Chapter 840 Killing the New Year Pig
"Retribution, it's all retribution hahahaha..."
"You treated my daughter as if she were not a human being, but now you have become a beast. You deserve it, you deserve it!! I can finally avenge my child!" The old woman kicked the dazed fat pig on the ground hard. The fat pig immediately grunted and bared its teeth, revealing a bit of ferocious hostility.
He immediately rushed towards the old lady, who fell to the ground with a cry.
The old lady fell to the ground, her sleeve accidentally lifted up, revealing her wrists covered with dense scars and deep marks as if she had been bound.
If such a huge body stepped on the old lady, she would probably be crushed to death.
The Chaoyang Sect disciple behind Lord Liu reacted quickly, raised his hand, and sent spiritual energy towards the fat pig.
Its front limbs seemed to be broken, and it let out an angry roar.
The villagers were in a panic, and Lord Liu immediately said, "I will investigate this matter thoroughly. First, keep all the pigs under guard!"
There were faint cries and squeals from the crowd.
"Yuan Jun, you must be tired these past two days. Daddy has already sent people to clean up the house. You can go and rest first. This place is very strange. I'm afraid it will take two days."
As soon as Lord Liu finished speaking, he saw the old lady who had just fallen to the ground stand up: "I want to expose it. I want to expose their trafficking of human beings and using living people to sacrifice to the mountain demon."
What is surprising is that she looks very old with gray hair on her temples, but in fact, she is only in her thirties.
"I'm not from here. I was originally a girl from a respectable family. Seventeen years ago, I was abducted and sold here during the Lantern Festival."
"This place is not isolated from the world. It doesn't have any dealings with the outside world for years. It's not that they don't understand the laws. On the contrary, they understand them very well!!"
"I'm sure you've seen it. The entrance to the village is extremely difficult to find and is very hidden. And because the mountain road is rugged and winding, it's difficult for outsiders to get in by mistake. But the villagers can leave the village!!"
"Every year, the village chief would take a few young men from the village and leave the village. They would come back after more than half a month, bringing back some news from the outside world and some girls and children they had kidnapped."
"I was abducted back then." Some of those who came with her were tortured to death, while others have been assimilated into the villagers.
And she, because she never gave up, escaped several times.
Because he relied on his good looks and was literate, he escaped several times but was caught and kept in a pigsty.
She thought about dying several times, but her daughter, whom she had given birth to with great difficulty, was so delicate and lovely. If she died, there would be no one to protect the child, and how miserable her future would be.
She wanted to hate, hate the world, hate the whole village, and hate the man who caused the tragedy of her life.
But the child is so innocent. When she was young, she was locked in a pigsty.
The children would secretly save their own food rations and give them to their crazy mothers. Her dead heart slowly came back to life.
She began to humble herself and flatter the man, trying to make her daughter's life better.
But who would have known that the flower she had carefully cared for would marry the mountain god.
Lord Liu took the woman away with an extremely solemn expression.
This matter involved a wide range of people, and because the criminal was turned into a beast, Lord Liu sent someone out of the village overnight to report the matter.
Lu Chaochao and Yuanjun temporarily lived in the village. At night, the sounds of pigs could be heard everywhere.
Yuanjun shuddered: "Sister Zhaoyang, this village is so weird. How do you think people turned into beasts?"
"Moreover, it still retains human thinking."
"But if they were put together with domestic pigs, who could tell the difference between a human and a pig?"
It’s horrifying to think that they retain their human thinking and are slaughtered like pigs.
"I think they will protect their families." She whispered.
The next day, before dawn, the village was filled with the faint smell of firewood.
Lord Liu tried the case all night, and Senior Brother Mo from Chaoyang Sect was in charge of the investigation.
The two of them had not slept all night. A trace of fatigue appeared on Lord Liu's face. He pressed his brow. There was some light porridge and side dishes on the table.
"There are many foreign items in the village chief's house. I guess they leave the village from time to time. Ha, you actually want to escape accountability by relying on your ignorance of the law. That's a nice thought." A hint of coldness flashed in Lord Liu's eyes.
"I went to the ancestral hall to check the family tree. Many years ago, during the war, a group of criminals escaped during their escort. After several twists and turns, they saw that this place was remote and uninhabited, and that it was close to the mountains and rivers, so they rested and recuperated here."
"Almost all the elders of the village chief's generation are fugitives. No wonder they isolate themselves from the world and never leave the village. They are afraid of being caught!"
“Most of the women in the village were abducted from outside.”
However, after living in the village for decades, he is now an elderly man. Even most of them have passed away.
No wonder they are so united, they are actually a group of fugitives, guarding the same secret.
"I have ordered people to bring the list of fugitives from that year. The dead ones will be dug up and taken away. The living ones will be sent back to the capital. Even if they are turned into pigs, they cannot escape punishment!"
"This matter is too appalling and must be severely punished!"
"I have sent people to the village to investigate which ones were abducted. However, the last batch was more than ten years ago, and the oldest are several decades old. Some have passed away, and some are already old ladies at home. I'm afraid..." He guessed that no one would be willing to go back.
They can no longer accept the gaze of the outside world. After several decades, their parents' home can no longer be a support, but will instead bring new storms.
Yuanjun felt a little disappointed, but she also understood that although the status of women has improved, people still value women's reputation.
You can’t change your mindset in a short period of time.
But as women enter the court, they will no longer be afraid of the worldly gaze and will live for themselves in the future.
"When I return, I will also work hard to pass the imperial examination and follow Lady Yao's example. She is truly the pride of women all over the world!"
"Sister Zhaoyang, you may not know this, but now women can also serve as officials in the imperial court."
"Miss Yao Yuzhu is not even eighteen years old yet she is already the first female number one scholar in Beizhao. She studies for the equality of women." Yuanjun ate a few mouthfuls of food casually and prepared to leave the village.
When Lu Chaochao heard Yao Yuzhu, a little face suddenly appeared in her mind: "Zhaodi doesn't sound good, so I will give you Yuzhu." May you shine brightly like a jade bead. '
The guards escorted the group out of the village. Yuan Jun sniffed and asked, "Why is there so much smoke in the village?"
"It smells more like smoked bacon during the Chinese New Year."
The guard's face was gloomy, and he touched the tip of his nose: "I heard that the New Year is coming, and many families are slaughtering pigs for the New Year. The pigs in the village cried all night last night..."
Yuanjun's face changed slightly as she happened to pass by the door of the old lady who was exposed yesterday.
There were a lot of smoked black bacon drying in the old lady's yard, with bright red blood all over the floor. When she saw Yuanjun passing by, she couldn't help but say, "Miss Liu, this is the bacon I made yesterday. Would you like to take some back to try?"
"I'm just about to go to the mountain demon to offer sacrifices to my daughter, so I'd like to let her taste the New Year pig." She said with a smile.
Yuanjun's face turned pale and he waved his hands awkwardly: "Thank you very much, but... it's not necessary."
After saying that, the old lady turned around and closed the gate.
Yuanjun screamed and started vomiting while holding onto the wall.
"Was it really a pig that she killed?" She vomited with tears in her eyes. She had a traumatic experience with pork for the rest of her life.
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