From that day on, a new beggar appeared in Tongzhou City—blind, deaf, mute, and with crippled legs, forced to crawl through the streets, begging with only his hands.
With no roof over his head, no clothes to ward off the cold, and no food to fill his stomach, Chen Qizhi could only drag his ruined body with his two hands. He moved so slowly that he couldn't even commit suicide if he wanted to.
Of course, while he thought of suicide, he lacked the courage. He could only force himself to keep living.
"Death is the final punishment, but this... Brother Pei, wasn't what you did a bit too cruel?" County Magistrate Wang said, expressing his disapproval after learning of Chen Qizhi's fate.
Pei Shaoqing replied, "I merely did to him what he did to others. Besides, Old Wang, do you know what his most serious crime was, aside from abducting and crippling children?"
