Chapter 110: Magistrate Chen is Jiang Yichun

Before Su Zhenzhen could say anything, the comments section erupted even more enthusiastically, as if there had been many more night owls lately.

Although Huo Erniang was in a terrible state, who could the butcher turn to for justice? And that matchmaker was no better.

Why couldn't Huo Erniang just reveal her identity? She was already at the front lines then, and that was General Huo's territory. If she had just said so, who could have forced her to marry? They might have even treated her well out of gratitude for General Huo's kindness.

[To be honest, this kind of person is wicked to the core. Her maternal grandfather could indulge in pleasure during battle and miss crucial opportunities, so what good is she? She ate human flesh along the way to the border, and weren't these the people her father and brothers risked their lives to protect? Instead of burying the dead on the spot, she actually ate them.]

This is also what Su Zhenzhen can't understand. Don't say that everyone had their own difficulties back then, and that you shouldn't do to others what you wouldn't want done to yourself. Your own misfortune shouldn't involve others through various means.

No wonder the karmic threads on Huo Erniang's body grew branches. After all, the butcher died of anger and injury because of her, and the old man with the big knife was still obsessed with what happened back then, thinking that he had really bullied his master's wife.

As for eating human flesh, it can only be said that it does not violate legal principles, but it seriously subverts moral values.

"What happened next? Why is there no record of you leaving Shanxian County?"

Seeing that the people around her remained unmoved, Huo Erniang probably knew that her plight would not elicit their sympathy, so she decided to stop talking and directly made her demands.

"May I be allowed to participate in the funeral as a daughter of an official?"

Before Su Zhenzhen could speak, Jiang Sijin made a sarcastic remark, seemingly out of nowhere.

"You're quite meddlesome, sending off a high-ranking official's daughter in a funeral. Are you going to pay for it?"

In this era, funerals were held in different ways depending on one's social status. If an ordinary person died and could not afford a coffin, they would simply be wrapped in a straw curtain.

If a woman from an official family dies before marriage, her parents will prepare everything she needs in the underworld, so that she will have enough to eat and drink even as a ghost.

In short, it's expensive and time-consuming.

Huo Erniang met Jiang Sijin's gaze without flinching, "And what are you anyway?"

Ordinary people would not notice anything unusual about Jiang Sijin, but ghosts, especially those with cultivation, could easily detect her difference.

Jiang Sijin hated it when people talked to her like that. Her long hair flew wildly, and she was about to teach Huo Erniang a lesson.

"Thud—"

The sound of the lighter being pressed down is very noticeable at night.

Su Zhenzhen stared coldly at Jiang Sijin without saying a word.

The latter, however, easily understood the meaning in that look and quickly pulled her hair back down.

Su Zhenzhen put away the lighter and looked at Huo Erniang with a playful gaze.

What if I don't agree?

Huo Erniang was in no way inferior in terms of momentum, "It's nothing, it's just that you'll never know Magistrate Chen's true identity. Besides, I just want to raise the funeral standards a bit, it shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?"

It wasn't really a difficult task, but Su Zhenzhen didn't really like the feeling of being threatened like this.

If you were truly pitiful in life, I could afford to give you a grand funeral out of my own pocket.

But you're using it as leverage to try and negotiate with me, so I have to consider whether I'm losing out.

“The identity of Magistrate Chen is not important to me. I summoned you because I pitied your mother. If you still want to be scattered by the energy of heaven and earth and wander around the world, so be it.”

After speaking, Su Zhenzhen made a "please" gesture.

Then he turned to look at Granny Ba and said, "Say what you have to say quickly. Now that you are no longer bound by karma, you should enter the cycle of reincarnation as soon as possible. If you stay too long, it will easily consume your soul."

Grandma Ba looked at her daughter, then at Su Zhenzhen, and ultimately her heart still leaned towards her daughter's side.

“Girl, my second mother has lived in that small world since birth. I am her mother and I have failed her. Now that she has passed away, if she does not receive a proper funeral, my heart will feel like it is being pierced by needles. Please, please fulfill her dream. I am willing to give my next life to make it happen.”

"Mother." Huo Erniang called softly, probably wanting to cry, but ghosts don't have tears. "Mother, go first, don't suffer for my sake. At worst, I'll wander in this world for a few more years, and when you are reincarnated, I'll come back to be your daughter."

The idea was wonderful, but reality is cruel.

Once a soul enters the cycle of reincarnation, it will be rated according to the merits and demerits of its life. Those with higher ratings can be reincarnated in worlds with higher levels of civilization, while those with lower ratings can only go to relatively backward worlds.

Even if this mother and daughter enter the cycle of reincarnation together, they may not necessarily be born into the same world in the end.

Old Bai couldn't stand such sentimental scenes, so he spoke up to plead for them, "Zhenzhen, those two are quite pitiful. The harvest from their fields is pretty good. Use the money to pay for their funeral."

Su Zhenzhen only provided the seeds, while the land was planted bit by bit by Old Man Bai. He was willing to use the fruits of his hard work to fulfill Huo Erniang's wish.

Su Zhenzhen naturally had no objections and nodded slightly in agreement.

"I'll go get it for you as soon as it's light. Will that satisfy you?"

Huo Erniang was satisfied and, without further delay, began to tell the second half of the story.

When the butcher died, he left behind a meager fortune, and many people set their sights on Huo Erniang, the young widow.

Not only did Huo Erniang fail to find General Huo, but she was also about to be harassed by a group of thugs, so she had no choice but to pack her valuables and flee south again.

At that time, Magistrate Chen of Shanxian County had already stepped down, so young women entering and leaving the city would not be secretly detained and sent to Prince Lu's bed.

After paying the toll, Huo Erniang entered Shanxian County with ease. The fear and anxiety she had been experiencing for days finally subsided, and all she wanted to do was find an inn to get a good night's rest.

Who would have thought that when you close your eyes and open them again, you would find yourself kidnapped?

The person who kidnapped her was Magistrate Chen, who had already shed his disguise.

It turned out to be the Crown Prince Jiang Yichun.

Jiang Yichun asked Huo Erniang what had happened at the front lines and whether she had encountered General Huo.

At that time, Huo Erniang was too naive. She thought that the Crown Prince was concerned about the descendants of meritorious officials and separated the things that Emperor Chang had done from him.

Jiang Yichun treated Huo Erniang as an honored guest, showing her great courtesy.

As time went on, Huo Erniang finally realized that something was wrong.

The Prince of Lu's men had an excessively close relationship with the Crown Prince.

Upon hearing this, Su Zhenzhen immediately shouted, "Stop talking!"

The others were unaware of what was going on, and even Jiang Sijin was somewhat slow to realize it.

Huo Erniang gave a wicked smile, like a child who had successfully pulled off a prank.

"Why not speak out? Are you afraid that the Crown Prince, whom many people perceive as kind and compassionate, is actually a hypocrite?"