The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

The reason why the villagers rushed to the village center was because something terrible had happened to Li Ben's family.

People who lived near Li's family noticed that many of the rice seedlings in Li Ben's field had been flooded, and thought they should hurry over and tell them.

Seeing the Li family's gate tightly closed, he thought no one was home. A gust of wind blew the gate open a crack, and the scene in the courtyard stunned him.

Li Ben, Chen Shi, and Liu Tao, a widow from the village, were lying on the ground, vomiting dark blood. A pool of blood was visible beneath Liu Tao.

The villager, regaining his senses, shouted, "Someone's dead...someone from the Li family's family has died!" His shout brought everyone in the village together, which led to the scene that Yin Baicai witnessed.

The village chief rushed over to uphold justice, shouting, "Don't move them! Someone go to the town and report this to the authorities!"

The villagers, terrified, dared not approach the Li family's courtyard. Looking at the three members of the Chen family, whose mouths were already dry of blood, they thought they had probably been dead for several days.

"Village...Village Chief, Li Zhe's family has an oxcart, why don't we ride in the oxcart..."

Before he could finish speaking, Huang Zhong glanced at him. Their village had wronged others so much, how could they possibly bother them now that they had something to do?

Finally, two quick-moving men from the village stepped forward and volunteered to go to the town to report to the authorities.

The village gossip Ma Qiao'e exclaimed, "Such a big thing happened, why haven't we seen Wan Ya? And why are Liu Tao and Chen Shi acting like a family of three? Look at this pot of chicken soup, what's going on?"

Her reminder sparked curiosity among the villagers, who began to inquire about Wan Ya's whereabouts and speculate about the cause of Li Ben and the others' deaths.

Wan Ya, who had just returned from her parents' home, was walking back to the village when she thought that it had been several days and the bodies of Chen Shi and the other two must have started to rot by now!

She deliberately pretended to come to her parents' home to clear herself of suspicion.

Three days ago

The villagers were all preoccupied with the affairs of Li Jiang's family, so naturally no one paid attention to Li Ben's family.

After Wan Ya threw aconitine into the chicken soup that day, she also saw that Chen added a lot of tonics that she had dug up herself from the mountain. Wan Ya had an idea in her mind.

He deliberately argued with Chen and then left the Li family. The villagers would never suspect he was the one who did it, thus avoiding discovery and saving himself from wasting his life on revenge for his child with those scoundrels.

Wan Ya entered Peach Blossom Village in complete silence. She thought to herself: The villagers must have discovered that Li Ben and the other two were dead!

Otherwise, we wouldn't have been completely without a single person along the way.

As she approached the Li family's house, just as she had expected, the villagers had gathered there.

The villagers also saw Wanya, who pretended to be shocked and asked, "Why is everyone gathered at my door? What's going on?"

Old Huang from the village stepped forward and said, "Wan Ya, where have you been? Something has happened to your husband Li Ben and your mother-in-law."

Upon hearing this, Wan Ya pretended to be completely unaware and hurriedly pushed through the crowd to run into the courtyard. "No...it's impossible. They were all fine when I left two days ago."

Seeing Li Ben and the other two lying in the courtyard with dark blood at the corners of their mouths, Wan Ya rushed over, "Mother, what happened to you? Li Ben, wake up! It's me, Wan Ya..." She choked up and sobbed as she spoke.

If someone were paying attention at this moment, they would surely notice the smile hidden behind the tears in Wan Ya's eyes. She was finally dead. Good riddance! Let them all go down and be buried with my son! Don't worry, I will definitely take "good" care of the family.

Wan Ya then pretended to be unable to bear the shock and fainted. Several women from the village hurriedly helped her back to her room.

"Tell me what happened? The Li family has suddenly encountered such a huge problem."

A villager who lived near Li Ben's house stood up and said, "If you ask me, I'm afraid this Chen's old habit has relapsed. He probably picked up some herbs from somewhere and accidentally put them in his soup and ate them."

She glanced at the village chief and whispered to the villagers, "And let me tell you, I've recently noticed that Li Ben and his mother are going to Liu Tao's house every few days. The other day, I even heard Chen scold Wan Ya and chase her away. And look at this pot of chicken soup, only the three of them are eating it."

Upon hearing her say this, the group began to whisper among themselves, making guesses as they talked.

The saying "three men can make a tiger" perfectly describes this situation; before long, the rumors began to spread in a negative direction.

"Look at that pool of blood beneath Liu Tao, this is probably..."

Although she didn't finish her sentence, everyone exchanged glances and knew what she wanted to say.

Wan Ya, who had already been helped into the house and fainted, opened her eyes and listened to the rumors spread by the villagers outside through the paper window. She almost burst out laughing. Yes, that's exactly what you're saying.

These three deserve to die. One or two of them treated me, Wan Ya, like a fool and kept me in the dark. Now that you're all dead, it's truly gratifying!

two hours later

The villagers who had gone to town arrived with several constables. Huang Zhong, as the village head, immediately went up to them respectfully, saying, "Greetings, sir. Thank you for your trouble."

The yamen runners, who were usually bossed around in the county government office, now felt superior and calmly nodded: "Why is it your Peach Blossom Village again? It's only been a few days since the last case, and now there's another murder."

The villagers paused, their village's reputation plummeting even further.

The Li family's affair has made them the laughingstock of the surrounding villages, and now with another death, is their Peach Blossom Village suffering some kind of divine retribution?

The villagers grew increasingly frightened, and the more timid ones began to think about their future, deciding to find a new place to live.

The county coroner also arrived, and after an investigation, concluded that the three men had been poisoned by drinking chicken soup laced with aconitine.

The matter was closed so hastily, but the people left behind a considerable shock in the hearts of the villagers before they left.

The coroner told Village Chief Huang that the husband was two months pregnant, which was truly a pity! The whole family had perished like this. Clearly, the coroner had mistaken the poisoned Liu Tao for Li Ben's husband.

Upon hearing this, everyone in the village understood immediately. Considering the attitude of Li Ben and his mother towards Liu Tao over the past few days, it was obvious whose child Liu Tao was carrying.

Those who disapproved of Liu Tao's behavior jumped out and cursed: "She's shameless! Everyone says that Liu Tao, this widow, is promiscuous and immoral, but it turns out she's already secretly pregnant with Li Benzhu's child. Poor Wan Ya, she's been kept in the dark by these people."

The pot of poisonous chicken soup on the table seemed incredibly ironic at that moment, "Even God couldn't stand it anymore, serves them right."

"Alright, alright, that's enough. This person is dead."

That day, the villagers simply buried Li Ben and the other two wherever they could find a spot. It wasn't exactly a glorious thing, so they just let it go in a hasty manner.

Many villagers who disapproved of Li Ben's family's actions stayed to keep Wan Ya company.

Wan Ya pretended to wake up, listened to what the villagers were saying, and then angrily fainted again.

Soon after, Wan Ya's family received the news and brought her home, along with a considerable amount of silver that Chen had been secretly hoarding.

From then on, no one in Peach Blossom Village ever saw Wan Ya again.

When Yin Baicai woke up, he learned what had happened from Grandma Wu, but he just listened to it as a story and moved on. He had important matters to attend to!