Chapter 59 The Oppressed Man

  It was just past noon, and the outskirts of Tianchang County were unusually hot.

  It's so hot that anyone who travels at this time is considered a fool.

  But there are fools in this world, a weak scholar carrying a bundle on his back, hastily leaving Tianchang County as if there were tigers and beasts in Tianchang County.

  He rushed about in a frantic manner, nearly falling over several times, with sweat streaming down his face, but he didn't have time to wipe it away, and just hurried along.

  At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly passed by the bookworm's ear, and when the bookworm-like person reacted, there was already someone standing in front of him. The man had a proud face, with contempt in his expression, as if he didn't even put the bookworm in his eyes.

  The scholar saw someone blocking the road, and he was startled for a moment. He didn't want to cause trouble, so he thought of passing by, but at this time, the person who blocked him sneered coldly and said: "Are you Nian Feng?"

  The scholar was startled and his eyes rolled slightly as he said, "Brother, you've mistaken me for someone else. I'm not Nian Feng."

  Just as Shu Sheng was about to leave again, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "He is Nian Feng, catch him quickly."

  The speaker was Lu Ming, and beside him were Hua Lang Wen Meng and others. Of course, the one who blocked Nian Feng's way was naturally Yin Wu Cuo.

  Lu Ming has already proven it. Yin Wu smiled coldly: "Since you are Nian Feng, please follow us to the Yamen!"

  Nian Feng's identity was exposed, and he had to escape. Just as he was about to flee, Yin Wu caught him with one palm. Nian Feng looked at Lu Ming with a bitter expression: "Brother Lu, you've ruined me! You... Ah!" Nian Feng was helpless and could only end his words with a sigh.

  They caught Nian Feng, and Hua Lang hurriedly took him to the county government office. Although it was very hot on this road, it also made people extremely excited. Now that they had caught Nian Feng, some things that couldn't be explained before now had an explanation.

  Arriving at the county yamen, Bao Zheng dismounted his horse and ascended to the hall to hear the case. Bao Zheng sat on the high platform, while Yu Fu, Qi Yan'er, Hua Lang and others stood to one side. When Yu Fu and Qi Yan'er saw Nian Feng, they could hardly bear to rush forward and kick him twice, giving him two knife wounds, making him suffer extreme torture. However, this was a public court, so the two of them could only endure their hatred for Nian Feng.

  Bao Zheng looked at Nian Feng in the hall and said: "Nian Feng, quickly explain how you killed Yu Tingting, otherwise don't blame this official for being ruthless."

  After hearing Bao Gong's words, Nian Feng was suddenly shocked and said: "Sir, is Yu Tingting dead?"

  Everyone saw Nian Feng and asked such a thing, it's really strange, isn't Yu Tingting the one killed by Nian Feng?

  Bao Zheng sneered coldly: "You killed Yu Tingting, and now you come to ask me if Yu Tingting is dead. What a good actor this criminal is."

  Nian Feng listened to the words and was frightened. He hastily knocked his head and said, "Your Honor, I really didn't know that Yu Tingting had died, nor did I kill her."

  Bao Zheng did not want to say any more useless words and asked: "Did you have an affair with Yu Tingting, and did you take her body?"

  Nian Feng hesitated for a moment before nodding: "That's right, I did have an intimate relationship with her." As soon as Nian Feng finished speaking, Yu Fu could no longer bear the shame and kicked Nian Feng in the chest, sending him tumbling to the ground. Despite this, Nian Feng gritted his teeth and said: "But I didn't kill Yu Tingting."

  Two bailiffs dragged Yu Fu down, and Bao Zheng coldly asked: "On the night when Yu Tingting was killed, it was in the West Street alley. So late at night, she, a woman, wasn't meeting with you?"

  Bao Zheng saw this and angrily said: "Answer truthfully, otherwise you will be punished severely."

  It was a long time before Xiang Feng finally spoke up and replied, "Lord, that night Yu Tingting did indeed have an appointment with me, but...but I didn't keep the appointment. I...I ran away."

  This is hard to understand, are there men in this world who don't take advantage of women? A woman asks a man out on a date and he agrees, but in the end, he stands her up. Is this man stupid or just not capable?

  "You escaped? Why did you escape, since you've already ruined Yu Tingting's body, why do you want to escape?" Bao Zheng angrily said, because he felt that a man like Nian Feng was too irresponsible.

  "Nian Feng glanced at Yu Fu and then replied, 'To be honest with Lord Bao, the reason I wanted to escape was that I couldn't bear Yu Tingting's oppression.'"

  It was heard that Nian Feng said so, and everyone was somewhat puzzled. He was a man, how could Yu Tingting oppress him? This was clearly an excuse for his own lack of responsibility.

  After a moment, Yan Feng continued: "At first, I met Yu Tingting at Lu Ming's tea house. I've always liked drinking tea and have studied the art of tea very much. That day, Yu Tingting and I talked about the art of tea for a while. After we chatted, I felt that Yu Tingting was extremely particular about tea. So, I exchanged ideas with her many times, and slowly, feelings developed between us, and eventually, something happened between us. But since then, Yu Tingting has become like a different person. To describe her in one word, it's 'coquettish'."

  Jian Nianfeng said such things about his own daughter, Qi Yingying could no longer bear it and said: "What nonsense that my daughter is promiscuous? It's clear that you men are faithless and have toyed with my daughter. Afterward, you wanted to abandon her, but when you couldn't get rid of her, you ruthlessly killed her."

  Nian Feng shook his head and said, "It's really not like that. Yu Tingting is very overbearing and domineering. Everything has to be done her way. When we meet, what we do after meeting, what we eat... everything has to be according to her wishes. And she often scolds me, without any of the tenderness from when we first met. You say, isn't this being overbearing? What's even more hateful is that recently she's been pressuring me to marry her. A woman like this, do I dare marry her? So that night when she asked me to discuss this matter, I really couldn't bear it, so I ran away."

  After hearing Nian Feng's words, everyone was shocked. Was his escape not a fugitive escape, but a fear of Yu Tingting's forced marriage?

  Is it really like this?

  Nian Feng doesn't know if he ran away because Yu Tingting forced him to get married, but Nian Feng said that Yu Tingting is overbearing and tyrannical, which is not false at all. If a man had to be with such a woman every day, it would be unbearable, let alone if he really married her, a rich young lady like Yu Tingting. A poor scholar like Nian Feng would probably be looked down upon by everyone and considered a gigolo who relies on women for food.

  Although Hua Lang sympathizes with Nian Feng, he cannot pity him because all of this is what he brought upon himself. He ruined the woman's reputation without understanding her situation and now doesn't want to take responsibility. This kind of man has problems in himself.

  And also, Nian Feng said he didn't kill Yu Tingting, who would believe him? At least at this time, Hua Lang and the others did not believe him.