At this moment, a commotion drew everyone's attention.
Luoxuan followed the crowd and went over to take a look, only to discover a funeral procession. White funeral paper money fluttered in the air, and the mournful wailing of suonas plucked at the heartstrings.
Someone sighed with emotion:
"What a fine girl, pretty as a flower and in the prime of her youth. It's truly a tragedy that she died so young."
"Wasn't she driven to her death by her own father?"
"Sigh!"
"That Scholar Li is really no good. To secure an official position through exams, he plunged his family into utter poverty, leaving his daughter to starve right along with him."
(Don't ask why there are imperial examinations; suffice it to say this is the Great Wilderness.)
"A kind soul took pity on them and gave Scholar Li's daughter a steamed pancake, but he insisted that his own flesh and blood had been dallying with someone else."
"Heh, what kind of father is that?"
"Still, that Miss Li had a stubborn streak. To prove her innocence, she refused to eat or drink, and literally starved herself to death."
Chapter 350