Dongfang Siyi flipped through the dossier materials that had just been sorted out in his hand, habitually took out the cigarette case, took out one, took it in his hand and looked at it, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and then put it into the cigarette case with some reluctance. This is the third week since he started quitting. After thinking about it, he opened the drawer again, put the still full cigarette case inside, and exhaled lightly.

This is a divorce case full of drama, and it is also the first divorce case accepted by the Phoenix Mountain Forest Farm Circuit Court after its establishment.

On the wedding night full of anticipation, the bride, dressed in the most beautiful dress in her life, has not yet recovered from the joy of the wedding, but she is dazed to find that the groom is missing. She was puzzled, suffering painfully in loneliness and loneliness, alone in a cave room full of festive decals, and waited all night for the groom who had been her childhood sweetheart.

Early the next morning, the tear-stained bride was accompanied by her own family, and the two angry brothers followed her as they walked and scolded, and the group went directly to the circuit court in the forest farm, and handed over a hastily written complaint asking for a divorce from the groom who had disappeared inexplicably.

A large group of concerned relatives and friends and neighbors who were curious to watch the excitement followed one after another, and also rushed to the circuit court. The court is located in a single-door courtyard outside the large courtyard of the forest farm department, and the sign of "Phoenix Mountain Forest Farm Circuit Court" with black letters on a white background is hung outside the gate, which looks simple and solemn.

Phoenix Mountain is in the southeast of the county seat, stretching for dozens of miles, two towering mountains crisscross each other, looking like a pair of phoenixes with their heads raised on the ground from a distance. The mountains are lush with trees, the clear springs are sweet, and the streams flow everywhere, and the fragrance of flowers strikes people. There are more than 1,000 employees in Fenghuangshan Forest Farm, plus more than 5,000 family members, and the neighborhood is usually harmonious, except for occasional civil cases, it is generally a relatively harmonious and relatively closed community.

In order to facilitate mass litigation in remote areas, the county court decided to set up a circuit court in the forest area, and stipulated that on the first working day of the week, that is, every Monday, a judge and a clerk from the court department would be sent to the circuit court to handle cases on the spot to deal with general civil disputes brought by local residents.

On the third Monday just after the Forest District Circuit Court was inaugurated, Dongfang Siyi and clerk Xiao Wang took turns to be on duty at the circuit court for the first time. As soon as I sat down in the office of the circuit court, a cacophony of human voices came from outside the courtroom gates, followed by a group of men and women who looked frustrated and shouted loudly.

Clerk Xiao Wang looked at the scene in front of her a little confused, looking at this group of people dressed in festive clothes, she really couldn't figure out what was going on? I thought it was the team that sent the relatives to the wrong place. It wasn't until she saw the complaint that a man stretched out his hand to hand her that she finally figured out that this was the bride's family, who had come to ask for a divorce from the groom. But she looked left and right, and the groom, who had been sued by the bride, was not at the scene.

"Now, the whole forest farm is watching my jokes." Before the makeup on the bride Ling Yuan's face could be removed, two lines of tears were clearly imprinted on her face, looking at the bride's lonely and helpless expression, Dongfang Siyi and the clerk Xiao Wang felt infinite emotion in their hearts.

It was the bride's eldest brother who submitted the complaint on behalf of his sad sister, and when he handed the complaint to Xiao Wang, he couldn't help but scold angrily and angrily: "This skinless and faceless brute, I have never seen such a ruthless and unrighteous thing, he did not lose my sister's face, but lost the face of his ancestors for eight generations." ”

The second brother looked at his sister who was sitting on the side and began to cry again, and his fists were clenched: "With my previous temper, if I find this beast, I have to peel his skin." He is really unworthy of being a man, no wonder his father also named him a dog, he is a dog who can't change his, and he can't change his dog nature. ”

Looking at the angry bride and her family, Dongfang Siyi also felt a little incredulous. After they slowly calmed down, Dongfang Siyi asked Xiao Wang to go through the formalities of registering and filing the case for the plaintiff Ling Yuan on the spot.

In order to know more about the ins and outs of this divorce case, Dongfang Siyi asked the plaintiff Ling Yuan and the defendant Du Shaoyou in detail about the situation before and after their marriage, and asked the clerk Xiao Wang to make a record of the inquiry. Only then did I know why the groom Du Shaoyou disappeared inexplicably after the wedding, it seems that it was because there was a ghostly woman.

Ling Yuan and Du Shaoyou are both employees of the Phoenix Mountain Forest Farm. Although the two families do not live in the same village, they are not far apart, separated only by a stream a few feet wide. One lives in the village to the east and the other in the village to the west. There is a natural stone bridge formed by several boulders on the stream, because the relationship between the two parents is very close, and the two have been inseparable playmates since childhood, and the stone bridge has become their magpie bridge.

Although Ling Yuan and Du Shaoyou have different genders, the two partners who have played since childhood still linger in the charming mountains and rivers, and they have reached the age of talking about marriage. Although the two of them had no intention of saying it, the elders had the heart to fulfill it.

One day in late spring, Du Shaoyou's parents arrived at Ling's house with a hare and a carefully prepared gift. On weekdays, the two families who come and go close to each other sat together, and when the wine was hot, Du Shaoyou's parents proposed to Ling Yuan's parents that they would like to become in-laws, and Ling Yuan's father said happily: "We have no opinion as parents, as long as they are young people can talk, both of them are willing, of course we are willing." These two children have played since they were young and grew up, and it is time to have a good result. ”

After listening to the words of Ling Yuan's parents, Du Shaoyou's father put down the wine glass in his hand, turned his head to look at Ling Yuan, who was tall and peach-faced, and said with a smile: "Yuanyuan, give you Uncle Du as a daughter-in-law, your parents nodded and agreed, you can't let my old face not get off the stage." ”

Ling Yuan was carrying a dish from the kitchen, but after listening to Du Shaoyou's father's words, he didn't say anything, just blushed, smiled and put the dishes on the table and turned to leave. Du Shaoyou's father looked at Ling Yuan's back and said with a smile: "This child, so old, is still so shy. ”

Du Shaoyou was also sitting next to his father drinking with him, and was about to get up to toast Ling Yuan's father, when he saw Ling Yuan walking away without answering, he quietly put down the wine glass in his hand, and followed out of the house with a heavy heart.

Ling Yuan looked at Du Shaoyou, who was standing opposite her, and then turned her head to look around, everyone was talking in the room, and no one noticed them, so she asked seriously: "Uncle Du said this, is this what your parents meant?" Or do you mean it? What do you mean? You've never told me anything about that. ”

Du Shaoyou looked left and right for a while, and after glancing at Ling Yuan, he lowered his head and looked at his toes: "I don't mean anything, it's not that you don't know what I mean, why do you have to say it?" ”

"What does it mean to mean nothing? I'm not the Monkey King, I can get into your stomach and see what you're thinking. Ling Yuan was obviously a little dissatisfied with Du Shaoyou's attitude, as usual, when she encountered a question that he was unwilling to answer directly, she insisted on chasing to the end, and never let it go vaguely.

Although Du Shaoyou was also accustomed to Ling Yuan's habit of breaking the casserole and asking to the end, for some reason there was some resistance in his heart, he raised his head and looked at Ling Yuan and said, "You should know what I mean, why do you always have to ask." ”

Ling Yuan blushed and said angrily, "Yes, I know what you mean, you just don't want to say it, don't you?" How do I ask, you don't want to say? Why do I always have to ask you? Because you never reassured me. Are you annoyed with me? ”

"It's not." Du Shaoyou noticed that Ling Yuan was a little annoyed, he didn't want to argue with her, but he didn't want to say too much in his heart. Before he followed his parents to Ling Yuan's house, his father did not tell him that he wanted to propose marriage to Ling Yuan's parents. In their opinion, the matter is a matter of course, and there is no need to listen to his opinion at all. Therefore, after his father officially said it to Ling Yuan's parents just now, he suddenly felt a little confused.

Ling Yuan didn't know that Du Shaoyou's parents hadn't discussed with him before they came, she was just very dissatisfied with Du Shaoyou's indifference, so she pressed and asked step by step: "Since it's not, then you have to make it clear, do you want to be with me?" To be willing is to be willing, and to be unwilling is to be unwilling. You are not yin or yang like this, are you not willing to be with me in your heart, is it because of that woman? ”

Du Shaoyou immediately became a little nervous: "What nonsense are you talking about, I didn't say I didn't want to be with you." ”

Ling Yuan glanced at Du Shaoyou again and then asked mockingly, "Since you are willing to be with me, why do you still want to find that woman?" ”

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Du Shaoyou's forehead: "She said that she went up the mountain to collect some medicinal herbs a few days ago, and asked me to help her sell them when I had time to go to the city." It's all from the villagers, this favor can still be helped, so I went to her house to get it, these medicinal materials are still in my house, I don't believe you can go and see it. ”

Ling Yuan looked at Du Shaoyou, who was obviously a little weak-hearted, and asked, "If you don't have any crooked thoughts, if you don't have anything that you can't say, what are you nervous about?" Are you lying? If you lie, I can forgive you, but if you lie, I will never forgive you for the rest of my life. ”

"I'm not nervous, what am I nervous about? When have I lied in front of you? You can't say that about me, you've hurt me. You shouldn't be talking to me like that. Du Shaoyou tried his best to hide it.

"Did I hurt you? Then I apologize to you. You say you're not nervous? So why do you sweat so much on your forehead? Ling Yuan asked step by step.

Du Shaoyou finally calmed down and no longer felt nervous, he said with a smile: "You always like to guess, I not only have sweat on my forehead, but also sweat on my body, I drank with Uncle Ling just now." Although I have a bit of a drink, as long as I drink a glass of wine, my head will sweat, and my body will sweat, you don't know. ”

Ling Yuan looked at Du Shaoyou's embarrassed appearance, and his tone slowly eased: "Forget it, I don't care about you." I now want you to promise that after marrying me, you will not touch any woman again. You raise your hand and swear! Do what you say. Otherwise, I won't promise your parents, I won't promise you, I won't promise anyone. ”

"I promise not to touch any woman, and I will do what I say." Du Shaoyou raised his right hand as usual, stretched out his middle finger and index finger and swore that he and Ling Yuan had been playing this action for more than ten years, and it had become a compulsory homework since childhood.

A smile appeared on Ling Yuan's face: "This is about the same, you are not allowed to go to that woman in the future, don't you know that woman is a vixen?" She especially likes to seduce you like this. ”

The woman Ling Yuan said was also an employee of the forest farm, because she had been divorced twice, there were many people who made irresponsible remarks, and it was difficult to argue, and over time she became a recognized woman in the forest farm who could not be approached. The women of the forest farm, as long as they are married and have a man, will naturally repeatedly warn their men that they must stay away from this woman, farther away, farther away, Ling Yuan warned Du Shaoyou, in her opinion, it was just a routine before marriage.

What Ling Yuan didn't expect was that this woman would really mess up her wedding night. Although Du Shaoyou has not been traced yet, and he does not know where he really went, Ling Yuan can be sure that his disappearance must be related to that woman, and she can't think of any other possibility, it can only be related to that woman.

Dongfang Siyi looked at Ling Yuan's father, Lao Ling, and asked with some confusion, "When did you find out that the groom was not there?" Did you look for it at the time? Where might he go? Where did he go? ”

Lao Ling sighed: "I only found out this morning, when Yuanyuan found out that Du Shaoyou was not there, we had already gone home. She didn't say anything, just lay alone in the new house. It wasn't until dawn that Lao Du noticed something unusual. Seeing Yuanyuan alone in the room, crying and swollen eyes, he felt that something was wrong. He looked around early in the morning, and he didn't seem to find Du Shaoyou until now. It can be seen that he is also crazy by this unsuccessful son. Now he is still looking everywhere outside, and we don't know if he has found Du Shaoyou. ”

Ling Yuan looked at her father and said, "Where else can I go?" He was a big man, and he would neither be silently eaten by wild beasts, nor would he be drunk somewhere, and no one would find out. It can only be deliberately escaped, it can only be fascinated by the fox spirit, where else can it go? I thought about it last night and knew he did it on purpose, otherwise it wouldn't have been like this. It is useless for me to find him, and it is useless for you to find him. What's the use? He's a big living man, his legs are on him, he likes to go wherever he wants, can I watch him all day long and tie him up? I was deceived by his pretense. ”

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