Chapter 1: Transmigrated and Beaten with the Banzi
Tai’an Year 12
Yong’an Street, Futai County Yamen
“Constable, hit her, hit her hard! Beat this little bastard to death! How dare she sue me at the yamen? It’s simply outrageous, hit her, beat her to death! Hit her!”
An old woman with a shrill voice kept yelling, “Your family is nothing but a Jue Menhu, a bunch of good-for-nothings, so poor you can hear the clanging! Even with wings, a bastard like you with an unknown father could never ascend to the heavens! Get out, stop clinging on and refusing to move, delaying my descendants’ rise to prominence! You’re ruining my Mingzhu’s reputation, she’s meant to enter the palace and become a Noble Consort…”
“Whack!” A yamen runner raised the banzi and brought it down hard on the woman lying on the long bench.
The woman lay on the bench, a freshly scabbed wound on her forehead oozing blood again. Her dark and thin face was contorted with pain, drenched in cold sweat, her whole body trembling.
“Whack!” Another strike landed.
The woman cried out in pain, her neck tendons bulging, her whole body convulsing.
Suddenly, her body went limp, and her vision went black.
Seeing this, the yamen runner held back his raised banzi and did not strike.
Li Shi, seeing this, urged in a shrill voice, “Constable, keep hitting her! Beat this bastard to death!
This vile bastard living in the ancestral home has ruined the family’s Feng Shui! It wasn’t enough that she caused the old man’s death, she’s still clinging to the ancestral home, refusing to leave! She wants to harm our whole family! She’s completely rotten!…That bitch Gu Shi couldn’t give birth to a son herself, a Jue Menhu, thinking that having her grandson take the Shen surname makes him a true Shen descendant, qualified to inherit the house? I spit on her!”
The more Li Shi scolded, the more energetic she became.
The yamen runner, seeing no movement from the woman on the bench, felt a jolt in his heart and muttered, “Could she be dead after just a few strikes?”
Hearing this, a beautiful young woman beside Li Shi’s eyes widened in fear, “Grandmother, could Cousin Xingnong be dead?”
She mustn’t be dead! She was still waiting for this bastard to be beaten with the banzi, rolled on the Dingban, and then she would report it to the officials.
Only then could their family rightfully reclaim the ancestral home.
“Grandmother~” Shen Mingzhu subconsciously tugged at Li Shi’s sleeve.
“It’s only been five strikes, she can’t be dead! She’s faking it! Mingzhu, don’t look, don’t be scared!” Li Shi squinted at the girl on the bench, patted her granddaughter’s hand, and then walked over, her mouth still chattering incessantly, “This bastard is usually good at pretending, she must be faking it. Her life is cheap! She won’t die! A calamity lasts a thousand years!”
Li Shi reached out with both hands and fiercely pinched the girl’s injured buttocks on the bench, her expression vicious.
Her sharp nails dug into the flesh!
“You little bitch, you bastard, how dare you pretend to faint on me! You wanted to report to the officials, right? Report then!”
Xingnong only felt a splitting headache, a dull pain throbbing in her buttocks. An annoying voice chattered endlessly beside her ear, irritating her beyond measure. “Shut up!”
As soon as the words left her mouth, someone pinched her buttocks hard.
Without even opening her eyes, Xingnong kicked out.
Li Shi flew backward and landed hard on the ground, the pain contorting her old face like a chrysanthemum.
One could faintly see a shoe print on her face.
Everyone: “. . .”
Shen Mingzhu, however, breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, she wasn’t dead!
The young girl opened her eyes, her pupils shimmering, bright as stars.
The first thing Xingnong saw upon opening her eyes were the four large characters “Justice is Impartial.”
（?）
What was going on?
Those intelligent and lively eyes darted around, taking in the surroundings.
Ancient architecture?
Ancient people?
Wasn’t there an explosion in the lab? Where had she been blown to?
Xingnong looked down at her hands, feet, and clothes.
These ragged clothes, these dry, thin, and dark hands!
She pinched herself, it hurt!
Thinking of common tropes in novels…
Could it be… she had transmigrated?
A sharp pain shot through her head, countless memories flooding in like a broken dam…
“Grandmother, are you alright?” Seeing that she wasn’t dead, Shen Mingzhu felt relieved and hurried over to help Li Shi up. As she helped her up, she said anxiously, “Grandmother, Cousin Xingnong definitely didn’t do it on purpose, don’t blame her.”
Li Shi felt as if her whole body was broken. Upon hearing these words, she snapped back to her senses, ignoring the pain. She jumped up, snatched the banzi from the yamen runner, and lunged ferociously at Xingnong, “You little bitch, you dare kick me! I’ll beat you to death!”
A hint of triumph flashed in Shen Mingzhu’s eyes. She quickly chased after her and stood not far from Xingnong, saying anxiously, “Grandmother, don’t hit Cousin.”
Li Shi raised the banzi high and swung it down hard towards Xingnong, “You damned bastard, I’ll beat you to death!”
Just as the banzi was about to land, Xingnong swiftly dodged.
“Ah~!” A scream pierced the air!
Li Shi, holding the banzi high, struck Shen Mingzhu hard on the shoulder, sending her crashing to the ground.
Shen Mingzhu was in such pain that tears welled up in her eyes, her mouth open but unable to make a sound.
Everyone: “. . .”
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Madam Li stared at the person on the ground, dumbfounded. How could it be her precious granddaughter?
She hurriedly squatted down: “Mingzhu, Mingzhu, are you alright?”
Shen Mingzhu was in so much pain that she almost fainted. She looked up and saw Xingnong, cold as ice, standing next to her. Hatred welled up in her heart. Forcing an ugly smile, she said weakly, “Grandmother, I’m fine. Cousin Xingnong didn’t do it on purpose. Don’t hit her.”
Hearing this, Madam Li glared furiously at Xingnong, grabbed the board, and lunged at her: “You damned bastard, you did it on purpose! Don’t you dare dodge!”
Madam Li raised the board high, using all her strength to bring it down heavily on Xingnong.
Xingnong took a step to the side, revealing a row of nail boards with a cold gleam behind her.
Madam Li’s pupils shrank, but she had used too much force and couldn’t stop her momentum. She watched helplessly as her body made intimate contact with the nail board.
“Ahhhhhhh!!!!!” Another earth-shattering scream rang out, almost lifting the roof off.
“. . .” Everyone was stunned.
Madam Li lay on the nail board, in too much pain to move. She looked up and cried out, “Ah! Ah! Ah! Help! I’m dying! Ah, help! Master!”
The yamen runners hadn’t expected this to happen. They quickly rushed to help, calling for a doctor. The scene was chaotic.
Xingnong didn’t even glance at the chaos. She turned and left.
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Behind the screen.
Magistrate Fang stood respectfully a step behind a gentle and refined man in purple.
Beside the man in purple stood a man in black.
The three of them had witnessed the whole scene.
Ren Zilin turned to the man in black and asked, “Does that girl know martial arts?”
Why couldn’t he tell at all?
Could it be that her martial arts were even better than his?
“No.” The voice was hoarse, carrying a hint of coldness, deep and pleasant.
He had just checked. She had no internal energy, just agile movements.
Magistrate Fang couldn’t help but sneak a glance at the man in black beside Ren Zilin.
The man in black had a tall and well-proportioned figure, with exceptionally beautiful features. His picturesque eyes were overly cold and aloof. He just stood there, expressionless, yet he exuded an aura that made people want to bow down and submit.
Was this person Ren Daren’s shiye?
How come this shiye seemed more imposing than Ren Daren himself?
This aura of supreme dominance was too powerful, wasn’t it?
At this moment, the yamen runner who had been responsible for the beating ran in and bowed to Magistrate Fang: “Magistrate, something’s happened. That Shen Xingnong is causing a disturbance in the courtroom. Do you want to go out and uphold justice?”
After speaking, he discreetly looked at the other two.
Who was the newly arrived magistrate?
Magistrate Fang instinctively looked at Ren Zilin and said politely, “Ren Daren, please?”
He was about to be promoted and transferred, and this noble from the capital with a significant background was the magistrate who was about to take office.
Although the handover hadn’t happened yet, since he had come to the yamen, Magistrate Fang couldn’t afford to offend him and naturally had to ask if he wanted to deal with this case.
Ren Zilin was speechless: “Magistrate Fang, I haven’t taken office today, have I?”
He just happened to be here and wanted to watch the fun.
Magistrate Fang immediately nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: “Yes, yes, this subordinate will go and handle it right away.”
Magistrate Fang immediately left with the yamen runner.
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