Huo Lindong glanced at him, and his eyes changed from confusion to anger, but he was used to hiding his thoughts in his heart. Diao Jindong could only feel the low pressure of his cousin beside him but could not see any more emotions on his face.
The letter paper was an ordinary paper that could be bought everywhere. The writing on it was in Guange style, which was elegant and harmonious. This was the most preferred font of examiners in the imperial examination. Therefore, judging from the font, the person who wrote this letter should be a scholar.
This scope was equal to no scope.
Huo Lindong knew that some scholars from poor families would take on the job of writing letters for others, so there was no guarantee that the person who wrote the letter was the person who wanted to tell him the content of the letter.
But, who would be so cruel as to curse an innocent girl to an early death and send this letter to the girl’s husband’s family?
If the person who received this letter was not Huo Lindong, or if Huo Lindong was a man who listened only to others and had a soft ear, when he saw the conclusive words in the letter, would he believe that Jiang Wu would really die in a few years?
Because if he were worried about this, why didn’t he simply divorce his wife, or put away the affection he originally planned to give her, to prevent Jiang Wu’s death from causing more pain if he poured too much affection into it?
Huo Lindong felt that the person who wrote this letter was extremely vicious and disgusting.
“You said this letter was sent a few days ago?”
He and Jiang Wu got married yesterday. If the letter was sent several days ago, it meant that the person who wrote the letter wanted to ruin the marriage between Jiang Wu and him. The person wanted him to see this letter before getting married and hoped that he could break off the engagement.
But that person didn’t expect that Diao Jindong would pick up the letter and never thought that even if Huo Lindong saw the letter before the marriage, he wouldn’t care about the ridiculous remarks in the letter.
Although he didn’t believe the words in the letter, Huo Lindong was still a little unhappy that the girl he liked was cursed out of thin air.
The person who would write such a letter should have a grudge against the Jiang family. In this way, the scope of suspicion had been narrowed.
Jiang Wu has no friends and has never made any enmity with anyone. His father-in-law is a kind man, and the people in the village praise him more than slander him.
But if you insist on finding a few people who dislike the Jiang family, you can find several in Ping Village alone.
For example, the Lin family, and some people who were jealous of the Jiang family.
Huo Lindong was even more suspicious of the Lin family because they were the only ones who had enough reasons to do such a thankless thing. However, Huo Lindong knew Lin Pingchun.
That man had many of the common traits of today’s literati: fake moralistic, fake prudery, and regarded his reputation and face as his life. Such a man would not do such a thing that could easily leave people with excuses. But, Widow Xu, on the other hand, was more like someone who would do such a thing.
But, Widow Xu is illiterate. Ping Village is such a small place. If Widow Xu asked someone to help write such a letter, it was impossible for anyone not to know about it.
In addition, she was a widow who could not go out easily. If she made a special trip to the town or county to ask those scholars for help, she would be easily discovered.
Huo Lindong’s reason told him that Widow Xu and Lin Pingchun’s suspicions were very small.
But who is it?
The scope was so large that Huo Lindong really could not guess it.
“This letter is just someone else’s boring prank. It’s nothing important. You don’t need to take it to heart.”
Huo Lindong put the letter into his arms. He did not intend to tell his Uncle and Aunt about this matter, lest they cause trouble.
“Oh.” Diao Jindong had no doubt at all.
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