Judgment

lead:

Zhang Sufen set her eldest daughter on fire!

Everyone in the village knew about this, and they looked at Zhang Sufen with some unfathomable meaning in their eyes.

Since ancient times, death without a whole body has always been the most vicious curse.It can be seen that in people's ancient concepts, preserving the corpse for the dead is a minimum respect.

And now, someone actually went to burn his daughter's body!People thought it was a very cruel thing.

However, they have never thought about who is cruel and who is love compared with those who change their sons and eat them?

Since that day, Zhang Sufen has been wearing an iron box on her body, and has never taken it off.

From winter to spring, from summer to autumn.

The iron box changed from shiny to rusty.

From year to end, from beginning to end.

The years of famine gradually passed, and the era of cannibalism became black and white.

From blue hair to white hair, from graceful to stooped.

A pair of children grew up gradually, and one by one got married and moved away from her.

The people around me came and went, and the place of residence changed and changed.The rusty iron box was always on her chest.

Zhang Sufen has become Mrs. Zhang, and the iron box is still the iron box, and she has been with her for decades.

What exactly is in there?

Some people know, but dare not guess.

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The essence of public transportation can be summed up in one word—squeeze.

Sitting on the bus in the imperial capital, Wang Chen was already used to the feeling of being crowded with people and swaying left and right while driving.In fact, compared with the bus system in the old capital, the Imperial Capital Bus is much more "civilized".

Since he didn't want to take William with him when he went out this time, and he didn't want to attract the attention of other forces because of using the monster's ability—after all, the imperial capital is the base camp of scavengers, so this time, Wang Chen went out and took the bus after a long absence.

For him now, taking the bus is like going to a small restaurant full of delicious food, and it's completely free for you to pick up.However, he could only endure his appetite seduced by the crowd, and sat silently in his seat.

In this metropolis of desire, the temptations that monsters have to face are no less than humans.

It wasn't until he wandered around on the bus for almost two hours that he arrived at his destination, the community where Zhang Ruhai lives now.When he reached the door, he asked the guard about Zhang Ruhai, and he received a disgusted expression.

"Little comrade, who are you? Nephew? Relative?"

Wang Chen reported his identity, saying that he was from the court, and the other party's attitude immediately improved.

"The court is here! Please come in, please come in. Little comrade, are you here to arrest Zhang Ruhai? Their family is not doing human affairs, and they want to drive their old mother out to live, tsk tsk, what a crime."

"I'm just here to see how they're doing."

Wang Chen smiled. He couldn't explain to this group of enthusiastic and quarrelsome people that according to the situation of Zhang Ruhai's family, even if it was proved that they were persecuting the old mother, the law could not send them to jail.

William once said that the restrictive rules specified by human beings, such as laws, are only the minimum moral manifestation.Sometimes many things are beyond the recognition of human conscience, but they are not within the scope of its jurisdiction.

I remember Wang Chen asked him at that time, is there such a similar rule among monsters?

William just said: Monsters speak with strength.

Walking into the community, Wang Chen walked towards where Zhang Ruhai lived.

This is just the most ordinary residential area. The house has been built for more than ten years. The outer walls have fallen off and turned yellow. The crazy weeds beside the walls have been drooping in the corners after withering in winter, and no one has repaired them.

People who live here can never be called rich.

Wang Chen thought he was mentally prepared, but he still couldn't help being surprised when he saw Zhang Ruhai in farm clothes, busy in a vegetable field in front of his house.

Zhang Ruhai raised his head and wiped the sweat from his brow. When he saw Wang Chen's muddy face, he also had a surprised expression.

"Little, little judge, why are you here?"

He stood up and hurriedly dusted off the dirt on his body, but when he realized that he couldn't get it clean no matter how he dusted it, he could only look at Wang Chen with an embarrassed expression on his face.

"It's cold, come and have a seat first, little judge."

Wang Chen entered the house, only took a look, and asked, "How many people live in your family?"

"Just me and my son."

Only Zhang Ruhai and his son Zhang Zixuan lived there.The moment Wang Chen heard this answer, he immediately understood the meaning of Xu Shen's words. Zhang Ruhai is indeed a poor man.

The color at the bottom of his eyes suddenly became dark, feeling the dead air that spread almost throughout the room, and looking at the energetic Zhang Ruhai in front of him.This dead air does not belong to Zhang Ruhai, so whose is it?

An obvious yet surprising answer, Zhang Zixuan.If there is no disease or calamity, Zhang Zixuan may be suffering from some kind of incurable disease that can cause an upright young man to exude such dead energy.

I don't know if he himself knows about this matter, but Zhang Ruhai must be clear about it.

Wang Chen looked at the haggard eyes of the five or sixty-year-old man, and suddenly lost interest in continuing to inquire, and left after making an excuse.

He thought he would hear a wonderful story, and thought that Zhang Ruhai was a person who was so selfish and greedy that he could become a demon, but now it seemed that he was just a greedy and selfish person.People like this are everywhere.

But now Wang Chen wants to know even more, if Zhang Ruhai wants to sell the house quickly for the sake of his dying son.So, what is the reason for Zhang Sufen who has been living there and is unwilling to move away?Does she know the condition of her little grandson?

For some reason, Wang Chen subconsciously thought that she knew it.

He is now going to visit the second person, Zhang Sufen.

Today is a good day.

Mrs. Zhang bought vegetables and washed them at the door. There were several stacks of vegetables and a small piece of meat.

Neighbors who are familiar with her frugal character are unavoidably surprised. This old lady who has always been stingy doesn't eat pickles and rice, but is willing to eat meat?People with good deeds came up to her and asked her, and Mrs. Zhang answered with a smile.

"If a guest comes to eat, please treat him to a good meal."

guest?

Those who inquired shook their heads. It is well known that this old lady is lonely, and her son and daughter almost never come to visit her.And in the past few days, I haven't seen anyone coming in or out of her house, so why are there only guests here?

The person who asked the question wanted to say something, but was dragged away by others covering his mouth.

"Don't talk to that old lady, she's a little out of order."

"what happened?"

"My daughter passed by her door yesterday and saw her sitting alone on the table talking to herself, as if suffering from hysteria."

"Hey, don't say that, this old lady is so pitiful, her children don't know how to be filial."

"Not filial! You know it's not filial? A few months ago, I saw her eldest son kneeling in front of her and begging her to move out so that he could sell the house to his grandson for medical treatment. This old woman has a hard heart and has never agreed."

"Anything else?"

"That's right, that girl of hers doesn't know what she's doing, and she's not allowed to sell the house on her mother's side. I guess, this girl wants to please the old woman, so she can share more with her inheritance in the future!"

"The old lady still has an inheritance?"

"Hey, don't underestimate her. Have you seen the iron box hanging on her chest? She won't take it off even in the wind and rain. Who knows what gold and silver treasure is inside!"

When Wang Chen approached, he just heard this passage.

He continued to walk forward and saw Mrs. Zhang sitting not far away.

Obviously the weather is good today, but beside Mrs. Zhang, I can't feel any warmth, as if the surrounding temperature has been driven away by her.

Wang Chen looked at her in disbelief.

This Su Fen has become possessed?It turned out to be her who was possessed?

Ever since Zhou Zimu and Liu Tao, two subordinates who were possessed by demons, Wang Chen understood that it is not difficult for human beings to escape into the realm of demons, as long as there is enough paranoia.For example, the old lady Zhang in front of me is definitely different from ordinary people.

So, what is it that makes Zhang Sufen so persistent?

"Xiao Ji, why did you come so early today?"

Mrs. Zhang yelled in Wang Chen's direction, and then she was taken aback. "I'm sorry, young man, I mistook someone. You and Xiaoji look so similar, my old lady's eyes are blurred and I can't tell the difference."

chick?

"Do I look like him?"

Wang Chen asked, looking at her calmly.

"It's very similar. It's different from other people. I can see the two of you at a glance." Mrs. Zhang showed a smile on her wrinkled face. "Clear and clean, people can see it at a glance."

What she meant by this sentence was definitely not describing Wang Chen's appearance.

"Old lady, who is that chick to you?"

"Oh, a poor child who has no food. I can't bear him to be hungry these days, so I keep letting him come to my side to eat. By the way, young man, I just bought a lot of food today. Do you want to come too? eat together?"

"Why does the old lady call me, isn't she afraid that I'm a bad person?"

"You're not a bad person."

Mrs. Zhang said affirmatively: "Bad people want to eat people, but I can see that you don't eat people. And you are so good-looking, good-looking children are not bad people, just like Xiaoji."

As a monster, Wang Chen couldn't tell what it was like in his heart at this moment.This Zhang Sufen is obviously possessed by demons, but she doesn't show any hostility.On the contrary, in her body, Wang Chen can feel more positive emotions than ordinary human beings.

what on earth is it?The doubts in my heart couldn't be solved, and I kept itching and uncomfortable.

So he said: "Okay, then I will stay and eat with you."

"Hehe." Granny Zhang smiled, "Xiao Ji will definitely like you very much as a company."

Wang Chen responded softly, and asked, "Old lady, you live alone, don't you have any grandchildren to accompany you?"

"No, no one came."

"Oh, is that because they don't want to come, or, you don't want them to come?"

When Wang Chen asked this sentence, the air seemed to be silent for a second.

"I want them to come." Mrs. Zhang replied: "They don't want to come, and I can't control them when the children grow up. But my old woman lives alone, I really hope they will come and accompany me all the time. How nice it is."

Mrs. Zhang uttered the last sentence. How wonderful it was, but it made people feel a chill.

Wang Chen narrowed his eyes, feeling as if he had caught something.

"Hey, Xiao Ji is here." Mrs. Zhang said happily, "I'll introduce you two."

Last quote:

Zhang Ruhai sent Wang Chen away, and continued to fiddle with the open space in front of the door.

This is his habit. When he is free, he likes to grow vegetables and eat them by himself.And whenever he bent his waist like this, he seemed to see the appearance of his mother working in the field for him and his younger sister.

Under the scorching sun, he remembered clearly the bent back and the sweat on his head.

Only later, too many trivial matters in life blurred his memory and took up his time.He gradually forgot the figure of his back working in the fields, and the back that was bent for them.

Forgot too much, retribution came.