Although the aunt's cries were full of trembling tones, her thoughts were still very clear, and she told Pei Wende the whole incident with almost no omissions.
According to the aunt's description, the Zhu family is actually a well-known and wealthy family in Runzhou City.
However, due to the consecutive famines the year before and last, the Zhu family's wealth and foundation were almost exhausted. The remaining people died or escaped. Only a dozen people in the main line survived and moved to transport grain. Settled by the river.
Fortunately, although the Zhu family was in decline, they still had better vision than ordinary people.
Therefore, with Pei Wende's series of relief measures, the Zhu family, young and old, quickly recovered part of their vitality and regained nearly a hundred acres of land.
Even when Pei Wende wanted to promote the replanting measures, the Zhu family was among the first to respond.
The young lady of the Zhu family has been going up the mountain to burn incense and pray for blessings. In fact, she is also grateful to Pei Wende and Jinshan Temple for the "rebirth" they have brought to them.
Until not long ago, a "demon disaster" suddenly occurred in the area where the Zhu family settled.
It is said that a ferocious wild boar of unknown origin suddenly appeared and wreaked havoc on and trampled the rice seedlings with the intention of destroying the newly cultivated fields.
In desperation, the local county magistrate decisively recruited brave people and sent people to patrol the area 12 hours a day, so that the ferocious wild boar could not continue to act.
Even so, the seedlings that had been damaged and trampled on before could no longer be saved, which directly led to this year's autumn harvest being much smaller than in other areas.
In a sense, this is part of the reason why Zhujiazhuang responded so actively to Pei Wende's call.
Maybe he is unwilling, or maybe he just wants revenge...
The young lady of the Zhu family was abducted by the pig monster that suddenly appeared when she was out on a boat. She has not seen anyone to this day.
The only thing that was certain was that the young lady of the Zhu family was not killed, but simply kidnapped by the pig demon.
As for why the Zhu family is so sure of this?
That's because after the pig demon abducted the young lady of the Zhu family, it had proposed "redemption conditions" to the Zhu family more than once.
However, the weird thing is that the conditions put forward by the pig demon are different every time, and the requirements seem to be lower every time.
From the very beginning, they asked the Zhu family to leave collectively, then they asked the Zhu family to return the cultivated fields, and in the end, they even just asked the Zhu family to stop cultivating the mountains and forests...
Such a strange situation naturally attracted other villagers to look at it differently.
Among all the rumors that the Zhu family suffered, there was one speculation that was particularly harsh.
According to the villagers, the land currently owned by the Zhu family actually belongs to the pig demon.
Before the Zhu family came here, the ferocious wild boar had been entrenched in this land. It was a spiritual creature transformed from the essence of the mountains.
But since the Zhu family came here, the living space of the pig demon has been compressed, until it was finally completely exposed to everyone.
Of course, if the rumors were limited to this, they would not have much impact on the Zhu family.
The key to the problem is that the ferocious wild boar changes its "redemption" conditions again and again, and its requirements are lower and lower every time.
The villagers speculated that this might be because the pig demon had taken a liking to the Zhu family's young lady.
As time passed, villagers from nearby villages even joked in front of the Zhu family - if you wait a little longer, the pig demon may take the initiative to reclaim more than ten acres of wasteland, and then give it to your family as a betrothal gift. .
Regardless of the authenticity of this kind of ridicule, everyone in the Zhu family was so angry that the old man of the Zhu family almost lost his breath and kicked his legs.
It was under such circumstances that the aunt secretly sneaked to Jinshan Temple for help without telling the men, women and children of the Zhu family.
After all, even in the open-minded Tang Dynasty, few women who were defiled died well, let alone women who were defiled by monsters.
According to the practices of those big clans, situations like the Zhu family's young lady are usually regarded as "death" by default.
So instead of working hard to save him, then let the entire family's reputation be tarnished.
It would be better to treat this daughter as dead from the beginning, so that she can at least have a good reputation.
Only the aunt who had a deep relationship with the Zhu family's mistress couldn't bear to see her mistress "die" inexplicably, so she went to Jinshan Temple and risked making things worse.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
"Pig demon?"
Pei Wende glanced at the aunt with a strange expression, and felt that the other party's description sounded familiar.
If the Zhu family is replaced by Gao Laozhuang, wouldn't this be the Tang Dynasty version of the deeds of the second senior brother and Gao Cuilian?
And he always felt that the aunt's care for the young lady of the Zhu family went beyond the normal relationship between master and servant.
Would a normal cook run away with her master?
Would a normal cook do something behind her master's back that was destined to ruin the family's reputation?
Not to mention, Pei Wende could clearly sense the difference in this cook.
A figure that cannot be concealed even at an advanced age, and hand calluses that are obviously not formed by years of spooning...
This aunt is not so much a cook as a swordsman who holds a sword all year round.
Women are different from men. Innate gender differences prevent them from building strong muscles like men.
But women's unique flexibility and flexibility allow them to practice swordsmanship to another peak level.
It is obvious that this aunt who calls herself "the cook" is a rare female swordsman, and her swordsmanship has probably reached some peak level.
"Mom, I think with your skills, you won't be able to deal with a pig demon, right?"
He didn't mean to talk in circles with the other party, and Pei Wende exposed the other party's disguise with just one sentence.
The most important thing is that when Pei Wende said this, he didn't give the aunt any time to react. He made a sword gesture with his two fingers and stabbed the opponent between the eyebrows.
Seriously!
In the faint whistling sound, the aunt's pupils suddenly trembled, and she instinctively turned her head to avoid Pei Wende's finger sword.
【Oops! 】
When the aunt realized that something was wrong and wanted to stop her dodge, Pei Wende had already retracted his finger sword lightly.
"The mind has been formed, and spiritual awareness has begun to appear."
"With your current level of swordsmanship, Madam, it is not impossible to enter the Tao with a sword and explore the innate world."
"I'm afraid that this little monster that still retains its original form can't be seen by you, right?"
——Monthly Ticket/Recommended Ticket——
7017k
