Hearing their story, Ouyang Lei and his two companions couldn't help but feel sympathy for the couple's plight.
The two were childhood sweethearts. If not for Little Cui's snobbish brother and sister-in-law, they would have long been married and living a happy life together.
But—
Ouyang Lei frowned and said in a deep voice, "So because Guo Yong treated you that way and filled you with hatred, you two conspired that night to steal the soldier's dagger, kill Guo Yong, and frame the soldier for it."
Lady Zhong wept, shaking her head as she explained, "Before that night, we'd never thought of killing Guo Yong. It's because he wasn't human! The night before the soldier came to stay, Guo Yong tortured me relentlessly. He even forced me and Ah Xiang... to do *that* in front of him. We felt worse than dead. But even after we did what he demanded, he threatened to torture our child when he was a little older, making him suffer just as we did.
