Just as Lu Zheng was asking who this Shuang'er was, a loud noise came from outside the ancestral hall. Lu Zheng frowned, and Qingluan followed Lu Zheng out to see what happened.

In the open space outside the ancestral hall, the skinny Zhang Chun was holding a girl who was struggling. Although Zhang Chun was very thin, as a man, his strength was not something that the girl could break free of.

When Zhang Chun saw Lu Zheng, a little light appeared in his eyes, but he soon lowered his eyes again, revealing only his red ears.

Before Lu Zheng could react, a village woman shouted in disgust: "Lin Qiu Shuang, you little bastard raised by a whore, you ordered Tian Wufang to start the fire, right!"

The struggling girl suddenly raised her head, revealing a face as beautiful as a rose. Even her plain clothes could not hide her beauty. She spat at the village woman and laughed wildly: "I was raised by a whore. Your man must have paid a lot to raise me!" The man

inside was asking her in a hoarse voice: "Why did you kill my Wan'er? What hatred does she have against you!"

Lin Qiu Shuang sneered: "What hatred, you should know it very clearly!"

Li Zheng clenched his teeth: "She is just an ignorant little girl, even if... even if... it was just her unintentional words, how can she lose her life..."

Lin Qiu Shuang laughed: "But in my opinion, her crime is the biggest, they all deserve to die, but Zhang Wan, the most deserving of death!" The last few words were forced out from her teeth, showing how much hatred she had for her.

Lu Zheng had long guessed that there must be something behind the matter. Seeing Lin Qiu Shuang's poisonous eyes sweeping over the people present one by one, most of them just dodged and refused to look at her. Lu Zheng

turned his gaze to Doctor Wang and found that he was suddenly aware at first, and then frowned deeply. Lu Zheng said, "Doctor Wang, what is going on here?"

Doctor Wang sighed, looked at the still angry Lin Qiu Shuang, and then looked at the villagers present, but shook his head and refused to tell the truth.

Lin Qiu Shuang used some strength to shake Zhang Chun away, and then said, "Doctor Wang, what is so embarrassing about this matter? They can do it, so you can naturally tell it."

Doctor Wang opened his mouth, but still closed it.

Lin Qiu Shuang sneered, "Since Doctor Wang won't say it, then I will tell it myself."

Lin Qiu Shuang's mother, Lin, was a secret prostitute. She was originally a brothel girl in the county city. She thought she had met a good man, but who knew that the other party was just a fraud for money and sex. Lin had a daughter, but her face was aging day by day. She had no property, so she was driven out of the brothel.

Lin could not make a living, so she had to go back to her old job in the village to barely support the lives of mother and daughter.

Lin Qiu Shuang was born beautiful, but considering her status, her beauty only pushed her one step closer to the abyss. Lin Qiu Shuang was precocious and knew that with her status, it would be difficult for her to marry into a good family. She would either end up in a brothel like her mother, or become a concubine.

After seeing her mother's misery, Lin Qiu Shuang certainly did not want to live such a life. So she tried her best to get the consent of Widow Wang, and wanted to learn her embroidery skills.

Widow Wang was determined not to agree at first, but she could not stand Lin Qiushuang's nagging and was afraid that it would affect her family's reputation, so she had to ask Lin Qiushuang to come to learn after dark.

Lin Qiushuang was ecstatic. She thought she had a good fortune, but she didn't know that this was just the beginning of a nightmare.

At first, no one found out that Lin Qiushuang was secretly learning embroidery from Widow Wang until Zhang Wan saw her embroidering flowers under a tree.

Zhang Wan hated Lin Qiushuang since she was a child. She had such an unbearable identity, but she didn't live in the dark like a mouse. If someone scolded her, she would scold back fiercely. But even so, those boys of the same age as them always secretly looked at Lin Qiushuang.

What is this? !

Zhang Wan was angry and jealous. She was the girl with the highest status in the village. Lin Qiushuang was nothing. But everyone's eyes were on Lin Qiushuang. Even if she was just wearing a gray linen dress, she looked better than herself in silk and gold hairpins.

Why? She was a cheap person with a cheap life. She shouldn't live such a glorious life!

Zhang Wan discovered Lin Qiushuang's secret and began to pay attention to Lin Qiushuang's behavior. Soon she knew that Lin Qiushuang would learn embroidery skills from Widow Wang every night. Widow Wang had good embroidery skills. At first, Li Zheng and his wife also wanted Zhang Wan to go to Widow Wang to learn, but unfortunately Zhang Wan was tired and didn't want to go again after going twice. But now seeing Lin Qiushuang actually studying with Widow Wang, and hearing Widow Wang's praise for Lin Qiushuang's talent, Zhang Wan couldn't control her jealousy.

This news was spread by Zhang Wan, and Widow Wang couldn't stand other people's gossip, and her daughter was about to get married, so she ruthlessly refused Lin Qiushuang to study again.

This was like a bolt from the blue for Lin Qiushuang. She begged desperately in front of Widow Wang's door, but suddenly a hand stretched out from behind covered her mouth, and regardless of her struggle, she was taken to the haystack behind Widow Wang's house.

Even if Lin Qiushuang didn't say it, everyone could guess what happened next.

No one knew how many people had raped Lin Qiushuang that night, how cruelly the widow Wang turned a deaf ear to her cries for help, and how Zhang Wan, the mastermind behind the scenes, relied on Li Zheng's protection, so the matter was finally left unresolved.

Lin Qiushuang took three months to recover from her illness. When she recovered, the fierce and brave girl disappeared, leaving only a venomous snake brewing revenge in the dark.

After Lin Qiushuang said all this, the scene fell into dead silence.

At this moment, Tian Wuru rushed out like a madman, waving his arms to block Lin Qiushuang, and looked at all of them viciously.

Lin Qiushuang's expression seemed to soften a little, but she quickly put on a stern face again, pushed Tian Wu to the ground, and said angrily: "I asked you to help me kill everyone, but you just set fire to their house! You are so useless! You bastard!"

Tian Wu cried, tears in his eyes, and he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Lin Qiushuang seemed to be hurt by his expression, kicked him to the ground, and cursed: "Do you think I don't know what you are thinking? You are the same as them, not a good person!"

"Enough!" Lu Zheng couldn't bear to watch any more, and stood in front of Tian Wu.

Lin Qiu Shuang sneered: "Okay, now I am standing in front of you, I don't plan to live anyway, you can kill me or exterminate me!"

Lu Zheng's fingers clenched tightly. It was the first time he faced the murderer, and he couldn't say that sentence with a straight face.

At this time, a woman with disheveled hair rushed in and hugged Lin Qiu Shuang in her arms. Her face was not young, but she still had a beautiful appearance. It was Lin Qiu Shuang's mother, Lin.

Mrs. Lin knew how her daughter suffered, but they were outsiders, and she had to do such a menial job. In order to survive, she could only persuade her daughter to endure it.

She sobbed and begged the people around her: "Please spare her life, I will take her away... Let's leave the village, she is just a child... Please..."

The villagers who had been silent because of Lin Qiushuang's words, ignited their anger after Mrs. Lin's arrival, and shouted: "Kill to pay for the life, burn her to death!"

Mrs. Lin turned her eyes to Lu Zheng's face, she knelt down with a "thump" and said: "Sir, Shuang'er has made a mistake, but she is still alive. , but how can these people be innocent? My Shuang'er just wanted revenge, she didn't hurt innocent people..."

At this moment, a loud slapping sound suddenly came from the crowd. Everyone looked over and saw Niu Da crying and slapping himself hard: "I am not a human... I am not a human... I am worse than a beast... I killed the postmaster..."

Except for Tian Youjin, all the other families whose houses were on fire fell silent.

Lin looked at Lu Zheng hopefully, as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw: "Sir... they won't pursue it... spare my Shuang'er... spare her... I kowtow to you... kowtow..."

Lin kowtowed to Lu Zheng hard, and Lu Zheng hurriedly supported her, but he couldn't say the words.

Just at this moment, Li Zheng spoke: "Lin Qiu Shuang set the fire and killed people, she should be killed!" He stared at Lin Qiu Shuang and said viciously.

The villagers who were still shaken at first also whispered.

Tian Wu stood up and said word by word: "I set the fire, it has nothing to do with Lin Qiu Shuang. I also killed the people, you can execute me."

Lin Qiu Shuang's originally ferocious expression suddenly changed, a string of tears fell from her eyes, she cursed and cried: "You are a pig! I am using you! Can't you see it!"

Tian Wu smiled lightly, he looked ordinary, and was a head shorter than Lin Qiu Shuang, but at this moment he But he looked more like a man than anyone else present. He looked at Lin Qiu Shuang with restraint and whispered, "I know, but you were so kind, you smiled at me, and you embroidered a handkerchief for me... This is the only gift I have ever received in my life... I did it willingly."

He took out a handkerchief from his arms with care. He folded the handkerchief neatly, but you could see the word "Wu" embroidered crookedly in the lower right corner.

Tian Wu looked at Lin Qiu Shuang again, and suddenly his face changed, and he ran headfirst into the pillar. No

one reacted. His determination to die was so strong that even Qing Luan didn't have time to save him. He could only see him fall softly to the ground, with a big hole on his forehead bleeding continuously.

Lin Qiu Shuang cried and fell to Tian Wu's side, at a loss, not knowing what to do.

Doctor Wang took a look at the wound and knew that there was no hope. He gently wiped his tears and said to Tian Wu: "Good child, if you have anything else to say, just say it all at once..."

Blood came out of Tian Wu's mouth. He opened his mouth and glanced at Lu Zheng: "Sir... Sir... the case... was... it was me... who spared... Shuang'er..."

Lin Qiu Shuang couldn't stop crying. She wanted to scold Tian Wu for being stupid, but she couldn't speak at all.

Tian Wu's eyes slowly moved down and saw the handkerchief in his hand. He raised it hard and wanted to wipe Lin Qiu Shuang's tears. He smiled with difficulty: "Shuang'er... live well... live well... I... will... bless you..."

"Tian Wu!"