The prince dotes on his wife: a reborn peasant woman is not easy to mess with

Nothing happened to Xia Yechen last night, which made Zhou Xiaoyuan very confused. She began to wonder if she really heard the knocking on the door, or if she was just hallucinating it.

At this moment, the village chief came to visit Xia Yechen and Zhou Xiaoyuan with a jar of peach blossom wine.

"This is the peach blossom rice wine specially made in our village. Please taste it, two distinguished guests." The village chief said with a smile.

Zhou Xiaoyuan looked at the peach blossom wine in front of her, feeling a little hesitant in her heart. She had never drank the peach blossom wine in this village, so she didn't know if there was anything wrong with it.

Therefore, she decided to observe first to see if anyone else was tampering with the wine.

Xia Yechen also felt a little strange when he saw Zhou Xiaoyuan didn't move. He picked up the wine bowl and prepared to taste it.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoyuan immediately secretly reminded Xia Yechen to pay attention to safety. When Xia Yechen saw Zhou Xiaoyuan's expression, his heart moved and he put down the wine bowl.

"Village Chief, this peach blossom wine smells very fragrant, but we are not going to taste it." Xia Yechen said tactfully, "We still need to investigate some things, and we cannot drink wine of unknown origin at will."

When the village chief heard Xia Yechen's words, his expression changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.

He smiled and said: "The two distinguished guests are really cautious. Although our village is remote, it still upholds the tradition of hospitality. The safety and comfort of the two of you here is what we are most concerned about."

After saying that, the village chief said goodbye and left. Xia Yechen and Zhou Xiaoyuan decided to continue observing the situation in the village to see if they could find more clues.

As night fell, Xia Yechen fell into a deep sleep, while Zhou Xiaoyuan pretended to be asleep. Her heart was full of vigilance, feeling that someone was watching her

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Sure enough, after a while, there was movement at the door again. Zhou Xiaoyuan silently paid attention to the situation at the door and found that the village chief was holding a strange ceremony outside.

After Zhou Xiaoyuan saw it, she waited for Xia Yechen to wake up the next day and told her about it. Xia Yechen frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he decided to continue investigating further.

"There's something wrong with the village chief's eyes." Zhou Xiaoyuan said with lingering fear, "He doesn't seem to be satisfied with me."

Xia Yechen looked at Zhou Xiaoyuan, "You didn't drink peach blossom wine last night, right?"

Zhou Xiaoyuan shook her head.

Xia Yechen breathed a sigh of relief, "That's okay. I observed you after you fell asleep last night and found that the village chief held a strange ceremony outside the door."

"I suspect they were trying to put something into the river, maybe the body of the bride."

Zhou Xiaoyuan took a breath of cold air, "Then what should we do next?"

Xia Yechen pondered for a moment, "Let's observe again tonight to see what they are going to do. If they really want to hold a ceremony, we have to stop them."

The way the village chief looked at Zhou Xiaoyuan was unsettling. The gloomy and greedy look in his eyes made her shudder.

In the evening, the village chief led the villagers to hold a ceremony, but their eyes were set on Zhou Xiaoyuan.

As night fell, the village chief led the villagers to Zhou Xiaoyuan's room. They carried Zhou Xiaoyuan out of the room and placed her on a specially made raft.

The raft floated slowly on the river, and Zhou Xiaoyuan lay quietly, letting the river take her to an unknown place.

After a while, Zhou Xiaoyuan felt someone carrying her to a shore. She secretly opened her eyes and found that the man turned out to be the village chief.

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Xiaoyuan didn't want to reveal her secret, but she also guessed that it was all a trick of the village chief. So, she decided to use the trick and was put into a secluded cabin by the village chief.

There are also several brides who disappeared before in this wooden house.

"You are finally here." A bride said with a wry smile, "We have been waiting for you for a long time."

Zhou Xiaoyuan observed the surrounding situation and found that the brides' hands were tied behind their backs and their mouths were gagged. She immediately realized that these brides were being persecuted.

"Don't worry, I will help you untie you." Zhou Xiaoyuan whispered.

She took advantage of the village chief's absence to quietly untie the brides. The brides looked at her gratefully and told her everything.

"This is all a conspiracy by the village chief," one bride said angrily. "He wants to create panic and control everyone in the village."

Within the village, the village chief has been brainwashing the villagers with his cunning words and authoritative control.

He used various means to make the villagers obey him and not dare to resist his authority. After Xia Yechen discovered that Zhou Xiaoyuan was missing, he was very anxious. He looked for Zhou Xiaoyuan everywhere, but he never found her.

Seeing the strange atmosphere in the village, he decided to stand up and expose the village chief's crimes.

"You were all deceived by the village chief!" Xia Yechen said loudly, "He used you, deceived you, and made you his puppet. He is not a god, he is just a selfish person."

When the villagers heard Xia Yechen's words, they all started talking. They began to doubt the village chief's true identity, but there was no evidence to prove what Xia Yechen said.

"Without evidence, you can't judge us.

sin. "The village chief laughed wildly and said, "You don't have any evidence, you are just framing us. "

Xia Yechen looked at the village chief's wild laughter and felt angry in his heart. At this time, Zhou Xiaoyuan appeared. She appeared before the villagers with several other brides.

"I have evidence." Zhou Xiaoyuan said firmly, "These brides are the evidence."

Zhou Xiaoyuan told the villagers that they were kidnapped by the village chief and forced to become sacrifices. They revealed the village chief's conspiracy to the villagers and let the villagers know the truth about the village.

The village chief looked shocked. He froze on the spot, seemingly unable to accept this fact.

However, Zhou Xiaoyuan, Xia Yechen and the brides insisted on telling the village chief's crime.

Gradually, the villagers began to believe what they said and had a clear understanding of the village chief's true face.

"I want to burn this liar to death!" a villager shouted angrily.

The villagers were furious and demanded the execution of the village chief to appease their anger. However, Zhou Xiaoyuan felt that things were not that simple.

She observed the village chief's reaction and found that there seemed to be something hidden in his eyes.

"Why do you think the village chief did this?" Zhou Xiaoyuan asked Xia Yechen.

Xia Yechen frowned and shook his head, "I don't know, but I think there must be a deeper reason."

Zhou Xiaoyuan decided to interrogate the village chief personally, trying to find out who was behind the scenes. She walked up to the village chief, stared into his eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "Who ordered you to do this?"

The village chief raised his head and stared at Zhou Xiaoyuan without saying a word. His eyes were full of coldness and hostility

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"Do you believe in Buddhism?" Zhou Xiaoyuan continued to ask, "Aren't you afraid of retribution?"

Hearing Zhou Xiaoyuan's words, the village chief's eyes flashed with panic. He gritted his teeth and still didn't speak.