I become a god in another world

Chapter 168

"When I heard this, I wanted to beat him, but my father scolded me instead. He said that according to the ancestral family law, elders and younger children are in order. There is no reason for a nephew to beat an uncle."

Kuai Changshun looked aggrieved:

"My father is always like this, using the ancestral family law to suppress others. It is obviously Kuai Wu who is wrong in this matter. Besides, if the ancestral family law is useful, Kuai Laowu is his junior, how dare he point his finger at him and scold him? "

He shouted angrily:

"That's not fair at all."

"The rules my grandfather said are to control honest people. Bastards like Kuai Wu are not restricted. Afterwards, my grandfather even coaxed him nicely. The linen that was stolen from my third uncle's house was also taken from my uncles. Bring the linen that my mother has knitted."

Kuai Changshun didn't realize the weight of what he said unintentionally. When he recalled the past, he only felt sick for the existence of Kuai Laowu.

Zhao Fusheng was thoughtful and asked again:

"It's not easy for your father either."

"Yes." Kuai Changshun nodded, then showed a sarcastic expression:

"But whose fault is this? Sir, do you think this is just an exception?"

In anger, Kuai Changshun asked and answered himself, and said loudly:

"No! This incident is just one of the major incidents over the years. There are many other things that have happened."

The turning point in Kuai Wu's life came from the death of his father.

Since then, he has been like a puddle of mud, beating his wife and children at home and getting drunk outside.

"He doesn't have a formal appearance all day long. He doesn't do anything. If there is a wedding or a wedding in a ten-mile radius, he will go there as soon as he hears about it. He will shamelessly ask people for drinks. After drinking, he will go crazy with alcohol. The most abominable thing is to beat others. It’s my father’s reputation that matters.”

Because of Uncle Kuai Liu's existence, although other villagers hated Kuai Wu, they wanted to give Kuai Liang Village some respect, but they were extremely disgusted with this man and would shake their heads whenever he mentioned it.

"There's no one in the entire Wulitian Village who doesn't know him."

Kuai Changshun couldn't stop talking about Kuai Wu:

"He cried when he was drunk. He got together with a drunken lunatic from Fengmen Village and cursed God and our family. He cursed my family to have no descendants -"

"..."

Wu Shaochun's eyes showed sympathy.

"You are unlucky to meet such a scoundrel." He shook his head and sighed.

"Who can say it's not? The most disgusting thing is that my father doesn't allow anyone to beat him. There are more than 20 people in my family. Every year, we collect persimmons and fish in the river. Everyone is very diligent and saves some money throughout the year. Originally, our family We should live a prosperous life, but my father still has to help his family pay taxes, and every year, there is nothing left."

Kuai Changshun kept shaking his head:

"When will this kind of day end?"

Zhao Fusheng's original intention was to use his mouth to find out the truth behind the calm appearance of Kuai Liang Village, but he did not expect that after using Kuai Wu as a breakthrough, he actually learned the unspeakable secrets of Uncle Kuai Liu from Kuai Changshun.

A mistake at that time caused not only the tragedy of Kuai Wu's family's life, but also the tragedy of Kuai's sixth uncle.

It happened that he held the power of the clan, so that this tragedy spread to his descendants.

Perhaps the villagers and children's feelings towards Uncle Kuai Liu were similar to Kuai Changshun's, with superficial respect mixed with deep resentment.

Sooner or later, this resentment and dissatisfaction will turn into a giant blade and tear Kuai Liang Village apart.

Is Uncle Kuai Liu aware of this huge crisis?

Zhao Fusheng thought to himself.

She pursed her lips and asked:

"Have you considered splitting up?"

Actually this is a good solution.

Looking at the tragedy of Kuai Liushu's life, it stems from his sense of responsibility.

As the leader of a clan-based village, he loves and cares about the villagers very much.

His existence is like that of an elder in a family. He is benevolent, tolerant, caring but authoritarian. He takes on all responsibilities, but does not have the skills to solve these troubles. He has to transfer responsibilities to others, causing everyone to share the trouble. .

In an era like the Han Dynasty, exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes were like a huge mountain, weighing on the villagers. Originally, the existence of the clan was to protect everyone, so that everyone could stay together for warmth and overcome difficulties together.

The intention is good.

However, the error tolerance rate is extremely low.

Uncle Liu was soft-hearted for a while and kept the matchmaker, but something went wrong, leaving the old couple with a huge burden on their backs.

After Kuai Juming's death, if Kuai Wu could turn his grief and anger into motivation, he might not have let things get to this point.

However, Kuai Wu's psychological endurance was extremely low. His father's death became an excuse for him to escape reality. He used anger to cover up his timidity and guilt, and threw all the responsibilities on others to alleviate his inner self-blame.

Under such circumstances, if Uncle Kuai Liu breaks off immediately and drives Kuai Wu out of the clan, the clan may still maintain cohesion and develop further.

But the reason why people are called people is because they have seven emotions and six desires.

Uncle Kuai Liu is also a human being. He will be condemned by responsibility and conscience. His authoritative status as the village elder has now become a constraint for him, preventing him from abandoning Kuai Wu and doing things that violate his status as a village elder.

"Separate?"

Kuai Changshun screamed strangely when he heard this.

After he finished shouting, he swept away his previous anger, remained silent for a moment, and finally sighed:

"My dad and the others don't agree."

"Why?" Fan Wujiu, who didn't speak much, was a little surprised when he heard this and asked:

"Because of filial piety?"

Kuai Changshun didn't seem to know how to answer, and Zhao Fusheng answered for him:

"Because of power."

"that power?"

Fan Wujiu was a little surprised when he heard this.

How can a person from a poor country and a wealthy family get the power?

He is not as smart as his brother Fan Bishie, nor does he have as many calculations as Zhang Chuanshi. At this time, he really can't figure out the joints.

On the contrary, Kuai Changshun felt a little uncomfortable after hearing what Zhao Fusheng said, and said as if to explain:

"My grandfather is getting older. One day, his burden will be handed over to my father——"

The power change of the village elders - even though this kind of power is something that Fan Wujiu doesn't like, in Kuai Liang Village, Uncle Kuai Liu is a unique existence. He is the respected elder in the eyes of the villagers, and his status is not inferior to that of the big shots in the city. them.

"The lower one's status is, the more one cares about the hierarchy." Zhao Fusheng sighed.

Uncle Kuai Liu is already showing signs of illness. Once he dies, the power of the village elder will be handed over to his sons. Therefore, his sons will be firm supporters of his power and will not allow others to destroy it, even if they want to separate the family. The people are their wives and sons.

Kuai Changshun avoided looking directly into Zhao Fusheng's eyes:

"If my father manages the village in the future, it will definitely not be like this -"

Zhao Fusheng smiled and did not argue with him, but said:

"Since it's not possible to separate the family, it's better to drive Kuai Wu out."

"It's hard to talk about this problem. After all, we are all relatives..." When it came to the key solution, Kuai Changshun completely suppressed his previous anger, became a little cowardly, and shook his head.

Zhao Fusheng smiled and did not discuss this issue again. These villagers are short-sighted, forward-thinking, and have no courage. They are sad and hateful. Part of their hardship comes from the nature that they have been cultivated by the environment.

The system of the Han Dynasty fostered these ignorant people who were indecisive but lawless and dared to resort to lynching, causing ghost troubles.

"Maybe if Kuai Wu is dead, the problem will be solved." She said with a faint smile.

Kuai Changshun was inexplicably relieved.

For some reason, when this issue was brought up, he felt that Zhao Fusheng's eyes made him feel a lot of pressure, and he instinctively wanted to escape. At this time, she took the initiative to change the topic, and Kuai Changshun felt relieved.

"Yes, yes." He forced a smile, agreed, and then sighed:

"But how can it be that easy? As the saying goes, disasters will last for thousands of years, but good people will not live long..."

"Who is the trouble? Who is the good guy?"

Zhao Fusheng tilted his head and asked him, but he was speechless and did not dare to agree.

This time, Zhao Fusheng did not allow him to escape, but asked him:

"Is Kuai Wu a bad person? Is Madam Zhuang Si a good person?"

"Kuai Laowu is naturally not a good person, Fifth Uncle, no, Zhuang Siniang, she, she shouldn't steal people - if she doesn't steal people, she, she is a good person - why would she do this... Our Kuai Liang Village is so ashamed. My father was so kind to her. When she gave birth, my grandma waited on her for several days, bringing tea and water all day long, and also stewed salted fish soup to nourish her. Body--"

Zhao Fusheng listened to his ramble and suddenly realized a question that had been ignored since he entered the village:

"What about the child?"

As soon as she asked this question, Kuai Changshun, who was speaking, was suddenly startled, with a look of confusion on his young face, and asked:

"Who?"

"Child!" Zhao Fusheng once again called out the existence of the child born to the Fourth Lady Zhuang:

"You also mentioned, the child born to the Fourth Lady Zhuang."

After she finished speaking, she saw Kuai Changshun looking strange, as if at the moment he heard the word 'child', many different emotions were cut into pieces and put together on his face. , looking a bit arrogant.

His eyes showed panic and fear, and the corners of his mouth drooped, a little sad, as if he was remembering some sad past event.

But his brows were furrowed, as if something puzzling was troubling his thoughts...

Strange! It’s so weird!

"Child? Which child?" he asked.

When Zhao Fusheng heard this, he realized the seriousness of the problem.

With a serious expression, she turned to look at Fan Wujiu: "Second brother, earlier when Zhuang Laoqi was explaining the ghost case in the town hall, he mentioned that Madam Zhuang Si had given birth to a child. What was the child's name?"

After finishing speaking, she saw Fan Wujiu's confused face and couldn't help but encourage him:

"You have a good memory. If you think about it again, why are you called Kuai?"

"I-is my memory good?" Fan Wujiu was a little surprised.

He usually doesn't use his brain much.

Anyway, his brother was there for everything. He just listened to everything and didn't take it seriously. He just followed Fan Bisheng and Zhao Fusheng's instructions when it came to matters.

When he heard Zhao Fusheng's words, he suddenly felt pressure in his heart. He looked at Wu Shaochun as if asking for help and stammered:

"Shaochun, what do you think? There seems to be such a thing, right?"

Wu Shaochun was also very distressed:

"There is a child." He dodges his eyes and looks at Zhao Fusheng with some guilt:

"But my lord, my memory is not good, I cannot remember."

Zhao Fusheng shook his head:

"It's not your fault."

She was sure that there was something else hidden in Kuai Liang Village that caused everyone to forget about the daughter of Madam Zhuang Si.

This discovery made Zhao Fusheng a little excited.

"Changshun, do you remember your fifth uncle's child?" she asked Kuai Changshun.

Kuai Changshun looked strange and said after hearing this:

"What I remember is, it's a daughter--" When he said this, he seemed a little unsure, and then he grabbed his hair in pain:

"But I don't remember her name."

"Forget it if you can't remember."

Zhao Fusheng saw that something was wrong with him and said quickly:

"I'll ask him when I get to Kuai Wu's house."

Kuai Liang Village is shrouded in ghostland. People here remember that Mrs. Zhuang Si had a daughter, but they don't remember her name.

This little girl seemed to be erased from this ghostland by some force.

Is she dead or alive? Are you still staying in Kuai Liang Village now, or have you left the village?

If she was not in the village, the village would have been under martial law after a ghost case occurred in Kuai Liang Village, and a special person was even assigned to guard the entrance of the village. Under such circumstances, the daughter of Mrs. Zhuang Si was not very old, and the villagers were trapped and died in the village. How could she leave this ghost village under such circumstances?

And if she was still in the village, how could the villagers not discover her existence?

Zhao Fusheng always felt that the daughter of Mrs. Zhuang Si might be an important clue in this ghost case, and might even be a breakthrough.

She turned her head and looked behind her in a strange way - where her eyes fell was the Kuai family ancestral hall adjacent to Uncle Kuai's sixth uncle's house.

According to Kuai Changshun, after the ghost case broke out, the Kuai clan members were unable to enter the ancestral hall.

Is it possible that the fourth lady Zhuang's daughter is in the ancestral hall?

She first went to Kuai Wu's house to have a look, and then she had to get rid of the Kuai people and enter the ancestral hall to find out.

Zhao Fusheng made up his mind and looked back at Kuai Changshun with a smile:

"By the way, Changshun, do you think the Fourth Lady of the Village is really having an affair with a foreigner?"

Kuai Changshun was completely lost. He was still mumbling the name of Mrs. Zhuang Si's daughter, with a crazy expression. When he heard Zhao Fusheng's question, he was stunned for a while, and it took a long time for his brain to accept what she said. , nodded somewhat dullly:

"It's - it's true."

"Kuai Mancai said that it was Kuai Huaide who reported it?"

"Alas." Kuai Changshun sighed and said somewhat complicatedly:

"Huaide——Yes, he reported it."

Zhao Fusheng asked:

"Can you tell me something?"

Kuai Changshun looked embarrassed and didn't know where to start.

"What do you want me to say?" He was not very interested. After Zhao Fusheng mentioned the daughter of Mrs. Zhuang Si, he became a little uneasy.

"Your father said that Kuai Huaide was two generations lower than Kuai Wu."

This matter involved a scandal in the village. If it were said that Mrs. Zhuang Si was having an affair with someone, Kuai Changshun might be rejected. She was going to start with the subtleties and use clichés without leaving any trace.

Speaking of relatives in the village, Kuai Changshun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He nodded:

"Huaide's grandfather and Kuai Laowu are cousins, but my fourth grandfather (Kuai Juming) has a son from old age. There is a big age difference between the two brothers, so the age gap between their descendants is also not small."

"Did Kuai Wu borrow money from his juniors, causing Kuai Huaide's resentment?" Zhao Fusheng asked tentatively.

"How can that be possible?" Kuai Changshun shook his head without hesitation: "Everyone in the village hates him, but when it comes to resentment and revenge, it doesn't mean -"

As he spoke later, he seemed to have remembered something, his eyes were evasive, and he didn't want to mention it anymore.

Zhao Fusheng saw his expression keenly in his eyes, and suddenly Leng might as well ask him:

"Changshun, how old is Kuai Huaide?"

"He's twenty-seven—"

After Kuai Changshun answered casually, Zhao Fusheng said:

"Sounds a bit older than the Fourth Lady Zhuang."

Her seemingly unintentional words instantly hit Kuai Changshun's back. He almost jumped up and almost knocked over the oil lamp in his hand in panic: "Sir, Kuai Laowu's family is almost here. Look, it’s over there.”