Jiang Wan woke up from her dream. She looked at the gauze curtain in front of the bed, feeling filled with melancholy. It turned out that everything was just her dream.
Li Xiaobao is really dead.
Jiang Wan rubbed her brows and quietly got out of bed to get dressed. In order not to wake up Jiang Ling next door, she tiptoed when closing the door.
The moonlight shone coldly into the small courtyard. She took advantage of the moonlight to open and lock the door of the small courtyard. Suddenly, a deep male voice sounded behind her, "Sister, what are you doing?"
Jiang Wan's hands trembled in shock, and she almost dropped the wooden bolt in her hand. She patted her chest, turned around and said, "Jiang Ling, why are you suddenly running behind me? You almost scared me to death."
Jiang Ling: "What is sister doing?"
"Do you want to go out?"
Jiang Wan didn't want Jiang Ling to know what she had done, so she made an excuse and said perfunctorily, "Sister went out for some business and will be back in a while."
Jiang Ling looked up at the moon in the sky and said, "Sister, what do you have to do now?"
Jiang Ling thought of Li Daniu, who was vicious during the day, and refused to let Jiang Wan go out alone no matter what.
Jiang Wan was afraid that if she delayed it any longer, she might not be able to find him.
"You come with me." Jiang Wan said these words helplessly. For some reason, she felt a little familiar, as if she had said this to him in another time and space.
Jiang Leng heard this and followed Jiang Wan. He took two steps and then went back, taking all the bows and arrows he used for hunting.
The reason why Leng Yao can often catch a lot of prey in the mountains is not only his own ability, but also Jiang Wan's contribution.
Jiang Wan specially mixed a potion that could anesthetize animals and put it on his arrows, so any prey shot by his bow and arrow would fall down within a few breaths.
The underage children who died in their village were all thrown into the big river behind the village. The river water would wash the clay pots into a puddle. Over time, this place became extremely eerie, and even the water here had an indescribable coldness.
People in the village generally avoid this place, and even tell their children not to come here, otherwise they will be captured by the water ghost.
Strangely enough, in Jiang Wan's memory, she should also be afraid of these strange rumors.
But when she actually walked to the puddle where countless children were buried under the moonlight night, she felt very calm in her heart, without any fear.
She didn't think much about it. Maybe she had seen life and death since she was a doctor, so she didn't feel scared in a place like this.
"Jiang Ling, wait for me on the shore. I'll go down to find Li Xiaobao's body." Jiang Wan had just finished speaking, but was pulled by Jiang Ling. Before she could react, she heard a splash, which was the sound of Jiang Ling entering the water.
"Jiang Ling, do you remember the jar containing Li Xiaobao? It's pure black."
After Jiang Wan finished speaking, she felt that she was stupid.
When a villager dies, ten out of ten children will be pure black.
"I just threw it away today, it should be relatively new."
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Ling had already emerged from the water holding a clay pot, "Sister, is this it?"
Jiang Wan moved the lantern in her hand forward, and the warm orange light shone on the dark and shiny porcelain jar, reflecting a cold light, "That's it."
Jiang Wan and Jiang Ling moved the jar to the shore together. Jiang Ling climbed ashore and skillfully found some dry firewood to dry his clothes. Jiang Wan began to examine Li Xiaobao's body under the light of the lantern.
In fact, she didn't even need to remove Li Xiaobao from the jar before she already noticed something was wrong with Xiaobao's body.
His gray-white arms were covered with bruises from being tied up and beaten. He untied Li Xiaobao's clothes, and there were bruises all over his chest and back.
She didn't have to carry Xiaobao's body out.
Xiaobao did not die from a fall on the back of his head, but was beaten with something like a cane after the fall.
The injury on the back of Xiaobao's head required rest, and the child was frail, so wouldn't he be beaten to death like this?
Jiang Wan thought of Jiang Leng's words that Xiaobao would be beaten when he woke up.
Could it be that Xiaobao's family beat Xiaobao to death alive?
She thought of the way Feng Shui looked at Li Daniu today. It was definitely not the way a man who had just lost his son looked at his husband. .
But look at the enemy's eyes.
She resealed the jar, looked at Jiang Ling who was baking clothes by the fire, and asked, "Jiang Ling, why do you know that Li Xiaobao will be beaten when he wakes up?"
Jiang Ling: "Because Li Xiaobao's father always beats him. If he doesn't obey, he will be beaten. If he runs around, he will be beaten."
Jiang Wan could understand that parents sometimes beat their children, but beating them to death was rare, especially since Li Daniu seemed to love his children. How could he beat someone to death?
Could it be that he accidentally hit him hard?
Jiang Wan: "But it's okay to hit Xiaobao normally. Does he still need to be beaten if he is seriously injured?"
Jiang Ling nodded: "I will get beaten."
He thought about what Li Xiaobao once told him and relayed it to Jiang Wan, "Li Xiaobao said that his father wanted him to be brave and strong, so he would beat him even if he was injured, saying that he would hone his will so that he can become a talent in the future."
Jiang Wan's scalp went numb after hearing this. How could there be such an ignorant father in the world?
If one could become a master by enduring hardship and being beaten, then the current poor and farmers should not be what they are now.
It seems that Li Xiaobao's death was caused by Li Daniu.
After he beat his son to death with his own hands, not only did he not feel guilty or regretful, but he also immediately thought of ways to blackmail her after his son's death. This shows that he was ruthless and greedy, and even his dead son could be used for profit.
She wanted everyone in the village to know the truth of the matter and clear her of the crime of killing Xiaobao.
Jiang Wan thought about it. People in the village would pass by the east side of the village entrance every day. Their fields were there. She could put Li Xiaobao's body there to show to the villagers who came and went.
Jiang Wan did as she said, and turned to call Jiang Ling, only to find Jiang Ling lying on the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
"Jiang Ling!?" Jiang Wan wondered, was he too sleepy and fell asleep?
She called a few more times, but Jiang Ling remained motionless. She was about to step forward to check on Jiang Ling, but a pair of big hands from the darkness grabbed his hair.
Her scalp was pulled painfully. Jiang Wan turned around, and Li Daniu smiled at her. His cloudy and yellow teeth looked disgusting and terrifying, "Little bitch, I knew you would come and steal my son's body!"
He slapped Jiang Wan on the face, "Bitch! What? Do you want to sue me with everyone? You will never have this chance!"
Li Daniu tied up the two siblings like pigs and sealed their mouths with cloth strips. He took out the candle from Jiang Wan's lamp and set fire to Li Xiaobao's body.
Since then, there has been no evidence to prove that Li Daniu killed Li Xiaobao.
He sighed, "I gave you your life, no one can say anything to me!"
"You are my son, so I will beat you!"
