Everyone was busy in the courtyard and did not know that the news had already spread in Qingchuan City. Everyone was discussing that Zou Zude and his wife had lived their lives disgracefully and that a god had appeared. The news that the two of them had suffered retribution spread throughout Qingchuan City.
Mr. Qian ran back from the government office and said to Li Yu, "Madam, the Zou family came to report that Zou Zude and his wife had their tendons severed by someone last night and were paralyzed. The Zou family came and asked if the Li family's mother and daughter were willing to go back and take care of them. If they were unwilling, the Zou family's property would be given to the Zou family. Zou Zude and his wife would be taken care of by the Zou family. The Li family's mother and daughter would be removed from the Zou family and their household register would be moved out."
