He has a spatial ability and saves three children on his escape route.

Chapter 224 Ding You

After setting up the mourning hall, Wen Dashan and his two sons realized that Wen Linshi had not come out to help. Wen Zibai went to her room to look for her and found that she had hanged herself.

Wen Yunqing told her everything she knew, and Wen Yuxia said coldly, "Suicide. It seems that my great-grandmother's death is inextricably linked to her."

Wen Yunqing nodded and said, "To outsiders, don't say it was suicide. Just say that the two had an argument and died in anger. Even if the villagers don't believe it, they won't dare to open the coffin to check."

Family scandals should not be aired in public. Whether it was Old Lady Wen hitting her head on the threshold stone and dying or Lady Wen Lin hanging herself, they were all jokes to outsiders.

Wen Yuxia sighed, tacitly agreeing with this statement. Wen Yunhong and the others also nodded silently. After handling the funeral, Wen Dashan and the others still had to continue living in Gujia Village, and the places that needed to be covered up had to be covered up.

From the village chief to the villagers, everyone in Gujia Village often heard Granny Wen and Wen Lin arguing; their bickering had become a unique feature of the village.

The Wen family had too many powerful and influential members, so the villagers didn't dare to openly gather around and watch. The village chief was also too embarrassed to go and mediate the fight, but that didn't stop them from gossiping about it privately.

Sure enough, the villagers were quite unaccustomed to not hearing the fight between Old Mrs. Wen and Wen Linshi all morning. Men carrying hoes to the fields, and women and children going up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables, all avoided passing by the Wen family's residential area.

When the villagers saw the white cloth hanging in front of Wen Dashan's house, they all gathered around. The two coffins placed side by side aroused their curiosity, and they bombarded the Wen brothers, Wen Zibai and Wen Dashan, who were kneeling in the yard burning paper money, with questions.

"Zibai, who...who left?"

"Brother Zihua, is your family holding a funeral?"

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"Quiet down, everyone, quiet down," Village Chief Gu waved for the villagers to be quiet, then asked in a serious tone, "Zihua, tell me quickly, how did Auntie and Sister-in-law pass away?"

It must be said that Village Chief Gu is good at grasping the key points. Through the window, he saw Wen Dashan smoking a pipe in his room. Connecting this with the arguing that had come from the Wen family's house the night before, he accurately guessed who was lying in the coffin.

Wen Zibai wiped away non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "Grandmother is old and confused. She fights with my mother every day. Last night, their argument was too intense... This morning, when my father came back from my place, he found that they were both dead."

Wen Dashan wasn't there, so he naturally didn't know what had happened between his wife and Wen Linshi. When he returned home, he only found the two of them lying on the ground, lifeless.

Wen Zibai's words left the villagers with endless room for imagination. Just as they were preparing to go into the courtyard to see what was going on, Nan Yi's cold voice came from afar: "The princess has arrived."

Upon hearing that "the princess has arrived," the villagers all knelt down to pay their respects. Wen Yuxia nimbly dismounted and said calmly, "No need for formalities." Then, she looked at Village Chief Gu and whispered, "Village Chief Gu, please have everyone disperse."

Village Chief Gu bowed respectfully, turned and waved for the villagers to leave with him. As they walked, the villagers whispered among themselves: "Finally, some peace and quiet," "They argued so much it was infuriating, what a weirdo," "Old Man Wen has finally gotten rid of those two wicked women."

Thinking of the villagers' gossip, a quick smile flashed across Wen Yuxia's face. Thankfully, the villagers accepted the explanation that the two had died of anger.

If they died from anger after an argument, Old Mrs. Wen and Madam Wen would be laughed at, but it wouldn't have much impact on the Wen family.

If word got out that the two men had come to blows during an argument, resulting in one man being beaten to death and the other hanging himself out of guilt for the murder, the Wen family would have lost all face.

Seeing Wen Yuxia and the others return, Wen Dashan seemed to have found his pillar of support. He slowly walked out of the room, and in a trembling voice, he called out, "Princess, you're back!"

"You're back," Wen Yuxia said as she walked to the coffin, lit incense, kowtowed, and burned paper money. Then she waved for Nan Yi and the others to unload the funeral supplies she had prepared from the carriage.

Wen Yunhong and others followed suit, lighting incense, kowtowing, burning paper money, and wailing. They put on a very convincing show, and the villagers could hear the wailing from Wen Dashan's house from a great distance.

Village Chief Gu sighed, "The old lady and her husband are unlucky. They didn't cherish their good life and argued every day, which drove them to their deaths. Now they can't enjoy the blessings of their grandchildren."

"The two of them have had too much of a good life and are too idle. Now they've ruined themselves, and it's too late for regrets," added Gu's wife from the side.

The arrival of Wen Linshi lowered her status from the village chief's wife, who was previously the most prosperous old lady, to the second most so. After the appearance of Granny Wen, her ranking shifted even further.

The gold hairpins, gold bracelets, gold earrings, and pearl necklaces they wore, along with their fine cotton and silk clothes, were all things she wanted but couldn't bear to spend the money on.

Now that the two of them have finally ruined themselves, she has once again become the richest old lady in Gujia Village, and the village chief's wife proudly raises her head.

On the day the coffin was carried up the mountain, Village Chief Gu led the entire village to Wen Dashan's house to help. After the funeral was successfully completed, Wen Yuxia and the others prepared to return to Beijing.

Before leaving, after repeated persuasion from Wen Yuxia and others, Wen Dashan agreed to go to Beijing with them for a short stay. Wen Zibai and his brother stayed in the village to prepare a banquet to thank the villagers who came to help.

Upon returning to Beijing, Wen Dashan declined the invitation from Wen Yuxia and her brother, insisting instead on going to Baijia Village and staying at Wen Yunhe's home.

Wen Dashan slowly opened his mouth and said, "Yunhe, you will understand your grandfather, right?"

With a family mourning, Wen Dashan didn't want to visit Wen Yuxia's or Wen Yunhong's homes, fearing the siblings would be tainted by his bad luck. He worried that if the siblings did well, their other grandchildren would benefit as well.

Wen Yunhe didn't think as much as Wen Dashan did, and said in a serious tone, "My father is the eldest son, the eldest son of the eldest branch. I am the oldest among those living in the capital. When Grandpa comes to the capital, he should stay here with me."

The deaths of Granny Wen and Madam Wen Lin gave Wen Yunhai the opportunity to resign from his official post and return to Fancheng. His father had died early, and as the eldest son of the eldest branch, he had to act as the chief mourner in place of his father and return to Fancheng to observe the mourning period for twenty-seven months.

Half a month later, Wen Yunhai, who had resigned from his post as county magistrate, arrived at the gate of Wen Yunhe's house in Baijia Village on the outskirts of Beijing, accompanied by his wife and children, looking travel-worn.

"Grandfather, your grandson is back," Wen Yunhai said, pushing open the half-closed courtyard gate. He saw Wen Dashan sweeping the yard and immediately bowed in respect.

Tears welled up in Wen Dashan's eyes: "Yunhai, you're back. This is...this is Wenhui and Wenxia."

Wen Hui and Wen Xia are Wen Yunhai's daughters. They were born in Wei County and have never returned to the capital, nor have they ever seen Wen Dashan and the others.

On the way there, Wen Yunhai told the two girls that he was coming to Baijia Village to see his great-grandfather. Upon hearing Wen Dashan mention their names, the two girls obediently knelt on the ground and softly said, "Hui'er (Xia'er) greets her great-grandfather."

"Okay, okay, okay, good girls, get up quickly," Wen Dashan said, pulling the two girls up from the ground with one in each hand.