Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 843
On the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, on the way back to the Yamen, Jia Zhu ran into a sedan chair and shouted for injustice.

That day, at the invitation of a wealthy family in the county seat, he went to the largest restaurant in the city to enjoy lanterns and celebrate the Lantern Festival.

I was in a pretty good mood when I declined the straightforward drama of a rich family sending a beauties.

At least, in terms of official conduct, he feels that he has done a good job.

Unexpectedly, when returning to the yamen in the sedan chair, a young woman with disheveled hair suddenly rushed out halfway, plopped down on her knees, shouted for injustice, and called for help from the county magistrate.

Jia Zhu was taken aback, young and vigorous and influenced by the story of the story, she did not drive away the woman who did not follow the rules, but took her to the county government.

When I arrived at the county government office, when I asked about the specific grievances, I immediately felt my scalp go numb.

Sure enough, it is not a normal situation to encounter such things as blocking the sedan chair and shouting for injustice.

This time, Jia Zhu was in trouble.

The young woman with disheveled hair who stopped the sedan chair and shouted for injustice, first of all admitted that she was wrong, and knew that such behavior was not in accordance with the rules.But she bluntly said that if this was not the case, the yamen would not accept her case at all, and she would not care so much about the matter of human life.

Judging from her statement alone, the woman who stopped the sedan chair and complained was quite knowledgeable, she was not an ordinary woman, but she was dressed like an ordinary village woman.

Later, after an explanation, I found out that the young woman was originally a servant girl of a landlord's family in the town below, and she had a lot of knowledge in reading and writing with the young lady since she was a child.

When she was 15 years old, she fell in love with a country boy who delivered firewood to the landlord's house.

The country boy is flattered, and naturally he has a good impression of the good-looking and gentle maid, and the two soon fall in love.

He didn't want to hurt the reputation of the landlord's lady because of his own affairs, so he begged the lady to let her go.

The young woman is also the servant girl of the landlord's family. She gritted her teeth and took out all her body, as well as all the wealth of the country boy to redeem herself.

It can only be said that when she went to a good master's house, she also met a kind-hearted young lady.

Knowing her situation, neither the landlord nor the young lady had any intention of embarrassing her, and they didn't even accept her redemption money, so they gave her the body deed and let her go.

The maid who got free, followed the country boy back to the countryside, and got married quickly, causing a sensation in the whole village.

There's no way, the country guy she's attracted to is an orphan whose parents died, and his family is the best portrayal of his family.

How could such a poor boy not cause a sensation by being able to marry a beautiful wife?
Fortunately, the servant girl's vision is really good. Even though the country guy doesn't have the support of his parents and brothers, he is hardworking, smart and self-motivated.

I have saved a certain amount of money by selling firewood and mountain products before.

After marrying a maid, through her relationship, he got in touch with the landlord's family in the town, and his small business took off. He even bought a hill and two ponds in the village, and his life gradually became prosperous.

The servant girl's belly is also upbeat, and she has held two boys with handles in her arms for three years, and she is well-managed and loving as a husband and wife, and her life is quite nourishing.

Their pair of sons are also quite spiritual, and they are very diligent in studying under the guidance of the maid. The eldest son was admitted as a scholar when he was just in his early tenth year.

It can be said that the life of their family at this time is absolutely happy.

Not only did he save a lot of money, but he also built a big house and bought some fields, which made him a pretty good family in the village.

Just wait for a pair of sons to make a breakthrough in the examination room, and their family will jump up, from a penniless mud leg to a country gentleman's family.

It's a pity that the happy and happy life of their family has come to an end.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will urge it!
The country guy is really outstanding, he has accumulated considerable wealth in a short period of time, and at the same time his wife is beautiful and virtuous, and his son is competitive. He is a proper model of a winner in life.

The villagers with the same surname in the same village naturally have all kinds of envy and hatred in their hearts, thinking that the country guy is too lucky to be unfair.

From the perspective of the same family in the same village, the most suitable survival mode for a country boy is to struggle hard in the mud to survive, not the quality of life that surpasses almost all villagers and clansmen like now, and even has the possibility of becoming the father of an official.

Jealousy drives a man mad, and it can easily destroy a fragile, seemingly thriving family.

The country boy didn't notice the abnormality, but the maid did. She reminded the country boy many times, but she didn't get a positive response.

There is only one surname in the village, that is, one clan, the village head is the clan head, and the country boy is also a member of the clan.

In his opinion, they are all members of the same clan, and any conflicts can be easily resolved under the coordination of the patriarch.

As for the fact that the clansmen may covet their family's property, that is impossible.

The country boy also made fun of the servant girl for being too careful. If the villagers, that is, the clansmen, really care about it so much, it may be difficult for him to live to adulthood.

But he didn't know that the people's mentality was completely different when they were poor and when they were rich.

In addition, the village head is also the head of the clan, but he is an out-and-out ruthless person.

From what the servant girl heard and saw, the village chief's hands were covered with blood in order to annex the tribe's fields.

That is to say, his methods are concealed, and all his actions are hidden in the rules of the clan. In addition, the speed of annexing the fields is not fast, which has not attracted the attention of the clan.

But the servant girl grew up with the landlord's parents in the town since she was a child. She not only read and read, but also heard a lot of gossip.

Among them, there are the methods of how the local tyrants annexed the fields. The real variety of methods makes people feel chills.

The methods of the patriarch of the village where she lives are obviously too clumsy and conspicuous compared to those local tyrants.

On the small bluestone slab square in front of the ancestral hall in the village, there were bloodstains of the clansmen who were punished, and there were many sunken corpses in the pond not far away.

The methods of lynching used by the patriarch and the elders were so brutal that the servant girl couldn't help trembling after hearing or seeing it.

As long as I think of these cruel lynchings, which may fall on myself and my family, I feel a sense of horror.

The servant girl kept an eye out, and quietly dug a very secret cave on the mountain top surrounded by her husband, as a refuge in an emergency.

Because the caves in the mountains pursue concealment, it is impossible to transport too much goods there, mainly dry food that can be stored for a long time.

This time, the servant girl kept it from her husband, and took her eldest son, who was already quite sensible, to dig it out bit by bit.

Unexpectedly, this hidden backhand was quickly used.

Not long before the Chinese New Year, the servant girl's husband was suddenly arrested by the patriarch, saying that he had stolen the clan's property and wanted to punish him.

The servant girl was simply not allowed to inquire about the situation, and directly resorted to brutal lynching, breaking her husband's legs and making him crippled...

(End of this chapter)