The Huang family was stunned for a moment, and soon they all laughed, "You? You want us to stay in jail? Oh, you little bitch whose parents died and you were divorced by your in-laws, and you still dare to ask us to do something? Why don't you show us what you are doing?"

"You murdered your own daughters, are you going to be sued? My sister's two daughters were killed by you!" Xia Xiaorou took out a kitchen knife from her wide robe and pointed at the Huang family. "I have written a complaint and submitted it to the county government! You killed people and dared to beat them. I think it would be a light punishment to put you in jail. I'm afraid you will be sentenced to beheading! Huang Dafu, you will be beheaded, and the others will be exiled!"

Xia Xiaorou said loudly.

None of the Huang family members had ever been to school and knew nothing about the law. In their previous lives, they had been cheated out of money by a fellow villager using a fake lawsuit.

Sure enough, Xia Xiaorou's fabricated conversation frightened the entire Huang family.

The eldest and second sisters-in-law of the Huang family did not want their men to interfere in the affairs of the third family, so they quietly pulled their men's sleeves.

Huang Lao Da and Huang Lao Er looked at each other and became a little hesitant.

Xia Xiaoying's man Huang Dafu shouted first, "I didn't kill my daughter!"

"You stupid girl, you're talking nonsense, we didn't kill the child!" Mrs. Huang also shouted.

"Where did you hear these rumors? Nonsense." Old Man Huang also shouted.

"You say you didn't kill him, so you didn't kill him? But someone has filed a complaint, saying that they saw it with their own eyes. My sister has already gone to the county government office. You just wait for the county government office to arrest you!" Xia Xiaorou sneered.

"Xia Xiaorou, you must get your sister back as soon as possible so we can talk it out." Huang Dafu panicked. He pushed his two brothers and parents away and bowed to Xia Xiaorou. He didn't want to be beheaded.

Song Yanbai and Zhou Maoxun looked at each other and understood what Xia Xiaorou had done.

The Huang family members can't stand being frightened, and if frightened they will reveal the whereabouts of their children.

So, the two of them followed Xia Xiaorou's words, "Yes, we also heard from the witness that your family killed two children and plucked their skins to sell for money."

"What nonsense! There is absolutely no such thing. Who is gossiping?" Mrs. Huang stamped her feet in anxiety.

"You said you are talking nonsense, so hand over the two children and let me see them. Only then will I believe that you didn't kill them." Xia Xiaorou patted the back of the knife and looked at the Huang family coldly.

The Huang family members look at me and I look at you.

Mrs. Huang slapped her thigh and said, "Oh my, it's already this late. If you don't tell me, Dafu will be beheaded. Damn it, who is so blind that he mistook someone else's business and brought it upon our family?"

Huang Dafu gritted his teeth and had to tell the truth, "We didn't kill the child. We gave the child to Mr. Luo's family in the next village."

"Give it away? Would you be so kind? You're selling it?" Xia Xiaorou sneered, "If you keep lying, my sister will come with the county magistrate, and I won't speak for you."

"Oh, what's the difference between this and a gift? Other families get thirty taels of silver for selling a daughter, but Mr. Luo is too stingy. We gave him two girls, but he only gave her twenty taels." Mrs. Huang slapped her thigh angrily.

"Mr. Luo from the next village?" Xia Xiaorou blinked. "Why did Mr. Luo buy two little girls who are less than five years old? They can't do errands, right?"

"We don't know about this. They didn't tell us." said Mrs. Huang.

"They only said they would accept girls under five years old. We had two, so we sent them there," said Huang Dafu.

As long as the girl is under five years old...

Why are things so strange?

Xia Xiaorou looked at Huang Dafu, "Are you telling the truth? If you lie to me, your crime will be even more serious."

"No, no, it's all true. If you don't believe me, I'll take you to the Luo family." Huang Dafu said.

Xia Xiaorou nodded, "Okay, you lead the way, and if you find the two children, you will be innocent."

Huang Dafu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's go, let's go now."

He pointed in a direction and strode forward.

Xia Xiaorou and the other two followed behind in a donkey cart.

In fact, Xia Xiaorou was no stranger to Mr. Luo from the neighboring village.

In her previous life, she had cooperated in business with Mr. Luo and had met him several times.

Mr. Luo had five daughters. He had a son when he was almost fifty years old. However, his son was weak and sickly from birth.

Unfortunately, Mr. Luo had a strange disease in his lower body and became impotent soon after his son was born.

He treated his only son as if he were his own heart, like a treasure.

But this is the case with many things. The more you want something and the more you care about it, the more you lose it.

The more Mr. Luo wanted a son, the harder it became to get one.

The more I hoped my son would be in good health, the worse his health became.

When he was less than two years old, he was gone.

Xia Xiaorou calculated the time with her fingers. Mr. Luo's son turned one year old before the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, and is now about seventeen months old.

It was when I was seriously ill.

My only son was seriously ill, so I bought a girl who was less than five years old...

These two things put together made Xia Xiaorou suddenly think of a terrible thing.

"Cousin Zhou, hurry up and get to Mr. Luo's house!" Xia Xiaorou's face changed drastically and she said loudly.

Zhou Maoxun turned around and looked at Xia Xiaorou, whose face was pale, and asked in confusion, "Xiaorou, what happened? The road is not smooth, and the car is going fast. Can you handle it?"

Xia Xiaorou panted heavily, "I'm afraid it's too late to go!"

"What do you mean by too late?" Song Yanbai asked puzzledly.

Xia Xiaorou frowned and asked Huang Dafu who was walking in front, "Huang Dafu, is Mr. Luo's son dying?"

Huang Dafu was walking. When he heard Xia Xiaorou say that they had to hurry up, he had to run after her. He said reluctantly, "Yes, she is dying. Why are you leaving so quickly? Are you rushing to attend the funeral of Luo's son?"

Xia Xiaorou became even more anxious, and grabbed Huang Dafu and took him to the donkey cart, "Get on, sit on the donkey cart!"

Huang Dafu then grinned, "That's more like it."

Xia Xiaorou urged Zhou Maoxun to hurry up. She explained, "I suspect Mr. Luo's son is dying, so he bought two little girls under five years old to bring good luck. If his son gets better, the two girls will be his child brides in the future. If not, the two children will be buried with him in a ghost marriage."

Huang Dafu only heard the words 'child bride' and immediately became proud, "Ah? Does this mean Mr. Luo and I are relatives? That's great, hahahaha——"

Song Yanbai looked at him with disdain, "The child is fine, why are you celebrating?"

"Huang Dafu, you think too much. Mr. Luo's child can't be saved at all!" Xia Xiaorou thought of some things in her previous life. The family business of Mr. Luo's family was later taken over by the eldest son-in-law.

It can be seen that the son was still not saved.

It is impossible to let the son-in-law take over the business when there is a son.

The eldest daughter of the Luo family is a weak and incompetent person. After her husband took over her mother's family business, she became afraid of her husband.

Later, Mr. Luo's eldest son-in-law neglected Ms. Luo and favored the son of his concubine, which angered Mr. Luo and his daughter to death.

This could be considered as retribution for Mr. Luo using her two nieces as his burial companions.

But she didn't want any retribution, she just wanted her two children to live well.

Xia Xiaorou kept urging Zhou Maoxun to drive the donkey cart very fast, and soon the donkey cart arrived in front of Luo's farm.

The Luo family has a distinguished guest visiting today.

A large, dusty carriage stopped in front of the farm. A woman in her forties, dressed elegantly, was talking to the farm's steward.

"Madam, why did you come back today without any letter?"

"Miss Wen asked me to come and see if there are any rare things in the farm and bring some back." Mrs. Luo said, "It's nothing important, so I didn't tell you."

Xia Xiaorou raised her eyes and looked.

The woman spoke with a Beijing accent. The carriage was covered in dust, and it was obvious that it had come all the way from Beijing.

Mrs. Luo was accompanied by the stewards of the Luo family. When she was about to enter the manor, she inadvertently turned her head back.

When he turned around, he saw Xia Xiaorou who had just got off the donkey cart.

Madam Luo looked at Xia Xiaorou, who was about ten steps away, and her eyes widened in shock.

This young woman...

Why does it look so familiar?

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