People living nearby were worried that Wei Fu didn't understand the family's situation, so they all spoke up to help: "Princess, maybe in the eyes of you nobles, burying a person doesn't cost much, but for ordinary people like us, weddings and funerals are very expensive."
"Why do people always say 'more children, more blessings'? It's because when you're old, if you have many sons, and each son contributes a little, you'll have food to eat and can die with dignity."
"Yes, Princess, here, even if someone dies and is buried, it costs several taels of silver. That's enough to live for several years."
"The Peng family wasn't well off to begin with. Peng Sheng's father was a dull-witted man. When the daughter of the Peng family married into the family, they were completely broke. Her husband's parents were both bedridden, and all the family savings had been used for medical treatment and to marry a wife."
"Yes, after the Peng family's daughter married in, she took care of the two elders until they returned to the mountains."
The man who reported the case was called Peng Sheng. When Peng Sheng's wife heard what the neighbors said, she slowly lowered her head, as if she wanted to lower her head to the ground.
Wei Fu was listening to these people talking while looking at the house, and then she noticed something strange about Peng Sheng's wife. When she was about to ask a question, Peng Sheng came back from outside.
When he saw Wei Fu and Long Yin, he was about to greet them, but was stopped by Long Yin.
Wei Fu asked him, "Is your mother home?"
Peng Sheng thought Wei Fu was angry because his mother didn't come out to greet him. He quickly explained, "Princess, my mother took care of my wife during her confinement and helped us take care of the baby after she gave birth. She was so tired that she didn't pay attention when she was walking and fell."
"I haven't been able to get out of bed since then."
Wei Fu nodded and said, "Then I'll go see your mother!"
Peng Sheng quickly waved his hands and said, "How can I trouble the princess with this?"
"It's okay. Lead the way to your mother's house! I want to ask her who your father's enemies were when he was alive."
Peng Sheng had no choice but to lead the way.
Peng Sheng's wife did not follow him in. Wei Fu followed behind Peng Sheng, so he did not see the hatred-filled eyes of Peng Sheng's wife.
She was not at all what she saw, a timid woman.
When Peng Sheng reached his mother's room, he didn't push the door open directly. Instead, he knocked politely and asked, "Mother, the Fairy Princess is here to investigate the case. We are coming in now."
After he finished speaking, he heard no sound coming from the room and felt puzzled.
Usually after he asks, his mother will respond!
Whether you can enter or not, you will respond.
He knocked on the door again.
There was still no movement in the house.
Wei Fu felt strange and pushed the door open.
The door creaked open. Who was in this room?
The bed was empty.
Long Yinran's officer went to touch the quilt and said, "Sir, this quilt is still warm."
Long Yin immediately said, "Go find someone quickly."
When Peng Sheng saw that his mother was gone, his face turned pale with fear. He knelt down in front of Wei Fu and said, "Princess, you must help me find my mother!"
"My mother hasn't left the house for several years. She must have been taken away by bad people."
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have reported it to the police. If I hadn't, the people who killed my father wouldn't have done anything to my mother. I should have listened to my mother."
When his father was murdered, his mother didn't dare to report it to the police because she was afraid.
If he hadn't seen his father's body again, he probably would never have thought of reporting to the police in his life.
But he saw it!
He always felt that his father died with regrets and he should report to the police.
After he told his mother that he wanted to report the case to the police, his mother tried her best to stop him and asked her cryingly that if he would lose her as a mother if he did, would he still go to the police?
He thought at the time that so many years had passed and he didn't know what had happened to the person who killed his father. How could that person come back to hurt them again?
He was too naive.
An auntie who was watching suddenly said, "Give birth, where's your wife?"
Peng Sheng looked around and didn't see his wife. Suddenly he thought of something, stood up and ran outside. When he ran to the kitchen, he saw his wife and son boiling water, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he asked again: "Mom is missing. Have you seen anything or heard anything while you were at home?"
The young wife lowered her head and said, "No, I served my mother dinner this morning. She said she hadn't had a good night's rest since you went to report to the authorities. After dinner, she felt sleepy and asked me not to disturb her. After I helped her to sleep, I washed clothes in the yard. After washing clothes for a while, the princess came."
Peng Sheng came over, and Wei Fu and the others followed him out, and they all heard what the young wife said.
Peng Sheng frowned. If someone tried to take his mother away by force, she would definitely call for help!
Why was there no movement after my mother was taken away?
"You're not upset with Mom, so you heard something but deliberately didn't tell us!"
"It's all right if you try to deceive me, but you can't deceive the princess. You'll be beheaded if you do that."
Wei Fu: “…”
"Not really, not really. I won't be beheaded."
She looked at Peng Sheng puzzledly and asked, "Does your wife like to lie?"
With so many people around, Peng Sheng originally didn't want to say anything bad about his wife. In fact, his wife wasn't a bad person, except that she liked to lie when she first got married. After he told her about it, she gradually stopped lying.
But now his mother was missing, and he was worried, so he couldn't help but speak.
Peng Sheng nodded somewhat ashamedly.
The young wife lowered her head, her eyes numb and empty.
Wei Fu touched his chin and said, "So, what I asked your wife before may not be true."
"Recall carefully everything that happened on the day your father was murdered and tell me everything."
In fact, these memories are very long ago for Peng Sheng, but because his father died so tragically, the memory of that day is particularly clear.
Peng Sheng fell into reminiscence: "That morning after I had breakfast, my mother gave me three copper coins and told me to go out and play. My mother was very kind to me. Although our family was not well off, she would always secretly give me copper coins so that I could go out and play with others. I had more money than those children whose families looked better off than ours."
"Everyone liked me very much, and I also liked going out to play. That was the age when I loved to play."
"I was playing outside for a while when my grandmother came to me and told me that some bad guys had broken into our house and hacked my father to death. She told me to go back home. When I got home, my father was gone and my mother was crying loudly."
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