After confirming that the person could not be saved, the old patriarch of the Hua family knocked heavily on the crutch he was leaning on, and his old face was filled with unconcealable anger.

He raised his cane and pointed at Hua Tingjing standing nearby. In a voice that was not angry but commanding, he said, "Were you the ones who pulled the man out? Did you see anyone nearby?"

His words were filled with naked suspicion.

Hua Tingjing was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and kept wiping his forehead. "No, when I came over, there was no one around."

The old patriarch frowned even deeper, his face gloomy, and he didn't speak for a long time.

The people present looked at each other, not daring to speak.

“Wuwuwu…”

Only Li was still lying on the corpse, sobbing softly. Perhaps because she had been crying for a long time, Li had lost her breath and her loud crying had turned into low sobbing.

The old patriarch frowned and sighed deeply after hearing this.

“Knock, knock.”

He knocked the ground with his crutch. In the quiet ancestral hall, the two sudden sounds made people tremble with fear.

Even though the old patriarch is in his seventies or eighties, he still has the aura and power to make people dare not say a word when he gets angry.

Hua Tingjing, who was standing next to him, glanced at him several times out of the corner of his eye, his expression trembling, as if he was afraid that the old patriarch would be angry with him.

"Alright, alright, stop crying. What's the point of crying? The dead can't be brought back to life!"

The old patriarch's majestic and stern voice rang out, the air became silent, and Li's crying also paused for a moment.

Hua Shi, who was standing in the corner, watched Li bury her head and wipe away her tears, then she turned her back to everyone and slowly turned back.

Her eyes, bloodshot and tearful, were red and swollen from crying, and she glared fiercely at the onlookers.

He glanced left and right, his eyes filled with resentment and unconcealable anger.

She suddenly burst out, "Is it you?! Or you?! You killed my son! He was fine, how could he have drowned like that? He could obviously float, how could he have drowned?!"

Those cloudy, bloodshot eyes were staring suddenly, with the eyeballs bulging outwards ferociously, looking very scary.

The people who were gathered at the entrance of the ancestral hall and were close to her were so frightened by her aggressive appearance and harsh questioning that they took two steps back.

“…Is she crazy? What nonsense is she talking about…”

"Oh, these eyes look so scary..."

There was a moment of silence among the crowd, and then there were dissatisfied murmurs, with a hint of disgust in the words.

Li's expression was as if he was in a trance, staring at the huge crowd with bloodshot eyes without blinking.

The pitch-black, bustling scene with people was reflected in her cloudy eyes.

Her mad expression was too terrifying, and she kept muttering vicious curses:

"It's you... it's you! You were jealous of him for passing the imperial examination! You pushed him into the square well and drowned him! He could float, how could he have drowned like that... You despicable bastards! You have such vicious hearts, you deserve a horrible death!"

Li cursed more and more fiercely, using foul language and pointing at everyone present, spewing out word by word.

Because the old patriarch was present, the people standing nearby frowned as they heard what she said, but they didn't dare to go up and pull her away. They just listened to her scolding without saying a word.

On the other hand, the old patriarch who was standing aside, clenched his hands on the crutch tighter and tighter, his wrinkled face twisted tightly together, and his expression became visibly gloomy.

"Bang!"

"Are you all dead? She's spewing so much shit, why don't you shut her up!"

The old patriarch banged his cane and roared.

Several men who were standing by rushed forward immediately, one on each side, and pressed Li down forcefully.

"Ouch! What are you doing?! Let me go! Let me go..."

Li, who was pressed to the ground, struggled wildly, his old face flushed red, and his dark eyes stared up at the group of people.

Hua Shi, who was standing in the corner with no sense of existence at all, saw the old patriarch of the Hua family coming. Before he could figure out the situation, he saw Li swearing loudly and then being pinned to the ground by two big men.

This scene happened so suddenly that Hua Shi was a little slow to react...

Hua Tingjing, who was standing next to her, gave her a look and raised his hand, which was hanging at the side, in her direction.

Hua Shi blinked, understanding Hua Tingjing's anxious look, but stood there without moving.

Li was clearly losing control of her emotions, cursing at the crowd. If she tried to stop her, she would probably slap her twice...

After the old patriarch saw that Li was being held down, his expression softened. "Alright, take me to the wellhead."

Judging from the old patriarch's expression, he couldn't believe that such a healthy person was gone just like that.

Soon, the crowd parted to form a path, with Hua Tingjing leading the way, and the old patriarch following behind, supported by someone.

The villagers who were watching also followed in large groups. The people at the outermost edge stood in twos and threes. They didn't hear or see clearly what was happening, but they saw a large group of people going into the small woods beside the ancestral hall.

Hua Shi also followed the crowd, watching silently without saying a word.

On the empty left side of the ancestral hall, after passing a small forest, you will soon see a square well.

Even if you stand far away, you can see that the water has not overflowed the edge of the well, which is about one meter deep, and below it is the black well water.

At the top of the well water, there was floating fine snow, with traces of salvage. The snow that was originally neatly arranged on the water surface was stirred into a mess.

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