shen Xiangwan was quicker than them and in the blink of an eye she came forward with a smile. Wei Jinghan and the others had passed her test. Next she would ask them to help her. Before that, she had to deal with Wei Jingchun and the others first, so that they wouldn't come to her again shamelessly.

"you···"

The moment they saw her, the yamen runners were all stunned. They had obviously not expected that there would be such a beauty in such a remote place.

"Sir, we are the ones who should report to the police."

Seeing that they were staring at Shen Xiangwan in a daze, in order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Wei Jinghan and Wei Jingyi both stepped forward and stood in front of Shen Xiangwan without making a sound, blocking the gaze of the yamen runners.

Seeing this, Shen Xiangwan was happy to leave everything to them. She turned around and returned to the crowd with Yuan Shu and the guards. She had done what she needed to do. Now it was up to Wei Jinghan and the others. Although the exiled commoners were no different from ordinary people after arriving at the place of exile, if they dared to commit crimes and reported them to the government, their crimes would be increased no matter how big or small the crimes were. As long as Wei Jingyi and the others were not soft-hearted, the Wei Jingchun and his family would never have a chance to rise again.

"Officer, they broke into our house without permission and demanded money. When we refused to give them money, they started fighting us. Everyone present here can attest to this."

Pointing at Wei Jingchun and the others, Wei Jinghan made his accusation with red eyes and pretended to be choked with sobs.

"It's absurd that a mere villager can be so lawless. Come with us."

Hearing this, the bailiffs were about to lock them up. The two families turned pale with fear. Wei Jingchun, who had been quite strong not long ago, stammered, "Sir, Sir, misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. I'm his biological brother. I just came to borrow some money to get by. I'm not blackmailing you."

"Yes, Master Cha, he and I are brothers."

Wei Jingpeng also hurriedly agreed, and the two pointed at Wei Jinghan and Wei Jingpeng respectively.

"Brother?"

The bailiffs paused and looked at Wei Jinghan and the other man at the same time. As the saying goes, even a judge cannot judge family affairs. If it was really just a conflict between relatives, they would not care so much.

"Sir, allow me to report."

They were all officials once, so how could they not understand the thoughts of those in government offices?
Wei Jinghan stepped forward and said, "Master, they were indeed our brothers, but our family has expelled them from the family, and we are about to set up our own clan. According to the laws of Tianqi Country, we are no longer brothers, and we are not even relatives."

"That's right, sir. We are exiled commoners. After settling in the village, the only money we have left is enough to build a few thatched houses. But they asked to borrow a hundred taels of silver as soon as they opened their mouths, and even extorted a thousand or eight hundred taels for medicine. They are not brothers, but enemies!"

Wei Jingyi was not willing to be outdone. It was okay in the past, but ever since he decided to give up and no longer adhere to the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, he found that it was not that difficult. He felt as if he had become a lot more relaxed.

"Officer, I can testify that they have indeed been expelled from the family." Following Shen Xiangwan's instructions, Yuan Shu walked towards them with the family tree, unfolded the page with their names crossed out and handed it to the runners.

"Lock him up and take him away!"

After confirming that everything was correct, the leading bailiff said in a deep voice.

"Yes."

"No, Master, it's not like that. We were not expelled from the family before we came here. We were wronged!"

"Please spare us, sir. We will never dare to do it again."

"Madam, we are wrong, we are really wrong, please help us, please..."

"Wuwu... No, we were wrong, please forgive us..."

The bailiffs came forward one after another and locked up the people without any explanation. Wei Jingchun and others were so scared that they trembled all over and kept begging for mercy. Unfortunately, the bailiffs had no intention of paying any attention to them.

As for Shen Xiangwan, she personally asked Yuan Shu to take the family tree and beat people up, so why would she care about their life or death?

The families of Wei Jinghan and Wei Jingyi all looked on indifferently, without any intention of being soft-hearted. This time, they had really given up.

"You guys come with us too."

After locking up Wei Jingchun and others, the leading yamen runner turned to Wei Jinghan and Wei Jingyi, as they would be needed in court later.

"Yes."

The two of them were well aware of the government procedures, so they were not too afraid and both bowed humbly.

"Yuan Shu, you should also take the family tree with you."

"Yes."

Shen Xiangwan gave the order again, and Yuan Shu did not refuse. After a short while, the yamen runners took them away. The onlookers were all talking about it, but most of them were talking about Wei Jingchun and others. They did not blame Shen Xiangwan and others. After all, anyone who was not a fool would know that from the beginning to the end, it was Wei Jingchun and others who caused trouble.

"Wanwan, thank you!"

The crowd gradually dispersed, and Wan and Lin walked towards them with their children. They all bowed and thanked her at the same time. If she had not expelled those people from the family first, they would not have been able to get away with it so cleanly.

"You're welcome. I had been planning to expel them from the family for a long time. It just happened by chance today."

Waving his hands, Shen Xiangwan took the little bun and turned around and said, "Mom, let's go back."

"it is good."

Looking at her and then at Wan and the others, Zhao Yuping turned around and left with Shen Xiangwan. What they didn't know was that Wan and the others had been standing there watching them until they entered the house, and then the group turned around to clean up. After all this commotion, their home was a mess and they had to spend some time to put it in order.

【End of this chapter】

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