In the middle of the night, the sky was as dark as thick ink, and the wind carried the smell of rain.
A heavy rain is about to fall, and God will be angry.
A painting boat was sailing slowly on the Qingping River outside the city. The doors and windows of the cabin were closed, and no candlelight came through.
Only the people supporting the boat stood one after another at the bow and stern of the boat, looking around from time to time, like cormorants raised by fishermen.
In fact, the lights in the boat were bright, but the doors and windows were tightly covered with black cloth so that the light could not penetrate.
On the gold-painted rose chair, there was a young woman sitting. She was wearing a gorgeous dress and expensive jewelry. She had a beautiful face and a calm mind. She looked quietly at the few people kneeling in front of her, with a smile in her eyes.
It's not a smile, it's unpredictable.
Standing beside her were a dozen burly men, all of whom seemed to be her subordinates.
Everyone was so respectful that they didn't even dare to look at her.
"We have done what you asked us to do. You should keep your promise and let us go!" The speaker was a middle-aged man. He looked anxious and tired, but it was still clear from his clothes and posture that he was a man.
People from well-off families.
The woman glanced at him and then returned her gaze to her hand. On her fair and slender wrist was a bright green jade bracelet, which glowed like spring water under the light.
She turned the bracelet, and after admiring it enough, she raised her head again, smiled sarcastically, and said slowly: "I've done everything I need to do, do you think I'm a fool?"
After saying that, she turned to the man and woman next to the man. Both of them looked about sixteen or seventeen years old. Their eyes were wide open because of fear.
When the woman saw her, she couldn't help but shrank and hid behind the man.
"Did you do what I asked you to do?" the woman asked.
"You...you asked us to trick that silly girl away, and we tricked her out." The boy said boldly, "We took her to a very remote place, and I guarantee that they won't find her for a while.
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"Yes, don't you just want the shopkeeper to leave the bank? Even if we do it," the girl added.
"I asked you to trick that fool into hiding and kill him, don't you understand?!" the woman said sternly, "You still have the nerve to say you did it!"
"Why do we have to kill people?" A middle-aged woman said, holding the young man and woman close to her, "Isn't it enough that the goal is achieved?"
"What do you know? If you want to make something happen, how can you do it if you don't die? Only by killing that fool Yi Pingshun will you truly become a loser." The woman narrowed her eyes and spoke in a serious tone.
"But I have already obtained the silver for you. It is six hundred thousand taels in total. Is it enough to buy the lives of several members of my family?" the middle-aged man said pleadingly.
"Master Wang, how old are you this year?" The woman suddenly leaned forward and asked curiously.
"Forty-three," the man replied.
It turns out that he is the eldest son of the Xiciwang family, and he and his family are now trapped on this ship.
"Then you are so naive!" The woman laughed exaggeratedly, as if she had heard a big joke.
"You...you...how can you not keep your word?!" Uncle Wang asked, his eyes red with anger.
"Ha! What qualifications do you have to negotiate terms with me?" The woman's face suddenly turned cold, and there was resentment in her eyes.
"You can't do this," the middle-aged woman, the eldest wife of the Wang family, said while holding back her anger, "No matter what, we saved your life back then, so you can't kill them all."
After hearing this, the woman snorted contemptuously and said: "It's already this time and you still think of yourself as my savior. You are so shameless!"
"But you promised me." Uncle Wang refused to give up, "You said that as long as I help you with things and deceive the Zheng family's grandma, you will let us go."
"But you discounted it. I asked you to kill people, but you refused to kill them." The woman shook her head helplessly and innocently and said, "Actually, I just want you to know that there are no inherently good and evil people. You can live a smooth life.
, of course I want to be a good person.
But what if you are in a difficult situation? Aren't you going to harm others? Why don't you just end it and die innocently?"
"Yes... that's the case. As I just said, we saved you at first, and then... although it was a little unpleasant later, you have tortured us for so many days now, and even ruined our family. This is also
Is that enough?" Uncle Wang said.
"Yes, I tortured you and ruined your home. I just want to ask you, do you feel good about being humiliated and tortured?
I have also been driven out and killed. At that time, I swore a vicious oath that if I could escape with my life, from now on, I would never show any mercy to those who harmed me!
You saved me from the robbers, but you think I'm lowly and dirty! I can't even be a concubine in the Wang family, and you give me away like an object. How can I spare you?!
"The woman's voice was vicious, but she still had a smile on her face.
She whispered to the Wang family: "So how can it be enough to say that the family is ruined? People must die to do it!"
"You...you are so vicious!" The eldest lady of the Wang family cried: "You are like this cabin, covered with black cloth and cannot see the light! You only dare to cause trouble and harm people where no one can see it!"
"It's not your turn to comment, don't you understand? The words of one of your subordinates and the defeated generals are insignificant. I won't take it to heart. However, I can give you another chance."
The woman smiled and said, "I'm so confused when I look at you."
Although the Wangs hated him to death, the lives of the whole family were now in his hands. Hearing what he meant, there seemed to be some room for relaxation, so they swallowed their anger and just looked at her quietly.
"If you want me to let go of my two children, you ---" the woman pointed at Uncle Wang and said, "you have to write a suicide note yourself, saying that your own business has suffered losses, which has led to the ruin of the Wang family and that you have no shame in living in this world.
So you hang yourself. If you do this, I will let your wife and children go. Are you willing?"
"No! No way!" Mrs. Wang and her children tightly protected Uncle Wang.
They begged and even kowtowed to the woman.
But the woman was unmoved, her snake-like eyes shone with a glint, and besides being vicious, there was also a hint of envy.
But Uncle Wang resolutely pushed his wife and children away and said with enthusiasm: "Okay! As long as you keep your word, I promise you! Bring me a pen and paper!"
Amid the cries of his wife and children, Uncle Wang wrote a suicide note.
The woman took it in her hand and looked at it carefully. She smiled like a spring breeze and said, "Very good. I respect you as a responsible man. Don't worry!"
