These three things were arranged in sequence. They were that Zhang Yuanwai's young wife went crazy, and that Mrs. Li's condition worsened and she stopped working with Butcher He.
Well, in fact, these three things cannot be regarded as strange stories at all. At most, they are just gossip among neighbors. Except for people who are familiar with the parties involved, most people just listen to it as a joke, and many people even don’t even know it. Know.
For example, when Zhang Yuanwai's wife went crazy, he probably felt that his face would be disgraced if word spread about it, so he was covered up tightly by Zhang Yuanwai.
Neither Dr. Tea nor the waiter in the restaurant knew about it before, but it was the waiter in the bar who finally told Lu Jing.
And the reason why she knew it was because Zhang Yuanwai's younger wife was also in this field before marrying Zhang Yuanwai, and she also had a good sister.
The news about her madness was spread by her good sister, and it reached the ears of the poor man, who also told Lu Jing.
The Qinghuan's original intention was to explain to Lu Jing why he didn't want to marry those wealthy businessmen, hoping to win more sympathy, but after hearing this, Lu Jing was attracted by the matter itself.
The whole story is not complicated, but even though Zhang Yuanwai married many wives and concubines, those women did not live up to their expectations and gave him several children, all of which were daughters.
In addition, Zhang Yuanwai was getting older, and it was estimated that the quality of his sperm was getting worse and worse, making it more difficult for his wives and concubines to get pregnant. Seeing that no one could inherit the huge family business, he couldn't help but feel anxious.
While Zhang Yuanwai is in a hurry, his wives and concubines are even more anxious. After all, if anyone can give birth to a big fat boy for Zhang Yuanwai at this time, not only will his position be completely stable, but a hundred years from now, Zhang Yuanwai’s family property will be theirs. Okay, as for the other few people, whether they can eat or not depends on their faces.
So these wives and concubines also showed their magical powers in order to conceive and give birth to children as soon as possible.
Zhang Yuanwai's wife was one of them, but perhaps the contrast between her strong desire and her flat belly actually drove her crazy.
She now told everyone she met that she had given birth to a boy for Zhang Yuanwai, but as soon as the child was born, Zhang Yuanwai's wife secretly took him to the wild and buried him.
For this reason, she first rushed to Zhang Yuanwai's wife and made a big fuss, and then shouted that she was going to report to the official to give justice to her child who died just after birth.
Yuan Zhang couldn't bear to be disturbed, but he didn't want to expose the family scandal, so he finally found a room and locked up his little wife alone.
The second thing happened in the east of the city. He was also a well-known rich man in the city. He was nicknamed Ma Bancheng. He had a wife named Liu. Although her health was not very good before, she could still eat and walk. As a result, a few days ago Somehow, I suddenly became very ill.
However, according to Ma Bancheng's recollection, his mother had neither fallen nor caught cold these days, and the food she ate was no different from the past, so he didn't understand why she suddenly became so ill.
Ma Bancheng even suspected that there was something unclean in his home, so he went to a nearby Taoist temple to invite a team of Taoist monks to perform dharma at home for several days in an attempt to exorcise his mother from evil spirits, but unfortunately it had no effect.
Compared with the first two "family matters", the latter one has a greater impact.
Because although Butcher He is not the only butcher in Lingyang County, he is the best butcher in the city. He has been slaughtering livestock for twenty years and his knife skills are superb. Although he has not read "Zhuangzi", the allusion of "Pao Ding Jie Niu" is It was tailor-made for him.
This person sells meat without a scale. He just cuts the meat to the amount the customer needs, no more and no less. And no matter what ratio of fat to thin you want, he can cut it just right for you.
However, such a man who was simply born to slaughter suddenly announced that he did not dare to do it anymore when he was in his prime.
So for a while, the women in the city didn't know where to buy meat, while other butchers saw the hope of getting ahead and were ecstatic.
The above are the three rumors that Lu Jing heard about in Lingyang County. At first glance, they all seemed normal. The reason why Lu Jing noticed these things was because of the small competition before.
Several cases recorded in the files at that time were also fragmented like this and seemed to have no connection. However, as the investigation progressed, Lu Jing gradually discovered the connection behind them.
And this time Lu Jing also felt familiar from these three things.
First of all, these three things are in line with the basic principles of abnormality, which is also the impact that strange things often have when they appear. Secondly, the experiences of the protagonists of these three things are incomprehensible to outsiders.
Of course, Lu Jing did not rule out the possibility that these three things were man-made. For example, Zhang Yuanwai's wife gave birth to a boy, and was taken away and buried alive by his jealous wife. Another example is that although Ma Bancheng is extremely rich, he is also extremely stingy. He despises his mother and wants to find a way to give her a reasonable end.
And Tufu He suddenly became enlightened and wanted to develop other hobbies after leaving a lot of money unearned.
If Lu Jing has learned anything from the previous cases, it is that the human heart is always more complicated than weird things.
But no matter what, he decided to check it out first.
Among them, Zhang's Mansion and Ma's Mansion were not so easy to get into, so Lu Jing planned to talk to Butcher He first.
Butcher He is a famous person in Lingyang County, so his residence is easy to find.
Go all the way west on Gaotou Street, and you can see He's Butcher's Shop at about the end of the street. The sign is very conspicuous and you can see it from a long distance away, so you won't miss it.
It's just that now there is no longer a long queue of people coming to buy meat in front of the butcher shop. Even compared to the candy shop next door, it seems very deserted and the door of the shop is closed.
Lu Jing walked to the door, stretched out his hand, and knocked on the door.
After a while, a woman's voice came from behind the door, "Our family no longer sells meat, please come back to the guests."
"I'm not here to buy meat." Lu Jing said, "I'm here to see Butcher He."
After he finished speaking, he waited for a while. The wooden door opened a small crack. The man behind the door looked Lu Jing up and down several times and said doubtfully, "I'm sorry for my poor eyesight. Your Excellency looks a little unfamiliar. I don't know why you came here to find a slave." Man."
"Oh, I'm here to become a disciple." Lu Jing said, "I heard that you can earn a lot of money by killing pigs and sheep, so I also want to open a butcher shop to make a living. But don't worry, I'm not a native of Lingyang. I also plan to open a butcher shop back home, but I heard that my husband is the best at it, so I came here to learn from him."
The woman shook her head, "Even if I disappoint you, this slave man no longer does this business."
After saying that, she was about to close the door, but then she saw Lu Jing taking out two shining large silver coins and placing them in front of her. At the same time, he said sincerely, "Think again, these twenty taels are just a deposit."
