The people of Back Mountain Village, upon learning of Pei Wensheng's death, immediately came over to tell them, "… The state of his corpse was ghastly, found not far from where Pei Wenjie was buried."
"What did you say!? Wensheng is really dead!?" Lady Zhu, in disbelief, grabbed the person who came to report the news and pressed for answers.
"It's all over the town; nobody wanted to retrieve the body. It was the Government Officers from the County Government Office who helped fetch it. They had to hook it out, and the body was torn up by the hook! It was horrifying!" said the messenger, shrinking his neck in fear.
Lady Zhu's face turned pale, "How could this have happened!? Someone must have harmed him, it must be those despicable wretches!"
Old Pei's form swayed unsteadily, his mouth opened, but he could not utter a word.
