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There was already some tugging between Ah Dou and Zheng Da, and they disappeared one after another, and there was only one day apart. Zhuangzi has already spread the word, and it is said that the two of them eloped, and even Zheng Da's family did not dare to quarrel about the matter.

According to Chen Guo's law, all slaves who flee will be killed, and the crime of elopement with money is even heavier, and the whole family will be imprisoned.

Qin Wang, as the head of the village, has to take some responsibility for this kind of thing, he was a little uneasy at the moment, wiping his sweat while peeking at Mrs. Tai's face.

Mrs. Tai's expression did not change much, and her eyebrows and eyes were calm.

"I see." She said indifferently, and glanced at Qin Wang again, with an uncertain look in her eyes, "Zhou Yu told me a few days ago. ”

Qin Wang hurriedly lowered his eyes, and he broke out in a cold sweat again.

He actually forgot about Zhou Yu completely.

Zhou Yu had been living in Zhuangzi that day, and she only returned to the Qin Mansion a few days ago, and she knew about Ah Dou and Zheng Da.

Mrs. Tai knew about this early on, but she didn't reveal anything at all. If he conceals it out of selfishness, how will Mrs. Tai view him? Can he keep his position as the head of the village?

The more Qin Wang thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't help but raise his sleeve and wipe the corners of his forehead again.

Since entering the hospital, the sweat on his body has not stopped, and his back has been wet, and the stickiness is not uncomfortable. But he didn't dare to say anything, and still sat on his knees honestly.

"I heard that the yard where Liuniang lives is out of water, but is there such a thing?" Mrs. Tai asked, the old man's voice as calm as Fang Cai.

Qin Wang said in his heart, "It's dangerous."

It seems that Mrs. Shitai in Zhuangzi has already received the news in advance. Qin Wang couldn't help but think once again that he had really come to the right place this time, and many things, relayed by others and said by himself, the effect was absolutely different.

"Mrs. Tai forgives the sin, it is because I didn't take good care of Zhuangzi, and the girl's residence will go away. Fortunately, the fire burned in the night after the girl left, and God blessed the girl with good luck. It's just that...... The husband and wife who stayed in the courtyard were Ah Fu and Ah Tuo...... but he was burned to death......"

As he spoke, his voice trembled, and his body shook, as if he remembered the tragic scene at that time.

"Tell me more, I'll listen." Mrs. Tai's indifferent voice sounded, and there was no trace of waves on her calm face.

Qin Wang was startled, and hurriedly sat upright, thought carefully about the whole thing, and then told everything about the fire in the village.

It turned out that those days coincided with the Society Day, and Zhuangzi was more lively than usual, and everyone held a banquet to celebrate the harvest.

The fire burned in the middle of the night, because most of the villagers drank wine and slept soundly, so the fire burned for more than an hour, and when everyone woke up and put out the fire, the whole courtyard was in ruins, and finally they found two bodies in the vegetable cellar that were huddled together and could not see the shape.

Qin Wang only glanced at the corpse, and he was so frightened that he had nightmares for several nights.

It's really scary, Qin Wang has never seen such a dead person in his life, it was completely burned to black carbon, and his bones were burned, and he couldn't even tell whether it was a man or a woman.

The officials of the city department hastily examined the body, and only said that the deceased was a man and a woman, and nothing else could be examined, and everyone knew that this must be Ah Fu and Ah Tu, husband and wife.

On the morning of Qin Liuniang's departure, Ah Tu and his wife suddenly fell ill and failed to return home with them, and they didn't go out in the yard. I don't want this flying disaster to make this loyal and honest couple both die tragically in the fire.

The villagers took pity on him and his death, and a few of the brave ones picked up their bones and buried them together in the back mountain. Because his husband and wife have no relatives, the funeral is still handled by Qin Zhuangtou.

Madame lowered her eyelids and listened to Qin Wang's narration quietly, until he had finished talking about it, and then asked, "Why did it suddenly catch fire?" Can other parts of Zhuangzi be affected? ”

Qin Wang hurriedly said: "Mrs. Tai is blessed with all the heavens, it is a blessing that the fire did not burn elsewhere." After the inspection, the clerk said that the fire had started from the kitchen, and that it might have been that the stove had not been extinguished, and the oil pot in the kitchen had leaked, so it started the fire. The weather was dry in those days, and the west wind was blowing, and the wind helped the fire, and the fever became more and more intense. ”

At this point, he took a breath, and then continued: "The official also said that Ah Fu and the others should have been awakened by the smoke and wanted to run out, but the way was blocked by the fire, so they could only run into the vegetable cellar to escape. Unfortunately, there was a large urn of oil stored in the vegetable cellar, and the oil urn was roasted by the heat, and the fire in the vegetable cellar was bigger than the outside, and the two of them couldn't call for help, so they ......"

He couldn't bear to go any further, so he let out a long sigh and stopped talking.

Ah Tu and his wife are really pitiful, if they leave with Qin Liuniang first, how can they get such a disaster? is also a slave of the Qin family, Qin Wangwu hurt him, and he felt quite desolate in his heart.

"Didn't the fire start from under the kitchen? How can I close the way to the hospital? Mrs. Tai asked aloud, her eyes indifferent.

Qin Wang hurriedly cheered up and said respectfully: "Because the weather was sunny and the wind was very strong in those days, every household in Zhuangzi piled firewood in the courtyard to dry it for winter. The courtyard where the girl lived was also drying a lot of firewood, and the fire burned out of the kitchen, and when the firewood was lit, the courtyard door was sealed. ”

He sighed again, and his expression was a little gloomy.

The so-called heaven does not allow people to live, and Ah Fu and Ah Tu should have died in that fire, and manpower can no longer save them.

After listening to his words, Mrs. Tai fell silent, and after a moment, she sighed: "This is also their fate, and things are so unfortunate, the will of heaven cannot be violated." ”

Qin Wang didn't dare to answer, he only bowed and bowed his head silently.

Mrs. Tai didn't look at him, but turned her head to look out the window, her expression gradually dazed.

At some point, twilight filled the room, and the thick dusk and a faint light blurred everything in the room. The rain and snow particles were blown up by the wind, and occasionally a few fell on the window lattice, scattered, monotonous and bleak.

Mrs. Tai looked at the dimly lit room in a trance.

At that moment, she remembered the night when Yingchuan was watered, and the night was even darker than at this moment, so dark that there was no light.

Mrs. Tai's sleeves hanging down on the side of the desk shook slightly.

Yes, how could she forget such a night in her life? She remembered the cold of the pouring rain and the rapid sound of thunder.

She remembered how difficult it was for the water to reach her waist, and she remembered that she was pulled by her husband, fell down countless times, struggled to get up countless times, and filled her nose, eyes, hair, and 36,000 pores all over her body, all filled with icy water.

She stood trembling on the roof, the black turbidity only a palm's width from her feet. The pitch-black water seemed to have melted into the night, but it was surging and churning in this thick blackness, like a huge black cloth that did not penetrate the gaps, enveloping the entire Qin family's ancestral mansion in it......