Shipin Dalizheng

"Shut up, you're so capable! You can't reason with people outside, so you go home and take it out on your wife? You're really capable. Rong Shizi, you have to stop this and prevent any chaos."

Seeing Mayor Gao sweating, Rong Tang slowly stood up and said, "What this prince hates most is those rotten men who are useless outside and give their wives and daughters a hard time when they get home. I've also made it clear today that if the men in your village don't want Rongjia Village wives anymore, you can just send them back."

The villagers of Rongjia Village were all stunned. Is the prince going to give up all his married daughters?

Rong Tang continued, "However many you drive away, we, the Rong family, will take in. I'll make the decision. The village will provide money to build new houses for them, divide up land, hire them to work and earn money, and ensure they live a stable life. You should consider whether to drive back only the wives or the children as well. If you drive the children back as well, that would be even better. They will all change their surnames to Rong, go to school like the other children in Rongjia Village, and when they grow up, they will be given land to build houses and get married. Village Chief Hong, make your choice!"

The sound was so loud that you could hear a pin drop. Everyone in Dahong Village was stunned.

Rong Dajiang was the first to come to his senses. This was a game, and whoever backed down would lose.

"That's right, the prince makes the decision, and I, Rong Dajiang, will be the first to agree."

Village Chief Hong was speechless. "You, our daughter from Dahong Village, your village doesn't want her anymore?"

Some villagers in Rongjia Village are still nervous. They married a woman from Dahong Village and don't want to divorce.

"Since the girls from your village have married into Rongjia Village, they are now members of Rongjia Village. Why are you chasing them away? Do you think all the men in Rongjia Village are so spineless? Pah!"

The one who spoke was none other than Ma Da Ren, the women's director of Rongjia Village. With her big and sturdy waist, she was even more ferocious than a tigress.

Rong Tang was very impressed. "Yes, Director Ma said exactly what I wanted to say. Chuncao, reward Director Ma with half a pound of meat. Village Chief Hong, our attitude has been made clear. You can do whatever you want. Uncle Dajiang, keep a close eye on Dahong Village. If anyone bullies our girls, take them back first and then talk. By the way, Village Chief Hong, the water dragon cart is two hundred taels, no bargaining."

After saying that, he no longer felt like arguing with them, so he just waved his hand and went home.

The villagers of Dahong Village stood there dumbfounded, receiving countless contemptuous looks. They came in angrily and went back with their faces covered.

Rong Tang returned to the yard, washed his face with cold water, and then went to see Rong Dahanzi. He only knew this person and had seen his back from a distance, but had never seen him up close.

Zhang Pojun had already reattached his dislocated arm and bandaged the wounds on his body. Fortunately, his skin was thick and no vital parts were injured.

"how's it going?"

Zhang Pojun rolled his eyes at him and said, "You can't die."

Rong Tang looked at Rong Dahanzi. When their eyes met, he felt that Rong Dahanzi immediately avoided his gaze with an unnatural expression.

However, just with this one glance, Rong Tang could see a lot of things, this big fool was not stupid.

Rong Dajiang and the Third Master came in soon after and asked about the situation. They were relieved to learn that the problem was not serious.

Rong Tang gestured with his eyes for Rong Dajiang to step aside and speak, "Uncle Dajiang, what happened back then? Can you tell me in detail?"

Rong Dajiang said, "You have to ask Third Uncle about this. He is the clan leader and knows the most."

Because of Qiaoqiao's tragic past life, Rong Tang now really dislikes the Third Master's family. He sees an old man who is clearly innocent but has made his life a mess.

Although he did not exist in his previous life, the villagers of Rongjia Village were badly harmed by Jin Shizhao. It can be said that the cruelty of Jin Shizhao and his son caused the tragedy of many families in the Rong clan. In essence, the Third Master also had many reasons to do so, but when faced with the choice, he chose to sacrifice his eldest son's family without hesitation and save his second son's family, which is also very annoying.

The Third Master instinctively felt that he had distanced himself from Prince Tang again. Although Prince Tang was still as polite as ever, politeness itself was a form of alienation.

He sighed in his heart and recalled the past.

After hearing this, I realized that it was not just a simple elopement, but also involved many inside stories that could not be told to outsiders.

More than 20 years ago, Xueyan was sent to Rongjia Village by her uncle and was given to be raised by her seventh grandfather and seventh grandmother.

That Li Zongbao was not a member of the Li family in this village. He was a child sent by the old uncle not long after. Although he didn't say it, I guess he was also a descendant of a soldier.

The two children have known each other since childhood. After being sent to Rongjia Village, although they were not from the same family, they were inseparable. At that time, some people in the village joked that the two children would be willing to get married in the future. Rong Xueyan and Li Zongbao also heard about it. They were shy but did not object.

After a few years of peaceful life, the old man passed away, and the two children lost their source of income and had to rely on their labor to make ends meet. Life was difficult for the poor, and there were also some setbacks that were not known to outsiders. In short, ten years ago, the two children were sixteen and eighteen years old, and they were both handsome, not at all like the rough-looking children in the village.

During this period, the Seventh Grandfather passed away, and the Seventh Grandmother had only one son, Dahanzi. Dahan was stupid and it was difficult to find a wife for him. So the Seventh Grandmother had an idea and wanted to marry Xueyan, the girl she raised, to her son to carry on the family line.

You can imagine how fierce Xueyan's resistance was. She was a strong-willed person who would rather die than surrender. Seventh Grandma had no choice but to ask Li Zongbao to give a betrothal gift of ten taels of silver to Dahanzi and let Xueyan marry him.

But where did Li Zongbao have the money? He wasn't a biological son of the Li family, and no one was willing to pay him ten taels of silver as a betrothal gift, so the marriage was delayed.

After Seventh Grandma pressed for the money several times but to no avail, she lost her mind and believed the words of a matchmaker from Dahong Village. She promised Xueyan to Hong Xiucai, who was 30 years old at the time, with a betrothal gift of 10 taels of silver.

She thought Xueyan had married into a wealthy family and was going to enjoy a good life, and she completely ignored Xueyan's resistance.

Soon after, Xueyan and Li Zongbao eloped together. A year later, Xueyan returned alone, and the villagers learned that Li Zongbao had been captured and beaten to death by Hong Xiucai.

"At that time, the seventh wife felt sorry for Xueyan and asked Dahanzi for his opinion. He was still willing to marry Xueyan, so he asked Xueyan again if she was willing to marry. Who knew Xueyan was so stubborn and still refused to obey. The seventh wife felt humiliated and refused to care for her. That night, Xueyan had a difficult labor and died after giving birth to Shiwazi. The seventh wife felt extremely guilty about the death. After a while, she fell seriously ill and died. Dahanzi didn't find a wife either. He used the ten taels of silver to arrange the funeral for Xueyan and her mother. From then on, he became even more foolish and a pitiful man."

The Third Master sighed deeply, and seemed to feel pity for Rong Dahanzi, while Rong Tang felt upset.

He didn't want to ask the Third Master what he thought about the matter. If he did, the Third Master would just answer him with a matter-of-fact expression, "The Seventh Master's family raised her, isn't it natural for her to marry Da Hanzi and have children?" This would make him angry.

He waved his hand and told the Third Master to leave quickly. He didn't want to swear at the elderly. After all, the Third Master's thoughts represented the thoughts of the entire feudal society. If he got angry about this, he would basically have no peace of mind.

He walked to the room where Dahanzi was staying, looked at him silently for a moment, and suddenly said, "Dahanzi, you are not stupid, right? You have been pretending to be stupid for so many years to cover up the guilt in your heart, because you are the real murderer of Xueyan's death."

Rong Dahanzi avoided his gaze, his expression changed from dull and dazed to red, his voice dry and hoarse, "I don't know what Prince Tang is talking about."

Rong Tang's face was full of sarcasm. "Having a crush on a girl isn't wrong. What's wrong is thinking that girl is yours by right."

Dahanzi was shocked all over.