Having transmigrated into a book, who would still want to be a secondary wife?

Chapter 766 Won't Live to Tomorrow

After hearing this, Song Ruozhen immediately understood.

“In the past, the sacrifices in Mingyue Village were probably just to pray for good weather and a good harvest, but the so-called mountain god did not exist at all, so the children who were sacrificed only stayed on the mountain for one night.”

If they were lucky enough to avoid wild animals and knew the way, they could return alive. Moreover, the families chosen for the sacrifice did not receive any benefit as a result.

"And in recent decades, such obvious benefits could not have been due to the power of the mountain god, but rather because someone knew the customs of Mingyue Village and seized the opportunity to use this for their own purposes!"

Chu Junting nodded, "However, these children who were sacrificed all turned into mummies the next day. What does the person behind this want this blood for?"

I've heard of some insidious martial arts techniques that use these methods, but these skills have gradually been lost.

"There are also some ruthless individuals in the Xuanmen who are unwilling to follow the righteous path and will choose to use this blood sacrifice method to improve their cultivation."

I've seen similar situations before, but I'd have to see it for myself to know the specifics.

Song Ruozhen's expression was solemn. "Since today happens to be the day Zhao Daliang is sending the child to be sacrificed, let's take this opportunity to catch the mastermind behind it all!"

The three people inside the room exchanged glances, clearly having made up their minds: this person had killed so many children using this method, and naturally deserved to be severely punished!

"Besides Zhao Dashi's wife going missing, Zhao Lei's wife from the end of the village has also gone missing. Based on the description of her appearance, I think it is very likely that she is the nun Jingchen who committed suicide."

Yang, the guard, had learned a lot of information from Zhao Chenggang. He had come here specifically for the Tianci Nunnery case, and now that he heard the information, he felt that everything made sense!

"He also said that he had seen mummies before, but later even the remains disappeared. I think the remains at Tianci Nunnery are very likely those of these children..."

Song Ruozhen nodded, "Master Jingchen and Master Jingyin felt sorry that these children died and no one would collect their bodies, so every year at this time they would bring their remains back and bury them at Tianci Nunnery."

Then they will begin seven days of prayers, hoping to help the souls of these children find peace.

Guard Yang sighed deeply, his expression extremely complicated. "I thought it was because Abbess Jingchen and the others were cruel and caused the deaths of so many children, but I never expected it to be like this..."

Even though she knew that Abbess Jingyin had killed her husband's family, she didn't think it was a big deal.

You reap what you sow; this is nothing more than a mother seeking revenge for her child.

"Master Jingchen actually had two sons. Her eldest son accidentally fell and died when he was eight years old, and her youngest son became her only support."

Unexpectedly, her youngest son was chosen to be sacrificed again. Unwilling to watch her son die, she took the children and ran away under cover of night.

Unfortunately, she was eventually caught and brought back, and her child died. It is said that after seeing the remains on the mountain the next day, she found a place to bury the child and then jumped into the river to commit suicide.

Their family searched for a while but couldn't find the body.

Guard Yang paused for a moment, then said, "I went to see that river specifically. Following the direction of the water flow downstream, it leads to Tianci Nunnery."

“Tianci Nunnery is now very popular. Haven’t the people of Mingyue Village been there? If they have, they should be able to recognize the two nuns,” Chu Junting said hesitantly.

Guard Yang shook his head. "I've asked about this as well. The people of Mingyue Village only believe in their mountain god and never go to temples or similar places."

They felt that going there would be disrespectful to the mountain god and would anger him.

Upon hearing this, Song Ruozhen and Jingyin understood. Mingyue Village held the mountain god in the highest esteem, which was perhaps why Jingchen and Jingyin felt at ease staying at Tianci Nunnery.

As darkness fell, Song Ruozhen and the others kept a close eye on the movements in the next house.

Zhao Daliang told them to go to bed early at night, not to wander around, and especially not to steal anything from their house.

While they were pretending to be asleep, they suddenly heard a faint noise outside the door, and then they discovered that a sleeping incense was wafting in.

The three of them held their breath in perfect unison, pretending to be completely unaware.

Zhao Daliang waited for a while, and seeing that there was no movement inside, he pushed open the door and came in.

"These guys may be dressed plainly, but they do have some silver on them. Since they've settled in my house, a little silver isn't enough."

Immediately afterward, Zhao Daliang searched around and found a few taels of silver and copper coins, at which point he showed a satisfied expression.

"Not bad, this amount of silver is enough for me to buy quite a few things!"

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Song Ruozhen, "This woman is really pretty, while they're asleep..."

"Daliang, don't delay any longer! If you miss the appointed time and anger the mountain god, our family's immense wealth will be gone!" Zhao Daliang's mother urged.

Zhao Daliang snapped out of his daze, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes. "What a pity, it had to be today. If I had a day off, I would definitely have had some fun with those women!"

"Let's go up the mountain!"

After the two children were pulled out, Zhao Daliang and his mother went up the mountain together. They had to get the children up the mountain within the allotted time.

As soon as Song Ruozhen opened her eyes, she saw the murderous intent in Chu Junting's eyes. She tugged at his hand and said, "This guy won't have a good day after today."

Chu Junting rubbed her head, thinking about how that damned guy dared to make a move on her, he was really asking for it!

Yang, the guard standing to the side, gasped. Ever since he heard Zhao Daliang's words, he had been silently praying for him.

Whether others are finished or not is unknown, but Zhao Daliang is definitely finished!

"There was another person in that house, probably a mother of two children."

Listening to the whimpering sound coming from the tightly closed room, Song Ruozhen could easily guess its identity. However, the sound was extremely faint, and ordinary people would not have noticed it if they did not have good hearing.

After Yang, the guard, broke down the door, he found a thin woman inside.

She was thin, dressed in tattered clothes, and her hair was disheveled like straw. Her eyes were empty and filled with fear as she stared at them.

"Do you want to save those two children?" Song Ruozhen asked.

The woman nodded repeatedly, tears welling up in her eyes almost instantly. She wanted to save the two children more than anyone else!

Chu Junting glanced at Guard Yang, who immediately untied the woman.

"Please, please save my children! They've been taken away. If they're taken to the mountains, they won't live to see tomorrow!"

The woman had just stood up when she weakly knelt down again and kowtowed heavily to the three men.

"Please, I really have no other choice..."

She was utterly useless; not only could she not stop them, but she herself was nearly beaten to death.

Even if she could rush up the mountain now, she would be stopped by Zhao Daliang and the village chief, and she wouldn't have any chance at all.