Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

Chapter 449 Sleepwalking? Decided to stay a few more days

When they arrived outside the village, they saw several villagers wandering around unconsciously. Their eyes were dull and their movements were a little strange. Just like the village chief said, they were out of control. They had no fixed direction of movement, like wandering ghosts, which made people feel creepy. There seemed to be about a dozen people. It was the first time that Zi Yexiu encountered such a situation. He ordered his men not to harm the villagers and to wait and see what happened.

Yao Qingnian walked forward and waved it in front of one of them. There was no response, so she took out a silver needle from her sleeve and stabbed the man a few times. The man seemed to have suddenly regained consciousness and returned to his usual self. He looked at the people who were staring at him, feeling a little uneasy. After a while, he spoke, "I... why am I here?"

He looked around and caught sight of the villagers wandering around unconsciously. He shouted in fear, "Ghost! There's a ghost!"

"Shh! Don't shout! They are not ghosts, they are villagers. Do you really not remember what happened?" Yao Qingnian stopped him.

The villager shook his head, trembling all over: "I just remember that after dinner I went home and fell asleep, and when I woke up I saw you."

"You were just like them. You were not a ghost, but you might have been poisoned." Yao Qingnian said. It was just her initial suspicion, and the specific situation could only be confirmed after a careful examination of these people.

The villager's symptoms were similar to sleepwalking, but they were somewhat different. Ordinary sleepwalkers could be awakened, but Yao Qingnian tried just now, but he couldn't be awakened. It was only when he used silver needles to stimulate his blood vessels that he woke him up.

Sleepwalking does exist, but it is unlikely to happen on a large scale, so the most likely scenario is poisoning. But who would poison them?

"Poisoned?" The villagers looked at her in confusion, somewhat doubtful. This girl looked unfamiliar and was not from the village. Could she have been invited by the village chief?

"Well, don't say too much for now. Catch all those villagers back and I will give them acupuncture one by one."

Zi Ye Xiu glanced around and several people immediately came out to help bring the villagers back one by one.

The noise outside woke up the village chief and his men. When the village chief came out, he was startled to see so many people at the gate of his yard. He hurried over and asked, "Girl, what's going on? What are they doing?"

"These are the villagers who were possessed by evil spirits you mentioned." Yao Qingnian gave them acupuncture one by one. A few of them were knocked unconscious by the people from Zi Ye Pavilion and thrown to the ground.

"Then what are you doing..." The village chief was a little confused.

"I know a little bit about medicine. I suspect they were poisoned, but I'm not sure yet. I'll check on them later. I'll wake them up first."

Most of these people were men, with only one woman. There were more than a dozen people in total, and she was busy for most of the night before she woke them all up.

After waking up, everyone was a little overwhelmed and had no idea why they were here.

Strangely, after Yao Qingnian took their pulses, he did not find any signs of poisoning in their bodies.

"What's the matter? Has the girl been poisoned?" the village chief asked with concern. If the problem that has troubled them for five years can be solved today and the cause can be found out, he will feel relieved.

"No toxin was found." Yao Qingnian told the truth.

"Well, that's true. If it was poisoning, the doctor would have discovered it long ago." The village chief sighed and was very grateful to Yao Qingnian for helping them. Seeing that it was getting late, he asked everyone to go back and rest. At least tonight they could prove that there was no ghost.

After waking up the next day, Yao Qingnian still felt something was wrong. They were not in a hurry, so they decided to stay for a few more days to find out the truth for the villagers.

She found the village chief and asked him to take her to the homes of the villagers from last night, but the villagers were somewhat resistant, worried about being discovered and being treated as monsters. It was only after the village chief persuaded them earnestly that they finally agreed.

Yao Qingnian visited them one by one and found that apart from feeling a little tired, they had no other discomforts and were in good health.

The last house we came to was a woman named Limei. She lived alone and the village chief said she had some mental problems.

Originally, she was just an ordinary woman in the village. She and her husband had a son. She didn't have parents-in-law to take care of, so she lived a pretty good life.

Unfortunately, a few years ago, her son died, but she didn't believe it and insisted that someone had killed her child. She went to the government to report the case, but the government officials also said that her son died in an accident. From then on, she told everyone that her son died unjustly and someone wanted to harm her. She also kept saying that it was her husband who killed her son, so her husband had to lock her up at home.

Not long after her son got into trouble, her husband was also pulled out of the river because he was possessed by evil spirits. From then on, she was alone, often running around the village, acting crazy and mad. She was a pitiful person.

When she saw Yao Qingnian and the village chief coming in with their people, she was very scared at first. She hid in the house and refused to come out. She grinned at the people who came in. When they were not paying attention, she grabbed a stone at hand and threw it at Yao Qingnian who was standing in front of her.

"Be careful." A figure quickly came to her side and was hit hard by the stone.

"Zi Ye Xiu, are you okay?" Fortunately, the woman's force was not too great and she did not hit him. Yao Qingnian did not expect that he would rush over to block the attack for him.

"Nothing." He said lightly, holding her in his arms.

Xuanfeng and the others were about to step forward and attack the woman, but were stopped by Yao Qingnian: "Stop, don't hurt her."

"Miss, but she..."

"It's okay, just stay away, I can handle it." Yao Qingnian pushed Zi Yexiu away and said, "Thank you."

Then he walked up to her and spoke in a slow tone, "Your name is Limei, right? I have no ill intentions. I heard that your son was murdered, so I came to see you. Can you tell me about it? I also have a lovely and obedient son. He is almost six years old this year, and should be about the same age as your son."

"If my son Duanwu were still alive, he would be eight years old this year." Li Mei let down her guard when she heard her son. She saw that he was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with tattered clothes and messy hair, and there were some white hairs on his head, probably because he was worried about his child.

"You said he was murdered. Who murdered him? Tell me and I will help you."

"Haha, it's all because of that couple of bastards. It's them, they are the ones who ruined my Duanwu! They all deserve to die, deserve to die!" Li Mei became emotional and restless when she mentioned her son's murder.

"Don't be excited, calm down." Yao Qingnian tried his best to comfort her.

"Duanwu, my Duanwu..." Limei kept muttering her son's name and ignored them.

"Oh..." The village chief shook his head helplessly and asked Yao Qingnian and the others to go out.