I become a god in another world

Chapter 174

Zhao Fusheng's question caused a moment of silence in the room.

After a long time, Kuai's second daughter-in-law said in a low voice:

"After she came back, she washed Man-Man-and told her to listen to her uncles and aunts in the future, to be filial to her elders and to respect her sixth uncle."

These words sounded like last words at this time, which meant that the Fourth Lady Zhuang had already anticipated the consequences she might suffer after choosing to come back.

Even though she knew it was a dead end, she still wanted to come back - what was the purpose of this? !

"Ugh--"

Zhao Fusheng sighed silently.

"In the evening, Uncle Six and everyone in the village came over and saw the Fourth Lady at home. She looked very ugly and stared at us hatefully."

Kuai's third daughter-in-law was frightened.

"The matter was not handled well. We are worried that after the Dongchuang incident occurs, we will be implicated. Everyone is afraid. No one can afford this result."

Helping a woman who lost her virginity to elope, betraying Kuai Laowu, and betraying Kuai Liang Village not only scared the fourth sister-in-law of the Kuai family, but also the sixth uncle Kuai.

"Because of Lao Wu's existence over the years, people in the village have long been dissatisfied with him."

His prestige was frequently challenged, and many people dared not speak out, just waiting for an outlet.

Underneath the seemingly peaceful village, there is a turbulent undercurrent.

At this time, Lady Zhuang must not be allowed to speak.

The opposite side of light is darkness, and the side of good is sin.

Everyone had a tacit understanding of not mentioning all the previous events, and just pretended to know nothing about it beforehand. Some evidence was found in Madam Zhuang Si's home, confirming that she had an affair with a foreigner. Everyone unanimously agreed and dismissed her. They tied her up, gagged her, and tore off her clothes.

No one dared to stand with her anymore, and the four sisters-in-law of the Kuai family did not dare to talk to her anymore, fearing that they would be judged by the village.

Even after turning around, the other people seemed even more ruthless and wanted to "show their loyalty" and "show their stance" in front of other villagers.

The Fourth Lady of Zhuang was beaten and humiliated.

Some lewd glances roamed her body unscrupulously, and the eyes he looked at her no longer had the kindness and sympathy in the past, but instead were filled with malice.

The darkness in human nature was unscrupulously magnified at this time, and everyone unanimously decided that facing such an unfaithful woman who dared to betray her husband, she should be tortured and immersed in a pig cage.

Everyone has been holding grudges for too long.

The imperial court imposes heavy taxes and levies, which puts a lot of pressure on everyone in this environment.

In addition, ghosts are rampant in this world, and many people may die due to ghost disasters. This is an era where survival cannot be guaranteed.

In Kuai Liang Village, Kuai Laowu is a black sheep; Kuai Liushu decides many things with his words.

The villagers are living a miserable life, and they have long been angry but dare not speak out.

They were unable to change the imperial tax system, they did not dare to challenge Uncle Kuai Liu's authority, and they were unable to drive a disgusting person like Kuai Wu out of the clan. For a long time, this resentment was hidden in their hearts, and now they finally found an outlet.

The crowd was furious.

This anger is like a torrent. Once the gate is broken, it will cause disaster.

The Fourth Lady Zhuang became the best outlet.

This lynching was a happy one: the villagers' long-held anger was vented. After the incident, they returned to their senses. They might feel guilty or frightened by the death of Lady Zhuang Si. After that, they lost their sharp offensiveness. They would still live a life of violence. The kind of useless life that was honest and tolerant in the past.

For Uncle Kuai Liu, the death of Mrs. Zhuang Si will shock the villagers. The incident he presided over is like killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. It will further consolidate his shaky power, and the villagers will be more respectful and obedient to him.

In the future, everyone will be more united on all matters related to the clan.

Even if something like subsidizing Kuai Wu happens again, many people will still be dissatisfied, but because of the death of Lady Zhuang Si, everyone will form a tacit understanding and say nothing more.

Kill several birds with one stone.

For the fourth sister-in-law of the Kuai family, the fourth lady Zhuang represents some kind of hope for them.

She escaped from the quagmire, flew away with the outsiders, and lived a good life. This may be the beautiful expectation of the four sisters-in-law and even many women in Kuai Liang Village for the future.

But she didn't choose that.

She chose her daughter.

Many women are always like this. After giving birth to children, they always revolve around their children, and it is worth sacrificing their lives for this.

This ignited the anger of the four women.

They seemed to have seen their future from the Fourth Lady Zhuang, and they were reluctant to let go. They were tied down and trapped here, and they would never be able to escape.

Kuai's third daughter-in-law didn't understand the reason for her anger, but Zhao Fusheng saw it clearly.

The fourth sister-in-law loved Mrs. Zhuang because of her kind character and morals, but she was also angry because of her soft heart.

The escape of the Fourth Lady Zhuang placed the four women's good expectations and hopes for the future, but the choice of the Fourth Lady Zhuang meant that their hopes failed. When the women realize this, they will turn their loss and pain into a thousand times more torture. On the fourth lady Zhuang who carries hope.

Some things and some secret thoughts are destined not to be seen in the light.

Zhao Fusheng asked the silent Kuai eldest daughter-in-law:
"Tell me what it was like when Madam Zhuang Si brought her daughter back this afternoon. Tell me what it was like."

Kuai's wife raised her head blankly.

"grown ups--"

"Describe to me the appearance of mother and daughter. Don't miss any details." Zhao Fusheng ordered calmly.

Her words made Kuai's daughter-in-law a little incomprehensible, but she was used to being docile. Perhaps helping the fourth lady Zhuang escape was the greatest courage in her life and the most deviant thing she had ever done.

At this time, she was used to obeying other people's orders. Although she didn't understand, she still obeyed:

"The fourth lady is wearing a blue dress. Her mother-in-law made it for her nine years ago when she first got married."

Kuai's daughter-in-law spoke very carefully, even mentioning that the clothes of the fourth lady Zhuang had faded due to the passage of time.

Mrs. Zhuang's fourth wife wrapped her hair with a floral scarf. Her black hair was neatly combed and wiped with water.

Before she left, she wanted to live a new life, so she set out with a new image.

When I came back, I was a little embarrassed. Because I was holding the child, my clothes were wrinkled and there was some mud on my body. "It's from the little girl."

Kuai's second daughter-in-law answered:

"There is mud on the little girl's feet. She must have been in the mountains. Her face was scratched, her palms were broken, and there is blood on her clothes."

When Kuai San's wife, who had been walking around angrily, heard this, her anger suddenly stopped and she was quiet for a moment. She turned her head and thought about it, and a trace of worry appeared on her thin, sallow face:
"She fell, holding a flower in her hand——"

"flower?"

Zhao Fusheng perked up when he heard this. From the moment she stepped into this room and started talking to her fourth sister-in-law, she finally got a clue about the murder rules of the ghost case in Kuai Liang Village.

"What flower?" she asked.

Kuai San's wife said:
"It's Bai Su."

"Have you seen our Bai Su from Kuai Liang Village?" Kuai's second daughter-in-law said:
"It sprouts in the spring and has serrated leaves that are about this long."

She stretched out a rough palm and gestured:
"It blooms in May and June. When the flowers bloom, they are as big as a bowl, with thin petals, layer upon layer, and are all white and very beautiful." When she described it like this, Zhao Fusheng had a strange thought in his heart: How does Kuai Er feel? Does the flower my wife mentioned look so familiar?

This is the strange red flower that grew on the corpse of Zhuang Laoqi after his death. It is about the size of the mouth of a bowl, with tapered petals and layers of flowers. The only difference is the color.

Zhao Fusheng listened patiently to Kuai's second daughter-in-law:
"This flower must be picked between April and mid-May. The useful ones are the buds. If it is later, when it blooms in full bloom, the medicinal properties will be lost."

Kuai's fourth daughter-in-law on the side also added: "This white persimmon is expensive. After drying, one or two is worth three cents. Everyone will not let it go if they see it."

In April, every household, whether men, women, old or young, goes out with a knife and picks them one by one in their baskets wherever they go. "So it is rare to encounter flowers that have bloomed in their peak period."

On that day, the daughter of Madam Zhuang Si picked it.

"This little girl is actually very sensible. She knows that her mother is having a hard time, so she often helps her mother with work." Kuai's second daughter-in-law held back her sobs and said in a low voice:
"In winter, when her mother gets up before dawn, she also gets up. When her mother does things, she helps light the fire."

"When the Fourth Lady goes into the mountains to collect persimmons, she often carries a basket on her back. Along with her mother, we all laugh at her like she is a little grown-up." When Kuai's third daughter-in-law heard this, she once again felt as if she was being frightened. My sister-in-law was touched by her words, and she couldn't help but smile, as if she felt much better.

"She disappeared in the morning. She probably went into the mountains to find Bai Su. I don't know why she picked a Bai Su that bloomed so prosperously. She must have suffered a lot for this. Her face was injured when she fell, and her hands were broken. , the blood dyed the flowers red."

Kuai's wife sighed:

"After this Bai Su is used, its medicinal properties are lost and it is no longer valuable."

Her words were like thunder, bombarding Zhao Fusheng's sea of ​​consciousness.

Bloody Bai Su!
The human bone flowers bloomed on the body of Zhuang Laoqi after his death!
Combining the two, Zhao Fusheng understood a lot instantly.

After the death of the ghost, the fourth lady Zhuang was wandering around the ghost realm, looking for the strange red flowers blooming on the bones of the dead. This was the ghost repeating the actions of her life, which meant that the fourth lady Zhuang was killed by one of her daughter's flowers when she was still alive. The flowers stay here.

"This girl may have picked the wrong one." Kuai's fourth daughter-in-law sighed.

"No!"

Zhao Fusheng shook his head:
"It's not wrong."

The daughter of Mrs. Zhuang Si really wanted to pick a flower and give it to her mother, and her mother did understand her intention. Even after her death, her soul was gone and her memory was gone, but her lifeless body still kept repeating her thoughts. His movements when he was still alive were still instinctively chasing the blood-stained flowers.

"No, you picked it wrong?"

The third daughter-in-law of Kuai raised her head. There was a struggle in her eyes, as if she understood something in her heart, but there was a look of confusion on her face. Her body swayed, but she shook her head:

"Why is this? I really don't understand. A useless flower, is it worth keeping her? At the risk of her life? What are you trying to do?"

"Because she got what she was looking for."

Zhao Fusheng's eyes showed understanding.

She finally understood what Madam Zhuang Si was looking for.

By now, after the interrogation of this ghost case, the ins and outs of the ghost case in Kuai Liang Village, the relationship between ghost flowers, ghost ships, underworld and ghosts were all understood. She even had a vague understanding of why Madam Zhuang Si's daughter disappeared.

"What do you mean, sir? We don't understand."

"We don't understand."

"We don't understand."

"We don't understand."

The fourth sister-in-law turned to stare at Zhao Fusheng in unison and said these words.

The light of the torch in the room was instantly compressed, and the light became much darker.

The four sad women, who looked older than they really were, and who were also docile, now gave Zhao Fusheng a faint sense of oppression, contrary to the impression they had previously left on Zhao Fusheng of being weak and timid.

Zhao Fusheng was calm and composed:
"Ms. Zhuang Si's life has been miserable. She has never received love."

The excessive taxes of the Han Dynasty turned into a huge mountain and pressed firmly on the people. Such a suffocating environment created a numb and indifferent crowd.

These people don't know what love is.

When survival becomes the daily worry of the poor villagers, who cannot afford two meals a day, love, hate, joy and anger become extremely luxurious emotions, and oppression starts from top to bottom.

In the lives of villagers, classes are quite clear.

Mrs. Zhuang Si’s father is the absolute authoritative person in the family, followed by her mother. After having children, the son is greater than the daughter——

The Fourth Lady Zhuang, who is at the bottom of the family, became this outlet.

She didn't get love when she was a child, but when she could get love as an adult, tragedy happened. Kuai Jumin's death was unexpected, but in such an environment, his ending was also expected.

The reason why she committed adultery with a foreigner was not because of her bad nature, but because of the human pursuit of being loved.

The care from outsiders healed her, and the help and love from the villagers encouraged her to act.

On the day of departure, her daughter gave her a flower, which made her change her mind.

Zhao Fusheng asked Lady Kuai:

"Second Sister-in-law Kuai, how long has the foreigner named Chen been in contact with Madam Zhuang Si?"

Kuai's second daughter-in-law kept silent, but she seemed to know a lot about the affairs in the village. When Zhao Fusheng asked, he was sure that she knew about this matter.

"He came to our village at the end of April. He met the Fourth Lady about seven days later, but didn't say much. It wasn't until late May that the two of them had that one-stop meeting where they delivered pancakes." Kuai's second daughter-in-law responded. road:

"The latter two got along well, until yesterday when he escaped first."

"In other words, the two have been together for more than three months." After Zhao Fusheng said this, Kuai's second wife nodded.

"During the time we were together, did outsiders give her flowers?" Zhao Fusheng asked again.

"Flowers?" Such a question obviously surprised Kuai's second daughter-in-law. She almost subconsciously turned her head to look at the other sisters-in-law, feeling a little confused:
"What flower?"

"Any kind of flower will do." Zhao Fusheng said patiently: "Silk flowers, bead flowers, tied flowers, embroidered handkerchiefs - or wild flowers blooming on the roadside."

As soon as she finished saying this, several other people either waved their hands desperately or couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Fusheng turned to look at Kuai's fourth daughter-in-law with a strange expression:
"why are you laughing?"

The fourth daughter-in-law of Kuai was a little uneasy when she saw and asked her question, and she immediately stopped smiling:

"Sir, what is the use of the silk flowers and pearl flowers you mentioned? We country people don't use these. Who dares to wear them except on the wedding day?"

Especially the situation of the Fourth Lady Zhuang is already very difficult and eye-catching. If she keeps dressing up, wouldn't she deliberately cause trouble for herself?