Chapter 656: Murder

The attendant sang loudly, "Xingshougong, please take a seat."

Ding Zhuang walked into the hall with the help of Ding Zhao and Ding Chi and sat in the upper seat.

Seeing the gifts, birthday peaches, birthday noodles, birthday banners all over the room, and the descendants and relatives standing in a row, Ding Zhuang was overwhelmed and his eyes were hot.

When he was young, he thought he couldn't even leave Gu'an Town, but he didn't expect that his family would adopt Xiangxiang, and under Xiangxiang's guidance, the whole family came to the emperor's lap.

Ding Zhao stood behind Ding Zhuang and sang a long song about how capable Ding Zhuang was, how he managed the family well, opened "Baotie", led his descendants from Beiquan Village to the capital, became an uncle, and was rewarded by the emperor and empress many times...

Then the attendant sang loudly, "The birthday celebration begins, and I wish you a long life."

First, Ding Zhao's family and Ding Chi and his wife, the elders in front and the younger ones in the back, knelt down and kowtowed to celebrate the birthday.

The second was Ding Shan's family and Ding Shuniang's family, the same generation bowed, and the younger generation kowtowed.

Then came Ding Youcai's family and several relatives who kowtowed to celebrate the birthday.

Finally, came Zhang Dabao's family and Zhang Xiaobao's family.

Everyone said all kinds of auspicious words.

"I wish my father good fortune as vast as the East Sea, longevity as long as the South Mountain, peace and health every year."

"I wish my grandfather long-lasting blessings and evergreen."

"I wish my elder brother good health and longevity."

"I wish my old man a hundred years of heroism and longevity as long as the South Mountain."

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At the end of the Si hour, guests from the capital arrived one after another.

The first to come were Princess Dongyang, Xun's husband, and Xun Yibo's family.

Xun's husband and his son went directly to the outer courtyard, and Dongyang came to the inner courtyard.

Hearing that the legendary princess and husband had come, the people in the old house were both excited and curious, and afraid, and they all came to kowtow to them.

The voices immediately became smaller.

Then, relatives and friends from the Zhenhai Marquis's Mansion, the Weiguo Duke's Mansion, the Ren Dudu's Mansion, the Zhang Shangshu's Mansion, the Xun Mansion, the Shen Mansion, the Wang Mansion, the Xue Mansion, etc. came. The Ji Wang Mansion, the Qing Wang Mansion, the Eighth Prince, and the Rong Jun Wang Mansion also sent people to send gifts.

Especially the high-ranking officials such as Sun Houye, Ren Dudu, and Xun Qianli came to celebrate the birthday in person, which made Ding Zhuang and his son very happy.

People in the hometown listened to the rituals singing which family came and what gifts they gave, and they were both admired and envious.

Oh my God, it turns out that Ding Zhuang is so arrogant in the capital!

At noon, the emperor and the empress's rewards came again.

Men, women, old and young all went to the front yard to receive the decree.

This made Ding Shuniang, Zhang Dabao and others shed tears with excitement. They didn't expect that they would also receive the imperial edict and the imperial decree by taking advantage of the opportunity.

"It's an honor, the ancestral tomb is smoking."

The emperor rewarded a tiger-headed pine wood longevity stick, and the empress rewarded two gold and jade ruyi.

Ding Zhuang's eyes and nose were red with excitement, and he murmured, "The grace of the emperor is great, the grace of the emperor is great."

In Beiquan Village, Linshui County, the midday sun shines warmly on people.

Beside a bare tree, Wang was chatting with two village women.

Wang is not in good health now. She walks very slowly and can't do much work, but her voice is still loud when she curses.

She was wearing silk clothes, with gold earrings on her ears and gold bracelets on her wrists.

She said loudly, "These gold bracelets and gold earrings are given to me by my second son, and the clothes are given to me by my fourth son. The eldest son is stingy and only listens to the shorty He. He didn't give me a penny..."

Someone asked, "Why didn't you go with Mr. Ding to celebrate his 60th birthday this time?"

Wang said, "My husband and eldest son wanted to take me with them, but I didn't want to go. I want to stay at home to watch over He and not let her move the good things at home to her mother's house."

The other two pouted, they all knew that it was Mr. Ding who didn't let her go.

A lame woman walked woodenly from the other side.

It was Hao.

Listening to Wang's words, Hao felt extremely sad.

Wang forced her to kill, and Wang forced her daughter to run away.

Although Ding Youshou wanted her now, he did not give her a name. She lived in two thatched houses, and she was hungry and full, never full, not to mention silk clothes and gold earrings.

The clan members did not allow them to go to the capital to ask their daughter for money to enjoy life. It must have been Wang who instigated it, only Wang could be so bad.

Wang's son became an official, and she lived a good life with gold and silver thanks to her son. The family built a big tile house, and bought more than 20 acres of land, becoming a small landlord in this area.

God did not have eyes, and let this evil woman live a good life, and she showed off everywhere.

Hao saw a three or four-year-old boy playing with stones in the distance.

The opportunity came.

Her life was hopeless, and that evil woman could not expect a good life either.

Hao walked in that direction.

Not long after, a boy of seven or eight years old came over and said, "Auntie Wang, I just saw Guiqi being beaten to the ground behind the village and couldn't get up, crying."

The daughter-in-law He went to the county town to sell things, leaving Wang and her second grandson Ding Guiqi at home.

The noodles were all in the pot, and the grandson was crying for tofu pudding, so Wang had to take him to Jiang's house to buy tofu pudding.

Seeing two women here, she came over to gossip. She was so happy when she talked about her family's good life now that she forgot about buying tofu pudding and didn't notice that her grandson had left.

Wang looked around and found that her second grandson was not there.

She hurried to the direction the boy pointed.

It was lunch time now. There was silence behind the village, and only a child's cry could be heard faintly.

It was Guiqi's voice.

Wang quickened her pace, "Guiqi, Guiqi..."

Seeing Ding Guiqi lying on the ground crying, with blood on his head.

Wang bulged her eyes and cursed, "Who is so wicked to beat my grandson..."

Before she finished speaking, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her head. She turned her head and saw that Hao was holding a wooden stick and glaring at her.

Wang was terrified and shouted "Murder". Just as she was about to run, Hao's stick hit her again.

One, two, three, four...

Until Wang fell to the ground, her head was beaten beyond recognition, and her brain was beaten out, Hao stopped.

Ding Guiqi was so scared that she couldn't even cry, and looked at them stupidly.

Hao looked at Wang, who was already dead, and smiled.

You have an easy life, right? It's not!

Hao took off her belt and hung it on a tree branch, moved a stone to step on it, and put her head in.

I don't want to live this hard life anymore...

At the beginning of the Wei hour, He came back with a large basket of things on her back. She sold some insoles and purses she made in the county town, and bought some meat and cotton.

She was a little angry when she saw a big lock hanging on the door. It should be the children's lunch break time.

When she opened the door, no one was in the house, and the noodles in the pot had been boiled dry.

This was the lunch for her mother-in-law and her son.

He had a bad feeling in her heart, and hurried out to look for someone.

Some people said that they saw Wang go to the south of the village at noon, and several people followed He there.

As soon as they entered the woods, they first saw Hao hanging on the tree, and everyone screamed.

Then there was Wang, who was lying on the ground with her head smashed, and Ding Guiqi, who was lying on the ground.

He first hugged her son and cried, and put her hand into the child's cotton jacket to touch his chest, which was still warm.

She shouted, "Please ask Doctor Zhao to come over for me."

She ran home with the child in her arms.

Those people didn't dare to touch Hao and Wang, and went to the village to call the head of the village.

Ding Youshou was lying at home sulking.

So many people went to the capital to celebrate his birthday, and he also wanted to take Hao with him, but those people didn't take them.

It was freezing cold, and the boats stopped running. Hao, who had a lame leg, couldn't walk to the capital at all, and she didn't have enough money to hire a donkey cart.

That bitch hasn't come home yet. I don't know where she went.

Suddenly there was a noise outside, saying that Hao had hanged herself and Wang had been beaten to death...

Ding Youshou was so scared that he ran out quickly.

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