Sui Yun lashed out with a kick as Wenren Luoshui struck alongside him. Before Zhao Aidi could reach Yunjian, the two of them subdued her.
The hairpin clutched in her hand plunged squarely between her own brows.
She was only a concubine, and his nephew's concubine at that.
The county magistrate did not fly into a mindless rage over Zhao Aidi's death.
That nephew of his gave him plenty of headaches, too.
He had beaten him and scolded him. Whenever he lectured the boy, his nephew would put on a pitiful look and say he knew he was wrong.
The moment he left, the boy went right back to his arrogant ways.
Just look at the creature his nephew had spoiled rotten!
A mere concubine, strutting out onto the streets instead of staying in the rear courtyard where she belonged!
Going out was one thing, but she had even provoked people she should never have crossed!
She deserved death and worse!
The county magistrate waved a hand, and the bailiffs dragged Zhao Aidi's corpse away.
As for her funeral arrangements?
Being wrapped in a straw mat and dumped in the mass graveyard was already the best ending she could hope for.
After Zhao Aidi died, her resentment lingered, further tainted by the resentment in the mass graveyard.
At the price of having her own soul reduced to ashes and scattered into nothingness, she struck a bargain with an old ghost who had cultivated in the graveyard for a thousand years.
"Second Brother, you've got the most money-losing girls in your family. Stop agonizing over it and let one go already!"
"Exactly, Second Brother! Look at your family's circumstances. Those children would be better off married out early than staying with you!"
Wenren Luoshui and the others had barely taken a