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Chapter 7 007 [Open Marriage]

"Chongwu, you're back from digging wild vegetables!"

A cry of surprise made the wedding procession turn their heads and look at Chen Sheng outside the courtyard.

The head of Guzhuang Village, who was mixed in the crowd, stood out from the crowd, ran to Chen Sheng with a smile, and looked at the empty space behind him.

"Where is your Chongliu? The Wei family, who are married to him, have come to pick him up. If we wait any longer, we will miss the auspicious time."

"Auspicious time? Since ancient times, weddings and funerals have always been held. How can we pick up the bride at dusk?"

Chen Sheng glanced coldly at the headman in front of him and looked at the wedding procession in his own yard.

He knew the origins of this group of people.

The Zhu family was a tenant farmer's family. Due to their poverty and the need to support four sons, they often had difficulty making ends meet.

A few years ago, Zhu's father, who was living in poverty, accepted a betrothal fee of one string from the wealthy Wei family in the neighboring town, and arranged for Zhu Chongliu to be the Wei family's son-in-law, with the agreement that he would marry into the family when he turned fourteen.

Although the marriage date has been brought forward and the identity of a son-in-law is not very glorious, it is a marriage that has been arranged long ago. Chen Sheng has no objection if Zhu Chongliu can marry into the Wei family and have enough food to eat.

But the paper clothes in the box were obviously gifts that would only be bought for a wedding.

In addition to the timing of the Wei family's early arrival, Chen Sheng guessed that his daughter had already died and was going to be taken away for marriage.

Combined with the rumors that the Wei family's youngest daughter had been in poor health since childhood, it is likely that the Wei family recruited Zhu Chongliu as a son-in-law in preparation for the eventual death of their daughter due to illness.

Looking at Chen Sheng's expression, the headman knew he couldn't hide it from him, so he could only sigh and say.

"You guessed right, the young lady of the Wei family unfortunately passed away last night.

In order to prevent her from becoming a lonely ghost in the underground in the future, Chongliu, her husband who had matched her birth dates and horoscopes but had not yet married her, needed to go through a marriage ceremony with her.

Otherwise, Miss Wei's ghost will surely come out and cause trouble, disturbing the living."

Having said that, the headman pulled Chen Sheng to the two boxes, lifted the ceremonial cloth covering them, and introduced them.

"The betrothal gifts offered by the Wei family are not bad. Among the two loads of boxes, one load contains all the gifts, and the other load contains three rolls of silk, ten strings of copper coins, and five ounces of silver.

Uncle knows that your family has not had an easy life. Not only did your parents and elder brother almost die without a burial place some time ago, but now they have fallen to the point where they have to eat wild vegetables all day long.

There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and no one is the greatest.

Even if you don't consider your own life and that of your brothers, you should still think about the inheritance of the Zhu family. If all of you brothers starve to death, you will have nothing left.

Your family will not suffer any loss in this marriage!"

As if noticing that Chen Sheng's expression was becoming increasingly grim, the headman suddenly changed the subject.

“Of course, the Wei family is a wealthy family, so it’s a good thing that Chongliu can marry into the family.

As long as you enter someone's house, you can eat delicious food, drink spicy drinks, and you won't have to worry about anything in your life."

"A lifetime without worries?"

Chen Sheng smiled coldly.

"I'm afraid that what you say now is just nice. After you take Chongliu away, I'm afraid he will have no worries about offering incense to him during the four seasons and eight festivals in the future."

The head of Guzhuang Village accepted money from the Wei family and promised with confidence that he would get the job done.

Seeing Chen Sheng's attitude at this time, the headman simply pulled his face back and poked his chest with his index finger.

"What? Your Zhu family accepted the three-stringed coin betrothal gift from the Wei family to arrange the marriage. Do you still want to break off the engagement..."

Snapped!
Chen Sheng raised his hand and slapped the headman to the ground, then spat on him.

"It's not your turn as an outsider to interfere in my family's affairs. Get out of here." "You're looking for death!"

The moment the chief fell to the ground, a loud shout suddenly rang out.

The headman's son was originally standing calmly by the side, wanting to observe how his father made this unscrupulous money so that he could inherit the headman's ancestral business in the future.

Unexpectedly, the honest Zhu Chongwu was so bold as to hit his own father.

This is outrageous, it's outrageous.

The son of the village chief, who had always regarded Guzhuang Village as his own territory, was filled with anger and rushed towards Chen Sheng with clenched fists.

"You dare to hit my father? Do you think I'm just a decoration?"

He is strong but clumsy, and his farming skills are full of flaws.

As this thought flashed through Chen Sheng's mind, he slightly tilted his body to avoid the incoming fist, grabbed his arm with both hands, turned around and threw the strong man over his shoulder, knocking him to the ground.

Then, Chen Sheng raised his foot and kicked the chest of the headman's son, then twisted his arms with force. With a "crack", all the tendons and bones on one arm were dislocated and twisted into an ugly twist shape.

In the blink of an eye, this person was destroyed.

Even if he didn't get the "Martial Apprentice" profession in this world, he could still replicate some simple fighting techniques in the "Hand-Combat Martial Arts Manual" based on his memory.

Afterwards, Chen Sheng let go of the arm in his hand, ignoring the headman's son who was lying on the ground groaning, raised his eyes to look around, and said in a deep voice.

"If anyone from the Wei family tries to snatch my brother away, this will be the fate."

Chen Sheng looked around, and the people around him who were welcoming the bride immediately made way for him. Some people were even pushed by the crowd and squeezed against a low fence, where they couldn't stand steadily and fell out.

These wedding processions only collected money for playing musical instruments and singing, but they had no obligation to fight for the Wei family.

After this incident, the real head of the Wei family had to stand up.

I saw a young man in plain clothes with red eyes step forward and bow.

"My dear brother-in-law, you have misunderstood. My Wei family has been a family of farmers and scholars for generations, and we do not believe in supernatural things.

Although my younger sister unfortunately passed away, my Wei family has never done anything that is harmful to others.

But Zhu Chongliu is the husband of my poor sister after all, so I ask my brother-in-law to show mercy and allow them to complete the wedding as scheduled.

I, Wei Heming, swear hereby that after the marriage, I will definitely return Zhu Chongliu intact to Zhao."

Chen Sheng smiled coldly and pulled out the hatchet from his waist.

"What nonsense! If the Wei family didn't believe in ghosts and gods, why would they insist on holding this wedding?"

"You stubborn person, you are just refusing to accept my toast and then drinking the wine for punishment."

Seeing that it was useless to try to persuade them with emotion, Wei Heming changed his expression, waved his hand, and several men rushed out from the crowd.

Since the Wei family dared to send people to pick up the bride, they naturally would not be without any preparation. Before setting off, they found three young men in their village who were always reckless to help them.

If you promise to follow them for a trip, each person will receive five cents of silver. If they get involved in a fight along the way, each person can get another one or two taels of hard-earned money.

If they were injured, disabled, or died, the Wei family publicly promised a generous compensation, and if they killed someone and were sent to prison, they also promised to spend money to get the person back.

In this world, the soft are afraid of the hard, the hard are afraid of the tough, the tough are afraid of the stupid, and the stupid are afraid of those who are not afraid of death.

The Wei family only found poor and arrogant young men who didn't take their own lives seriously, and naturally didn't take other people's lives seriously either.

So as soon as they appeared on the scene, these three people took out their short knives and walked towards Chen Sheng...

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