Chapter 167 If you've never experienced sweetness, you won't know what bitterness is.
"You used to be able to barely get enough to eat, but ever since your younger brother was born, your parents said that everything in the house should be left to your precious brother, and that you, this money-losing thing, don't deserve to be fed and clothed. So your life has become even harder."
"Not only were you ordered to do more work, but you also ate less."
The female ghost listened quietly without uttering a word.
If it weren't for the black aura that revealed her turbulent state of mind, no one would have thought it was anything dangerous when they saw it in its current calm state.
Du Ziheng and the others were also drawn to what Yu Zhiyi was saying. Li Changhuai asked weakly, "Even so, is it necessary to kill so many people after death?"
Bang!
The world is quiet.
Yu Zhiyi continued, "If you've never experienced sweetness, you won't know what bitterness is; at most, you'll gradually become numb. But when you were twelve, you learned what sweetness was."
"You met a brother and sister from a wealthy family. They had secretly slipped away from their family to travel. When they arrived near Caonan Village, they found the scenery beautiful and the villagers had kind smiles on their faces. So the brother and sister decided to stay there."
"The sister and brother, the sister is fifteen years old, just turned fifteen. Her family has already arranged a marriage for her, and they are just waiting for them to go back this time so that she can marry the man she loves."
"My younger brother is thirteen years old. He is an innocent, romantic, and handsome young man with a strong sense of justice."
"Once, he accidentally saw you nearly fainting by the stream. Seeing that you were pale and thin, he gave you two pieces of pastry."
"Although the boy was only thirteen years old and came from a wealthy family, he received a good education from a young age, so he did not look down on the poor like those spoiled brats. On the contrary, he was gentle to everyone."
"After he rescued you, he realized you might be having a hard time, so he asked about your situation. When he learned you were having a hard time, he promised you that he would find a way to get you out of there when he got back."
"That was the first ray of light in your twelve years of dark life, and those two pastries were the most delicious things you've ever eaten."
"The second ray of light came from your older sister. She was gentle and quiet. After accidentally discovering your injuries, she took out medicine to treat you. She spoke softly and gently, her voice full of concern for you. This was the first time you had ever been looked at with such concern and treated with such tenderness."
The female ghost's malevolent aura intensified, and her eerie voice suddenly turned hoarse: "They deserve to die! They deserve to die, ahhhhhh!"
Liu Feiyang couldn't help but ask, "What exactly happened?"
A hint of reluctance appeared in Yu Zhiyi's eyes: "The saying 'bad people come from poor and remote places' is sometimes not just an empty phrase."
"The two siblings' father was a high-ranking official of the fourth rank. After seeing Cao Zhaodi's situation, they felt sorry for her and wanted to rescue Cao Zhaodi and the other girls in the village who were in the same miserable situation as her. However, their plot was overheard by the villagers."
"The person who heard this was Cao Dali. Cao Dali had a son who was good-for-nothing, lazy and gluttonous. His family was extremely poor. People from all around shook their heads when they heard his name, and no good family was willing to marry their daughters into his family."
"In order to continue the family line, Cao Dali told the village chief about the siblings' conspiracy. Fearing that a high-ranking official would take action against their village, the village chief came up with a foolish plan and detained both siblings!"
"The village chief dared to do this because the siblings had previously revealed that they had made thorough preparations for their escape, and their family would never be able to find their whereabouts."
"The village chief sent men to detain the brother and sister. The sister was given to Cao Dali's son as a wife, while the brother was beaten to death by them."
"Hiss..." Liu Feiyang gasped, "Are these people crazy? Just because the brother and sister wanted to save those abused girls, they're going to kill them?"
Du Ziheng thought of something else: "Thirty years ago, a fourth-rank official and his sister disappeared at the same time... Are you talking about the two children of the former Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies, Lord Fan?"
Yu Zhiyi nodded: "That's right."
When Yu Zhiyi was reviewing the case files, she noticed the disappearance of Lord Fan's children.
However, the disappearance of the siblings and the occurrence of the female ghost case were separated by several years, and one was in a very poor and backward village, while the other was the family of a high-ranking official in Shengjing. Few people would be able to connect them.
"After her brother died, Sister Fan was locked up by Cao Dali's family. Although their thatched house was not sturdy and could be broken with the slightest force, Cao Dali and his wife and their son guarded the new bride very closely at first, with at least one person watching Sister Fan every day."
"This situation only improved after Sister Fan gave birth to the Cao family's grandson. However, she was still not free and could only move around in the thatched hut every day."
"For many women, once they give birth to a child, they have a weakness. Sister Fan was always torn between running away and enduring it for the sake of her son."
"At that time, she did not know that her younger brother was dead. Because the Cao family was worried that she would commit suicide, they delayed her brother's death and threatened her with her brother's safety."
"For the sake of her younger brother and son, she had no choice but to endure humiliation and live a life of hardship."
"The turning point came five years later when Cao Zhaodi, who was then seventeen, finally escaped the guards of her family and the villagers, made her way to the vicinity of Cao Dali's house, told Fan's sister that her younger brother had died, and promised to help Fan's sister escape."
"Upon learning that her younger brother was dead, Sister Fan was devastated. She decided to make the entire village pay for her brother's death! She then agreed to Cao Zhaodi's request to escape the village with her."
At this point, Yu Zhiyi couldn't help but sigh.
The rope breaks at its thinnest point.
This girl ultimately failed to escape the den of evil, and was unable to avenge her brother.
Even Cao Zhaodi's fate was rewritten because of this escape.
That night, a man had diarrhea in the middle of the night. When he came out to use the outhouse, he saw two girls on the run and shouted, "Oh no! Dali's daughter-in-law has run away!"
"So the whole village joined in the hunt for the two girls. They were caught in no time."
"Seeing that there was no hope of escaping, and deeply affected by her brother's death, Sister Fan took advantage of the villagers' lack of vigilance and smashed her head against the old locust tree at the village entrance, killing herself."
"The villagers were worried that Cao Zhaodi would also try to commit suicide, so they immediately took her into custody. Afterwards, Cao Dali caused trouble for Cao Zhaodi's parents, saying that they had lost a daughter-in-law because of her instigation. In order to quell the trouble, Cao Zhaodi's parents gave Cao Zhaodi to Cao Dali's son as a second wife."
Liu Feiyang looked at the injury on Cao Zhaodi's head, his face full of astonishment: "She wasn't beaten to death?"
It wasn't that he was malicious, but seeing the girl's pitiful state, anyone would have thought, like him, that she had been killed by the angry villagers.
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