Ren Huai pondered for a moment, "Let's go to Ruan Family Village and see if those rumors are true."
He thought the story about Monarch Lu Xiang brandishing an axe to chop down her grandmother was too exaggerated. That was a great act of impiety. If she really did it, wouldn't she be scolded to death?
So he planned to visit the scene of the incident.
Steward Xu had no objections. The two changed into inconspicuous clothes and took a carriage to Ruan Family Village.
The roads in Ruan Family Village were bumpy and very difficult to travel.
Ren Huai and his companion frowned, got off the carriage at the village entrance, and asked someone for directions. They didn't say they were looking for Mrs. Ruan; they just said a stray dog had carried away one of his pouches into the village, and he wanted to go in and search for it, offering that villager five coins as a reward.
The person naturally agreed wholeheartedly and diligently guided Ren Huai and his companion around the village.
