Chapter 175

"Besides, everyone is poor, and these things you mentioned are probably only used by the ladies and wives of big families in the city, right? What silk flowers, silk flowers, a lot of money, it is better to buy corn, wild vegetables, you can fill your stomach, eat several meals. ”

"As for the wildflowers on the side of the road, you can't eat or drink them, so what are they for?" After the fourth daughter-in-law finished speaking, she saw Zhao Fusheng's expression stunned.

She keenly felt a complicated look in Zhao Fusheng's eyes at this moment, as if she was a little sympathetic and a little regretful, she couldn't help but feel uneasy, rubbed her hands at a loss, and asked timidly:

"My lord, did I say the wrong thing?"

"Nope."

Zhao Fusheng shook his head gently:

"So Zhuang Siniang has never received flowers in her life." Including the 'goodness' of the outsiders to her, they are all pragmatic.

"When her daughter went through a lot of hardships, stepped into the mountains, and did not hesitate to be injured, she picked that blood-stained flower for her, and the meaning was naturally very different for her."

From her daughter's act of sending flowers, she sensed her daughter's love for her, without asking for anything in return, from the bond of blood, and possibly from the best blessings of her children to her mother, which is also what she has been pursuing.

"She got this kind of love from her daughter, so why should she go near and far, and ask for a foreigner?"

In the process of investigating this ghost case, Zhao Fusheng had actually sighed several times, and at this time, she wanted to sigh again.

"What do you mean, the fourth lady refuses to leave because of that one flower?"

The third daughter-in-law was a little unconvinced, and raised her voice.

There was a look of suspicion on her face, presumably because she felt that this was ridiculous.

"It's her daughter's heart that loves her." Zhao Fusheng said with a serious expression.

The four women fell silent.

They weren't born like this.

They were also daughters, then wives, daughters-in-law, and mothers, and the natural love between mothers and children is inseparable.

“……”

Kuai Sanniang, who had been extremely angry before, froze in place, and two lines of tears poured out of her red and swollen eyes.

The torches in the room burned even more vigorously, and under the light, clear tears reflected her red eyes, and her tears turned blood red.

"But、But this—this is useless—"

The third daughter-in-law was in tears and muttered to herself:

"It's useless, what's the use? What kind of love, flowers, can you eat it as a meal? Can it be compared to living well? Why is she so stupid, doesn't she know that coming back is a dead end? ”

"yes."

Zhao Fusheng nodded:

"It's useless, but isn't the reason why people are human beings, not the walking dead, because they have seven emotions and six desires?"

She calmly looked at the third daughter-in-law who was crying silently and asked her:

"Last night, you scolded Kuai Huaide and covered up the secret of Zhuang Siniang's private meeting with a foreigner surnamed Chen, what good will it do you?"

“……”

The third daughter-in-law was speechless, looking at her stupidly, unable to speak.

Zhao Fusheng didn't want to get an answer, she asked Mrs. Kuai again:

"What can you get if you pay the ferryman for Zhuang Siniang regardless of the return?"

Ask the fourth daughter-in-law again:

"Your man died, leaving you orphans and widows, and you all had no meals, and you wanted someone to help, why did you go out of your way to raise a daughter for Zhuang Siniang? Figure what? ”

She looked at Kuai Er Niangzi again:

"You hide the secret for Zhuang Siniang and repel Kuai Huaide who wants to insult her, if the matter is revealed, you may bear serious consequences, is it worth it?"

In response to Zhao Fusheng, the four women sobbed one after another.

The second lady pressed the corners of her eyes with her sleeves and said softly:

"It's worth it, she's the fourth lady."

The others nodded silently.

Zhao Fusheng smiled:

"Then she must have thought it was worth it, it was her daughter."

Zhao Fusheng did not meet Zhuang Siniang when he was alive, but he learned a lot of things about her from Zhuang Laoqi, Gou Laosi, as well as Kuailiu Uncle, Kuai Changshun and the four concubines of the Kuai family, and pieced together her image when she was alive: docile and hardworking, tough but weak.

She was able to support this family for eight or nine years on her own, which is enough to see that she is not a weak person.

She is much braver than Kuai Wu, who has fled from this world since she encountered a setback.

On the surface, it seems that the bouquet of flowers given to her by her daughter made her stop her steps towards new hope, but in fact, Zhao Fusheng guessed that she couldn't give up too much.

She is reluctant to Kuailiang Village, and she is reluctant to give up the people here.

Although there are people and things here that cause her pain, there are also many people who give her care and help at the same time.

Perhaps she was worried that after she left, she would add endless trouble to her daughter, Uncle Kuai Liu, and others, so at the critical moment, she retreated and took the consequences of her choice.

This time, it brought a doomed ending.

……

What's worth it or not? Some emotions may be worthless in the eyes of some people, but in the eyes of Zhuang Siniang, they are more important than a life.

The ruler to measure the value of this middle is in the heart of Zhuang Siniang.

"Ahh

Zhao Fusheng sighed again, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a 'bang' sound from next door.

The walls were slammed hard, and countless pieces of mud and sand fell.

The torches on it flickered, and the lights dimmed in an instant.

An irascible male voice sounded:

"Raised by a son of a bitch, what are you arguing about in the middle of the night? Crying and shouting, let people not sleep? The mother of the family is dead, right? ”

"Paralyzing—"

In the sound of 'Sisuo', it seemed that someone next door sat up, and scolded for a long time, and then 'clang' A heavy object hit the ground, and the sound of ceramic cracking sounded:

"What about Zhuang Si? Where did Zhuang Si, this slut, go? If you don't give me a drink, Lao Tzu will kill her! ”

As soon as this shout sounded, the warmth in the room was instantly broken.

The tears of the four of them were dripping in their eyes, and they raised their heads at the same time, the residual sadness in their eyes had not faded, and the expressions of disgust and fear had already appeared in their eyes.

"My lord—"

The eldest lady finally came to her senses, and she seemed to realize that she had talked too much in this conversation.

Fear comes to mind.

She is worried that this conversation leak will bring ruin to everyone.

"It's Kuai Wu, right?"

Zhao Fusheng looked as usual, and asked with a smile.

Kuai's third daughter-in-law looked panicked and nodded subconsciously.

Kuai Si Niangzi clasped her fingers tightly with her hands, and her fingers buckled the back of her hand hard, although she didn't speak, her teeth tore the dead skin on her lips, tearing her lips so much that they were bleeding, but she herself didn't seem to notice it at all.

Zhao Fusheng took in everyone's expressions and looked at the most calm second daughter-in-law with interest.

This woman is the most interesting.

She asked:

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid."

When the second daughter-in-law was asked by her, she shook her head, and a faint smile appeared on her old and not beautiful face:

"Do you know? Our village is haunted. ”

"I've heard a little bit of a rumor." Zhao Fusheng replied quite implicitly.

The second daughter-in-law didn't ask her where she had heard the news, she had learned the methods of the Lord of the Demon Suppression Division, and she didn't doubt her tricks at all.

When he heard this, he said:

"The fourth lady is coming back soon."

She smiled and said:

"None of us will be able to escape by then, so what's the matter if we don't tell these secrets?"

After speaking, Kuai Wu next door pounded the wall again.

'Bang bang bang! ’

The drunken drunkard roared loudly:

"What about Zhuang Si? This slut—a shitty who doesn't keep women's morals—"

The four concubines were both afraid and disgusted, but because patience had become a habit, they were silent at this time, silently submissive.

Zhao Fusheng is not used to this Kuai Wu's stinky temper.

She watched the walls shake violently, and heard the sound of sand sliding down, and the lights flickering on and off, and she suddenly stood up and patted her clothes:

"Okay, I know what I should know, I'll go next door to see Kuai Wu and sober him up."

“……”

The four concubines stood up and looked at her with some uneasiness.

Zhao Fusheng walked to the hidden gate, opened the unfinished firewood door, and the cold wind blew outside.

In the courtyard, Fan Wusu and Wu Shaochun stood there alone, blowing the cold wind, and Kuai Changshun was nowhere to be seen.

Fan Wusu carried a lamp, shrugged his shoulders and shrunk his neck, shivering from the cold.

The two of them heard the sound of the chai door opening behind them, and they turned around in unison, and when they saw Zhao Fusheng coming out, their eyes lit up:

"Your Excellency, you're finally out."

Zhao Fusheng's eyes fell on the oil lamp in Fan Wushu's hand - this was the lamp that Kuai Changshun had preceded, and at this time, for some reason, the flame in the lamp was extinguished.

This lamp, which was originally in Kuailiang Village, was no longer lit after it fell into Fan Wushu's hand.

"The lights are out."

Zhao Fusheng smiled slightly and reminded him.

She stood in the doorway and listened, and the roaring and scolding that she had heard in the room before was no longer audible.

It was eerily quiet outside, and it was pitch black all around.

Fan Wusu and Wu Shaochun stood facing the small lotus pond in front of the courtyard dam, there was no light tonight, and the dim light from the open firewood door could see the pond reflective.

"That's interesting." She sighed.

Fan Wusu didn't understand what she meant by this, but when she thought of her mentioning that the lights were out, she couldn't help but feel a little helpless, and shook her hands:

"The light doesn't come on when it hits me, and I don't know why."

Zhao Fusheng's eyes flashed with enlightenment, she didn't ask Kuai Changshun's whereabouts, but Wu Shaochun took the initiative to explain:

"Soon after the adults entered the room for interrogation, Changshun said that he had something urgent to leave first, and he left the lamp for us, but I don't know why, the lamp was fine when it was handed over to Second Brother Fan, and Changshun just left, and it didn't turn on for a while."

"Maybe there's no gas."

Fan Wuxu frowned.

After speaking, he walked over to Zhao Fusheng and asked curiously:

"What did you just say in the house?"

When Zhao Fusheng heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly:

"Didn't you hear?"

Just now, Kuai Sanniang was crying and shouting, the movement was so big, the two of them were outside, didn't they hear it?

"Nope."

Fan Wusu and Wu Shaochun looked at each other and shook their heads.

"The village is expected to have something big happening soon, and we might be able to watch a good show."

Zhao Fusheng said.

"What's the show?" Fan Wusu instinctively shook off.

He secretly raised his eyes to look at Zhao Fusheng's face, and a faint smile appeared on her face, for some reason, this smile had a feeling that made Fan Wuzhi tremble.

"Don't laugh like that, my lord, I'm afraid." This feeling Fan can't be saved, but it's like when he met ghosts a few times.

"You'll see it right away, let's go to Kuai Wu's house first, and talk as we go, when you see him, maybe you'll know what's going on."

With that, she walked along the eaves to the other side of the house.

Fan Wusu and Wu Shaochun were stunned for a moment.

But the two quickly reacted and hurriedly followed behind Zhao Fusheng, Wu Shaochun asked curiously:

"How do adults know that Kuai Wu is at home? I don't hear there's any noise here. ”

"At least now he is here, and he will not be there after that, I can't say." Zhao Fusheng said meaningfully, and after speaking, he quickened his pace and urged the two:

"Let's go."

"......" Fan Wusu and Wu Shaochun didn't get a definite answer, they didn't have anything in their hearts, and they all thought in their hearts: I hate riddlers the most.

But although the two of them talked about it, they didn't dare to say anything.

Zhao Fusheng had locked Kuai Wu's position from the noise she heard in the previous room, she turned to the door of a dilapidated firewood room on the side of the house, raised her leg and kicked hard: "Bang! ’

With a loud bang, the already crumbling door collapsed and splashed dust.

At the moment when the door of the house was forcibly broken open by her, the fire in the room where the four wives of the Kuai family were located in the distance was extinguished.

Zhao Fusheng stepped into the former residence where Zhuang Siniang once lived, and a cold feeling instantly surrounded her.

Then Fan Wusu and Wu Shaochun also came in, and the moment the two came in, something strange happened-

The special oil lamp left by Kuai Changshun, the copper lamp that went out after being handed over to Fan Wushu, was bizarrely spontaneously combusted at this time.

A faint rancid smell spread.

When the lights came on, Fan Wusu was stunned.

Realizing that something strange was happening, he looked at the copper lamp in his hand and shouted in horror:

"My lord—"

"What's the panic?!"

Zhao Fusheng walked in front and answered without looking back.

She didn't seem to be surprised at all by this, and her calm mood quickly infected Fan Wuxu, making him calm down a lot.

"My lord, the lights are on."

Wu Shaochun also felt that his scalp was numb.

He had experienced a ghost case, but he didn't feel anything in the middle process, and he was in the ghost domain at that time but didn't know it, which was completely different from the situation where he clearly knew that he was in danger at this time, and there was a high probability of encountering a ghost.

"We didn't have the lights on." He forcibly reminded Zhao Fusheng calmly.

"Normal."

Zhao Fusheng nodded and looked around slowly.

The house was in shambles, the dirt floor was uneven, the stove was dilapidated and old, and there were several pitch-black cauldrons on it.

There was no firewood in front of the stove, a few jars with broken corners were piled up, and there were some leaks above the roof, and inside was the sleeping room, and the dark tent could be vaguely seen on the broken bed.

"Shaochun, you said you had seen such a lamp."

Zhao Fusheng took advantage of the light to look around, and suddenly glanced back at Wu Shaochun, Wu Shaochun nodded, and said honestly:

"I have seen such a funeral bronze lamp in an old grave dug up in Huanggang Village."

"Funeral?"

Fan Wusu didn't realize that something was wrong, and while speaking, Zhao Fusheng casually lowered his head and glanced at the lamp that automatically lit up in his hand.

Wu Shaochun didn't notice the weirdness of Zhao Fusheng's expression, he nodded, and saw that Kuai Wu's home was empty and unobstructed, so he dared to look into the inner room again.

The room was dark, and he vaguely saw a half-person-high wooden cabinet, and a broken bed, with a tent, and he said 'Huh':

"My lord, what about no one?"

"Someone." Zhao Fusheng said very firmly, and after speaking, he shouted Fan Wusheng:

"Second Brother Fan, you take a picture of him."

As soon as her voice fell, Fan Wusu answered, and walked to the door of the house with the lamp.

The light illuminated the room, and I saw a figure sitting in the dark and dilapidated mosquito net.

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