Free Web NovelChapter 365: Chapter 367: The Beggar
Meng Liang felt he must have misheard.
"My mom’s grave was dug up?" freewebnøvel.coɱ
Meng Liang blinked, looking completely incredulous.
The viewers in the livestream were stunned as well.
[Someone dug up his mom’s grave? You’ve got to be kidding me.]
[That’s so messed up. Why would someone just dig up a person’s grave for no reason?]
[Could it be grave robbers?]
[Who gets buried with that much money these days? Grave robbers aren’t idiots!]
[Maybe he did something to offend someone, and they dug up his mom’s grave to get revenge?]
[+1, that has to be it!]
Meng Liang was completely bewildered. For the past few days, his mother had been appearing in his dreams constantly. She would even pull on his blankets, preventing him from getting a single night of peaceful sleep.
And now, he was learning that his mother was haunting him all because her grave had been dug up.
The image of his mother scolding him furiously at his bedside now flooded his mind, leaving no room for any other thoughts.
’So this was the real reason?’
His mind felt like a dried-up riverbed, completely stagnant. But then, something suddenly occurred to him.
His mother had meticulously chosen that burial plot herself. He’d heard she had consulted quite a few masters about it.
Meng Liang didn’t understand any of that, but he knew the location. It was on a large mountain with nice scenery.
’But it’s so remote. Who would go all the way out there to dig it up for no reason?’
’Then again, it’s precisely because it’s so remote that someone could dig it up whenever they wanted, and I’d never find out.’
Meng Liang was so angry his lips trembled.
"Master, what in the world is going on? My family has always been kind to others, and we haven’t even lived in the village for years. My mother was a gentle soul; she couldn’t possibly have had enemies."
"Why on earth would her grave be dug up?"
[I wouldn’t be so absolute about that. Sometimes, you can say something without meaning to, and a person will hold a grudge against you for it. You just never know.]
[So weird. What could be the reason then?]
[Her grave was dug up? Who has that kind of time? That’s just sick.]
Su Nian studied his expression and said with conviction.
"Someone did indeed dig up your mother’s grave."
"It was someone your mother didn’t know."
"What?"
Meng Liang was seething. ’It can’t be that some stranger dug it up for no reason!’
He wished he could go back right now and beat the person who dug up his mother’s grave half to death. ’How could anyone be so depraved?’
Su Nian explained.
"The feng shui of your mother’s grave is indeed excellent."
At Su Nian’s hint, the gears in Meng Liang’s head started turning.
He did remember a feng shui master who was very fond of that plot of land.
’Could it be? Did that feng shui master covet the land so much that he decided to dig up my mother?’
Su Nian continued, "Your mother passed away a long time ago, and you had already bought this auspicious plot, so that should have been the end of it. However, the feng shui master accidentally let it slip how good the feng shui of your mother’s grave was."
"A beggar happened to overhear him. He wanted to bring glory to his ancestors and ensure a prosperous future for his descendants—even though he didn’t have any. He decided he would be buried in that grave himself one day, so he planned to dig up your mother."
[That vagrant is disgusting!]
[So that’s what happened. I was just saying, who would dig up someone’s grave for no reason!]
[That’s so messed up. Isn’t he afraid the family will come after him?]
Meng Liang frowned, deep in thought.
Now that he thought about it, he did remember something.
Before his mother was even buried, a feng shui master had come asking about the plot.
He had offered a high price and repeatedly assured Meng Liang that he would find him an equally good plot.
But his mother had spent a long time picking out that plot while she was still alive, so of course he couldn’t agree to sell it.
But he never imagined a vagrant would overhear it and do something so disgusting.
Su Nian paused for a moment before continuing.
"The vagrant didn’t act on this information for a long time. It was only recently, after he came down with a serious illness, that he took action, thinking his days were numbered."
"He was getting ready to dig your mother up, but then his illness unexpectedly began to heal on its own, so he stopped the whole thing."
Hearing Su Nian’s explanation, Meng Liang’s face turned dark as a thundercloud.
’That vagrant is just despicable. My mother was such a gentle person. Whenever she encountered poor people like him, she would always give them something to eat, to help them out.’
’To think that after she died, someone would plot to take over her grave and even try to dig her up.’
’Even if it wasn’t technically a crime since he stopped, it was still disgusting and utterly depraved.’
The more Meng Liang thought about it, the angrier he became. He just couldn’t believe it.
To think that his mother, who was kind her whole life, would suffer such an indignity at the hands of someone like that, even after her death.
He took a deep breath and looked at Su Nian.
"Master, is there any way to punish him?"
"My mom was an incredibly kind person. For her to encounter something like this after she passed away... I’m just so furious."
Su Nian shook her head.
"That’s up to fate. However, as for this beggar... he will definitely be punished."
"Don’t worry. He’s going to prison very soon."
