They were afraid that if they went into the village like this, they would be ridiculed by the villagers.
"How about... we wait until tonight?" Zhang Qiaonv felt a pang of guilt.
Ma Qiumei: "What are you afraid of? Do you think that bitch can tear us apart alive?"
During the months she was imprisoned, she cursed Liu Yingying every day, wishing her a terrible death.
Now that she's back, she'll make that bitch Liu pay for all the suffering she's endured!
Just then, another carriage stopped at the village entrance.
A young man got out of the carriage; he was dressed like a messenger from the imperial court.
"Strange, why can't we see a single living person in this village?"
The messenger scratched the back of his head in confusion, and out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Ma Qiumei and the other two hiding behind a haystack.
"Who are you people? What are you trying to do, hiding there so suspiciously?"
The messenger's tone was somewhat oppressive, which frightened Ma Qiumei and the other two so much that they quickly knelt down and came out.
"Sir, we are villagers from Taoyuan Village. May I ask... are you here to find someone?"
Upon hearing this, the messenger glanced at them questioningly before asking, "Where is Zhu Shaoqian's home in Taoyuan Village?"
"Zhu Shaoqian? Who is Zhu Shaoqian?"
Ma Qiumei, Zhang Qiaonv, and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment.
"There is no such person in our village. Surely you have come to the wrong place, sir?"
"That's impossible..." the messenger scratched his head again, then suddenly remembered something and said;
"How could I forget!"
"Lord Zhu used to be called Zhu Jianqiang. Zhu Youcai and Ma Jinhua, the two elders in this village, are his parents. Do you know them?"
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