At this moment, both men stood in silence, neither daring to speak lightly. The reason was simple: Magistrate Chen's expression was exceedingly grim, and he had already dispatched his men to summon Liu Fu's newly wedded wife, Madam Liu Zhang, to the magistrate's yamen.
Before long, Madam Liu Zhang was brought into the main hall. To her utter shock, however, she beheld Liu Fu—who ought to have been dead—standing there alive and breathing. This sudden turn of events left her dumbfounded, paralyzed as a wooden chicken for a time. The elaborate set of explanations she had long prepared regarding the cause of Liu Fu's death was now stuck in her throat, refusing to come out no matter what.
She could only stammer incoherently, "He... he... ate their tofu pudding... and then he collapsed..."
Chapter 41