The wife of two taels of silver

No one expected Lin Haitang to take care of this matter.

Liu Wanwan and the others looked at Lin Haitang worriedly, seeming to want to say something but stopping themselves.

Lin Haitang's voice was a little hoarse, and she said, "It's okay. The truth of this matter will be known once we investigate. If it is true, Xu Qiang and his son should be imprisoned. If it is false, Cao Xiuying has been subjected to domestic violence for so many years, and it is time to hold her accountable."

Liu Sanyou went home and brought two horses, then handed the reins to Lin Haitang.

Riding his horse at full speed, Lin Haitang returned to Hua'an County as quickly as possible and knocked on the door of the county magistrate's house.

Liu Sanyou said, "I'm not surprised that you're involved in this matter, but why are you reacting so strongly?"

I was so scared that I vomited. This is not like Lin Haitang.

Lin Haitang seemed to have tears in her eyes. She said, "I am afraid because I know how terrible it is."

The county magistrate came out, full of doubts, but smiled and said, "Madam Gu is such a rare guest. Please come in quickly."

Lin Haitang didn't move and said directly: "Sir, let's not exchange pleasantries. I'm here to ask you to investigate a case."

"Oh? Madam Gu, please speak. I will handle this impartially." The county magistrate put his hands behind his back.

"It's the case of Cao Xiuying from Xu Village. She was murdered and beheaded by her husband Xu Qiang. Cao Xiuying's nephew reported the case to the police, but Xu Qiang hired someone to suppress it." Lin Haitang said.

The county magistrate frowned and said, "I remember this case. I sent someone to investigate. Her son Xu Dali said she committed suicide."

Lin Haitang asked again, "What happened after that? Did you conduct a further investigation? Did you see the body? Cao Xiuying's head was said to have required over 200 stitches, and it was the barefoot doctor from Xu Village who did it. Did you summon him?"

The county magistrate was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't know any of this. I only heard from the captain that Cao Xiuying committed suicide by hanging. I have closed the case immediately."

Lin Haitang said, "Sir, Cao Xiuying was beaten by Xu Qiang before her death. If Cao Xiuying was really killed by Xu Qiang, according to the laws of our Kang Dynasty, Xu Qiang should be executed; if Cao Xiuying committed suicide by hanging, the cause must also be investigated, and Xu Qiang must pay the price for his previous beating of Cao Xiuying."

The county magistrate said solemnly, "Madam Gu, I will take people to investigate right away. Cao Xiuying has already been buried. I will take people directly to dig up the grave and open the coffin."

After taking a look at Lin Haitang's belly, the county magistrate said, "Mrs. Gu, don't go. You are still pregnant."

Lin Haitang shook her head and said, "It's okay. I'm not afraid of ghosts, only strangers. I'll watch from a distance and won't delay your investigation."

The county magistrate nodded and did not persuade him further.

The county magistrate changed into his official uniform, selected two teams of yamen runners, mounted his horse, and went to Xu Village.

The huge group of people attracted the attention of the villagers. Word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and almost everyone from the nearby villages came.

The county magistrate decided that Shengtang would judge the case on the spot in Xu Village.

When the village chief of Xu heard that the county magistrate had arrived, he hurried over and knelt on the ground, saying, "Your humble servant greets you, sir."

"Bring me a table. I want to handle the case right here and now!" The county magistrate looked serious, and the people around him stopped making any noise.

Xu Dali was wandering around the outside of the crowd with his head down. When he heard the county magistrate's words, he shuddered. He understood that the county magistrate was here to arrest his father, so he quickly ran out to inform his father.

Some people felt happy that the bastard Xu Qiang was finally in jail!

Village chief Xu wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded repeatedly.

The table was quickly brought over by several strong laborers from the village.

The lawyer pulled out a chair for the county magistrate. The county magistrate sat on the chair, slammed his palm on the table, and shouted, "Bring Xu Qiang and that barefoot doctor here to me!"

"Yes, sir." The bailiff accepted the order.

The village chief of Xu Village was startled and quickly took this group of officials to Xu Qiang's house. He also appointed someone to take several other officials to the barefoot doctor's house.

"Dad! Dad! Dad!" Xu Dali shouted and kept running.

Xu Qiang was panicked by his shouting and said, "Da Li, what's wrong?"

Xu Qiang was scared of being scolded. These days, people from all over the place have been scolding him. He can hear it whenever he goes out. Now he is so scared that he dares not go out and keeps the door closed.

"Dad! Run! The county magistrate is here! He wants to arrest you!" Xu Dali said anxiously.

Xu Qiang felt like he was hit on the head with a stick, and he saw stars. He said, "What?!"

"Dad! Run!" Xu Dali urged.

Xu Qiang quickly turned around and went back into the house to get the money. He put away the money and valuables and ran away without even locking the door.

He just happened to run into the yamen runners coming to arrest him.

"Xu Qiang! Don't run!" Village chief Xu pointed at him and shouted.

Xu Qiang turned his head and saw the officers and soldiers shaking with fear. He turned around and tried to run, but after a few steps, he was pinned to the ground by the yamen runners.

"Go!" The bailiff grabbed the man, handcuffed Xu Qiang's hands behind his back, and pushed his shoulders hard.

Xu Qiang collapsed like a deflated balloon.

When we arrived at the scene, the barefoot doctor was already kneeling on the ground.

Xu Qiang knelt down in complete despair.

The county magistrate asked, "Hu Fusheng, you told the villagers of Xu Village that Xu Qiang chopped off Cao Xiuying's head and asked you to sew it up for her. Is that true?"

The barefoot doctor knelt on the ground, his voice trembling, "Yes, on the night of July 18th, it was raining heavily. Xu Dali knocked on my door and asked me to sew my head up. He charged me three cents per stitch. I sewed a total of 264 stitches."

The barefoot doctor had been tortured these past few days and looked unrecognizable. He had black spots under his eyes and sunken cheeks. He cried, "I was sewing Cao Xiuying's head!"

Xu Qiang seemed to be suddenly inflated, his whole body standing up straight, shouting: "You are talking nonsense! Xiuying is the mother of my child, how could I chop off her head, you idiot, I will rip your mouth apart!"

Xu Qiang's eyes were bloodshot, and he curled his ten fingers into claws and pounced forward to tear the barefoot doctor's mouth.

"How dare you!" the county magistrate slammed the table.

Two yamen runners went up and restrained Xu Qiang.

Xu Qiang's eyes were bloodshot and he was gasping for breath as he looked at the ground in front of him.

The county magistrate frowned and asked, "Xu Qiang, you said Hu Fusheng was slandering you?"

"Sir!" Xu Qiang kowtowed and said, "Sir, you are wise! I have been wronged!"

"In that case," the county magistrate said coldly, "dig up the grave and open the coffin."

The onlookers gasped and then burst into an uproar.

Xu Qiang sat on the ground in a daze, sweating profusely. His lower body was wet, and he had obviously wet his pants out of fear.

The cemetery is in the woods west of Xu Village.

In front of Cao Xiuying's grave stands a lonely, narrow wooden tablet with the words "Tomb of my beloved wife Cao Xiuying" written on it, which is only ironic.

"dig!"

At the order of the county magistrate, the yamen runners who were surrounding the grave with shovels began to dig the grave.

There were only people from the county government office nearby, and Lin Haitang, like everyone else, was watching from a distance.

Lin Haitang was pregnant, and the county magistrate refused to let her come forward no matter what.

There were fewer people watching, and many people did not dare to come over and waited in the village.

There is strength in numbers, and it didn't take long before the coffin lid was revealed.

After prying open the nails, the four yamen runners worked together to lift up the coffin lid.

A foul smell rose into the sky.

Cao Xiuying's body was covered with maggots, which was inevitable.

The coroner covered his mouth and nose with a white cloth and rolled over to get down into the grave.

Lifting Cao Xiuying's chin, the dense black lines on her neck were reflected in everyone's pupils.

The truth of this case is obvious.

"Bring Xu Qiang over here!" the county magistrate shouted loudly, trembling all over.

Xu Qiang knelt beside Cao Xiuying's grave, not feeling afraid at all. He spat into it and cursed, "You stinky woman! You won't let me rest in peace even after death!"

The county magistrate was furious after hearing this and kicked him directly: "You bastard!"

Xu Qiang knelt on the ground, then stood up and shouted, "Sir! I chopped off my wife's head. She is mine since she married me. I can beat her or kill her if I want. You can't arrest me!"

The county magistrate felt a surge of anger build up in his chest. He pointed at Xu Qiang and said, "According to the laws of our Kang Dynasty, anyone who kills someone must be executed! Come, take him to the prison and execute him in three days!"

Xu Qiang's sweat soaked into his eyes, and he shouted like a madman: "I'm not wrong! I'm not wrong! You dog official! I didn't kill someone else's wife, I killed my own wife! You dog official!"

The yamen runner who was in charge of suppressing him slapped him several times with a cold face. His cheeks swelled up quickly and he became speechless.

The county magistrate was clearly encountering a case of this kind for the first time. He slumped his shoulders and said wearily, "Give the man a proper burial."

Xu Dali did not escape either. He gave false testimony and was sentenced to three years in prison.

Xu Qiang's family was either dead or imprisoned, and they just scattered like that.

When everyone heard the result, they naturally applauded and shouted that the county magistrate was an upright and honest official who was eliminating harm for the people.

After everything was settled, Lin Haitang burned paper money in front of Cao Xiuying's grave.

There was only the faint sound of sparks licking paper money, and no one spoke.

Liu Sanyou stood quietly aside.

Lin Haitang also replaced the wooden tablet, which only had "Cao Xiuying's Tomb" written on it.

The paper money burned out, leaving only a spark. Lin Haitang murmured, "I hope you can get what you want in your next life."

Xiaoxi, I helped you again. Lin Haitang looked at the sky.

A gust of wind picked up the ashes and scattered them.

The whole family saw Lin Haitang's depression and remained silent.

Gu Zhilan held Lin Haitang's hand and said, "Mom, don't be unhappy."

Gu Mo stood aside, pursed his lips, and looked at her worriedly.

Lin Haitang smiled, patted the two children's heads, and said, "Mom is just tired, it's okay."

Everyone else thought Lin Haitang was sad about Cao Xiuying's situation, so they kept silent, not knowing how to comfort her.

Late at night, Lin Haitang finally fell asleep.

Lin Haitang opened the door and saw that there was no one on the bed. She turned her head and found someone sitting on the windowsill.

The woman had long hair that fell over her shoulders. She put her hand holding the phone behind her back. The phone fell and she jumped down.

"Xiao Xi!"

Lin Haitang suddenly sat up, gasping for breath, sweat running down his temples.

Lin Haitang grabbed the clothes around her chest, trying to suppress the sudden heartache.

After entering the space, Lin Haitang began to cry bitterly.

Chen Xi is Lin Haitang's best friend in the 21st century. She got married at the age of 23, got pregnant at the age of 25, and had a miscarriage due to domestic violence when she was 5 and a half months pregnant. She suffered necrosis of her left eye, a fractured right leg, five broken ribs, and soft tissue contusions all over her body.

At that time, Chen Xi was on the 9th floor of the inpatient department and jumped down directly.

Jumping off a building in real life is different from what is shown in movies and TV dramas. In movies and TV dramas, after jumping off a building, a pool of blood appears under the character's body, which means that the person is dead. But in reality, things are not that clean.

On the 9th floor, Chen Xi jumped down and his head exploded.

There were red, yellow, and white things mixed together on the ground. Lin Haitang knelt on the ground, unable to cry anymore. Her throat made a rattling sound like that of an old radio that had not been repaired for a long time.

Lin Haitang's mind went blank. She wanted to lift Chen Xi up, but she didn't dare to touch him.

"Ah, ah, ah..." Lin Haitang lost her language system at that moment.

Lin Haitang collapsed on the ground. She tried to stand up, but her wrists kept going weak.

After an unknown amount of time, the police picked her up and tried to drag her away.

“Ah──ah──ah──” Lin Haitang bent over and reached forward with both hands.

Don't pull me away, Chen Xi is there! Chen Xi is there!

But Lin Haitang was speechless.

Later, Lin Haitang looked at her mobile phone and found that Chen Xi was sending her a voice message just before he jumped off the building.

"Xiaotang, I've checked. There's no one downstairs. I'm going to jump down."

Lin Haitang collapsed several times.

The man who killed Chen Xi was only sentenced to 6 years.

Lin Haitang has never gotten over Chen Xi's death. That is the most painful thing in her heart.

That's why Lin Haitang reacted so strongly when she learned about Cao Xiuying's situation.

Lin Haitang sat by the spiritual spring, staring blankly at the calm water surface.

The next day, Lin Haitang looked completely normal, back to her old self, laughing and joking with everyone, and playing the handshake game with Xiaobai.

Time moves forward calmly, and life is plain and warm.

After more than half a month, Lin Haitang decided to move to Hua'an County.

The vegetables grown in the backyard have been almost eaten, so we can move to the county with peace of mind.

There were five adults, two children, and a wolf, and there were really a lot of things. Even if they could avoid taking anything, they still rented an ox cart.

After finally arriving at the yard, there was a lot of moving and arrangements going on. In addition to Lin Haitang and Xiaobai, even Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan were busy.

Lin Haitang is pregnant, so naturally she won't be allowed to do any work. Xiaobai is a wolf, and no matter how smart he is, he doesn't have hands, so he can't help much.

Lin Haitang was really bored, so she ran around the yard, looking here and there, not missing a single corner.

There was a peach tree in the southwest corner, and there was a wild cat on the peach tree. Lin Haitang was very surprised when he saw it, so he walked over and thought about trying to call the cat down.

"Mimi~" Lin Haitang cautiously tested it and took a step forward. The kitten bared its teeth and took a step back.

Xiaobai lay on the ground and looked at Lin Haitang with resentment as she became fickle.

"Okay, okay, I just—"

Whoosh!

An arrow hit Lin Haitang right in the heart, and the arrowhead shot out from the back, but still penetrated.

Lin Haitang lowered her head and looked at the arrow feather that pierced her chest, blood oozing from the corner of her lips.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!" Xiaobai screamed instantly and turned around to call for help.

When Liu Sanyou heard Xiaobai's cry, his heart sank and he hurried over.

He was very good at light work and was next to Lin Haitang in the blink of an eye.

Seeing Lin Haitang's expression, he hurriedly shouted: "Lin Haitang! Pills! Go get the pills!"

Lin Haitang's breath was weak, and her heart ached with every breath. She grabbed Liu Sanyou and entered the space.

Liu Sanyou didn't care about being shocked. Following Lin Haitang's signal, he went straight to Wuming House to get medicine.

Liu Sanyou was so anxious that he didn't open the medicine bottle at first. He cursed, opened it, and stuffed the bottle into Lin Haitang's mouth.

The pill melts in the mouth, has no taste, and only feels slightly cool.

After taking the pill, Lin Haitang finally felt stronger.

Zhang Ben, Zhao Xiangjun and Liu Wanwan hurriedly followed Xiaobai over, but they didn't see anyone except the bloodstains on the ground.

The three men's faces turned pale and they almost fell down.