Chapter 37: A Cold Heart

After participating in the ceremony, Ling Xiao took time to watch.

This is the relevant local chronicle that she has sent people to collect over the years.

With local chronicles, Ling Xiao can know when there is a famine.

Before, she had no information and could only guess, but now she can deduce with empirical evidence.

For this purpose, a table was created to fill in the previous disasters in the local annals.

Fill in all the years and months on the local chronicles, and you can see it clearly, which makes Ling Xiao feel very surprised.

Ling Xiao had never been to that place in the Tao family's land, and according to the memory of the original owner, there was a big river not far from leaving the clan's land.

It's not far, the reason why the clan land was flooded was that after the river swelled, the embankment finally collapsed, resulting in that flood.

But the strange thing is that except for this flood, there has been no outbreak of flood in the famine that can be found in the local annals.

Let Ling Xiao feel that he is not mistaken, or that the local chronicles are wrong, but it has recorded hail, freezing rain, drought, and the so-called locust plague,

It's a bit strange to see that there are no floods, but are the flood prevention measures so good these days? So that the Tao family land has never had a flood.

Ling Xiao thought about it for a while and felt that something was wrong, you must know that the ancient embankments were generally made of stone, without cement or reinforced concrete, and the river would often have a chance to break through the embankment.

It's just that there has been none, which makes Ling Xiao a little unbelievable in the records of local chronicles, there has not been a flood for so many years, but other natural disasters have been recorded, is there any problem in this? Is it true that there are no floods?

So a question arose in Ling Xiao's mind, why did the Tao family land stay safe and sound? Ling Xiao then started to sort out the information, and she also asked people to get a set of local chronicles from the counties near the Tao family, so that the relevant information was picked up little by little.

Considering that this matter does not need others to know for the time being, Ling Xiao himself has personally experienced the whole thing, so he read the local chronicles for several days in a row, made a table one by one, and then filled in all the forms one by one, and then summarized them on a larger table.

After she looked at the corresponding places one by one, she found that several counties near the Tao family's land had floods over the years, and the only exception was the place where the Tao family was located, which made Ling Xiao a little curious and wanted to dig deeper.

Could it be that the Tao family's place is some kind of feng shui treasure? Is it possible to speculate that every flood may turn into good fortune? Ling Xiao was a little unconvinced, she didn't believe that place would be so good.

If there is such a good place in Feng Shui, then other disasters should be exempted, drought, hail and other problems do not exist, but they do not exist, they have always existed, and the so-called Feng Shui treasure land can be completely ruled out.

So what's going on? Ling Xiao pondered, how do you look at it, are they all related? Ling Xiao thought about it for a while, and he had a bad guess in his heart, very fucked.

If the speculation is true, then it means that the Tao family, no, the leader of this clan should be very problematic, and it may lead to the arrival of this flood.

At this moment, she was a little unsure that the outbreak of this flood was the cause of a pure natural disaster? Or is it mixed with man-made disasters in addition to the original natural disasters?

After thinking about it for a long time, there was no answer, so Ling Xiao planned to ask the rest of the Tao family, the original owner was too young as the Tao family, and many people didn't know.

Thinking about it, Ling Xiao thought of the oldest existing one in the Tao family, who was not in the clan because he was looking at his daughter and escaped.

The clansman Tao San quickly replied to Ling Xiao's letter, he was very nostalgic for the past, so he told Ling Xiao what he had already known.

In fact, Tao San was also reminiscing about the past during this time, and Ling Xiao's letter touched his heart.

In the early years, the Tao family was the descendant of a certain big official in the early years, and after many years of development and growth.

After the initial development, the Tao family settled in the south and has a history of several hundred years in the clan area.

So that the Tao family was not affected after many accidents in the north.

Later, after the clothes crossed to the south, the Tao family still had a lot of influence.

The Tao family is the position of a soil emperor in the clan land.

As a result, the officials there all had to visit Tao's house after taking office.

Ling Xiao was a little stunned when he saw this, how did this feel like worshipping the dock.

Officials will naturally be more partial to the Tao family in their daily lives, and Ling Xiao feels a little helpless about this.

This situation will cause the Tao family to be a little inflated, and they think that Lao Tzu is the best in the world.

The previous speculation is likely to be realized, and measures can be taken if it is discovered that there is a possibility of flooding.

The operation is very selective, for example, it is completely possible to open an opening in other places to discharge the flood.

If you operate like this, you must be able to keep the Tao family's territory, could it be that this is the idea? Ling Xiao muttered this thought in his heart.

If this is really the case, it can be regarded as understanding the confidence of the Tao family, thinking that the Tao family is still in full swing, but in fact, the Tao family has begun to decline.

Thinking of this, Ling Xiao felt that his head hurt, if this was really the case, the Tao family was a little bullying others, and at some point the Tao family was innocent.

But Ling Xiao felt that if there was a flood discharge, the people who might live in the flood discharge area should be notified in advance so that they could leave the danger zone early, which is what should be done.

After reading Tao San's letter, Ling Xiao found that this person's letter only mentioned the glorious past of the Tao family, and did not talk about the question that Ling Xiao asked, but only said that he also wanted to ask about the situation, so she waited for the other party's reply.

After waiting for another half a month, Ling Xiao was a little anxious, what was going on? Was this flood a natural disaster? Or did the Tao family get the so-called retribution?

It wasn't until a month later that a heavy package arrived, and after getting it, Ling Xiao took a closer look at it, only to know that the Tao family had discovered the problem soon after moving to the clan land.

Because as long as the land of the Tao family is mainly for agriculture, water is a very important resource, if there is no water, how to farm? There is simply no food to eat.

The Tao family found that it was not good that the place where they lived was close to the water, but it was good that they could grow crops with water, and it was not good that there was flooding.

After thinking about it, the Tao family made a rule, and every winter, the Tao family would pay a large sum of money to hire someone to rest the embankment next to the site.

This matter has been continued, and eventually led to the Tao family not having floods in the world for a long time, and Ling Xiao was very surprised after seeing it.

In addition to the letter, there was also an account book, which Ling Xiao opened and looked at, and it was all the money spent every winter.

Then Ling Xiao overturned the original speculation, and the Tao family had nothing to blame for the flood.

Those who died in the flood died a very aggrieved death, and the Tao family thought that there was absolutely no problem with the embankment.

They should feel the same as they have been for hundreds of years, and have no idea of leaving.

He never imagined that the flood would one day inundate his home.

They must have thought that the Jedi would be okay and fine.

After Ling Xiao thought it through, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Now she feels that there is something big wrong with this flood.

In natural disasters, there are man-made disasters, and the Tao family's embankment has been repaired for many years.

It can be said that it has been renovated well, has it become tofu scum in recent years?

It is unlikely, because the Tao family repaired it for their own family, and the possibility of a tofu slag project is low.

Then it is very likely that someone took advantage of the weather to implement a plan to destroy the entire Tao family.

If someone really does this, it is really very vicious, which is equivalent to letting the Tao family be finished, and few are alive.

There are bad people in the dead Tao family, but there is absolutely no shortage of innocent people, just because their surname is Tao, do they have to be buried with them?

Some people may think that different people have different feelings in their eyes, and from the position of the original owner, they absolutely disagree with this idea.

Ling Xiao stood up and walked to the window, looked at the scenery outside, and saw that the sky outside was very blue, and everything was as if nothing had happened.

After thinking about it for a while, she thought: What if the original owner was here? I guess I wanted to ask what was going on? Let the dead understand the dead.

Maybe the original owner doesn't care about other Tao family members, but he naturally wants to know who did the death of his parents. If it's just a natural disaster, it's still somewhat acceptable.

But if someone had intervened to cause so many deaths, that's a different story. But the question now is who to ask for clarification? Ling Xiao didn't know how to find it now.

What is known is unknown, and if someone had to dig the river to save more lives this time, it would be understandable that people could have been evacuated before the action was taken.

Then it's very likely that someone sent someone to do it privately, and you can't find a clue, but it's a pity! Ling Xiao felt that if he had guessed this situation earlier, then he could also go and see where the breach was broken to see if he could find any clues.

But it's too late to guess now, years have passed, and it's too late to look for it, and all traces are probably completely gone. After all, some clues still need to be timed.

The river should have been repaired after the flood, maybe go there and ask now, maybe there are some clues, at this moment Ling Xiao is thinking about how to investigate things.

In addition, she still has some doubts in her heart, will that black hand commit another crime? Ling Xiao thought of this very important question, because it was not safe.

At this moment, she is not sure what the other party is doing, maybe he will commit the crime again, maybe not, the other party's thoughts are temporarily undecided.

This is because there is too little information about the other party, so many things are not known, and it is impossible to judge the person's situation and thoughts.

The life of the original owner is really difficult, maybe she herself doesn't know anything, so she can still live her life.

But there are too many things hidden behind her life with her younger brother, and it seems that the peaceful life is not easy.

Who knows if the possible mastermind behind the scenes will let go of the three siblings? What if you want to kill them all?

Will they be okay if they don't have any defenses at all? If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves.

In addition, there is also the one who calculates the step-grandmother of the original owner, will he also do it?

And is there a connection between the two? This is troublesome.

Could these two shots be two kinds of retaliation carried out by one person?

Or do they do their own thing? Are they all for the Taoists?

All of these scenarios are possible.

So who do you really want to deal with? Dead?

Will the rest of the Tao family receive a succession of retaliation?

Ling Xiao is a little vigilant about this, and he still has to be careful.

If Ling Xiao guessed correctly, the death of the Tao family this time was calculated.

Among them, it may be someone who has some grudges with the Tao family, or it may be someone else.

Maybe the people who have offended the Tao family will take the opportunity to take revenge, or they want the Tao family to be wiped out.

The Tao family didn't know about the conspiracy, and was used to think by inertia, resulting in few survivors of the entire Tao family.

After Ling Xiao thought it through, he went to move his body, to bring up his personal force, and the safety of other people.

Fortunately, Xia's mother is very qualified, and the most important place is Ling Xiao's own people, and the safety can still be guaranteed.

But Ling Xiao still felt that she didn't have enough people, so she began to screen out those who had outside intentions, and tried her best to get rid of all those people.

She doesn't have the patience to engage in psychological warfare, some people just stand on the opposite side, don't need to do any ideological work, just let them get out of her turf.

During this period of time, there were people who wanted to engage in the pottery family, thanks to the help of Eighteen Niang, these days Eighteen Niang often came to Ling Xiao, and the unique aesthetics of Eighteen Niang has changed.

This made the eldest princess very happy, so she specially greeted people and didn't let anyone find trouble, and some people didn't dare to find trouble again, so they stopped doing it.

Ling Xiao gradually had more true feelings for Eighteen Niang, and she had already discovered that Eighteen Niang was not really stupid, just a protective color of hers.

People have to learn to protect themselves when they are alive, and Ling Xiao later knew the whole process of Eighteen Niang's affairs, and she was also one of the more unlucky.

The biological father belongs to the kind of person who is relatively weak, and the eldest princess often favors this weak son.

But in the end, the husband and wife died one after another in the winter, and the eldest princess had to protect her granddaughter and grandson.

The health of the granddaughter Eighteen Niang is fine, but the health of the little grandson is very poor, and he gets sick every once in a while.

Let the eldest princess neglect her granddaughter's education for a while, and it will be too late for her to take care of her.

found that the aesthetics of Eighteen Niang are relatively different, and they are fundamentally different from ordinary people.

It was too late for the eldest princess to want to reverse it, so she naturally wanted to ask the reason.

Later, she found out that she had something to do with her second son's wife.

The main thing is that the eighteenth sister and brother occupy the eldest princess's mind.

So that her children and grandchildren did not get the love of the eldest princess, and the second daughter-in-law did something.

After this incident broke out, the eldest princess was furious, but the second son begged his mother not to have a seizure.

Because if what her wife did broke out, the whole family would be disgraced.

In the end, the woman was sent to the nunnery to recuperate, and after that, the eldest princess directly divided the family with several sons.

When the family was separated, she was a little cold and said, "I know that some of you have always felt that I am partial to San'er Kang'er. ”

"But ask yourselves, have I done you any wrong in the general direction? When you married one by one, did I ever be harsh? ”