Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1677 - 856: Four Lang Must Pay With His Life

The people sent out to search for Si Lang couldn’t find him, but they did manage to gather some information. He was seen yesterday, but there are conflicting statements. Some said they saw Si Lang heading towards the fields in the south, some said he was going in the direction of the county town, and others claimed he went west.

Such information hardly aids in locating Si Lang and instead adds to the confusion.

Si Lang left the old residence and wandered around the area of Thirty Mile Camp, ultimately disappearing without a trace!

The search continued, but now even Lian Shouyi and Lady He, who were initially composed, started to worry. They finally stepped out of the house to join in the search for Si Lang. They went to places nearby that Si Lang often visited, but still, he was nowhere to be found.

After this, the couple refused to continue searching. They stayed at home, crying and making a fuss to Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou, blaming the old couple for causing Si Lang’s disappearance.

Lian Shouyi stamped his feet and beat his chest, wailing at Old Master Lian and then sneering.

"Dad, are you really my father? I only have this one good son, and now he’s gone. Erlang and Sanlang have become part of other families, and Liulang is a fool. Dad, you have someone to see you off in your old age, but what about me when I grow old?"

"Dad, I know you hate me. You wish I were dead. But you can’t just kill me, you’re afraid of what people will say. You’ve driven Si Lang to death, cutting off my last hope. Dad, now that I’ll suffer in the future, are you satisfied?"

"Dad, I beg you, show mercy, don’t let me be cut to pieces, just give me a quick death."

As Lian Shouyi spoke, he buried his head in Old Master Lian’s arms.

"Dad, strangle me, suffocate me, or take a knife and cut me, I won’t resist, I won’t blame you. Dad, just kill me swiftly..."

Old Master Lian, frantic from not finding Si Lang, was pushed to the point of blushing by Lian Shouyi. Overnight, blisters appeared around his mouth, inside and out.

Lady Zhou, seeing Old Master Lian being forced like this, stepped forward and pushed Lian Shouyi away.

"What’s wrong with you, Second? This is your father, do you want to drive him to death?" Lady Zhou scolded Lian Shouyi, "Si Lang is a grown boy, what trouble could he possibly be in?"

Everyone else was worried about what might have happened to Si Lang, and although Lady Zhou was worried too, her concerns were different from everyone else’s.

"...So many people have searched and haven’t found him, who knows where he’s gone. Perhaps he’s hiding out in some kiln pit, or maybe he’s gone up the mountain to become a bandit."

To Lady Zhou’s credit, she didn’t say these things in front of Lian Shouyi and Lady He, but even saying them behind their backs, the words somehow got out.

At this time, Lady Zhou’s venomous words were like adding fuel to the fire for Lian Shouyi and Lady He.

"He must have been so suffocated that life became meaningless, looking for a way to end things somewhere. My poor son, I can’t even find his body." Lady He wailed, stretching her legs out on the kang in the Upper Room East Room of the old residence, "Now you’re content, you’ve killed my Si Lang to get revenge for your daughter and granddaughter!"

Lady He directed these accusations at Lady Zhou, pointing her finger at her.

"You always said my brother was a beheader, but you, you old crone, you’re the one who should be beheaded. You’ve caused the deaths of several people." Truly believing Si Lang to be lost, it was as if Lady He didn’t care about anything anymore, daring to lash out at Lady Zhou, "If my brother harmed anyone, it was outsiders, but you, you wicked old woman, you’ve harmed all your own family!"

"That boy I had before Si Lang, in the bitter winter, he was denied even a few sticks of firewood from you. When I asked for an egg, you gave it, but then tormented me, only giving me cold food, leftovers, one egg a day, while you scolded me to be worthless... People gave me a ham hock to help me produce milk. Why shouldn’t I eat it if it meant my child could have milk? I asked you for it, but you were unwilling to give. It was only because Old Master ordered it that you had no choice but to give it to me."

"Your heart, how poisonous it is. You placed so much salt in a ham hock, over two pounds worth. Suddenly, my milk dried up. That boy, who was born chubby, within days, in the middle of the night, he was gone. The next morning, when I touched him, he was ice cold. That was your doing. You wicked witch, you even called Huahua and Duoduo’s mother a viper, but you’re even more venomous."

"Old Fourth Family’s Xiao Ba, you killed him too, and Huahua and Duoduo’s mother, you wore her down to death. Why else has Old Three’s wife only had one daughter all these years? It’s because of you. Oh, and Old Fourth’s wife can’t have children either, and Jizu’s wife, she can’t have children."