Chapter 33 Prison
"Shan, there are corpses scattered everywhere, it may be difficult to find. Let's use puppets." Maomao suggested.

Xu Shanshan was calm in the darkness. She took out a stack of paper figures from her sleeve and waved them into the wind. They were blown out and stretched in the wind, then finally fell to the ground, staggering, and stood up.

The little man shook his paper body, making rustling and squeaking sounds.

After Xu Shanshan told them the two birth dates, he said, "Find them and bring them here."

The original owner knew the birth dates of the two elders of the Xu family. Everyone's fate is determined from birth, just like the main trunk of a banyan tree. If it is a banyan tree, it will never grow into a locust tree or a fir tree.

Therefore, it can also be a person's "new name brand" for identification.

Before long, the little paper people followed the ants and moved some food to the ground, then carried the two corpses over.

Xu Shanshan walked forward. The corpse had naturally decayed to the point where only bones were left, but the clothes on the body were still on it.

She squatted down, identified them and said, "It's them."

"The clothes are all torn. They must have been gnawed by wild animals."

"Ah."

Xu Shanshan carried the two corpses out with an expressionless face.

It was already dark, and Nan Fengxu had thought about leaving many times. It was such a large mass grave, and it would be ridiculous to look for two bodies in the dark.

But he could not bear the trouble of his conscience, and he was angry and anxious, going back and forth, frightened in the wind.

Suddenly, he heard some movement behind him. He turned his head sharply and saw a figure walking out of the dark woods.

"Xu Shanshan?"

When he saw her coming out holding two corpses, he was stunned.

"You, did you really find the two elders of the Xu family? You didn't just find two random corpses to fool people..."

The floating clouds were swept away by the wind, and the moon on the South Mountain was bright in the shallows. When he saw the two familiar sets of clothes on the corpse and the green bracelet on Xu's mother's wrist, he could not continue.

He and Xu Shanshan were childhood sweethearts. Because of their engagement, he would often visit the Xu family and was naturally very familiar with them.

A sob choked in his throat, and he couldn't believe that she had actually found it.

Xu Shanshan put the body down and asked him, "Do you have money?"

"Of course I have it, how much do you want?"

She thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "I'll borrow whatever amount is needed to hold a grand funeral."

He looked at her in shock.

"You, you want to hold a funeral for them?"

"In name, they are my adoptive parents. I failed to show filial piety to them when they were alive, so I should observe mourning and bury them after they die." She talked about a set of secular etiquette.

"Xu Shanshan...are you really Xu Shanshan? Why do I feel like you've changed a lot since you came back this time?"

Nan Fengxu looked at her suspiciously.

"Nan Fengxu, haven't you changed too? The Nan Fengxu who would rather cut his wrists to resist Xu Shanshan than marry someone else, but now he can study peacefully even though he knows she is suffering in Hei Island. Nan Fengxu, isn't it all because of you?"

Nan Fengxu's face turned pale instantly.

Someone once said that the process of human growth is to learn various "fears" because the ignorant are fearless.

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Soon after Nan Fengxu returned to Nanfeng's home, he sent someone to deliver a box of banknotes to Xu Shanshan. He did not come in person, but only told her in a letter.

"Xu Shanshan, I still think you have a vicious heart and mean mouth. You make me feel like a coward instead of a man."

"I can't hold a funeral for the two elders of the Xu family with you, because I also have my own responsibilities to bear. I can't put the entire Nanfeng family in danger because of my own selfishness." The Xu family was charged with trafficking in illegal salt. They should have been executed, but because the second elder of the Xu family died to apologize for his crime, and the Wei family also pleaded for the Xu family, the others escaped with their lives, but Shanshan and Shuishui could not escape being sent to Hei Dao to be punished as a warning to others."

"Let me remind you that you were not at the Xu family at the time, and you were still an adopted daughter, so the government did not force you to return and question you. But if you wanted to publicly hold a funeral for the two elders of the Xu family, I'm afraid that if the government found out, you wouldn't be able to escape."

"That's all."

After Xu Shanshan finished reading the letter, his expression remained unchanged.

She picked up the paper, began to calculate an auspicious day for burial, and then wrote it down.

Then they went to buy a suitable coffin and burial utensils, as well as mourning clothes and funeral supplies for use in the sacrifice.

At the end of the day, when she had finished shopping, she went back to Xu's house and the things would be delivered to her according to the address.

In fact, the Xu Mansion had been sealed a long time ago, but no one knew who tore the seal. Of course, no one would admit to it, after all, if the government found out, there would be punishment.

Maomao flew in, opened the door, and Xu Shanshan stepped into the Xu Mansion.

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In three days, Xu Shanshan set up the mourning hall in the main hall of the Xu Mansion. Because the Xu family was convicted and there would be no relatives coming to pay their respects, she abandoned a lot of the complicated rituals and went straight to the burial.

She also specially invited a professional funeral team, and apart from anything else, all the necessary funeral standards were followed.

After Xu Shanshan lit the eternal lamp in the mourning hall, he chose the right time for the funeral.

The coffin was carried out of the Xu Mansion in a dignified manner. She was not wearing the mourning clothes of her descendants, but was dressed in a very simple manner. Along the way, the funeral personnel, led by musicians, carried the coffin through the streets, attracting the attention of many people.

"Whose family died?"

"I just saw him, he seemed to be from the Xu family..."

"What?! The Xu family? Didn't some of the Xu family members die or were exiled? Who is holding a funeral for the Xu family members?"

"How would I know, but... I'm afraid that by doing this, she's getting herself into big trouble."

"Alas, the Xu family is also wronged..."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

After parading all the way, it will be carried to a "feng shui treasure land" where the funeral procession will be held amid the funeral music of trumpeters and drummers and fluttering memorial banners and mourning banners.

The sky was low and gray, depressing people's hearts. Four strong men carried the coffin to a grave that had been dug in advance on a nearby mountain for burial.

Just as the coffin was slowly lowered into the tomb, a team of soldiers who had received the report swarmed in.

They were as fast as the wind, holding sharp weapons. The leading officer had a stern look on his face. He waved his hand and the officers and soldiers behind him gathered around and moved forward.

"Who are you? Are the people you buried Xu Changnan and his wife?"

Xu Shanshan was not surprised by their appearance: "I am Xu Shanshan, and the people buried here are my adoptive parents, Xu Changnan and his wife."

The officer narrowed his eyes upon hearing this: "How dare you privately organize a criminal's funeral? Do you know what crime you have committed? Also, since you are so close to the Xu family, I will arrest you and bring you to justice!"

After hearing this, Xu Shanshan was not panicked or scared. Instead, he said calmly, "Can you let me finish the funeral first?"

The officer laughed and said, "Dream on! Why do you think I will let the criminal rest in peace?"

Xu Shanshan turned around, looked in an unknown direction and said, "Inside the ruined temple, under the bricks, there is a bag of silver and a female corpse."

With every word she revealed, the officer's face turned paler, especially when it came to the "female corpse" at the end. He subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife and took a deep breath.

People are full of evil in their hearts and become frightened at the slightest sound of rumor.

"Now, can we proceed with the burial?"

(End of this chapter)