If, among them, even one person could come forward and say a word or two of concern when Yu Pingting felt the sadness of the world, perhaps, his or her warmth could become a ray of light in the darkness of Yu Pingting's heart and give her some comfort.
She had nowhere to speak and nowhere to complain, so the darkness in her body gradually filled her body and her soul, turning into a dark and smelly swamp that completely swallowed her up.
The villagers believed what Chen Jinhua said, and had no judgment of their own. They only believed in supernatural powers. They superstitiously believed that Yu Pingting was unclean, that Yu Pingting seduced her father-in-law, and that Yu Pingting was mentally ill and that they would be infected if they got close to her.
They all stayed away from Yu Pingting. Even if one or two daughters-in-law couldn't bear to see this and wanted to go forward, they were pulled away by their husbands and mothers-in-law.
In this world, women have no status. Among women, daughters-in-law have even less status. Above them are fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law, husbands, and even children, who are also superior to them.
Each of them, even if they only used a strength as light as a feather, gathered together a pair of hands, becoming one of the hands that pushed Luoluo Yu Pingting into the abyss.
"Where is your head?" Fu Mingrui looked solemnly at the "headless female corpse" in the coffin.
"Wu~~Wu~~~My grandmother cut off my head. She hated me for taking her grandson away, so she went to ask the witch in the West Mountain how to prevent me from reincarnating. The witch told her to cut off my head and throw it into the river, so that the river would wash my head away and I would never be able to find my head. Then I would not be able to reincarnate. Wu~Wu~~I am so miserable. Now I am wandering in the world and I don’t know where I am~~~~"
"Bang!" Fu Mingrui slammed the gavel and stared at Wang Cuihua who was brought up: "Is what Yu Pingting said true?!"
Wang Cuihua, who was kneeling beside him, was trembling with fear: "Yes, yes... After Zhan Kui's wife committed suicide, her mother-in-law did come to me and said that her wife was hateful and that she died on her own and took her grandchildren with her, but left that bitch behind. So if she couldn't be reincarnated, I would..."
"Wang Cuihua!" Fu Mingrui shouted loudly, scaring Wang Cuihua so much that her face turned pale and she broke out in cold sweat. Fu Mingrui stared at her solemnly, "Have you really seen a ghost?!"
Wang Cuihua was so frightened by Fu Mingrui's righteous aura that she trembled all over. She dared not say anything nonsense: "No, I haven't seen it..."
"Ah~~~" The whole audience was in an uproar.
Wang Cuihua burst into tears: "Those were all taught to me by my master. They are all used to deceive people. Wuuuu~~~ Wuuuu~~~ I was also a little girl abandoned in Xishan. My master saved me and taught me these things. Wuuuu~~~"
"Is it true that acupuncture can help you have a child?!" Fu Mingrui demanded in a loud and clear voice.
"That's not true~~~ woo~~~~"
“Wow~~~~~” The villagers of Baijia Village were stunned.
"Liar!" Suddenly the people outside the hall shouted angrily!
"Yes! Liar!"
"fraud!"
"Burn her to death!"
"Burn her to death!"
"Powerful and powerful!" The runners on both sides shouted loudly, and only then did the outside become a little quieter.
Wang Cuihua continued crying: "This woman can always give birth to a boy, wuwu~~~No matter what happens, she can usually give birth to a boy by the third time. If the second child is still a girl, she will find a random explanation, such as your family kills too many lives, or your family feng shui is not right, or this and that, who hasn't done evil things. When Chen Jinhua came, I even thought of an explanation. She is vicious on weekdays. When the time comes, say that she can't speak for a year, I, I am also doing a good deed, right, ah?" Wang Cuihua cried and looked at the people outside the hall, trying to win the sympathy of people outside the village.
“Those villagers threw all the girls away, they are committing a sin! Am I doing good things by doing this? That’s retribution – retribution –” Wang Cuihua pointed at the villagers of Baijia Village and cried, “My two apprentices were also picked up by me from Xishan. Every year, many girls were thrown there. I kept those who were saved and buried those who could not be saved. My lord – I am a good person – a good person…” Wang Cuihua turned around and kowtowed to Fu Mingrui, begging for mercy.
Fu Mingrui raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect to be able to ask something else today. He immediately frowned and looked at Wang Cuihua coldly: "You said you saved a lot of people, so why are there only two girls left by your side?"
Wang Cuihua was startled, lowered her head guiltily, and wiped her tears: "The rest... I sold them..."
"Bang!" Fu Mingrui slammed the gavel. When he heard that those girls were sold by Wang Cuihua, he was already wondering, "Where were they sold to?!"
Wang Cuihua shuddered and immediately confessed: "Yes, some were sold as child brides, some were made into maids, and some... were sold to brothels..."
"Ah~~~~~" The people outside the hall were stunned.
"You actually sold our child?!" Suddenly, a woman from the audience of Baijia Village stood up and said, "Where's the money from the sale? Give it over!"
When the woman shouted this, her husband, son and daughter-in-law around her covered their faces and turned away, as if they didn't want everyone to know that this woman was their family member.
"Bang!" Fu Mingrui slammed the gavel and the woman was startled.
Fu Mingrui immediately shouted: "Since you admit that you abandoned the baby girl, drag her out!"
The woman was stunned and was dragged out by an officer.
Wang Cuihua immediately gritted her teeth and shouted, "You deserve it! You threw the child away! And you still want to ask me for money?! I don't want it since you threw it away!"
The woman immediately rushed towards Wang Cuihua and said, "Hand over the money from selling the child! Hand it over!"
The two wives actually started fighting in the court.
People outside shook their heads as they watched, and people from Baijia Village covered their faces with their hands.
Duanmu Qingchen was already furious when he saw this. That old woman threw her granddaughter away and only cared about the money after knowing that she was sold?! He stood up suddenly, grabbed the gavel and slammed it heavily in front of Fu Mingrui's case.
“Bang!”
Fu Mingrui was startled. If an ordinary person tried to grab the gavel, he would have been caned. But he was the prince, so he couldn't hit him.
The two women who were fighting were also startled.
Duanmu Qingchen strode forward, furious: "How shameful! How shameful! You foolish woman! Abandoning a baby is equivalent to murder! Killing someone means paying with your life, drag this prince out and chop him off..."
"Your Highness!" Fu Mingrui immediately stood up and shouted. Once the prince opened his mouth, he couldn't take it back! He was the prince, and he couldn't just kill people at will!
Fu Mingrui's shout also surprised the people outside the hall. Previously, because they were standing outside, the people inside the hall could not see clearly. Now they saw that it was indeed the prince who came. Many of the people who came today were "regulars" of the Eight Gates. The last time Ma Yun turned into a butterfly, it was the prince who presided over the trial, so many people recognized him. (To be continued)