Chapter 510
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After Ning Shu asked the three questions, the chattering crowd suddenly became silent, as if they had touched upon some unspeakable secret. Everyone kept their mouths shut and did not dare to make a sound.
Xiahou Qing curled up the corners of his mouth and smiled. "It seems that you are not in a hurry to catch the murderer, nor are you afraid that he will swing his axe again next year, nor are you afraid that his hand will fall on your necks to claim your lives. In that case, please do as you wish. Jiusi, we are not welcome here. Go back to the inn and pack up your things. We will leave immediately. "
"Prince Xiahou, please wait!" The white-haired mayor hurriedly chased after them and urged them to stay. His face revealed a hesitant expression. After struggling for a long time, he finally sighed and told them the whole story. "Fine, this old man will answer you.
The first question is, the people of our Baijia Town are surnamed Bai. Hundreds of years ago, our ancestors were once a huge clan. Our clan was flourishing and had great prestige. Later, we were framed and betrayed by scoundrels. We were expelled from our hometown and migrated to this land. After that, we set down an ancestral rule: Never trust a person of a different race easily, and never marry a person of a different race. If there is a disobedient person, he will be whipped, deprived of his family name, and driven out of Baijia Town. He will never be able to step foot in this town. "
After hearing a few words, Hui Mo was shocked, "You are all surnamed Bai? Then what about your marriage? Even if they don't share the same ancestor, if this goes on for a long time, the people in your town will become blood relatives within a few generations. With more relatives on top of each other, the children born will most likely be crippled. How can this continue? "
Ning Shu and Xiahou Qing could not help but secretly frown.
No wonder there were lame Lao Ba, lai Tou Si, and women who could not have children. It was not a coincidence, but a problem in the bloodline of the people here!
The people of Baijia Town immediately roared, "What do you know! Our ancestors set this ancestral rule to ensure the unity of our community, to protect our bloodline from being contaminated by outsiders, and to prevent us from being betrayed and to survive in peace for thousands of years. As for our descendants, we have not perished for hundreds of years. Don't talk nonsense here and offend our ancestors! "
Facing this group of ignorant people, Hui Mo was dumbfounded. He didn't know what to say, "You … you are simply …"
Jiu Si pulled him back and said in a low voice, "Summer insects can't talk about ice. Hundreds of years of thinking are deeply rooted. How can a few words wake them up? Let's keep listening."
Hui Mo could only shut his mouth angrily and squat to the side to sulk.
Xiahou Qing said, "My Imperial Bodyguard is young and impetuous. He doesn't know anything and has offended you. Please don't take it to heart. Old Mister, please continue."
The mayor continued, "The second problem is that three people die every year. It started three years ago. This year, all of you have seen it with your own eyes, so I won't repeat it. The three who died last year were foreigners, like you, who came to our town to rest. They were in the fur trade. Although it is forbidden here to marry outside the family name, we still need these people to come to town to trade with us for things like food, clothing, and utensils. Come to think of it, those fur traders were our regular customers. They would come here once every month for two or three days each time. Nothing happened before, but something happened to them last year. They died as strangely as Lai Tou Si and the others. The constables from the county came to investigate the case, but they couldn't find anything after a long time. That's why we spread the news that Her Majesty Xuan Nyu was angry. "
Ning Shu asked, "First, what about last year?"
The mayor was silent for a moment before he said, "It was my son and my grandchildren who died."
Ning Shu looked up in surprise.
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