Seeing that Old man Chen and his wife had run out of words to say, Lady Yang tugged at the sleeve of Lin Jianling's clothing. Lin Jianling coughed once and, without giving Lin Yuan so much as a glance—let alone an opportunity to explain, had Liuzi tied up with a rope, his mouth stuffed with one of his own foul shoes!
"Boss, now that the adulterer has been caught, the matter seems clear enough," he said. "Go and fetch the village head. Although this is a matter for our own Lin family, this is a big deal, involving the ducking stool, and without the elderly village head to ensure justice is done, we might be accused of bullying the second brother's family."
Lin Jiazhong received the order and turned to fetch the village head. A quick-witted young fellow at the doorway ran ahead to do it faster—when else to curry favor with the official wife's father?
