Chapter 202: Caught
There was crying in the charity cemetery.
Before today, the farthest place the villagers had been was the town, and they had hardly ever been to the county town. Many of them were in the county town for the first time, but they did not expect to be notified by the government to collect the bodies.
Tang Sanmei's biological father and stepmother were also among them. Da Niu and Er Niu died, and they had to take their bodies back for burial. However, from beginning to end, the two did not dare to look at the bodies.
"Sir, the children died so tragically and the bad guys haven't been caught. Shouldn't the government give us some burial expenses?" Tang Sanmei's stepmother asked the bailiff guarding there in a flattering manner.
Tang Sanmei rushed over, grabbed Tang's arm and bit it hard.
"ah……"
Tang screamed.
Third sister's father quickly pushed Tang Sanmei away and asked Tang Shi with concern: "Are you okay? Oh my God, there is bleeding."
Third sister's father swung his hand and slapped Tang Sanmei in the face.
Tang Sanmei glared at her father angrily, and then looked at Tang with resentment.
Tang cried and said, "Look at your good daughter. She hates me. Da Niu and Er Niu died. Am I not sad? Da Niu and Er Niu insisted on going out to make money, and I tried to stop them! It's hard to be a stepmother. Everyone thinks I'm making things difficult for the girls. I swear to God, I brought up these girls. Now that something happened to them, I feel bad too."
"Third sister, it's already happened, why are you still holding on to it?" Third sister's father said, "If you want to blame someone, blame yourself. You escaped, why didn't you bring your sisters out with you?"
"How can you be such a father? Your own daughter died, but you didn't shed a single tear. And you even blamed your surviving daughter for not protecting her sister." Li Taohua mocked in a shrill voice, "I heard that you signed indentures for the three girls. If you really cared about the lives of these girls, you wouldn't be so cruel."
The woman next to her cried and said, "We didn't sign a contract to sell our daughter. We wanted her to work in the city to see if she would have a chance to marry a rich man. I never thought of letting my daughter die."
"We are not either. Why did this happen? My daughter, I am sorry for you. I just wanted you to live a good life, but I didn't expect you to lose your life."
"Where's Tang Mingxiu? Is that damned troublemaker Tang Mingxiu dead?"
"And Tang Mingkui. Both the Tang brothers and sisters deserve to die. Oh, and Wang has been encouraging us to send our daughter to work for her son-in-law. She is also an accomplice and should be arrested as well."
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Li Taohua lowered her voice and said, "We can't help much, why don't we go first?"
Qin Huiyin glanced at Tang Sanmei in her arms: "She must want to see her sisters off for the last time. Now she doesn't trust Aunt Tang or her father, she only trusts me and Lu Wu."
"She's a poor child too." Li Taohua's eyes were filled with sympathy. "Then you and Lu Wu stay with her and help her through this difficult time. I'll go to the store to help first."
Qin Huiyin was indeed worried about Tang Sanmei. Not only because Tang Sanmei was emotionally unstable and could not speak, and could not complain when she was bullied, but also because Tang and Sanmei's father did not care about her life or death. Now in front of everyone, they did not dare to do anything to Tang Sanmei. Once they returned home and there were no outsiders present, Tang Sanmei would be a clay figure that they could mold at will.
Li Taohua left first, and Tang Luwu and his sister stayed with Qin Huiyin.
The charity cemetery had no shortage of coffins. Most of the villagers bought coffins for their daughters who died tragically, but the eldest and second daughters had no coffins. Qin Huiyin paid the money, and Tang and the third sister's father showed a proud look in their eyes.
"My third sister said that she would sell herself to me and would be my servant in the future. This money is from her selling her body." Qin Huiyin said calmly.
"How much are two coffins worth? She is a living person, is she only worth these two coffins?" Tang curled her lips.
"If I remember correctly, you sold the third sister a long time ago. Now that the third sister has escaped from the tiger's lair, she belongs only to herself. Since she said she would sell herself to me in exchange for these two coffins, I can make the final decision." Qin Huiyin said calmly, "The eldest and second girls just died tragically, and maybe their souls are still wandering here. Not only did you not buy them coffins, you are also targeting the third sister. Aren't you afraid of being haunted by evil spirits when you walk at night?"
"Don't say such bluffing words. We haven't done anything wrong, so we're not afraid." Tang stammered, "This stinky girl is very unlucky. It's better for her to leave, so as not to bring bad luck to us."
Someone came on horseback.
Everyone looked back and saw Song Ruize and others riding on horses.
Song Ruize looked for Qin Huiyin in the crowd and found her accurately. He left the horse to Jiang Qibin and strode over.
"They said that you followed Captain Feng to catch the bad guys. Have you found any clues about those bad guys?" Qin Huiyin asked.
"We caught some, but the most important leader escaped. However, Tang Mingxiu and Tang Mingkui were both arrested."
"That's amazing." Qin Huiyin said, "We have to send these sisters who died unjustly back to the village now."
"You want to go back to the village too?"
"I am worried about my third sister." Qin Huiyin looked at Tang Sanmei who was holding her tightly. "I will be truly relieved only after her sister is buried and she can speak again."
"It just so happens that Lord Wen gave me a few days off. I will accompany you back to the village."
"You're not hurt?"
"No."
Qin Huiyin and others accompanied the villagers to send the girls who had died unjustly back to the village.
When coffins appeared in the village, the villagers rushed over after hearing the news. Then there were waves of grief, crying, cursing, and chest-beating confession. Some people couldn't bear the shock and fainted on the spot. Seeing this, Tang Yixiao immediately gave acupuncture to the fainted people to help them recover and wake up slowly.
The village chief regretted it deeply: "At the beginning, the rich family repeatedly reminded us to be careful of traps, saying that there is no such thing as a free lunch and we should not be tempted by immediate benefits. We should make decisions after verification. But we didn't take it seriously. There are so many good girls, all in their prime, and now they are all gone..."
"Village chief, you should have sent someone to investigate. They are too despicable and shameless. They made preparations in advance and deceived everyone. Those bad guys set a trap, and we can't hide from it even if we want to."
"Village chief, my daughter is gone and I don't want to live anymore. That Wang is the accomplice who killed my daughter. I want to kill her to avenge my daughter." A woman who was crying on the coffin raised her head and said viciously.
"Aunt Wang disappeared early in the morning."
"Mother Chunju, please accept my condolences. You should think about your son." The village chief advised, "Wang has committed a crime. The government will definitely arrest her. You don't need to sacrifice yourself for someone who is doomed to die."
Such a tragedy happened in the village, and anyone with a conscience could not sit idly by. Therefore, the funeral was held by the whole village. They invited the most famous monks in the area to pray for the souls of the deceased for three days, and then buried the girls in the same area so that they would not be lonely. It was three days later when the funeral was over.
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