nucmednet Chapter 1281 The Divorced Merchant's Daughter 3
Chapter 1281 The Divorced Merchant's Daughter 3
“It’s quite convenient.”
Shu Jiao climbed up the hillside along the dirt road and saw the graves of the Zhang family ancestors standing quietly in the night.
"Don't blame me for disturbing your peace and quiet,"
Shu Jiao's lips curled slightly. "If you have to blame someone, blame your descendants for being so disappointing. I bet you're all furious about raising such a worthless thing."
"Let's send out some smoke to show them our stance."
She murmured to herself as she selected various tools from the space.
soon.
As a west wind blew, a crimson glow suddenly appeared in the night.
It looks extremely ominous.
The branches and weeds around the grave crackled and popped, and wisps of ashes drifted in the firelight.
"Oops~"
Shu Jiao stood not far away, chuckled softly, and walked away with her back to the firelight. "San'er, keep a close eye on things, don't let the crops burn."
to be honest.
She wouldn't implicate anyone else in the mess the Zhang family made.
Moreover, the crops were about to be harvested, and if she burned them all down, the entire village wouldn't be able to pay its taxes this year, and people wouldn't have anything to eat. It wouldn't just be one or two people who would die.
Although she wasn't exactly a good person, she still wouldn't commit such a terrible sin.
003 silently gave a thumbs up.
It knew that its host sister, who was so compatible with it, couldn't possibly be a bad person.
Because it is not a bad system either.
Although it sometimes (scratch that, often) likes to exploit loopholes, stir up trouble, and even gamble and rob, it is truly a good system!
Determined.jpg!
"Don't worry, we're keeping an eye on it."
003 was the answer.
Shu Jiao strolled home.
No one noticed along the way.
Shu Jiao felt that the original owner had awakened too late. If she had noticed something was wrong before going to the capital, given the Zhang family's unpreparedness, a packet of arsenic would have sent the entire family on their way.
Why did he have to endure years of humiliation and subservience before risking his life to avenge himself?
But how can humans be prescient?
But it's the Shu family.
Humph.
He had long ago assisted that ungrateful wretch surnamed Zhang in demoting the original owner's wife to a concubine, yet he didn't utter a single word.
Shu Jiao didn't believe it; they didn't know what kind of treatment the original owner would receive once she entered the capital.
But he didn't say.
It wasn't just greed for Zhang Zizhao's promise to "protect merchants," but perhaps... Shu's father would rather consider adopting a son, because that adopted son would be more important than the original owner's only daughter.
How ridiculous.
And yet, how tragic!
Thinking about it, Shu Jiao sighed softly.
……
"what--!"
As dawn broke, a piercing, high-pitched sound ripped through the sky, startling even the village chickens.
"It's not good, it's not good!"
With that sound, a flustered figure appeared at the gate of the Zhang family's house.
The newcomer, wearing only a short-sleeved undershirt and bare-chested, carrying a hoe, stopped panting at the doorway. "Oh dear! Scholar Zhang! Something terrible has happened!"
"Your Zhang family's ancestral graves have been burned down."
"They've all been burned!"
Mr. Zhang was sitting in the hall. Upon hearing this, he immediately slammed his fist on the table and exclaimed, "Impossible!"
Immediately, a rush of energy shot into his brain, and his eyes began to roll back.
"Father!"
"Master!"
When the Zhang family saw him like this, they were afraid that he would die of anger.
Seeing his chest heaving violently and his face turning red, Zhang's mother quickly raised her hand to pat him on the back to help him breathe. "Don't be angry, we have to go and see! Someone must have deliberately set this on fire."
What a coincidence that they burned down his family's ancestral graves all night?
Meanwhile, several early risers, disturbed by the noise, had come to see what was going on: ? ? ?
what?
The ancestral graves were all burned down?
"Could it be that they've been punished by heaven?"
"Could it be that his son, who was an official outside, did something he shouldn't have done and is now getting his comeuppance?"
"You never know~"
"The ancestral graves have all been burned down! Good heavens, how many bad things must they have done? Even the heavens can't tolerate this..."
As they were discussing, one of them suddenly turned pale and slapped his thigh, exclaiming, "Oh no! My land is right next to their graves. We were just about to harvest our grain today, and I hope it won't be burned down too!"
After saying that, he rushed up the hillside with a look of anxiety on his face.
"It's alright, our land is fine."
The messenger who brought the news also found it strange, saying, "The Zhang family's ancestral graves were burned to the ground, but our crops are all perfectly fine."
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in surprise.
No?
What kind of fire could accurately target and burn the ancestral graves without damaging their land?
This is clearly...
This is divine retribution!
Suddenly, everyone's gaze towards Zhang's father changed.
"Impossible! Someone must have deliberately set the fire!"
After a long while, Zhang's father, having recovered his strength, took a deep breath, stood up with a gloomy expression, and hurried up the mountain with heavy and urgent steps.
Zhang's mother quickly followed.
Grandmother Zhang hurried upstairs. Even if she didn't care about others, she had to worry about Zhang's father's father, her husband who had been dead for several years.
Her husband is buried there too.
The Zhang family all went up.
At this moment, no one remembered why Shu Jiao, who used to get up early every morning to serve Grandmother Zhang and Mother Zhang, had not appeared yet.
Soon, the news that the Zhang family's ancestral graves had been burned down spread throughout the village.
A large crowd rushed to see what was going on.
When they reached the middle of the mountain, Mr. Zhang looked up and saw that all the crops around him were fine, without a trace of fire.
But it's his family's ancestral grave...
His family's ancestral graves were covered with piles of ashes from the fire, the tombstones were all burned away, and even...
There were even scattered fires burning on the graves, with black smoke billowing out.
Father Zhang's face turned deathly pale. He swayed, his knees buckled, and he knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face. "Ancestors! Father!! I've let you down!!!"
By staying here, he can even prevent the ancestors' graves from being burned.
How can he possibly face his ancestors now?
The cries were so heartbreaking that the onlookers felt utterly miserable.
"His father, his father..."
When Grandma Zhang arrived at Grandpa Zhang's grave, she saw only a dusty, gray mound and wept uncontrollably.
But suddenly, her crying stopped.
He reached out his hand and touched it tremblingly.
empty.
empty!
There's a hole!!
Not only was it burned down, but the grave was also dug up!
"Ah—uh..."
Grandma Zhang pointed to the barely noticeable hole, rolled her eyes, and fainted on the spot.
When Shu Jiao strolled up slowly, this was the scene she saw, and her mood instantly brightened.
"Oh dear, Grandmother, what's wrong?"
“The fact that smoke is rising from this ancestral grave means that my husband is destined for great fortune in the capital. The ancestors underground must be overjoyed. This is a good thing. Father, Grandmother, Mother, we should all be happy.”
Smoke is rising from the ancestral graves~
How can this not be considered a fortunate event?
After hearing Shu Jiao's words, Mr. Zhang almost fainted.
Is this a good thing?
What kind of good thing is it for ancestral graves to be burned?
The Zhang family is lucky if they aren't insulted!
"You ignorant fool..."
Just as Mr. Zhang was about to start cursing, Shu Jiao raised an eyebrow, waved her handkerchief, and interrupted his spellcasting. "Father, look, the place Grandmother is looking at seems a bit off."