kingnovel Chapter 202 Caught
Chapter 202 Caught
There was crying in the charity cemetery.
Before today, the farthest the villagers had traveled was to the town, and they had rarely been to the county seat. Many of them were entering the county seat for the first time, but they had unexpectedly been notified by the government to collect the bodies.
Tang Sanmei's biological father and stepmother were among them. Da Niu and Er Niu had died, and they had to take their bodies back for burial. However, from beginning to end, the two dared not even look at the bodies.
"Sir, the children died so tragically and the bad guys haven't been caught. Shouldn't the government give us some burial expenses?" Tang Sanmei's stepmother asked the yamen runners guarding there in a flattering manner.
Tang Sanmei rushed over, grabbed Tang's arm and bit it hard.
"what……"
Tang screamed.
Third sister's father quickly pushed Tang Sanmei away and asked Tang Shi with concern: "Are you okay? Oh my god, there's bleeding."
Third sister's father swung his hand and slapped Tang Sanmei in the face.
Tang Sanmei glared at her father angrily, and then looked at Tang with resentment.
Tang cried and said, "Look at your good daughters. They hate me. Da Niu and Er Niu are dead. Am I not sad? Da Niu and Er Niu insisted on going out to make money, and I tried to stop them! It's hard to be a stepmother. Everyone thinks I'm making things difficult for the girls. God knows, I raised these girls by myself. Now that something happened to them, I feel heartbroken too."
"Third sister, it's already happened, why are you still holding on to it?" Third sister's father said, "If anyone is to blame, it's you. You escaped, why didn't you bring your sisters out with you?"
"How can you be such a father? Your own daughter is dead, and you didn't shed a single tear. And you even blame your surviving daughter for not protecting her sister." Li Taohua sneered in a shrill voice. "I heard that you signed indentures to sell these three girls. If you really cared about their lives, you wouldn't be so cruel."
The woman next to her cried and said, "We didn't sign a contract to sell our daughter. We sent her to the city to work and see if she had a chance to marry a rich man. I never thought of letting my daughter die."
"We aren't either. Why did this happen? My daughter, I'm sorry. I just wanted you to live a good life, but I didn't expect you to lose your life."
"Where's Tang Mingxiu? Is that damned troublemaker Tang Mingxiu dead?"
"And Tang Mingkui. Both Tang siblings deserve to die. Oh, and Wang has been encouraging us to send our daughter to work for her son-in-law. She's an accomplice, too. She should be arrested, too."
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Li Taohua lowered her voice and said, "We can't help much, why don't we go first?"
Qin Huiyin glanced at Tang Sanmei in her arms: "She must want to see her sisters off one last time. Now she doesn't trust Aunt Tang or her father, she only trusts me and Lu Wu."
"She's a poor child too." Li Taohua's eyes were filled with sympathy. "Then you and Lu Wu stay with her and help her through this difficult time. I'll go to the store to help out first."
Qin Huiyin was indeed worried about Tang Sanmei. Not only was she emotionally unstable and speechless, unable to complain when she was bullied, but also because Mrs. Tang and her father simply didn't care about her life or death. Now, in front of everyone, they didn't dare do anything to Tang Sanmei. Once they returned home, without outsiders present, Tang Sanmei would be like a clay figurine at their disposal.
Li Taohua left first, and Tang Luwu and his sister stayed with Qin Huiyin.
The charity cemetery had no shortage of coffins. Most of the villagers had bought coffins for their tragically deceased daughters, but the eldest and second daughters had none. Qin Huiyin paid for the coffins, and Tang and the third sister's father looked smug.
"My third sister said that she would sell herself to me and would be my servant in the future. This money is the price she got for selling her body." Qin Huiyin said calmly.
"How much can two coffins be worth? She is a living person, is she only worth these two coffins?" Tang curled her lips.
"If I remember correctly, you sold the third sister a long time ago. Now that the third sister has escaped from the tiger's den, she belongs only to herself. Since she said she would sell herself to me in exchange for these two coffins, then you can have complete control over it." Qin Huiyin said calmly, "The eldest and second daughters just died tragically. Maybe their souls are still wandering here. Not only did you not buy them coffins, you are also plotting against the third sister. Aren't you afraid of being haunted by evil spirits when you walk on the road at night?"
"Don't say such bluffing. We haven't done anything wrong, so we're not afraid." Tang stammered, "This stinky girl is so unlucky. It's better if she leaves, so she doesn't bring bad luck to us."
Someone is coming on horseback.
Everyone looked back and saw Song Ruize and others riding on horses.
Song Ruize looked for Qin Huiyin in the crowd, found her accurately, left the horse to Jiang Qibin, and strode over.
"They said you followed Captain Feng to catch the bad guys. Have you found any clues about those bad guys?" Qin Huiyin asked.
"We caught some, but the most important leader escaped. However, Tang Mingxiu and Tang Mingkui were both apprehended."
"That's amazing." Qin Huiyin said, "We have to send these sisters who died unjustly back to the village now."
"You want to go back to the village too?"
"I'm worried about my third sister." Qin Huiyin looked at Tang Sanmei who was holding her tightly. "I won't be able to truly rest assured until her sister is buried and she can speak again."
"It just so happens that Lord Wen gave me a few days off. I will accompany you back to the village."
"You're not hurt, are you?"
"No."
Qin Huiyin and others accompanied the villagers to send the girls who died unjustly back to the village.
When coffins appeared in the village, villagers rushed over upon hearing the news. Then came waves of grief-stricken cries, curses, and chest-beating confessions. Some, unable to bear the shock, fainted on the spot. Seeing this, Tang Yixiao immediately gave acupuncture to the fainted, allowing them to recover and slowly wake up.
The village chief regretted it deeply: "Back then, the wealthy family repeatedly warned us to be careful of traps, saying that there is no such thing as a free lunch and we should not be tempted by immediate benefits. We should investigate before making a decision. But we didn't take it seriously. There were so many good girls, all in their prime, and now they are all gone..."
"Village chief, you sent people to investigate. They were too despicable and shameless. They made preparations in advance and deceived everyone. Those bad guys set a trap, and we couldn't escape it even if we wanted to."
"Village chief, my daughter is gone, and I don't want to live anymore. That Wang guy is my daughter's accomplice in her death, and I want to kill her to avenge her." A woman who was crying on the coffin raised her head and said viciously.
"Aunt Wang disappeared early this morning."
"Mother Chunju, you are in a bad state. You should think about your son," the village chief advised. "Wang has committed a crime. The government will definitely arrest her. You don't need to risk yourself for someone who is doomed to die."
With such a tragedy happening in the village, anyone with a conscience couldn't just sit back and watch. So, the entire village held a collective funeral. They invited the most renowned monks in the area to perform a three-day prayer for the deceased. Then, they buried the girls in the same area, so they wouldn't feel lonely. By the time the funeral was over, it was already three days later.