Gu Qiaoqiao looked at the peach tree branch that had been sawed off and then tied up, and the hand holding her bag trembled slightly.
Oh my God!
She almost ended up like that man, tied to a wooden pole and burned alive.
Thankfully, she hadn’t taken out the box Zhang Yi gave her. If the people here knew she had even brought a box to hold the peach tree branch, who knows how crazily they would react?
Gu Qiaoqiao muttered to herself: Uncle Zhang, oh Uncle Zhang, you almost got into trouble.
Gu Qiaoqiao took a step back, and the man suddenly lifted his head. Looking at Gu Qiaoqiao, he rasped, "I was tricked into coming here too. They said if I could take a peach tree branch from here, they would give the herbal redy I needed."
As he spoke, he suddenly stopped, staring blankly at Gu Qiaoqiao. His eyes widened as he fixed them on Gu Qiaoqiao, filled with confusion and puzzlent.
For a mont, he shook his head as if in disbelief and muttered, "How does your sister look so much like a relative of mine back ho?"
His voice was so low that nobody else heard it clearly. Gu Qiaoqiao frowned but didn’t take it to heart.
However, she did understand the whole story.
It turned out that this young man had sohow disturbed the deity here.
Ah, that was a problem indeed.
Sotis religious faith is a matter one must tread carefully around.
What should she do?
She needed to respect their faith while finding a way to save the young man from being burned to death.
If he were burned just for cutting off a branch of peach tree, it wouldn’t end well for either the village or the young man.
After all, this was the land of Huaxia, where laws governed the lives of people.
Ling Nan ntioned earlier that this was also his first ti seeing fire punishnt. All these years, no one had dared to even touch a leaf of the old peach tree, so naturally, it hadn’t been used.
But it truly was used in the past.
However, it was used only for punishing traitors who betrayed the Ling Family in the valley or those who violated the family rules.
The Old Clan Leader has been reclusive for too long and has always been autocratic, which is why he carries out such actions without any considerations.
This is no small matter!
Gu Qiaoqiao looked at the young man, and with a calm expression, asked, "Judging by your accent, you don’t seem to be from the Southwest. What do you need the herbal redy for?"
"...Sister, I’m from Jinling City. My grandfather is ill and needs an herbal redy. It’s said that it can be found here, so I traveled here by car. I didn’t expect to actually find it... They said they wouldn’t take any money, just that I should snap a branch of the peach tree in this valley, and they would give the herbal redy. I really made a mistake; I didn’t know the peach tree was the deity here..."
At this mont, the young man’s eyes filled with hope.
Although the girl before him seed younger than him, addressing her as sister was the best choice at this mont. It had to be said that this young man was indeed quite clever, knowing how to survive in such a harsh environnt.
The Old Clan Leader squinted his eyes slightly as if displeased but held back his temper.
The Old Clan Leader was used to having the final say here. When did anyone dare to contradict him?
Moreover, how dare anyone try to stop him from doing what he wants?
He tightened his grip on the cane, then stomped the ground and said in a deep voice, "Miss Gu, this is a matter within the Ling Family Clan. Please refrain from interfering."
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