Chapter 280 Two Corpses
The village chief felt something was wrong and quickly stood up and stepped forward.
"Excuse me, sir... who are the people you pulled on the cart?"
The two yamen runners sighed and pointed at the white cloth, saying, "An unknown body was found in the city. It was reported to the officials by Meixianglou that a couple dressed as farmers hanged in front of their door."
"We have asked the surrounding merchants, and before they died, these two people reported their family names, saying that they were from Daliu Village. The county magistrate asked us to send the bodies here, please identify them."
"If they are really from your village, we will see if there are relatives who can bury them. If not, we can only send them to the mass grave." The yamen runners frowned as they spoke, feeling that this job was unlucky.
After that, the two of them took a stick and lifted the white cloth, revealing two gray and swollen faces underneath.
The village chief and the villagers wanted to cover their noses.
But after a pause, everyone hesitated and walked forward to take a look.
Just after a glance, the village chief's eyes widened in surprise!
"Isn't this Wang Daxi and his wife Liu?" Mrs. Liu was startled and shouted first.
The village chief was very surprised and his eyes were stunned. He didn't expect that the couple of the Wang family were dead... Thinking
about it carefully, he really hadn't seen these two people in the village during the autumn harvest. He thought that this pair of lazy donkeys were lying at home again.
Soon, there was a commotion at the entrance of the village.
When the ladies and men heard that the government wanted to identify the body, they all rushed over like they were going to see a play. Some of them hadn't even finished their meals yet, but they ran over with scallions dipped in sauce.
Feng quickly got down to the ground and put on her shoes, "Mom can
just go out and take a look. You, the eldest daughter-in-law, are pregnant, so don't get involved in this annoying commotion. Just stay at home with Nuobao and Chunger." Sun Chunxue touched her belly and nodded, saying "hmm" non-stop. She was really afraid of bumping into the child.
But little Nuobao was not willing to stay still. He stretched out his short, chubby arms and hung on Feng's neck!
"Mom, Nuobao is your little tail. You have to take him with you wherever you go~ You are not allowed to leave him behind!" Little Nuobao pouted and wanted to kiss Feng.
Feng felt her neck become heavy, and she cried out "ouch" twice, so she had to hold her daughter
's butt to continue talking. "You fat girl, you're like a weight, you're going to pull my neck off!"
"Stop talking sweetly here, you don't want to stick to me, you're just afraid of missing the fun." Feng said helplessly.
Little Nuobao smiled and squinted his eyes, and he had already hugged his mother like an octopus, so Feng had to carry this "little tail" and hurried to the village entrance.
At this time, most of the villagers had arrived, and were muttering in surprise, how come the Wang family lost two more people.
Feng only took a quick look, covered her girl's eyes and asked the bailiff, "Brother officer, how did the couple disappear? I heard you just say that they had something to do with the Meixianglou in the city?"
The two bailiffs recognized Xiao Nuo and Bao Niang, and their expressions quickly became polite and their words became hesitant.
The tall yamen runner shook his head hurriedly, "No, no, the man was not killed by Meixianglou...it's just that they reported it to the authorities first."
The short yamen runner pushed him stealthily and continued, "Well, this is what happened. I heard that these two had a daughter who died in Meixianglou a while ago. They couldn't bear to part with her, so after collecting the body, they ran to Meixianglou to seek justice."
"Everyone knows about that kind of place. If a person is gone, that's it. What can we say about it?" The short yamen runner waved his hand, "But although the madam saw that they were trying to make trouble, she was still kind-hearted and gave them five taels of silver to appease them. Who would have thought that the two thought it was too little and refused to leave. They secretly hanged themselves in front of Meixianglou in the middle of the night."
"Perhaps, these two people didn't get enough money, and they were so angry that they wanted to scare others, but they didn't expect to lose their lives." The tall yamen runner nodded in agreement.
After hearing this, the villagers couldn't help but sigh.
Unexpectedly, a good-for-nothing like Wang Daxixi would die in such a miserable way.
"Poor thing." The village chief's eyes became sour. "After all, they came from our village. It's not good to let them become wandering ghosts. Let's find a place in the village to bury them."
Xiao Nuobao held his little chin, stared at the yamen runners inexplicably, and shook his head thoughtfully.
The two yamen runners looked at each other at this moment, as if they were relieved.
In fact, the death of Wang Daxixi and his wife was not as they said.
It was obvious that the madam had a vicious heart. When she saw the two people coming to the door, she ordered the thugs to beat them to death.
But unexpectedly, Liu was already heartbroken and had not eaten or drunk for several days. After being beaten with sticks, she really died.
Wang Daxi cried so hard that she wanted to go to the street to call for help. Meixianglou simply got ruthless and killed the two people. She also bribed the government and fooled them.
However, no one cared about the Wang family, so no one cried out for injustice, and the matter was over.
Although Xiao Nuobao did not expose it.
But he had a plan in his heart.
Everything in the world, good and evil will be rewarded. The madam's hands are stained with blood. Even if she can escape the law, she will have retribution in the future.
Although the Wang family had a bad relationship with people, the dead were the most important. Since the dead had passed away, the village did not treat them badly.
The village chief picked a good place on the mountain and buried the dead on the same day.
Mrs. Feng thought that the two families had been neighbors in the past, and she couldn't help but feel emotional. When setting up the tomb, she asked the three brothers Fengnian to help, and regarded it as a good deed.
After returning from the mountain, Jiang Fengze accompanied Xiao Lanyi to Xianquanju to talk to his grandmother.
In the past two days, Mrs. Xiao had some troubles.
Logically, she should have left for Beijing as soon as possible, but she was reluctant to leave Xiao Nuobao and the village.
After thinking it over again and again, Mrs. Xiao decided, "Let's wait in the mansion for a while. It won't be too late for us to leave after the Mid-Autumn Festival. At least we have to accompany Nuobao to the lantern festival and buy some jewelry and clothes."
Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching.
Little Nuobao doesn't know that Mrs. Xiao is leaving yet. Now he only knows that he is going to the lantern festival, so he is so happy that he jumps up and down.
The reunion festival is the most important festival of the year besides the New Year.
The academy was closed for three days. As a "non-staff member" of the Jiang family, Dean Wei didn't need Fengnian to invite him. He brought moon cakes and came to celebrate the festival with Fengjing.
This time, Dean Wei also brought lanterns made by students of the academy.
"I haven't forgotten what uncle promised you last time to let the children make lanterns for you. I stopped their classes for two days and just let them make this." As soon as Dean Wei entered the room, he smiled and called Nuobao to see.
Little Nuobao jumped down happily and ran out of the door.
The carriage was almost full of large lanterns made of colored paper, bamboo strips, and flowered cloth. There were rabbit lanterns, fish bone lanterns, crab lanterns, lotus lanterns, and no two of them were the same.
"Ah, thank you, Dean uncle!" Little Nuobao exclaimed, but he was so happy that he hugged Dean Wei's arm and was about to jump up.
Dean Wei was so happy that he forgot the bitter looks on the faces of the children in the academy when they received this assignment.
After getting the lanterns, Jiang Fengnian went to the city twice and bought five or six kinds of mooncakes for his sister to satisfy her craving.
Finally, the night of the full moon arrived.
After eating mooncakes and crabs, the Jiang family changed into satin clothes and went to the city to visit the lantern festival with laughter!
Little Nuobao had a goat-horn braid and a chubby little body, and was wearing a rich red satin and blue gauze skirt. On his
white, short and thick wrists, he wore a pair of agate jingle bracelets and a gold bean bracelet, and a rouge dot on his forehead, which looked very pleasing.
As soon as everyone entered the city, Xiao Nuobao was so excited that she couldn't sit still and twisted and turned in Feng's arms.
Feng hugged her tightly, opened the curtain and said, "Fengnian, let's go to Qincaiju first, meet Mr. Qin, and then go for a stroll."
"Okay, mother, last time we agreed to show our support, but Wencai went back. This time we have to sit for a while before leaving, as a token of our appreciation." Jiang Fengnian nodded.
Thinking of the fried cherry at Qincaiju, Xiao Nuobao secretly swallowed her saliva and smiled like a little flower.
At this moment, the carriage was about to enter West Street.
Jiang Fengnian turned around and sat down. Just as he was about to turn around to Qincaiju, a figure suddenly appeared at the alley in front of him!
He hurriedly pulled the reins, and the carriage wheels stopped suddenly, almost hitting the person!
"Why didn't this woman look at the road and rushed straight ahead!" Jiang Fengnian was sweating and hurriedly got off the horse to see.
However, when the woman who fell to the ground groaned twice and raised her head to show her face, Jiang Fengnian frowned.
It turned out to be an acquaintance...
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