The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune

Chapter 58: Chapter 56: Turning into a Human Pig Chapter 58: Chapter 56: Turning into a Human Pig The guests who left the calamitous scene at the General Residence each spoke with a face full of terror, recounting the horror to those around them.

“As soon as that so-called Master Xuan Ling arrived at the mourning hall, a demonic wind began to howl, and I sensed something was amiss right then. And indeed, something wasn’t right. Soon after, the sky suddenly darkened, and all the lamps in the hall went out. It was pitch dark! Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck from the sky and hit Master Xuan Ling directly! There was a thunderous boom! In an instant, I smelled roasted flesh. Master Xuan Ling was completely charred, even his eyeballs fell out! My God, I was so scared I nearly wet myself!”

“Then came the second and third bolts of heavenly thunder, striking Master Xuan Ling as well, incinerating him with three bolts! As I scurried out with my tail between my legs, I saw with my own eyes how he turned into a pile of black ash—right under that bronze bell at the General Residence’s scene. Who knows what kind of sorcery he practiced, or the unforgivable sins he committed, it seems like the Heavens wouldn’t let him off, reducing him to ashes, never to be reincarnated.”

“The fourth bolt of heavenly thunder struck the coffin! With one strike, the coffin burst into roaring flames. Jiang Qing saw it and tried to put out the fire, but it was inextinguishable! In a blink, it was reduced to ash! The fifth thunderbolt struck the old General, turning him directly to ash! The old General must have done something despicable, the Heavens wouldn’t even spare his corpse, wishing his soul to disperse and be obliterated, saving the trouble of his burial.”

“The sixth, seventh, and eighth…all the lightning bolts struck Mistress Zhou! The following bolts of heavenly thunder were like volleys of arrows fired at Mistress Zhou! Moreover, most of these bolts were chasing after Mistress Zhou to strike her! The first bolt she blocked, dragging a trusted old maid into its path, tsk-tsk, turning her instantly charred. The second one Jiang Qing blocked for her, and he too was instantly charred. The third bolt she blocked with her grandson! For the fourth, she dragged a concubine to shield herself, the fifth strike tore off one of Mistress Zhou’s legs…”

“I saw both of Mistress Zhou’s legs got blasted!”

“One of Mistress Zhou’s ears was struck off, too! And her hand was hit.”

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“Tsk-tsk, how black-hearted Mistress Zhou must be, committing so many heinous deeds that even the heavenly thunder pursued her relentlessly! Not only condemning her lineage, but the Heavens didn’t grant her a quick end, tormenting her bit by bit, breaking hands and legs…”

“The most astonishing thing was that a bolt of heavenly thunder struck another room, splitting the entire room in two! When I ran out, I saw overturned oil lamps scattered on the ground, the spilling oil forming the character ‘execute’! Tell me, isn’t this a sign of divine retribution? What despicable acts has the General Residence committed? Does the Heavens intend on executing nine generations of their line?”

“What’s even more miraculous is that out of the forty-nine heavenly thunders, they all struck the people of the General Residence! None of us who attended the funeral were harmed!”

“That’s the Heavens having eyes! Every single bolt is the Heavens settling accounts with the loyal and brave General Residence!”

“This thunderstorm has helped us verify who is good or evil! Whoever remained unharmed amidst so many bolts of heavenly thunder is certainly a good person! Anyone who was even slightly grazed by the lightning and got hurt is definitely wicked!”

With that, some people quickly recalled who else was injured while present there!

Then they remembered several military officers’ family members were hurt, identified by the thunder as black-hearted!

In the future, we must stay far away from them!

“Many people died in the General Residence this time, more than a dozen of Mistress Zhou’s descendants—two sons, a concubine daughter, a daughter-in-law, five or six grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews from other branches, all killed by her. What do you think will become of her remaining children and daughters-in-law?”

“If it were me, I would torment her to death every single day! Mistress Zhou is simply inhuman, heartlessly using her own descendants to shield herself from the lightning!”

“If she weren’t so black-hearted and ruthless, would the heavenly thunder chase after her? Just wait and see, if the Heavens haven’t finished her off this time, her retribution is yet to come! Probably letting her remaining descendants take their anger out on her!”

“Speaking of which, what bad things did the old General and Mistress Zhou actually do? The Heavens couldn’t stand it anymore? Going so far as to dispatch heavenly thunder to take them?”

“The Government officials will have to investigate this! There must be a problem with the General Residence! No, I have to report to the authorities to accuse them! The General Residence might be in collusion with the enemy, plotting against the loyal and good, embezzling bribes, abducting women, and oppressing the people… What evil haven’t they done for the Heavens to see and send down forty-nine bolts of heavenly thunder?”

“That’s logical! People who are intolerable to the order of the Heavens, we should all report them to the authorities, don’t let them harm more people…”

“Officials protect each other, but if the new County Magistrate does not dare to investigate, we shall petition with blood, reaching the ears of the Nine Heavens! Reporting all the way to The Emperor himself.”

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Everyone had their say, piecing together a vivid and realistic account of the disaster that struck the General Residence.

Forty-nine heavenly thunders struck, each one perfectly interpreted by the guests.

In the end, they even seemed eager to administer heavenly justice, to deal with the people of the General Residence.

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General Residence

Her body was still entwined with a trace of lightning, causing convulsions and numbness; the pain was so intense she wished for death!

Even with a crooked eye and slurred speech, it didn’t stop her from crying out loudly, “Dr. Qi! Quickly get Dr. Qi here! I’m in so much pain! Save me! Oh, it hurts! My ear hurts so much, my legs hurt so much, my hand hurts so much, my whole body is in so much pain… Are you all dead? Hurry up and get Dr. Qi here! Ah….”

The servants hurried off to fetch Dr. Qi.

Lady Hou embraced a pitch-black corpse, stopping everyone in their tracks, her eyes brimming with hatred, “No one is to go! The old lady has great fortune and strong vitality; not even so many bolts of lightning could take her life. Why call for a doctor?”

The servants all stopped, looking at her in surprise.

Lady Hou’s son had been found.

Struck by lightning, his body was completely charred; he would have been unrecognizable if not for the Jade Pendant around his neck.

It was Mistress Zhou who pulled her son to shield her from a strike of lightning, causing her son to die!

Lady Hou now despised Mistress Zhou to the core!

Although Mistress Zhou was down to one ear, she still heard and glared at Lady Hou with a sinister look in her one eye, so angry that her speech was incoherent, “Lady Hou, you venomous woman, how dare you! Someone come and beat this venomous woman to death for me! I want to have her expelled by my eldest…. Someone! Cut off her limbs, stuff her into a jar, and make her into a human swine!”

Lady Hou coldly said, “The old lady is utterly heartless, using her grandchildren as a shield from lightning, causing the Jiang Family to lose its future generations! Such a venomous woman cannot be tolerated by Heaven! Someone bring a jar over, stuff the old lady into it, make her into a human swine, and place her in the Jiang Family’s ancestral hall to atone for her sins to the Jiang ancestors and the deceased grandchildren.”

After speaking, she looked at the other members of the Jiang Family and clansmen, “Do any of our kin have objections?”

At that moment, many clansmen were still searching through the ruins for their relatives! How could they possibly disagree?

They all wished nothing more than for Mistress Zhou to die!

They wished they could slice her flesh piece by piece to appease the spirits of their deceased relatives in the Nine Heavens!

And so, Mistress Zhou’s hands were chopped off, and she was stuffed into a jar, becoming a human swine.

Mistress Zhou screamed, “Ah! How dare you! When my son comes back, none of you shall have a good death! …Mmm….”

A foul shoe was stuffed into her mouth.

She was carried away and locked in the ancestral hall.