The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1151 - Chapter 1151 1152 Daqi's dead body 1

Chapter 1151: 1152 Daqi’s dead body 1 Chapter 1151: 1152 Daqi’s dead body 1 Su Qingyue didn’t dwell on the matter, glancing at the deep night, “Second Brother, Third Brother, let’s head back to the village first.”

“Yue’er, it might not be appropriate for you to go back like this.

There are a few families in our village that hold grudges against us.

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In case they report to the authorities, even if the county magistrate sides with you, you will definitely be taken away by the officials,” Xiao Yishan disagreed.

“I’ll sneak into the Zhu Family’s firewood room first to verify Zhu Daqi’s death,” Qingyue said, “and then get a good night’s sleep.”

“But…” Xiao Yishan still wanted to say something.

“Second Brother doesn’t need to worry, if I don’t want to be caught, no one can catch me,” Su Qingyue spoke.

“Let’s do as the wife says,” Xiao Yuchuan silently swore in his heart that he must protect his wife thoroughly.

The fire was still burning.

After Xiao Yuchuan and Xiao Yishan had lit torches and extinguished the fire pit with snow, they walked toward the village with Su Qingyue.

In ancient times, there wasn’t much technology to speak of; the feudal society was backward, and a fire would almost have to be extinguished with water, which was very troublesome.

Owing to this, when having outdoor fires, they were usually extinguished before leaving.

Even the patrolling watchmen in the town would always carry this reminder, “It’s X watch, watch out for fire and candles!”

It was said that Wushan Village used to have watchmen as well, but since the salary required every household to give a bowl of rice every quarter, many families were unwilling to pay, so there were no longer any watchmen.

Around the fourth watch, the three of them arrived back within the village.

Su Qingyue wanted to head in the direction of the fork leading to the Zhu Family, but Xiao Yuchuan followed, “Wife, I’ll go with you.”

“No need.”

“In case you get frightened by the dead body…” he made a ghostly face, “I certainly wouldn’t want to scare you.”

“You’re not a ghost, how could you scare me?” She rolled her eyes.

Would she, a modern-day killer, fear a mere corpse?

She had been thrown into the morgue living whole nights facing dead bodies, even sleeping next to the most gruesomely deceased without a care, while Third Brother might have been pestering his parents for candied hawthorn sticks without knowing.

Thinking about the poor treatment Third Brother’s mother gave him, and how his father had first been kind but turned harsh later on, she couldn’t help feeling a twinge of sympathy.

“Even if you are not afraid, I still want to accompany you,” he took her hand.

Feeling the warmth of his palm, she felt a touch moved.

He was still wearing Second Brother’s outer garment.

She said, “Let’s go together then.

You should return Second Brother’s clothes to him and change into a new set of your own when you get home.”

Since the clothes on Xiao Yuchuan’s body were still wet from before and could not be dried by the fire, he returned the garment to Xiao Yishan, “Second Brother.”

Xiao Yishan, taking his clothes, was about to enter the courtyard door when Su Qingyue said, “Second Brother, I bolted your courtyard door from the inside.”

She had drugged Li Rong’er to put her to sleep.

She didn’t care whether Li Rong’er, asleep in the room, might be violated by someone, but an unbolted courtyard door was inviting to thieves.

That’s why she had bolted the courtyard door from the inside when leaving Second Brother’s home and climbed over the wall to exit.

She swiftly scaled the courtyard wall without noticing the two men watching her agile movements in a daze.

Once inside the yard, Su Qingyue opened the courtyard door from the inside and saw the two men standing there, stupefied.

Did they discover how adept she was at scaling walls?

She couldn’t be bothered to explain.

As she passed by Xiao Yishan, she quietly slipped the fifty taels of silver he refused to take into his pocket.

Seeing that she wasn’t inclined to speak further, the two men didn’t ask.

After all, she already had many mysteries about her that they couldn’t see through.

“Second Brother, have a good rest.

You truly worked hard earlier,” she instructed, then walked with Xiao Yuchuan to the next-door yard.

“Yue’er…” Xiao Yishan called out to her.

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