Chapter 194 Wang Family Girl
"."

Wang Shuyu seemed to realize her own gaffe and looked embarrassed. After letting go of her hand, she was silent for a moment. Then she looked into Li Daoxuan's bright eyes and told him her whole story.

"Although the young master is young, he is also very smart. He saw that my expression was very different just now, so he must have known that I am not from Li Village."

"Yes." Li Daoxuan admitted it quickly. After all, it was a little strange for a woman with such well-maintained skin and hands to marry into Lijia Village. She lived in such a shabby tile house, and she didn't look like a rich girl at all. Her conversation was elegant, and she must be a literate person. She didn't look vulgar like a farm girl, but had a bit more of a scholarly air.

If you ask Li Daoxuan to admit that this woman is a farmer's wife whose husband has died, he himself will hardly believe it.

In this society, marrying someone of equal social status is almost an iron rule, and there are very few women who marry down or marry up.

The stories about talented men and beautiful women in those vernacular novels are just what people love to hear.

But how many people in the world can really do this?

The love story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai also ended tragically. These folk stories are nothing but people's hopes and fantasies.

So when he first saw Wang Shuyu, Li Daoxuan knew that she was not from Lijia Village. As for why she was in Lijia Village and why she lived here, these were things he didn't know.

"I am indeed not from Lijia Village, but I fled here to seek refuge. The old village chief took pity on me and accepted me in. He also told people about my identity, saying that I was a widow who had lost her husband." Wang Shuyu covered her mouth and coughed lightly a few times. The little girl next to her was very concerned.

The little girl clenched her hands, ran out and brought a bowl of water to Wang Shuyu, handed the water to her and said, "Mom, drink some water. Drink some water before talking to the young master."

The woman smiled, took the bowl from the little girl, drank it slowly, and then handed it back to the little girl.

"Yuan'er has had a hard time these days."

"Mother, Yuan'er is not suffering." The little girl said seriously, "As long as mother gets better, Yuan'er is willing to endure any hardship or fatigue."

"Yuan'er." Wang Shuyu sat up and leaned on the edge of the bed, touched the little girl's head and looked at Li Daoxuan.

"Yuan'er, go to the main room and play for a while. Mother has something to say to the young master."

"Okay, Mom, then Yuan'er will play in the main room. Don't worry, Mom, Yuan'er won't run around." The little girl said, and left the right room.

After the little girl left, her expression seemed to become more determined at this moment.

"I am the daughter of the Wang family in Jinling, and my father is Wang Zhaoquan." Wang Shuyu stated her identity, and Li Daoxuan heard it like thunder.

He stared at the woman blankly, unable to tell what was true or false.

Li Daoxuan naturally knew who Wang Zhaoquan was.

He is the patriarch of the Wang family, and the incident in Longling is related to him. However, he was chopped into a human pig by his own relatives and hidden in a wooden box.

Later, the purpose of the fake Mr. Wang was shattered, and Wang Zhaoquan was also found out. This matter was also related to Li Daoxuan, after all, it was he who found Wang Zhaoquan himself.

I didn't expect that I had such a connection with the Wang family. I could even meet his daughter when I came to Lijia Village.

Li Daoxuan didn't know whether to cry or laugh. He could only sigh in his heart that fate was playing tricks on him.

He looked at Wang Shuyu and asked, "Are you really a girl from the Wang family of Jinling?"

"How dare you lie to the young master?" Wang Shuyu said with a bitter smile. "Although I am a girl from the Wang family in Jinling, my biological mother is only a concubine. I came here just to escape my father's arrangement." "If you are a girl from the Wang family, whose sister is this?" Li Daoxuan looked at the little girl next to him. Even if it was because of malnutrition and slow development, he could already see that the little girl must be quite old, probably five or six years old. Wang Shuyu was born in the ninth year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign, so she was only about eighteen years old at this time.

With a daughter this old, Wang Shuyu should have been married a long time ago. However, considering the age difference between the two and their fortunes indicating their wealthy birth, this is not logical.

But she said that she came here to escape disaster and was taken in by the old village chief. What secret is hidden in this?
"She, she is actually my eldest sister's child." Wang Shuyu hesitated for a moment and told Li Daoxuan the secret she had kept hidden for many years.

She was the daughter of Wang Zhaoquan's second concubine, and had two older sisters. The eldest sister was the oldest and married early. The second sister was about the same age, but only a year older. After the eldest sister got married, Wang Shuyu and the second sister also reached the age of marriage.

Wang Shuyu thought that her life would be just like this, marrying into an ordinary wealthy family and having children. But one day, her father Wang Zhaoquan suddenly asked them to go to Da Baoen Temple to chant sutras and recite Buddhist scriptures for the family, saying that it was to increase the lifespan and blessings of the elders.

She thought this was an ordinary thing, but when they got there they found out that it was not as simple as they thought.

"That monk is called Master Wuwei, and is said to have profound Buddhist knowledge. My father asked me and my sisters to serve him and recite Buddhist scriptures. Whoever knows, knows." Wang Shuyu said, and couldn't help covering her face and crying.

Her voice was sobbing, as if the disaster was still a nightmare left over from her.

"My second sister was abused by that monk." Wang Shuyu said with tears in her eyes, telling Li Daoxuan her story bit by bit, "That day I went out to buy incense and paper, and when I returned to the Da Baoen Temple, I heard my second sister crying in the meditation room. I pushed the door open and saw the scene. My second sister was pressed down by the monk, and she tilted her head back and yelled at me to run. At that time, I was already scared, and my mind was full of my second sister's crying. I was so scared that I fled to my eldest sister's house, and the next day I heard the news that my second sister committed suicide by jumping into the river. I thought I would be safe if I stayed at my eldest sister's house, but my brother-in-law's family was implicated by me. My eldest sister and brother-in-law were slandered for committing a serious crime and were imprisoned. Their lives were uncertain. I could only flee with Yuan'er and came here as a wanderer."

Just hearing the name of Zen Master Wuwei, Li Daoxuan couldn't help but frown.

He had heard of this monk's name before, and today he heard it again from the mouth of the woman in front of him.

Whether it is the Wang family, Wang Shuyu or the old village chief, they all seem to be involved with this Zen Master Wuwei.

"Master Wuwei, Master Wuwei. Wait, you just said that your second sister committed suicide by jumping into the river?" Li Daoxuan suddenly reacted and looked at Wang Shuyu sharply.

Wang Shuyu was frightened by his behavior and asked in a timid tone.

"Yes, my second sister was forced to jump into the river by that monk."

"What year and month was it?" Li Daoxuan asked again.

"Two years ago, in the first year of the Guangxu period." Wang Shuyu remembered her second sister's death clearly, so she told Li Daoxuan the time of that year. Hearing the news, Li Daoxuan couldn't help but clench his fists.

"The first year of Guangxu was the year of Dingsi. The most unfavorable thing for a three-way combination is conflict, penetration, punishment and destruction. When Si clashes with Hai, although the conflict is not in the middle god, it also breaks the three-way combination of wood. However, the combination of Mao and Wei can still form a situation. Therefore, although Wang Shuyu in front of us had many misfortunes two years ago, she was lucky enough to escape. And her second sister is more than one year older than her. It happened in the seventh year of Xianfeng, the month of Chou, the day of Wei, the hour of Mao. So that's how it was!" He murmured to himself, and his guess was confirmed, "Did your second sister really jump into the river to commit suicide?"

"My second sister has been studious since childhood. She is as well-read as boys and is a proud person. She would never live in this world with compromise after suffering such humiliation. I naturally believe that she committed suicide by jumping into the river." Wang Shuyu burst into tears when she mentioned her second sister.

Li Daoxuan could see that she loved her sisters very much, and perhaps she even felt a little guilty. After all, in her opinion, her elder sister and second sister both got into trouble because of her. If she had replaced the second sister that day, perhaps these things would not have happened.

"If I hadn't gone out to buy incense and paper that day, maybe my second sister wouldn't have been violated by that evil monk."

Listening to Wang Shuyu's mumbling, Li Daoxuan said, "Don't think like that. You know that ever since Master Wang sent you to Zen Master Wuwei, you and your sister were destined to be sacrificed. Besides, your father may not really be your father."

"What did you say?" Wang Shuyu looked at Li Daoxuan blankly, not understanding the meaning of his words.

"You probably don't know that the old man Wang you used to be with is not your real father."

(End of this chapter)