Chapter 53: Bluestone Town (9)
"If it weren't for me, the other person wouldn't be able to drag on now." Xie Chaoci's eyes fell slightly, and he walked over slowly,
"When I was useful just now, you didn't say that, but now I don't recognize people, Sister Jiang Qi."
He changed his name, but there was still no wave or emotion in the depths of his eyes, "Oh, you don't plan to take me back to the provincial capital." β
Fang Yuan, who was holding an axe with courage +1: "...... What is he saying??? β
What's the matter with this person, what does he want to do? This man is uneasy at first sight!
Fang Yuan looked at the two of them a little sluggishly, he suddenly couldn't understand. It's done, isn't it?
"You heard what the master carpenter said just now." Jiang Qi walked back unhurriedly.
Xie Chao resigned only for the information of the master carpenter, and for the two items that could not affect the outcome of the game, it was obvious that he had an indifferent attitude.
"Hmm." Xie Chaoci replied softly.
"Why do you want to help us?" Jiang Qi turned his face to look at him.
"Handy." The corners of Xie Chaoci's mouth were lightly raised, and he said sincerely.
The three of them walked into the gate of Xie's house together, and the expressions on the faces of a team of players over there were very rich.
"! was put on the spot. β
Mo Shouliang's teeth were about to crush.
The master carpenter was obviously a hidden and important NPC, and that person named Fang Yuan had been hiding outside the door obscenely, but he didn't expect the person with the lowest combat power to react so quickly.
They were still in the mourning hall, and he went out with them.
Wang Yue is a fool, obviously he didn't go to find someone to cooperate, but he was inexplicable, dragging them like taking the wrong medicine, in order to make them miss the opportunity to get clues, Wang Yue really did it.
and Xie An, who intervened to suppress their team, really good.
Jiang Qi walked into the eaves with a faint smile in her eyes, whether Xie Chaoci was casual or for some other reason she didn't know.
But Wang Yue seems to be losing, but in fact he is not losing.
He put the clue of the master carpenter and made her stand opposite Mo Shouliang's team of players, if she didn't do this, she might push Mo Shouliang behind the back when he dealt with him.
Now, she would definitely not be willing to give Mo Shouliang the things that had just arrived and were not yet hot, after all, she needed more than other people with higher combat power, the things given by the master carpenter.
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Yesterday, three people died in the town one after another, and there was an accident early in the morning, and the coffin was hurriedly sealed.
The Xie family also knew that the outside said that the three people who died yesterday were taken away by Master Xie, and it was raining again today, so few people would come except for the family, so they directly reduced the banquet.
Jiang Qi found the two elders of the Xie family and asked Fang Yuan to ask them about the archway of chastity in the name of the newspaper.
Speaking of the archway in the town, the uncle of the Xie family, who was holding a pipe, said, "Starvation is a small thing, but a loss of festival is a big thing, and it is the glory of the whole family to have a chaste martyr out of the house." β
"The first archway in our town is to guard a lifetime, to keep the honor of death, after the death of the ancestral hall, enjoy the incense of future generations."
Feudal dogmas are still set in one set.
With such an honor, why don't you keep it yourself? Jiang Qi answered in his heart.
In her opinion, she is the most important,
Can I be resurrected by leaving a tablet in the ancestral hall after death? What is easy for a man to get, but it is used to coerce a woman's life in exchange for the so-called family honor.
"The other one, I see that Xie Luo is not very old, and the memorial arch is engraved with martyrdom for her husband."
"That's right." The aunt who wore a plain silver hairpin on her head said,
"Miss Luo's family was strong, and her fiancΓ© died of illness before passing the door, so she hung a rope on the beam of the house, and was martyred, and later the two families gave them a wedding and a joint funeral."
"Speaking of which, I am also a relative of the Luo family, and the Luo family has a small door, but after such a chaste martyr, whoever sees the Luo family must not praise the good family style."
The aunt's face was a little smug when she said this, "The world is going down, these courtesies, righteousness and shame are about to be lost now!" β
"You're going to send it to the newspaper?" Uncle Xie asked.
"Yes, two torii arches in one town have considerable historical value, so I'll collect materials first." Fang Yuan replied against his will.
These two people thought that he agreed with the chastity of this feudal dross, so they were willing to say some information.
Seeing the two NPCs leave, Fang Yuan sighed, "Whether it was voluntary martyrdom or forced, it really can't be said according to the atmosphere at that time." β
"Death by starvation is small, and loss of festival is big, the first person who said this was not aimed at the woman's side, but later generations used it to brainwash women, which is really vicious." Jiang Qi's expression was gloomy, "Don't think about it, it must be forced." β
What they praised was not the pile of stone carved archways, nor the women carved in stone, but their own superiority in the old era and the right to control a woman's life.
Behind the praise is extreme meanness and kidnapping.
"So what happened to the Xie family is related to the woman who was forced to die more than a hundred years ago?" Fang Yuan asked.
"Not sure, we haven't figured out what's going on with that river you mentioned yesterday."
Which river has not drowned, saying not to go at night for fear of encountering something.
It sounds like nothing is wrong, but the more you can't find out, the more problematic things are hidden.
Still looking for a chance to go.
While the two were talking, there was another news from the mourning hall that something had happened to the clan elder.
"Tell me what's going on!" The relatives of the Xie family looked at the people who came to report with a pale face.
"Just now, it's almost time to get to the mayor's house, and the person carrying the sedan chair doesn't know how to throw the clan elder down......" The person who spoke lowered his head and didn't dare to look at the expressions of several elders.
"What about people?!" Uncle Xie was furious.
"Kneeling in the ancestral hall, the clan elder is also in the ancestral hall."
A group of people left the Xie family in a big way, and Mo Shouliang, Guo Yuda, and Wang Yue all followed to the ancestral hall.
"Come one and die another, no wonder the master carpenter wants to leave, what a big resentment this is." Fang Yuan looked at the white cloth and paper money all over the yard with horror.
After walking a large group of people, the courtyard of the Xie family looked even more empty and gloomy, the candle flame in the mourning hall was still dancing, and the smile on the corner of the portrait's mouth was even bigger.
It wasn't until late afternoon that Wang Yue came back from the ancestral hall, and when he found Jiang Qi, Jiang Qi was resting on a chair in the right side hall of the mourning hall.
Wang Yue waited for her to come to her and said bluntly, "I will provide you with some valuable information, and everyone will benefit each other." β
"How much is it worth?" Jiang Qi straightened his back, "How do I know if what you said is true or false?" β
"Jiang Qi, I heard your name by chance before, so I showed sincerity first."
Wang Yue glanced at Jiang Qi calmly, and spoke again, "In this dungeon, your combat power is low, even if you have the ability to find all the clues, you can't rob others, as for whether the news I said is true or false, you should be able to tell whether it is true or false." β
can do what Hang Jing didn't do, Wang Yue will not regard the person in front of him as a newcomer with low combat power.
"Of course you'll tell the truth about what I know." Jiang Qi smiled.