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Chapter 375 Another old incident

Chen Yi ignored the village head's son who looked confused, and asked Tang Ba, who was taking notes next to him, if he had recorded everything clearly?

After getting Tang Ba's accurate return, Chen Yi continued to look at the other villagers in the yard.

"You people and those who are like Miss Shang, you can speak out now, and I can make decisions for you."

Chen Yi looked at the villagers while thinking. He had already found out the person who started the attack, and he also understood the motive for the murder. He was instigated to kill, but the murderer who made up the knife later was different.

It is obvious that he has hatred for the village chief, otherwise the village would not survive if he knew that he would not do anything.

But he still made up the knife, and it made the village chief more painful and the blood flowed faster.

Who is this person?

There is no clue yet. Although he has doubts, it is only within a rough range. Whether he can reveal the truth depends on the development of the next thing.

If it's not possible, he doesn't mind using torture.

At this time, the voices of mutual conversation came from the crowd, but they were not loud.

"If you think about it, you can tell me the name or address of your family, and I will send someone to help you find your family, but if you lie, everyone in this village will be witnesses, and you will not be able to pay the consequences." .”

After Chen Yi finished speaking, he added another sentence.

"If any of you know that there are people who are not from here, it can be said that your crimes will be considered as appropriate."

"My lord, I know, I said."

At this time, voices came from the group of women and children. Chen Yi turned his head to signal Tang Lu. Tang Lu walked over, and the crowd moved aside.

It was an old woman in her 50s, her hands were only tied, and she was not tied.

He walked out slowly, looked at Chen Yi and said.

"My lord, that kid in my family is not from here, I, I just picked him up."

After the old woman finished speaking, the people around gasped, and voices of calling came from the crowd.

"Mother, what nonsense are you talking about? How could I not be your son?! I am your son, mother, are you confused!"

There are quite a few people who say this, and everyone in the village persuades them one after another.

"Sister-in-law, are you crazy? This doesn't belong to your son or anyone else. You don't want to save your son in this way. The adults have said it just now. You can't talk nonsense. You don't want to die!"

"How is it possible? Who is your son? We watched him grow up. Auntie, please change your mouth."

"My lord, my aunt made a mistake, don't blame her, she is old and confused."

"Auntie, come back quickly, do you want your life?!"

The woman didn't pay attention to the words of the people around her, but lowered her head and said nothing.

Chen Yi frowned, and said impatiently: "Everyone else is quiet, what's the matter? You were only asked to testify, not to settle the case, you didn't even say this, you all know?!"

The surrounding gradually became quiet.

When Chen Yi asked that question just now, he was only worried that there should be someone like Shang Lanzhi among the women.

It's just that some people don't have the courage of Shang Lanzhi, so they may not dare to tell the truth, or they may have adapted to this kind of life and are satisfied with their fate, but it may not be good, so they will try it out like this.

Unexpectedly, the woman did not have one, but the young man did.

Chen Yi looked at the old woman in front of him and said, "What's the matter? Tell me well, if you lie, you won't have very good results, even if you are such an old age."

The old woman raised her head: "Don't worry, my lord, everything I said is true, and I didn't lie."

The old woman glanced at her son in disbelief and shed tears.

"Son, you are indeed not my child. My child died when it was born, and you were brought back by your father later."

Then the old woman began to speak.

Speaking of which, this old woman is an advanced maternal age, and she had no children until she was 37 years old.

She is the laughing stock of the village, but fortunately there are no parents-in-law and there are few people in the village. Although the husband felt ashamed, he did not abandon her, and the two stayed together.

As a result, when she was 37 years old, she was found to be pregnant, which made her husband very happy.

And it's also a strange thing in the village. You know, in ancient times, marriage was already early. This 37-year-old, who is qualified to be a grandmother, has welcomed her first child.

So the old lady cherishes it very much, and so does her husband, who regards her as a pain in the eyeball.

According to the old woman’s recollection, when she was two months away from giving birth, it started to rain heavily, and a caravan came to the village to shelter from the rain. The old woman’s husband was in charge of reception at that time.

This is the rule in the village, and they take turns to receive them one by one.

The receiving household can get [-]% of the reward money, and the rest will be distributed equally among the villages.

So everyone does their best every time they receive receptions, which is why Tang Si was so impressed with this place before.

Knowing this, Chen Yi realized that it was his turn to be received by the village chief's family this time, and it was such a coincidence that the village chief he saw after he came received him at the door.

It wasn't that the village chief received him as he thought.

The old woman said that because this time it seemed to be a wealthy businessman, when the rain became heavier in the middle of the night, her husband was worried, so he went out to have a look, but he didn't come back until midnight.

Then she left again in a panic. The old woman was a little worried and wanted to go out and have a look.

But I didn't catch up. When I got to the door, I accidentally slipped and fell to the ground.

At that time, she was in a coma, and when she woke up, she felt that her stomach hurt very much, so she called for help loudly, and all the neighbors came to help.

After moving her into the house, she also gave birth prematurely, and when the baby was born, she already had more breath and less breath.

The villagers knew that it was not easy for them to have a child, so everyone was cautious and afraid of being resented, so they waited until the old woman delivered the child.

After they helped pack up the child, they put the child beside the old woman and dispersed.

As a result, when the husband came back, he saw his dead son.

The two hugged each other and cried, and then the husband brought back a boy who was also just born.

The woman asked her husband where he came from, and the husband said that it belonged to the rich merchant's wife. He left just now because he found out that the village chief was going to kill the rich merchant and them. He was sent away by the village.

He saw that the rich businessman's wife was about to give birth, and he couldn't bear it, so he couldn't stay at home before going out again.

As a result, I saw the rich businessman's wife die directly after giving birth to a child.

(End of this chapter)