Zhe Jinchun

Chapter 39

Mrs. Tai was silent, Qin Wang raised his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat from his brow.

A Dou and Zheng Da were already a bit of an argument, but they disappeared one after the other, only one day apart.Zhuangzi has already spread the word that the two of them eloped, and even Zheng Da's family did not dare to make a noise about it.

According to the law of Chen Guo, all servants who fled privately would be beheaded, and the crime of eloping with money was even more serious, and the whole family would be imprisoned.

As the head of the village, Qin Wang has to bear some responsibility for this kind of thing. He felt a little uneasy at the moment, while wiping his sweat, he sneaked a look at Mrs. Tai's face.

Mrs. Tai's expression didn't change much, her brows and eyes were calm.

"I see." She said calmly, and looked at Qin Wang again, her eyes were unclear, "Zhou Yu told me a few days ago."

Qin Wang hurriedly lowered his eyes, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

He had completely forgotten about Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu had been living in Zhuangzi all the time, and Qin's mansion, who had only returned a few days ago, knew about the matter between A Dou and Zheng Da.

Mrs. Tai knew about this early in the morning, but she didn't say anything just now.If he concealed it out of selfishness and did not report it, how would Mrs. Tai think of him?Can he still keep his position as the head of the village?
The more Qin Wang thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't help wiping his forehead with his sleeve.

Ever since he entered the hospital, the sweat on his body has not stopped, and now his back is already wet, sticky and uncomfortable.But he didn't dare to express anything, he just knelt and sat still obediently.

"I heard that the yard where Liu Niang lived was flooded, is there such a thing?" Mrs. Tai asked, her old voice was as calm as before.

Qin Wang said "It's dangerous" in his heart.

It seems that Mrs. Tai has got the news in advance about the matter in Zhuangzi.Qin Wang couldn't help but think once again that he really came to the right place this time. Many things, told by others and told by himself, have absolutely different effects.

"Madame Tai, please forgive me. I didn't take good care of Zhuangzi, so the girl's residence was flooded. Fortunately, the fire started in the night after the girl left. God bless the girl's luck. It's just...the one who stayed in the yard Ah Fu and Ah Tuo... were burned to death..."

As he spoke, his voice trembled, and his body shook, as if he remembered the tragic scene at that time.

"Speak carefully, I'll listen." Mrs. Tai's indifferent voice sounded, and there was no wave on her calm face.

Qin Wang was startled, and quickly sat up straight, thinking about the whole incident carefully, before he fully described the incident of the fire in the village.

It turned out that those few days coincided with the social day, and Zhuangzi was more lively than usual, and everyone even held a banquet to celebrate the harvest.

The fire started in the middle of the night, because most of the villagers drank alcohol and slept soundly, so the fire burned for more than an hour. When everyone woke up and put out the fire, the whole yard was in ruins Finally, everyone found two corpses in the vegetable cellar that were hugged together and had no shape.

Qin Wang only took one look at the corpse, and was so frightened that he had nightmares for several nights.

It was really scary. Qin Wang had never seen such a dead person in his life. It was completely burned to black charcoal, the bones were scorched, and he couldn't even tell whether he was a man or a woman.

The officials of the city office hastily examined the body, only saying that the deceased was a man and a woman, and nothing else could be found out. Everyone knew that it must be Ah Fu and Ah Tuo.

On the morning of Qin Liuniang's departure, A Tuo and his wife suddenly fell ill and were unable to go back home with them, staying in the yard all the time.I don't want this unexpected disaster to cause this loyal and honest couple to die tragically in the fire.

The villagers felt sorry for the sudden death of the two of them, so a few brave ones picked up their bones and buried them together in the back mountain.Because his husband and wife had no relatives, the funeral was still arranged by the head of Qin Zhuang.

Madam lowered her eyelids and listened quietly to Qin Wang's narration. She waited until he had come to an end before asking: "Why did the fire suddenly start? Could it be spread to other places in Zhuangzi?"

Qin Wang hurriedly said: "Mrs. Tai is so blessed that the fire didn't spread to other places. It's a blessing. The official said after inspection that the fire started from the kitchen. It may be that the stove fire was not extinguished. The oil pot in the kitchen It leaked again, and the fire started. The weather was dry in those few days, and the westerly wind was blowing, and the wind helped the fire, and the fever grew bigger."

At this point, he took a breath, and then continued: "The official also said that Ah Fu and the others must have been awakened by the thick smoke, and they wanted to run out, but the way was blocked by the fire, so they could only run into the kitchen. Unfortunately, there was a large urn of oil stored in the vegetable cellar, and the oil urn was cracked by the heat, and the fire in the vegetable cellar was even bigger than outside, so the two of them couldn't call for help, so..."

He couldn't bear to go on, he let out a long sigh, and stopped talking.

A Tuo and his wife are really pitiful, if they leave with Qin Liuniang first, how can such a disaster happen?As a servant of the Qin family, Qin Wang felt rather desolate in his heart because he hurt his kind.

"Didn't the fire start from under the kitchen? How can the hospital be sealed off?" Mrs. Tai asked with a calm look in her eyes.

Qin Wang cheered up quickly and said in a respectful voice: "Because the weather was fine and the wind was strong those few days, every household in the village piled firewood in the yard to dry in the winter. The yard where the girl lived There was also a lot of firewood drying in the sun, and the fire was burned out from the kitchen, and the firewood was lit, and the gate of the courtyard was sealed."

As he spoke, he sighed again, and his expression was a little gloomy.

The so-called heaven does not give people a way to live is also because Ah Fu and Ah Tuo were destined to die in the fire, and manpower could no longer save them.

After hearing what he said, Mrs. Tai fell silent, and after a while, she let out a long sigh: "This is also their fate, and it's such an unfortunate thing, God's will cannot be violated."

Qin Wang didn't dare to answer, so he just bowed his body and bowed his head in silence.

Mrs. Tai didn't go to see him either, she turned her head and looked out the window with a gradually dazed expression.

At some point, the room was filled with twilight, the thick yellow and a faint light from the sky blurred everything in the room.The rain and snow particles are blown up by the wind, and occasionally a few particles fall on the window lattice, rustling and scattered, monotonous and desolate.

Mrs. Tai looked at the dim room in a daze.

At that moment, she thought of the night when Yingchuan got wet, the night was even darker than now, so dark that there was no light.

Mrs. Tai's sleeves hanging by the desk suddenly trembled slightly.

Yes, how could she forget such a night in her life?She remembered clearly the coldness of the heavy rain and the urgency of the thunder.

She remembered how difficult it was for the water to pass over her waist, and she also remembered that she was pulled by her husband, fell down countless times, and struggled to get up countless times. There were [-] lumps in her nose, eyes, and hair The pores are all filled with cold water.

She stood tremblingly on the roof, the black turbidity was only a palm width away from her feet.The pitch-black water seems to have melted into the night, but it is surging in this thick black, like a huge black cloth that cannot see through the gaps, wrapping the entire Qin family's ancestral house in it...

　The day before yesterday, I went to the east of Laomen for a walk. It is very comfortable to visit there in autumn. The gravel roads and narrow alleys, as well as the nearly hundred-year-old trees surrounded by them, the leaves are still green at this time, and most of the alleys are covered with It's the shadow of a tree, very quiet.Eating fried yogurt while shopping, queuing up with friends to buy crispy sesame cakes, watching the sunset in the evening, eating spicy fish in a two-story wooden building, the shop assistant lifted up the bamboo curtains, somehow reminded me of Pan Jinlian picking When the curtain was opened, Ximenqing was opened, and my associations were as far-fetched as floating clouds...

　　Thank you for the safety talisman of Bear Bear Cat and Like Ice Children's Shoes, thank you for the sachet of Yezheng Decline 1996 Children's Shoes, and thank you Mi Mi for the gift.May everyone be safe and happy in this sunny and sunny season, and let us look forward to the arrival of the long holiday together.

　　
　
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