Chapter 17: The Truth

Ke Chen left Kejia Village and went straight to Lizheng's residence.

Kejia Village belongs to Hongze Township, and Lizheng's house is half a day's walk away from Kejia Village.

In order to get the so-called justice as soon as possible, Ke Chen gritted his teeth and hired a donkey cart, and pumped the donkey's buttocks all the way until he was swollen before arriving at Lizheng's house before noon.

Hongze Township is wishing Yougui a well-known filial piety, and when he saw Ke Chen kneeling in front of him with a handful of snot and tears, he couldn't help but step forward and help up this pitiful-looking old woman.

"Mother-in-law don't cry, but what grievances have you suffered? Just say, I wish you that you will definitely make decisions for you. ”

Ke Chen wiped away his tears, and sobbed and said, "My lord, you don't know the bitter ...... of the old body."

"I am Ke Chen's successor to Ke Lin's family in Kejia Village, since I married into his family, I have worked hard, not only to add a male to his family, but also to treat my two stepsons as my own."

"It's a pity that the eldest has a hard life and died early, but the second Xue Sheng is strong, but it's not easy to find a daughter-in-law, I asked the east to find the west, and spent all my family wealth to marry a daughter-in-law for him."

"I originally thought that although this second daughter-in-law was abandoned and returned to her parents' house, she came out of a big family, and she was also a knowledgeable person, alas, but I never thought ......"

As she spoke, she began to cry again.

Zhu Yougui hurriedly poured a cup of tea for her: "Old woman, but this second daughter-in-law is not good to you?" Bullied you? ”

Ke Chen pretended to push it, then picked up the teacup and drank it all.

She had been squeezing out tears for so long, and she was so thirsty.

put down the teacup and sighed heavily: "It's not just bullying the old body, my second child went to the army a few days ago, and she began to shout about separating the family." ”

"I don't know what tricks she used, those men in the village helped her, forcing the two of us who were about to enter the earth to build a new house for her, and even our village chief spoke to her and asked us to take out six taels of snowflake silver!"

Zhu Yougui slammed the teacup in his hand on the table when he heard this, splashing with water: "How can this be reasonable!" ”

His thick eyebrows were twisted into a knot: "Mother-in-law means that this wicked woman is not only unfilial to her in-laws, but also has an affair with others in private?!" ”

Hongze Township has such unfilial piety, water-based poplar people, it is simply a shame of Hongze Township, and it is also a shame for him to wish you noble.

Ke Chen blinked her old eyes and tried to squeeze out some more tears, but unfortunately failed, so she lowered her head and pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes with her cuffs.

"The money brought back by the second trustee of my family yesterday was also taken by the village chief, saying that he would hand it over to the second daughter-in-law to make him ......feel at ease."

Although the money of the second child should indeed be given to his daughter-in-law after the separation, Zhu Yougui still wants to get this at this moment.

He only felt angry in his heart, and said in a rough voice: "Mother-in-law, don't worry, I'll go to Kejia Village with you, the wicked woman bullies her in-laws, goes against morality and lewdness, and deserves heavy punishment!" ”

With two officials, Zhu Yougui rode a horse and followed Ke Chen's donkey cart to Kejia Village.

Ke Chen, who was sitting on the donkey cart, held her head high and stood tall on her toes, she seemed to have seen the scene of Jiang Fuyuan kneeling and apologizing to her under Li Zheng's scolding and scolding.

The villagers of the Ke family, who were passing by with hoes, glanced at Ke Chen, who was proud of the spring breeze, turned his head and said to his peers: "Look at her, what is it that is so bad......"

Ke Chen's vitriol is well-known in Kejia Village, and she is so happy, which means that someone must be angry with her.

When the peers saw Zhu Yougui who was walking with Ke Chen, they quickly lowered their voices and said, "Don't look at it, let's leave quickly!" ”

As soon as he reminded him, the villagers carrying the hoe also saw Li Zheng riding on the horse, and the two immediately turned around together and copied into the side path.

Zhu Yougui looked at the strange behavior of the two villagers, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

Why don't the people in Kejia Village seem to be happy to see them?

One or two may have a disagreement with Ke Chen's family, after all, living in a village, it is inevitable that there will be some tongues.

But at least seven or eight people along the way reacted in this way, which is a little suspicious.

To be able to sit in the right position, it is far from enough to be reckless and warm-hearted, and I wish you to travel all the way, and the fire that was arched by Ke Chen's cry at home before has been much smaller.

Thinking about it carefully, Ke Chen's crying is the word of the family after all, or he should also listen to what the other Ke family members say......

Thinking of this, Zhu Yougui grabbed the reins and said to Ke Chen: "Old woman, you have worked hard all day, why don't you go home first, and I will take a look at the situation in the village first." ”

When Ke Chen heard this, the smile on his face froze on the spot.

"My lord, the old body is not tired, it is better for the old body to accompany the adult directly to the slut's house......"

Zhu Yougui's face was displeased: "Mother-in-law said cautiously, if you haven't made a decision yet, it's better to keep some morality." ”

Ke Chen still wants to fight for it again, and he is finally about to export his evil anger, how can he be cut off halfway?

She tried hard to hold and hold, squeeze and squeeze, and her eyes were dry and she couldn't shed a single tear.

Looking at the old woman in front of her, Zhu Yougui suddenly felt that she was a little annoying.

"Go back, and I will look for you if you need it."

This time, his tone was stiff and resolute, and Ke Chen had no choice but to respond and drive back on the donkey cart.

She also had to return someone's donkey.

The owner of the donkey was distressed and angry when he saw the swollen buttocks, and he insisted that Ke Chen pay an additional thirty yuan as compensation, and shouted to report to the official if he didn't give it.

Ke Chen, who had no other way, could only endure the pain and cut his flesh and destroy his wealth and eliminate the disaster.

However, these are all afterwords, and they are not within the scope of Zhu Yougui's concern.

What he wants to know most now is whether the second daughter-in-law of the Colin family is a woman who is unfilial and should be directly immersed in the pig cage as her mother-in-law said.

Without Ke Chen's presence, the villagers of Kejia Village were obviously much friendlier to Zhu Yougui.

Most people know Zhu Lizheng, and they greet each other in a proper manner.

Zhu Yougui simply got off the horse, and when he saw the villagers, he stepped forward to talk.

"Uncle, do you know where the second lady of the Colin family is?"

"Of course I know, the newly built house on the barren slope in the north of the village is her home."

"New house? Then why did she live on top of a barren slope? ”

"Oh, that's a long story, and it's not to blame her hateful mother-in-law......"

The stories in the mouths of the villagers are completely different from what Ke Chen said, basically Ke Chen's abused his daughter-in-law, denied her food or clothing, and forced her helpless daughter-in-law to get out of the house with her two stepsons.

The villagers sighed and sighed: "Fortunately, with the blessing of the Immortal Venerable of Fu Kite, after the second lady of Ke separated the family, she got a few pheasants to raise, and then got some wild vegetables and fruits, so that the family of three did not starve to death." ”

Zhu Yougui gasped in his heart, and couldn't help but ask: "Then do you know what the separation is all about?" How did I hear that your village chief helped Ke Erniang take away a lot of family property from her mother-in-law's family? ”

"It's good to have a lot of family property, but it's just a year's harvest of two acres of paddy fields, and the three acres of paddy fields in the Colin family were originally reclaimed by his second child, so it's okay if you don't have to go back."

The villagers were a little indignant and said: "As for the house on the barren slope, it was built only at the urging of the village chief, and the old wife of the Colin family can't wait for Ke Erniang and the two babies to sleep in the wilderness!" ”

Zhu Yougui: ......

How can this be the case?

After pondering for a while, Zhu Yougui thanked the villagers and asked the direction of the village chief's house.

He also needs to meet the village chief for a while to see if it is Ke Erniang's floating flowers or Ke Chen's bloody mouth.

Whatever the outcome, he will punish the one who does evil.