Chapter Seventy-Five: The Strange Events of the Year

I thought that after this trouble, I would find an opportunity to comfort and comfort me in private, and persuade him, maybe I would be able to figure out what happened to my son. Zong Shaosi did not continue to add fuel to the fire against Zong Youlin's anger, persuaded his wife and daughter-in-law to go back separately, thinking of finding the right time, the father and son privately put their hearts together.

Less than two days later, the family was overturned – the young baby and the nursing mother both died overnight at home.

Early in the morning, the family did not see the nurse take the child to greet the grandparents, so they sent someone over to see if the child had any headache and brain fever that dragged the nurse.

The little maid who was sent over to check on came to the courtyard where the nurse and the child lived, knocked on the door and saw no response, so she pushed the door directly and went in.

It's okay not to go in, this time I went in, and the defenseless little maid saw the nurse who had fallen to the ground and had been dead for a long time, and a small foot exposed under the nurse's body, and her eyes were so frightened that she almost passed on the spot.

Waiting for the little maid to stumble like sifting chaff to report the news, the second elder of the Zong family and the daughter-in-law ran over in a panic to check the situation, and when they saw the situation in the house, the daughter-in-law's eyes were black, and she fell to the ground on the spot.

After reporting to the official, the county government sent a servant to check the situation, and after the autopsy, he said that the nurse should have died of chest paralysis, because the death was sudden, and the baby in her arms did not have time to put down, and fell to the ground just under her body.

Where could a young baby bear the weight of an adult, so he was crushed to death.

Although it was a human tragedy, there was no unusual trace, and it could only be said to be an unfortunate accident.

The government got a good response and closed the case as an accident.

When outsiders heard about this, they all felt embarrassed, the Zong family had a good reputation in that area, so many people sympathized with them and came to visit them one after another, comforting them to stay in Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood, and their son and daughter-in-law were still young, so they could go back and pack up their grief, and they could conceive a child again, and the baby who died early let him go to Elysium.

With the heavy feeling of losing their golden grandson, Zong Shaosi and his wife greeted these neighbors who came to visit, and when they sent the neighbors away, they had to find someone to comfort their daughter-in-law who was stimulated.

Who would have thought that after encountering such a catastrophe, the Zong family would have a house leak that happened to rain overnight, although the old couple arranged for the mother-in-law and the maid to guard the daughter-in-law day and night, but something still went wrong.

At night, the mother-in-law who kept vigil estimated that she was so sleepy for several days in a row, and she accidentally fell asleep, and when she woke up again, she found that the young lady had hanged herself at the door of the house, and everyone was already cold, and there was no breath left.

In less than half a month, three members of the Zong family died, and for a while, there was an uproar in Tonghe County, all of which were talking about what their family had collided with, and how it could suddenly cause so many lives.

Originally, those neighbors and friends who came to comfort them after the death of their children were also a little taboo at this time, and they did not dare to come to the door easily.

Zong Shaosi and his wife were also hit by this huge grief, some couldn't bear it, the door did not go out, and the family closed the door and no one saw anyone.

Not only that, but even many of the servants in the family begged to leave because they were afraid, even if they were sent to work in the most remote Zhuangzi.

Zong Shaosi felt that the twisted melon was not sweet, and it was useless for the subordinates who already had the intention to go to stay, so he released all the servants who did not have a deed in his hands, and those who wanted to go to Zhuangzi or something with a deed were also released.

For a period of time after that, almost no one had seen anyone from the Zong family go out again, and the originally spacious gate was only the white lanterns hanging on both sides swaying in the wind, which looked as desolate as it was.

At first, everyone thought that it might be that there were so many things happening at home at once, and they were very sad, and there was gossip outside, and it was understandable that they didn't want to show up, and it was the same for who it was.

But after a long time, I still haven't seen any people from the clan come out to show up, which can't help but make some people who were originally close to their family worried.

They discussed it for a while, and ran to Zong's house one day to visit old friends, chat with comforters, and confirm that they were all right.

As a result, the door panel of the gate was about to be smashed and could not be opened, and these people were so worried that they did not dare to act rashly, for fear that they would cause trouble for themselves, so they could only run to the county government to report to the official.

When the county magistrate heard that it was the matter of the Zong family again, he only felt that his head was a little big, and he sent two officials to follow these people to the Zong family, but he couldn't knock on the door.

Even if the yacha slammed the door panel with a scabbard, there was no response inside.

At last two men supported the other's feet, helped him climb over the wall, and opened the door from the inside, and a group of people rushed in to check the situation.

It's okay not to look at it, as soon as I saw the situation at home, not to mention the acquaintances of the few sect families, even the two well-informed yacha almost vomited on the spot.

In the big mansion of the Zong family, the front yard was quiet and empty, and when I arrived in the backyard, I saw Zong Shaosi and his wife hanging high at the door of the main house where they lived.

Walking further back, the situation on the side of the old lady and the old lady of the Zong family was the same, and they were all hung on the door frame of their bedroom.

In addition, none of the old servants who were left in the family were spared, and they were all hanged in the next room with the same terrible face.

After a long circle of searching, there was only one living mouth in this family, and that was Zong Youlin.

Strictly speaking, when he was found by the yacha, he could only be regarded as "half alive" - Zong Youlin was still locked in the study, and there was no padlock on the door, but the door couldn't be opened no matter what, as if it was sealed by something intangible.

The two yacha were prying and kicking, and finally opened the two doors, Zong Youlin did not hang himself, but he was locked in and scattered, his face was yellow and thin, and he looked like he was going to starve to death.

When he saw someone coming, he only opened his eyes weakly and looked at it, then closed his eyes again and continued to sleep, looking like he might die at any moment.

The yacha didn't know that he would encounter such a tricky situation, so he hurriedly asked one of them to come in with him, and at this time, although he was frightened, he could hold on to the friends of the Zong family and go to the yamen to report a message.