Chapter 117: Take care of yourself
Although Shen Lian and Old Man Wang have no blood relationship, they have always taken care of him as their elders.
And Mr. Wang has lost his biological daughter before, and now he finally has a daughter who can be by his side every day, and his mood is much better, but if he chooses to leave at this time, then he will definitely not be in a particularly good mood, and his health will naturally deteriorate at that time.
So judging from the current situation, Shen Lian can only stay temporarily, as for when she will go to the capital, then wait for later, and when she has no ties here, it is okay to go directly to the capital.
When the time comes, even if Shen Jingde and the Qi clan know about her departure, they don't know where she went, and if they want to find it, it may not be so easy.
A peasant woman carrying a vegetable basket was preparing to pick some vegetable leaves in her field, and she would go back to make steamed buns to eat tonight.
When it was still half full, she found that the soil in front of her was a little dry, and it seemed that it should be because she hadn't watered for a long time.
After coming to Sister Qiao's house, the peasant woman explained her intentions, and Sister Qiao readily agreed.
Taking advantage of Sister Qiao's efforts to hold the bucket, she asked without confusion, "Isn't Brother Zhuangzi at home?" "Brother Zhuangzi is Sister Qiao's husband, and the two of them have been married for two years, but so far, the two of them have not had a child.
"He's gone far away, and he hasn't come back yet, and it's estimated that it will take ten days and a half months."
After taking the barrel, the peasant woman went directly to the well in the garden, and without even looking at it, threw the barrel directly into it.
There's a rope at this end, so she can just pull it back.
But what she didn't expect was that after the bucket went down, it couldn't hold water, as if something was blocking it underneath.
The peasant woman still wondered if this was not a time of drought, and the water in the well would not have dried up.
After several attempts in succession, to no avail, she figured that something like a tree branch should be blocking the bottom, so the barrel could not sink into the water.
In this way, she got the barrel up again, and lay down on the edge of the well to look carefully, but what she did not expect was that she found that there were no branches in it, and it seemed that someone was lying in it.
At that moment, the peasant woman was shocked, thinking that she was dazzled, after all, it is quite normal to be dazzled, and she usually sees some other things wrong.
After rubbing her eyes with her hands again, she looked at it carefully, and this time she was very sure that there was indeed a person inside, undressed, revealing white flesh.
After seeing this, the peasant woman took a few steps back in fear, and then began to run back, and at the same time shouted loudly, "Oh no, no...... " After hearing this, Sister Qiao walked out of the house and asked suspiciously, "What happened?" How are you fussing? ”
"Well...... There are people in the well. ”
Too frightened, the peasant woman became unspeakable.
But Sister Qiao didn't believe it at all, thinking that she was deliberately teasing herself, so she didn't go over at all, and said with a smile, "How can someone be in the well?" Wouldn't that be drowning? ”
Because this well is very deep, once someone jumps in, they can't climb up at all, because the walls around the well are very smooth, which is not conducive to climbing at all, and the water inside is also very deep, once you go in, you will definitely die in it.
So Sister Qiao didn't believe the peasant woman's words at all, and only thought she was joking with herself.
Seeing that she refused to believe herself, the peasant woman began to explain.
"It's true, there is indeed a person in your well, if you don't believe it, you can go over and take a look, I really didn't speak."
Because she didn't believe what she said, Sister Qiao didn't plan to go over to take a look at it at all, so she directly shook her head and refused.
"Forget it, I still have to chop vegetables, take them out to dry in a while, I don't have time to play with you, if you want to fetch water, go over and get it."
When he had finished speaking, he went back to his room.
The peasant woman was so anxious in her heart, she was obviously telling the truth, but she didn't believe it, and felt a little helpless and anxious.
Something like this has never happened before, and if it suddenly appeared, if you didn't see it with your own eyes, you naturally wouldn't believe it.
But now that it had happened, she was not speaking at all, and in order to make her believe her words, the peasant woman spoke again.
"Sister Qiao, I really didn't joke with you, I didn't lie, and I didn't deliberately tease you, go and see if there are really people in your well!" Seeing that her expression was unusually serious, and her tone was particularly firm, this made Sister Qiao's heart begin to waver, could it be that there was really someone inside? Without further thought, she walked straight to the well in the garden, wanting to see if she was deliberately amusing herself, or if there was really something in it.
When she walked to the mouth of the well, Sister Qiao stopped and began to look inside, and found that there was indeed a person's body inside, and it was her husband who had been away from home for many days, and she never expected him to appear in the well.
After seeing this scene, she fainted directly and fell to the well.
Seeing this, the peasant woman also hurried up to help, although she was a little afraid of the corpse in the well, but she still came over with a hard head.
After all, everyone is a neighbor, and they have been together for so many years, so it is natural to take action when they encounter such a thing, and just now Sister Qiao said that the person in the well seems to be Brother Zhuangzi.
After helping Sister Qiao to sit down in the courtyard, she gradually opened her eyes, and the whole person became extremely sad and began to cry.
"How could such a thing happen to a good person? At that time, he was obviously going out to buy something, but he ...... the words later, Sister Qiao didn't say anything again, and began to cry again.
"Don't cry yet, if the person below is really Brother Zhuangzi, then hurry up and report to the official, and let the adults help find the murderer."
After listening to her words, Sister Qiao nodded, and then the two of them came to the county office together, beating drums and singing grievances, hoping that adults could help solve the case.
After many days, another case happened, and Shen Lian received the news of the arrest sent by Chu Xi, and then hurried to the county office with Yin Chen.
The time came just right, just in time for Sister Qiao to briefly recount what happened.
After telling the story, she cried with pear blossoms and rain, and there was no way to control her tears.
"We've only been married for more than two years, and we don't even have a child, and now there are no good people, so how can I live alone in the future!" The peasant woman kneeling beside her also sighed, "Yes, the originally happy little couple is now suddenly left with only one person, I'm afraid the future will be difficult, adults must find the murderer of Brother Zhuangzi, he is a good person, he died like this, it's really a pity, the murderer must not be allowed to go unpunished." ”
"You can rest assured of this, this official will definitely arrest the murderer, the sky net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, this murderer is so heinous and heinous, it must not be forgiven so easily, he must be brought to justice, in order to comfort the soul of the deceased in the sky."
Now I only heard the words of the two of them, but I haven't seen the corpse yet, so Shen Lian directly offered to go and see the corpse first.
When she spoke, Sister Qiao and the peasant woman looked at her with a confused expression, "Who is this?" ”
"It's a trick down there, Shen Lian."
When she heard this name, Sister Qiao was stunned for a moment.
For this name, she has also heard a little, everyone said before that there is a particularly powerful man in the county office, and she is still a young girl, and she is very good at solving cases.
I didn't expect this person to be the beautiful girl in front of me, and I was really surprised.
But compared to her surprise, the peasant woman seemed much calmer.
She pleaded with Shen Lian and said, "Please be sure to catch the murderer, Brother Zhuangzi is a very good person, he will take the initiative to help with anything in the neighborhood, he is very warm-hearted, and I don't know how such a thing happened." ”