Chapter 439: Evil
Su Tan's gaze fell on Li Lanjuan. "You told me a few days ago that your newborn baby was drowned by your husband and mother-in-law?"
Li Lanjuan was stunned for a moment, then wiped away her tears and nodded painfully.
"They said... they said it was for my own good, and I know that..."
"Nonsense!" Su Tan's eyes suddenly turned cold and serious. "I accompanied you to the mountain yesterday. At that time, I also reminded you to tell your husband, mother-in-law, and father-in-law to find a good feng shui site for the child to be buried properly. Didn't you tell them what I said?"
Li Lanjuan trembled and didn't dare to look at her.
"I... I told them, but they didn't listen. They said... they said the child was already gone, and the number of graves in this family's ancestors was fixed, so we couldn't waste another child. I thought, what they said is not without reason..."
"So...so I thought I'd tell you about this the next day, but I..."
Su Tan's eyes suddenly became very stern.
"How can you not take this matter seriously? This concerns the lives of your entire family!"
"So many children in your village have died tragically. Your daughter could have survived, but you all believed the rumors spread by that so-called Master Ye. Not only did you kill your daughter, but your second and third children will also suffer the same fate because your family believed the slanderous words!"
Su Tan looked stern.
She stared at Li Lanjuan closely. "Not to mention the countless baby girls buried in this forest throughout history. They've all gathered together to form a vengeful spirit that possesses you, controlling you to kill your husband and your parents-in-law."
Li Lanjuan looked pale.
Then Su Tan shook his head again.
"You should be thankful that someone in your village was quick to react and call me over immediately. Otherwise, if you were possessed by that evil spirit, the people you killed wouldn't be limited to just your husband's family."
These words immediately caused a huge uproar.
Everyone widened their eyes.
They all took several deep breaths.
"Master, what do you mean by this?"
"What do you mean she's not just going to kill her husband's family next? She's not going to kill us too!"
Su Tan looked over with an expressionless face.
"What do you think?"
The villagers were about to cry.
"This evil spirit is too unreasonable. It wasn't us who killed them. It was Lan Juan's husband and her mother-in-law and father-in-law. We didn't force them to drown the children. Why would they want to bury our entire village with them?"
"As for those baby girls before, they have nothing to do with us. Let's not talk about others, just me. I have never done anything like drowning a baby girl!"
"No one in my family has either!"
"Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. Why are these evil spirits coming to us to take our lives instead of targeting their real enemies?"
This statement was extremely reasonable, and it caused the remaining villagers to be filled with indignation.
Su Tan's gaze fell on them, and he asked expressionlessly, "Are there criminals in this world who kill people for no reason?"
The villagers were stunned by her question and nodded subconsciously.
"Of course there is."
Su Tan glanced at him.
"Since there are criminals in this world who kill people for no reason, why do you think that evil spirits have to be reasonable when they kill people?"
If evil spirits kill people reasonably, they are no longer evil spirits.
"You are far too naive to actually expect evil spirits to understand the concept of grievances and debts. Since they are evil spirits, they naturally expect to slaughter everyone in your village."
Su Tan frowned again when he said this and corrected his statement.
"No, not from your village."
"But everyone in your town can't escape."
"The baby girl's resentment is too strong. I'm afraid that simply killing everyone in your town will not be enough to quell her hatred."
These words really made the villagers shudder.
Li Lanjuan's tears fell one by one.
"...Why did that evil spirit choose me?"
"I...I don't want to be a murderer. Why did she do that?"
Su Tan's eyes fell on her.
She finally put away her previous stern expression, sighed and shook her head, "Because you are An An's mother."
"An An was not destined to die. She could have lived a peaceful and smooth life, but neither your father-in-law, your mother-in-law, nor your husband ever thought of letting her survive."
"She naturally harbors deep resentment."
Li Lanjuan was shaking.
Tears of pain fell.
Su Tan sighed again, a look of pity on his face. "The children resent you. Or rather, all of those children resent their mothers. They all regard you as their mother. They resent and hate you, but children naturally love their mothers, so they can't bear to kill them."
"But they are unwilling to let you go unpunished."
Su Tan shook his head when he said this.
"So their punishment for you is to possess you and make you kill everyone in the town, making you a target of public criticism."
"Become a demon that everyone fears."
Su Tan breathed a sigh of relief when he said this. "Fortunately... fortunately, we all made it here this time. Otherwise, who knows how much more serious disaster would have occurred."
The villagers never imagined that their entire village would be almost massacred.
Their bodies went limp and they fell to the ground in an instant.
He expressed his gratitude to Su Tan again and again.
At this moment, my son, the government officials have also come.
I listened to all of these words.
Originally, everyone planned to send a cruel and vicious woman like Li Lanjuan to the government and punish her severely.
But at this moment, she clearly knew that the other party was possessed by an evil spirit, and she herself was being controlled by doing such a thing.
It's a bit unreasonable to put all the blame on her just for once.
Su Tan accompanied them to the government office.
Also accompanying him was His Royal Highness Prince Lu Zhiheng.
When the officials saw the Prince, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed, looking extremely terrified.
Lu Zhiheng waved his hand, signaling them to get up.
This case is neither complicated nor simple, but it is definitely not simple either, after all, evil spirits are involved.
The local official looked at Lu Zhiheng with a complicated expression, as if he wanted to get some answers from him.
Lu Zhiheng shook his head.
He just sighed and said, "These people were not injured by Li. If we blame all the evil deeds done by the evil spirits on Li, it would be too harsh."
Lu Zhiheng said this and sighed.
"After all, Li is a weak woman. If Wu Xiesui were possessed, she would not be able to do these things anyway."
The official frowned.
After all, he did not forget that when the coroner performed the autopsy, he not only proved that this family had been abused.
Even the whole family was poisoned.
"If we handle it so gently, wouldn't that be too easy for Li? Besides, Li was already crazy before. If she escaped..."
Lu Zhiheng looked at him expressionlessly.
"Since you know she's crazy, how could she have planned something so meticulously to kill her entire family?"
"Besides, if you say so, why did she insist on taking action? What was her reason?"
The conversation actually stumped the local officials.
The reason is actually very simple.
You are the child born after ten months of pregnancy, but you were abused and killed by your husband and your parents-in-law.
This is clearly a huge hatred.
But just because she gave birth to a daughter.
Since ancient times, the abuse and killing of baby girls has been commonplace.
People have even become accustomed to it.
There are even many people who kill their baby girls right after giving birth without any persuasion from their parents-in-law.
No one would think that Li would seek revenge for such a thing.
Even if Li had been mentally ill before and gave people a crazy feeling, everyone would just blame her for being scared.
No one thought that Li would kill the entire family because of An An's death.
Even those whose children are missing cannot connect the two events.
This has been the return training for thousands of years, and everyone has long been accustomed to it.
No one thinks that a mother should avenge her drowned child.
If it was a child, it would be fine if he was deliberately killed by an unrelated person.
Unfortunately, the child was taken care of by both the husband and the parents-in-law.
Everyone thought that Li Lanjuan would just be depressed for a while, but would never do such a sensational thing.
The official frowned tightly, "That evil spirit possessed Li Lanjuan. If it wanted to kill someone, why would it have to poison her?"
He always felt that Li Lanjuan might not be innocent.
After all, the fact of poisoning is really inexplicable.
But this was just his suspicion after all, without any evidence at all.
"Ms. Li, why did you put rat poison in the food?"
Li Lanjuan's throat was hoarse and tears fell to the ground one by one.
"It's unfair! Why would I, a perfectly healthy woman, poison my own head of the household and my parents-in-law? Am I crazy?"
"Then how do you explain that the stewed chicken soup is poisonous!"
Li Lanjuan couldn't believe it.
Instead, Su Tan suddenly sighed and spoke.
"The chicken soup was indeed poisonous, but it had nothing to do with Li Lanjuan. She didn't poison it."
The official was stunned and looked at her in surprise.
"Master Su, what did you figure out?"
Su Tan hummed and nodded slowly.
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