Xiao Tianmo stretched out his arms to hug her all into his arms, lowered his eyes and stared at her deeply, "With a wife like this, what else can a husband ask for?"

Shen Furong smiled slightly. She said it was true that she was not tired. Now at least they don't have to worry so much for the time being. I'm afraid they will be even more tired when they return to Beijing to play games.

At this time, the carriage suddenly stopped the horse, which was equivalent to a sudden brake. Shen Furong and Xiao Tianmo, who were hugging each other, immediately leaned back from the carriage.

"What happened?"

Shen Furong rubbed her forehead that was on Xiao Tianmo's chin and got up from Xiao Tianmo's arms. She didn't expect that the brakes of this carriage would have such a large inertia.

Shitou replied outside: "My boss, the situation ahead is not right, someone is blocking the road."

Shen Furong lifted the curtain and took a look outside, and was immediately startled.

I saw a man who looked like a Taoist priest hanging high on an ancient tree on the left front.

The man was still hanging face down in the air, swinging back and forth like a pendulum.

The ground below him was crowded with people. This group of people was noisy and noisy, but they happened to be blocking their way.

"Oops! There's a man hanging from the tree!"

Shen Furong frowned just now, but October, who was waiting by the door, screamed in horror.

Xiao Tianmo also saw the situation outside the carriage, and comforted Shen Furong: "Don't be afraid, you stay in the carriage, I'll go down and take a look."

"No, I'll go with you." Shen Furong thought for a moment and said.

Xiao Tianmo originally wanted to refuse, but saw Shen Furong's firm eyes and agreed.

The two got off the carriage one after another and walked towards the source of the excitement. Shitou, Li Yeyu and October followed behind them, looking at both sides warily.

When I walked forward, I saw a dark, strong man with a medium build and a gray turban standing at the head.

And at his feet, there was a female corpse wrapped in a straw mat.

If you look closely, you will see that the straw mat is very shabby, revealing a few strands of messy and knotted long hair and bright red clothes of the female corpse, which makes people a little shocked.

Next to the female corpse, four villagers were wielding hoes and shoveling the earth to dig a square pit for the dead body.

There were also a dozen villagers, men and women, blocking the intersection, pointing and watching the fun.

"Hey, you stinky Taoist priest, you dare to deceive me again and again, I insist on making you look good today!"

The leading man pointed at the Taoist priest whose feet were tied to a tree and said angrily, "I tell you, Cuizhu is dead, and I want you to bury her with her!"

"Huh," the Taoist priest said coldly, "Don't talk nonsense here and splash dirt all over the path. It's obvious that you didn't listen to dissuasion and were greedy, which is why Cuizhu died."

"You're talking nonsense!"

The man looked around guiltily, then made a righteous appearance and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"My little girl Cuizhu kindly saved your life, took you in, and gave you good food and shelter. This is already a huge kindness. How could you instigate her to run away from home?"

The Taoist priest struggled to raise his head, his face was pretty, but there were deep scars on his eyes, which ruined the overall beauty.

At this moment, his face was filled with disdain, and he raised the corners of his lips and gave a broken but extremely sarcastic smile:

"Instigation? Hahaha... If you hadn't listened to that unscrupulous person and forced Cuizhu to marry a fool for the thirty taels of silver as a betrothal gift, how could I have persuaded her to leave the village and find another way to make a living? ?

Cuizhu is kind-hearted and filial, and refuses to leave without saying good-bye. She wants to talk to you happily, but you take the opportunity to detain her and tell her that if she doesn't agree to get married, you will frame her and elope with someone else.

Pig cage.

If you hadn't forced her so hard and said all the insulting and sarcastic words, how could she not think about committing suicide?

You people are so greedy for money that you will do anything for money, you are so heartless!"

"Bah! Stop talking nonsense here!"

The man's eyes widened, and the expression on his face instantly became extremely gloomy:

"It's so shameless to actually say such a thing! Since ancient times, it has been the order of parents and the words of matchmakers. Although the Liu family boy is a fool, his family is relatively well-off. How can Cuizhu suffer a loss if he marries her?

I think you, a stinking Taoist priest, have ulterior motives. How could Taoism teach you such a shameless thing!"

Of course, some of the surrounding villagers knew something about it, and they started talking privately:

"Cuizhu is also pitiful. She has been bullied by her stepmother since she was a child. She finally grew up next to her, but she was forced to marry a fool."

"Yes, it's a pity that her biological mother died young, and her biological father obeyed her stepmother's words. Although she has younger brothers and sisters, they are all separated by a layer of belly, and no one cares or helps. It is not easy."

"Hey! No matter how bad her life was before, it would still be better than losing her life now. After she dies, there is nothing left..."

"No wonder Cuizhu's father is so angry. The betrothal gift given by the idiot Liu family is not just three melons, but a full thirty taels of silver!"

"Our family has to save five or six years of hard work. Now that Cuizhu is dead, the couple will not be able to benefit from it. Don't be impatient..."

…

Shen Furong and the others stood in the crowd and listened so much that they probably understood the whole story.

Although the middle-aged man at the head, Cuiyu’s father, spoke with certainty, it is not difficult to hear from his conversations with the Taoist priests and the people around him:

The dead girl named Cuizhu was cowardly by nature. She had been harshly abused by her scumbag father Xuxian since she was a child. In the end, she could not bear the humiliation and was forced to commit suicide.

Moreover, although Cuizhu's father put on a distressed look, Cuizhu's body in front of him was just wrapped in a broken straw mat. He didn't even have a thin coffin, so the burial was very careless.

There is a pit, and there are no burial objects, which shows how perfunctory and prevaricating it is.

Shen Furong couldn't help frowning, and turned around to say something to Xiao Tianmo, but she saw his eyes widening in shock, looking at the Taoist priest who was hanging on the tree, his mouth wide open in shock, and his face was full of disbelief.

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When she saw this, she looked at the Taoist priest suspiciously and asked, "Why, is there something wrong?"

From what the Taoist priest said just now, we can tell that the reason why he advised Cuizhu to leave home was because he did not want Cuizhu to be forced to marry a fool.

Although some people think that he should not interfere with other people's housework, she thinks that if it were her, she would do the same. She cannot be indifferent to life.

But Cuizhu chose to commit suicide, which was a bit cowardly.

"This person..."

Xiao Tianmo withdrew his gaze and turned to Shen Furong, "Rong'er, I know him!"

Xiao Tianmo wanted to save people, and Shen Furong naturally supported him.

Shitou opened the way, protected Shen Furong and others as they stepped forward and stood opposite Cuizhu's father.

Xiao Tianmo cupped his fist at Cuizhu's father and said:

"I was standing in the crowd just now. I have heard some of your stories. Even though this Taoist priest has something wrong, his starting point is for the sake of your love. Your love's death is a pity, but you tied him here and said

After all, it’s just venting anger, so let’s let him go!”

Upon hearing this, Cuizhu's father raised his thick eyebrows, which made him look even more short, like a broom:

"Who are you? With such a mouth, you want to pretend to be a good person? I tell you, if it weren't for him, my daughter Cuizhu would not have died. I would kill him today!"
Chapter completed!