The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

"You, you are crazy, really crazy."

Wang Dezhe was so angry that he stuttered and glared at his elder brother.

"Your eldest brother has confessed everything. It was you and Lu Xingshun who killed my grandmother. Now we've found physical evidence. With both witnesses and evidence, you're dead."

"County Magistrate Yao has received notice from the county capital that the imperial court has pacified the bandits. They are just waiting for the constable to arrive and escort you to the county."

Lu Qingqing stared at Wang Dezhe and saw a flash of panic on his face.

When Wang Deben heard this, he panicked and begged Lu Qingqing:

"Sister Daya..., since I have made meritorious contributions while serving my sentence, could you please plead for mercy for me? I can also help you with the work like Li Chengcai, even helping with the farming. As long as you spare my life, everything will be fine."

"I will report the matter of your meritorious service today to the county magistrate truthfully."

After Lu Qingqing finished speaking, she no longer cared about the three Wang family members, father and son, and turned around to go home with the silver.

She had to go back to sleep and then come back to watch at night.

She didn't dare to take action in the village, but as long as Wang Dezhe ran away, she could avenge her grandmother.

Qin Lang certainly couldn't be avoided when it came to the night surveillance, and Qin Lang also had the right to know the truth.

At night, Lu Qingqing kept a close eye on the east wall and the main entrance of the ancestral hall, while Qin Lang was responsible for watching the west wall and the entrance.

At about midnight, a figure finally climbed over the wall and ran to the south.

It’s Wang Dezhe.

After the others ran a short distance, Lu Qingqing called Qin Lang to follow.

The two men followed slowly behind, and when they saw the man running out of the village, they kept chasing him from a distance at a leisurely pace.

Only when they were far away from the village did they quicken their pace and chase after him.

After a while, Wang Dezhe heard footsteps behind him and turned around to see that it was Lu Qingqing and the other person.

Just as he was about to run, he suddenly realized what was happening and exclaimed:

"Did you lure me out here on purpose? Just to kill me yourself?"

Wang Dezhe looked at Lu Qingqing with some suspicion, as if he couldn't understand.

The villain died because he talked too much. Lu Qingqing didn't want to say more, so she took the bow and arrow and aimed at Wang Dezhe's right leg.

Wang Dezhe wanted to run, but was hit in the right leg by an arrow and fell to the ground in pain.

"It wasn't me who killed your grandma. It was Lu Xingshun. It was him."

Seeing Qin Lang approaching with a dagger, Wang Dezhe explained in a panic.

As the dagger got closer and closer to him, the scene of the Qin family at that time reappeared in his mind.

Lu Xingshun hated the Qin family for killing his brother, so he persuaded him to go to the Qin family to get some money and property.

It was agreed that after this, Lu Xingshun would escape and all the problems could be blamed on him.

Wang Dezhe wanted to take some valuables so that if something happened, he would have Lu Xingshun as a cover, so he went with him.

That day, there was a funeral in the village, and he thought that there was no one left in the Qin family.

As a result, he climbed over the wall and found Grandma Qin at home.

After entering the house, he was discovered by Grandma Qin.

Seeing that Grandma Qin wanted to call for help, Wang Dezhe was afraid of being discovered, so he stepped forward and covered Grandma Qin's mouth.

Grandma Qin struggled hard, her fingernails scratching his arm. Feeling the pain, he used his other hand to hold down Grandma Qin's arm, making her unable to move.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Lu Xingshun stepped forward and stabbed Grandma Qin's heart with this dagger.

Wang Dezhe saw Grandma Qin die in front of him, blood flowing out, and was completely terrified.

When he realized what was happening, he started to blame Lu Xingshun.

"Are you crazy? You killed her!"

Lu Xingshun looked at him with a sneer and said mockingly:

"Oh, you really don't know I can kill people?"

"To tell you the truth, I came here today to kill someone. Killing one will cover my losses, and killing two will make me a profit. Besides, she has discovered us. If I don't kill her, you will have to escape too."

Wang Dezhe shut up after hearing this and turned around to search the cabinet.

I didn't expect the Qin family to be so rich. A total of more than 110 taels of silver and a gold bracelet were found.

Lu Xingshun didn't know that he had secretly hidden the gold bracelet, so he just divided the silver he found.

After getting the money, Wang Dezhe hesitated between escaping from the village and hiding back in the ancestral hall.

If I escape, I'll be on the run for the rest of my life. Without a household registration, I can't do anything. After thinking it over, I decided to return to the ancestral hall.

Oh, if I had known this would happen.

Wang Dezhe felt the pain in his chest and slowly lost consciousness.

Lu Qingqing looked at the dagger stuck in Wang Dezhe's heart for a while, then walked over and held Qin Lang's hand.

"We avenged grandma."

Lu Qingqing took out a shovel from the space, dug a hole in the woods by the roadside, buried Wang Dezhe in it, and then quietly returned to the village.

The next day, when the guard was delivering food, he found that Wang Dezhe was missing and hurried to report to the village chief.

The villagers searched everywhere but couldn't find him, so they all thought that Wang Dezhe had escaped.

Seeing his brother really escape, Wang Deben suddenly felt a little regretful. If he had known that he could escape so smoothly, he would have gone with him.

Now I just hope that when they are escorted back to the yamen for trial, they will be given a light sentence because of my meritorious service.

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Qin family.

After taking revenge, the two men seemed to have lost their goal all of a sudden and lay in a daze at home for a few days.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang would occasionally forget that their grandmother had passed away and call her grandmother unconsciously.

After they shouted, they remembered that Grandma Qin had passed away, and both of them were depressed for a while.

That day, Zhuzi's wife came over. She had come several times since Grandma Qin left.

Thinking that Grandma Qin had passed away and worried that the two children might have some inconvenience in their lives, she came to help.

When I came here today, I saw no one in the yard, and I knew the two children were lying in the house again.

"Da Ya, Xiao Lang, are you in the house?"

Lu Qingqing stood up, opened the door and welcomed Zhuzi's wife in.

"Daya, I came here today because I want to ask you something. Now that the weather is warmer, many families in the village have started planting wheat again."

"What do you think? Should we start planting wheat again?"

The two families lived close to each other, and Zhuzi's wife knew that the Qin family had harvested a field of cabbage last year.

When the Qin family was planting, many people in the village laughed at them, thinking that they were stupid and that they would not use good land to grow cabbages.

Unexpectedly, all the wheat plants were frozen to death, but the Qin family's cabbages were harvested.

In winter, many people couldn't help but think that if they had a cellar full of cabbages, they wouldn't be so hungry.

Zhuzi's wife thought Lu Qingqing was a promising person, so she came over to ask.

When the winter cold snap hit, the wheat in the fields froze to death. A few days ago, there was a hailstorm, which completely destroyed the crops.

In the first few days after the hailstorm, some villagers were afraid to go out.

Gradually, the villagers found that the snow had stopped and became braver.

Now, some families in the village have started to plow the soil and plan to plant crops again.

Lu Qingqing couldn't tell Zhuzi's wife what the Little Ice Age disaster was, so she thought for a moment and said,

"I think we should wait and see. There was a hailstorm a few days ago. The weather has changed so quickly in the past two years. Let's wait and see."

"Besides, it's still early now, so it won't be too late to plant it later."

Zhuzi's wife felt that what Lu Qingqing said made sense. Her family didn't have many seeds left, and if there was another disaster, there would be nothing left to plant.

Zhuzi's wife chatted for a while, and then said goodbye and left when she saw that Lu Qingqing was not in the mood.