"Is it possible that you are too old and your eyes are blurry?" Hang Shuheng said sarcastically.

"Hmph! Don't be so arrogant. Whether you are a demon or not, you will know it by burning at the stake. Do you dare?"

When Zhang's mother heard what Zhao the witch said, she couldn't hide her excitement and said, "Yes, burn it at the stake. We'll know if you are a demon or not. If you are not a demon, you should let us burn you. If you don't dare to let us burn you, it proves that you are a demon."

As she spoke, she did not forget to arouse the resonance of the onlookers, and shouted to everyone: "Everyone, don't you agree? Think about it, if you live in the same village with a monster, he may bring disaster to the Hang family today, but who knows who will bring disaster to someone else's family tomorrow..."

Some people in the crowd were instigated by her and began to waver, whispering to each other.

Among them, He Li even jumped out of the crowd and accused with conviction: "What's going on? We must not let the evil spirits stay in the village to harm people. When we pulled them out of the river, they were clearly dead, but who knew they would come back to life. Everyone, tell me, if this isn't an evil spirit, what is it?"

"Okay, that seems to be right."

"Yes, yes, I remember that too..."

Mother Zhang looked at the crowd's reactions, smiled with satisfaction, and continued to incite, "Only by burning this evildoer to death can we all live in peace!"

"Yes, that's right, burn them to death." He Li responded positively.

A few people were led by the nose, but naturally there were also many people who remained rational, and Aunt Sun was one of them.

"I say, are your brains made of rice paste? You believe whatever others say. Don't you know what kind of people Shuheng and his wife are? A few days ago, they came to give gifts one by one. Why didn't you say they were monsters when you accepted the gifts? You forgot everything after you ate it in your stomach and pooped it out, right?"

She shouted indignantly at the incited villagers with a loud voice: "You rotten people are the most poisonous in the world. You want to kill people with just a few words. You can't tell good from bad. People from other villages are bullying us right at our doorstep, but you are just following suit. If you are so capable, why don't you move to Xiaoquan Village?"

Her words made some people feel ashamed and they quietly retreated into the crowd to reduce their presence.

"Oh! Aunt Sun, if you don't know, you would think that they are your son and daughter-in-law. They are legitimate and the mother-in-law didn't say anything. You are too nosy and you are meddling in other people's families." He Li was dissatisfied and said sarcastically.

"You are not a good person either. Whenever there is trouble in the old Hang family, you always come to meddle. Don't I know what you are thinking? You are ugly, but you are jealous of Shuheng's wife's beauty. You always find fault with others in everything. What a piece of shit."

When it comes to talking, there are not many people in this village who can beat Aunt Sun. He Li's face turned pale and blue due to being blocked.

"Shuheng, Shuheng's wife, no matter what others say, I believe you."

"Aunt, thank you!" Song Ning felt warm in her heart. She thanked him sincerely, and then she turned to Hang's mother and said, "Aunt Sun has no relationship with us, but she knows how to protect us. As a mother, you believed what outsiders said, slandering your son and daughter-in-law as monsters and wanting to burn us to death. You are really a good mother!"

"Don't talk nonsense, I, I didn't do that." The development of the situation left Hang's mother in a confused state. She didn't understand how something that was supposed to be just a melodrama turned into something like setting fire to someone.

"Old Immortal, what's going on? Isn't it said that the evil spirits will appear if black dog blood is poured on them?" She asked Zhao the Witch in panic.

"This monster is too powerful. Black dog blood is no longer effective. We can only use fire." said Zhao the witch.

Aunt Sun couldn't stand it any longer and yelled, "I think you, an old hag, are a monster. You only do things that harm people. Who are you? You can burn it just because you say so?"

"You, humph! I don't want to pay attention to you." Zhao turned to ask Hang's mother: "What did you say?"

Everyone looked at Hang's mother. Hang Shuheng was also looking at her. He wanted to see what choice she would make when it might involve the life and death of her son.

He had no expectations in the first place, so when he saw her hesitating, he didn't feel too much, he just felt sorry for the original person.

"What are you thinking about, sister-in-law?" Seeing that Hang's mother hesitated and did not agree, Zhang's mother was very anxious. She shouted, "Whether they are evil spirits or not, we will know if we tie them up and burn them."

Hang Shuheng sneered: "You want to set fire to people based on a ridiculous reason. You really take yourselves too seriously."

"Stop talking nonsense. The fact that you don't dare to let us burn it proves that you are a monster."

"Aunt, right? From the beginning, you have been emphasizing that we are possessed by evil spirits. It seems as if you want to accuse us of a crime that can burn us to death." Hang Shuheng paused, touching his chin, and said, "This makes people suspect that you have ulterior motives."

"I, I don't understand what you are saying. Don't try to make excuses..." Zhang's mother's eyes flickered and she spoke vaguely, as if she felt guilty about being exposed.

After Hang Shuheng's analysis and seeing the guilty expression on Zhang's mother's face, everyone realized something was wrong and started a heated discussion.

Father Zhang, who had been invisible from the beginning to the end, now saw that the wind was blowing in the wrong direction and was slowly backing away, planning to quietly leave the crowd. In this way, even if the situation got bigger in the end, he would have a reason to pull himself out.

Their original plan was just to coax ten taels of silver out of Hang's mother, and for this purpose they invited Zhao the witch to co-star in a play. Unexpectedly, the woman's appetite increased greatly, and she even wanted to get rid of Hang Shuheng and his wife so that she could monopolize the Hang family's large courtyard.

However, he was hoping for a lucky break and did not put up any further obstruction. He considered himself a bystander and would withdraw in time if he saw the situation was not going well.

He had a good plan, but unfortunately, he had a bad teammate in his team.

"Don't waste your time talking to him. How can a monster admit that he is a monster? Tie him up first." Zhang Dazhuang, the eldest son of the Zhang family, had already run out of patience. He took out the rope he had prepared in advance, howled, and rushed forward, not forgetting to pull Zhang's father into the water. "Dad, let's work together to tie up these two monsters."

Seeing his father so brave, the Zhang family boy Goudan shouted excitedly, "Yes, Master, quickly catch them, tie them up, burn them to death, burn them to death, I want to live in a big yard..."

Their howling actually diverted some people's attention to Zhang's father who was preparing to escape quietly.

Father Zhang was so dumbfounded by the father and son's stupidity that he almost cried. He wished he could dig a hole on the spot and bury them in it.

Zhang Dazhuang relied on his big size and thought he could easily control the seemingly weak Hang Shuheng, so he proudly reached out his hand to grab Hang Shuheng.

Hang Shuheng did not dodge or evade. He grabbed his wrist with one hand and twisted it back to put his hand behind his back.

His face was hideous and he screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

"what--"

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