Chapter 1033 Bold Guess
Yan Yan is still in the Northwest. A while ago, she sent a letter saying that she was going to bring some people to the North to form a medical team in the military camp there and teach suturing techniques.
Lin Yuesha is willing to introduce Dr. Yan to the Xie family couple, and given Yan Yan's personality, she will definitely be willing to lend a helping hand.
"Mrs. Qi, this is a small token of our appreciation."
Upon learning the identity of the beautiful young woman before him, Qian was slightly surprised, then marveled at her good fortune in turning the tide and surviving a calamity.
The villagers of Kaoshan Village were full of malice, and Qian never expected that she could survive.
Xie Guangping took out the jade pendant from his purse and presented it to Xie Guangping with both hands.
It's not that the couple's lives were worth five thousand taels of silver, but rather that this was the only way they could express their gratitude.
"No need for money."
The timing was perfect, it was such a coincidence that the Xie family of three survived such a calamity, and they are sure to have good fortune in the future.
Xie Guangping was a weak scholar, and Qian Shi was not good at physical labor. In the future, the family would need money for many things.
“Mrs. Qi, I still have some jewelry on me. I can pawn it for money to make a living.”
After leaving their clan, the couple were content to live a simple life, as long as the three of them were together.
The couple brought so much silver with them because they wanted to find a skilled doctor to treat their daughter, Xiaotu. Unfortunately, the world was treacherous, and most of the silver was swindled away.
"Keep the money for now. If Doctor Yan is willing to treat Xiaotu, the scars will need to be treated with Jade Complexion Cream, which is not cheap."
Lin Yuesha noticed that the Xie couple spoke with great refinement. Upon further inquiry, she learned that Xie Guangping was a learned scholar who had passed the imperial examination. However, the Xie family was a respectable family in the south, and none of its members pursued official careers, devoting themselves entirely to scholarship.
After years of hard study, the imperial examinations were not for becoming an official, but just for fun.
The Xie family prides itself on its refined and noble character, and has ancestral precepts. The members of the family are single-minded and very stubborn.
Because of the rabbit, the couple had a conflict with the Xie family. They took their daughter and left the family, making it difficult for them to return.
The lack of family protection didn't matter; Qian was anxious to cure her daughter. She was skilled in embroidery and could supplement the family income.
Night had fallen, and the people of Kaoshan Village were taken away by Qi Heng's men and sent to the yamen's jail by night.
The village was dark and quiet.
Lin Yuesha wiped her face with a handkerchief by the river and started talking about Qi Heng's arrangements.
“People will be coming to demolish the house in the next few days, so you need to move out as soon as possible.”
On an auspicious day, the mountain was blasted open to make way, and after the village near the mountain was razed to the ground, our side sent people to build a post station nearby.
With Kaoshan Village gone, the Xie family of three could not stay there any longer and had nowhere to go.
"Dr. Yan hasn't arrived in the North yet. Why don't you come with me and stay in the fishing village for a while?"
Lin Yuesha suggested that the environment in the fishing village was relatively relaxed. Tian Dali had married his former sister-in-law, and there was not much gossip about it, which showed that most people were not gossipy and had good character.
Xie Guangping was literate and could do accounting, so he stayed at the dock as an accountant, while Qian found an easy job to pass the time.
Many craftsmen had families with young children. These children were also busy, helping out with errands, delivering messages, and collecting seashells.
The fishing village offers good benefits; life is fulfilling when you're busy, and very relaxing when you're not. For a family of three, it's the best place to go right now.
Xie Guangping was deeply moved. Madam Qi's words were extremely convincing; he had heard about the fishing village from passing merchants.
The fishing village is guarded by a security team; it's not a place you can just go wherever you want.
Although some extremely bad things happened, things turned out for the better, and the Xie family of three turned misfortune into blessing.
"Young Madam, it would be an honor if my next employer could visit the fishing village."
Xie Guangping bowed to Lin Yuesha, his words filled with joy, eager to find an opportunity to repay his benefactor.
He's good at literacy and accounting, and could also be a teacher to introduce young children to the world.
Before this, the family of three had wandered from place to place, never staying in one place for too long. Their luggage was simple, consisting of only a few changes of clothes.
It was late at night, and not a good time to go into the city to find a place to stay, so Lin Yuesha and the others stayed in the carriage to make do for the night.
The next day, Qi Heng's men arrived and began demolishing houses in the village on a large scale.
"Young Madam, our men discovered a mass grave while demolishing a house at the village entrance."
The subordinate reported that there were at least dozens of corpses in the pit, which were almost completely decomposed. However, some of their clothes were still intact. The clothes were made of coarse cloth and patched up, and did not look like the clothes of wealthy people.
The people of Daqi believed in the importance of burial for peace, and even the poorest families would prepare a simple coffin for the deceased.
The presence of a mass grave at the village entrance indicates that a massacre had occurred there.
Lin Yuesha followed her men to the village entrance, where she saw nothing but bones.
Since experiencing the underground passage in Helian Cheng's mansion in Jinyuguan, Lin Yuesha has become much bolder.
"Strange, these people are dressed more like villagers."
Lin Yuesha noticed something amiss from the remaining clothing.
Lin Yuesha hadn't looked closely enough last night, but she had her suspicions. The men of Kaoshan Village weren't like ordinary farmers; they were ruthless. After Xu Da kidnapped the village chief, they wanted to kill him for money, which didn't make sense.
The people of Tianjia Village are truly extreme. Most of them are timid and cowardly, with a penchant for taking advantage of others. In contrast, the people of Kaoshan Village are willing to indiscriminately kill innocent people for money.
Based on the corpses in the mass grave, Lin Yuesha had a bold conjecture. She said, "The people from Kaoshan Village last night were not real villagers. They must have been killed by those people."
Although unbelievable, it is the most logical guess.
Everyone was stunned. Subsequently, machetes and other items were found in the homes of several villagers, and a box of gold and silver was found in the village chief's house.
Lin Yuesha took stock of the money; she intended to use it to buy a fine coffin to bury the innocent and tragically deceased.
By the afternoon, a convoy of coffins had already begun transporting coffins, and Xu Da and Wu Ya returned from the court hearing.
"Cousin, you've really missed out by not going to the trial!"
The interrogation of the villagers was full of unexpected twists and turns, with a village woman jumping out to call for help, saying she didn't recognize the group at all.
"Guess what that woman said? Her husband was killed long ago!"
No wonder there are more monks than meat. Last night, Xu Da was pondering the imbalance in the village's male-to-female ratio, thinking that the villagers were too poor and the men had no choice but to remain single. Turns out...
"The villagers must have come from bandit backgrounds."
Lin Yuesha had already anticipated this, so she wasn't surprised at all.
"Cousin, have you heard the news?"
Xu Da suspected that someone had sent a message to Lin Yuesha; otherwise, who would have thought of this?
"No, we found a large mass grave at the entrance of the village."
Dozens of bodies—no one would specifically choose such a place to bury a group of murderers—so the murderer is highly likely to be the culprit.
In addition, the villagers acted strangely last night, which led Lin Yuesha to have this suspicion.
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