Chapter 227: The Death of the Bride

Chapter 227

Zhao Fusheng obviously asked about the red shoe ghost case, but this old man didn't say anything, but mentioned his cousin 43 years ago.

Cao Dazong was about to scold, but Zhao Fusheng glanced at him and signaled him to be calm.

She asks about ghost cases and likes to sort out the details from the side details.

Most ordinary people don't have any logic in their thinking when they talk and do things, and they like to think of where they go.

In the face of interrogation, there may be two kinds of psychology.

A kind of self-inflicted cleverness.

Perhaps he wanted to avoid news that was unfavorable to him, or imposed his own subjective consciousness on his words, causing his words to carry too many personal opinions and not be very true. (For example, during the ghost case in Kuailiang Village, the original daughters-in-law of the Kuai family.) ）

The other is trying to please people.

They may be cowardly, afraid of offending people, and will follow the interrogator's intentions, especially when the interrogator's status is far superior to that of the villagers, and their behavior will unconsciously echo the questions of others and ignore the real situation.

And this state may be able to satisfy the psychology of the interrogator, but it is a taboo in handling ghost cases.

Dealing with ghosts is a life-or-death affair, and the slightest mistake can be costly.

Therefore, Zhao Fusheng prefers to listen to the chattering memories of these villagers when handling ghost cases, and find clues related to things from the seemingly complex and unrelated narratives.

The villagers are simple-minded, and it is difficult to lie about such a large number of speeches, even if they want to tell lies, it is difficult to do so without preparation to tell lies before and after, which will always reveal flaws and then lead to suspicion.

The downside is that you waste some of your time and need to reason out of these narratives yourself.

Zhao Fusheng thought at first that Old Man Zhang mentioned that 'Xu Lezi' was a lot old and had not yet married a wife, and he wondered if it was because of his marriage that the ghost recovered.

But when he heard him mention Huanggang Village, he was suddenly alert, thinking that the Red Shoes ghost case might not have started because of Huanggang Village.

However, her initial hunch was right, and Old Man Zhang could indeed provide some clues.

She listened patiently.

At this time, Old Man Zhang fell into memories:

"After they got married, they didn't live very well, that Wu scolded and scolded all day long, thinking that my old watch was unproductive, she was born in Huanggang Village, although the family is also poor, but because there is a clan uncle and relative of the same clan, she is very arrogant, always wants to make a fortune, and wants to support my brother to go with her to please her uncle."

He sighed:

"It just so happened that this old man Wu in Huanggang Village worshiped his ancestors that year, and the two husbands and wives rushed back after hearing about it, which was originally a happy event, but somehow, they came back and had a fight."

"How do you know that?"

Zhao Fusheng asked with interest.

"My aunt came to talk to my mother, and when she mentioned that her son and daughter-in-law were falling and beating in the room, she was upset, so she simply came to my house to hide quietly." Old man Zhang explained:

"When I heard the two of them quarreling, I was immediately interested."

Speaking of this, he suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself heavily:

"Oh, I'm not a thing!"

“……”

Lin Laoba and the others were also speechless.

"You are also relatives, and you grew up together, and your husband and wife quarrel, what are you going to listen to?"

According to the temperament of the old man Zhang, he is still unreasonable, and he is not in shape when he is old, people say two words about him, whether he is reasonable or not, he has to scold back.

But at this time, after being complained by Lin Laoba and other villagers, he rarely made no sound, but seemed to acquiesce to Lin Laoba's accusation.

"I sneaked into his house in the dark and hid under the wall of his house, and sure enough, I heard my old cousin's mother-in-law crying."

"Crying for what?"

Zhao Fusheng asked keenly.

"Crying shoes." Old man Zhang's eyes were red, and he whispered.

He talked for a long time, and finally got to the point.

"Shoes?" Zhao Fusheng's heartstrings tightened instantly, but she controlled herself not to show a surprised and excited look, and also kept her voice calm, so as not to affect Old Man Zhang:

"What shoes?"

"A red embroidered shoe." He sighed.

"I was hiding under the window, looking in through the skylight, Wu was crying and making trouble, and my old watch didn't say a word."

After listening to Wu's scolding for a long time, Old Man Zhang finally heard the clue.

"This has to start with the matter of Huanggang Village."

It turned out that on that day, Master Wu of Huanggang Village invited the clansmen back to drink, nominally to worship their ancestors, but in fact they accepted a wife.

"After accepting a room of aunt's wife, how did you let Xu Jin and his wife go home and quarrel?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

"At that time, I also wondered, but the Wu family cried for a long time, and when he saw that my old cousin didn't speak, he immediately complained, blaming him for not speaking out to comfort himself."

Xu Jin was scolded in a hurry, and finally held back a sentence:

"Your uncle is not a good thing, he is old and still marries a young wife."

"What's wrong with the young wife? That's what he is capable of-" Wu saw her husband complaining about her relatives at that time, and suddenly defended it viciously, and the husband and wife broke out again.

In the quarrel, Xu Jin said:

"Which one is capable of him, it's clearly a girl who was forcibly abducted from nowhere, obviously he has already married a wife, and his eldest son is a round older than that girl."

"Phew!" Wu spit on her husband's face, and scolded fiercely:

"What kind of abduction, don't talk nonsense if you don't know, everyone is like you, you have no ability to marry a daughter, so you come to sour others."

"Why isn't it abduction? The two are not worthy of age, and their appearance is not right, if he Wu Laocai is really upright, why don't he dare to invite guests, and invite people to have a wedding wine can only be in the name of worshipping ancestors? ”

Xu Jin retorted loudly at the time:

"And at that time, the girl cried very fiercely, several relatives in your family couldn't stand it, and your sister-in-law's face was scratched and smashed, and she was forcibly suppressed."

"You know a hammer!" Wu didn't pay attention, but his voice was very loud, and he rushed up and beat Xu Jin when he said it.

"The people in the back are still unwilling, and they committed suicide by jumping into a well while they were unprepared, and happy events turned into funerals, which is really unlucky."

……

When Old Man Zhang said this, he let out a long sigh and said in a low voice:

"My old cousin is really a good person, after he said this, he was beaten by the Wu family."

"It's really unreasonable for a wife to beat her husband, it's not good for me to be discovered, otherwise I would have to come forward to speak out for my husband." He sighed.

He talked about the quarrel between Xu Jin and his wife, but he didn't mention anything related to 'shoes'.

"......" Zhao Fusheng glanced at him expressionlessly:

"And after that?"

"After that, the two of them sat and cried after the fight, and after Wu vented his anger, he sat on the edge of the bed in a daze, and asked my old watch: 'What should I do now?' ”

Xu Jin's face was scratched by his daughter-in-law, and he was very annoyed, but when he heard his wife ask like this, he couldn't help but be angry and annoyed, and gasped twice:

"It's all said that you don't want to be cheap and pick up dead people's things."

Wu cried and cried:

"I just saw that the shoe was new, and it was a pity to stay by the well, everyone panicked at that time, and my third uncle shouted to catch people, and no one paid attention, so I picked up the shoe."

When I heard this, I finally had an eyebrow.

Zhao Fusheng perked up and said:

"That is to say, Wu Laocai in Huanggang Village forcibly abducted a girl out of nowhere and wanted to take someone as a concubine, but the girl was unwilling on the wedding day, and finally jumped into the well and died."

After she finished speaking, Old Man Zhang nodded silently.

"And before the girl jumped into the well and died, she dropped an embroidered shoe by the well."

"Yes." Old man Zhang nodded again.

"I committed suicide on the wedding day, I must have worn red wedding shoes, and I happened to have a shoe-" Zhao Fusheng guessed again:

"I'm afraid it's the left shoe—"

Old man Zhang didn't speak.

His family situation is special, and he has developed the characteristics of liking to hide in the shadows and observe others like a mouse, although he likes to watch the excitement, but he is afraid that trouble will come out of his mouth, and he does not dare to open his mouth for unclear things.

"Wu said that she took advantage of the chaos to pick up an embroidered shoe that day."

The country is poor, although she is spicy and fierce, but she is still moved when she sees the embroidered shoes.

Wu Laocai did a lot of beheading in his early years, saved thousands of pieces of furniture, and wanted to marry a new concubine when he was old, and he was very willing to wear clothes and shoes.

The embroidered shoes are exquisitely crafted and small, Wu has never seen such a good thing, and he is greedy to pick it up and hide it in his arms at the moment.

She was excited and scared.

What I was excited about was that such an embroidered shoe, even if it was taken out and sold to the owner of the cloth village afterwards, as long as he didn't talk about the way, he could earn more than ten yuan and improve the poor situation of the Xu family.

And what I am afraid of is the East Window incident.

Wu Laocai traveled north and south in his early years, and he also killed people, and it is said that he also has a relationship with the bandits in the mountains, and his ability is amazing.

Although Wu refuted her husband's words loudly, she may not have a clear idea in her heart that her clan uncle did not know where to get a young young girl, and the other party may have a lot of background, so this 'marriage' will be done in a hidden way.

If the clan uncle knew that she had stolen the bride's relics, he would not let her go.

She realized that she was scared after she finished sprinkling, and cried to her husband:

"What to do? What to do? ”

Xu Jin said in annoyance:

"I said that you should not be greedy, a shoe worn by a dead man, the girl still jumped into the well and died, and before she died, she made a fuss, and her feet were covered in blood, which was unlucky-"

Wu did not get the comfort of her husband, but was complained by him, and suddenly became angry and aggrieved:

"Why am I greedy? Didn't I want to get those shoes, wash them and sell them? Did I spend the money from the sale alone? Isn't it still subsidized at home? Who am I doing this for? ”

She was so angry that she scuffled her husband again:

"Your mother is old, she was sick from hard work in her early years, and she always coughed at night, so I thought about grabbing a few pairs of medicine for her to eat after selling her shoes-"

"So what now?"

Xu Jin impatiently pushed his ugly wife away.

"I don't know, I'm scared, I clearly picked up my shoes and put them in my chest, I kept covering them, I never let go, why did I disappear, where did I go? Did you fall off the road? Wu said in a panic.

"I don't know about you." Xu Jin touched his scratched face and got up angrily:

"You can bear the trouble you caused yourself, and I can't control you."

With that, he turned around and went out.

“……”

When Old Man Zhang said this, he paused:

"I'm afraid that he will find out, so I don't dare to listen to it anymore, and it won't be clear later."

He slipped home, and for some reason he didn't feel at peace.

"I didn't sleep well that day, I always had nightmares all night, it seemed that I heard Wu crying in my dream, it was really embarrassing, and I didn't dare to tell others."

A cousin, who dreams at night but dreams of his cousin's daughter-in-law, is not a good thing.

The Wu family is not a beauty, and Old Man Zhang only felt bad luck at that time.

When he woke up early in the morning, he heard his mother call him, saying that he was asking him to go and see the Xu family.

Last night, Xu Jin's mother came to talk to her cousin, and the old man Zhang's mother was worried that her sister was in a bad mood and asked him to send a small bundle of wild vegetables.

At this time, everyone is poor, and such a bundle of wild vegetables is already a very precious thing.

If it were usual, Old Man Zhang would be stingy by nature and would definitely refuse.

But that day he agreed by mistake, and even his mother looked at him strangely several times.

He carried his things to Xu's house, but he ate behind closed doors.

"The Xu family is empty."

Old man Zhang dared to climb the wall of Xu's house, peeking in through the cracks in the doors and windows, but saw no response.

After the disappearance of the Xu family, it did not cause a sensation in the village.

At this time, the people are cornered, and it is common for families to flee from their hometowns.

The other people in Fengmen Village didn't care about the Xu family's going, but the old man Zhang was interested, but because he listened to the incident in the corner that night, he also guessed whether the Wu family had stolen the dead man's embroidered shoes, and was afraid that the East Window incident would be retaliated against by Wu Laocai, so the family fled to avoid trouble.

At first, he didn't dare to say it, for fear of hurting his cousin's family.

"Until Fengmen Village began to be haunted, Lord Xie from that county went to Qiao Da Niu's house, I saw the death of Qiao Da Niu's family, and saw the embroidered shoes on their feet-"

Old man Zhang's tone choked:

"At that time, I guessed that my old cousin family might be the first person to be killed by the ghost."

After he finished speaking, there was silence for a moment, and then he let out a long sigh:

"I'm really not worth it, he's a good guy."

Zhao Fusheng got the clues of the Red Shoe ghost case, and he was in a good mood at this time, and he didn't say anything when he heard Old Man Zhang's words.

"It's a pity that in this damn world, good people don't have good rewards."

"He wasn't ugly, he wasn't leprosy, and when we were young, he slipped down a hillside to save me, got a piece of his scalp cut off by a stone, and finally married a plagued wife."

Old man Zhang said indignantly:

"If the ghost has eyes, he should kill the shrew Wu family, how can he still harm the family?"

"You also know it's a ghost, how can it be justified?"

Zhao Fusheng frowned:

"If everything is reasonable, who will Guo Wei be reasonable?"

“……”

Old man Zhang was silent, with a look of hatred on his face.

"Besides, if what you said is true, how can you blame the Wu family for this?"

"Why don't you blame her?" Old man Zhang was anxious.

This matter may be a knot in his heart, and he forgot Zhao Fusheng's identity in a hurry, and argued:

"Marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous wife, if it weren't for her greed, how could she pick up such a ghost shoe and lead to death?"

"You've got to figure something out."

Zhao Fusheng looked at him calmly and made eye contact with him:

"Wu is indeed greedy, but there is a reason for her greed."

She wasn't fierce or aggressive, but this calmness had a shocking power:

"You also said that Wu's picking up shoes is to sell for money, selling money is to see a doctor and grab medicine for her mother-in-law, she is ugly and cheap, and it is indeed misappropriate to steal shoes while people are just dead, but in a poor environment, is it too strict to let people have the morality of collecting money? People are not saints and sages, and they act in good and evil, good and bad, how can they negate the whole person with one thing. ”

As soon as Zhao Fusheng's voice fell, not only the old man Zhang was stunned, but even Kuai Manzhou, who was leaning on her hair, was stunned.

The little girl looked up at her, and after a while, she showed a blank expression.