Chapter 1210 Malice

For several days, the Zhao family was in a gloomy mood.

The neighbors were talking about it behind their backs. Although the Wang family did not tell anyone about the cancellation of the engagement, Zhao Sheng and Zhao Xiang would not talk about it. But many times, people like to gossip. Someone saw the Wang family's ox cart, and then everyone saw that the Zhao family's father and daughter had a gloomy face since then, and all kinds of rumors immediately increased.

It was spread around, and it became that Zhao Cheng died in battle outside, so the Wang family withdrew the marriage.

In fact, everyone knows that the news of Huang Tianjun's defeat in the Southern Wilderness has just spread. It is impossible to determine who died in battle and who was fine.

But many times, kicking someone when they are down is a bad habit of some people. They are not afraid of the hardship of the people around them, but they are afraid that the people around them are doing well. Even if they are blood relatives, some people will deliberately come to step on you when you are down. The more uncomfortable you are, the happier they are.

This is the situation the Zhao family is facing now.

Because Zhao Cheng became a Taoist priest before, and later became the general flag, the Zhao family had the best life among all the neighbors.

Because of this status, although many people envy and hate them, they dare not show it openly, fearing retaliation.

Not daring to show it does not mean that it will disappear. Instead, it will continue to accumulate in the heart until the Zhao family shows weakness, and then it will suddenly explode.

Although these people have no evidence at all, they still deliberately imagine the worst case scenario, and especially, when talking, they deliberately increase the volume, just to let Zhao Sheng and Zhao Xiang hear it.

In the evening, after eating, many people gathered in groups of three or two at the corners of the alleys and streets, chatting about various hearsays.

In the past, Zhao Xiang was also one of them, and chatting with those aunts was her rare entertainment.

Although these people said some clichés, some stories heard a little bit, and told them over and over again, Zhao Xiang still enjoyed it.

However, Zhao Xiang didn't go out much these days. Even if she closed the door, she could still hear a lot of gossip coming from outside through the crack.

The loudest voice came from Aunt Lin who lived nearby. This aunt usually took good care of her, even with a bit of flattery, but now, she kept saying similar words over and over again.

At this moment, Zhao Xiang heard a harsh voice coming from outside the door: "Zhao Cheng is too pitiful. He died so young. The most hateful thing is that the Wang family actually took advantage of the situation. The child just died, and they came to cancel the engagement impatiently. It's simply heartless and ungrateful..."

Aunt Lin was tirelessly condemning the Wang family for canceling the engagement. On the surface, it sounded like she was speaking for the Zhao family, but in fact, Zhao Xiang knew that the other party was deliberately speaking loudly for her.

If she was really on their side, she would definitely know that the news of the defeat had just come, and there was no conclusion at all about who would live and who would die.

But Aunt Lin still made a direct conclusion, and her tone was very firm and her voice was loud, as if she had seen everything with her own eyes, and she described it vividly.

At first, Zhao Xiang almost thought that Aunt Lin was a good person, but after hearing similar words more often, she came to her senses.

This person looks kind, but in fact he is very vicious, and he wishes Zhao Cheng to die and his family to be destroyed.

Of course, even if this kind of thing comes true, they will not get any benefit, but some people are born bad, and the more unfortunate others are, the happier they are...

However, even if she knew this, Zhao Xiang couldn't help but feel sour in her heart and her eyes were a little red when she thought of the other party's disguise and the face now.

And the bursts of harsh voices, like the sound of a demon, made her think of the nightmare not long ago.

In the small room on the other side, Zhao Sheng was silent, just puffing his dry tobacco one after another. He planted the tobacco leaves himself and dried them. The variety and method were not good, so the taste was naturally very bad. On weekdays, he only took a few puffs occasionally to refresh himself, but now, he smoked continuously, as if only in this way could he dispel some of the depression in his heart.

The harsh sound coming from his ears made him want to run out and tear off the mouths of those shrews, but he knew that the more he lost his composure, the more proud those people would be. In fact, this kind of thing was what they expected.

He dared to guarantee that once he lost his composure, there would definitely be a team of people who would forcibly hold him in the name of doing good for him, and then use words or even actions to give him a bigger blow.

He had seen many similar things in his life.

Even those evil people must be in a place where they could not see the light, thinking gloomily that it would be best if they could force them to death, so that they would feel satisfied.

Of course, on the surface, they would say that it was a pity for the father and daughter of the Zhao family who could not bear the blow of losing their loved ones, and they would condemn this damn world.

He clearly remembered that when he was a blacksmith's apprentice, there was a woman in that area. Not long after she got married, her husband died. So soon, rumors started to spread that this woman was responsible for her husband's death. , in the end, it even evolved to say that since this woman killed her husband and did not die for her husband, she was unfaithful. What's more, it even went so far as to say that this woman conspired with the adulterer to kill herself. Husband, why not go with your husband? !

Those evil men deliberately said similar words loudly near the woman's home. After a while, one night, the woman hanged herself directly at home...

Zhao Sheng, who had just become a blacksmith apprentice at the time, was still a child, but he knew that the woman was a very good person. She usually spoke softly to others and was kind to everyone, but like this One of the people was directly forced to death.

This is not an isolated case. There are many places where if there are old people and their children die in an accident, the people around them will deliberately say something like, why are they still living when all their children are dead...

There are also people who are filial to their parents. They are filial sons and their families are harmonious and beautiful. However, the neighbors around them will deliberately avoid their children and gossip in front of the elderly about so-and-so from such and such a family. Why don’t they die? They want to drag their children down by living... …

Zhao Sheng has seen too many such things.

Although Zhao Sheng has not read any books, he knows that the power of words is very terrifying. If he is shaken, he will be finished.