Remnant Snow on the Broken Bridge

Shen Ze was born in an ordinary family in the south of the Yangtze River, with loving grandparents, harmonious parents, and a gentle and virtuous younger sister, Shen Shu, who lived a peaceful and happy life, but the disaster came so suddenly.

One day, Shen went out as usual, and after a busy day outside, he happily took this month's wages and the bead flowers he bought for his sister and rushed home, his heart was filled with the joy of his sister when she saw the bead flowers.

Sister Zhuhua had fallen in love with her a long time ago, but due to the fact that her family was really struggling to prepare for her dowry, she had no choice but to put away her eyes full of reluctance, put down Zhuhua and dragged him away from the booth.

Shen kept this matter in his heart all the time, and waited for the day when he would pay his wages. He bought this bead flower, which was considered a gift for his sister when she got married.

But when Shen Ze returned home full of joy, holding the pearl flower in his hand, he saw many people standing around the door of his house. He suddenly felt uneasy, and hurriedly pushed away the crowd and rushed into the house.

He thought he would never forget that scene in his life. Things in the house were in a mess, and the yard didn't know who belonged to it. The officers and soldiers who came covered them with straw mats and placed them neatly there.

Seeing him barging in, the officers and soldiers shouted to stop first, and then saw that he was looking crazy, and wanted to restrain him. Fortunately, the villagers helped him explain in time, saying that he was the son of the family, who was working outside and escaped unharmed. He hadn't had time to inform him about this.

The officers and soldiers were considered considerate, let him go, and explained to Shen Ze what happened in his home. It turned out that wars have broken out frequently recently, and even the area in the south of the Yangtze River has been affected. , Ask Shen Ze to mourn and obey, and bury the family members who died tragically.

Before Shen Ze could feel the painful truth, he saw the officers and soldiers about to leave. He grabbed one of them and asked in tears, "Is there any punishment for that thief?"

The officers and soldiers shook their heads, "I don't know where this thief came from, and he doesn't know where he is going, whether he is a bandit, a refugee or a deserter, and this matter was reported to the officials too late, and everyone ran away, so where can we catch him? "

After speaking, he wanted to break free from Shen Ze's hand and leave, how could Shen Ze let go, the thieves who harmed his family were not caught, it seems that these people meant to make him feel unlucky, how did this happen.

The officers and soldiers were still persuading him, but seeing that he was really reckless, they forcibly tore him aside and left, saying, "I'm afraid this man is crazy."

yes!He was afraid that he was going crazy. His whole family died because of this incident. The thieves didn't catch them, but the officers and soldiers only asked him to bury them properly. Then they died in vain. He, he, he——

After the officers and soldiers had left, people from the village came over to comfort him one after another, but Shen couldn't hear a word of what he said, because it was nothing more than a simple change of condolences, and there was no difference between listening and not listening. , he grabbed an acquaintance and asked, "But there are still people who have suffered disasters, let's go to the government to file a complaint together."

The person who was caught was a little embarrassed, "It's just your family, and everyone said that you can't be caught, you, who can you sue? Forget it, you still have to live."

One family, just their family, Shen Ze felt resentful, why did it happen to be his family?It's no wonder that the government didn't take it seriously. It's just that their family suffered. What's the matter? It's said that there are frequent wars, but it's nothing to kill their family. If there is no major incident, the government will be fine.

The people in the village tried to persuade Shen Ze, seeing that he couldn't listen to anything, and slowly left his house. After all, so many people died in his family, and it was unlucky to stay in the yard all the time. If it looks like this, I'm afraid it will be over.

At the beginning, although Shen was heartbroken, he never had the idea of ​​committing suicide. He still wanted to save his own life to seek justice for the souls of his family. But on the way to seek justice, what he learned was the real truth. Let him break down.

His father was hacked and killed by thieves as soon as he entered the house. After asking about the money and valuables in the family, his grandparents were also killed. His mother was tortured and killed by thieves, and his younger sister was played and humiliated by thieves. She asked people to save her, she begged people to save her, she was still calling Shen Ze, she was calling for brother, calling for brother to save me, in the end it turned into begging for death, but those people still didn't want her to die, so she still Can't die.

Don't ask how Shen Ze knew about these things, because as long as one thing happens and is known, it will definitely reach Shen Ze's ears, but his sister, his sister who is about to get married, her Are the screams and calls for help really no one to hear?

There were five or six thieves, but none of the people in the village came out to save them. They closed the courtyard door tightly, and even reported to the police only after a long time after the tragedy happened. of.

No matter how uncomfortable Shen Ze was, he also knew that the government had done something for their family's tragedy, but so what?The culprit ran away, but he still had nothing to do with it, and he did his best to obey the destiny.

As for Shen Ze, the people in the village didn't even have enough personnel affairs, so they just left to their fate. Shen Ze hated and resented them in his heart, but what could he do with them?Can he take them to court?Can he take a knife and kill them all?both are not.

He even pointed at them and cursed, it was a laughable thing, he couldn't force them to protect his family, but they were from a village, they were the ones who watched him and his sister grow up, When Shen saw them now, he would think of the tragic death of his family members, and hear the screams of his sister when he was raped, and they hid at home and were glad that none of this happened to them.

Shen began to have nightmares. The dreams were full of what happened that day, the blood and screams of his family members, the ugly face of the thief, and the indifferent expressions of the villagers. He couldn't sleep at night.

The most frightening thing is that he clearly knows that he is powerless. Even if he imagines killing the thieves countless times, he also knows that he will never see those people in his life. That has nothing to do with him either.

These things tormented him day and night, from insomnia to hallucinations during the day, Shen became thinner and thinner, and finally chose to free himself, but he would not die in this place, at home, because he did not want to To be buried by those people is to get a little favor from them.

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Another short story to provoke~