The Li family ancestral hall is three miles away from the town, and the gate is locked on weekdays, and the gate is only opened after something big happens in the clan. And today, the outside of the Li family ancestral hall is full of people, all curiously looking inside, most of them are the children of the Li family, of course, there are inevitably foreign surnames and outsiders come here to join in the fun.

The news of the eldest lady of the Li family's unmarried pregnancy has spread all over the country, and even many people are dragging their children and daughters to watch the whole family, it seems that as long as it can be related to the lower body, people will seem as excited as if they have taken chun.

Everyone in the crowd was red-faced, and kept asking others about what happened, and different versions of adulterers and women emerged in endlessly, of course, in the mouths of these people, there was always an indescribable obscenity and obscenity.

A row of red fences outside the ancestral hall blocked the footsteps of onlookers, compared with the crowd outside, the inside of the ancestral hall was much quieter, more than a dozen old men dressed in pale hair from the Miao family sat on both sides in turn, and the last fat man with a round face in his forties looked at a woman with a cloak kneeling in the middle.

The woman's eyebrows are picturesque, her eyes are bright, and she is a beautiful woman with good looks and dignity, which is the eldest lady of the Li family - Li Ruotong. At this time, the eldest lady of the Li family was covered in dirt, dressed in white linen clothes and pants, like a prisoner.

It seems that she doesn't know her situation, at this time, the eldest lady of the Li family is rolling aimlessly, her eyes are constantly whispering, sometimes smirking, sometimes sad, like a crazy appearance, it's a pity that she has a good skin!

"Tong'er, don't pretend to be crazy and stupid, tell that little beast quickly, otherwise the ancestral hall will not let you go. The round-faced fat man sitting in the center patted the chair hand under the seat, the corners of his eyes were red, and he looked distressed, and asked his own daughter who was kneeling in front of him loudly.

Looking at the appearance of his daughter who he once loved very much, Li Yi is not hard-hearted, and it is fake if he doesn't feel sorry in his heart.

But his daughter is now doing such an immoral thing, and it is still spreading around, and he, as the patriarch of the clan, is also Li Ruotong's father, which makes their Li clan feel disgraced.

If his daughter is willing to identify the adulterer, with his current status in the Li clan, he can put all the blame on the adulterer and save his daughter's life. But two days after her daughter was confirmed to be happy by the Miao doctor, she became crazy, delirious, and unable to speak at all.

Li Yi thought in his heart that his daughter was crazy, it must be his daughter who pretended to be crazy and stupid in order to protect the adulterer, thinking about it naturally made him sad.

As a result, coupled with the continuous internal pressure of the Li clan, Li Yi sadly handed over his daughter to the ancestral hall for disposal.

Although it has been decades since reform and opening up, the people's wisdom has been opened, and advanced trends of thought have become the mainstream. However, in some remote towns in the mountains of Xiangxi, the ideology is backward, and the folk customs are still untransformed, and their inherent traditions are retained, and the ancestral hall system is one of them.

In the eyes of these villagers, maybe the law is just an empty piece of paper that they can't understand, but the majesty of the family elders in the ancestral hall is something that no one dares to violate. Although there is a suspicion of lynching, for the government, this system that has been handed down for thousands of years can not be changed overnight, and it can only turn a blind eye, as long as they don't make too much trouble.

Even if he is like Li Yi, who is both the mayor of Qingshui Town and the patriarch of the Li clan, he has prestige and power, but he must obey the words of the ancestral hall, and he is also cautious and filial to the elders of the ancestral hall during the New Year's holidays, and he does not dare to mess with the slightest etiquette. His daughter violated the clan rules, and Li Yi didn't dare to cover it up too much, so he could only hand it over to the ancestral hall.

Li Yi knew that if he confronted the ancestral hall, he would not have half a foothold in the clan, and he might not even be able to keep the position of mayor.

"Well, since you don't tell that little brute, I can't protect you. From now on, I will not have you as a daughter. Li Yi saw that his daughter still looked crazy and stupid, as if she wanted to protect her to the end, and refused to say even death, so she couldn't help but be angry, her face flushed with anger, and she said bitterly.

After speaking, the corners of his eyes were red and he left with a hint of tears, as if he had aged dozens of years all of a sudden.

The inside of the ancestral hall was so quiet that it could be heard that all the elders were lowering their eyebrows, and some of the remaining young descendants of the Li family were also standing in place, and they didn't dare to come out. It's just that some still can't help but take a peek, the former first beauty in their clan, I believe that many of them have been moved by her. But how did you do such an ugly thing?

"I can't see it. ”

"I can't see it" Many of the onlookers outside sighed, but more excitedly, it seemed that they all had a cruel pleasure in their hearts when they saw beautiful things ruined in front of their eyes.

"What's the use of being pretty? The more beautiful you are, the more **, is there such a shortage of men? I heard that this eldest lady of the Li family pretended to be crazy in order to protect that adulterer, and she deserved it!" Many women who had been ashamed of themselves in front of the eldest lady of the Li family whispered outside.

Suddenly, the old man sitting in the front position slowly opened his eyes and said, "Are you guilty?"

The old man's voice was not loud, but it was full of majesty.

At this time, the eldest lady of the Li family was still crazy, smirking and babbling, as if she couldn't understand the old man's words.

"Bastard, he still doesn't repent, pretending to be crazy and stupid to fool me and other ancestral elders. Seeing the eldest lady of the Li family like this, the old man always believed in his heart that she was still protecting the adulterer, so he couldn't help but get angry, blowing his beard and glaring.

Then he turned his head and glanced back at Li Yi, who was accompanying him in the last seat, and said in a low voice: "......What does the patriarch mean?"

The corners of Li Yi's eyes were red, and he was silent for a while, and then sighed deeply: "Let's do it according to the old rules." After saying that, it seemed to be much older.

With Li Yi's permission, all the old men put their minds at ease and took the lead: "Since the patriarch knows the general situation so well, let's do it according to the old rules." After speaking, he waved his hand, and several descendants of the Li family, who were three big and five thick, pounced like wolves and tied up the eldest lady of the Li family, who was still giggling.

Outside the venue, there stood a huge wooden stick, which was piled with firewood, obviously trying to burn the immoral Miss Li family alive.

"Don't!" Looking at this pillar, a trace of struggle suddenly flashed in the depths of the eyes of the eldest lady of the Li family, and she screamed bitterly. But within a few seconds, the meaning of struggle in his eyes was quickly drowned out by a smear of gray light, and he smirked stupidly.

When everyone saw this, they thought in their hearts that this eldest lady of the Li family was really pretending to be crazy!

And Zhang Yuanwai's eyes were even more complicated, and he wanted to speak and stopped. "Wronged, wronged!" Li Yi burst into tears and roared loudly in his heart.

After Chai He finished cleaning up, several people tied up the eldest lady of the Li family, and the leading elders lined up at one time, and one of them said loudly: "Li Ruotong, you have violated the clan rules, and we are not going to take your life, it is really the content of the Li clan that is not inferior to a woman like you who is a woman who is not ethical, this is your own fault, after you go, you will have to resent us!"

"Ignition!" shouted one of them. The executioner lit the torch and was about to step forward.

"Whoosh", a sound that broke the sky suddenly sounded.

With a "snap", the torch raised by the person who lit the fire was suddenly extinguished by something, and sparks flew everywhere. The person holding the torch only felt a shock in the palm of his hand, and the tiger's mouth cracked. In pain, the torch that was raised fell to the ground.

"Who?" the old man sitting at the head of the hall shouted loudly when his cloudy old eyes flashed.