As Qi Baoer finished speaking, a cry with a gloomy aura came from the village.
The cry was very pitiful, but it could not arouse a trace of pity in human ears, but only felt deep fear.
Everyone stopped eating, looked at each other, and inadvertently moved closer to each other.
They put away the cake and took out the knife. Although there was fear in their eyes, no one flinched because of fear. Instead, the Yongan City government officials quickly stood in front of Qi Baoer and Lu Tongxuan, and the two Ping'an Town government officials also
Stay by Jiang County Cheng's side.
Jiang County Cheng's face turned pale, "This...??"
Is there really something evil?
The Lord of Anle County didn't believe it when he said he saw a ghost or something, but Magistrate Lu Tong believed it and agreed to stay until night. Naturally, as a subordinate, he didn't dare to say anything.
However, County Magistrate Jiang was not slow to respond. He pushed the two government officials and ordered, "Go and protect the County Lord and Mr. Lu."
Anyone who can issue such an order at this time cannot lie. After all, what they are facing now is not something they can see.
After the magistrate of Qiejiang County pushed away the two government officials, he did not follow him. Instead, he stood there alone, looking straight into the village with a solemn look and alert eyes.
Both Lu Tongpan and Qi Baoer glanced at him in unison.
Qi Baoer withdrew his gaze, pulled away the government servant in front of him, and walked towards the village. Lu Tongpan and Twelve followed closely.
When Jiang County Magistrate saw this, he wanted to stop him, but he was a discerning man. Seeing that Magistrate Lu Tong was so relieved, he followed him. The government officials in Yong'an City also followed him one by one. If he had never guessed that the Lord of Anle County was a
A person with real ability is just a fool.
He also hurriedly patted his face and followed.
The village was eerily quiet, except for the resentful crying that continued intermittently but never stopped.
Qi Baoer walked into the door of Ma Liu's house and looked towards the well. He saw a woman in patched linen clothes sitting on the edge of the well, covering her mouth with her sleeves and crying. Her head was still wrapped with a thick layer of hair.
Thick linen cloth.
The woman didn't seem to know that someone was coming in, or maybe she didn't care that someone was coming in. Qi Bao'er even walked to less than two meters away from her, and she still cried alone without changing her movements or voice.
At this time, Judge Lu Tong and Twelve also arrived at the door. Qi Baoer made a gesture with his hand behind his back to stop them from entering.
"I know you have a grievance. We have the county magistrate from Ping'an Town and Lord Tongpan from Yong'an City, who are here to redress your grievances."
The woman finally stopped crying, put down her hands and looked at Qi Bao'er.
She can only be described as pretty, in her thirties, probably because she looks old because of her hard work, but her soul is very clean, and the color and breath of her soul are pure white.
But because she had grievances before her death, her pure white soul was wrapped with a layer of dark resentment. These grievances were already eroding her soul.
"Will adults really defend civilian women?" The woman looked at the door eagerly with floating eyes.
She had been staying with her parents' family before she got married, and she had never left Majia Village after getting married. She had never been to Ping An Town, let alone Lu Tongpan from Yong'an City.
Therefore, looking at the two people, Lu Tongpan and Twelve, at the door, he mistakenly thought that these two people were the two officials Qi Baoer mentioned, and he walked over and knelt in front of them.
"Please, sir, make the decision for the women of the people."
The problem is, they can't see anything.
But the sound can be heard, and the cold feeling of getting closer and closer can also be felt.
People who have been in illusions like Lu Tongpan have a strong psychological endurance, not to mention that they can't see it yet, so he doesn't feel afraid at all.
Let alone twelve.
Judge Lu Tong faced the woman's direction based on his own judgment, which he judged very accurately, "You can file any grievances you have."
The official power of Judge Lu Tong was something that Mrs. Piao had never experienced before during her lifetime. She was just an ordinary woman who had never been out of the village. She had a natural fear and trust in officials.
, immediately tell the story one by one from beginning to end.
The Maliu family seen by outsiders is a harmonious family with a loving father and a filial son, respectful brothers and sisters, and harmony between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. However, in fact, the parents are partial, and the second and third bedrooms, including their married sister, have been bullying the honest eldest family.
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Boss Ma is a loyal and honest person, hard-working and able to endure hardships. Most of the land in the family is farmed by Boss Ma alone, and he also does part-time work here and there to support his family during the slack period.
The woman Piaoma Fan was bought by the Ma Liu family for twenty taels of silver when she married Boss Ma. The word "marriage" was just a nice word to others, so she basically had no status in the Ma Liu family.
It can even be said that he is the servant of the whole family.
She does all the work in the house, even washes my sister-in-law’s underwear before she gets married. She doesn’t even say she doesn’t want to, but just shows a tired expression, and is greeted with scoldings from her mother-in-law and all kinds of insults from her sister-in-law.
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Because she was bought by the Ma Liu family for twenty taels of silver, she must be a servant of the Ma family.
Her mother-in-law would not support her, and her husband was filial and too busy to take care of her. Mrs. Ma Fan was unable to express her suffering and could only endure it silently.
After giving birth to a daughter, she could not raise it by herself. She was said to be a servant and not qualified to raise the granddaughter of their Ma family. The daughter was taken away by her mother-in-law before she even took a look at her and was sent to the second room to be fed.
Ma Fan knew that it was because her second sibling gave birth to a stillborn child, and her mother-in-law was afraid that her second sibling would be sad, so she used her daughter to comfort her.
She resisted, but it was useless. During the confinement period, the Ma family cut off her food and did not allow Boss Ma to leave food for her. The reason why she did not starve to death at that time was because Boss Ma went up the mountain in the middle of the night to secretly give it to her.
Get some wild vegetables and fruits.
When the second wife became pregnant again, she gave Ma Fan's daughter back, but the child had been raised crookedly. Not only did she not recognize Ma Fan as her biological mother, she even punched and kicked her at every turn.
Ma Fan wanted to take control, but Ma Liu's daughter-in-law refused. When Ma Fan was training her daughter, Ma Liu's daughter-in-law beat Ma Fan with a stick and then took her daughter to an old man's home to raise her.
After Ma Fan gave birth to a son, although he was not robbed again, she was also not qualified to take care of it. In addition, she did almost all the housework at home, and she really couldn't spare much time to take care of the child. Therefore, her son was the same as her.
No kiss.
Both Ma Liu and Ma Liu's wife favored their second son. The second daughter-in-law married to their second son was Ma Liu's wife's cousin and she also favored her.
Ma Lao Er loves to gamble, and almost all the family's money is used to pay off his endless gambling debts. Ma Lao Er's wife is lazy and never bothers with housework. Her attitude towards Ma Fan is almost the same as Ma Liu's daughter-in-law.
Two years ago, Aunt Ma got married. Because she was marrying into a family in the town, the dowry had to be dignified, and she emptied the last bit of her family's wealth.
Seven days ago, a gambling house in the town came to ask for a debt, saying that Ma Laoer borrowed twenty taels of silver from the gambling house and the interest was also twenty taels.
The Ma Liu family has long been out of money, so where can they get the forty taels of silver to pay back?
But if you don't pay back the gambling house, the people will break Ma Laoer's legs.
Ma Liu and Ma Liu's wife were naturally unwilling, but what Ma Fan didn't expect was that they would use her daughter to pay off the debt.