I become a god in another world

Chapter 379 Old Engagement
Chapter 379

The family affairs could no longer be covered up. My mother's plan was known to everyone in the Lu family and became a laughing stock - even causing ridicule from Zhou's uncle.

But this is still a family disgrace. If it is discovered by outsiders, it will be a real family disgrace.

"My Lord, if there is nothing else, I——"

Chen Duozi was about to stand up when Zhao Fusheng glanced at her calmly:
"Sit down. I won't let you leave."

She gave a command and Chen Duozi took action.

Chen Duozi, who was used to being arranged and ordered around, sat down almost as a conditioned reflex.

"grown ups--"

As soon as she sat down, Chen Duozi finally reacted, but she didn't dare to mention leaving again.

Fortunately, Zhao Fusheng was considerate and did not ask Chen Laizi about his unclear stay in the Lu family. Instead, he changed the subject again:

"When you came in, Lu Zhu'er was 6 years old, and you have been taking care of her all the time. She is not your biological daughter, but she is better than your biological daughter."

Zhao Fusheng recalled the way she had mentioned Lu Zhuer's marriage before, and he was about to cry. It was obvious that he was very anxious about his stepdaughter's marriage.

"Yes, I spend more time with her. My wife is not in good health and cannot accompany her. Most of the time I do it myself." Chen Duozi whispered:
"In my mind, she is——"

She didn't dare say the following words.

Although she has been promoted to the position of Queen, she still seems to be very cautious.

"Bingzhou and Xuzhou are very far apart, and it takes a month to travel by boat. How did the Lu family marry someone from Wenxing County in Bingzhou?"

These words should have been said long ago, but were interrupted by Chen Duozi's mother.

After talking for a long time, Zhao Fusheng finally got to the point.

'Ugh. '

Chen Duozi sighed softly.

Speaking of Lu Zhuer's marriage, Chen Duozi moved his buttocks and stuck even more firmly to the bench.

"Sir, the ancestor of the Lu family - that is, our master's grandfather was a student. He studied in Bingzhou in his early years and met a classmate who was a native of Bingzhou and helped my grandfather at that time."

She said softly:
"I heard that my grandfather was involved in a lawsuit, and it was through this classmate that he got to know the local government officials and was able to escape the disaster. Since then, they have become friends."

At that time, both parties were of similar age and had already married, and it happened that their wives became pregnant one after another.

So they joked about arranging a child marriage.

"If the baby is a boy and a girl, they will be married."

After ten months of pregnancy, both parties gave birth to sons. The so-called arranged marriage became a joke and ended in nothing.

"43 years ago——"

As soon as Chen Duozi mentioned this critical time point, Zhao Fusheng and Meng Po couldn't help but tremble all over.

The two's pupils shrank slightly and they couldn't help but look at each other.

Except for Fan Wujiu, everyone else in Wan'an County's Demon Suppression Bureau also changed their expressions slightly.

Zhang Chuanshi was standing against the side of the boat - he was not interested in the conversation between the two women.

These trivial matters had nothing to do with him. He had been a widower all his life, and one person's food fed the whole family. He had neither parents to serve nor children to worry about. Listening to Chen Duozi talking about the trivial matters at home was really annoying to him.

He stood on one leg, with his left leg bent and raised, the tip of his foot pressing on the foot string, his robe fluttering in the breeze from the river.

Just when he was bored, he suddenly heard Chen Duozi mention "43 years ago". Zhang Chuanshi shuddered all over, fell backwards, and almost fell into the river.

At the critical moment, he hurriedly grabbed the side of the boat, and now he was fully energized.

"4, 43 years ago?"

Zhang Chuanshi asked stutteringly.

"Yes." Chen Duozi nodded.

"This is really a weird door——"

Zhang Chuanshi murmured.

Then he made a bitter face and asked, "Why is it related to you again——"

Liu Yizhen also narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhao Fusheng.

The world was not peaceful to begin with, but beneath the waves there seemed to be an even more terrifying undercurrent, ready to devour anyone.

The ghost case of Goutou Village, the Liu clan ancestral hall, the Hongquan opera troupe, and the missing daughter of Meng Po——

The cases are interconnected, forming a terrifying and shocking ghost case.

Now everyone was summoned to go to Changping County to assist Ding Datong in transporting the ghost fetus. The Lu family who were traveling with them were just ordinary people who had nothing to do with the family. They did not control ghosts or have anything to do with ghosts. They were wealthy and from the surface, the family seemed to be very harmonious and had no worries.

But it was this family that happened to mention the events that happened 43 years ago.

"S-Sir--"

Chen Duozi should be used to observing people's expressions. After she realized that after she said "43 years ago", the faces of the officials in Wan'an County Demon Suppression Bureau seemed to change.

She felt vaguely uneasy, hugged the silent child tightly, and called out softly.

After his initial surprise, Zhao Fusheng quickly calmed down and asked gently:
“Are you sure it was 43 years ago?”

"Yes, yes." She said here, and then said:
"Sir, you, you guys, is there something wrong 43 years ago?"

"There are some problems."

Zhao Fusheng did not deny it.

Chen Duozi is sensitive and suspicious.

If it was just about Lu Zhuer's marriage, it would be fine if some questions could not be asked, but since it involved a crucial year, Zhao Fusheng was unwilling to be vague or careless.

She was afraid that if she kept denying it, Chen Duozi would be afraid of getting into trouble and would refuse to say more.

After thinking about it, she said half-truthfully:

"When we were working on a case this year, we uncovered an old ghost case that happened 43 years ago. It happened two months ago, so everyone has a very deep impression of it."

After hearing what she said, Chen Duozi really relaxed a lot and said reluctantly:
"Maybe it's a coincidence."

Zhao Fusheng said calmly:
"Maybe."

Having said that, she became more alert deep down in her heart and did not think that the two events were just pure coincidences.

In such a precise year 43 years ago, two major events occurred:

First, Meng Po's daughter Shen Yishu was kidnapped for no reason, and then she received a bloody letter from home late at night.

Second, in the same year, Wu Laocai from Huanggang Village forced a young girl to marry him. Eventually, the bride jumped into a well and died. The evil ghost revived, leading to the Red Shoes Ghost Case.

Zhao Fusheng initially thought that the two ghost cases were the same case, but after analysis, he felt that the initiator of the red shoe ghost case might not be Shen Yishu. Before leaving Wan'an County, she summoned Zhang Laotou, who was sent by her to Huanggang Village to gather information.

This person mentioned that before Wu Laocai forced the bride to death, he had dealings with people from Shangyang County, Bingzhou.

Therefore, when Wu Laocai grew old, he moved his family to Jinzhou, Shangyang County.

Lu Yuhe's eldest daughter, Lu Zhuer, happened to be engaged to someone from Wenxing County, Shangyang County, and she would also go to Shangyang County this time and travel with them.

43 years ago (year) and Shangyang County (general direction), the two are the same, and the probability of coincidence immediately becomes smaller.

Zhao Fusheng sneered in his heart, and his expression became slightly serious:
“What happened 43 years ago?”

Chen Duozi said:
"43 years ago, my master was already three years old. At that time, the eldest daughter-in-law of the other family happened to be pregnant, so the idea of ​​child marriage was brought up again."

At that time, Lu Jiansheng already had considerable wealth and was doing well in Shangyang County, so it was reasonable for the other party to come and propose marriage.

“But things are no longer the same as they were in the early years.”

Chen Duozi said:

"At that time, the situation in Shangyang County was complicated, and ghost cases occurred frequently. My grandfather felt that it was not appropriate to stay there for a long time—" She paused, and then continued:

"Later, they found ways to move out of Bingzhou."

Lu Jiansheng paid a heavy price for this. Most of the money he saved throughout his life was spent in Shangyang County, and he finally settled down in the Changping County Government of Xuzhou.

In such an era, both water and land transportation were not smooth, and there were many disasters such as ghosts and bandits. The exchange of letters was also slow, and the connection between the two families gradually broke off.

"After that, the other party also lost contact, and we don't know whether they gave birth to a boy or a girl."

Chen Duozi said:

"According to my master, my grandfather also wanted to ask someone to look for it later, but they didn't find it."

Because of ghost disasters, people in Shangyang County fled every year. The world is so big that finding someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack. As time went by, this child marriage was left unresolved.

"Later, my master was still unengaged when he was 20 years old, all because of this childhood marriage."

But waiting like this all the time is not a solution.

Seeing that Lu Yuhe was 26 or 27 and still hadn't married, Lu Jiansheng's wife became increasingly impatient and cried at home all day long. Lu Jiansheng was helpless and finally found a matchmaker to propose marriage for his son.

"Finally, I decided to marry the Zhou family in Changping County, which means my wife."

Because of this marriage, Lu Jiansheng felt regretful for the rest of his life.

Chen Duozi sighed:
"I heard from my master that when my grandfather was dying, he was still sighing and saying sorry to the other party. He broke his promise."

He died with his eyes open, and before his death he left a message for his descendants: if old friends write to him, he must agree to everything.

The three generations of the Lu family have good character. After Lu Jiansheng passed away, his son also kept in mind his father's last words - unfortunately, when Lu Yuhe's father was alive, he did not receive the so-called letter from the old friend.

"As time passed, my master thought that this matter was over, but who knew——"

Chen Duozi's eyes turned red as she spoke:

"But half a month ago, someone knocked on our door and said that someone from afar had sent a letter."

She bit her lip.

"Our family over the years..." She didn't say the rest of the words, but Zhao Fusheng and others understood what she meant.

When Ding Datong mentioned the Lu family, he was still referring to Lu Yuhe's former grandfather Lu Jiansheng - that is to say, the Lu family only produced one person worth mentioning, Lu Jiansheng.

With the death of Lu Jiansheng, the Lu family declined rapidly and has now become an ordinary wealthy family, which is incomparable to the time when Lu Jiansheng was alive.

But Lu Jiansheng should have been a good person and had a good character when he was alive.

Although he was far away from his old friends, he still remembered the kindness and promises they made. He gave his descendants instructions before his death, which shows that he values ​​friendship.

There are many disasters in this world and human life is cheap, but after his death, the people of Changping County still remember his kindness. Even a ghost rider like Ding Datong was willing to escort his family out of their past friendship and even begged him in a low voice for this. This shows that Lu Jiansheng was very popular when he was alive.

It’s a pity that after his death, the family fortune was handed over to Lu Yuhe’s father, and then to Lu Yuhe’s generation, it began to decline.

The Lu family should be a deserted place with few guests on weekdays.

It was indeed surprising to receive a letter from afar at this time.

"Was the letter sent by Lu Jiansheng's old friend?" Zhao Fusheng had already started thinking about it when he asked.

Chen Duozi nodded silently.

"Did the letter mention the continuation of the friendly relationship between the two families?" Zhao Fusheng asked again.

"Yeah." Chen Duozi's eyes were red and she lowered her head and wiped away her tears silently.

Zhao Fusheng said:

"How do you know whether this letter is real or fake?"

Chen Duozi wiped the corners of his eyes and whispered:
"Because there were two letters delivered at the same time. One was an old letter sent by our grandfather."

After Lu Jiansheng moved away from Shangyang County and settled down in Xuzhou, he wrote a letter to his old friend, asking him not to worry about him. He mentioned that his son was now lively and cute. He also asked whether his old friend's daughter-in-law had given birth, and wondered whether the baby was a boy or a girl.

"After receiving the letter, our master was very serious. He opened the things that belonged to my grandfather and compared the handwriting -" She said helplessly:
"Our master even had the audacity to take the letter to find an old friend of my grandfather who was still alive. After authentication, he confirmed that the letter was written by my grandfather."

Since the letter that Lu Jiansheng sent out that year was mixed in with this newly sent letter, the identity of the other party was naturally verified.

"And the other letter was from them asking for marriage."

The letter mentioned that a ghost case occurred in Shangyang County that year, which affected the family. The family hurriedly left the county town to escape the disaster. After a lot of wandering, they finally settled in Wenxing County under the jurisdiction of Shangyang County several years later.

At that time, the family had been severely damaged by this setback, and many belongings had been lost in the hasty escape. I didn't have the address of my old friend, so I lost contact with him.

Later, the other party's daughter-in-law gave birth to a son, so the idea of ​​getting married gradually faded, until now.

Their family is no longer the same as it used to be. Their son has grown up and married and has children.

Just as Lu Jiansheng could not let it go before his death, the other party’s elders also regretted the incident before they died, and their descendants later kept it in mind.

It was not until more than a year ago that when the descendants were sorting out the belongings of their elders at home, they found a stack of letters that their elders had treasured in an iron box hidden in the corner.

These letters were tokens of exchange with Lu Jiansheng, and were hidden by him at the bottom of a cabinet. They were not seen until many years after the other party's death.

When he found these items, he remembered the marriage contract they had made that year, so he sent a letter, asking to marry Lu Yuhe's daughter.

“…This is the beginning and end of the matter.”

After Chen Duozi finished speaking, there was silence in the cabin for a moment.

The woman's soft sobbing was heard and the atmosphere became heavy.

"I raised Zhu'er by myself. To be frank, in my heart, she is no worse than Pan'er—"

Even after she entered the mansion, she was grateful for the Lu family's kindness and served Lu Zhu'er wholeheartedly, and no one could find fault with her. This was also the main reason why she was later promoted to the position of legal wife.

"With parents still around, who would want their children to travel far away? My Lu family is not as good as it used to be, but we don't expect to become rich and powerful by relying on our daughter. We just hope that she can marry closer so that I can take care of her."

At that time, Lu Yuhe felt sorry for his daughter and was reluctant to let her get married early, so he never found a husband for her. However, he didn't expect that such a thing would happen in the end.