"I disagree."
The crutch in Cheng Yi's hand touched the ground and made a beeping sound.
"She is the wife that I, Cheng Yiming, are marrying. If she dies and is not buried in the Cheng family's ancestral grave, why should she go to Xiangshan Temple? I don't agree."
The middle-aged woman stood aside and looked at the banknotes Xu Wanning put on the table.
One thousand taels.
Buy a tablet.
does it worth?
Fang felt it was worth it.
Not to mention the first mother-in-law, the second mother-in-law, who is the biological mother of Fang's man, Fang doesn't have any feelings for.
After Fang married in, Fang's mother-in-law suddenly became seriously ill and passed away within a few months.
During those days, Mrs. Fang served tea and water, carried feces and urine, and worked hard. Every emotion was completely wasted in the absence of a filial son in front of the bed for a long time.
The second mother-in-law is like this, the first mother-in-law...
Haha, I have never seen her before, and this is the first time I have heard of her name.
Xu Wanning stood quietly aside, waiting for the old man to finish his anger, and then said quietly: "Who will remember her a hundred years from now? Who will burn incense sticks for her during the seventh and half of Qingming Festival!"
"How come there is no one? She has sons, grandsons and great-grandsons, and they will all burn incense and money for her."
On an unrelated descendant?
Xu Wanning smiled: "Uncle Cheng, Grandma Haitang has no heirs. Her sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons are yours, not hers! A hundred years from now, who will remember a woman who has no blood relationship?"
"If I bury her next to her, if she burns it for me, I'll burn it for her. Isn't it different?"
"Of course it's different. I sent her to Xiangshan Temple, lit a prayer lamp in front of her tablet, had incense every day, and listened to Zen music all the time. It's much better than being forgotten and a lonely ghost." Xu Wanning finished. , put away the banknote: "Uncle Cheng, please think about it carefully."
Fang sent Xu Wanning out.
She rubbed her hands and felt a little regretful: "My father-in-law is just a fool. In fact, because he only cares about his own face, there is no reason why his daughter-in-law should not be buried beside him."
"I know." Just because of his good face, the incident of crushing Haitang to ashes in his previous life happened.
Mrs. Fang bit her lip and gathered up her courage: "Well, I can persuade my father-in-law."
Xu Wanning smiled: "Then please leave it to Madam. After the matter is completed, I will give Madam an additional two hundred taels of silver."
One thousand two hundred taels.
The husband and the man don’t have to work so hard to support the family.
Fang nodded: "Okay."
After sending Xu Wanning away and returning to the yard, Cheng Yi was still angry: "If you don't bury my daughter-in-law next to me, where can I bury her? She was born as a member of my Cheng family and died as a ghost of my Cheng family. Why don't we go to Xiangshan Temple?" go!"
Fang was silent.
My father-in-law is actually a bit of a chauvinist. His two mothers-in-law have passed away. One is buried on the left and the other is buried on the right. The middle position is vacant. It is his resting place after a hundred years, hugging him from left to right and reconnecting with each other.
But when a person dies, he is dead. Why continue the relationship? Those are all lies to ghosts. Ghosts only want incense, while people only want real money.
Fang waited for the man and son to come back.
In the daughter-in-law's family, a cousin who had not yet left the court suddenly fell ill and died suddenly at a young age. The two of them rushed back to help with the funeral, and they didn't know when they would be back.
After Xu Wanning left the Cheng family, she returned to the inn where she stayed.
As soon as he got to the room and changed his clothes, Chen Wang came back with a strange look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Xu Wanning asked curiously, "Did something not go well?"
Chen Wang shook his head, then turned sideways, revealing his purple clothes.
Xu Wanning: "..." She is really haunted: "Why are you here?"
Pei Heng shook his folding fan, his handsome eyes smiling, becoming more and more elegant: "I haven't asked yet, why are you here!"
Xu Wanning didn't want to pay attention to him and looked at Chen Wang. Chen Wang replied: "While I was doing business, I met Mr. Pei. He was also investigating a case."
"The same case?" Xu Wanning asked.
Chen Wang nodded.
"Mr. Pei is really well-informed." Xu Wanning's back teeth were grinding.
"Mrs. Xu is more informed than me. I have many ears and eyes, but none of them are as clever as Mrs. Xu." Pei Heng put away his folding fan and entered the room. He changed his cynicism from outside. His expression was a little arrogant, but there was still an unnoticeable expression. She felt aggrieved and said, "Mrs. Xu, it's really not fun. We are obviously allies, but you still go behind my back."
"Aren't you coming after me too!" Xu Wanning thought Pei Heng was following her, so she didn't retort angrily.
"I didn't follow you. I just happened to bump into you." Pei Heng explained seriously: "When my people were patrolling in Suzhou, they found someone stealing corpses, so I came to take a look."
Xu Wanning: "..." Are you explaining to her?
"After Cui Yunfeng left Ningyuan, Jixiang's parents suddenly went to the county government to complain, saying that Jixiang was dead. Cui Yunfeng's people also came to Suzhou. I guessed that they would find a female corpse similar to Jixiang to frame me." Xu Wanning also told the truth.
Pei Heng looked at Xu Wanning with admiration in his eyes.
Through these two unrelated things, I guessed that Cui Yunfeng wanted to use the female corpse to frame her. I have to say that this woman is really smart.
"Mrs. Xu, you are so smart." Pei Heng told the truth.
When Xu Wanning was praised, she covered up her embarrassment by drinking water, "To each other."
Pei Heng: "I thought you praised me too."
Xu Wanning glanced at Pei Heng, and the water she drank suddenly said, "...Ahem, have you found the person who stole the body?"
Pei Heng pursed his lips and smiled, "Not yet, but it will be soon, tonight."
He leaned closer and detailed his plans for the evening.
"Would you like to go take a look together?" Pei Heng looked at Xu Wanning hopefully, waiting for her to nod.
Xu Wanning saw his eyes full of expectation and couldn't say two words, "Okay."
Pei Heng grinned and said: "The burial is at night in Suzhou, so it may have to wait a while. After dinner in the evening, you can take a nap for a while. I will call you then."
After summer, the days become very long.
Xu Wanning had finished her dinner, and it was still bright outside.
Hongmei suggested washing up and taking a rest early, but Xu Wanning shook her head.
If you go out at night, you will definitely be sweaty. "Forget it, just wait until I come back and wash it."
Hongmei was a little worried: "Miss, how about I go with you?" It seemed a bit dangerous for the lady to follow Pei Heng alone, but Pei Heng was not a man and would not do anything to the lady. How dangerous was that? It seemed that can not say it clearly.
"No, Chen Wang is over there too, I'll pay attention too."
After squinting for a moment, it was late at night, and Pei Heng suddenly appeared in Xu Wanning's house in a black outfit.
Xu Wanning didn't know that she was lying naked and resting.
"Xu..." Pei Heng was about to call her, but fell silent. He took two steps forward and came to the bed, looking at the sleeping woman by candlelight.
Her eyes were lightly closed, her fan-like eyelashes cast a blue-grey shadow, and her skin was as white as porcelain jade. If you get closer and listen carefully, you can hear her shallow breathing.
Pei Heng squatted in front of her and looked at Xu Wanning, forgetting to speak for a moment.
Xu Wanning opened her eyes suddenly and met Pei Heng's eyes.
